North Carolina Newspapers

WWrBEENE JOTJfiNiLi "t-t NEW, BERNE JOIHi: ftATU Or ADTKBTISTxa : On Ioh ; Wfrkw.. i RXE ' thra moathaw. QoartiT colDma aa weak..., .... " on. moata " , " , mm rr Half columa oa. waek, Editor and Proprietor. " " oaa month. " . ' ' " ana yar. J. V'. ttA RPjfijR. ? ar i ii II. 8. NIJNM, $ PprIeor. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Terms a.OO . Ona olona om waak ... It, m emm moath -.', , ., ' w oo. rpar ? iau i - Six KoUw .-1.00 VOL. V. NEW BERNE, N. C, MAY 4, 1882. 49 Contract, for adr.rti.lDf fur aar NO. 6.; or Una way ba toad at lh offlra af th. jc w Jockal, la tha Brick Block. Crau Magistrate Blanks al way oa kaad. - Straat, Naw Barna. North Carolina. .Mew Be ()It:ral. A' 1.'. . - n : jonr berne advertisements. r. v. unmosg. " CUKIltT MAXtT. - s3--S-sj-:"rt-r - . .."j . 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I: f ArtucLIjrAribaa iir: Roasted cr c nun o Ail d c ake s prcat";Tarietyatv?; T krtociTpf ' ; Wliolesale Itayere' win find a large " STOCK and the LoWeat prices. V'. I)ou't iku to aee roebefore you buy Mourn. v Koarm not fox them that mourn - For rin'a keen arrow, with ita raakling smart Ood'a hand can hind again what He hath torn, ' ' "He heals the broken heart. ' Baa weep lor him whoae eye Seea ia he midnight skies a starry dome. Thick aowa with worlds that whirl and linrry i ,Yt fire the heart no home; . .Who marks through earth and apace strange, dumb pageant pass a vacant shrine. And feels within his inmost soul a place : Unfilled by the Divine. Utah's Delegate. ": The national House of Representa tives . ha by a Tery decided vote denied the chosen delegate from Utah; Mr. George- Q. Cannon, a seat in that body, basing its decision on bw practice of polygamy. Most of the Democratic ' members supported bis claims on the ground that he bad a right to the place under the Consti tution, Awhile the other side of the Hoase opposed him on moral eonsid erations some going so far as to assert that they would oppose his admission r even i though' the - Constitution was plainly in his favor. The position of a Delegate from a Territory is a - pecnlia r one. The Constitution made no provision for such cases for .there, .were no Territo ries in existence,!& 1787, and when the new country commenced settling up ? Uongress provideu Dy- suitaoie legislation-for a quasi representation in the Bouse of Representatives. Section 1860, 1862 of tb? Revised Statutes' prqx ides in eflect. that the Territories may elect Delegates and ftharsaid Delegates shall have a seat in the Hoiise of Representatives, with the tight of dehating but not of vo ting. : - :. .' ,v ji;jUnder thia law, Utah Tettitpry was organized in 1850 and one Bernhi2el, a ; polygamist;: was "elected Delegate and : Bat . in the House . for , sixteen W-a r m. . naA WTTT TT years. ' Jj rom , 180b to io d . vv m. u: Uooper, ' another ' polygamist, nlled this position, and was succeeded in 1873 by George Q. Cannon, who has been re-elected from lime , to time and held' his seat up to", the present Congress, . who refuse htm admission solely on the ground of his abundaoce of-wiver, ajthrtugh be : has ' had the same encumbraucet fori" over thirty years, v :' : ' ."Tne Loustitutioo has no reference iu it to ' po'ygamy, and up to. 1862 it was no crime in. this country except where . it' ran counter to btate la we. In :-. 1 862 Congress' declared it : was a crime and since:; that:, time 1 the ; Mor mans have bad to fight prosecutions in the United "States Courts. But still : there was no prohibition as to the eligibility of Delegates until the anti polygamy" bill passed by i the ! present Congress went into operation. 1 be case ot Cannon.' bis advocates declare, will not come under this bill since he .was elected; before the pas sage' of the act , ' - On the other hand it is urged by some that the Honse oi. Representa- I . .. .. . a ... uvea uas a rigni 10 reject nim on per sonal grbundsT An" id iot or a mad man would not be! entitled- to mem bership though - duly Telected and ! possessing - all the -:: constitutional qualifications- Admission ' -would be denied a person j infected with anv contagious disease:. Should a mem ber elect, after lie was chosen, be arrested and; convicted of some infa mous offense, punishable by imptison meut in the State prison, it would be admitted that it" would, be within ihe cbnatiiutioual iKJwer of the Honse to y-Ial870BF. AVliirteniore, a niMii befof tSngressi 6nfcSt.ufh '. Car.Jiiia waa vbarged with telling a cadetthip in violation of lawvj admitted the bargp, wag ahont b be xpelltd, but nsiynVd in time f oust the H. use if R-IreMntativef aiiy jurisdiction to xp-L : A - new -le-tiin wus rdeied, and Whit temorfe wan rt-turntil a mem ber tot be Congrcsd in which he com miited the i )flVii8e;Tli, House refttat to receive him by a vote of 130 124. . ; : ; ; : SJ in this XJtali cuse, Canuoit t omes before CiMigreaa - and openly admits rhat he is living in the practice f a great crime against' the laws of ti e United States, and justifies and eekn to shield ' binWlf "uiilr that' "broad mantle f religious foleratf.tn beneath which val t " religions of Ttb is ' couu t ry bare ever found the' aibnlest shelter. Should a. murderer be excused who claims that he acted under divine in spiration? Then Guitenu should be given high position rather than a felon's cell. Shall a thief or body of thieves be justified who would pre tend to have religious lights and con. scientious convictions in pursuit cf their calling? The voice of the civilized world is united in declaring polygamy an infa mous crime, deserving of a felon's cell, and the American people have long enough endured the alia rue of having seated in their high council a man who offends pnblic decency, dis turbs social order, defies national au thority, and outrages the moral sense of all Christendom. .We add an extract from Cannon's speech before the House. He pre sents: his side of the question very forcibly because the practice of Chris tendom does not come up to its theory; because the lives of civilized society are stained by moral crimes as great as is charged against the Mormons. He says: "Why should I stand here and be assailed, abused, and denounced as I have been for lechery, because of mar rying wives? Was it necessary that wives should be taken to gratify sensu ality ? I have no need to take any wife o accomplish that. I have no need to take to myself the burden and responsi bly of a famUy for that purpose. The Eeople I represent would not need to be ept out of the Union' (that being, we are told, the great reason that Utah has not sooner been admitted as onewf the States) ii the motives which have been attributed to them on this floor were the ones which have prompted them to contract marriages. There would be no necessity to place themselves in such a peculiar position if the gratification of passion were, as alleged, the sole ob ject. What, then, is it? "Mr. Speaker, the people of Utah have profound convictions concerning many things. They have left their homes more than once for the sake of religion, and have been forced to make themselves new homes in a distant land. Marriage is an institution concerning which tbey have strong convictions. It may be said that this is not religion; but whether it is or not, they believe it to be religion. The Catholic has ideas as to what is religion. The Episcopalian has his ideas also upon the same subject; so with the Presby terians, the Methodists, the Baptists, the Quakers, the Unitarians, and oth ers; and who shall decide, until the great day when men shall be judged and rewarded or punished for the' deeds done in the body, between them ? "My constituents believe that God has given a command concerning mar riage and that He never gives a com mand without an object, and that object in this instance is to redeem the human family from the terrible evils undr which in modern society it groans. It may be asked how redeem them ? We answer by making marriage honorable; by uplifting it, by elevating it above its present condition by giving every wom an an opportunity to be a wife and moth er. To cut off opportunity for prostitu tion and concubinage, and to Jeave no margin for lust to prey upon. It may be said that the sexes are so evenly di vided that there is not sufficient dispar ity between their numbers to justify ihe adoption of such a pnnciple. "The people of Utah do not believe that plural marriage ought to be or can be universal. In Utah itself it is not possible, for the males outnumber the females. Hut give every woman the opportunity to marry, punish fornication and adultery, and what woman wrould occupy an illicit relation with the other sex? The people of Utah believe that at the present time marriage is falling into desuetude, and in consequence cor ruption is spreading over the land. And we have felt that the country was big enough to allow us in far-off Utah, not interfering with others, not forcing our views upon others, to test the eflect of the patriarchial sjTetem of marriage in in checking the tide of vice and prevent ing the spread of evils which modern society acknowledges its powerlessness to extirpate. "1 shall not allude to it from a scrip tural stand-point. I may say, however, that so far as the condemnation of the world is concerned we are willing to be placed on the same plane with Abra ham. And when we pray to go to Abraham's bosom we expect he will not look upon us as aliens or law-breakers; and when we pray to go to the New Jeruselem over each of whose twelve gates is written the name of each one of the twelve patriarchs, the sons of Jacob we expect when we pass through those gates we. shall not be ashamed to be known for what we are. The Clement Attachment. While the question of cotton man ufacturing is occasionally beiDg agi tated in New Berne, it id not inap propriate to publish statistics and figures on this subject; and we col lect to-day information and theories on the Clement Attachment. Now, to show what has act ually been claimed for the Clement Attachment. "Three hundred mil lions of dollars saved annually to the South by the manufacture of cotton at home, a hen it will be forced to be made by the Clement Attachment, a small gin substituted for and occupy ing the place and space of the licker in and feed rollers on the ordinary factory card. It costs about $225, and dispenses with half the machine ry, building and one third of the op eratives hitherto ntcessary to con vert any given amount of seed cotton into yarns in any speiitied time- It saves one half of the usual waste and produces sliver, rove atd thread fifty per cent, stronger than can be made of ginned, baled and compressed cotton." A writer in the Boston Commer cial Union who attended th Atlan tic Exposition announced that in his judgment the prjulices against the Clement Attachment were groiind le.s. We quote from the Agricultur al Review a desciir tion ot the , tachment. The Cltment Attachment, fi mm;.! gin 18x18x36 inchep, is nub.-tii tiled for the licker in and feed rollers in the ordinary factory card; its tav0 are 7incb.es in diameter, with 14 teeih to the inch, and revolve from 140 to ll80 times in a minute. 'Ihe brush connected with the saws is a cylinder covered with bristles, its periphery revolving a little faster than the saws, and also having a traverse motion. A feed table is placed above the card, and couuected with the attach ment by a chute, giving a regular sup ply of 6eed cotton. A cleaner of seed cotton, though not indispensa ble, is advisable, and Wright's is recommended, separating the seeds with cotton on, enabling more accur ate weighing besides perfect cleanirg. The feed-apron is made of laths of wood on au endless belt, and the cotton seed, after weighing, is spread on this a little girl being able to attend two of them at the rate of 18 to 20 ounces to the minute. The cotton runs between two rollers, the supply being evened, and a third roller containing sharp teeth in rows, picks each seed from the cotton separately. The front of the at tachments ribbed with metal, the saws with sharp teeth projecting upward and catching the cotton, which is dragged through the combing plates, leaving nothiug but the pure fibre. The revolving brush takes the cotton fi om the saws, and the periphery rf the card, going a little faster than the brush, wipes it off the latter. The cotton is never suffered to leave the machine or become tangled. The work done by the attachment amounts to 200 pounds per day, the old card doing 40 pounds, while there is by this orocess only one-fifth the carding to do. It is a simple enough machine only an "attachment;" but there is thit in it which, if it should be gener ally applied, will revolutionize not only the cotton manufacture, but the cotton trade of the United States. The difference in profit to the South will be simply the difference in value between the raw and the manufactured cotton. That theie would be a devastation among the "factors" and middlemen,'' nobody donbts; nor does anybody doubt either that this very fact would be one of the specific blcs-iings to follow in the train of the change. All this can he accomplished, and more, by the South encouraging home manufactures, and the North placing its capital where it can secure from twelve to twenty per cent, per annum in dividends. Substitute for Lard. The seed from the great Southern staple bids fair to help briog cotton once more to the front as King of the agricultural world. The oil pressed from the seed is being used for culinary purposes and is claimed to be superior to the best lard; and its advocates are comparing it to the Olive oils of sunny Italy. One writer says, we have tasted the refined cottonseed oil, as a substitute for hog's lard, and we pronounce it a complete success. The oil is clearer and cheaper than lard and has a better flavor. Housewives ard cooks will understand what we mean by cheaper when it is urged that a gallon of oil can be bought for $1.00, and that a tablespoonful is enough to put in a pint of flour for making biscuit. Ihe discovery of the utility of the oil, if its virtues are not exagerated, is destined to prove a bonanza to the South. The seed will, in time, become as valuable as the lint, and if we cau only establish nianufacturies in our own section, which will work up the fleecy staple, the seed and even the fibre on the stalk, it will not be many years before the cotton section of this Union will become the richest and most prosperous portion of the continent. Star Eoute King Secrets. Washington, April 26. The indictment of Montf'ord C. Rerdell was recently quashed on the giound of misnomer, his name beingset forth as M. C. Rerdell. He was a book keeper for Dorsey, and at one time let out some of the secrets nf the Star Route Ring, but afterward cast in his lot with the others. In order to obtain another indictment against him he was arrested and brought before the Police " Court, the allegations of the former indictment being presented as the charges against him. The proceedings to day were made interesting by the fact that his own admissions to ex-Attorney-General MacVeagh and ex-postmaster-Genial James , were testified to by those gentlemen as proof of his participation in the conspiracy. The Star Route counsel pursued their usual dilatory tactics, and compelled the reading of the charges, a proceeding which consumed several hours. Mr. MacVeagh was then examined. He said that in June, 1881, be had bad two intei views with Rerdell in the presence of Postmaster-General James, ex-Senator Claytcn, and Inspector Woodward. Rerdell said he was a party to a large extent in j the previous mail lettings. The j names nsed were J. W Dorsey, Vail, Peck, and possibly- IoyeVuiiil.uthers. jS. W. Jiorscya. name had not lappeaitd becuue he., was -.in the jSenat.. Stephen- W. "DtA-si-v, after j his retut mi ri from the jSeiiate,' had i purcuae4 a numoer oi theke con j tracts, ami Le (Rerdell) wasagener I al maiu ger fur h in. He prepared all of the papers and was his bouk 1 k i p r. secretary, anil general asis . lunt. He had ktpt t eitain bonks and arc unis, and had lunde entries therein at Doisey's r qtie.t. They j would show the particulars of the ex ' peilition of routes and other infoima ; tinn, Rerdell mentioned that Dorsey and others had obtained a contract for $3,000 iu Colorado, which had been increased to $20,000, 30,000, and finally to 50,000. When the Congressional Committee was inves tigating these matters the contract price suddenly dropped to $20,000. Mr. James said that ex-Senalor Clayton of Arkansas brought Rer-! dell to see him. Rerdell said Steph- ' en W. Dorsey did not appear uder I his real name in the combination uu- j til he had left the Senate. The first i interview lasted about three quarters j of an hour, Clayton was present then i Ihe second interview, Mr. James said, was the one in the Attorney General's office, and the tiiird was an accidental one on the New York train. The canductor delivered to Rerdell two dispatches from Dorsey, which the latter showed. The first was about as follows: i W should not have parted in aner. cjrt cfT ; :u Philadelphia and return. j The next was something liko Oet this: otr at Dun't ruin my wife and fa m i 1 v Philadelphia and return. The case went over row. until to-rnor- The Newbernian come out this week in a new and attractive dress. We can't say it is much improved except in looks, for it is always edited with ability and good taste. Brother Latham has no superior in the State press as a keen, pointed, incisive writer. The Lime-Kiln Club. " In our church de odder Sunday," said the old man as the hall giew quiet, "our pastor warned young men agin de awful effecks of drink. Dat was k'rect, an' yet two of the elders of dat same church own buildings which dey rent to saloon-keepers. "De pastor shed tears bekase de heathen of India war' gwine down de wrong path, an' I had only to look frew de window to see de boys play in' base ball in a vacant lot, an' a dozen men standin' aroun' a saloon door. "De pastor spoke of de prevalence of evil iu high places, an' yet I stood beside him when he woted last year, an' he put in a straight ticket. On dat ticket war' candidates who de served State Prison wus' dan office, but he swallered de hull bizness at a gulp. "De pastor said de love of dress was bringin' dis kentry to ruin, an' yet his wife sot dar wid a bonnet on which cost eighteen dollars. "De pastor said it war' a sin to strive fur riches, an' den be turned about an wolloped de congregashun fur not bavin' more money to drap into de contril ushun box." "De pastor said dat Christian must let his own conscience be his guide, an' den he tnrned about an' warned 'em to keep away from thea ters an' circusses an' sich. "De pastor spoke of de sis of greed, an' yit if we hadu't raised his salary of $200 last Jinuary he was gwine to leave us fur anoder field. "My freus, do not misunderstau my position. I believe in all dat a true Christian believes in, but I have to wonder at de inconsistencies of our religun. When a pastor preach es one fing an' practices anoder, what's an elder gwine to do? When au elder prays dat de world may be made better, an' den turns arouu' an' cheats de eye-teef out of a man on a hoss trade, what's a trustee gwine to fink? When a trustee gits up in pray'r meetin' an' says dat greed an' avarice mus' be driben from de heart, an' den walks borne an' raises de rent on all his ole tenement shanties, what's a poo' an' humble ebery day Christian gwine to hang to? An' lastly, when three outer five of our poo' an' humble ebery day Chris tians 6tau' up ebery week and con fess dat dey have sinned, what show has a sinner really got? . "I tell you dat gwine ter church am only outward show. Jinin' de church doan' take two feet off de distance to Heaben. Prayiu' an singin' an' talkin' may mean much, or noffin' at all, Call no man a sin rer bekase he doan' rent a church pew. Gin no man credit fur religon bekase he prays in a loud voice." Detroit Free Press. Sudden Deaths, Heart ease. Dis- The cases of heart disease are far less common than generally supposed, the heart being one of the tough est organs in the body. Still there are many cases, and they are of differ ent kinds. There may be a paralysis of the nerves of the heart. When this occurs, death is instantaneous. Angina pectoris not unfrequeutly terminates in this way, for excrucia ting pains exhaust nervous force as greatly as does excessive pleasure. There may be what is called a fat ty degeneracy of the heart, in which fat takes the place of the fibrous tis sue, and sooner or later gives way under some slight excitement. Sometimes the walls of the. heart become quite thin at some point, and this, in connection with the general enlargement of the organ, renders it subject to more violent action. Such enlargements are often produced by violent and protracted exertions, as in boat-racing. Or there may be a dilatation of h j portion of an artery leading out from I ihe-heavt; such dilatations are called aneui isms, ana are attended with a loss of the elasticity of the heait and a thinning of the walls of the vessel. Hence ii may suddenly ruptuie, or, which is iq'ially fatal, the walls may dilate so far as to prfvei.t the out-! flow of the blood to the brain. j .Every one even in health knows how quick ami strongly any emotion whatever acts upon the heart know? from his own experience. In all di seases of tne heart absolute self-control, at all times, is of the most ur gent necessity. Without, it life may cease' at any moment. Youth's Com panion. Mot. tiiirl r?wil . ' ; Among the railway travelers eat-: ing dinner at a hotel in Baltimore, i the other day, was a fellow from Fay- j ette, Ohio, who swallowed meat, po- ! tatoes, and bread as if he had been a I week without eating j A second cup of coffee was brought j to him, and in his hurry he nicked it i ! up and took a large swallow. It was j i consideiably hotter than pepper, and : in his excitement he opened his went noating through tne papers mouth and shot the liquid across the j some thirty years ago. An old worn table against a young man's hirt i am, who united credu'ity and incre bosom. ' dulity in her habits of thought, had "Gosh whoop hot beg pardou ' a sailor son. Once, when home and blazes !"' he exclaimed, reach-1 from a voyag", he told his mother of ing after water. 'You are a hog, sir !' replied the : young man, "a regular hog!" "1 am, eh !" i'Yes, sir." "And I've got bristles 1" 'Yes, you have " 'And I grunt?" 'Yes." 'Stranger," said the Ohio man, as ; he reached across after another slap jack, "stranger, I'm not a hog I'm only a politician, bound for Wash ington." Exchange. Absent Minded. Whittier lep'tser-ts the judge, af ter his interview with Maud Muller, in the hay field, as astonishing his associates by bumming a love song n court. A similar forge tfulness is narated of a Mung lawyer of Massa chusetts The other d;y one of West field's young lawyers hi ad a case on trial be- lore the local c urt, and the testimo ny of the oj p . ition being rather un interesting mid monotonous, he let his thoughts ramble to pleasaut themes. At any rate, that is a fair supposi tion, tor wLen tne other side was through with the witness, and the voice of the jndge spoke the lawyer's name, he opened nis half-closed eyes with a sudden start, ana ejacula ted, "What did you say dear?" The court and witness roared, the young limb of the law looked con fused, and the jolly judge remarked that it was not good taste to get the difierent kinds of courting mixed up, though each was good in its place Genius and JLaziiiebs, About as looiisn a notion as can iooge itseii in the nead ot a young man, is the idea that ne is a genius, and, thereore, industry Is not necee sary to his success. The example of Sheridan, whouni ted in himself the endowments of three extraordinary men, being a wit, a dramatist and an orator, is not un ,.j frequently mentioned as supporting this notion. Sheridan was a geuius, and he was lazy. His indolence, however, .to gether with bis dissipated and prodi alt-. . . a gai Ba one tne tnree are natural as sociates weighted him so heavily in life's race, that it was only now and then he appeared among the foremost. WTT I . a i ne never reached the goal. Even these appearances were due a aaa'a' to bard woifc, to; which ne was spurred by the necessities of." the oc casion or the protests of his friends. 'You know I am an iguoramons.' he would say to political associates, when they urged him to make a speech on some important measure before the House of Commons, 'but instruct me, and 111 do my best. , -They would -cram him with infor matiou, which his quick intellect mastered and arranged. Then be would prepare a speech, writing ' the more brilliant parts two or three times over. The greatest speech of bis life was that which he delivered in the House of Commons, against Warren 'Hast ings, on the question : whether he should be imeacbed for his conduct while Governor General of India. The best orators and critics placed it above all ancient and modern speeches. Loean. one of Hastings' defenders. said to a friend, after Sheridan had spoken for an hour; All this is de clamatory assertion without proof.' 'A wonderful oration !' he muttered, when the orator had consumed anoth er hour. 'Mr. Hastings has acted very un justifiably was his confession, at the end of the third hour. The fourth hour drew from him the indignant assertion, 'Mr. Hastings is aTnost atrocious criminal I' The orator went on, and just as he was concluding he spoke five and a half hours Logan exclaimed, Of all monsters, the most enormous is War ren Hastings!' It is not strange that Pitt, at the conclusion of the speech, moved an adjournment to give the House time 'to collect its lenson.' Of course, it was the product of a geuius who was a natural orutor. But genius had been hard at wu k for days, prepar ing with elaboiate care even the pet tiest details of the wonderful oration. Our Country Suspicious. The country eople of England are suspicious of what they do not fully understand. An amusing illustra tion of this habit was given to the rector of a parish in Sussex, on the occasion of his marriage.. His puiishioi.eis were kind enough to make him a handsome present, the sum being made up by subscription. Sometime afterwards, he was sur prised and amused to lern that a current criticism said it was 'a curi ous thing that our parson couldn't get mai ried without sending the hat round for money to pay his wedding expenses.' The parson, being a wise man, de duced from the criticism an addition al argument for the utmost publicity in all money matters m which he and the parish were both interested, 'Ah, ma'am,' said an incredulous cottager to a lady, a district visitor, 'my son has been up to the North Pole: he tells me some things that I really can't believe, though he is my son. He tells me, ma'am, that he has seen with his own eyes 'ice hues' as big as a church.' The story may recall one which j the flying fish he hud seen. 'Tom,' mother she replied severely, your never brought you up to tell lies.' 'Well, mother,' said the graceless ; rogue, knowing the old lady's habit of l mind, 'we once auchored in the Red j Sea. The next day, on hauling up ! the anchor, we found it unusually ; heavy. Judge of our surprise, when we got it above water, to see hanging from one of the flukes one of Pbara-1 oL's chariot wheels.' 'There, I can believe that, my son, for the Bible tells us all about that wicked kine beinir drowned in the KedSea.'but don't tell your mother any lies about flying fish,' ff he wont believe such stuff"- , ,. 1 AmoM cinimlap Intljnm nt n.p.1 versitv in belief wu ihit wUnwl nf -- V.t. Dr. Jthnson, who, when informed of the awful T.iahnn . AartrinnoVa 1 rwnt. poohed at it as absurd bat - be firmly I"? vw-n gaoai siory. wnTr ' r" I ion ft anrl ir. i nuAulia . mhaIi i m m vvvwimuit vi ouv ii peome to utooeiieve me causes or or - a - a.' - . ' uiuary; natural - phenomena, while "7 .j. uewiauou, in giving supernatural charaoter., It is for w-.,w ww w mvvi , owi ui uiib reason, in a greai measure, tuat wnai is called spiritualism'.- has de - veloped so larcelv In 'modern, times, its believers ara mostly among peo- . . ' r" " euueawou. A Witrv . franlv : -. The lata Rev.:' fWrm TraV tU temperance and anti-tobacco lecturer, waa one of tne extreme men. ;Bui in one instance he had t wit enough to work himself out of dilemma : into which extravagant statements had brought him: 5 ' - t i '-; ' Atone time be bad addressed i and attentive. audience, and other thincs. said iu hia lorf nr go man. habitually using tobacco and whisker could exnect to ' live more thaa five or six vears after beirinninc to use mem-' v -And so earnest and positive was be in bis address, and so attentive bis audience, that at its close he confi dently challenged any reply, and in vited any question on the subject. After a moment's aildnnn man iuJn his old neighbor, and informed and said,- . , "I like whs you have aaid, Mr. Trask.'biitl would like to ask one duestiofi. u? ' ' "One of mv naiphbora ia an old man. some seven tT.fi va vparn nld and he has used tobacco and . whiskey au ne could get ever since he was thirtv.five vears old. that ts. : for some forW.fiva -vecra. TTow An nn romn.l cile that with what vou said, that man usin? both tobsrnn .nd whifllcAv couldn't five more than , five-or six yearsf' v . . Mr. Trask waa Bomewbat atartled, and to fflin timA fnr n11wtirtflp KiaTOO. thoughts, began i asking some ques . ... . . tions. ..;,.,.;.,,... "How old did you say this man was?" ' ' ' "Someseventy-fivoyeara." ' '"And he baa been using both to bacco and whiskey ever since he' was thirty-five 7 "Yes, using them constantly and ely." ' ' freel Well, what kind of a man ia he ? Does he seem to take much Interest in business, or in anything that is going or!" "Wa'al, no, I don't think he does." , "Does he seem to love anybody ?' "Wa'al, no.' : . "Does he seem to hate anybody ' "No, I don't think he does: he seems sort of indifferent to every thing." ' ';-' Well,' said . Mr. Trunk. ; who bv thia time harl (rntripmd itn hia xrit. I your old man has evidently been dead for some forty years, and the only mistake you've made is that you did not burv him." Amid the shonta of lauirhter that - - . l rose upou the answer the audience . . : broke up, and Mr. Trask was re- lleved. , Cross-Exam iuetL j A UnArn it of..l . U- 11 1 " uuuo uiui 'i muyjTi something ci everything, uenerai Butler, when a member nf the Hoard .1 ...... i. i ... ';a 'a: ". v7J:: " ati nriaoi nia iaa vNAa r w aabinM a, .......k-j .-6Muv-- vmna n inn 11 , m rmai -n u i n a bridge-building, In answer to their inquiries, he said that being engaged once in an important bridge case, he was compelled to familarze himself with the subject. Ihe father of the late Professor Greenleaf, of the Cambridge Law School, was an excellent ship car penter. Under his instructions, his son became proficient in the art of building a ship. And this knowledge. gained in youth, was very useful to him when he became one of the lead ing lawyers of Maine. On one occrsion, he was trying in Portland an insurance case, before Judge Story. The vessel had been injured by pounding upon the bottom or side, while lying at the warf. The insurance company defended the action on the ground that the vessel was injured in her side through carelessness in not properly securing her to the wharf. A master-builder, having testified that the injury was on the bottom, was thus cro68-examinelby Mr. Green leaf, the company's counsel. ' ou are a ship-carpenter, and master of your trade?" "Yes." "In building a vessel, after laying your keel, you place a row of crook ed timbers side-wise, securing them to the keel with iron bolt??" "Yes." "These you call floor timber?" "Yes." "Between these floor limbers tbeend of another crooked timber is inserted. as you would insert the fingers of one hand between those of another, and these you call foot-hook (buttock) timber?" "Yes." "And so you proceed, filling in rows of crooked limber!", until )'ou reach the top, calling the third the rising timber, then the naval timber, and then the lop timber?" Yes." "Now. sir, stale to the jury, on your oath, what kind of a timber you fur nished for the repairing of that ves 1 . floor-timber, a foot Lock. m "'. or a naval timber?"' ."It was a, natil timber," replied fcU wiiuwa. , The lury . SW that the Inturr ha ! - .L . I wen auoe to the .i.Je or the vt - I. im' Bl to rne bottom-1 It wat fro i I carelessness, and Hot from accidt-r t. BDU tne defence, therefore, received w,y he took .-ir.., cia." I T. at. I .t 1 -V" J ' - " " -w va.va a i j.u liih TPi T nn I I npra it von in (na 1 of th iM-roiit emmt .. nr a .- Carolina two neighbors, who m' be. introduced to yon as Tom JoLa- i uu Kiiu mM ftnn a. nnmantt i rav awrA both large slave owner, and ardent I secessionists, ' and when Jeff Davis f called for trooj and money to aid iu tha' aaiAhliahmMni ..r . q...,.i 1 - --'' v w a kVUVUTI u Confederacy, none rcponded mora promptly or more libera v than "om" ! JohosOD. A cavalry K-tviii i iva.ii v in mm niiiii m .a n mn Waa raised in their vicinity and both con tributed a Dumber of blooded borsea. "uu ""pmenis complete. ; - ineJ wei' BO oeyond the -e 'or ctve duty aoldicrt, so they t- Pd tl conscription, and remained on their plantations till the Federal D prope" including all thf .r I 'ves who had not flod for refcrre to tne "Dkee" n ktily retired to tue juienor oi ice Diaie. . were iuey L X a lit . - r . "rf.awwi" : ic?4 .i it: IVtucu UUWI A UU1( TV He LJ IUW '1 were beginning to look blue for the Jeff Davis dynasty, and their slave bad become a burden to them. One bright morning Johnson ca'!J him that be proposed to return to uU nome 00 th e Mt n, tk Pb session of his oldj)IaiUtion. 1'' 'But,' aaid Tbomson'tbe Yankee commander will not let you into pos I e8'oQ-' j 'I'll manage that replied Johnon, V4J wenu . Arriving at 1'ort itoyal ! wm ushered into the presence of the com mulmg officer, to whom he made known his wuh. ' JOtt a loyal citizen of the Un- ionr asked the commandant 'l m'' emphaUcaUy rrplied Joha 'Will you Uke the irou-clad oatb?' 'I will,' responded Johnson. Tha oath was presented, Johnson's name was affixed without delay, and tho order was issued and Le put it possession of his plantation. The news of Johnson good fortune soon made its way into the interior, aD(1 ,is nbor, Thomson, soon I followed hia example, and presented himself at headquarters with the re quest, that the commandant would restore to him his plantation. Can you Uke the "iron clad oalhr askad the officer. " 'No, sir,' responded Thomson. 'Then vou can't have the tlanU- tion.' said the officer. 'But my neighbor and friend. Mr. Johnson, has bad his plantation re stored to him how ia it I can't get mine?' - -;h '." ..- ' .'He took the iron-c!ad,' waa the reply. inomson reurea, nearuiy wiaumg in1 u w,e on Amen- can : Contibent were reduced to on m D(I Inat cannon io the woria were in one, ana mat cannon t a f a .i . t I I . !.u .11 IL. 1 - WM enargru wuh u au guupwuer na D" eTer manu,BClure, ,m u,a be, the aforesaid 1 homson, bad that cannon poioted at that xaokee, so ba could have the proud satisfaction of w-v-..- - klAtviNM lhaf AAnAanfMfarl Yiril A A t f 1 11,.,-,-- . With these feelings he Bought his 1. .., 1 UHV1V. ,a Deignoor, ana winy luming wna rage be hissed: i w ii-i too Uke that infernal 'iron- - . - - 'I did,' quietly replied Johnson. Well, you know you did every thing you could for the Confederacy you gave money, provisions, horses and everything required. " Will you please tell ma on what principle of morals you took that bell fired oath ?' 'I will,' quietly replied Joahaon; 'I took it on the "principle that I had rather trust my soul in 'the hands of an all-merciful God, tha b to trust my plantation in the hand of the d d Yankees: Detroit Free Press. The onvlr. ; ' ' ' , i. - In speaking of the convicts for the Quaker Bridge load In yesterday's issue, we suggested that the work could be finished in ninety days. ' We had for gotten that as soon as the Quaker Bridge -road was finished the law provides that the convicts be transferred to the road running from Core Creek to Trenton. Captain Page secured their aid from the " Legislature, and the new road will prove a great convenience to the people of Trenton and the surrounding coun try. ''' v- Oreenaboro Fanaarn Callce A meeting of the Trustees of this in stitution is in session in this place to day, the following gentlemen ' being present: ' - ' ' C. P. Mendenhall President, Rev. J. A. Cunninggim Secretary,' Revs. A. W. Mangum, D. D.. E. A. Yates, D. D., W. H. Bobbitt, D. D., N. II. D. Wilson, D. D., T. M. Jones, D. D., and Col.' J. C. Pinnir, Seymour Steele and W. H. IU11. The plana of these gentlemen are not in a condition to be made public, Still it ia no breach of confidence to say that they are quite confident, that the college will not be Hold on June 9th as at present advertised. Orwtwboro Bugle. Who would think that In i place the size of New Berne there are over .75 licensed drays and carts, and ret such is the fact; we doubt much if .Raleigh, I with all ita mitropolitian airs, can com pare with rsew tterne in this particular Xnrbtrniaa. alanre " unaer uommoaore jjupont occu- iamonff P,ed iseaufort Asaoon as Beau fort that eu they both gathered up their mor-