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Ttf - TO.. is r It ?: 1 f r. - V.Lv The I imes. is published every week , By Jas. yAIbrighL& Ef6, ; ! TERM4& Por J"1! h Wtmc s; J - i JjpAuy pewim landing r subscribers will WW v !- . y' - oueoopy graft. ! ' . J, - , 1 inch 1st Insertion,.,. .1,",.. t 1.00 - Each additional insertion,...,'.,'.. J5 One year, 6.00 )l column lot insertion,,,, 4.00 Kach additional,..,...... I . , .. .... 1.00 ' One year,.... ...... 20.00 column 1st insertion,. , . . ........ . . T.00 Each additional, J. 00 One year,... ............. ....... 30.00 1 column 1st insertion,, ......... ... .... 10.00 1 ' E&ch additional, 3.00 .' One year,... . 60.00 Card in Directory, one year, (in advanoe). 1.00 ' Yearly advertisements changed quarterly if desired. Payments quarterly. -, . Transient advertisements payable in advance. Business Directory Attorneys at LnW. North Kim, opposite Court House, North Elm, opposite Court House, (si advertisement, 4 . -- ,titM fr Staple, tacond floor, Tate building. Apothecaries and Druggia-ts. j M. If. Uinta. M.IK. ; - , West Market Street, McComiel building, Porter JtM, West Market, nex t courthouse, (sp adv.) Book Store. li. f). Sttrliu't, ' South Elui, opposite Express Office.' Barbers. ' .' ' v U ,Ur A- WiUp, ! . i . . North Kim, oppwito Court House. Bankers and Insurance Agents. Henry G. K'llvjn t- Co.. ;.- Mouth Kim, Tate building, (f adv.) niiZaaa ShArr, . " ... . . . South Elm, opponite Express Office, (see auv.) - Boot and Shoe Makers. " K, Jk'lrrh Hrhlaijrl, ' Went Market, opposite Muimuhi Hittel, Cigfar Ianufartni-rr. A. KrorltunnH,' - Mouth Kim, Caldwell block. , 'aninet makers and Ladertakers. Juk A. VritrMI, ' fioutlt Klin, iHar Ui'jxit. Comer iif Struuion and IavH tttrcrts. Contractor in Briek-uork. ltoriU Mr Kaiiit. f'oiitmetors la Wood-work. ' . J. t 'iMU r, , -J.U. I. OnMf. C'Oiirectioners. , , . Tate Jtuildiiig, nmor oliM. , DrrsvIaklnfr and Fashions. Mr$. S. Mimr'vr, . Somli K!m, ( adv.) ' Mr. A. JHmorth, ' , .-, Next door to Time OttiVev DentiMs. J. If. IhrUtt, ; lt lMir h'ft liand. up stain, (iarrettV Ullltlllg. J!. Unit, . lant Jlarln't, Albright's bhick. Trj oods), Grocer and Prod ace Dealers. " IV. H. Mtmrt, East Market, Allniglit't new buildiit(f. . H. Itmttzal, ; Conwr Hart MarkH ami . North Khn, l.UHtMiy conH-r, (see auv.J J. Wrathn-U. " . , Cn Fjwt Market and Lhirie strerta. n J). Ti-ultrr, ; ' . Ktu4 Market, Alltright's Bfw building, l.Jf. Mat, ; " MiU'krt, njiMMte Porter 4e lU kcl, jmh adv.; - . r: Wf, , Wet Market, 0)Mwite Court liouse. ". i- Ja$, SlimH Smu, Kiulli Klin, war DfjMit, (mh-alv.) f". 6'. )Vrf, ' ' . Month Klia , . Smith A- CitiMT, ' ', (jiKite Soiiilwni Ilott-I. ' ' I J. 1). Jilin'. Etwt Murkft Ktm-t. T ' - fa. ntrtru, , t'oniiTEoxt Market and Itarie stiwtn. ik ir. c. jifnioM), " Count South Elm and Sycamore. ' Ciroeers and Confectioners. UtarrrU As H liilr, East Market, next IW OtKiv. Harness-makers. . ft'. S. I'arhr, , ' . . . , l'.ut Market St., near Court House. . Jamri E. Thorn, - Corner South Elm and Hycunwre. Hotels. ' Mansion Hottl, W. II. Beeee, )Mroprk-tor, Comer West Market and Orvuuf street, (see adv.) fkmtkrrn lhAtl, Scales 8c Black, proprietors, West Market, near Court House. 11nnlni Botfl, J.T. Reese, proprietor, , , East Market, neur Court House. MA very Stables. , It'. J. jtAhntmdmf ' '' Davie street. Millinery and Lady's Goods. v Mr. W. S. Moon, East Market, Albright's new building. ' Mr, fotrah Adam,. ,j ' Wert Mitrkvt, opposite Court House, ; ' jriusic and ffnsical Instruments. 1'rof. F. II. Mawrin, South Elm, (sw- adv.) ' KavnsEitriffEx. r .Washington, near Railroad. PlMttoirraphers. - Jlvtjhuk Yatrt, ' l , West Murket, ojpitt C'otirt House, r up xtiiirs. i " ' ' Phyaieians. . T A. S. Irrtt, - Wt Market St., (near Times Office.) , IS, V. (lk'n, . , . 'Wrrt M;irkct, MrToiinel bitiWing., 1 f'J, ( YOL. VII. Tinners, -fJ , . V? yt -I 1 A : , - Jho. Jf. ffSuflieat r , Corner West Market and Ashe at rents. ' TTp",niakers and Jewellers. W. JU t'orrar, , , 8outh Elm, opposite Express Office. ' . Dm'ul Smtt, ::.-' . ' "' j. ; ft East Market, Albright's block. Guiford CouutT Officers. " Ckairoum etAe County Ctmrt, Jed. H.'Liud- "' Sheriff, Robert M. Stafford. Clerk of the Count) Court, Lyndon Svraim. ' s Clerk of tin Superior Court, John W, Payne, v fWte Begitter,- William IT. Stelner. ' , " County Trutte, Wyatt W. Bagsdule, - t r j. IT S. Oftlctals. . . t .. . t'reedmtH't Bureau, Capt. Hugo Hillebraudt, l.vj Uurrett'a building, up stairs, i Jeeeor'i OJlrt, Jwe Wliet-ler, . v ; . , West Market, near Court House. . :. " Collttior't MPr,Jne, Crane, .' ., 8 ' ' SHituEW - ,' ' ' ' i Stijitirr i Banbrvptry, Thos. B. Keogli, . , , Tate building, up stairs. ,: BotulrU Wurehoute, D. W. C. Benbow, : ' 8oulh Elm, Benbow't building. " " 1 -' : HYMN TO TITJB PEOPLE.' Not to be blest with warrior strength, s : to wield the sword and wear the glaive, . Or rise to eenqueror'iiame at length', , : Proclaim, the good or makes the brave. To have the power to bide the seora, ' And rise above the hate and strife, j. JOt thosw to wealth and title born, , Is the crowned eoursge of our life, ; ' Wli stare the swords that prop king , The banners la his army's van., To strength of soul that dares to spring, . And show the monarch' in the man. t . . .. , .,.... Kings and the mightiest men of arms, .. , , Btroug as the, heads of realms they bide, " Pport tut they may with fortuno's charms, : Tbcy.are like leaves upon the tide. " la dim of old sepulchres they lie, , ' The feast of silence and decay, ' ' ' While the world-heart beateth high iJL Ani tbruucs itoelf upon to-dy. ;. Oive ate the man whose band have toed The frn-ol to the mellow soil, Whose feet the forest depths have crowed, - Whoe brow i nobly crowa'd with toil. : . Written fi Tle Tiliuw. T II K L I F K Lieutenant-Colonel C C COLE, On of tit farmer KJitor of" Tit Tmi. ' Qho difflcilliuM, kot prwehriut. BT'WIl.t.. L. S4KTT. , . . IXTBOWVCTIOX. . , Tle arte of men, f tlie most part, live aJVer tlieui. Few perbb ntterly. If they are not writ ten out in. the prmiMMUt hitorytof tiie WMiutry, tbcv are, to some extent, perpetuated in local and umily traditions. ' Each anVcts human aoriery di- rvrtly or hidireetlr, beneficially or injurHHitily. Ilener, tliei iin)Nirtaiir of writing, as it were, In water sm-b as are vile, tliat they may be Ires known ami fi ll, and of chrotiirliiig hi a durable fm-in the virtuous that they may serve as " rKrtr'mts in the sands of time" to (xiint (lie way to usefulness, moral elevation and preferment,;. With this design, tlie writer has un dertakeo this sketch of LtEll. Col- Col.R, nianof high and noble virtu; and with thehojie, too, that it may be promotive of a generous spirit of eimilation ainoutf the youth of the country, he nww dilfidrntly plucvM it in UieliamU if tlw Miblic. CHAPTER I. . All the faee of tlie earth U ehotjkered with Htrenms of diflerent nize aul ap IM'aratiwa. Some are sliullow, others dei; Home are so limpid that the gol den winds sparkle in their beda, others are muddy and full of filth ; some are smooth, others . rough $ some move noiiM'lessly along, others dash impetu ously .forward f some are quite Bmall and ftoon lost iu larger waters, others are long and glide majestically into the vast oceans of the globe j and some gratify the taste for the beautiful, while others tir the soul with emotions of grandeur and sublimity Bo with hu man minds. Some are profound, others not j some are pure, others corrupted ; some are serene as a summer-sunset, others violent as the driving storm j some are restless, others not ; some arej contracted, others great and expansive; some live through only a lew years, others cover ft wide strewn or time some by their attractiveness, elicit our admiration, others, by their moral od- iouity and littleness, excite our dis. gust and others still, by their daring, or quick-developing greatness, inspire feelings of awe. and, wonder. Of all these loveliest, most self-commending traits was the character of Christo pher ColtjmbUh Cole, the incidents of whose short life the writer hopes will piove valuable in moulding and en- ir-liiii" the ln'iiits and intel!:t Of the 1 i' I' ll: 1 I GHEElISEOr.0, N. 0., Thurcday, February 6,1003. them for usefulness and eminence in the various walks of the world. the Cole family is of Anglo-Saxon extraction. Their ancestry emigrated from "Cornwall, the extreme south western county of England, in the sev enteenth century, and settled in the State of Virginia. , Xiko other spirited Englishmen, they came to this country, which ,was then a boundless wilder ness, inhabited, with the exception of a few settlements, only by the savage red-men of the forest, that they might enjoy freedom of conscience thought, opinion and expression, '. To their des cendents of the next 661111117 the right not to be taxed without representation was flatly denied. They were too proud to brook so gross a wrong. The great grand father of . Lieut-Col. Cole and several great-nncles supported the cause of American representative-independence in that first great Revolution, which shocked this continent, and re ceived scars of Junior, whicb they bore upon their persons through life, on the fields, which, in that memorable strug gle with the British, were forever con secrated in the history of human liber ty. Ilis father, MaJ. Wiujam C; Cole, who moved, eaHy in life, from Halifax, Virginia, to the county of Stokes, in North Carolina, where he nettled per mancntly, was, likewise, a soldier in the war of 181V13aml shared largely in the severities and perils of that sec ond war with the mother-land. Chris topher CoLt'Mnrti Cole, who was born iu that county on the 12th tiny of February, 1834, was the oldest child of Maj. Cole by his seeond wife, Elizabeth Muai'iir, a daughttT of Mr. Jeshe Murphy, of rutrick, conn ty, Virgiuia. )Ie had several half- brtdlters and half-sisters but only one full brother and full-sister, CoL Jamks IL f'oLE, now of .Texas, . and .Mrs. Mathews, the wife of CoL Jamkh E Mathews, tlie former Senator in the General Assembly for Stokes and For syth. . Ilirj father died ,v. hcu he was quite u loyt after which his mother movetl to the county of her father in Virginia - where she lived until her death, which happened five years after ward. Lum, as he was railed by his fond another, was Jit to school when he was only six years old. lie loved his book from his first lesson and pro gressed rapidly, for one of so few years, in all his infantile studies. So early as he could read well, she placed in his hands a little New Testament, from which he learned the beautiful story of the Cross. Like tlie child of Elkanah and Hannah, he was " lent to the lord " by his christian mother. lie wasal ways a good boy. rue nowers ot a genuine, enduring piety, like a bed of sweet violet, covered over his heart modestly and richly at the tender age of eleven years, anu, betore lie was twelve, lie was a member of the -Methodist Episcopal Church South, of which he was a continual and increasing orna ment throughout his life. Fatherless, motherless, he was re ceived into the home of his uncle, Pr. Jons L. Colk, then a resident of the village of Coleville in Stokes, who was the guardian of both his person and estate ; and afterward he moved with his uncle and family, in the year 1848, to the town of Grccnsborough where his academic conr.se of studies was commenced at the age of fourteen. He recited his first lessons in the Latin Grammar and Header to Levi M. Scott, Esq., a young lawyer, who was then teaching in this place. He was a model pupiL He went to school not like too many, to idle his time and sport, but to learp,-to acquire useful knowl edge. "Early in his school days, he dis-' covered great energy and resoluteness of character and a self-reliant disposi tion rare even in persons of more ad vanced age. Nothing daunted him, nothing in his elementary preparation was so difficult as to deter him from its undertaking, the fruit of hard scho lastic toil, ho ever felt, was sweetest and most remunerative after it was once gathered and, garnered in the mind. , He spent three years in pre paring himself fop collegiate jaiatricti lation, at the expiration" of which time lii' "u ui'iMulh .tjvu'h'pcd morally. ,1 . . I " I j t I : physical and mentally for a youth only "seventeen years. u - ; There was not a more ambitious youth In the Sophomore class of ' Nor mal College than young Ltjm Coijb at the commencement of his college ca ncer j ret the ambition, which fired his bosom, was not 'characterized by recklessness of the means employed to the attainment of a noble end. He aspired to stand at the bead of his class in thoroughness of scholarship, to rise to greatness In letters ; still, as the ele gant Everett hath said, his -desire was to be "only great as he was good. His sabbaths were kept holy his week-day duties, as a young disciple. were strictly observed. " He devoted much of his t ime to the study' of mora science and scriptural truths. He hati not been there long ere he selected an out-of-the-way spot," far from the busy Hum of the college,' where he could in dulge himself in biblical readings and devotions without intrusion or inter ruption. Over that spot he erected a rough structure, which was seen there after he quit school, that was his fiethseniane the valley of fatness to his soul, and in that secluded place he laid the foundation of .that sterling, el evated, sustaining piety, which so dis tiuguished him in the walks of quiet society -life, and which" made him strong, indomitable and fearless in the terrible struggles and trials through which it was his fortune afterward to puss. Twas that which made him peerless among his youthful co-work ers in tlie cause of his Master, 'twas that which u grappled him to the heart and love of all his classmates and school fellows. His natural amiable lies, his frankness, his liberality, his self-negation made him to all, both scholars and professors, an object of devoted affection, and yet all felt, that ...... a hie royalty tt nature - Reign llttf, which would be sVar'd," Tiros this Litter quality of miud, which fitted him so eminently to- command men and to lead them unflinchingly in the face of the red sheets and melting hail of the war-god. - He had none of thai heroism which' displays itself in high-sounding talk, that signifieth nothing, nor of that morally insane rashness in which the modern duellist so vaunteth and prideth himself. His was that modest, wise, stern, Jacksd- nian courage and bravery, which can be called out to the fullest development only by the grand trials and throes of great national life-struggles. ' lie graduated in the summer of 1854 with the first distinction in scholar ship. His class was composed of eight young men including himself. All were well grown, physically and Intel lectually matured, and impelled to close study by a laudable ambition.- All are living except the subject of this memoir. Four have since entered the ministry -Pearsox, De Feeler, WttiTTLNGToN and Wright: two were officers- in the Confederate Ar my Lieut. Payne and Capt. Carter; and the other, Mr. J. A. Edwards, Is filling a. judicial office in the county In which he lives. " All, too," were mem bers of the christian "church with the exception of one only. But none of them, however . excellent bis school walk, or gifted his mind, left behind him a name longer to be remembered and revered by the society . of which he was a member, than did Mr: Cole. Though he was not so able, in worldly goods, to give as many others ; yet no one in the Columbian Literary Society equalled him in a generous liberality in increasing its Library and ornamenting its nail. Ho was thoughtful of the honor and eminence of that literary association and not unmindful of the improvement of those' who were to come after him in the long years of the future, ' " ' ' - : Thus burnished for the buttle of life, tints' endeared to all who were left in the quiet shades of bis Alma Mater, he stepped into the arena of every -day life with the hope that he might do good and make a name worthy to live on the pages of his country's history; nor was he disappointed in this proud expectation- : (TO r. COM t.M KU.J 1 1 .1.: KO.l. 4 , i " Fp the la Cross Democrat. ; ! A 2sTOBLE , SPECTACLE, ; f. -'". f 1 ' " 1 j One of the noblest; spectacles ever witnessed by nations is that presented by the heroic, desolated, suffering, in suited, outraged and misjudged people of the Southern States. It Is now long time, as worlds move, events came upon us and histories are made, since the people of the Confederacy, whose bravery, the North must forever 'en. dorsej gave up the unequal contest, submitted to fate and inexhaustible armies, threw down their arms and, placing full faith on promises of their conquerers, returned to their ash heaps, silent chimneys, vandalized homes and belts of desolation. .. . v, , j When the people of the South enter ed npon the chances of a rebellion they did so honestly, openly and earnestly. while they fought, undaunted bra very, heroic devotion to their homes and loved ones, indifference to want, suffering and danger, marked their struggle from first" tos last , They waged, war, not to destroy, us of, the .North, but to save themselves as a peo ple and a confederation of States to protect themselves" by a : constitution which could be respected.' They ought earnestly, more than man to man, and for all of vindictive ness shown by the South or her armies, God has forgiven that people, as have all who saw and knew their devotion to liberty, independence and principle, the more as we pause to think how much they had to exasperate them, as the flames of towns, cities of beauti ful homes years in making, shot heaven ward to light thieves, bummers and despoilers on then way in the wake of armies; all protected by the flag of the nation alike I . .w . He who could then and there sit idly down and smile, and jest, or hunt balm of Gilead for those who were in arms against him and all he held dear on . .i .' ;.'' . '" '' ', eann, were unwortuy a name among Americans or a place in honest history Days rolled themselves into little scrolls of smoke and sorrow weeks dropiicd into the cruible of years only too full of misery, and the years themselves went laden with ashened hopes, bleeding griefs and heroic sacrifices to the great jtowcr till at last exhausted manhood and pretnruatural courage gave way to invincibility, and the people were told that the war had ended! ' ' Those we of the giant North warred against were of us were with us were sons of our fathers. Their wealth was our wealth and common pride. Their glory was our prosperity; their prosperi ty our happiness, their happiness ours. We promised them fair dealing aud iberal terms. We told them to go home and come again to our councils, to live under the good old laws made by common sires, and to their ruins went they all, believing that the North would keep its word. They sent men of their choice to represent them and their bleeding interests they honestly and rightly sent men to represent their views aud interests rather than ours. We ot the North insulted those we had overpowered we lied to those who trusted us we oppressed those we had robbed we mocked those we had deso lated we tortured those we had pro mised to defend, and fbr weary months have, as a North, directed the great en ergies of the broken nation to purposes of destruction rather than salvation or restoration. ' We have done nothing to give States their rights. We have done nothing to give hap piness to the people. , ' We have done nothing, to 'give' the desolate land to prosperity. We have done nothing to aid or en courage in good behavior or honest in dustry those who took us at our word 4icke! ' ' On the contrary we have as a North done all in our power, even by terror of bayonet red with blood, by military oppression where it was not needed by double dealing, ! falsehood, oppres sion, unjust legislation and unconstitu tional enactments to -irritate, harass; impoverish and destroy those who are shaming all the boasted religion'; lilier nlitv and civilization of the 'North by ..nee. i ' ri 1 t' e t il i ka. A ly . .vrri t i a t .j? i " ; 1 Ji so 1 ' t i- r " -poverty, L::uiL..:l -jJ, i . prcssiou. UerLM.ld f--l t. soldiery her homes .s.l 1.. M by 1 i-i-tary tyrants her law 1. - As f . ' .1 u r . ' bayonets Lcr ermine b.I i u;..r V..a drumhead her.ii.iercsU u.. 1 our i.i- ' tcresta still in tLe haiul. of L r L.t is, with armies cf abolition ami;,... still prowling over her ruinri, inciting tl. blacks to acts of lawless violence ami ' to murder their best friends, the men , of the South, like noble, honest men, ! endure and trust for the better, days ' sure to come to them ere long. j And we say to them front our ice j bound home in the ' North that their prayers have been heard tlieir endup. f big fortitude is1 being rewarded, and that in the North a change is manifest. 1tV0 have seen in 18C7 over three hun dred thousand gain of votes fur the benefit of them and of the country a ! gain nnparalelled in the history of the", illot box, and still the Revolution is going on, and the end is not yet. ', . - Then endure but do not endorse the . . power that is losing its terror. Keep still sol far as acts of violence are con cerned. . Let no rash outbreak cut the arm that comes with succor. Take up 1 with not one of the illegal proportions ot dishonor made by a fractional, sec-' tional Congress. Vote down as one, man, vote down, and do not accept tho , termsaffcredyou since your submission, - and if yon are not able to vote down 4 the illegal and by the Democracy that comes to your aitl unrecognized inass , of ignorance that now under shadow of., bayonets insults and dishonors your -ballot boxes vote in as solid phalanx as possible, against enduring the prop ositions wantonly and unconstitution ally made and thus enter a protest. -which will be heard and honored be-. fore many months shall roll away. , - A little while longer endure but not' endorse." We told j'on last year the tide would and should turn the votes of 1807 attest the honesty of our belief and correctness of our prophecy.-:.. And the end u not yet sv i ' -V 1 Keep still stand finn-r-listen to thoc counsels ot brave and wise men strike - 06 blow march only to your lalior amM to rofe doic that yon know, we know, the world knows and God knpws to ltbt wrong, and the sooner all will be Eight tT THE N. C. CONSTITUTIONAL : . CONVENTION. - t This body organized at Raleigh on t the 14th of last month, and we fear wot- are too far behind to give as full an atv count of their doings, as we could wish,-. or as we intend in the future. We give- list of delegates in another column. On the 15th, Mr. Calvin J. Cowles,.. of Wilkes, was elected chairman, and Major T, A. Byrnes, of Cumberland, . principal secretary 5 John H. Boner, of Forsythe, as assistant secretary j John I. Jones, of Wake, as principal door keeper, and John T. Ball, of Wake, as. assistant doorkeeper. , , , . 16th. The resolution of Mr. Abbott passed 57 to 18 : - - Kesolrett, That no reiiortcrs for ' an v newspaper be allowed upon this floor,' , who treat the Convention or any of its members with disrespect, but that they snail, in ease of offence in this respect, be excluded from the floor of the hall and from the galleries by the Presidcutj. 17th Resolved to notify Gen. Cauby of the permanent organization. Sever-! a! bills and resolutions offered. 18th J. E. O'Hara, colored, was elected engrossing clerk, "'''- 20th Joel Ash worth, of Randolph,' was elected enrolling clerk., Mr. "Wal ker introduced an ordinance providing for the admission; of .members of the bar from other States to practice in the Courts of North Carolina. ..-'. c '. ' 21st Mr. Welker, a resolution pro. vhling for the office of Commissioner of Public. Works; also one restricthig, the powers of the Legislature ; also a preamble to tlie Constitution. j,, - The ordinance of Mr. Tourgoe to pro-- vent Oppression in the courts in certain causes, was taken up and .'considered.. n the discussion be Baid t "There was an instance of a gentleman on this floor who had been prosecuted but not con icted, and yet was burdened by enor mous costs. In the county of Guilford there was an instance of a man, who was prosecuted, was acquitted and yet had to pay casts fyr his defenre to the amount of $1,500. . The ordinance was referred. 18 per day agreed upon for members of Convention, A reporte r was authorized. - (See next, page,) " t A ii 'i 44
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