The Greensboro patriot [March 28, 1872]

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BUILDING PLANS.
DKAFTS <>F PLANS forNewHssjses
• Iraproeemenl ol old ones. Plain de-
HTo.es diuwn lo order.
LYNDON" SWAIN
.' VS. \V. ALBRIGHT,
v l( '«•!<>>" EEsXfc,
Coniniercial Broker,
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in Fresh Fish,
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iKKET STEEET,
C^as. G, Yates,
MANUFACTURER OF
: ..ll and Copper Ware, and dealer
1 !,r» ' '-■ "»'•• ll-"- »■"! Bboes, Wood
-. I rookery, •JidulaM Ware, Gro-
Mvves, sad ssaoried Goods, ssneiaUT
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I r cash, or barter. jan 19:ly
"AND THEN NO MOOBE."
I saw her ones, one little while, and then no
more I
Twss Eden's light on earth awhile, and then
no more :
Amid the throng she passed slong the meadow
floor;
Spring seemed to smile on esrth swbile and
then no more;
Bat whence she csme, which way she went,
what garb she wore,
I noted not.I gazed awbile,and then no more
I saw her once, one little while, and then no
more ■' ••■*-- •
Twss Paradise on earth a»hfr«5^nd then no
more,
Ah ! what avail my vigils pale, my magic
lore ;
She shone before my eyes awhile, and then
no more;
The shallop of my peace was wrecked on
Ueautv's shore;
Near hope's fair isle it rode awhile, and then
no more.
I saw her euce, one littlo while, and then no
more !
Earth looked like Heaven a little while, and
then no more ;
Her preaeuce thrilled and lighted to its inner
core
My desert breast a little while, and theu no
more ;
So may, perchance, a meteor glance at mid
night o're,
Some ruined pile, a little while, and then no
more.
I saw her oure, one little while, and then no
more !
The earth wan Peri-land a littlo while, and
then no more.
Oh! might I seo but once again as once be-fore,
Through chance or wile, that form awhile
and thou no more!
Death even would heal my grief, this heart
now r*ad or soro
Would beat anew, a little while, and then no
no more.
From tbo Kayetteville fc'nyo..
A Comparison
Between the Conservative and Radical
Lcgiilatures.
ME. EDITOR :
Already HIP Badic&la
through their stump speakers and
newspapers, have commenced abusing
and denouncing the late General As-sembly
for having betrayed the confi-dence
and troat reposed in them by the
people of >"orth Carolina, for not fulfil-ling
their promises of reform and re-trenchment,
and for not realizing the
expectations of the people lor a more
economical and honest administration
of the public aflairs of the State. And
because of certain criticisms upon this
Legislature by some of the Conserva
tive press, it is urged upon anil argued
to the people,that even their own/party
papers have denounced the Legislature
as being as corrupt and extravagant as
its infamous predecessor. Therefore
the object of this article is simply to
draw a fair,correct and impartial com
parison between the late Conservative
Legislature and the preceding Radical
Legislature,and all the facts slated and
figures given are taken from the pub
lie official documents, the correctness
and accuracy of which cannot be ques-tioned,
aud then let the people of North
Carolina themselves decide between
the two, and answer which truly rep-resented
them.
So much has been said about the
length of the sessions of the late Leg-islature^
may be well to first compare
the number of days during which the
two Legislatures weie in session and
seo if the Conservative one was not a
decided improvement in thisrespect.—
The Radical Legislature first assembled
on the first day of July, 180S, and ad-journed
on the _4th day ot August,
having been in session fifty-live days.
It a again met on the 10th day of No-vember
and, with the exception of a
recess from December SSlat to January
4th, was in session until the 12th day
of April, 1809, being just one hundred
and thirty-live days. The same body
assembled once more (ami thank Coil
tor the latt lime !) on the 23th day ol
Novcinber.lSOO, adjourned for a recess
from December 20th to January 10th,
and adjourned tine die on the 23th day
of March,lSTOjinakitig a session of one
hundred and fourteen days,so that the
total number of days which the Radical
Legislature was in session, and for
which the members drew the per diem,
was exactly three hundred and four, 01
over ten montha .'
Now compare with this the session
of the Conservative Legislature. This
body convened on the 21st day of Xo-veml)
er,1870,looU a recess from Decem-ber
24th to January 16th,nndadjourned
on the 0th day of April, having been
in session oae hundred and fifteen days
of which time fifty days were occupied
by the impeachment ol Ilolden. It
met again November 20th, adjourned
for a recess from December l'2nd to
January 2nd,and adjourned fine die on
tbo 12tii day of February,1872,beitig in
session seventy-five days, so that I he
total number of days which this Legis-lature
was in sessioii,nnd including tire
fifty days of the impeachment trial.was
just one hundred n:id ninety, or a little
over six months. The time Consumed
by the impeachment court should not
properly be included in the length ol
the sessions because it was not in the
usual and ordinary proceedings of tbe
Legislature, but entirely extra, and
rarefy Republicans dare not complain
of and denounce the Legislature for
impeaching Ilolden when more than
one third of the Republican Senators
Messrs. Barrett, Hawkins, Lehman,
Carolina for their support. Which
party, theu will the honest yeomanry,
the oppressed tax payers, and the true
men of the good old North State sas-tain
and endorse by their votes?—
"Choose ye between them." Each par-ty
has beeu in power and it remains
lor the people to decide which has t*u-ly
represented them, for '-by their
traits re shall know them."
HAL.
PITTSBOKO', N. C, March 5th, 1872.
Monday in April.
Horace Greeley on the two
Conventions.
had he signed,they would have at once
argued that his signature bound him
lo abide by the result of that conven-tion.
We trust no one will attend that
gatheirng who has not fully made up
his mind to let the present incumbents
have another four, years' lease of office
and power. j
But the Cincinnati Convention is
none of their afluijk They did not. call
it ; they are not invited; their presence
is not desired. Let thorn mind their own
business and run the r own machine.
may do as they will at Philadelphia :
int they cannot have their wayatCin-iunati.
Are they not entitled to com-lassion
J
Prom which we gather the following
mints:
1. That Mr. Greeley considers the
convention to be held in Philadelphia ; convention in Lansing.
Federal office holders"
Moore and McCotter, themselves, vo-ted
for his conviction. But even in-cluding
the impeachment trial of fifty
davs. the ConservativeLcgislatme was
in session one hundred and ninety days,
while the Radical Legislature was in
seitsion three hundred and four, a differ-ence
of nearly four montha. In conse-qnence
of the disfranchisemeut of our
old and experienced Legislators by a
vindictive Radical Cougress, tbe mem-bers
of the Legislature were all young
and inexperienced men, not accustom-ed
to the duties of the Legislator, and,
of course, the machinery of legisla-tion
did not at first move very rapidly.
Again, it must be remembered that
the executive and judiciary and Legis-lative
departments of the Stale gov-ernment,
were all iu accord and acting
in unison duriug the term of the radi-os]
Legislature, and there was nothing
to delay or protract legislation, so thai
it was plain sailing over a'smooth sea;
but with the Conservative Legislature
it was very different, lor the Execu-tive
and Judiciary both did all withiu
their power, resorting even to uncon-stitutional
measures, to hinder, delay,
embarrass and counteract the Legisla-tion
of this body, and thus greatly
protracting the length of its session.
Now let ns compare the cost and ex-penses
of the two Legislatures as sta-ted
by the Auditor's reports. The cost
of the Radical Legislature was as fol-lows,
viz: for the special session ol
1808, $78,424 80; for the session ol
ISOS-'O!), 8191.103 10 and lor the ses
sion of 1869-70, 0171,431 70 ; making
a grand total ot four hundred and thir-ty
thousand nine hundred and fifry-eight
dollars and sixty cents (8430,-
958 60,) or iu oilier words the Radical
Legislature was paid by the impover-ished
people of North Carolina Hearty
a half million of dollars. The cost ol
the Conservative Legislature is as fol
lows, viz: for the session of 1870-71,
including fifty thousand dollars lor im-peachment,
$117,010 17 ; and for the
the session of 1S71-72, the exact
amount cannot be stated until the
Auditor makes his next report, but n
cannot possibly exceed $76,000 ; ma
kiuga total of less than two hundred
thousand dollars, so that the differ-ence
in the expenses of the two Leg-islatures
was 8238,009.43, or nearly ti
quarter of a million of dollars! Did
not the late General Assembly then
redeem their promises of" retrench
ment and reform * To draw a more
striking coinp.iii.ion between the ex
penfles of the two Legislatures, take
the amount paid to, say lor instance,
their Bnrolliugclerks. At the session
1809-70, Mr. John A. McDonald, the
Enrolling Clerk, and his assistants
were paid the sum of two thousand
three hundred and seventeen dollar*
(-$2,317,) while at ihe session of 1870-
:71). Mr. W. J. Wilson, the Enrolling
Clerk of the Conservative Legislature
and his assistants were paid the sum
of seven hundred and lorty-One dol-lars
($741,) BO that the Radicals paid
more than three limes as much as did
the Conservatives for doing exaeth
the same work. This comparison iii
detail might be drawn ad injlnitum
greatly to the asiiuiishuieiit ol even
one who has not examined Ihe Audi
tor's reports, but let us pass by the
smaller items ami compare the public
expenditures as repotted by Ihe State
Treasurer. During the last year ol
Radical misrule, the year 1870, I lie ex-penses
of the Slate government areic
ported as one million one hundred and
twenty seven thousand two hundred
and fourteen dollars and ten cents.
(1,127,214.10.) while during the very
first year of Conservative rule, the
year 1871, the expenses were only six
hundred and forty-five thousand five
hundred and seventy nine dollars and
ninety-seven cents, (8645,579 07,) a re-daction
ami saving to the tax-burden-ed
people of nearly half a million ../
dollars in one year .' With these facts
and figures, who will have the audac-ity
and mendacity to say that ihi.-
General Assembly has not lulfiled its
pledges ol retrenchment and reform '
The only instance of fraud ever char
fed, and tbe charge has been fully re-futed,
against the Conservatives was
iu connection with the public printing.
But even granting thai the State was
defrauded in Ihe printing matter,
which lias been pi oven to the eoiiliary,
yet the public priuting for tbo l.'.nii
cal Legislrture of lSii!)-'70 cost firies
as much as ihe Conservative Legisla-ture
of I87t»-'7l, the eosi of the former
being $34,503 43, while that of the
latter only about $17,000, excluding
the three large volums containing the
impeachment trial.
To institute a comparison between
the character of the members of the
two Legislatures would be wasteful
and ridiculous excess. How refresh-ing
indeed to compare such men as
Warren, (liimei. Worth,Graham, Jar-vis,
Welch. Wiirrei . Ashe and others
with such rare raedaln as Ladiu, Bates,
Parson Sinclair. Cuffee Mayo et i<i
omne genus .' Against the cbatactei
of the former the venom tongue ol
Radical hate arid slander cannot
breathe Ibeslightesl suspicion of fraud
and corruption, while the names of the
latter have become household words
in every corner of the State. No
member of tin* Conservative Legisla-ture
has ever been cbarged with re-ceiving
a bribe, whereas the sworn
evidence,as reported by the Shipp
Committee, proves that hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been paid as
bribes to the Radical Legislature.—
The two bodies may therefore well In-said
the proper representatives of their I working with the oak bark solution.*'
respective parties, and to aptly illus- _
trail' the difference between the Con- j |j -s t]ie (irea.„ of those who never
servatives and the Radicals. Iu the ! awake.
coming campaign these two parties
will be arrayed against each other, and j
will each call upon the people of Noath I Important State Election* to occur and
Political Calendar.
State ConrnitioM to be held.
The following list inoludes, we be-isve,
all the important political State
and N ational Convention thus far cal-ed:
April 1—State electon in Connecti-cut.
April 3—Indiana temperance State
convention in Indianapolis.
April 3—State election in Rhode Is-land.
April 10—Pennsylvania republican
The Conservatives of Person county • State convention in Harrisburg.
hold their Convention on the 3rd1 April 10—Florida republican State
convention in Jacksonville.
April 10 National convention of col-ored
people of the United States iu
New Orleans.
Aprin 10—Oregon democratic state
In commenting upon the despatch of j convention iu Portland.
the Washington correspondent ol the I April 10—Kansas liberal republicau
New York 27mc*,that the friends of the state convention in Topeka.
Cincinnati movement had discovered, April 17—North Carolina republi-aud
were moving in :i certain mauner , cau state convention in Raleigh,
to defeat a scheme concocted by the | April 17—Virginia republicau state
Grant Radicals to "go to Cincinuati iu j convention iu Riohmond.
lorce,take possession of the Convention ; April 18—Lousiana democratic state
and endorse the Administration," tie i convention in New Orleans.
New York Tribune says: April 23—Louisiana reform party
The Federal office-holders have called ; state eon vention in New Orleans.
their convention to meet at Philadel- j April 24—Maryland republican state
phia in June. No one ptoposes to iu- j convention in Baltimore.
terfere with or disturb them. They I May 1—North Carolina democratic
have even complained that the editor ' conservative state convention in
of this journal did not sign their call,' Greensboro.
insisting that this would have been ou- j May 1—Legislature of Counecticut
ly a formal or ministerial act; though l meets in New Haven.
May 1—Tennessee liberal republican
convention iu Nashville.
May 0—National liberal republican
convention in Cincinnati.
May 8—Minnesota republican state
convention in Minneapolis.
M»y 15—Tennessee republicau state
convention in Nashville.
May 15—Nebraska republican state
convention in Lincoln.
-May 10—Michigan republican state
convention iu Jackson.
May 23—Jersey republican state
Yet it is plain,from the foregoing ex- j convention in Trenton.
tract, that they had formed a plot to | May 30—Pensylvauia democratic
surprise and capture the Cincinnati i slate convection iu Reading.
Coii\cntion,aud are chagrined that the ! June 3—New Hampshire legislature
opportunity is not afforded them. They ! meels.
June 5—Regular republican conven-tion
in Philadelphia.
June 12—Texas republican state
convention in Houston.
.1 .mi' 12—Indiana democratic state
convention iu Indianapolis.
June 12—Michigan temperance state
June 13—Arkansas liberal republi-can
convention iu Little Rock.
June 19—Arkansas democraticstate
convention iu Little Rock.
MI June the
convention.
2. That he thinks men have no busi-ness
there who have not " folly made
up their minds*' to sustain the "office-holders'"
candidates.
'i. That the Cincinnati Convention,
to be held on the 1st-of May.is not the .
"office-holders'" convention, and that, | pa/atively idle-not so with the horti-ih.
relore, the office-holders and Grant; cultunst, there is always something to
supporters should k
and "mind their ow..
-I. That the "office-holders" and and composting manure,
••i-uchinen" of the Admiuistration.and advent ot Mai
Spring Work.—To the
farmer the winter days may
ordinary
be com-
•e-iioKicrs uraui , ■^••™*~5 »-«"« — ■••■■-,,» -™—~ o --
keep away from it, j do, grafting, pruning, treuchiug » hen
an business." | the ground is not frozen, or hauling
With the
in
II who -cling to the skirts of power,"
j earnest. Ihe market gardi.cr has al
may do as thev please at Philadelphia, I ready Ins lettuce, radish, rhubarb, elC
huttbev must'stand back tromOincin-! ready for sale from their hotbeds, and
nali.- Washington Patriot. the various plants well under way for
transplanting, as soon as the season
will admit. The owner of the simple
Uarly Career of Senator Wilson. kitchen garden, however.will find that
In a recent speech at Great Falls,
X. II., Senator Henry Wilson, refer-ling
to some experiences iu his early
life, said :
March is early enough for him to have
his hotbed unler way, arid to novices
we may say, do not put iu your ma-nure
too green, turn it at least once,
and if the heat is strong, twice, before
putting it into the bed. Many per-
1 feel that I have the right ttrspeak j 8()I1S c|0 not start with the manure
lor toiling men and to toiling men. I j moist enough. If dry, it should be
was born here in your county of Staf | thoroughly moistened in the heap be-lord.
I was born in poverty ; want i fon ,i,p fj'rS( fermentation takes place,
sat by my cradle. I know what it is ami jt H|,ol||(] be thereafter protected
to ask a mother for bread wheu she
has none to give. 1 left my home at
ten years ol age and served an appren-ticesbipofJ1
years, receiving a month's
schooling each year, and at the end of
eleven years' hard work, a yoke of
oxen and six sheep, which brought
me cightly-lour dollars.
A dollar would cover every penny I
spent Iroiu the time I was boin until I
was 21 years of age. I know what it
is to travel weary miles ami ask my
I'cllow-nieii to give me leave to toil. I
remember that iu September, 1833, I
walked into your village from my na-tive
town, and went through mills,
seeking emploj ment. It auj body had
offered me $8 or $9 a month, I should
have accepted it gladly. 1 went down
lo Salmon Falls. 1 went to Dover, I
went to Newmarket and tried to get
work, without success, and 1 returned
h e wear.v but not discouraged, and
I put my pack on my back ami walk-ed
to the town while I now live and
learned a mechanic's trade. I know
the hard lot that toiling men have to
endure iu the world, and every pulsa-tion
of n.y heart, every conviction of
n.\ judgment, puts me on the side of
the toiling men of my country—aye,
of all conutries.
from the effects of frost and rain.
If it has not been attended to before,
lose no time in securing bean poles and
pea brush, for success can never be
attained with running beans, nor gar
den peas, without good support for
them to cling to.-Whatever leaf mould,
muck, sods, ect., yon may have drawn
for compost, should be kept compactly
together, turning it occasionally to in-duce
decomposition. ..'
If you neve neglected to cut scions of
such fruit as vou want to propagate
from, lose no time in doing so before
the sap starts. When cut, bury them
in moist sand until wanted. Cuttings
of currants, gooseberries, ect., should
be planted as soon as the soil is in con-dition,
and this will apply to the tut
tings and takes of willow aud other
trees that grow from sedations of the
wood. Duriug pleasant days iu March,
the lawn may be cleared up.and every-thing
rendered tidy abont the place.—
In factMarch is the month for gather-ing
together the forces that go to make
up the economies of the subsequent
processes in horticultural art.— Witt-ern
Rural.
HOUSES' SOBB SHOULDERS.—A cor-respondent
of the Canada Farmer
writes relative to sore or galled shoul-ders
of horses: "Wash them well eve-ry
night and morning with a strong so
THE SNOWS OF THIS WINTER.—As
a matter for reference and to gratify
the curiosity ol our readers, we give
the number of snows which fell dnr-the
winter. The old saying, that the
date of the first snow fixes the nuin
l> llllllll illlU lUUiuiiib ........ oiiuu. nv I b—e"r to-o"c-c—ur d- uring— th, e ■«w. in- te•r, hva„s,
lutionof oak bark made by boiling the proven latseso far, and there is but
bark in water : then rub them well! little ho,* for its verification unless the
with linseed oil. Anoint them every I Clerk of .he weather is, pre ty lively.
March 11; 8th, March 17; 9th, March
22nd.
Sleets.—1st, Dec. 23 j 2nd, Jan. 8 ;
3d, Feb. 8th, very heavy.—iSafm Press.
Counting Twenty-Five.
I found the cherished face of Maria.
Aun wreathed in smiles the other even-ing,
when I returned from my ardusus
daily toil. I am engaged as standing
man at a saloon. So many candidates
are treating, that the saloon keeper
hires six of us to be treated. We all
drink with every candidate who comes
in, and it makes business tolerable
brisk.
Said my chosen one, 'Joshua. I am
afraid you do not always find me an
angel Iu disposition.'
Said I, That's so—hie—my dear, I
don't seldom find you 'nangel in—in
anything.'
'And,' she added, 'you are not al
ways the most pleasant man iu this
witle world.'
I did not feel called upon to reply to
her just then.
Said she, 'Read that.'
She had cut an item from (lie col-umns
of some paper,wherein a den e it-ed
writer told about some woman w bo,
being troubled with a bad temper,
counted twenty-five every time she was
provoked, and thus became a sweet,
amiable, and dearly loved ornament of
(he house of her delighted husband. 1
read the article about as well as the
condition of my head would allow, and
remarked, 'Ilosh.'
Maria Ann paid no attention to me,
but unfolded her plan.
She said that every time 1 got mad I
should count twenty five, and every
time she got mad she would count
twenty five. I asked her who she
thought would pay our rent while we
sat and counted twenty five over and
over all day.
She said I was always raising ob-jections
to her plans forourmtitu.il im
•Movement, and I said I was nor, and
she said 1 was enough to try the pa-tience
of a saint.aud I said she was too,
and she came for me. and I told her to
count twenty five ; but she tallied one
iu my left eye.
Then I was going to remonstrate with
the poker, and she told me to count
twenty-five and I said I would not;
but I did before she had pulled more
than half my hair out.
Then she made me. count twenty-live
over and over.until 1 was out of breath
ami felt leal pleasant and good-natured
So we went to supper. Now, the eat
was coiled up iu my chair,bat I did not
see it Until I sat down; but I did see it
theu,aod I was pretty sure it was there,
in fact 1 knew it was as well as I waul-ed
to, and more too. 1 felt inclined to
rise up suddenly, but as I gathered to
spring, she brandished the coffee po;
and murmured:
'Joshua,your temper is rising; count
twenty-five or I'll break your head.'and
the cat was drawing a map ol the Tenth
Ward with his claws, behind me, with
the streets and boundaries marked in
my blood.
I rose to explain,aud said, 'My dear
—I—, but she came down on my head
with a well shot tea cup, and sprinkled
my face with a quart of hot tea, a:-id I
sat down and counted twenty-live ; but
it killed ihe cat. The old fellow died
hard. I could feel him settle as his
nine lives went out one by one.
A lew days" practice of this rnle.un-der
the loving instruction of Maria Ann
has enabled mo to conquer my temper
completely. Nobody can get me mad
now. I am in a state of perpetual calm,
and I want fo see the, man that wrote
that story. I want to fit him for the
hands of some nudertaker,and make a
demand for some mourning goods
among his friends. Then lean die hap
py—counting twenty-five.
THE FACES WE HEKT.
Oh, the faces we mast
In tbe crowded street.
With their smiling lie* or their weary eye;
And Ihe clonds of care
Which they oiten wear
As ihey hurry swiftly by.
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On the i
BARKS, ROOTS ASD HI'.RRS.—Per
sons interested iu-galhering these ar-ticles
will find if to their interest to
observe the. following rules :
All root* should be gathered in the
Fall of the year, wheu the tops are
dying.W in Spring, when Ihe tops are
beginning to sprout. They should be
well washed and dried in the sun or a
dry room.
Harks should be taken when the sap
is running, either in the Spring or
Fall. They should be dried in the
■hade. .
Herbs should be gathered when (11?
blossoms are beginning to come mil
and should be dried iu the shade.
All of these articles should be thor-oughly
drieil before packing and thus
prevent the danger of moulding.—
They may be shipped in barrels or
bags, but the latter arc preferable] as
there is a saving of freight.
"I am satisfied that Grant is a dis-honest
man. That is sufficient to jus
tify me in saying most positively thai
I cannot and shall not support him.—
For other reasons he is unlit to be Pres-ident
of the United Stales. He does
not possess the necessary capacity.
He is ignorant of the details of civil
government, and docs not manifest
the disposition to learn them. He is
venal, ambitious, vulgar in his habits,
and possesses a cunning which is low
and dogged. He had a strong will, but
it is never controlled by reason—hence
becomes perverse, and the man when
he should be most yielding and gentle-manly,
is mo.-t obstinate and unmanly.
Such a man is unfit to be President of
the United Staies.and most unfit to be
the candidate of the republican party.
He ought not to be nominated by that
party, a"«l shall not be if I cau help it.
I cannot honorably support a party
that will sustain such a HUM."—Charles
Sunnier.
Men born blind can't be carpcntera.btcauio
they never saw.
There are faces as gsy
As the wavui that play
mnny sand of an iilet green ;
There sro eyes as liri^lu
As the jewel's light
That falls on the hrow of a oueen.
There are tresses of hair
Like a poldi'n snare,
And th-y eatcb many bearts in thrir Bsshss
strong :
There are locks like the night
On a uiuunt;ii,> bijght,
Ere the day star heralds tbe dawn.
There aW brows as free
At the laud-lock saa,
No Btoruis bars driven, no t. mpest tossed ;
And brows as black
Ai tbe desolate track
Which the lire lead lun IIUI-.il
Then are lips whose muile,
Withoul llcilict' or Rllilo,
Light ap tin. nee as Ihe ana light! the sam;
And IIJ.M wli.ti- as sai
Chills the blood as with fsar,
At i;s dark malignity.
(>Ii. lite i..< M Hi- :n.-el
In til. - r i« led - - ■
With ears worn browser with gtaoaoaa* */«,
An pietnrea of Hie, ucule
Of II lade,
As they pa i ns "-■ :*;Ij i.*.
Religious Maniaes.
Three Children Murdered bu Crazg Pa-r<
iiis-Tii- Mother afterwards Killed
ly the Father—Two Coildren
Eseapi Unhiding—.1 »W1-
ing Sinn/ told by the
Surcirort.
DAYTOK, Ohio, March 10. A horri-ble
murder was co'iimitled six miles
.Northeast ol this city last night. A
woman named Mary MarquHitlt, ngi-d
thirty live,and her three children, aged
respectively six and eight years and
six months,are Bnpiiosed to have been
killed by her husband, L. M.iii|iiardi,
who is now in jail. The woman was
found in bed naked, apparently stran-gled.
The childreu were fouiulvu tho
bank ol a creek some distance front tho
house. The two ehhr had been drown-ed
and the inl.iii'.'s he.id was terribly
mutilated, -,
CINCINNATI.March 11.—Further par-ticulars
in icg-ml lo the murder near
Daj Ion ou Satin laj ,iudii ate thai ihe
murder was committed by the father,
Leonard Marquardt, who is evidently
instiic from a spiritual cause.
The story ol Iheafiair,which the man
himself tells,is tn.it. i lew days ago, he
read a chapter to his family Imm the
lSible.aud then rising, accused his wife
ol being a • itch and using witchcraft,
ami thai his eldest daughter confirmed
him in his accusation.
He says"Saturday night he told his
wife he wanted the children to leave;
that he arid his wife stripped naked
and knelt down and prayed lor lilteru
minutes; then stripped the children,
took them out and drowned them, and
laid them side'by side ou the bauk of
the si ream : they then flashed out
the brains of the infant and left it ly-ing
in the woods, after which they re-turned
home and v.i n| to bed. Allcr
lying there abont fiftc n minutes, ho
told his wife he wanted to send her to
Heaven,aud immediately strangled her
lo death. After thai lie rosc-aiid pras-ed
until 3 o'clock in tbe inoruing, when
he went in his nearest neighbor and
told hiiii Ihe u hole slory.
Marqiiaid! is a fTci man fanner, and
has been in Ihisconutr.i about eighteen
years. The murdered woman was Ins
second wife.
DAYTONjOhio.Mareh II. - Al the in-quest
over the bodies c,i • |i M.iic'iardt
family today, iwocl ildix d res-pectively
six and sevi ll, b stilled that
their father and r.'.olhei uhuiited" the
children bill that the hid themselves.
Their «as ., light bin diignml ihey saw
I hell father and uiotln i Kill ihe othl I
three children.
The father Lilli ■' liabj 'and the
mother killed Ihe |«u little boys,
Leach and Sin
Both lathei mid mother wi re naked
when the deed v.;is done, and they
immediately aficmards weal into tuo
house and coinnie wed prating to God.
The two surviving children were Luut-
<d for after the others acre billed, bat
they managed 11 i *ca|io, The exam-ination
before the coiom i is still pio-gressing.
A Ten •'-'■ —A Ci ]f "/
05,000 Inhabitants Uestroytd—Ou Jan-uary
10 an earthquake iU ittoyed tho
Citj Schemaclul, iu Ku-.-.a. Accord-ing
lo the I'liicial rcpoiI, US persons
Were killed and .'I rounded, hut all
the inhabitants ari re left v.jtlioutshrl-ter.
ScTieniacba i-, or rather, was a
city of 23,000 inhabitants,and lies on
the road between Tillis and Uiiku, at
the foot of the Caucassia Mountains,
about "."indies distant from I he latter
city. Schemacha is g^UOfeet aboto
the 0a»| i.m and _YJ.;I> above Ihe ItHatk
Sea, and was foriuclj tin seat of gov-eminent
of the province ^ ' rev-er.
on account of the frequent earth
quakes in that region, was transferred
about ten ycais ago, to Baku, on the
Caspian Sea. The inhabitants of
Schemacha aie nearly all Armenians,
An Eagle Captured by a Ladg.—We
understand that ■ Mrs. Sims, living
neurGalesville.in Cherokee 10., .Ala.,
while attending to her domestic duties
saw a large eagle alight in her yard
and immediately atU ranted 10 carry
off her wateh dog. S >• si oae:- rushed
to the seem- 01 conflict, and with a
large stick attacked his eagle.sbip,wlto
was grappling feat fully with the dog.
After puinmeling the intruder far seme
tiaie.she 80 far dis ibled him as tu ana
bleherto lie him securely with a rope
which she attached to a gate post,
where he was held in durance vile, un-til
her husband returned home ami
dispatched him. The eagle measured
over eight feet from tip to tip.—Chat
tanooga Advertiser.
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