The Greensboro patriot [February 15, 1872]

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBOBO, S. 0n
By DU FFY * MOWEHEAD
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be above rate*.
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On.- Professional Cards. _
.I.MI. H. L)iiii»i>, TIIO*. BcrriM, jn.,
I.attof Hockingham.S.C. LaUof Alammma,K.C
JXO- A. Gn.MKK, Orroi»ooro, X.C.
Dillurd. ltuilln *V Ollaneav
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Greensboro, A.O.
rRACTICE iiitlieCouruofOuilford.Alamance
It, D.vid.ou, Stoke*, Yadkin, 8urry,
ltiwk'ii^hum mid Caawell Countiea.
t lue "I ih* tinn "ill alwaya attend th* regular
irta of Kockuigbum, Alamanc* and
I a ml'ic*.
i -,.- l:ly
t . r. Mi.M.i.Miii.i.. JOHN M.ftrarU*.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES.
AWSQVLm* AT liiW,
i;ili:i:.\.'BOKO,.\. c,
W praclice'in the Court* ofGuilford, Rocking-
Davidaon, r'oraytb*, Stokea, Randolph and
Alaniance: also. 1'. fc. Circnit audDiatrictt'ourte.
Mention given to collection* in all part*
and to ('line* in Bankruptcy.
; t- t Ittii * on* door North of the Court House.
Jan. Ifl : ly.
IV. a. Ilil.l.. TH08. B. KLiMill,
U. 8. CommbnaoMr. Regiater in Bankruptcy
HAM. A KKOOH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
liKKKNaDIIRO, N. C,
1)KACTICK in the Court* ofGuilford, Rock-li.
iviiiHou and Randolph. Al*o in the
i : 11 Uriel Court* ol th* 1'niled 8tat«*
loi North Carolina.
Particular attention given to
IMCKNAL KUVKSIB CACSES
in llie 1' s. Court* and before the Dr.r*HTMKNT
HI W ISIIIXISTON.
V\ . re special attention to the prosecution
,1 claim* againal the gurrrument for property
by ili.- I'. S. Army, end will practice be
the Commbuion appointed by laU act of
-. I« Hike the testimony.
Will ;.-" atleud promptly 10 *pplie»tioo* un-
I act ofCotigiea* n*toring to
tb* pen-
■ in ieof* "I the war
.1.,: 1*1*
oriug of 1*12.
RALPH UOltltELL,
Adonicv and Counsellor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C,
* II.I. practice in the oourta of Alamaur*. Da-
\Y - i.i.lt..r.l aud Randolph, aud Rank
i | court* ' Hfice, No. Law Row
■ i in Hi ■!»•-.
V .■'.:.':..u t'iveu lu collecting
... .'inii.ilted to Ilia care.
We*t
aud all
Apri^T^HTl^lv
Business Cards.
W.B.FARRAR'
V. \ I II M »M It. JKWKl.Ut*
III'I 11 IAS.
Greenaboro, N. C,
lln-41 ■tantly on hand a
H|II lid aesortaienl of
Fathioxablt Jewelry,
i,:,.I ...in- anlendid H'nfcAet
AM) CLOCKS,
Which icill be sold
( IIBAl* tor CASHl
ri" Wa!eli™.t'lock»,J*w*lry.Sewing Machine*,
and t?i«tol* repaired cheap aud on *hort notic*.
Call oppoait* the Old Albright Hotel, East
M irket Street. 10-ly
m Hid hloekof (inn*, Pi*tol»,Car
Iridgea, Ac., alwaya on bund.
N. H. D. WILSON,
General Insurance Agent,
«. it KK.\MICRO, iv.c.
Ri preaenta FIRE Comnanio* with aggregate
CAriTAI, of
Twenty Million* of Dollar*.
fCTNl Ufe INSURANCE COMPANY,
In- ,i|.:i -..I by any in tlio CHKAPNE88
and I! i ll.ilillltj of it* Politic*.
ASdETS S12,000,000.
,: .( insure your property againat Ion*
h\ i,iv. mid thus Mi'tire you a limne. and pre-
. wmenl in buaiuo**, in ca*o of
i.t.
19 Provl.VaLIFE POLICY for the inp-port
of voiu wife and iliildren when yon are
gone. i"i HI: :-llanking Hon*e of Wilaon
A 8hober, South Elm 8t 77:ly
N II D. WII.MIN. CHA». E. 8noi>««.
WllaSOM *. SIIOUCR,
13 j\. N K E R S,
UliKEXSIiOKO, K.C.,
,S,.ii!|i Elm Street. oppo*ite Ezpre** Once.)
Buyandaell Gold and Silver, Bank Note*,
Btati aiid (iorernment Bond*, Bail Road Stock*
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i;. . \.. Uoneyon depiwiit auhject to SIGHT
CHECK; and allow Interrsl in klud
•iu of CURRENCY or SPECIE.
DiHcount lltioinoaa l*»per!
lions Made at all Awssible Points.
Sept. lit!., ly
Mrs. C. P. Leo,
Having received a new
*etavo Piano, ia prepared to give aatiafac-lorj
LKSMOS* IV Mi sic at reduced rate*.
OLD INSTITUTE,
Greeneboro, April 51 h.
Chas. G.. Yates,
MANUFACTURER OF
mix. Sheet Ir.„ and Copper Ware, and dealer
pry (.....'... M M. R,».t. and Shoe*. Wood
« ire. Lami~, Crockery, and Glaa* Ware, Gro-
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R« caab, or batter. jan 19:ly
The Green
Established in 1824.
little Things.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1872.
A litU. nonaana* now and
IaraliakadbythabHtofMa.
Oh, Sodom waa aom^and Uoaaorrah wa* gr*a-
And In Venice each man'* an IafO,
Bat th. beantifol tows that rakaa'am alhWwm
Ii th. aUgantrllU«»jlh*»wa*a Hh*,C**»>«*j
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■ INewSeoesNo. 207.
BUILDING PLANS.
DRAFTS OF PLANS for New Hou.e.
. Improvement ul old one*. Plain d*-
:i.n j urpore* drawn to order.
•»:tf LYNDON 8WAIH
IMPERISHABLE.
BY A. G. F,
One little word
Bo often heard,
How much from it we borrow ;
And build on air
Such caatlea fair,
For that bright day—To-morrow.
When care* oppreaa
The troubled breaat,
And often when in sorrow,
We hide a tear,
Suprrrera » fear,
And think upon—To-morrow.
now *ary true—
And yet, how few
Would willingly believe mo-
Were I to say
That happy day
Waa made but to deceive thee.
This day gone by,
Although we aigh,
Much from the next we borrow,
But when to-day
Ha* paaaed away,
Whero U our bright To-morrow f
It is not here.
To dry the tear,
Or yet, to soothe the sorrow.
Why, then, do we
Bo trust iu tbee,
Untold, untried—To-morrow I
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An ACTlx) raise REVENUE.
(From the Wilmington Journal.J
(CONCLUDED.)
SEC. 23. Every company of gipsies
or strolling company of person* who
make a support by pretending to tell
fortunes or begging, fifty dollars in
each county they offer to practice any
of their craft, recoverablo out of any
property belonging to any one of the
compauy.but nothing herein contained
shall be so construed as to exempt
them from iudictment or penalties im-posed
by law.
8EC. 24. Every drummer or travel-ling
agent of auy person who shall sell
any tpiritous liquors, vinous or malt
li<iaors,goods,wares or merchaudise.by
sample or otherwise.whether delivered
or to be delivered, except agricultural
implements and fruit trees,and articles
of his own growth or manufacture,
shall,beforo making any such sale, ob-tain
a license to sell one year,from the
public treasurer, by paying said treas-urer
an annual tax of fifty dollars, but
shall not be liable to be taxed in auy
county because of his sales. Any per-son
violating the provisions of this
paragraph.shall be deemed guilty of a
petty misdemeanor, aud upon convic
tion before an v maBistrate,shall be fined
not exceeding fifty dollars, or impris-oned
not exceeding one month, aud
shall lorfeit aud i»y besides two hun-dred
dollars to the sberin\to be col-lected
bv distress or otherwise, one
half of which shall be accounted for
as other tiixes.the other half to the use
of the informer aud the sheriff, equal-ly.
SEC. 25. The chief officers of banks,
iucludiug Savin's Banks and private
bankers,shall,in April and October of
each year,certity on oath the amount of
dividends or profits which have been
earncd,aud shall pay on such dividends
five per cent.te the public treasurer;
and such insurance companies as are in-corporated
by this State shall,in April
and October of each year, certify on
oath the amount of dividends aud
profits which have been earned,
and shall pay on such dividends two
per cent. On failure to comply with
the provision of this section,said banks
companies or per8ons,shall pay as taxes
one thousand dollars,to be collected by
the treasurer of the State.
SEC. 26. Every insurance company
not incorporated in this State, doiug
business therein, shall pay an annual
tax of one per cent, to the treasurer of
the State, upon the gross receipts de-rived
from the premiums charged for
insurance obtained therein,unless the
company shall exhibit to the Governor
auditor and treasurer, a sworn state-meut
of investments in real property,
situate in this State,loans secured by
mortgage to the citizens of the State,
of an amount equal to one half of such
gross receipts, when the tax shall be
one half of one per c;ut.,said tax to be
paid quarterly, viz: on the first days
of April, July,October and January in
each year. Each general agent shall
be required ou the above named days
to make a statement to the treasurer,
under oatb,tbat the amonnt by him re-turned
is a full and correct statement
of such quarter. On failure to comply
with the provisions of this section, ev-ery
such company shall pay as a tax.
two thousand dollars,and the principal
agent shall be liable therefor. Every
such company shall be required to ap-point
a general agent,who shall obtain
a license from the treasurer before
transacting any business therein and
before such license is granted, the ap-plicant
shall show to the treasurer his
appointment as general agent, under
the seal of the company,aud thereupon
the license shall be granted by the
payment of one hundred dollars, and
such license shall be renewed annually
by the paytneut of said sum. And it
shall be the duty of said geueral agent
to furnish each of his sub-ageuts with
a commission authorizing him to do
basiuess. And any one tound solicit-ing
insurance without such commis-sion,
shall be deemed guilty of a mis-demeanor
and be lined not less than
one thousand dollars and imprisoned
not leas than ninety days. The agent
affecting insurance shall, on the first
days of April,July,October and Janua-ry,
make returns to the sheriff of the
county in which the insurance is af-fected.
of all the business done by him
during the preceding quarter in said
eonnty,and shall pay to him the county
tax assessed on such business; the
general agent shall, also, ou the first
days of April,July,October and Janua-ry,
make, return to the sheriff of each
county of the amount of gross receipts
for premiums received from such coun-ty
for such quarter. It shall further
be required of the general agent or his
local agen t. to pay to the sheriff of each
county the county tax assessed upon
the gross receipts ot premiums collect-ed
in such county, at the time aud in
the manner as required by the State,
and no municipal corporation shall be
allowed to add any additional tax :—
Prorided, That no county or corpora-tion
shall be allowed to tax insurance
agents for license. On failure to make
returns, or to pay as aforesaid, said
agent shall pay twenty five dollars for
each policy affected or negotiated by
him in such county.
SEC. 27. So person shall follow any
of the trades or professions taxed by
this act,or in auy other act, imposing
taxes ou trades and professions and
franchises, without first obtaining a li-cense
from the sheriff of the county in
which the trade or the profession is to
be followed,or the franchise enjoyed.or
the Treasurer of the State wbeii the
Treasurer is required to grant licenses.
Such license shall give to the person
obtaining it. the right to practice the
trade or professiou.or to enjoy the fran-chise
therein .specified,in the county of
the sheriff by whom it was issued, and
in no other, unless the law imposing
the tax "hall otherwise direct, from its
date to the following first day of April:
Prorided, That nothing in this section
shall apply to licensed practicing pby-sicians,
lawyers or dentists.
SEC. 28. The form of the license
shall be in substance as follows:
Received this dav of
13 , of , * dollars,
of which dollars is the tax to
the Sate of North Carolina,and
dollars is the tax to the county of ,
for his license to practice the trade (or
profession) of until the first day
of April next.
Signed,
A. R.
Sheriff of County.
(Countersigned.)
CD.
Register of Deeds for County.
SEC. 29. Any person proposing to
follow any taxed trade or profession
may take out a license in advance ol
the time when he proposes to begin
such trade or profession, in advance of
the expiration of a license already held
by him. In snch case the license shall
be truly dated, aud shall specify the
time at which it shall begin toMte of
force, as well as the time when it Shall
expire, which ahalf always be on the
first days of January, April, July or
October.
SEC. 30. No license issued by the
sheriff shall be valid until the same
shall have been exhibited to and coun-tersigned
by the register of deeds of
the county, who shall receive for the
services imposed on him by this act iu
reference to licenses, a fee of twenty-five
cents from every person licensed.
SEC. 31. The register of deeds shall
keep a book, In which he shall record
the name of the person licensed, the
trade or profession to be followed, or
the franchise to be enjoyed, the date
at which it begins to run and the
amount of the tax, and he shall, on the
third Monday in January, April, July
and October, send a certified copy of
such record for the quarter last pro-ceeding,
to the Auditor of the State,
who shall charge the sheriff with the
amount so appearing dbe. If any reg-ister
shall fail to perform the duty
hereby imposed on him, he shall for-feit
to the State a penalty of two hun-dred
dollars, to be recovered of hiui
aud the sureties to his official bond, on
motion in the superior court for the
county of Wake; and on such motion
a certified copy of his official bond and
the certificate of the Auditor of the
State, settieg forth his failure to make
the required return, shall be prima
facie evidence entitling the State to
judgment in the absence of any suffi-cient
defence.
SEC. 32. Every person who shall
practice any trade or profession, or use
auy franchise taxed by the law of
North Carolina, without first having
paid the tax and obtained a license as
herein required, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall also for-feit
aud pay to the State a penalty not
to exceed twenty dollars, at the discre-tion
of the court, and in default of the
payment of such line, he may Am im-prisoned
for not more than one month,
at the discretion of the court, for every
day on which he shall practice snch
trade or profession, or use such fran-chise;
which penalty the sheriff'of the
county in which it has occurred shall
cai.se to be recorded before any justice
of the peace of the countv.
SEC. 33. The sheriff shall immedi-ately
report to the register of deeds all
sums recovered by him as penalties
under this act, and the register shall
add three-fourths of each penalty re-covered
to the record ot license re-quired
to be kept by him ; the other
lourth the sheriff may obtain.
Schedule C
The taxes embraced in Schedule C,
shall be listed and as paid especially
therein directed, and shall be for the
privilege of carrying on the business
or performing the act named.
SECTION l. Every express company
shall make return io the public treas-urer
on or before the first Monday in
January, April, July and October of
each year, of the entire gross earnings
and receipts of such company within
the State of North Caroliua during the
three months next preceding. The
said report shall be verified by the
oath of the chief officer or agent of
the company at its principal office in
the State. The said company shall,
on or before the third Monday of each
of the said months, pay on the gross
receipts two per cent.'for each three
months, and for failure to make such
report, or pay such tax, the company
shall pay as taxes two thousand dol-lars,
to bo collected by such sheriff as
the public measurer may designate, by
distress or otherwise.
SEC. 2. Every telegraph company
doiug bnsiness in this State shall, at
the time aud iu the manner prescribed
in the preceding section, make report
of the entire receipts of said company
within this State, and pay to the pub-lic
treasurer two per cent for each
three months, and iu case of default
of such report or payment the company
shall pay as tax one thousand dollars,
to be collected by such sheriff as the
public treasurer shall designate, by
distress or otherwise.
SEC. 3. Whenever the seal of the
State or of the treasury deportment,
of a notary public, or other public offi-cer,
except clerks of the supreme and
superior courts, required by law to
keepV seal, shall jie fixed to any paper
except as is hereinafter excepted, the
tax shall be as follows, to be paid by
the party applying for the same. For
the seal of the State, one dollar to be
collected and paid iu the treasury by
the private Secretary of the Governor;
for the seal of the State Department,
fifty cents to be collected by the Secre-tary
of State, and paid by him iuto
the treasury ; for the seal of the pub-lie
treasurer, to be collected by him
and accounted for as other public
. .-
v» hereby repealed; Provishsd, That
this repeal shall not extend to tiia pro-vision,
of any law, so far as they re
late to the taxes listed, or whieh oaghl
to have been hated, or vfeieh. may. be
one previous to the ratification of this
act ..,
SKO, 9. All lavs requiring taxes to
be levied by the County CoajmUsionecs
on the first Monday ia February of
each year are hereby repeated.
SEC 37. This act shall be in fore*
from and alter its ratification.
Batified the 19th day of January,
^*m**BB9SB91C9SBa
The New Apportionment.
The following ia a synopsis of the
apportionment WIT which has passed
both Houses of Congress:
The bill provides that from and after
March 3, 1873, the House of Repre-sentatives
shall be composed of 283
menbers, to be apportioned among
the States, instead of 243, as at pres-ent
It is provided that if, after such
apportionment shall have been made,
any new State shall be admitted, such
State shall be entitled to a Representa-tive
or Representatives additional to
the number, 283.
Section 2 enacts that in each State
entitled under this law to more than
one representative, the number to
which said States may be entited in
the 43d and each subsequent Congress
shall be elected by districts composed
of contiguous territory, and contain-ing
as nearly as practicable an equal
number of inhabitants, no one district
electing more than one representative.
It is provided, however, that in States
whose delegations are increased there
may be elections by the Slate at large
for the additional representatives to
the 43d Congress, unless the Legisla-ture
shall before that time redistrict
the State,
Section 3 enacts that Tuesday next
after the first Monday of November
moneys, fifty cents; for the seal of the Iin tbe Jear 18™, ■ fixed as the day
supreme court fifty cents, to be collec-[ for tue election.of representatives ot
ted by the clerk and paid by him into ' the 4"'tn Congress in all the States,
the treasury: and for the seal of a and tue Tuesday after the first Mou-uotary
public or other public officer, i dav of November in every second year
twenty-five cents, to be collected and ; thereafter is fixed as the day for elec-paid
over by the said officers to the !io" of representatives to the succeed-sheiill'
of tbe countv where such seal mg Congress.
is kept. Said officers shall keep an Section 4 provides for special elec-account
of the number of times their t,0D8 ,u ca»e « failure to elect upon
seals may be used, ami shall deliver to tue above mentioned day, and also for
the proper officer a sworn statement 1 elections to fill vacancies.
thereof. Whenever a scroll is used in | Section 5 enacts that no State shall
the absence ol a seal bv any of said ,be. hereafter admitted to the Union
Officers the said lax shall be on scroll, I without the necessary population to
seals affixed for the use of anv county I e.ntltle •»? \° <?t 'to8' one representa-or
Slate or other government; or used ; f1™. on the basis fixed by the bill. The , W£«
on the commission ol nfneors in the bns,s "» 0,!° representative iu 133,000 | ™)lJc
militia, justices of I he peace, or any I of^population.
public officer not having a salary or I
under the pension law, or upon any
process of court shall be exempt from
taxation. The officer collecting the
seal taxes may retain,as compensation,
five per cent. Any person receiving
taxes under this section and wilfully
refusing or neglecting to pay the same
as required, shall be guilty ot embez-zlement,
and on conviction shall lie,
fined not more than five hundred dol-lars
or imprisoned in the State's prison
in the discretion of the court.
SKO. I. On each marriage license
fifty cents, and on each marriage con
tract, mortgage deed and deed in trust
to secure creditors where amount se-cured
exceeds three hundred dollars.
there shall be a tax of one dollar. The
tax on marriage licenses shall he paid
to the Register of Deeds when he
issues license, and the tax on deeds to
the Jut
in which
to registration, but if in two or more
counties, then in the county in which
it is first registered. It shall be the
duty of the Judge of Probate and Reg-ister
of Heeds to render annually to
the sherills during the second week in
(he month ol September sworn state-ments
in detail of the taxes received
by them respectively, under this sec-lion,
anil at the same time pay him
the money thus received, less lour per
cent commissions, am! thereupon the
sheriff shall file the statement of the
Judge ol Probate with the Register of
Deeds, and that of the latter with the
Clerk of the Superior Court.
SEC. 5. On every charter of incor-poration
of any company grautcd by
the (u-neral Assembly, other than
those for charily, benevolence or liter-ature,
where the corporation hail power
to become incorporate under the pro-visos
of any general law, and ou any
amendment of every such character,
whether originally grunted by the Geu-eral
Assembly or secured by letters
patent or otherwise, there shall lie a
tax of twenty five dollars paid directly
to the public treasurer. No company
shall be organized under such special
act of incorporation, or derive benefit
from any act to amend their charter,
without first obtaining a certified copy
of such an act from t he Secretary of
State, which shall be filed iu the office
of the said Secretary.
SEC. (i. Whenever auy officer re-ceives
or collects a line, penalty or for-feiture
in behalf of the State, he shall
within ten days alter such reception or
collection pay over and account for the
same to the Clerk of the Supreme
Court who shall forward such fine,
penalty, or forfeiture to the treasurer
of die board of education for the beu-efit
nf the fund for common schools.
SEC. 7. Auy officer convicted of vio-lating
the preceding section, shall be
guilty of embezzlement, and may be
punished not exceeding five years iu
the State prison, at the discretion of
the court.
SEC. 8. All laws imposing taxes, the
subjects which are revised iu this act
The new section C of the Senate is
as follows: "Should any State, after
1 ho passage of this act, deny or abridge
the4ight of any of the male inhabit-ants
of such State, being 21 years of
age, and citizeu of the United States,
to vote at any election named in the
constitution, article fourteen, section
one, except for participatiou in the
rebellion or other crime, the number
of representatives apportioned iu this
act to such State shall bo reduced in
the proportion which the number of
such male citizens shall bear to tbe
whole number of male citizens 21 years
of age in such State."
New Hampshire and Vermont are
the only States that lose each a repre-sentative.
The gains of States are as
follows: Massachusetts, one; New
York, one; New Jersey, two; Penn-n
tiiw, <IIIII IIH: iai ou uituo wi s.ylv. ania,* tw__o;' .M„ar"y.l,and,' one;i-, Vi.r.-
Igea of Probate of the county gmia, one; North Carolina, one; South
■h the instrument is admitted | Carolina, one; Georgia, two; Ala-bama,
one; Mississippi, one; Ohio,
one: Kentucky, one: Tennessee, one;
Indiana, one; Illinois, five; Missouri,
four; Arkansas, one; Michigan,three;
Texas, two; Iowa, three; Wisconsin,
two; California,one; Minnesota,one;
and Kansas, two. This increases the
present House forty members, while
Illinois makes the largest gain in rep-resentation.
The provisions adopted
that no State shall hereafter be admit-ted
that has not sufficient population
for one representative will exclude
Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico,
which it has been proposed lately to
erect into States.
An Ignorant Dog—An old farmer
went out one day looking over his
broad acres, with an ax on his shoulder
and a small dog at his heels. They
espied a woodchuck. Tbe dog gave
chase and drove him into a stone wall,
where action immediately commenced.
The dog would draw the woodchuck
partly out of the wall, and the wood
chuck would take the dog back. The
old farmer's sympathy getting high on
the side of the dog, he thought he
pjust help him. So, putting himself
in position, with ax above the dog, he
waited for the appearance of the wood-chuck,
when he would cut him down.
So an opportunity offered, and the old
man struck, but the woodchuck gath-ered
up at the same time, took the dog
in far enough to receive the blow, and
the dog was killed on the spot. Forty
years after the old roan, in relating
the story, would always add, "And
that dog don't know to this day but
what the woodchuck killed him.''
It is to wine driuYiiijjTwe owe the
origin of the kiss. Alter Maecenas
canght his wife sucking his finest
wiues through the buug hole of the
barrel with a straw, the custom be-came
general in Koine for the husbands
to kiss the lips of their wives, that
they might discover the quality of
their good ladies' stolen libations, aud
Cato, the elder, recommends this plan
to the serious attention of all careful
lieads of families.
UlVC..,.
■I**»| Graaley on Grant.
. [From th* Haw York Tribana.]
But we further object to the renomi
nation of General Grant, that he is
saaftaCMtly a weak eaadidate, there
being very many Republicans who will
oppose, him if renominated. That it
should be so fn this State; and in any
ether Where his heavy band bas been
laid upon one "wing" ot the party
which electednim, is too plain to need
pcoof. There are hundreds of active,
prominent. Influential Republicans
who have been expelled from office by
bin*, or his instruments, and who can
not, iu the nature of things, work for
bis reelection as they would work for
one who bad never treated them as
enemies. WWddubte that it Is so in
ether States. Who believes that be
oonld carry Louisiana after the Galling
gun performaaeas of-last summer, en-gineered
in part by the brother-in-law
!who, holds the best Federal office in
ithat State T We speak to sensible
men, and demand an intelligent judg-inon
t on tbe undoubted facts.
| Four or five years ago the Republi-cans
carried Georgia by a majority of
J8.000. That majority has been gquan
dered by mercenary, corrupt officials,
home of whom have bad tbe decency
to run away, and who have ruined the
party's prospects almost beyond re-demption.
But though there is but
the skeleton of a party, there is still a
State committee; and that committee
gets together, elects to Philadelphia a
delegation composed mainly of its own
members, and pledge them to Grant,
" first, last, and all the time,"—well
knowing that they can no more give
him an electoral vote from Georgia
than they can make him Pope. Con-trast
this with Oonncctiwrt, where the
Republicans meet in convention, nomi-nating
a State ticket, and choose dele-gates
to Philadelphia, taking care not
to pledge them to Grant Can you ask
w-by.f They want to carry their State
in April, and know that tbe way to do
it is not to nominate Grant.
Now look at the case of Missouri.—
The St. Louis Democrat, having turned
its coat since 1870, now belittles the
liberal movement, saying that it is of
no account; aud the Times echoes it,
ofcOursip. But the men who led that
movement to victory were Carl Schurz,
Gratr Brown, Grosvenor, &c, and not
one of these is for Grant On the con-trary,
they are all dead against him.—
The Ttnif* says they only led off twen-ty-
two thousand Republicans in 1870.
We answer. They led off enough to
carry the State by over forty thousand
majorty. Perhaps enough of these
Mine back to reverse that verdict;
but we know that there are thousands
of them who would vote for another
Republican candidate, but will not
vote for General Grant. And there is
scarcely a nearly-balanced State in the
Uniou wherein General Grant is not a
weaker candidate than almost
other Republican who could bo
nated.
Wo state facts well known to intelli-gent
politicians. Wo do not say that
General Grant will not, if nominated,
b* elected; we do not say that we
shall not support him; we do say that
bis nomination renders doubtful a Re
publican triumph, which, with a new
candidate, publicly pledged to the one-term
principle, would be morally cer-tain.
And that is so palpable that in
telligent, thoughtful Republicans, who
esteem the cause more than any man,
are bound to consider it.
any
nomi-
Indian Names.
▲lleshany Mountain—Mountain ol
the Great Spirit.
Chattanooga, is lookout—The Look-out
mountain gives a view of several
States.
Yenah Mountain iu Georgia, is Bear
Mountain.
Chickamauga, is the River of Death,
being so sluggish, aud creating mala-ria
to kill Indians.
Alabama—nere wo Rest.
Tnscaloosa—Black Warrior.
Mississippi—The Great Father of
Waters.
Cnattahoocby—A River of Beautiful
Rocks.
Watauga River—A River of Islands.
Hychootemy River, (Hyco, in Hali-fax,
Va.)—Buzzard River.
Sheuaudoah River—Tbe Dancing
Daughter of the Stars.
I'amunky River—The place where
we took a Sweat
Tellula Falls, (iu Habersham, Ga.)
Terrible Fulls.
' Kentucky—Bloody Ground.
Ohio—Beautiful.
Massasoit, (a Tribe of Indians)—
Massachusetts.
Mattaponi, formed by four little Riv-ers
; one named Mat; second, Ta;
third, Po; aud the fourth, Ni.
Dallonuega, (Ga.)—Gold.
Indian words, like Hebrew words
express the character of the word or
name. It is a mistake that Pocahon-tns
saved the life of Captain Smith on
the Chickahominy, near Richmond.
It was in Gloucester county, on York
River, not far from Yorktown. The
wide rock chimney of Powhatan is yet
standing. It has had, perhaps four
wooden houses attached to it succes-sively,
yet the chimney outlasts them
all. About one hundred yards from
this bouse is a spring whose waters
flow down through the bushes iuto a
bay of York river. At this spring
Pocabontas saved the life of Smith,
about 1C1.I. She married Rolfe, went
to Englan 1, aud died in 1717. The
Blands, the Randolphs, the Bowlings,
the Carters, and other great dignita
ries of Virginia, were her descendants.
E. DODSON.
A crack corpa—th* burglar*.
Fnaej Uraad—a roll of tha ay*.
Ocular punishaMBt—•** laaha*.
Papar ci ft*—newipapar attacks.
Twins, lik* ml*fortnn**,n*T*r *oaM*iatlr.
Snra way to TBTO p*w**»'* hsails go 1st* to
church.
A clean aklrt 1* on* of wants'* beat gtfU
to man.
Loag abaaoca makaa th* haaxt grow foaeaf
—of some on* *1M.
Tha man who "couldn't sod hi* Malta*
went to bed In tha dark.
It I* all rer* well to say, "Take thing* a*
the* come," but •appoas Ska* doa't eoaaa I
It ia s fanny thing about a dentist, that
themore ha atop* the (Wat** ha get* o«.
Wky does B preeade C la tha alphabett—
Becatwe To**i«*tb*beCD**y«***naaa. OB
you obeerrt T
If three feet will make • yard, how sanr
hand* need you employ to build a waak-hoaak
in itt
If yon allp back two *Up* every tlaae yoa
take one, how maay atop* will it take yen te
travel one hundred either and both way* t
Ladies are lika rioleta—the more mndast
and retiring, tha more the]1 are loved sod
•ought after.
When Lord Sidmeuth one day said: "My
brains are gone to the dogs this morning f—
his friend at once ejaculated, "Poor dog r"
Domestic magazine*—wlrea who blow ap
their husband*.
"There now," exclaimed a little girl, while
searching a drawer In tbe bureau ; "grand-pa
has gone to Heaven without hi* apeat*-
clea."
A learned doctor, referring to tight Uetag,
aver* that itiaa pneitire benefit, inAssnaeh
a* it kill* all the foolish girl* and laaree all
the wise one* to grow np to be women.
An Irishman recently soliloquized, "What'
a waste o' money to be baying male whoa
you know the half of It ia bone, while yoa
can spend it for rum that hain't a bone la '
it.''
A little boy .returning from Sabbath-school,
said to his mother: "Ain't there a Kitty,
ehisui for little boys f—this Catechism is to*
hard'."
Some people are never contented. After
having all their limb* broken, their beads
•maahed and their braina knocked out, they
will actually go to law and try to get farther
dauia£f*.
Said a Baptiat to a Hethodlirt: "I don't
lik* your ohurch government. It isn't sim-ple
enough. There'* loo mnrh machinery
about it." "It i* trite,'' replied the Metho-dist,
"we have more machinery than yoa ;—
lint then, TOO aw, it don't take near *o much
wator to ran It."
Happine** rnnnial* iu being perfectly satis-fied
with what we have got and with what
we haven't got.
Troubles aro like bsbica—they grow biggar
by ni.r..in;;.
"I would rather my daughter should bavt
a man without money, than money without
mini," Thviuistocles (iaid.
Give your *sn a trade anil yon do more for
him tbau you can do by giving bfm a for-tune.
How to handle rtd hot
cools.
iron—wait until it
A eolemporary announces a death "by In-dians
in Arizona.''
Walla Walla is the name of a city.
Joah Hillings says, "I haro known people
who had so little character that they didn't
even have any failings."
A Citiciiinalian, by name of Blnggs, had
his none pulled, and waa aaked by a friend to
—•Ml it. He said ho would next weak.
Purchaser—"Ka-t-l i* not tho way to spell
csttle." *^
Drover, writing the receipt,—"Kaebody
could spell wi' this pen. There's beau owre
utony drunken bodies usin' it."
A traveler, near the close af a weary day'*
drive over a lonely and muddy mail, cat** to
a little log cabin lu tbe forest, and a*k*d for
a drink. A haudaome young lady supplied
his wants, and afterwards, a* aha wa* tbe
timt woman he had aeon in several days, h*
ofleri-d her a dime for a kiss. It wa* duly
taken aud paid for, aud the young lady who
hail never aeeu a dime before, looked at it a
moment with some curiosity, then aaked
what would she do with it. lie replied what
•he cboae, a* it waa her*. "If that'* the
case," said *he, "you may take it back and
give me auother kisa.*'
Good girl!
Boston has a number of rich men in
disguise. One of the most poverty-stricken-
looking men, wbo searches
the city for old paper, owns half a doz-en
brick buildings at the South End;
an old apple-woman, ot Kilby Street,
pays taxes ou a $10,000 boose; the
ioundation of the great fruit bouse of
Draper & Co., was laid by celling do-mestic
fruit on a street corner thirty
years ago. Tho bead waiter of tbe
Parker llou.se, Barrett, understands
his business, or be would not be able
to erect a handsome granite building,
which he is doing. The same person
has real estate in Cambridge, but con-tinues
to be hotel waiter and is hap-py.
There is also another rich char-acter
iu disguise. He is a porter in
one of the State Street banks. At the
close of business hours be is disguised
in overalls and an old bat, and sweeps
out and dusts down. During busi-ness
hours he acts as messenger, thos
drawing two salaries. He owns eight
houses and is worth thirty five thous-and
dollars.
An Editor liadlg Ojf.—X Victoria
(Australia) editor, we see, is in a most
lamentable condition. Can't one of
the New Urleaus sensation reporters
be induced to go out to him f Here Is
his lament:
" We look for better times when the
thirty thousand convicts arrive from
Paris. You may judge ol our wretched
condition when I inform you that we
have, only had one murder in our town
for the last two years, and not a rob-bery
worth anything for nearly eigh-teen
months. I send our young men
out to collect news over an area of
twenty square miles, and back they
come with a paltry accident or a con-temptible
petty larceny. Tbe suicide
of some unfortunate wretch is quite %
God-send to us.