The Greensboro patriot [June 20, 1872]

              THE PATRIOT
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The Greensboro Patriot.
Established in 1824. THURSDAY, •TtKE 20, 1872. {New Series No. 225.
Address to the Mechanics of
North Carolina.
FELLOW-CITIZENS :—It is doubt-less
known to yon, that the Demo-cratic
Conservative Convention at
(Communicated.)
Give us Justice.
ME. EDITOR:—As a matter of
justice, we desire to publish a short
article with reference to the Rev.
.,* mb, V; Magistrate.'1 hands, renders it impossible for me
I,.., temifa, »5- Administrators no- to canvass the State, and see you
,-.,, six weeks, $3.50—*" ouWf. face to face, as Doable nM tor double column advertise-mfiit".
... .
Special HUM 50 per cent. eddiUonal.
We.klv clung.. 33 per Mat. additional.—
Muiiihlv change. 18f "ill. additional.—
Yearly 'advertisements changed quarterly wh«n
..r.lered.
tyOoituarie., om tan liuea, charg^l aa
advertisement.—payable in advance.
Professional Cards.
C 1'. MKXI.KXHAI.I_ JOHN N. BTAHJM.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
uKEENSIORO, N.C.,
Will practice in tlie Courtaof Guilford, Kock-innliam,
Davidson, Fursytlie,
dwlpfa and Alauiauc.:
District Courts. Special attention giv.u to
eolleeUoni in all parts o» th« Stale, and to
,-.-■» iu Bankruptcy.
fir Office one door North of Court .House.
Jan. 27: ly
Dillard A. Gilmer,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
and Ujufordeounties.
April 22. 1872._
Greensboro saw fit to nominate me jn8. Reid, the Republican candidate
as their candidate for the office of for Superintendent of Public In-
Superintendent of Public Works, I strnction.
and as the pressure ol my business, We preface what we have to say
75 1251 which na8 to be performed with my | by professing onrself to be a staunch
Conservative, of tbe"strictest sect,"
and will ever remain one; but we
cannot see the private character of
a faithful pious, minister traduced,
without raising onr voice in his de-fence.
It has been published in the State
that Mr. Reid was guilty of distil-ing
in violation of the rutes of his
church.
Mr. Reid was executor of his
brother-in-law's estate, and in or-der
to use the fruit of bis large orch-ard,
i roposed to the heirs to feed it
to the hogs; they objected that it
would not be justice to the estate,
and be was thus forced to distill
the fruit for their benefit The mat-ter
was investigated by a commit-tee
of the North Carolina Confer-ence,
and Father Reid was not even
censured.
He was accused of walking to
Frankliuton on the Sabbath in or-der
to reach the Republican Con-vention,
in Raleigh. Mr. Reid,
rode to a neighbor's on Sabbath ev-ening,
where he remained until late
the next day, when he rode to
Franklinton, w here he took the cars
a day sooner than was necessary to
reach the Convention in ample time.
The Brother Methodist was some-what
mistaken.
Further, he is said to have travel-ed
on a delegates ticket to the
Greensboro Courention. Mr. Reid,
bought a full fare ticket at IIills-boro
; and informed the Agent that
he was no delegate ( furthermore, it
has been published that some one
refused to lodge with him at tho
Bcnbow House. Father Reid has
[From the Sentinel.]
Important Faota and Figures I
k Read Them.
I desire,
I have
deemed it proper to set forth my
views in the form of a circular.
I feel proud that I belong to the
Mechanical class, whose labors tend
so much to develop the resources of
the country, and are so largely a
benefit to society. It is under yonr
magic skill that the uubewed rocks
of the quarry are turned into the
sacred temples of religion, that bless
and adorn our land; that the rough
timbers are converted into beauti-ful
cities; that the mountain ore,
through blazing furnaces, is fash-ioned
into turning plows, into busy
Kan- wheels of useful machinery, into
telegraph wires.
., Stukea,
i.o. U. 8. Circuit and: railroad lines and
The vast usefulness of mechanical
skill is seen in the houses, shelter-ing
the families of earth ; in all the
garments, clothing the children of
Adam; in all the bridges, spanning
our rivers; in all the labor saving
machinery, benefitting mankind;
Office over Bank of Greensboro, in all the vehicles rolling through
OPPOSITE 1JENBOW HOUSE, j the land; in all the locks, protect-
PBACTiCE in State and Federal Court., i0g property from thieves; in all
u 1m t-afrmi-i'w oi (Juilford, AUniauce, i tne oonjmercial ships floating upon
Kandolph. Davidson. Stokes, Ysdkia, Ourry,,^ waten i„ ~j| countries and in
■■g^fiSW-B ■"•"'v "»yqy••**** ~*. cond
lit
I!o
fl
n °f
ur Probat«Couru of l!ockiiiKuM,AluB»uoe! their nntold usefulness, sparkle as
200:ly
thickly through society as stars in
the blue heaven above us. It is
eminently proper therefore, that
this class be represented in the
offices of our State.
So thought the Democratic Con-servative
Convention, when they
W.-■ BALL, THOS. B. KKOGII,
U 8. (Vnunissioiier. Register in Bankruptcy.
II A I.I. 4c KKOOH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OKKKXMlOHO, K- c,
rllA.CT.CE in the Court, of MMI uominated a working mechanic for
U*2 »*- tor North Carolina. lie Works, and I say to you, as lel-
Partlemlu attention given to ' low mechanics, that I believe the
■NTKKNAL. HKVBNIE cat-sim j success of the Conservative party,
I, UM o. s. c.urta aud before the DitMBT- j wili be tue success 0f the Mecbani-iiEM
ai WASIIIXUIUX. ool classes.
Will fir-,,«-ial attention to the MS» ""^
Horn ol .lain,- again.! the gov.nim.ut Ion WB Intel
praiMrty lak-n by ih. V. s. Army, and will classes, always flourish in propor-pra,
lice' before liie C..nimi»«ion appointed by jjon ^ ,||e geuen\ prOSfierity Of the
U »., of CoBgrM .- take the "-""J^T country at large. Now I am confi-
Wi a «o atleiul promptly to applicalioua J t« ;... ..
„„,iVr r«em .ct of Congre.. r-torlug to tb. dent that the general prosperity of
u.ion mil., Hurvivoraof the war of lt)!2. the country will be advanced by the
The interests of the mechanical
pen
Jan 12: ly
RALPH GORRELL,
IfitwiiPy and Counsellor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C,
I'lLL.wai'l1"- -■- llie i-ourtH of Alarcanca,
l):ivi.U«i, GulKord aud Randolph, and
Bankrupt euuM. Ogc», Nu- :> ,-aw Kow ou, may be collected for the support of
triumph of the Conservative Dem-ocratic
party for the following rea-sons:
First, because this party hss and
will continue to reduce the expen-ditures
of the State government.
Second, because the taxes which
Weal Side of Coon Home
I'r.'iupt attention given to collecting.
all other buMnea. committed to hie cure.
April «7, IS71:ly
and
Walter Clark.
Clark, & Multert.
A.ttox*neys A.t Law,
HALIFAX, N'. C,
IRACT1CK iu all the Courts of Halifax,
Martin, Northampton and Edgccombe
coontka. In the BuprMae Court ol North
Carolina and in the r eileral Court..
t9- Collecliona mad. in all part. ol_ North
Carolina.
the State government will be hon-estly
applied.
Third, because the superior statcs-
,,,„.. manship of the party insures per-j.
M. Mullen nianeut (1Hietudo to the laud.
Fourth, because its policy tends
i to develop the resources of our
\ State. Tho jieace, prosperity and
permanent interest of the country,
Pin ail the t'ourta oi naiiiax, • a|[ Uaug upon the success of our
Northaui|.ton partv>
For these reasons I call upon the
mechanics and all others to vote the
mar H:iy conservative ticket. The direct
jmpmsr tendency of the Republican party
DENIAL &UXV^*J!iV^J.,i• i8 to burden our citizens with ex-
Dr. B. W. Scott, travagant taxes, aud reduco the
of Baltimore Dental College. ^ ' vrhite mechanics tho level of an in-
Since the death of Dr. J. W. ferior race.
2S_3 vLtL$*$££$ But under the fostering care of
it i>rai to let mv cimtouipra (who the conservative success our fur-have
»o liberally patronized ua) know that nace8 will blaze brighter, our anvils
nun -till at the old office uf Hewlett Si. rj louder, our machines whirl fas-
Z$&2E22g!:Jv^IrSi^Sito! our business grow lovelier, and
In grumbled *<■ The Drntal College I at-tended
i» eonaldered the iM-at in the world
and the 7 years experience I have had
.ualilcs me to |H-rforiu all operatioua in
111,. Dental prOWOaioB subllanlMl), nrall)
and in the l,il slylea.
Call and g.i one of my neat little books
entitled -How to Save the Teeth."
1 refer yon to any of the following names
aa to BIT ability aa" a Deutal Practitioner:
Dr. 1). W. C. Benli..w,D. D. S.; Eugene
Itorohead, C. O. Yates, Bbariff Stafford ;
lir J. K. Hall, M. D.: Dr. II. II. Staple-, M.
li Dr It. W. Uleiiii, M. D : Kobert Sloan,
Jr.; Col. Win. Scott, W. II. liogart. Col.
The Force Bill.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Jane 10,
1872—The following is the text
of the supplemental enforcement
amendment to the Miscellaneous
Appropriation bill, as finally agreed
to by the Second Conference Com-mittee,
this afternoon, and passed ctajariy to the poor, than in refer
by both Houses. It is so tar modi- tmt to education, and in the wilful
fled from the original as to provide »*M trtmfem watte «f the money $et
only for Federal Supervisor to be *p*rt and raited for educational pur-present
at the election, to witoeas p*et. Popular education is indis-the
voting and the counting of the peosable, if we intend to maintain a
ballots. The supervisors have no system of free government. Unless
power of arrest and no right to the people are intelligent and able
challenge voters: to appreciate good .government and
That whenever in any county or those things that uphold it, then it
parish in any Congressional dia- will certainly come to an end, and
trict, there shall be ten citizens we will have a nation of slaves In-thereof
of good standing who, prior stead of a natkw of freemen One
to any registration of voters for an of the most important things to be
election fur Representative in Oon- doas in order to permanent extriea,-
gress, or prior to any election at ti«s from the political evils We are
Hadieali in hco yean, disbursed for
toe purposes ofeducation $38,98L8C
—the Ctntertmtiret in em year dis-
1n few respects has the conduct! r?!2*d„for •'••cation, •174,753^0 I
ol the Radical office holers of the' ?enm,'?.l%f'tor *? Oonmrvmtive
Wate been more criminal and injo-1 rl*W«M- I
Pbish Bawls—or Josh. BUI logs
Bins mn the only things that i re-pent
ov; i never could make enny-tbing
repenting ov blunders.
I thank the lord for this, we all ov
s to the white people and oar ! The »■■■*■■■ "V be asked, how ,n"s!h/"avVs°umm g-oWod.—thin*g t2ew l'ay our
larly to the Eff-inC di".the *J55»i «53 «*« I^^r^J^*
which a Representative in Congre:
is to be voted for,ahall make known
in writing to the Judge of the Cir-cuit
Court of the United States tor
the district wherein such county or
parish is situated, their desire to
have said registration or election
both guarded and sutitinized, it
shall be the duty of the said Judge
of the Circuit court within not less
than ten days prior to said registra-tion
or election, as the case may
be to open the said court at the
most convenient point in said dis-trict
; and the said court, wbeu so
opened by said Judge, shall pro- j
ceed to appoint and commission
I from day to day, and from time to'
i time; and, under the hand of the j
1 Judge, and under the seal ot said
court for such election district or j
voting precinct in the said Con- [
gressional district as shall in the
manner herein prescribed, hare
been applied for; and to revoke,
change or renew said appointment
from time to time, two citizens, res-idents
of said election district or
voting precinct in said county or
parish, shall be of different political
iTeTe7been"i'n^iile* of the iienbow parties, and able to read and write
ss sirhJMlto.u tevxintmtenw nopal gg
mM—every class of the peop'e.
But to do this tn not, aott is
not, the purpose of the Radiuri of-fic*
holders and managers tt this
Stile, and this is made practically
manifest in the way in whir* tfc
have squandered the 'Sebsot Fui
oftbe State. We propose to
attention to-day to what has been
dsfce-WRh the Bdvcamnal jwmNj;
he* ft was spent by the Rndieal; r
bulnetfor ike pttrpotei of education!
DiBsnx the year beginning Arst
day of October, ltMti, and end-i
»r the Ant day of October,
18*8, there was to the credit
■T ths Erkswational Find, for
IS* pnrpoMs of education
•lone, $172,148 2G
DWing that tine there was dis-
•nrsod of thla fuei, 187,158 18
•• »itf'
Living a WsMrSi $5,490 07
House. We call attention to these
misrepresentations that the public
may see in his true light a man
whose character was passed by the
laymen and ministers of the North
Carolina Conference at their last
session. Father Reid has for many
years gone in and out before the
people of North Cnrolida, from the
mountains to the sea, aud it seems
to us that it is a reflection on tho
intelligence and integrity of Metho-dists,
that a man whom they re-gard
as aChristian geutleman sbonld
be so gravely traduced.
the English lauguage,and who shall
be known and designated as Super-visors
of Election.
And the said court, when opened
by the said Judge as required here-in,
shall therefrom and thereafter,
How did this sum1 of $107,158.18
Did it go to educate the chfl-of
the State and for the pnr-of
education t No I not a
, ir of it. BUt •158,000, derived
from the sale of stock in Wihning-tof
&' Weldon Railroad, and the
Wilmington & Manchester Rail
of it was loaned to the * radi-
* to pay the enormous and ex-irdinary
expenses of the "radi-leg
isli t'u re " of 1 SCS'69, incurred
vhile they increased the State debt
millions aud millions of dollars, aud
and up to and including the day QtBer depaitments of the State gov
following the transaction of bust-: ertment during that time. Three
peas under this act; and the pow- thhnsand dollars, it is said, were
ere and juristictiou hereby granted tett to tne University to pay ■ sala-and
conferred shall be exercised,! ring to radical professors'7 who did
as well in vacation as in term time, J nc<hing-litcrally nothing—during
and a Judge sitting at Cham-■ tnt time for which they charged
here shall have the same powers uj^n salaries. The balance of that
and jurisdiction; including the
Not a whisper was ever nttered power of keeping order and of pun.
agaiust him before. His only crime
seems to be that be is a Uepublioan,
and while we of' th'e Conservative
faith regret that the Republicans
have won over as good a man, yet
we deprecate tho day when any par-ty
shall assume to denounce a good
■siting any contempt of his authori-ty
aa when sitting in the Court.—! ,^i.'„"'„'.
Provided that no compensation'
shall be allowed to supervisors here-in
authorized to be appointed, ex-cept
those appointed in cities of
20,000 or more inhabitants, and no
man's private character because he 8g""J-MU
0
to appointed under
exercises his right's as a freeman in tins act as Supervisor of election
adopting political principles. Mr. wu.°,ls u0,1 at tbe.A"n
1
e ot. h'8, V'
Reid has friends and relatives who pomtment a qualified voter of the
have been, are now, and will con- county, pansB, election district or
tiuoe to be as true and faithful to voting precinct for which he is ap-tbe
interests of Conservatism as any PO!"'eij ! aud,no l*r8,0u. 8ualj *• »!»•
member of the party, and we know \™ated d.ePntv .marshal under the
that the principles of the party are
peace and prosperity will crown
our whole laud. Let every man
then cast his vote for that party
whose success insures such glorious
results.
I appeal to every true son of North
Carolina to exert all his iuflueuce to
' free our noble old State from the
shackles of oppression that have
well nigh crushed her in the dust
of humiliation and shame Let us
go forward with a determination to
i. j.Staiea. Kobert Sloan, 8r.; Samuel Mc- bring ber to that Standard of pore,
Loan, W. 8. Moore, Levi u. Scott, w. C. economical and honest government
Portor. s.>',H».r steak, Jerne LJjdaM. that was ber crown and glory in
Cant ,1. E. Gilmer. Rev. J. Henry SiuilU, ■ »
i .r1 Job.. E. Logan. M. i). julj- 27:iy the days of our fathers.
Respectfully yours,
Dental Notice '. Jos- u- SEPAUK.
W f. BASON, M. D..D. D.S.,
a(Of Ihe Bait. A Phila. Colleges,)'
'U^peetlullv offers his service, aa
D K N T 1ST
$. P», Disreputable Character in Phila-delphia.-
ilA large numberof thieves
pure enough to insure victory with-out
personal abuse. No "hue and
cry"|was raised when a great, good
Minister was put forth several
years ago for the samo office by our
party, nor when £ good minister of
Conservative faith cauvasseda cer-tain
county in the State for tho
Convention. Mr. Reid does not
stump the State on political issues,
and all his public talks have been
simply on educational subjects.—
His course before aud since- his
nomination has not been other than
ofaCbristain gentleman. It nothing
can be found in a man's public
character, for the sake of justice
let us not misrepresent or abuse his
act of which this is amendatory
who is not a qualified voter at the
time of his appointment in the
county, parish, district or precinct
iu which bis duties are to be per-formed.
And section 13 of the act, of which
this is an amendment, shall be con-strued
to authorize and require the
Circuit Court of the United States
iu said section mentioned to name
and appoint, as soon as may be af-ter
the passage of this act, the com-missioners
provided for in said sec-tion,
in all cases in which such ap-pointments
have not already been
made in conformity therewith. And
the third section of the act to which
this is an amendment shall be taken
and construed to authorize each of
sum went to pay the carpet-bagger
Ashley's cleiks, members of his
family, and the negro Hood, their
The same work, and
more and better too, is now done
for 91,500 per year.
And thus the radical* administ-ered
the " School Fund " the first
year of their power and plunder ol
the people.
From the first of October, 1869,
to October first, 1870, there went to
the credit of the Educational Fund,
from all sources $-102,379.65
During that time there
was disbursed of that
fund, 203,411.07
such a wonderful and 'marked
change and so promptly t The ex-planation
is easy and plain. Aa
soon as the Conservative Legisla-ture
convened they forthwith insti-tuted
a searching inquiry into how
common school matters were ad-ministered.
They (band that "car-pet
bagger," "Cape Cod" Ashley
and the negro Hood were doing
worse than nothing tor education,
while they were receiving enonrjoas
salaries and living high, and very
often at the public expense at that.
All anneesesary employees aad gnar but that ot Ashley, at* hk salary
and "e'xpBueta" mete aadneed to
•1,0*0 a year. That
him, «*» hesesigtied
Mb the 'State for sk
education!
ooiaehoak to
•injure us again. »••• •?<
Ifeeverm
veetoesaof t
to the capitol ami eaaanine the re-cords,
and he wtt led that what we
have stated is tme. We get the
facts and 8gores from the records.
This will do tor to-day. We snail
continue to ahow the diiereoee be-tween
" Radical" aud "Ooaaerva-tive"
rule. Iitithuauaah.
of the faota
own com
conclusions.
of absolute Radical rule aa to' edu
caUoti, sfxmaet «»*• fear of Conser-vative
rule, the Conservatives hav-ing
control of bat one branch of the
govern meat,
the difleaenee to favor. flf the
servativea. It is «135,77L381
Oflnseivatives saved that ■
one year to iidiu slina frjaa
"carpet-bag" thieves aad jobbers I
Mark the difference! rtr^hrhe4J
case the people rnlefl, in mm -*msto
the Radicals/'oarpet *
starts, insignificant,
office holders ruled!
let the people mark the
Whiskey friends are the moat un
profitable ones i knoov, they are al
ways reddy tew drink with yu; bnt
when yon are reddy tew drink with
them they ain't dry.
I look upon a pure joke with the
same venerashun that i do upon the
10 commandments.
Tu kaot hire a man tew be hon-est,
he will want bix wages raized
every morning.
The most successful men i hav ev-er
kown are those Who are konstan-tly
making blunders, bnt never
ea tew kno it.
lkno plenty ov folks who are so
thsj'BhueU ton into
_ woulildd insist upon float-ngap
Ml opiayun iz, and will kontinu
saw be, that the pbools have dona
as Mob hart in this world az
diahuthav.
per shoal* be curbed, not
:en.
I don't knoov eunyUiiag iathis-world
that is worth more than uiony'
that is honestly got and virtuously
spent
The truly great are alwus the ear.
yest tew approach.
Fun, deviltry and death, Uxk ia
the wioecas.
I wouldn't undertake tow korekt
a man's sektarian views ctmy qnick-than
I weald toll him which road
tew take ata 4 earners, when i didn't
know nuself which wax the right o»e.
I haven't mutch doubt that mam
sprung from the monkey, bat what
bothers me is where the ouasid won
key Sprung from.
AsVr a man has got a good opiay-un
o« himself, the next best tbiug i«
tew hav the good opinyun ov others.
Host ennyboddy thinks they ken.
be a rood phool, and they kaa,b*
the phool good is net sc
. he a little vexaehoa, but \
konsider it any disgrace tew
bahHbyadeg. ladj
Jabaaa aensrally ia belthy, U
easna from se
it don't do * man
Some o/tmtMmtcJui
Ora«(.-The Springflel
savs : Take tie South
egatea. What do ta*y repreaeat 1
The moat vfflatwi— fewestamtat
ever teen ia a free QhMsal «»■
monwealt4W«f»_reaa»eat which is
add
hyposTiH*BV{
baaOhriaUaa. „-
are but phew things tha
more misery from than W
do from cowardice.
The class intimaeys ov old ag»
ndyasynonvm ■-.■<■• yk^jff^jg^^^^UmU
private acts, especially one who has f"a co. struex. o >^«»« »
So good a record as Father Reid. I£JJgJg& J^aSToi
C0?>SEB^ATINB- ! or more of the Judges of the Dia-
-= \ trict Courts within his circuit to
The Discovery of Coffee. j discharge the duties arising under
• this act or the act to which this is
Toward the middle of the fifteenth ' an amendment.
century a poor Arab was traveling I And the words " any perejn'' in
through Abyssinia, and finding i gee,jon 4 0f the act of May 31,1870,
himself weak-and weary from fa-! 8nai| he held to include any officer
tigue, be stopped near a grove. ■ or otner person baviug powers or
Then being in want of fuel to cook | jutjes 0f an official character under
such a. to bauiah iw far aa po.- aud disreputable characters general
aib,ll») li,- "am operators'' and in. so-called |y are arriving in the city
Dantlate. I upou Btmngers who will
N. B.-Caii- dim-ted to H.w B,T«:I"'i Convention "
b. ,111 be aifmled ili. Irsi opporiumty. j"gWJ „,
Reference: 16 rears aueees.ful practice; IS It prooai
to prey-visit
the
°m^lT^mu\mm^yml&ei\ Is it probable that these thieves
UM medical am. dental professions; aud the from abroad and disreputable char
Mends of Dtntal Befcrsm. mar 28:3m | actere generally would find any-i
thing to object to in the principle
I laid down iu the subjoiued autbeu-dine,
country,
can atnavB bo
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tic epistle 1
TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF i
PENNSYLVANIA, >
HABBISBURG, March, 1872. )
"MY DEAR TITIAN : Allow me to
introduce to you my particular
friend, Mr. Geo. O. Evans. He has
a claim of some maguitude that be
wishes you to help him in. Put
him through as you would me —
Re understands addition, division,
and silence. Yours, W. H. KEMBLE.
'•To TlLTON J. COFFEY, Esq.,
Washington D. C."
Have any disreputable characters
come to Philadelphia from any other
place during the session of the
officeholders'Convention who would
not also confess that they under-stand
addition, division, and silence t
This W. II. Kemble was chosen
on Wednesday to represent the
officeholders ot Pennsylvania in the
officeholders' National Committee.
K. ¥. Sun.
his rice, he cut down a tree which
happened to be covered with dead
berries. IIis meal being cooked aud
eaten, the traveler discovered that
the half bnrned berries were very
fragrant. He collected a number
of these, aud on ci nsbing them with
a stone, he found that their aroma
increased to a great extent. While
wondering at this, he accidentally
let fall the substance in a can which
contained bis scanty supply of wa-ter.
Lo, what a miracle! The most
putrid liquid was instantly purified,
lie brought it to bis lips. It was
fresh, agreeable, and, in a moment
after, the traveler had so far recov-ered
bis strength and energy, as to
be able to resume his journey. The
lucky Arab gathered ns many ber-ries
as he could,iind. baviug arrived
at Aideii.in Arabia,he informed the
Mufti of his discovery- The worthy
divine was an Inveterate opium
smoker who had been suffering for
years from the influence of that poi-sonous
drng. He tried an infusion
of the roasted berries, anil was SO
delighted at the recovery of his
own vigor that in gratitude to the
tree be called it cuhuah, which in
Arabic signifies force. And that
is the way in which coffee was dis-covered.
this act or the act to which this is
an amendment Provided that
nothing in this section shall be so
construed as to authorize the ap-pointment
of any marshals or depu-ty
marshals in addition to those
heretofore authorized by law; and
provided futhcr, that the supervi-sors
herein provided for shall have
no powei|)r authority to make ar-rests,
or to perform any other duties
than to be in the immediate pres-ence
of the officers holding the elec-tions,
and to witness all their pro-ceedings,
including the counting of
the vote aud making of the return
thereof. • .
And so much of said sum herein
appropriated as may be necessary
for said supplemental and amenda-tory
provisions is hereby appropria-ted"
from and after the passage of
this act.
"We will meet in heaven, hus-band,
dear," is the affectionate epi-taph
which an Ohio woman has had
inscribed upon the tombstones of
each of three departed husbands.
Troubles ahead in that family, cer-tain.
We like mischevions cbil Jren for
this reason: They are apt to make
old men. Good boys generally die
iu their fifth year, not because they
are good, but their quiet habits
make them strangers to mud pud-dles,
oxygen, dirt-pies, and other
out-door exercise. When a me
tells us be has a little boy
"never wants to leave bis books,
the knob on bie front door lmme-diatelyjbecomes
an object of interest
to us; we know aa if we were bless-
| ed with foreknowledge, that in less
Leaving a balance of 8158,008.04
Now let us see how this sum of
1203,411.07 went, aud how much of
i: went to the purposes of educa-tion
:
$150,000.00 of it Was MOOM) ill ipecial tax
bonds.
10,000.00 lent to tho University to pry
talarift of profeuors vho did
lilfrally nothiny.
2,000.00 lent to Deaf & Dumb Asylum.
1,778.68 went to pay tho negro Hood's
salary ind exptnni for virtual-ly
nothing.
131.20 paid to David A. Jenkins for
services and expenses,—can't
tell what for.
75.00 went to pay a carpet bagger
of tho name of Loper, for An
»erri«s.
22.20 to pay costs of a foolish aud
fruitievi lawsuit.
415.00 to pay poll tax returned.
38,981.86 paid to Uacktrl of schools !
$203,411.07 .
Of this vast sum only $38,981.80
went to pay teachers ot schools!
By the sale of " land scrip* dona-ted
by the Federal government after
the war for the purpose of an Agri-cultural
College, the State realized
as fund devoted to educational pur-poses
alone—• 125,000. This sum
—the greater part ot it—tho Radi-cals
inrMfea" in 100 'special tax bonds'
of 8100 each, after they had gone
doicn to a nominal price, aud the
" Railroad Ring " got the money as
was said the circumstances indicat-ed,
and the balance of it they inves-ted
in State bonds, 80 of them of
$1,000 each—other than special tax
bonds, but only 45 old bonds.—
What is this Investment worth T—
Nothing ! nothing !! The money
is gone, and into the pocket ol
" ring men " at that!
And thus the Radicals adminis-teral
the " School Fund" during
the second year of their power and
plunder. Tho records at the Capi-tol
show the truth of what we have
said. . ,. ,
Now let ns see how the disburse
ments and expenditures were made
under Conservative rule:
From the first day of October,
ie70, to tho first day of Octo-ber,
1871, there went to the
credit of the MstueKmil Fund
few unsorupaldns and avaricious
adventurers have temporarily con-fiscated
a State of the American
Union to their private use and
emolument. They have found a few
native born rascals as unscrupulous
as themselves, and taken them into
partnership. They have secured
the ignorant negroes by a system of
secret oath-bound societies; by
skillfully appealing to their resent-ments
and their fears—in which
the Ku-Klux insanity has, of course,
been of invaluable assistance to
them ; by the music of the Repub-lican
name; and by dividing office
aud plunder with their leaders, al-ways
reserving for themselves, how-ever,
the lion's share. The history
of their shameful rule is known to
the American people. Yet these
fellows call themselves Republicans,
hold up their beads with the beat,
and cheer for Grant with the loud-est.
They come into the National
Convention, their hands reeking
with enrrupt jobs, their pockets
heavy w ith stolen money, and sit
dowu on equal terms with the rep-resentatives
of Massachusetts.
There trill be no Bolt if the Balti-more
Convention nominates Oreeley.
—The New York World, of the 5th,
says: We have employed all the
machinery at the disposal of a met-ropolitan
newspaper to gather con-fidentially
the opiuious of local lea-ders
in different States. We have
sent our most trusted correspon-dents
upon journeys of hundreds of
miles for the same purpose.
It is not to be denied—at least
we should scorn to deny it—that
they bring ns back report among
many who scout Greeley's endorse-ment
atBaltimore,andof some here
aud there who favor it as the only
hope of the country. For it is not
reasonable to expect of even the best
and most faithful local leaders a
knowledge or survey of the whole
ground needful to be viewed before
a judgment is formed. Nor has any
Democrat whom we have consulted,
or whose opinions we have ascer-tained,
advised a bolt from the Bal-timore
nomination, though it be
Oreeley—a bolt, we mean, in the
seuse of a new convention and nom-ination.
AH see that such a bolt in
such a case would merely transfer
from the Convention's shoulders to
their own the odious repute of elec-ting
Graut.
about az much pride in bragging ov
their faults az ov their virtews.
About the best thing that enny ov
ns kan do iz tew kouceal our phail-lings.
Persons ov the coldest nature
when they do love, love the fiercest
—so green wood when it gits to burn-ing
makes the hottest fire.
.Suckcess iz az bard to define az
falling oph from a log; a man al-
WU88 kan tell exsckly how be did it
There is one pashun (and it iz the
meanest one) that no man who haz
ever lived haz been free from, and
that is envy.
Indolence iz one ov the strongest
pashnns, because it iz one by the
most natural ones.
Indolence in youth iz allmost cer-tain
tew bukum wisdom and honor
in old age.
from all sources,
During that time
was disbursed.
of this sum
$3GG,043.62
177,487,50
Josh Billings says: Love is an
honorable diseaze ennff tew have,
because it is natural; but any phel-low
haz laid sick with it fur 7 long I than"a~year"aVtrip"5r black crepe
years, after he gits over it feels wiU thr0w a shade across his path
8umthing like the phellow who haz tilBt time WJH never eradicate,
phell down on the ice when it iz
Leaving a balance of $188,546.12
Now let ns see what went with
who this sum of $177,497.50, and how
much of it weut to the purposes of
education.
Of this sum, as expended,
$174,753.20 meal to Comsun Schools !
HU5.23 County capitation tax expen-ded.
882.65 expense accounts.
966.42 poll tax.
very wet—he don't feel like talking
about it before folks.
The site of Pittsburg was once
sold for a fiddle.
$177,427.50
See and mark the difference—the
Curefor the Toothache.—The fol
lowing is said to be an excellent
cure for toothache: To a table-spoonful
of any kind of spirits,
add the same quantity of sharp
vinegar, and a teaspoonfnl of com-mou
salt, mix them well together ;
bold the liquid in the mouth so that
it cau enter the cavity or hollow in
the tooth; it will give almost in.
stantaneous relief.
"What should you be, dearest 1"
said Walter to his sweetheart, "if I
should press the seal of love upon
those sealing-lips V "I should be
stationery."
Poetry and poverty are no longer
inseparable companions; Bryant.
Longfellow, Holmes, Saxe and Low-ell
are all rich men.
The Danbury Netes says: The
following note, picked up on tho
street Monday afternoon, is a manly
exposition of what narrowly escap-ed
being a grievous wrong:
"Dear Jane: I hope you ain't
mad because I didn't lair at you
when you latTt at me last evening
at the post offls. I ain't prowd,
dear Jane, but I have got a bile
under my arm, and I can't laff as I
nsed to, as Heaven is my judge.
Yours truly,
HENRY'."
The weeping-willow has a history.
The first scion was sent from Smyr-na
in a box of figs to Alexander
Pope. General Clinton brought a
shoot to America from Pope's tree
at the time of the Revolution. This
was planted on the estate of John
Park Custis, in Virginia, and be-came
the ancestor of a nnmeioas
■progeny.
A worthy Yankee deacon had
been very industrious in selling a
new church-book, costing seventy-five
cents. Ouo Sunday morning
the minister, just before dismiss-ing
the congregation, rose and
said:
"All you who have children to
baptize will please present them
next Sabbath."
The deacon, who, by-the-way.was
a little deaf, and having an eye to
selling the books, and supposing
his pastor was referring to them,
immediately jumped up, and shout-ed
:
"All you who havn't any, can get
as many as you want, by calling on
me, at seventy-five cents each ■
There was no benediction that
morning worth speaking of, and the
deacon, after he had found out his
mistake, changed his pow from the
front of the church to the .third
from the rear; and, though he can
not hear the sermon, he is consoled
with the thought that the young
ladies can't snicker at him.
According to a late writer sun
stroke is due to the action of light
upon the brain, exerted through the
eye, and not, as generally believed,
to an elevation of temperature; and
it is asserted that if the eye be prop-erly
shaded from theglare of theson,
any extra or unusual precaution in
the way of protecting the head or
back may be dispensed with. I
[Cousin Sally Dillard is a story
that must not die, and as1 it has
been some* time since the pnbric
have been called apoii tolaffckiafer
its exquisite ridiculousness, we Will
give it a start again f)
SCENE.—A court of Just ice in
South Carolina
A beardless disciple of Themis
rises and thus addresses the court:
"May it please yonr worship and
you gentleman of the jury, since it
has been my fortune (good or bad I
will not saj), to exercise myself in
legal disquisition, it ban never be-fallen
me to be obliged to prosecute
so direfnlly marked an assault.—
A more wilful, violent and idanger-ous
battery, and finally a more dia
bolical breach of the peace, has
seldom happened in a civilized
country, and I dare say it'seldom
has been your duty to pass one so
shocking to benevolent feeling
this which took place over at Cap
tain Rice's in this county: bat you
will hear from the witness."
. The wtfiavsiwbvvug swam, two or
three were fxuuaiued.au. 1 deposed :
One said that he heard the noise
bnt did not see the fffjhf ;|_another
that he saw the row-, rini "Uid no)
know whfl struck first, ami another
that he was very druuk hud Couldn't
say mueh about th* sKfimmuge.
Lawyer Chops—Latu sorry, gen
tleniau, to nave ocenpied yytn lime
with the stupidity of Uw witne
examine*.' H aricety •jontlfne'!.
altogether from a nusanpnli.
on my part Had f kUbwfc u
that I bad a witness' -wfao was
quaiuten*with aifthetfjnmsi.
of the caie, and was abty) to make
himself dearly uiilersreod. to the
court and jury, 1 ^uVinMEtVot have
tresspassed so long on your patience.
Come lorwnrl.Hr Haroiv airy If
sworn.
So forward crtniet the wifnPsA a
tat, ehmTy old mnh""liw4le»^rllVd,
and took his oath with HH air.
Chops—Harris, *q .wish y
tell about the riol tli:«t luiisp>
the oilier day al Cftptiifl V. , snfl
as a good deal of time Mm ulreiwly
been wasted in circumlocution,
wish ye* to he i»pipen»l«ou>,at,tin-same
time as explicit ty iKx-.-a
Harris—Adzakly (pvirigflji
yor a knowing wink at th
timecleJiaighiAthroat. Onn
be gin a tie*, add ciu-ni tf.ilj,*
Dillard iihaaw'""' "»M't«i ouruou*ie
and axed me it asy-wita she i i iittn';
4P» ? 1 told cfiiftin Bally Dillard m\
wife was poorly, 1K-(II? as how
wad a toueh ot rheumatic* i\i at*)
hip, aud the big swamp was . up v1
tae road^tUere having been a ;
deal of rain lately, but lioweu
it was she, cousin Sally Dijlnid.
■mat go. Well flitn
u Bally Dillard, my wife she h
..Well then cini-.iu fiaHy Oil
iF'then «.**«1 me if Wuci
rdtosaVt, go I 1 told ouusiu iS»ll,\
Dillard that bv was the lorcn,
the crap, anil the crap was sfiii
•a'the.glass, but howsoever, we it
was she, cousin Sally Dillanl. V
he mout go.
I Chops—Iu the name of comMo ,
sense, Mr. Harris,» hatdo ysU4fii:aii
by fins rigmarole?
Witness—Captain Rice, he giu a
treat, and cousin Sally Dillard, she
came over to my house ami ;;-!<. .i
me if my wife she monn't got and
1 told cousin Rally Dillard—
Chops—Stop, sir, if you pie;
we don't want- to hear about
cousin Bally Dillard or your
tell ns about the fK'ht at Rio'
Witness-Well, I will sir, if you
will let me.
Chop— Well, sir, go on.
Witness—Well,sir, Captain I'
he gin a treat antl cousin Bally Dil-lard,
she eninc over tc my house and
asked me if my wife she moill
ChO|>s—Here it i.s again. \
ness please to stop.
Witness—Well, sir, what do
want f
Chops—We want to know .
the fight, aud you musl not proceed
iu this impertinent story. Do
know anything about the ma
before the court 1
Witness—To be sure I do.
Chops—Well, go on them, and
tell it, and nothing .•
Witness—Well, Captain Bio*, he
gin a treat—
Chops—This is intolerable.
It please the court, I move I hat the
prisoner be committed CM ■
tempt. He seeau to be tril
with the court.
Court—Witness, yon are 1,
the court of justice, and mil.
behave joinM If in a more b
ing manner you will be seal I I
so begin and tell me what you I.
about the fight at RiceV,
Witness—Weil, gentleman, ■
tain Rice gin a treat, an I <
Sally Dillard—
Court—(after deliboBHiag), Mr.
Attorney, the courf is ol aop| inlon
that we may save time by letl
the witness go on in his o tn
Proceed Mr. Harris with JW»r ate
ry, but stick to the point. •
Witness—Yes, gentleman. V
Capt. Rice, lie gin a treat.:■ TI«I
in sally Dillard come ovej I
house aud axed tne it U»J v.i
moiitn't go ! I fold coat in
Dillard that my wife she was
ly, being as how she bad tjic rl
matics in her hip, ami the bL'
swamp was up: howaoever,
was she, cousin Sally ll'llar.l. mv
wife she mout go. I told o
Sally Dillard, as how lloM
man of the crap, and the
was smartly in the grass, but hba
ever, as it's slie,cousin Sally Dillanl
ho mout go. So they roeson bnjfeth
er, Mosc, my Wife, and cousin B
Dillard, ami the] comes toil
swamp, and it was us up as I
telling you; but being as how t
was a log across the
cousin Sally Dillanl and Moae, like
genteel folks, walked the log, bul
my wife, like«a dai 1 fool, bo
her coats and waded through.
Chops—neaven and earth, this
is too bad : bnt go on.
Witness— Well, that's all I
about the fight.
"A l'hiladelphian took :ui
tageofhis wife having the si
pox to send for his mother in
The result surpassed his exp
tions, having the satistai
paying her funeral expenses a short
time after her arrival."