The Greensboro patriot [January 29, 1873]

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THE PATRIOT
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AT GREENSBORO, N. C,
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||. D ih.rl. Jn... A. Cilmer.
Murray K. Smith.
Uillard, Gilmer & Smith,
VTl'ORNEYS AT LAW
and
80LH IT0K8 IV BAMKHOPtCT,
Qa „ ,r Grasfdmro, opposite
BenboW Hones.
1.UACTJCE in Mate and Federal Courts.
;. mion given to matters in
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:, District Court .if Western
■ \. ttli Carolina. Collection, in
federal 1 lofafts solicited.
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Established in 1824. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 39, 1873. {New Series No. 256.
Business Cards.
A. Pritchett,
Cabinet-Maker
Furniture* D*al»-i
Undertaker
ANNOUNCES to III- citirens ot Cr~i.-
boro ud Guilford County that km in bet-lor
prepared now than .TOT UI provide them
with
rVI)i;RT4KIS(..
He is prepared to furnish, at TWO HOURS'
NOTICE, Conns of any atgrlc, and ha. .
fin. HEARSE built .xpressly for tbe use ol
the public
All ord.r» tor 1TTRNITCRE, COFFINS,
&c.,promptly attended lo atm«ejierat*-charges
Any marketable produce taksn in exchange
tor work. fcb «:ly
J. E. 6'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker,
liKALKk IN
rianlabed, japanned A Ktaraped
TIN WABK, STOVES,
PUMPS, Lightning Rials, *e.;Utoooll Plata*,
BRASS CHECKS,
fur Hotelu, Saloon*, «Src.
(.-- Killing, Pooling, auU*riug,&c.)j..oajptlv
M■•:-:..ii.-- art- invited to examine niv *i'*;k
l>ffor»! p'ii< litu-iiiK ••Uewliprr'. jan '£!>:\j
A. J. BKOUKMANN,
t H Ml shl.MlUX. Ji-IIS N.STAPLKS.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GREEHSBOB*! W.C.,
Wi practioe in ihe Courts ofGuillonl, R«»ck-1 IM.|^c,Mi „iock ofmueical
U
Uarideou, Forajtbe, Stoke.,
. AUmancoi alao.tj.fi.Ciiw
in- Bpeoial attoction given to ,-,„.
- in nil parle ot I be Slale, and to -
,..-.- in Bankruptcy-.
i f i ItBce DIM 'lour North of Courtjlouae.
Jan. WUj .
RALPH GOBBELL,
Alliirury and Counsellor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C,
\y II.1. practice in il ourla of Alamance,
■ >> II.VI.I-OII. Cinlloiil and Randolph, and
. u HI-. OB», No. ."i Law ft"* ou
Weal Md« of Court lloliae.
Prompt attention giren t" collectinu, and
buaiucal comiuiued to bia care.
April 37, IB71:1T _ ,
Walter I J- M. Mullen
Clark & Mullen,
Attorneys At, I^.a>v,
HALIFAX, N. C,
PRACTICE in all UM Courte of Halifax,
Manufacturer of Cigars,
SOUTH ELM STREET,
KEEPS conntantl/ on band a large atook
of the fineet OJgara, of Havana and do-
I ineelic leaf ; aleo lineal brands ot Smoking
TobaOCO, Snuff, Pipee. Cigar-Holder*, ami a
. _ stock of musical instrument*.
Ran-1 ||,. |<--.-|.» constantly manufacturing cigura
l and ; MII4| caI1 promptly fill order, on aliortest no
jan 25:Iy-pd
Wliich will l,i- auld Client
Waich-Maker,
Jeweler to Optician,
Greensboro, N. <-'.,
Han o'li-tautlv on hand
a uplendid atMsortmeiit <>»
raxliionalile JewelrT,
and Honie uplendiil
JVatchet ana ('lurks,
r CBMII!
.t"
J. Martin, Northampton and Kdtf« ouibe
In the Supreme Court
Carolh .. and In the KcdVnl Courta.
IV Coibfiioiiamail, in all pans of North
Carolina. niar 14:ly
„ . ,. ini I., IrlOB. It. KtiKill,
BALL & KEOGH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
ilp stairs, new Liudaay Building,)
0RBBN8BORO, N. C.
.I.... l-.:ly
, M HCALKB.
tyWaichse. Clocka. Jewelry. BowingMa-cliinea.
and Pialols re|«iireil cheap anil on short
notice. Call opposite Ihe Old Albright Hotel,
Bad Market Street. tO-ly
p?' An assorted atock of Oniia, Pistols.
I North (;»rtriilgB», 4c, always on hauil.
1
SCAl.KS.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
OrwDsburo, N. C.?
lUACTICEin it Stjtie andKftieralC'oiirln.
A. M. HcftlM
DAVID SCOTT,
Jeweller and Watchmaker,
North Elm St., East side of the Court House
Will Work for Half-Price
In repairing Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
april *i»:ly
N. H. D. WILSON,
LIFE & FIRE INSlRANCiiACiENT,
GreeiiBlMiro, N. C,
REPRESENTS first-cUH* CoapMiiei
with an a>;j;ivgatr capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
TRUE HEROISM.
Let others write of battles fought
On bloody, ghastly fields,
Where honor greets the man who wins,
And death the man who yield.:
But I will write of him who fights
And xanquisbes his sins—
Who struggles on through weary years
Against himself, and wins.
He is a hero, stannrh and brave,
Who fights an unseen foe,
And parti at last beneath his feet
His passions bane and low,
And stands erect in manhood's might.
Undaunted, undismayed—
The bravest man that drew a sword
In foray or in raid.
It calls for something more than brawn
Or muscle to o'eicomo
An encmv who marcbeth uot
With banner, plume and drum—
A foe forever lurking nigh,
With sileni, stealthy trend ;
Forever near your board by day,
At night beside yum tod.
A'l honor, then, to tho brave heart.
Though poor or rich ho he,
Who struggles with his baser part—
Who conquers, and is free.
He may not wear a hero's crown.
Or fill n hero's grave,
But truth will place his name umoug
The btavest of the brave.
put the same class of men tn office
agaiu ; and now, after all has beeu
squandered by their support of bad
men, they cry alond for the road,
and are willing to go over, body,
boots and all, to any one who will
give it to tbem; they arejeven willing
Just So.
The Elisabeth OKy Carolinian,
Radical, speaking of the condition
of affairs is the goata aayh :
The truth is, banian life is safer
in the Sooth to-day, and especially
in North Carolina, than in the great
they might be left in a worse fix
than they now are. If these eleven
hundred Kadicals sinners should
recant aud embrace tho Democratic
faith there will be that many poor
souls saved any way and so much
good done.
THE PATRIOT.
P. F. DUFFY, EDITOR.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 29.1873.
to go over to the Democrats whom ■ C'tt of Sew York.
they have been denouncing as re-1 The election is over now, yon see,
bels, k n klux, etc., to get it. Their and there isn't any absolute neces-sity
for lying ; hence this fellow is
willing to tell the truth.
Republicanism now won't weigh
against a railroad.
Well, they ought to have the road
and we hope they may get it, but
before it is put under the hammer
they had better ascertain whether , <^^ upward of 1285,000,000 to the
, , ., . . ,„„» national wealth, computing their
it will over be bu.lt then or not, lest | valne mere,y j,.'^^ ,aborers.
It is claimed that the immigrants
who landed on our shores last year
What proportion ot this amount
did North Carolina receive t
Don't Recognize Them.
As iar as voting goes the Radicals ,
are perfectly willing to recognize
their black allies, but when it comes
to dividing offices with tbem they
■n not quite so -willing. The fol-lowing
extract trom the National
Progress, a paper published in the
interest of the colored people, shows
how they do iu Pennsylvania:
Y In the election of AssistantClerks
Wilmington half-masted her flags
i out o( respect to the memory of Na-
| poleou. We don't see that the
i Southern people have any cause to
' go into this half masting business.
The Good Templars and Friends
of Temperance are flourishing in
Charlotte.
But Three Days Married.
BY LUOLA LOTKJOT.
"My dearest," said Fred, as we
neared a little wayside station,
"what do you say to some lunch f
lean step out here and get yon
anything yon fancy. It
may seem a dreadful thing for a
bridegroom to confess, bat I begin
to feel quite sharp after onr early
dinner. If yon don't mind my
leaving yon for five minutes—"
I signified thct an absence of
that duration might be supported,
and Fred started for the refresh-ment
room.
We had been married just three
days, and the glamour of the hon-eymoon
was upon everything—the
atmosphere was ratified beyond
that breathed by every mortal—the
earth glorified with a new beauty—
the heavens with new light. We
ate not bread and beefsteak, bnt
some ambrosial dish untested be-fore,
and drank go'den nectar, ethe-rialized
from hot coffee pots.
I watched Fred from the car
window until he disappeared in the
refreshment room. What a splen-did
fellow he was! 8uch eyes-such
a mind—soch teeth—snch a
heart—such a general combination
of perfect ion i! How charming !—
how delightful I bow altogether in-expressible
it was to belong to him
forever, never to be separated more 1
when biz 1 clang! Horrois! The
train was off agaiu—off, with Fred
still discussing boned turkey in the
Important Proolamation by
the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.
By (fa President of the United States ea"ti'ng saloon.Vid'lTislartMuTwTte
—Executive Order : hopelessly quiescent in the ladies'
WHEBEAS, it ha-^been brought: car—off, sundering at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, those whom
Court
on III,
I Buckingham ('"
l-i Uondayofvver
attend ihe Probate an,| can carry a full line at lair rales.
nly at W.-nlwill
month. janloetBVf
D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
- *&2^
Having at^ocia !
ii-d tl.pniM'lvrr. |
in the practice "i
I.KMI.VIRV. GR01TRIES
RPOlHre, up stairs over Wilson & Sho-h.
r's Bank, under the efficient supervision
W. II. HILL.
who will at all times be glad to wait on
all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies,
mar 14:ly
reapeetfull) "U'er
I heir profi .sion-al
M-r\ |ii-s to the
citizens of
Greensboro,
ai.d Ihe siirroiin-i
the other of them
.1 ut their offii n
stairs, eutraoee East
,..\D PRODUCE
ding < 'unti \ One
ran alu >• - be too
1 ,i\'-. iiirtnT nji
■ Street.
Satisfactory rpfi-rence given, ifdehircd,
in.m t.ttr respective patrona during the
past twelve or fifteen years. 21-fctf
STOP AT THE
VAIUIllHUKJH HOL'SK !
Raleigh, >'. C.
<;. W. Blacknell, Proprietor.
Smith's New Hotel.
UE1DSVILLE, N. C.
Hoard l.&O Per Day.
1patronage of onr Friends and the Pub-lic
Solicited.
Livery SUblos connected with the Hotel
.1. W. BMITH * CO.,
mar7:lf Proprietor.
T
PLANTER'S HOTEL.
>lil* Honor ts |>lea»antlylocat-
I on l'.a-t Street mar the Court
.. .ami is ready for the reception o
Boarders and Travelers.
THETABLE
I- always supplied with the best Ihe mar-ket
aflords. THE STABLES
barge ofca«efa] and attentive host-lere
sMid no painsmspared In any rcs-peet
to render gneate trouifortablo.
THE B-A.K.
Attached to the I'lanlersia always sup-
• lth the best Wines, Liquors anil I
LIVERY STAiLII
Have lat.lv been attached lo this Hotel,
and parties wishing conveyances, can be
misted wuli Uood Teams.
tyPrice. as low, if not lower than any
oth.-r hotel in town. JOHN T. REESE,
. : 1 j Proprietor.
J. W. Scott & Co.,
East Market St , GREENSBORO, N. C.
KEEP constantly on band a full and well
seb-cted stock of >;rocelie* and country
produce. Also hard ware, wood and willow
ware anil lin ware.
Prices as low as any reliable house.
jan Solly
Gat*. G. Yate*,
MOI I AI.-I l KKIl OK
Tin. Sbeet IrssfcCspperWare
AND dealer in Dry Goods, Hats. Boats and
Shoes. Wood Ware, Lamps, Crockery,
siol (ilsas Ware, GrocasM, Stoves, and as-sorted
Goods, (.-euersllr. No. SI South Elm
Si rest, Groenaboio, N. C. Goods sold low for
cash, or barter. jan 19: ly
H. H. D. WILSOS. Cms. E. Sin.in i.
»VII.M>\ IL SIIOIIER,
BANKERS.
GREENSBORO, N. C,
(South Elm Street, opposite Express Office.
BI"Y and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes,
State and Governmenl Bonds, Rail Road
Stocks ami Bonds, dtc.
1"%?* Receive Money on deposit subject tn
SIGHT CHECK; and allow interest
ill kind upon time deposits ofCURRENCY
: or SPECIE.
Discount Business I'aper!
Collections made at all accttesible points.
Sept. Kith, ly
/
k<,tooro Booic s
HI. %
"««. "~ ^ c- arsaoao,
1!
B. IT- S2S4IITI3:,
(Kormerly of Guilford.)
Grocer&CommissionMerchant
Charlotte, H. C.
U A JU I* 1\ II U U ■> t,T-vEALER ill all kind ol country produce,
M „ \J inch as grain, flour, meal, bacon, lard.
Main Street. Salisbury, «. C. hotter, eggs, poultry, fruils, liquors, tobacco,
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
I:VI;I:Y DELICACYIS SEASON
Ac.
Elour a specialty. nov 13:3nipil
Passsngera ami Baggage Conveyed Free
ol Charge.
C. 8. BRWON. Proprie
CENTRAL HOUSE "
NO. in- MAIN STREET,
Richmond, Virginia,
$1
PHOTOGRAPHY
TRANSIENT Board, with Lodging,
per day. Board per week, ^-'..
liar supplied wilh the Pineal Liquors
ami Cigars. Meals at all hours Oysters
in every style. 1). J. McCOEMICK, ,
July »J:ly' Proprietor.
X nessaud despstcb.
! The
GEITTJIITE
Rembrandt Pictures
sre now being msde at the gallery ot
HUGHES & ANDREWS,
Opposite Court House,
Greensboro, N. C.
april U:ly
A Voice from the West.
The action of Gov. Caltlwcll in
procuring the suspension of the sale
ot the Western S. C. B. K., has uot
met with the cordial approbation of
his Battieal friends in the West, it
we may judge from an article in a
recent nnntberof the Asbeville Pi-oneer,
tin- Radical organ, which gets
ferocious on the subject and threat-ens
his Excellency and the Radical
party thusly :
"If the iuconsideiate, though
well intended action of Republican
Governor should still further break
us down, there will uot be Republi-cans
enough left West ot tin- Bine
Ridge to till the Federal offices. Iu
this cut and thrust business which
is going on about our railroad inter-ests,
we are bound to be true to our
own homes first, and above all
things else, and we intend to lie.—
But the gentlemen who engineer
the Republican party ol North Car-olina,
who handle its campaign
funds, and control lis patronage,
are accustomed to turn up their
lofty noses in scornful derision ol
everybody West of the Bine Ridge,
and to ascribe the ascendency of
the party, and the success of partic-ular
men, solely to the solid colored
vote of the East. They point, with
significant gesture, to Ihe map, to
show 08 how small a pail,of the
whole State Weal ol the Blue ltidge
is. To all such this is worth re-membering
:
The majority for our Stale ticket
iu August last was 3,000 vi.ics.—
The Republican vote of Buncombe
county was over 1,100. Whatever
ill-advised, inconsiderate or leckless
conduct of party managets or rep-resentative
men of the parly, .shall
drive away these 1,100 hard work-ing,
devoted party men, will deliver
the Slate into the hands of the De
inncracy. So, whether our demen-sions
territorially, or as an element
of the Republican organisation, in-large
or small, we Republicans
West of the Blue Ridge can control
the party destinies of the Slate.
We know know it ; we are a unit
in believing I hat, to secure our rail
road extension, we ought to assert
this balance ot power against those
who are found to beagainst US : and
we mean to be a unit in so doing
when any such emergency shall a-rise."
That's plain talk for the moguls
and these chaps evidently mean
business.
it grieveth us much and maketh
us vastly sore in spirit to perceive
these discordant signs, and stormy
indications, among the loyal breth-ren
and camp-followers of Hiram
Ulysses—the leather man—and
Tod, to whom they pinned their
faith, and for whom they swore so
loudly and lied so lustily during
the dog days. Woe be unto old
Obstinacy if he fails to listen to this
warning voice, for they shall come
down from the mountains with a
swooping vengeance to which the
march of the Assyrians would be
nothing but a lth of July parade.
In this encounter we wish them
both a jacket full of fury, and sharp
teeth, and a conclusion to the contest
similar to that of the Kilkenny cat
battle. We would gladly see Tod
laid on his back and the eleven hun-dred
Republicans laid beside him.
We would be a delighted mourner
at such a funeral.
This thing shows how much of
principle there is in these Radicals.
Notwithstanding the fact they knew
that the Radicals who controlled
the State when that road was char-tered
and appropriations made to it
were pocketing the money that
ought to have built it, they wore
and other subordinate officers, we to ,he notice of the-President of the
had hoped and expected that the United gtateg that many persons, iaw all(i Gosuel both declared oulv
members for Danphin county would holdj civj, ,;ffice b ^£13 g^^hSEWt
!? rV?,rn%ltPwonfdTave from b^' 0r other^Sder the oWhat's the matter, mum f ask-
LeK^«S »l.n!lSjni constitution and laws of the TJni-1 ^ the conductor, noticing my ex-been
regarded, and a respectful re- tfd StateS) while holding such Fed- citemeut.
cognition given to some representa- ^portion-, accept offices under j »There-there>s a gentleman left
tive men of the new voters. But the authority of the States and Ter- behind," I gasped.
the members of the Senate, though ritorir,g irj whjCD they reside, or of
repeatedly and earnestly requested mnnicipai corporations usder the
to thus recognize the colored ele- charter8 and ordinances of such cor-ment
of the party,—an element p,,,.^^. thereby assuming the
which stood^'frgj; "£uu*£ duties of the State, Territorial or . „.,,««„, ,WD
faithless "-like Gal o cared for mull«d|wl oBo. at ,ue same time Up8, a8 I feit that the fact
none ot these things. that thev are chargM with the dn- .amethine new.
We and the colored people of the
charged
ties of the civil office held under
State of Pennsylvania feel chagrin- ^^ anthorit-ed
at being so sought forduriug the
troubles of the late canvass, and
being uow so forgetfully thrust a-sitle.
Senators and Representative say,
it was an oversight—it was not
thought of in time. All we have to
say is, that these oversights are too
infernally common, and, that the
caucuses' of each house knew of the
necessity in this case in time suffi-cient
to remedy the difficulty.
If black men were not so easily
"Is there, mum f was the stoical
reply. "Bless my soul, that's noth-ing
new 1"
"But—but—he's my husband !"
I faltered, blushing to my finger-was
something new.
Three ladies turned around to
, stare at me, and there was an un-
Aml Whereas, It is believed that, mi»takable titter beneath the
with tew exceptions, the holding of heavy moustache of a gentleman
two such offices by the same person opposite.
is incompatible with a due and "Sorry, mum, but it can't be
faithful discharge ot the duties of helped. If gents will stop at bar-either
office; that it frequently rooms to wet their whistles,we can't
gives rise to great inconvenience wajt lor 'em."
and often results in detriment to A bar-room ! Fred in a bar-room
the public service, and moreover is wetting his whistle! What did
not iu harmony with the genius of the odious man meau t I tried to
the government. crush him with a look, but I wasn't
In view of the premises, there- eq0al to it. Fred—STY Fred—in a
fore, the President has decreed it bar-room!
humliucced as they are they would proper thus and hereby to give this .i\-0n needn't be alarmed," said
discovered long ago the anal- notice, that /rom and atterthe an oM gentleman, kindly; "there
phetio of all aorta of evils that
awaited me, and darkly suggestive
of the snares and pitfalls In that
broad road that leads to matrimony
sod destruction.
Bnt Aunt Tabby took a vinegary
view of everything. She never
had felt the mellowing of a honey-moon.
When we arrived at the depot,
my moustache friend had left the
ear, so I waa left unprotected »
l-tHpiDlng
__jusnwT Twit* by
a~cotTespoodent, are the foljowing:
CtMaeie-ally eahea of be. apell-ing
crop out aanowf the pio.sea.niis,
sod some laaMattoMe inetaaoee ot
weakness in this respect ooese to
l(ftltt».eang the ¥asMiiitfeWm ■ *
For iuxteuee, e young lawyer in aa
interior city ono.eeajyjBaft.llg lock-ed
Us office door end left npoB it
this mysterious legend: •'tfoi. to
breekfos."
la aeatell Hew England town a
druggist was surprised and distur-bed
to receive at the hands of a du-ty
looking customer the following
praeertptioe; •« rTeaee gtrtv (be
beraaMpetetoshnehsteUeeerM
worth. ,
During the war a letter written
by a soldier to his sweetheet, was
captured, wberin he laid: «We
will lick the ysnka to sserrer if god-dlestity
>peres our lives,"
Bolus Choate, or somebody else,
said the ways ot Providence and
the decisions of a petit jury are
past aoooenUng tor. Weaaayeefe
ly say the same of the speUiag of
gain.
An army of hackmen besieged
the doorof the depot, and I imme-diately
became the subject ot a
struggle. Oaths and whips re- that letter, since a Pitteburg Jury
sounded about my ears, until I handed to the Judge a oommunioa-was
finally seized upon and carried cation endorsed: "To the onera-off
by a redheaded Irisbman.whoee ble gag."
success arose no doubt from his na- xhe proprietor of a ooeatry store
tional proclivity tor anything re- once worked himself nearly into a
sembling a fight brain fever endeavoring to make
Having secured me a very dirty intelligible the following note, hand
vehicle, he regarded me with a tri- ed to him by a small boy, the sen
umpbsnt grin. 0t one of hfs etistomers:
"If you will get my trunk now, "mister Orean,
please," I suggested. "Wund you let my boay
"Your trunk, where is it! Where hev a pare of Esy toad shua I"
is the bit of tin T" However, he was probably more
"The—what V I asked in per- horrified than the schoolmaster who
plexity. received a letter from a man wbo
•The tin—the bit of tin, to be wrote:
sure. How am I to get it without «I have deeided to inter my boy
the tin r i„ TOur scull."
My check ! I had forgotten that The letter wbioh some person
Fred had the check, also. Alas I wrote to an editor, when discontin-for
the powerlessness of woman! I ujng his paper contains internal
saw my new Saratoga, filled with evidence ot the truth of its asser-the
daintest of trousseaus, bundled tions :
up with a load of hotel baggage, «i think folks ottent to speed
and couldn't raise a finger to claim their munny for paier, my dad did*
it. It was the last straw on the dent and everyboddy sed he was
camel's back, and I drove in tears the intelligeoest man in the country
to Aunt Tabby's, using my tissue and had the smartest family of boize
veil as a pocket handkerchief, and that ever dugged taters."
thereby unconsciously tattooing my •> This house lor sail," was the an-face
with streaks of blue. uouueemeut a traveler saw nailed
Even Annt Tabby's monumental over the door of a humble dwelling
rigidity was overcome by my ap- in New Hampshire. He called the
pearance, when she met me at her j proprietor to the door and gravely
immaculate doorstep. inquired, "When is your house go-
"Left you and only married three ' j0g to sail P " When some feller
days I Pay that backman, Mary,' comes along who can raise the
and send him off before he sees any I wind," responded the man, with a
more of this family disgrace I Only | a|y twinkle in bis eye and the trav-three
days ! The Lord have mercy ' e|er moved mournfully on.
on us! That I should have lived | ___„.«««.
to see brother Henry's 'child
brought to tbisl Taken all your
money aud clothes, too 1 Well I
well!
than
dent 1 Dou't talk to me of acci-
"The Smiths-1
, _„„ „,..„>.., ™,. ........ from 1 it's nothing more nor less cijpl)e4i ,t
I expected. Only an acci | MDcT) »
have mscovereu .o.,B ago ,a™r j^-^ 0f March, A. D. 1873 ex- win bo another accommodation at
lownessof tho preteusious or the ^ M herein gptfcitl3d, persons eight."
men in whom they have put their holding any federal civil office by "At eight!" and it was now just
trust and who have been usiug
them to promote their own advance-ment
and welfare. They will dis
cover it by and by, however.
A Scheme to Raise Revenue.
The Richmond Whig of a recent
date, alluding to a bill before the
Legislature of that State on the
subject of insurance, offers the fol-lowing
for the consideration of tho
appointment under the constitution half-past four. I sunk back upon
and laws of the United States, will the cushion in quiet desperation.—
be expected, while holding such of- j What was to become of met
flee, not to accept or hold any office With the entire abnegation pecu-under
any State or Derritorial gov- ijar to the early phases of the hou-ernment,
or under the charter of eymoon, I had put my little velvet
ordinances of any municipal corpo- portemonaie, handkerchief and vin-rations;
and further, that the ac- aigrette in Fred's breast pocket—
ceptance or continual holding of Dot that I hadn't a pocket of my
any such State, Territorial or Mu- 0wo, bnt there was snch a delight-nicipal
office, whether elective or f„| novelty in feeling that now I
by appointment, or any peraou had a right to his.
holding civil office, as aforesaid, nu- Was there ever such a confiding
der the govcrnmeut of the United bride left in such a plight t With-
States. other than Judicial offices, Dut a husband and without a cent,
financiers of the Legislature: under tho constitution of the Uni- and—not the least misfortune to
But it is certain, that there is a toil States, will be deemed a vacau- 0ne inclined to the feminine weak-great
deal in Hie Insurance busiuess cv 0f the Federal office held by such ness of tears—without even a pock-
—out of which, properly utilized, person, and will be takeu to be and et handkerchief,
the State, in its'present embarrass- be treated as a resignation by such j "Ticket, mum."
menu, might realize a handsome Federal officer of his commission or j The couductor *as again making
sum. It is said and believed, that appointment in the service of the . his rounds.
insuring is uow the most profitable United States. The office of jus-1 UT_I haven't a ticket," I stam-busiuess
in the State. We hate tjres of the peace, of notaries pub- mered iu bewilderment,
not the figures, but we hear it said, ifc, a,,d of commissioners to take the : "Two thirty, then, if you please,
that the gross receipts iu this State acknowledgement of deeds, of bail, mum, as far as Baltimore-reach
annually to the amount of 0r to administer oaths, shall not be "Ticket, sir."
twelve millions. Oue-half of the deemed within the provision of this
amount, whatever it be, is clear order and are excepted from its op-profit.
Taking it at twelve millions, oration and may be held by federal
one half of that sum, or six millious officers.
is made each year. The tax lor
this profitable business, is at pres-ent,
a mere pittance. What it the
State should lease this exclusive
privilege to a single compauy, or a
combination of companies 1 if the
receipts be twelve millions and the
The appointment ot deputy mar-
"Two thirty, ns quick as you can,
mum—time's short."
'•But my—my husband has my
ticket," I faltered. "He was left
at ti. • station, you know."
shale of the United States may be "Beg pardon, mum, but our or-conferred
upon Sheriffs or deputy
Sheriffs, and deputy postmasters
ders are strict. That sort of dodge
has played out entirely on this line !
the emoluments of whose offices do Two thirty, mum, if you please.—
nnoott eexxcceeeedd ssiixx hundted dollars per will refund at the office when tick-annum,
are also excepted from the 1 S,-<^<-1 »»(..-» WO t.»»»V*»«_P I0I01O1I-- ...... —~ . .lll.i.li... ■*••• -BE
profits six millions, it would not be operations of this order, ana may
unreasonable, that the State should accept and hold appointments un-share
equally in the profits. That der State, Territorial of Muuicip.
would be a revenue to her of three authority, provided the same be
et is presented."
The man suspected me, actually
suspected ME—Fred's wife! Oh,
dear, dear! How utterly lonely
I and unprotected I felt,
From a
Boston journal (wbioh
from some other
paper,) we clip the following as a
, matter of iuterest to the Smith fam-dents!
If you ever lay your eyes ,] .
on that man again, my name is not j'ohn jmjth—plain John Smith—
Tabitha Tiustitch! The mean spir- jg not very high sounding; it does
ited scouudrel to leave you without not 8aj,ge8t aristocracy ; it is not
a rag to your back ! You poor de-1 tbe nariie of arjy hero iu die away
luded innocent! Put on tbe Kettle, | n0vels and yet is good, strong and
Mary Jaue. and hurry up the tea: ' honest. Transferred to other Ian
this poor child is trembling like a KQa(,P. it seems to climb the lad-leaf,
aud well she may P j dw of rospectibility. Thus in Lat-
"Oh ! and ain't it dredfnl.mum t» in it ig Johannes Smithus; theltal-
I heard the sympathetic Mary Jane ian amoothes it off into Giovanni
mnrrtur, aside to her mistress;— Smithi; the Spainiarda render it
"such a sweet young creeter as she | Jnan 8tnithag • the Dutchman a
be! And only look at her sweet
face ! I expect he's been banging
ot her."
Aunt Tabby porsed np her
mouth, and shook her head expres-sively.
•Let this be a warning to you,
Marv Jane."
"Oh, I'm sure it will, mum," was
the feeling reply.
"She'll never lay her eyes on him
again." replied Aunt Tabby, sol-emnly,
"NBTKR! Lord bless my
soul! Who's that I"
There was a knock at the door
that fairly shook tbe prim little
house.
"Is my wife heret" asked a
quick, anxious voice, and the next
moment Fred's wife was there,
clasped in the strong brave arras—
crying and laughing together on
the broad loving breast.
"How did you get here so soon 1
How did you find me t Oh, Fred,
Fred ! I have been so frightened,
and miserable!"
Fred's answer was a shower of
kisses.
"How did I comet In a coal
car. There was a train of them just
behind. It wasn't the pleasantest
ride in the world, but it brought me
quicker to you—poor little frighten-ed
bird V
And as I met the glance of those
loving eyes, I nestled closer to his
heart aud felt, in spite of Aunt
Tabby's expectations,! was at home
again. •
after the
s ,
dopts it as Hans Schmidt; the
French flatten it out into Jean
Smeet, aud the Russians sneezes
and barks Jvan Smittowaki. When
John Smith gets Into the tea trade
Canton be becomes Jovan Shimmit;
if be clambers about among the Ice-landers
they say Jabne Smithson ;
if be trades among the Tuscaroras,
he becomes Ton Qua Smittia; in
Poland he is known as Ivan
Sohmititiweiski; should be wander
among the Welsh mountains, they
talk of Jibon Scbmidd; when he
goes to Mexico be is booked as Jon-til
F Smitti; if of classic turn be
lingers among Greek ruins, be turns
Ion Smikton : and in Turkey he is
utterly disguised You Seef.
uieiouerui unco i auiiioiiiv, psw»« — -- - .<*-- —■ •>;_. »» .,,•»
million dollars. But grautthat the found not to interfere vith the dis 8trong trust and sweet reliance that
protits are only half what we have | charge of the dnties as postmasterF. | had beei
stated, or three millions; that
would yield the State «1,500,000,
which in her present financial con-dition
would be an important item.
We throw ont this suggestion for
the consideration and elalwration of
the financiers of tbe Legislature.—
We assume their is patriotism a-mong
the capitalists connected with
the insurance busiuess, and we com
mend to their consideration the for-mation
of a company, or syndicate,
to lease this profitable privilege
from the State.
We have not the figures to show
the amouut this State annually pays
for insurance; but, judging from
neads of departments and other "j. haven't auy money," I said iu
officers of the government who have , a faint voice. "You'll have me to
the atipoiutmenl of subordinate of- ] pat out somewhere, I suppose," I
fleers are required to take notice of i added, with despairing resigua-this
order and to see to the enforce-1 tion. , . ..
ment of its provisions and terms : "Allow me, madam"—the mous
within the space of their respective tache gentleman was up, pocket-departments'or
offices, and as re- \ book InjM^MMt^
lates to the several persons nolding matter for you until we reach BalU-appointinenta
under them respec more. Your husband can settle it
with me afterwards," he said, giv-iug
me his card, with a smile.
If I hadn't been married,I should
have fallen in love with that de
lightful man on the spot- As it
was, I only murmured some unin-
. telligible thanks and slipped his
The consumption of animal ivory ,^.^ mv VOCm.et as a memento
something enormous. ^■J5e~j0gfJ wonderful knight.
lively.
Bv order of the President,
(Siguedl HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
Washington, Jan. 17th, 1873.
the tiumber of rival eou.v»uies>tlie* alone'would "demand the kininK_°_f | ° We we're to have stopped in Bal-must,
be doing a live.y busiuess, t 20,000 elephants annually
1
of late years
were I ti in ore. As the train neared the
and we know, too, that a very large there no other sourceso^supply. -| ^™"a „ew perplexity seized upon
perfectly dumb, aud endeavored to , c6ure»-
proportion of this meuey goesout ^fTthe'Ee^S^
of the State aud into the pockets of g g of p|epharjti which jWwt to
outside corporations. ! northern Siberia some two hundred
It might be that something simt- j thousand years ago when that ooun-lar
to the suggestiou .four Virginia! try enjoyed a temperatnre like the
cotemporar/mightht adopted here tropics at the present day.
and be instrumenu; not only in The Bate7county (Ky.,) Demo-keeping
this money at home, out, ^reports a visit to a stone quar- ] Baltimore! I had directed a letter
also iu helping to replenish our im- ry near Butler, where a petrified |t0 ber^ onlya few weeks befoie^an-nm-
erished treasury. Here is a 8nake has been partly uncovered. I nonncing my approaching
poi ensueu "™ J
f , f TweDty ieet of the monster have so; ri„e True, the
chance for somebod, who is fon, twenty^ » « g» j— ^ r- g^|,, |^,
ne. Where could I go! If ..
were dnyiight, I might remain iu
the ladies' waiting room, but Fred
would not arrive until nearly ten
o'clock at night. I had no money
to pay a hackman, to go to a hotel,
or oven to get my supper.
A suddeu thought Hashed into
my mind. Aunt Tabby lived in
Fantu* Your Stamps—Virginia
Tobacco Seized in Georgia.—J. Ma-son
Rice, assistant assessor, third
district, Georgia, writes to Super-visor
Perry, of this city, that he
has detained at the depot of the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad, in Augusta, ten boxes of
manufactured tobacco from factory
No. 8, fifth district of Virginia.—
This tobacco was detained for these
reasons : First, besides the suspi-cion
caused by irregularity of the
numbers on the stamps, it is tbe il-legal
fixing ot the stamps on tbe
boxes, gum arabiconly having been
used, and that, too, on the edges
and in spots on the stomps, for tbe
purpose, as would seem, to allow
removal for shipment back to the
factory for use. The stamps came
off without difficulty. 8econd, the
confusion shown iu caution notice
as to No. of factory. On six of the
boxes the factory is numbered "78
5th dist. of Va." and on four it is
"8 5th dist of Va." Stamps that
are put on a box as prescribed by
law cannot be removed without
great difficulty."—Raleigh Era.
mar-reply
was dis-dumally
pro-
A blacksmith cannot only shoe a
horse himself, but be can make a
horse shoe.
Why are horses in winter like
meddlesome gossip t Because they
are bearers of idle tales.
If the world is round bow on
earth can it come to an end 1
Late of Supply and Demand.—An
Iowa editor makes a curious state-ment
of the terms of barter in that
State which may help some of our
wise political economists to appreci-ate
the law of supply and demand.
The farmers have au excess ot pro-duce
for want of a market, and see
to what a pass this brings them.—
Here is the Iowa price current:—
" A pair of winter boots cost two
loads of potatoes; a night's lodg-ing,
a load of oats; the wife wears
five acres of wheat; tbe children
each ten acres of corn. The price
of an overcoat is a good four-year-old
steer; of a Sunday suit, twenty
fat bogs.—Richmond Dispatch.
Dennis O'Shnnnessy writes as
follows in the Columbus Republi-can
:
I hereby give notice that my wife
Bridget has left my bed and board,
and that I will not pay her debts,
as we are not married."
Statistics of the manufacture of
agricultural implements in the Uni-ted
States for the year 1870, show
their value to have been #55,000,-
000. This is more than three times
the value of those made in 1860.
A German lately married says:
"Id vas yonst so easy as a needle
cood valk out mit a camel's eye as
to get der behindt vord mit a voo-man's.''
During the first nine months of
1872 England made way with 10,-
109.041 gallons ot spirits—1,163,-
449 gallons more tban she drank
during the corresponding year 1871.
The heaviest fall of snow for
years is reported to have fallen in
Illinois on the 7th.
Why is a person wbo asks ques-tions
the strangest of individuals!
Because be is the querest.
I more than half of him.
Why should a magistrate be
very odd t Because fee represents
just-ice.
The heaviest speeches don't al-ways
have the greatest weight.
When are two king* like three
miles ! When they make a league.