The Greensboro patriot [February 26, 1873]

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THE PATRIOT
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Professional Cards.
JuU. II. Dillard. Jno. A. Gilmer.
Murray F. Smith.
Dillard, Gilmer A Smith,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
and
SOLICITOUS IX BANKRUPTCY,
„\.-r Hank of Greensboro, opposite
bVabow INK
1)1(.\( l'.l'H in BUI* and Federal Courta.
Special attention given to matters in
Bankruptcy, aud i-aiiaes Brining undtr inter-
.! Revenue, in District Court of Western
Sorth (.'arolina. Collections in
; I ..i.ial Courts aoliciied.
I-.-.'. Mfclv.
I'. Jirvi.i NIIAIX. JOHN N.STAPLES.
MENDENHALL 4 STAPLES,
ATTOBNEYS AT LAW,
OREEMIItB*, t*. C .,
V. pi .. 'i..- in iin- ('nuns of Guilford, Rock-
,iii. Davidson, Fe-aythe, Stokes, Ran-
, ..i Ahunance: ali"«. I/'. S. Circuit and
Courts, special attention given lo
n all parts ot tin Stale, and to
lla ,!
. oa« .l.."i North of Court House.
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KAi.ru <;OKKF.LL,
11nine} aud Counsellor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C.,
U- HI. , . n tin , .'ill- nf Alamanee,
lord ami Kaudolph, aud
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: . ,\. ii t.- eolleeting, and
.:iiiutt,-il to hia care.
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Established in 1824. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1873. {New Series No. 260.
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J. A. Pritchett.
Cabinet-Maker
yurnitorn Dt&.t-i
Undertaker
ANNOUNCES to the eitixena ot Greene
bora and Guilford CountT that he la bet.
ter prepared now than ever lo provide them
with
IM»ERT»kI\(;.
He is prepared to furnieb, at TWO HOURS'
NOTICE, Coffins of any alyle, and has a
6n. HEARSE bnilt expressly for the use ol
th« publio
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AilDi'tievs Al Law,
HALIFAX, N. C,
i) Courts of Halifax.
ipton and Eds—Bombs
In I - I ■ me ( Mint of North
. 1 . :. lal Courts.
i ■.,:!- <.t North
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rnos, n. KBOOU,
BALL & KEOGH,
ATTOKNtYS A T LAW,
.. ■ -w Lindsay Building,)
OREKSSBOBO, N. C.
\. M -t ill-. J. I. -.Mil-.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
-:.-.iu, N.C.,
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M Scales will :,tt>-Liit the l'robate
. : :JI.I,I„ COUnty at WelllWiilth
. yofsrery inoi.th. janlft:timp
D. A. &. R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
Having aimocia
ted iliemiM-lvcs
\ "' f in [fii* practicH of
t/j'j DENT1.STKY,
respectful!joffw
> ^r their piofeHHOu-
' TTllTO *^>* »l services lo thr
r- 'V\^- .ni/.'iM of
J y' - *> ~ <.Ti-ei)Hboro,
and llic lurrmin-ditii;
rttiiniiv One of tin* other of theiu
(in alwaya \>~- foand ui Ibeir oftico on
I 11 ilttM} '> tt'iiiri up tittura, «ntraiico Kast
M irkfl Htn*l.
s.i i i~hi. tin \ relVreoea nivpn, if dor.)red.
Ir.'tu i>iir respt-eMv« patrOM during ibe
[IHHI twelve oi Hfteon y«Mts. 213-tf
STOP AT THE
VARB0R0U6B HOUSE!
Kaleigb, X. C.
Ii W. lllatknell. Proprietor.
Smith's New Hotel.
i;i:ii>.svii.Li;, N. C.
Hoard I.Oil Fir Day.
1)atrou.ave of out Friends and the Pub-lic
Solicited.
- oonuected with tho Hotul
.1. W. SMITH A CO.,
7:tf Propri etor.
I'l.tMI'.KS IIUTEL,
'["Mit* tl.it.-.. Ii |i;<".i>anll) lot at
: ;: the Coorl
for tlu' reception o
: aveiera.
fllK TABLE
..! with the beat the mar-iE
STABLES
■ • ofi tiofal :iiitl at t» nl i\ r host*
- .:te spared in any ree-
- eomfortable.
THEBAR
i lanter/s IH always enp-
-. Wines, Ldqnors and
"LIVERY STABLES
been attached t,. IhU Hotel.
Ii < wixhiD)!ronveynnaes, cult be
tied with faooil I'etniiH.
:-:.u. if not lower than any
. :. lowu. JOUN T. REESE,
Proprietor.
Hers for FURNITURE, COFFINS,
Ac..promptly attended to at moderate charge..
Any xtarksiabls produce taken in exchange
for work. feb !M:ly
W:M:. ccDTJJiisr&r
Cabinet Maker, Uiderutker,
% ' and
Wheel-Wright,
Corner ot Darie and Sycamore Streets,
Qreentboro, X. C,
A I.WAYS keeps a full line of
Metalic and Cant Burial Cane*,
Walnut and Rosewood Collins,
which can be furnished and delivered
within two hours' notice.
A good Heares alwayi in readinees. A
good line of
BED-KOOM FURNITURE
on hand or made at abort notice.
Repairing of Buggies, Carriages, 4c, a
specialty.
E»w Country prodnce good as cash.
feb l:ly
J. E. O'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker,
DEALKK IS
Planished, Japanned & stamped
TIN WARE, STOVES,
PUMPS, LightniugRods, &c; Stencil Plates,
JJRASS CHECKS,
for Hotels, Saloons, &c.
Gu Fitting, Uoofiug, Gutter4ng,4Vc.,pronjptiv
eXriMllHti.
Men■..nut* ,*ir»» iuviiftl to ezaniitie my »*t<K:k
baforv purahaetng elfcwher*-. If". !"Z.
A. J. BROCKMANN,
Manufacturer of Cigars,
SOUTH ELM BTBEET,
KKKTS conMantly on Iiand a large stock
of the fineft cigara, of Havana and il**-
ino.it:c Jt-iif ; alao nnt*i brumiH ol ISuinkinji
TobaODO, Sniilf, l'ipes, CigHr-HoMeri«, und M.
■slsctad stock of mu-iosl iiiKtrumentr..
H« keep* constantly mamifueiiirihg cigars,
and can promptly fill order* on shortest no-tice.
jamJaS^j-Jxl^
Watch-Maker,
Jeweler Sc Optician,
Greensboro, N. €.,
Ha- constantly on hsnd
a splendid assortment of
I ushionable Jewelry,
and *onie splendid
Watches and Clock*.
Which will be ...Id C'hrwp Tor Cui*h*
fa^Watches. Clocks, Jewelry. Sewing Ma-cbinssi,
and Pistols repaired cheap and on short
notice. Call onpoaiUi the Old Albright Hotel,
East Market Street. 10-ly
FT" An assorted stock of Guns, Pistols,
Cartridges, Ac, always on hand.
DAYID SCOTT,
Jeweller and Watchmaker,
North Kim St., East side of the Court House
Will Work for Half-Prioe
In repairing Watches, Clocks and Jewelrr.
april •e<:\y
N. H. D. WILSON,
LIFE I FIRE INSURANCE AtiENT,
Greensboro, K. <'..
REPRESENTS tirst-clua Cnmpatiier
with an aggregate capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and can carry a full line at fair rates,
fa»"Ofllce, np stairs over Wilson A Sho-hcr's
llauk, under the efficient supervision
of
W. II. HILL,
who will at all times bs glad to wait on
all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies.
'mar 14:ly
Qha?. C. Y«te$,
MANfFACTtRKB OF
Tin, .Sheet Iron & Copp<>r Ware
AND dealer in Dry Good*, Hut*, Hoot* and
Shoes, \V(KHI Ware, Lamps, Crockery,
HIH! Glas* Ware, Gnu-i-iles, Stoves, ....-i ..-
*4>rted Ooadfe, irenerally. no. il South Elm
Street, (iret-iioboro, N.C.' GUIHU hold low lor
cash, or barter. jau 19.ly
N. H.D. WILSON. CIIAS. E. SnoiiKK.
liUYIH-N HOUSE,
BaliabarT, N. C.
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
EVERY DELICACY' IN SEASON
1) '-- -• i- and Baggage Conveyed Fret
oi Charge.
'•■ B. IIUWON. l'roprie tor
GKNTRAI. HOUSR
NO. 11"- MAIN STREET,
Richmond, Virginia,
rpRANSIEKT Hoard, with Lodgina. 11
X perday. Hoard per week, JS.
died with the Finest Liqnon-
Mi sis ;it all hours Ovstere
■ rerj style. U. J. McCOBMlCK,
Ju0 ■iU:'> Proprietor.
ivu.sox IL SIIODI:R,
BANKEliS,
UREESSB0R0, X. C,
(Soiiili Elm Street, apposite Express Otfice.
BUY snd eell Cold sud Silver, Bank Notes,
State ami Government Bends, Rail Road
Stocks and H..!..:-. ore.
CV" |;, ,.ii-,- Monev on deposit subject to
SIGHT CHECK; and allow intrrr-l
in kind upon time deposits ofCURRE>"CV
or SPECIE.
DUcouut llu -H. I>ii|>i r!
Collections made at all accessible points.
Sept. Kith, ly
ret
"^••e.vsB^To, -S-^
B. IT. SMITH,
(Formerly ef Guilford.)
GrocerACommiasjionMerchant
Charlotu, N. C.
DF.AI.ER ia all hiad ot sountry produce,
sack as grain, flour, meal, bacon, lard,
butter, sggs, poultry, fruits, liquors, tobacco,
Ae.
Flsw a spseialtT. DOT 13:Smpd
Mind Your Own Concerns
Mind your awn concerns, my friend,
For they are yours alone;
Don't talk about your neighbor's faults.
But strive to mend your own.
Suppose he does not always lead
• A truly perfect life—
What matters if be should sometimes fret
Or quarrel with his wife f
Don't meddle—let him know, ray friend,
Yonr better nature spnrns
To act the spy on hitn or his—
Just mind your own concerns;
Yes, mind your own concerns, my friend,
And presently yon'll finit
That all yonr time is occupied
And you've quite enough to mind.
Why need you care if Snooks or Spooks
a Should wed with Sallie Jones t
What matter if your neighbor C
A half a million owns!
The money Is not yours, my friend,
Though golden storee he earns ;
So do not envy him his. wealth,
Bnt mind yonr own concerns.
Yes, mind your own concerns, my friend,
It is a better plan,
Than always to be spying out
The deeds of brother man.
Remember that all persons have,
Though bidden from the view,
Thoughts that to them of right belong,
And not at all to you.
And also bear in mind, my friend,
A generous nature worms
No secret from a brother's breast—
So mind your own concern*.
this-
The Midnight Peril:
OR,
Saved by a Phantom.
Tbe night of the 17th of October
—shall I ever forget- its iii.chy
il.ii km'.-..-, the roar of the autumnal
wind through the forest, and the in-cessant
downpour of rain T
"This comes of short cuts." I
muttered petulantly to myself, as
I plodded along, keeping close to
the trunks of the trees to avoid the
deep ravine through which I could
hear the roar of a turbulent stream
foiiy or fifty feet below. My blood
ran cold as I thought of the possi-ble
consequences of a misstep
or move in the wrong direction.—
Why had I not been contented to
keep in the right road f
Hold on! Was that a -light, or
are my eyes playing me false t
I stopped, holding on to the low
resinous boughs of a hemlock that
grew on the edge of the bank ; for
it actually seemed as if the wind
would seize me bodily ami hurl mo
down the precipitous descent.
It was a light—thank Provi-dence—
it was a light, aud no tttanj
/alum to lure me on to destruction
and death.
'•Halloo o o !"
My roles rang through the woods
like a clarion I plunged onward
through tangled vines, dense briers
and Nicky banks, until gradually
Heating, 1 could perceive a figure
wrapped in uu oilcloth eaue ot
cloak, carrying a lantern. As the
dim light fell upon his face I al-most
recoiled. Would not solitude
in the woods be preferable to the
compuuioiiship of the withered,
wrinkled old man t But it was too
late to recede now.
'•What's wantingf he snarled
forth, with a peculiar motion of the
lips that seemed to leave his yellow
teeth all bare.
"I am lost in the woods; can you
direct me to R station I"
"Yes; R station is twelve
miles from here."
"Twelve miles!"
I stood aghast.
"Can you tell me of any shelter I
could obtain for the night V
"No."
"Where are yon going V
"To Drew's, dowu here by the
maple swamp."
"Is it a tavern t"
"No."
"Would they take me I'm a night!
I could pay them well."
His eyes gleamed ; the yellow
stump stood revealed to me ouce
more.
"I guess so; folks do stop there
sometimes."
"Is it far from here T"
"Not very ; about half a mile."
"Then let us make haste and
reach. I am drenched to the
skin !"
We plodded on, my companion
more than keeping pace with me.—
Presently we left the edge of the
ravine, entering what .seemed like
trackless woods, and keeping
straight ou until lights gleamed fit-fully
through the net foiiagc.
it was a resinous old place, with
the windows all drawn lo one side,
as if the foundation had scttled.aml
the pillars of a rude porch nearly
rottetl away.
A woman answered my fellow
traveller's knock. My companion
whispered a word or two to her,and
she turned to me with smooth, vol-uable
words of welcome.
She regretted the poverty of
their accommodations; lint I was
welcome to them, such as they
were.
"Where is Isaac f' demanded my
guide.
"He has not come in yet."
I sat down on a wooden bench
beside the fire.and ate afew mouth-fuls
of bread.
"I should like to retire as soon as
jiossible," said I, for my weariness
was excessive.
"Certainly," the woman started
np with alacrity.
"Where are yon going to put
him ?" asked my guide.
"Up chamber."
"Put him in Isaac's room."
"No."
"It's the most comfortable."
"I tell you no."
I Bat here I interrupted tbe
< pered colloquy.
"I am not particular--I don't care
i where. you lodge me ; only make
I haste, please."
So I was conducted up a steep
ladder that stood iu a comer of tbe
i room, into an apartment celled
I with sloping beams and ventilated
i by one small window, where a cot
| bedstead, crowded closely against
I tbe board partition, and a pine ta-
| ble, with two chairs, formed the
| sole attempts at furniture.
The woman set the light—an oil
\ lamp—ou the table.
"Anything more I can get you,
sir t" said she.
"Nothing, thank you."
"I hope you'll sleep well, sir.—
When shall I call you V
"At four o'clock in tbe morning,
if yon please. I must walk to R—
station in time for the seven o'clock
express."
"I'll be sure to call you, sir."
She withdrew, leaving me alone
in the gloomy little apartment. I
sat down and looked around me
with no very agreeable sensations.
"I will sit down and write to
Alice," I thought; "that will
soothe my nerves and quiet me,per-haps"
I descended the ladder. Tbe fire
I still glowed redly ou the stoue
'. hearth ; my companion and the wo-man
sat beside it, talking in a low
tone, and a third persou sat at the
table, eatiug—a short, stout, vil-lainous-
looking mau, iu a red flan-nel
shirt and very muddy panta-loons.
I asked for writing materials,and
returned to my room to write to my
wile.
"My darling Alice."
I paused, aud laid down my pen
as I concluded the words, half smil-ing
to think what she would say,
could she kuow of my strange quar-ters.
Not until both sheets were cover-ed
ditl I lay aside my pen aud pre-pare
for slumber. As I folded my
paper, I happened to glance toward
my couch.
'Was it the gleam of a human eye
observing me through the board
partition, or was it but my own
fancy ". Their- was a crack there,
but only black darkness beyond ;—
yet I could have sworu that some-thing
had spailked very palefully
at me.
I took out my watch—it was on-ly
t o'clock. It was scarcely worth
while for me to undress for three
hours' sleep; I would lie down in
my clothes anil snatch what slum-ber
I could.
So, placing my valise close to the
head of my bed, and barricading
the luckless doors with two chairs,
I extinguished the light and lay
down.
At first I was very wakeful, bnt
gradually a soft drowsiness seemed
to steal over me, like a misty man
tie, until all of a sudden some start
ling electric thrill courseil through
my veins, and 1 sat ti| . excited aud
trembling.
A luminous softness seemed to
glow through the room—no light of
the moon or stars was ever so pene-trating—
and by the little window I
saw Alice, my wife, dressed in
floating garments of white, with
her long golden hair knotted back
by a blue ribbon. Apparently she
was beckoning to me with out-stretched
hands and eyes full ol
wild, anxious tenderness.
I sprang to my feet aud rushed
toward her, but as I reached the
window, the fair apparition seemed
to vanish into tho stormy darkness,
anil I was left alone. In the self
same instant the sharp report of a
pistol sounded—I could see the jag-ged
stream of fire above the pillow,
straight, through the very spot
when ten secouds since my head
had lain.
With an instantaneous realiza-tion
of my dangerous position, I
swung myself over the etlge of the
window, jumped some eight or ten
feet into tangled bushes below, and
as I crouched there recovering my
breath, I beard the tramp of loot-steps
into my room.
"Is be dead f" cried a voice np
the ladder—the smooth, deceitful
voice of the woman.
"Of course he is," growled a voice
back, "that charge would have kill-ed
ten men. A light there, quick,
aud tell Tom to be ready."
A cold, agonized shudder ran
through me. What den of mid-night
murderers hud I lalleu into 1
■ And how fearfully narrow had been
j my escape!
With the speed that only mortal
I terror and deadly peril can give, I
rushed through the woods, now il-luminated
by a faint glimmer of
starlight I know not what im
pulse guided my footsteps—I shall
never know how many times 1
crossed my own track, or how close
I stood to the brink ot tho deadly
ravine, bnt a merciful Providence
i encompassed me with a guiding
j aud protecting care, for wheti the
I morning dawned, with mint red
I bars of oriental light against the
eastern sky, I was close to the high
road, some seven miles from R
i station.
Once at the town, I told my sto-ry
to the police, and a detachment
, was immediately sent with me to
j the spot.
Alter much searching and many
, false alarms, we succeeded in find-ing
tbe resinous old bouse; but it
was empty, our birds had flown ;—
nor did I recover my valise and
chain, which latter I had left under
my pillow.
"It's Drew's gang," said the lead-er
of the police; "and they have
troubled us these two years. I
don't think, though, that they will
come back here at present"
Nor did they.
But the strangest part ot my sto-ry
is to come yet.
Some three weeks subsequently
I received a letter from my sister
who was with Alice in her English
home—a letter whose intelligence
filled me with surprise.
"I must iell you something very
strange," wrote my sister, "that
A Wonderful Cave.
The Owen county .Veir» gives an
account of a wonderful cave recent-ly
discovered within one-fourth of a
mile of Gratz, on the Kentucky
| Biver, in Owen county. F. K. Bl-happened
to us on the night'of tbe ,ey' W **• **"•**"■ 8- Lyons, and
1|~7.tIh. o..al Ortcat,oSber... A..l.ice h. ad. not II TT^k0n1i"n*.8. WW«aii«nosnono»t*t, re, lItiabISle men.oat
been well for some time; in fact, tn'8 county, report that they dis-sbe
had been cou Aned to her bed I c°vered tbe opening of a cave on
nearly • week, and I was sitting. tne river bottom. They procured
beside her reading. It was late * I roPe8 an'1 ■""1 & light, and after tie
the clock had just struck one, when iceDd'ng *• feet perpendicular the
all of a sudden she seemed to taint
away, growing white and rigid as a
corpse. I hastened to call assis-tance,
"bnt all our efforts seemed
vain to restore her to life or anima-tion.
I was just about to send for
the doctor, when her senses return-ed
as suddenly as they had left her,
and she sat up in bed.pnshing back
her hair aud looking wildly arouud
her.
"Alice !* I exclaimed, "how you
terrified us all. Are you ill V
"Not ill," she answered, "but I
feel so strange. Grace, I have been
with my husband P
All our reasoning failed to con-vince
her of the impossibility of her
assertions. She persists to this
moment that she saw yon and was
with you on the 17tb of October, or
rather on the morning of tbe 18th
—where and how she cannot tell—
bnt we think it must have been
sotne dream. She is better, now
and I wish yon could see how fast
she is improving."
This is my plain, unvarnished
tale. I do not pretend to explain
or account for its mysteries. I
simply relate facts. Let psycholo
gists unravel tbe labrintbical skein.'
I am not superstitions, neither do
I believe in ghosts, wraiths or ap-paritions
; but this thing I do know
—that although my wife was iu
England, in body, on the morning
of October the 18th, her spirit sure-ly
stood before me iu New York at
the moment of the deadly peril that
menaced me. It may be that to
the subtile instinct and strength of
a wile's holy love, alt things are
possible, but Alice surely saved mv
life.
l-rt~
The Lien Law.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina, on the 1-th instant, pa-s-ed
the bill to create a .Mechanics'
and Laborers' Lieu Law, as fol-lows
:
SECTION 1. The Genual Assembly
of Xorth Carolina do enact, That
every building built, rebuilt or re-paired,
together with the lot ou
which said building may be situat-ed,
and every lot, farm vessel or
any kind of property, whether real
or personal, not hereiu enumerated,
shall be subjected to a lien for the
payment of all debts contracted for
work done on the same or lor mate-rials
luriiishcd.
SEC. 2. The lien hereby created
shall attach for the value of such
labor or materials furnished, upon
the property mentioned iu the first
section of this act, on tiling the no-tice
hereinafter provided for, and
shall be prelened to every other
lien or iucuiubrance which shall at-tach
upon the property subsequent
to the time at which the work
was commenced or the materials
lurnished.
SEC. 3. The notice of the lieu
herein provided for shall be tiled :
1. Iu all cases where the sum de-manded
does not exceed two hun-dred
dollars, with any Justice of
tbe Peace of tho county wherein
the propel t.\ is situated or the de-fendant
resides.
2. In all other cases, with the
Clerk ot the Superior Court of the
county wherein the property is sit-uated
or the defendant resides.
SEC. 4. The notice of the lien
shall be filed as provided iu the
proceeding sectiou, at any time
within six months after the perfor-mance
and completion of tbe labor
or the final furnishing of materials
or the gathering of the crop; aud
shall specify :
1. The amount of the claim.
2. The persou against whom the
claim is made.
3. The.situation and description
of the property to said lien iu con-cise
language.
SEC. O. Proceedings to enforce
the lien herein created mnst be
commenced in the courts havingju-risdictiou
of the sum or sums de-manded.
SEC. <>. Upon judgment being
rendered in favor ot the plaintiff,
the execution therein shall direct
the officer to sell the property of the
defendant upon which said lien has
attached.
SEC. ».- The act of the General
Assembly* ratified 6thday of April,
A. D-, 1899, and also the act of the
28th of March, 1870, are hereby re
pealed.
SEC. 8. This act shall be iu force
from and after its ratification.
Between two and three millions
of capital are invested iu the seed
business in this country, and the
annual trade turns over not less
than five million dollars. It has
shared the growth aud change of
the last quarter of a century, and
now has locked hands with the
advancing civilization of the coun-try.
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"I resort to wiue to stimulate my
wits," said a young spendthrift to
an old oue.
"Ah," replied the veteran, "that
is the way I began ; but now I
have to resort to my wits to get my
wine." _____________
A Board of Trade was organized
in Madison several days ago. Mr.
B. J. 8heppard was elected Presi-dent
and H. I. McGehee, Vice-Pres-ident.
cave opens into a room 15 by 30
feet. Passing this room some dis-tance
on a horizontal plane, in a
narrow passage, they come to au-other
room 30 by 60 feet, then the
opening narrowed for a distance,
when they came into another room
20 by 40 feet. They examined this
cave for nearly a quarter of a mile,
discovered another opening, but
did not pursue it, and have no
doubt but there is a grand run of
caves under all that country about
Gratz. The cave starts in the riv-er
bottom and runs nnder the Ken
tncky hills. The ceiling of the
cave was so high that they could
not see it with their dim light;—
they saw stalactites, stalagmites,
the first formed like icicles on the
rocks above, and the latter by the
dripping of lime water on the rocks
below. Parties about Gratz expect
to make a thorough exploration of
this wonderful cave, and it may be
as great a natural curiosity as the
Mammoth Cave, and the descrip-tion
given of this Gratz cave, as far
as explored, is very similar.
Cotton Manufactures at the
South.
The following is from the Report
of Mr. Palmer, of Saluda Mills:
"Among the advantages enjoyed
by tbe South over the North in
manufacturing cotton, may be enu-merated—
1. "Here the raw material is
produced, and by working it here
varions expenses incidental to its
transportation could be saved—
such as protirs made by those who
invest capital, time, and labor in
moving it from place to place ; in-suring
during transportafBU; loss
by'sampliugs, aud stealings from
the bales.
2. "Experts claim that in our
warm southern climate, cotton
works to better advantage, some es-timating
this advantage as high as
ten per cent.
3. "Reclamation on false pack-ed
aud damaged cotton is ditect
aud easy.
4. "Freights on manufactured
goods are less in proportion than on
bulky and hazardous bales of cot-ton.
Yarns cau lie delivered iu
New Y'ork from this vicinity for six-ty
to eighty cents per cwt.
5. "Abundant supply of opera-tive
labor at low rates and conse-quent
exemption from strikes.—
Northern superintendents of South-ern
mills admit the superiority of
our factory hands (white,) and the
ease with which they are controlled.
The average wages paitl at the Sal-uda
mills is $142.82 pet annum.
6. "The mildness of the climate
enables the operatives to enjoy a
larger proportion of comforts on a
given amount of wages. In cold
climates a larger proportion of car-bonaceous
food is requisite, which
costs more than farinaceous food;
nor do the houses for operatives re-quire
to be so expensive as in cold-er
regious. I.umber of the best
kinds costs only $12 to £ 1 j |«-r M.
The short winters require less fuel.
Land is cheap, and each household
can have its garden, cow anil pigs.
7. "There is a home demand for
tbe goods—the larger country stores
keep supplies of yarn for sala as reg-ularly
as they do sheetings.
8. "By purchasing seed cotton
from the planters and ginning it at
the mill, the cotton, is iu a better
eoinlition for working than after it
has been compressed into bales and
the expense of packing the cotton,
bagging, ties, and handling would
be saved, us well as tho expense of
running it through the picker. The
wastage cotton undergoes in differ-ent
ways has been estimated from
one-tenth to one eighth of the bale."
What Might be Done With the
Money Wasted in War.
Give me tho money that has been
s|>eut iu War, and 1 will purchase
everv foot of land upon the globe.
I will clothe every man, woman and
child in an attire that kings and
queens would be proud of; I will
build a school-house upon every
hillside,and in every valley"over the
whole habitable earth; 1 will supply
tHht school bouse with a com|ietent
teacher; I will build an academy in
every town, and endow it; a college
in everv State, and fill it with able
professors; I will crown every hill
with a church consecrated to the pro
mnlgatiou of the gospel of peace; I
will support in its pulpit an able
teacher of righteousness, so that on
every Sabbath morning the chime on
one hill should answer to the chime
on another, round the earth's broad
circumference; and the voice of
prayer and tbe song of praise shonld
ascend like a universal holocaust to
heaven.—Dr. Stebbins.
Shake off False Pride, Young
Men.
Young men will greatly benefit
themselves and promote their own
good fortune by shaking oft tbe falsi
pride that puts work down as degra-ding.
"Poor and proud" iu one
sense is good, bnt in another bad.
Tbe poor man who is not too-proud
to work, but too proud to dShonoi
himself by a mean action, is one ot
Nature's noblemen. Tbe poor man
who is too proud to work, but will
rather idle his time in dull and stu-pid
leisure, and be a charge to oth-ers
rather than soil his hands with
the labor that would make him inde-pendent
and respected, is a misera-ble
and contemptible drone, who
does not deserve the assistance or
respect of his fellowmen—who, in-deed,
does not deserve to live.
If, then, this false pride were sha-ken
off, and young men went earn
estly to work at any thing they were
capable ot doing, what a change
would be wrought in tbe feeliug and
condition of society. There would
be a large addition to tho bulk of
the production of industry, a great-er
degree of personal independence,
and of consequence an immense In-crease
of social happiness The
bread of indleness is full of bitter
ness, and affords no happiness to
him who eats it.—Richmond Dis
patch.
Thirty Centuries Old.
The oldest relic of humanity ex-tant
is the skeleton of the earliest
Pharaoh, encased iu bis original
burial-robes, wonderfully perfect,
considering its age, which was de-posited
eighteen or twenty months
ago, in the British Museum, and is
justly considered the most valuable
of its archicological treasures.
The lid of the coffin which con-tained
the royal mummy was in-scribed
with the name of its occu-pant,
Pharaoh Mykerimus, who
succeeded the heir of the builder of
the great pyramid, about ten cen-turies
before Christ. Only think of
it I The monarch, whose crumbling
bones and leather integruments are
now exciting the wonder of numer
ons gazers in London, reigned in
Egypt before Solomon was born,
and only eleven centuries, or so, af-ter
Misraim, the grandson of old
father Noah, and the Pharaohs,
had been gathered to his fathers.—
Why. the tide-mark of tho Deluge
could scarcely have been oblitera-ted,
or the gopher wood knee tim-bers
of I he ark have rotted on
Mount Ararat, when this man of
the ear>y world lived, moved, anil
had his being. His bones and
shriveled skin are contemporary
with the 19th centuary, and the
date of crucifixion is ouly about
miilway between this era aud ours
Potatoes as Food.
A writer in the Galaxy.says: In
Germany there exists a decided
prejudice against potatoes, because
they are composed of three fourths
water, with but ten to fifteen per
cent. si.i rcb.coi 11 a nied in Indigestible
cells. The French, who make a per-fect
science of the whole business of
nourishment and cookery, rarely
eat potatoes, except occasionally
fried for the second breaklast —
They consume beans more than any
other vegetables, and with reason,
for dried beans contain twenty-two
percent, albumen and fifty ofStarch,
and the common lentils twenty-Six
l«?r cent, albumen and fifty of
starch. lu the monasteries' of
France and Italy great quantities
of beans are used, especially during
the lenteu season. German natu-ralist
are now searching all over the
world for a substitute for potatoes,
and this is believed to have been
found in China iu the tlwtcoreti ja
ponica, which endures the greutest
cold, and is more nourishing and
bettter flavored than tho potato. In
the Museum of Natuial History at
Paris a specimen tbiee feet loug and
weighing three pounds was exhibi-ted.
Several German writers upon
races predict that nations, far from
improving will deterrioate both in
physical and mental characteristics,
if potatoes become a principal arti-cle
ot diet. The celebrated Carl
Voigt says "that the unnourishiug
potato does not restore the wasted
tissures, but makes our proletari-ats
physically and mentally weak."
Tbe Holland physiologist, Mulder,
gives the same judgement which he
declares "that the excessive use of
potatoes among the poorer classes
and coffee and tea by the higher
ranks is the cause of iudolence a-mong
nations." Meidenfrost main-tains
that the revolutions of the last
three centuries have lieen caused
by changed nourishment. In for-mer
days the lowest workmen ate
more fish than now, when the cheap
potato forms his principal subsist-ence,
but gives him no muscular or
nervous strength.
There have been many definitions
of a gentleman, but the prettiest
and most pathetic is that given by a
young lady. " A gentleman," says
she, "is a "human being combining
a woman's tenderness with a man's
courage."
It is tbe opinion of the Boston
Herald that the "public debt baa got
into a bad habit of increasing since
the election."
This is the way a Pulaski, Tenn.,
reporter reports a b ill: " Next we
gaze on the lovely Miss A. D., in pe-tite/
lie a pleurt de Francaii. The per-fection
of art, the neplus ultraofde
coration, was reached in the elabor-ate
'get np' of 'this sweet wanderer
from tbe sky.' Her dress was roide of
orange colored muslin delaine, with
white fixens elaborately Ioo|»d aud
embroidered with artificial flowers.
Her hair was stttpedonsly puffed
and frizzed, and horticulturally ar-ranged
with sun flowers 'did up'
with dahlias sopped iu dew."
We have on our table a pamphlet
which gives the organlan-loa. the
character, and a good deal of infor-luation
relative to the plansi and
obiecta ot tbe "Southern Baftwuy
Security Company."
It is a corporation of the OskaV'
monwealth of Pennsylvania, and
was originally Incorporated as the
"Overland Contract Company—its
place of business being in New
York. The first meeting of stock-holders
was held in Philadelphia,
April 5, 187L, at which the name
was changed to Southern Railway
Security Company. The second
meeting was held in New York,
May 5,1871, at which the Board of
Directors were authorized to in-crease
the capital stock to any
amount not exceeding 110,000,000.
On the 18th of May the amount of
capital paid in was •71,000. Geo.
W. Cass was President, and R. W.
Newcomer, of Baltimore, Vice Pres-ident.
A paper addressed to the Fi-nance
Committee, by tbe President,
dated December 4,187L, states that
the "object and purpose of the or-ganization
is to secure the control
of such railroads as may be essen-tial
to tbe formation of through
lines between New York, Philadel-phia,
Baltimore, Washington, and
the principal cities of the South, by
ownership of tbe capital stock of
said companies, by leases and by
contract relations."
After giving the names ot a num-ber
of gentlemen having the man-agement
ot tbe Company, and own-ing
large uumbers of shares—prom-inent
among whom are Thomas A.
Scott, W. T. Walters, H. B. Plant,
It K. Jesup. J. D. Cameron, B. F.
Newcomer, R. R. Bridgers, and oth-ers—
the President says:
"The control of the following
roads has been secured by this
Company, by tbe purchase of a ma-jority
of the capital stock of each,
amounting in the aggregate, at the
par value thereof, to •6,745,000, at
a cost of •3,400,000 ; being an aver-age
of 50 4-10 per cent,to wit:
Miles.
Wilmington & Weldon, 181
Wilmington, Columbia & Au-gusta,
188
North Eastern, 102
Richmond & Petersburg,
Cheraw & Darlington, 40
Charlotte, Columbia & Augus-ta,
, 195
East Tennessee, Virginia A
Georgia, 270
Richmond & Danville, to
Greensboro, 190
Making an aggregate, 1,191
miles of road, tbe construction and
equipment of which originally cost
$32,(100,000 iu gold, or an average
of •27,000 per mile.
The construction and equipment
of these roads at the present, day,
owing to the enhanced price of the
materials aud advance in labor,
would cost not leas thau •40,000ner
mile.
The present bonded debt of these
eight roads (1,191 miles) is •15,374-
600; capital stock, •12,634,850.
Thus it will be perceived that the
Southern Railway Security Compa-ny
has now under its own control
the only direct lines of railway be-tween
Atlanta aud Richmond, Au-gusta
and Richmond, and Charles-ton
and Richmond.
Tho present investments and the
future prospects of the Company
are such as to warrant tbe Direc-tors
in paying seven per cent, per
annum upon the stock ot the Com-pany
from date of investment, with
ihe prospect of a large Increase
upon that amount when the objects
of the managers are consummated,
and the value ot the lines now un-der
control, and those to be con-trolled,
aie fully developed by
efficient organization for through
transportation. a •_ •
Estimating the bonded debt at
its full par value, and the capital
stock at 00 1 lo per ceut. we have
an average cost to this Company of
bin •18,250 per mile, including
'equipments, shops and buildings
adequate to present traffic. The
lines are all showing a handsome
increase iu traffic, aud will require
additional facilities and equip-ments,
from time to time, as their
business and resources are develop-ed."
In addition to tbe above, this
Company has secured control of the
North Carolina Railroad from
Goldsboro to Charlotte, via Ral-eigh,
making 223 miles of road, by
a lease having 20 years to run ; and
has made such arrangements for
the construction of that portion of
tho Atlantic and Richmond Air-
Line between Gainsville, Georgia,
and Charlotte, North Carolina, as
will give full control of tbe railroad
of that Company through to Atlan-ta.
Ga., and yield a handsome profit
OIMIII its construction.
"Since the publication of this
pamphlet the Southern Railway
Set urUy Company have obtained
the control of tbe Memphis and
CharlestonRailroad by direct lease,
which road extends from Chatta-nooga
to Memphis. The North
Carolina Railroad is not leased di-rectly
to the Southern Railway
Security Company, but is leased to
the Southern Railway Security
Company's Richmond & Danville
Railroad."
And the following extract from
the report of J. Edgar Thompson,
President Pennsylvania Company,
February 20, 1872:
"These railways are now largely
controlled by tbe Southern Railway-
Security Company, in which this
company became a shareholder, to
ptotect its investment iu the Balti-more
& Potomac Railroad. The
Southern Railway Security Com-pany
is composed of gentlemen
friendly to onr interests and ob-jects,
and of which Gen. G.W. Cass
is President.
The Philadelphia Press seems un-friendly
to the Kansas Senators. It
speaks of them in a very careless
manner as "the two Senatorial
scamps." Such remarks are apt to
lead to unpleasantness.
People with no music in their
souls play on pianos in Iowa. "Sev-en
up" is the tune, aud the keys are
not used.
A writer in the Jewish Chronicle
calculates that in tho year 1880 the
nation of Israel is to be restored to
Palestine.
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