The Greensboro patriot [April 15, 1874]

              THE PATRIOT
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBORO, K. O,
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The Greensboro Patriot
Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1874.
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Watch-Maker,
Jeweler & Optician,
Greensboro, N. C,
Has •lousiantlv on band
a splendid assortment ol
fashionable Jewelry,
and auuie splendid
Mai,:.'.., and Clocks,
Which will be sold Cheap for Cadi
- x week*, 17; Magistrates'
weeks, >.".. Administrators' no-
|3 60—i'» atlrawt.
..- !<>r double column advertise-lyWetulin,
Clocka, Jewelry, annas; lla-chiue,,
tnd Piiitola repaired cheap and on short
notice. Call opposite tbe Expreea Office,
South Elm Street. 10-ly
tf An assorted stock ofOnna, Pistols,
Cartridges, Ac, always on band.
Professional Cards.
\;, VDKXIUI i.. JOHN K.STAPLBS.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
,. K i i % s B o HO, l,C>,
ihel . insoi'tiiiilford, Sssk-
., Koraytbe, Stoke., Kan
•: alao. 1'. 8. Circuit and
Special attectioo given to
al - ..t the Stale, and to
tnki ipi« y.
. duor Norlb of Court Houae.
_
tuns B. (BOOH,
BALL & KEOGH,
A 1 TORNEYS A T LAW,
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,, new Lindsay Building,)
,I:I l.x.r.'iKO, K. C.
\ M.S-Al J. t. SCALES
I
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
Greensboro, N. C,
)HA< I II Ein the StaleamlKederalCourle.
\ \l B .HI- will attend the Probate
,: ■ IUII nm County at Wentwetth
lay ofevery montb. jaul5:tin>p
RALPH GOREELL,
iliurnej and (oun-ellor at Law,
AM-tii.
HI'ini; IN HANKRCPTCY,
Creensboro, N. C,
tl" I I.I. pi tunic, in tl "in- of Alamance,
>> . i, ill siol Randolph, and
. . uf North Carolina.
.1 ■: - - ■:. -1 audCin nit court.
. i ;. ■• ! > ...-. inthe Western tHetriet
eeiall) in eases in Haukrupt-
I UTIial K,-vi line.
:. gives t.i collections, and
ie*s i immitted lo his care.
i! .- above named courts aolicil-
Ci in Houae. ap 30-ly
II. Uillard. Jno. A. Giliner.
Dillard, & Gilmer
VTTORNEYS AT LAW
ind
SOLICITOUS IN BANKBUPTCT,
., Hank of Greensboro, opposite
i II
1) I'ICI in Slate and Federal Courta.
given to matter* in
I i , .-,. arising under Inter-
I li-ri,tl Court of WeBtem
Sortli CaroHua. Colleciiona in
i ,tt- solic'iled.
1972. 2U5:ly.
■ M.II.R r. 1A1.HWELL.
s< OTT A CAI.DWELL.
liKEENSBORO, N. C.
ractice in the Superior Court ol
N. H. D. WILSON,
LIFE & FIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
Greensboro, N. C.(
REPRESENTS Brat-class Compmniec
with »n aggregate capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and can carry a full line at lair rates.
ryi)fiii:f, np etaire over Wilaon dt Sho-ber'a
Bank, nnder tbe efficient supervision
of
W. II. II III,.
who will at all times lie glad to wait on
all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies-mar
I4:ly
H. II. D. WILSON. Ciias. E. Sin.HKK
IVII.SOI A. 8UOBKR.
BANKERS.
QRBBX8B0B0, N*. C,
(South Elm Street, opposite Express Office.
BUY aud sell Gold and Silver, Bank Note.,
Slate and Government Bonds. Kail Koad
Stocks and Bonds, A <
CP* Receive Monev on depo.il subject to
SIGHT CHECK; and allow InlercM
iu kind "pin liine d-po.it-..n'I'URLNCY
or SPECIE.
Discount BuhHWi I'nperl
ollections made ai all tcerSsiUe points.
Sept. With, ly
■w. TA.. HOBNEY,
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
No.lt South Elm Street, Greensboro, N.C.
HAS a beautifnl atock of Watches,
Clocka, Jewelry, Plated Ware, Pis-tols,
Cartridges, Notions, Ac. All repair-ing
warranted. A large and line stock of
(Sol- Pen*, dec 2601
J. A. PRITCHETT,
CABINET-MAKER.
Furniture Dealer and Undertaker,
.j^tdh ANNOt'S'CER to ili». citi-'ii* o!
^Tj Orwrn-bwro and Gnil ford Coifl-tJ
P^^ licit In- is butler prepan-d now
%^HB than i-vvr l<< providf thvm wilb
//| I i i KM ii iti:
._ i/r'-t variety—t-flt-cted with
economy and lo '-it the tin.***.
view to
w „,rd, Alamance. Randolph, David .
Ih, Rowan, Iredell and Mecklen i
\ ... in the BupreBM Court of tbe j
I, .,,,,1 Court ut tjreensbort. j
II llankroptey, and iu courts
• ... given lo I ,ana of money
i_d other securities.
}. A. L R. F. R0BERT80N,
Surgeon Dentists.
Having aasocla
ted themselves
in ibe practice of
DENTISTRY,
- - respecl fully offer
'/ —-" Ibeir plofession-rrfr
•■*_» al service, lo the
//jWV3 eU_b«-e_
y
CtllMDI
lilt-fiirdioro,
and the surroun-minlry.
Oneorth* «.tbor of them
iavn hfl found at* their ortice OD
' < i up ii.niK, rut ran co East
■ . n ferenee pvctn, if desired,
■.i rvitprctive )iatrons dumii*. tbf
• tiiir.-i) yt-anj. •J13:tf
A UT STUDIO'
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE MILLION
(' .1 ., ,._.in (,;irrett building—
I M . I nillUrH1 Store.
L. W. ANDREWS.
(lUThhboro, N. C
JOB WORK
nrilKKV Description.
[.xeentod in the
VERY BEST STYLE,
And at Sen York prices, at the
Patriot Job Office.
W
I J.HI prr*tiar**d to !'iir:ii.-h, at IWO hours
notice, COFFINS "f any *tyle and finich,
aiHliliar«>k)tinp bearne for the IMM of the pabl&O.
Al*, orders for Furniture, CoffliM or Metalic
OOOCt promptly attended lo, at smOltt
chsrffee.
Any marketahln produer taken in exchange
for work, if delivered at my abop on Fayelte-viile
street-
Work <-arWuIly pack>-d and ilelivprrd at
the deiKit Free of Charge. Jan.7,-ly.
I IIILDSIIEIiTIEK.
Respectfully inform" hi* friend* and ths
public generally that he has opened at the
Mclver Brick building a
FLOUR,
0 RAIN,
and a
RA COS,
General t'omnilxulon BuilnCNH.
Liberal advancements madeon Cou.ignmeuta.
and prompt allentiou paid lo same.
Greensboro, Jan. 1st, 1-74.
Jsii. 7, ly.
/.<#
^boro Book S/
% r CfOGBURN/j
•«« ■~~ _ c-
Wxsfxt-d, S-
'I. lion-Ion A to.,
\\ liolcale and Retail Grocers.
/ .-• R«rtoJ»vGVann»,r»,jf.C
: given lo Sugar, Coffee.
..Sail K.nou. Lard, Fish, gaofl
i 01 . Leather, Flour. Meal, Soap
. ..:iii ■ general loutino o
feh 11. ly.
Chas. G. Ystet,
M «M KUIIBKB OK
ili:. Kneel Iron A. Copper Ware
i ^ liryil.Ksls. Hal., Boots and
. V - - Wood n an , Lamps, Crock-wry,
I, is. N^.,:,.. I,I,..ei.es, Sloves, and as*
. i..l.v. No. >l Soutli Elm
ro,K.C. Good, sold low foi
jan 11): ly
I Lying Abed in the Morning. I
I love to rove in tbe ahady grove,
When gentle zephyrs are Boating ;
I love to sit at tbe social board,
Where buckwheat cakes are smoking ; j
I love to gaae oo the golden blaze.
Where Sol tbe West is adorning j
Bot this I love far hotter than ail-
To lie abed iu the morning.
That poet* should sing of the joys of]
Spring
Is not in tbe least surprising ;
Bat I cannot conceive how a man sbonld
weave
A sonnet to early rising.
Though Fraukliu of old was a sage, I am
told,
I can't go with him in scorning
The blissful scenes iu the land of dreams,
While lying abed in the moring.
Let thoss who choose retire to snooze
When the ducks and chickens are going,
And rub their eyes when forced to rise
At Chanticleer's dismal crowning ;
They lose the sight of the gorgeous night
And spend their days in yawing—
Till midnight damp I'll burn the lamp
And lie abed in the morning.
FREDERICK DETMERIMG,
Boot & Shoe Maker,
On Davis 8treet, near rresbyterian Church.
BOOTS and Shoe* nnide to order iu the
•hTtest notice, at the lowest terms.
The bunt of leather, and a good lit guaran-tor!,
teh L9-.lv
HC. WILLIS,
. CONFECTIONER,
North Elm Street, opposite Court House.
Has iu addition to his regular line of
candies, nuts, fruits, toys, &c, a full
itock of SPRING TOYS,
Baby Carriage**,
Doll Carriages. Ac. Fresh trims and con-fectioneries
received weekly, mar Illy
.!. \\. HCOTT
\\ boll all and Heiail Dealer in
i.AMi FARCY GROCERIES,
. ' n •-'.;, 'l.„-/<ii -I/id Till Ware
' I A 1 ; I asl Market St.,Greensboro, N.C.
• hind a full atock of goods in
d sells al lowest market rates
,,i barter.
i ly.
I oo.ooo White Pine Salaarles,
■L lor tale by JAS. SLOANS' BOMS.
W. SIKES & SONS,
GRO C ERS
PROVISION MERCHANTS,
(Caldwell Comer, Greensboro, N. C.)
And Dealer* in
DEY GOODS, Grocenea, Tinware, Wood-enware,
Sugar, Coffee, Molas-a-s.Flour,
Meal, Bacon, Lard. Ac.
Our goods sre ail fresh aud new, recently
purchased, especially for this market, and
will be continually added to a. the wants of
the community may demand.
Quick .ale. aud small profits is our motto.
Give u. a call. fob W:ly
Vi'W Crop Cuba Holuaacs
1\ For sale by
JAMES SLOAN'S SON'S.
March 11, le74.
MAOMI WISE.
BY CHARLIE VERMON.
CHAPTER IL
11 Like a lovely trio
8he grew to womanhood and between
whiles
Rejected several suitors just to learn
How to accept a wore, one in his turn.*'
Byron.
Naomi Wise was a lovely girl,
just blooming in all the attractive-uess
of nineteen. Though serving
as cook, and sometimes as an out-doors
hand she was the light of the
family, and was treated better :han
WCB persous usually are. She wag
nt.it 1 \ dressed, rode to church ou a
fine horse, and was the occasion of
mauy youugsters visitiug the house
ol Mr. Adams. Among those who
frequently found ic convenient to
call al Mr. Adams' was Jonathan
Lewis. His father Richard Lewis,
the same [hat shot Stephen, lived
near Centre meeting house ou Polo-cat
creek iu Guilford county.—
Jonathan was clctkiug tor Benjamin
Elliott at A.-lilmi ii, iu Randolph :
and in passiug Iroiu Centre lo Ash-boro,
it was directly in his way to
pass through New Salem. Jouathan
like the others of the same name,
was a large, well built, diguified
looking man. He was young, dar-ing
and im|ietuous. If lie had lived
iu Scotland he would have been a
worthy compauiou for Sir William
Wallace or Robert Brace; in Eug
land he would have vied with the
Black Prince in coolness aud brave-ry
; in Frauce ho might have stood
by the .side of McDonald in the cen-tral
charge at Wagram ; in our own
Revolution his bravery and power
would perhaps have saved the day
Brandywiue. He was composed of
the fiercest eleineuts; his wrath
was like whirlwiuds and scathing
lightning ; his smiles like sunbeams
burstiug through a cloud, illumined
every countenance upon which it
fell. He never indulged iu tricks
or small sport, the ordinary pas-times
of youth had no attraction
for him. The smallest observation
would teach us that such men are
capable of anything; but ouce let
loose, like uiiouaiued lious, they
tear to pieces both frieuils and foes.
The greatest men are capable of be-ing
the greatest scourges; Leonidas
was a rock upon which Persia broke,
but some provocation might have
made him a rock by which Oreece
would have beeu grouud lo powder;
Dirk llatteraik was a daring smug-gler,
that iu a low black lugger de-fied
the power of Euglaud ; if the
government bad treated this man
wisely, he might have been an ad-miral
to eclipse Nelson. Our daring
headlong boys are generally giveu
over as worthless, and here is tbe
mistake; tbe world neither under-stands
the mission nor manage-ment
of such powerful miuds.—
Bucephalus was pronounced a
worthless auimal by the whole court
ol Philip. Alexander alone per-ceived
his value and knew how to
manage him ; and in fact, Buce-phalus
was tbe greatest horse tbe
world ever saw. Jonathan Lewis
saw Nan mi Wise and loved her.—
She was the gentle, confiding, uu-protected
creature that a mau like
Lewis would love by instinct.—
Henceforward he was a frequent
visitor at Adam's. The dark clouds
that had so long hovered over the
HI pn..ii were breaking away ; the
misty, dim vista of the future open-ed
with clear light aud boundless
prospects of good; the fogs rolled
away from the valley of life aud
Naomi saw a pretty pathway bor-dered
with flowers, aud crossed
only by little rills of purest water.
Her young and guileless heart beat
withnew and higher life ; that she
was loved by a man so powerful as
Lewis was sufficient recompense
for the cheerless days ol childhood.
Hay aud night she labored to pro-cure
the indispensables of house
keeping ; for in those days it was
esteemed disreputable it a girl by
the time she was twenty had not
earned for herselt a bed, some
chairs, pots, tubs, &c. And a
youug lady then modestly displayed
her things to her lover with as
much care as modern misses display
their painting, needle-work aud ac-qniremeataou
tbe piano. Instead
of going to the piano, to the dance
and other such latter day inven-tions,
youngsters then went with
ladies to milk the cows, and dis-played
their gallantry by holding
away the calves while the operation
was performed; they accompanied
the damsels to the spring to put
away the milk, and brought back a
pail of water.
Time flew on. Lewis still con-tinued
aa clerk and bad won the
good opinion of bis employer.— '
Naomi was blooming in all the
charms of early womanhood ; her '
love for Lewis was pnre and ardent;'
and the rumor was abroad that a I
marriage was shortly to take place. '
But an evil genius crossed tbe path
of Lewis in tbe shape of his mother.'
Her ambition and avarice projected
fbt her son a match of different
character. She deemed it in tbe j
range of possibility that Jonathan
might obtain the band of Hattie j
Elliott, the sister of Benjamin
Elliott,bfoemployer. That mothers'
are ambitions every body knows, I
and that they aie the worst of'
matchmakers is equally well known.
Bot Mrs. Lewis tbonght Miss El- j
liott a prize worthy an effort at
least. The Elliotts were wealthy,
honorable and in high repute.—
They have always stood high iu this
county, and citizens hnve delighted
to honor them with public favors
and private friendship. Mr. B. El-liott,
Hettie's brother, evideutly
prized Lewis highly ; he regarded
bim as an honorable, intelligent aud
industrious young gentleman, aud
no doubt thought him a respectable
match for his sister. Lewis made
some advauces to Hettie, which
were received in such a way as to
inspire hope. This was the turning
tide in the fortunes ol Lewis ^ The
smiles of one superior to Naomi
Wise in every respect, except beau-ty
und gooduess; the earnest ex-hortatiou
of an influential mother :
and the prospect ot considerable
property bore down all obstacles.—
The pure love of Miss Wise, tbe na-tive
and genuine passion of his own
heart were not equal to a conflict
with pride and avarice. Not but
that Lewis as any other man could
and would love Miss Elliott. She
was accomplished, und beautiful
and of charming manners; an El
liotl could not. be otherwise. But
these were not the attractions that
won Lewis. Money, family cou-uection,
name and station were the
influences that clouded the fair
proepects ol innocence, opened the
flood gates of evil and involved all
tbe parlies concerned to mill Tup-per
has wisely said that nothing iu
this world is single : all things are
in pairs, and the perfection of earth-ly
existence consists in properly
pairing all the separate elements.—
Two elements properly adapted have
a natural attraction and firmly ad-here
amid all circumstances of pros-perity
or disaster; but two ele-ments
improperly mated; repel each
other with natural repulsion iu spite
of circumstances or calculations.—
The young instinctively and natur-ally
love tbose that would make
them happy ; but pride, family in-terference
and cold hearted calcu-lation
olteu interpose ; sordid con-siderations
tear asuuder the holiest
cords of affection, and vainly at-tempt
to thwart nature's own
promptings. Lewis loved .Miss Wise
for herself, no selfish motive moved
his heart or tongue: this would
have been a union of peace and joy;
he wished to marry Miss Elliot, not
because he loved her, but influenced
wholly by other and base considera-tions.
An old adage says, "the better
any thiug is in its legitimate sphere,
the worse it is when otherwise em-ployed."
Lewis no doubt would
have been -an honorable and uselul
man il lie bad married Naomi; he
would then have been using the
highest and strongest principle ol
human nature in a proper manner.
In an evil hour he listened to the
tempter, he turned aside from the
ways of honor and truth; his eyes
became blinded, conscience,!he star
of human destiny, lost her polarity:
aud the tierce storms drove his
proud ship into the mael strom ol
ruin. Jouathan Lewis was no more
the proud manly gentleman; he
was heueeioi tii a bard-hearted, mer-ciless
wretch. He was a hyena
skulking about the pathway of life,
ready alike to kill the living aud to
tear the dead from their graves.—
Ue not ooly resolved to forsake a
lovely;damsel, but first to ruin her
fair name. His resolve was accom-plished.
He might have foisveu
that this would ruin his prospects
with the beautiful Hiss Elliott;
but the '• Wicked are blind and fall
into the pit their own hands hnve
digged." There are many young
meu now moving high in society,
that thiuk violets wen' created to
be crushed by haughty boot heels;
that desert, flowers should rather be
blasted than waste their sweetness
on the air ; that pearls should
rather adoru a Cyclops than sparkle
in their native deep. No so. ye
caunibals. If names must be blasted
and character ruined, in the name
of heaven let your victim come from
among the alllueut aud the honor
able. Who will pity and protect
the poor daughter ol shame: who
will give her a crumb of bread !—
The more wealthy victim might, at
least have bread to eat, water to
drink, and wherewithal to be
clothed. Ye lair blooming daugh-ters
of poverty shun he advances of
those who avoid you in comjiauy as
you would shun the grim monster
death.
Lewis, aware that a period was
approacbiug that would mar all his
hops*, unless they should immedi-ately
be consummated, urged his
suit with all possible haste. Miss
Elliott, however, baffled him oo
every tack, aud though she en-couraged
him, gave him but little
hote ot succeeding immediately.—
In the meanwhile Naomi urged the
fulfillment ot his promise, that he
would marry her forthwith.seconded
by the power of tears and prayers
When these meaus seemed unavail-ing
she threatened him with the
law. Lewis,alarmed at this, charged
her upon peril ot life to remain si-lent;
he told her that their mar-riage
was sure, but that very pe-culiar
circumstances required all to
be kept silent. Bat before be could
bung matters to an issue with Miss
Elliott, rumor whispered abroad the
engagement and disgrace ol Naomi
Wise. This rumor fell like thunder
upon Lewis; the depths of a dark
but powerful soul were awakened,
his hopes were quivering upon the
thread which next breath threaten-ed
with ruin. With a coolness and
steadiness which innocence is wont
to wear Lewis affirmed to Miss* El-liott
that said rumor was a base,
malicious slander, circulated by the
enemies of the Lewis family, to
ruin his character, and offered that
time, a very fair arbiter should de-cide
upon the report, aud If ad
judged guilty, he would relinquish
all claim to her, Miss Elliot's, band.
For several days Lewis was ap-parently
uneasy, appeared abstract-ed,
neglected his business, and was
uot a little ill. Mr. Elliott assigned
one cause, Miss Elliott another, bat
the true one was unknown to any
one. The kingdom was in commo-tion,
dark deeds were in contempla-tion,
and at length the die was
cast. Mrs. Adams had frequently
of late told Naomi that Lewis did
not intend to marry her, that he
was playing a game of villainy, and
that she should place no further
confidence in any ot his assertions;
but the poor girl thought or hoped
differently; she could not and
would not believe that Jouathan
Lewis was untrue. Woman's love
cannot doubt. Lewis at length
came to see Miss Wise and told her
that he wished uot to delay the
marriage any longer; that be had
made all necessary arrangements,
and that he would come and take
her to the house of a magistrate on
a certain day. She urged the pro-priety
of the marriage taking place
at the house ol Mr. Adams; but he
refused aud she with much re
luctance consented to his wishes.—
Time sped on, the last morn rolled
up the eastern vault in his chariot,
dispensing light aud joy to millions;
Naomi walked forth with light
heart and step thinking only of her
coming nuptials. During the day
in the midst, ot her anticipations,
gloomy forebodings would disturb
her. Like Uic light breeze pro-coding
the storm they seemed to
come and go without cause. So
true is it:
'• That coming events cast their
shadows before." She told uothiug
of what was about to take place to
Mr. Adams; but at the appointed
time, taking the water pail in her
hand, she went to the spring, the
place at which she had agreed to
meet Lewis. He soon appeared and
took her bebiud him. It is said
that the stump oft which Naomi
mounted remains to this day, and
may be seen by any one who will
visit New Salem.
The last, lono relict of Naomi's love,
A speakiiur monument of a wretch's heart:
Like love IXs grasp time scarce can- move.
Like treachery, corruption lurks iu every
pari.
The strong steed bore Naomi
rapidly from the home of her child-hood
and youth; from the kind
Mrs. Adams that was wout to soothe
in every trouble.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
{New Series No. 318.
Contributions to the Orphan
Asylum, in March, 1874.
IN CASH.
Paid $50 each, Franklinton lodge,
No. 123, and Mt. Hermon Lodge,
118. "^
Paid $44, W G Hill, Lodge, No.
Paid 940, Laurinborg Lodge, No.
305.
Paid $30, Hiram Lodge, No. 40.
Paid $l!5, Cleaveland Lodge, No.
202.
Paid $22, Ladies Benevolent Socie-ty
of Salisbury Presbyterian church.
Paid $21, ML Pleasant Lodge,
No. 157.
Paid $20, a lriend in Franklin.
Paid $16, American Geo, Lodge,
No. 17.
Paid $15 75,PhoBnix Lodge. No. 8.
Paid $14, Wake Forest Lodge,
No 97.
Paid $12 55, Charity Lodge, No. 5
" $10 15, Clayton Church.
u $10 10, St. Albans Lodge,
No. 114.
Paid $10 each, W J Yates, 8 W
Wittkowski, two travelers, V Mau-ney,
Pine Forest Lodge, No. 186,
Sandy Creek Lodge, No. 226, Ral-eigh
Lodge, No. 65, IO O F, McKee
Encampment, No. 15, I O O F,
Manteo Lodge, No. 8,1 O O F.
Sent from Baltimore, by J M
Rosenbaum, $10 each, Sonueborne
& Co., Lanchheimer & Co., Stein &
Co., E Walter & Co., and Wisen-fleld
& Co.
Paid $9 20, Durham Baptist Sun-day
School.
Paid $9, Mt, Lebanon Lodge, 118.
" 8 50, citizens of Washington.
" 8, Wilmington Lodge No. 319
" 6 50, Anchor Lodge, No. 234.
" 6, Caldwell Lodge, No. 180-
" 5 each, Maj W W Vass, Mrs.
C E Brown, R B Holmes, J F El-lington,
T L Vail, Walter Brem, S
P Smith, R M Oates, Centre Grove
Lodge, No. 183, Farmington Lodge,
No. 265, Daniel Freeman, A W
nay wood, B F Bullock, J T Pool,
W 1) Harrison.
Paid $4 50, Centre Lodge, No. 3,
K or 1', and Franklin Coltraln
Taid $4, F C Geer ami Zion
Lodge, No. 81.
Paid $.'! ."ai K i tiston Baptist church
and 1 'ii.il,tux Lodge, No. 31.
Paid #3 35, Elm wood Lodge,No.246
" 9 30, Greensboro
'• 2 (U, Mt. Energy
'* 2 00, Mt. Olive
" 2 50 each, J O
Ilearne.
l'aiil $2 13, Col. E Wilson,
" 2 each. Col. W E Anderson,
Miss 0 Wilson, T II Griffin, Little
River Academy. J Marshall and S
C Pembertoo, Car* Lodge, No. 198.
Paid $1 97, Rountrce. Lodge No.243
" 3 87, Josiah Mizell.
Paid $1. each, W D Have, S C
Allen, U I Coley, J R Terrell, C A
Hammer, J G Bagwell, Mrs B B
The Swamp Angela—Curious
History of the Lowry Gang
—Their Anoestors from
England, and of a
Distinguished
Family.
From tbe Robesoniaa.
Iu looking over some old land pa
pers recently, I came across an old
"survey" made by James Edwards
of 100 acres for James Lowry, (situ
ated on tbe mill prong of the Raft
swamp, and about 14 miles above
McPhaul's mill,) dated August 9th,
1769. This was Bladeu count v ai
that time, and James Edwards was
coauty surveyor. James Lowry
bought this land from William Fort,
to whom it was granted by George
II, in 1748. I find another old grant
of 300 acres from George III, to
James Lowry and his wife. Silly
Lowry sold this land to John Gil
chiist, (father of the late John Gil
Christ, Esq.,) the deed being dated
2nd February, 1790. Signed,
his
JAMISS", LOWRY,
her
8rLLY><1 LOWKY,
mark
The above mentioned 300 acres is
situated on Lowry swamp, and was
owned by the late Col. McEachin.
This swamp took its name from
Lowry, its former name being "the
mill prong of the Raft swamp."—
About a quarter of a mile below
Col. McEachin's resideuce.in a bend
of the swamp, is shown the place
where James Lowry resided. A
ford at that time crossed the swamp
at that place, and here James Lowry
kept a tavern during the Revola
tionary war. He was a Tory, and
was very active in hunting up the
Whigs, and keeping the Tory's post-ed
concerning the movements of old
WHHttNrtH-rwapapan.
AafSMties have differed widely
astoUteVM^asdvatjeaUstadt*
i he honor ofWinf started the liet
printed newspapksVjTJir aaaay years
it was supposed that tkeLavedit be-i
>oged to Bsglaod. ItwaaSeimsd
that tbe British Maaeum had a oopy
ot the earliest paper in its collection.
It was called the 9%fti»k Mmimit,
and printed July 23, 1588; beta
has been shown that this oopy, like
specimens of rare old coins, was
spurious, aud gotten up for tale —
Watte, tbe bibliographer of the
Museum, who saw, oo examination,
that the type and paper were of
modern origin, and did not belong
to the sixteenth century, exposed
the forgery. It wee aa ingenious
fabrication, pretending to give the
news of the Spanish Armada, which
*aa destroyed in the English ohao-iel
by Draco and Howard a day or
t wo previous to the date of the sheet
There were seven numbers of this
VcrcaH-te produced—four in mean
script and three ia print.
Venice also claimed the honor of
leading tbe way in giving newspa-pers
to tbe world. The Qtuaett*,
thus named because it sold for a
small piece of money called gaztetta,
it is asserted, was printed there in
1670, and it is pretended that copies
of this paper of that date are in one
or two collections in London. But
late discoveries have apparently es-tablished
the claim of the old Ger-man
city of Nuremberg to this high
honor. A paper called tbe QamtU,
according to trustworthy authori-ties,
was printed in that city aa
early as 1547, live years after Peter
Schoffer cast tbe first metal type in
matrices. Nuremberg, with tbe
first paper in the fifteenth century,
also claims the honor of tbe first
paper in the sixteenth century.—
There is an anciently printed sheet
iu the Libri collection which ante-dates
all others except the sheet of
1547 and the Chronicle of Colgne.
It is called tbe .Yn» Zeitung eat Hit-panien
und Italien, aud bears the
date of February, 1564. Tbe Brit-ish
Museum, it is said, has a dupli-cate
of this sheet.
Thus to Germany belongs the
honor not ooly of the first printers
and the first printing, but also of
the first printed newspaper. It has
also another claim to distinction.—
In 1615 Egenolf Enrmnl started Die
Angus McNeill, Duncan McBryde, Franlr/Vrrer 0btrpn$UmU ZeitHng.the
John Gilchrist, and others. When first daily paper in the world. This
Ross
76.
" 140
" 208
& E
peace was declared, this neighbor-hood
being too hot for him, be sold
out and moved down near where
Silas Atkins lived, and in that
neighborhood his descendants have
continued to live ever since. The
old tradition in this section gives
the origin of the Lowrys, as follows :
On the banks of the James river
there lived, about 1740, James Low-ry.
He emigrated from England
and settled near Fredericksburg,
Va. Ho was a type of the bluff,
English character—rich, haughty
and proud.
journal is still published ; and the
city ot Frankfort is to erect a mon-ument
iu Honor of its founder and
editor as the father of newspaper.
Culbreth, Dr. W M Crenshaw, Mrs j mined that a negro was its father.
Mary Simmons, A Warren Lady, S | Her father then determined to hide
W Dent, Rev. M J Hunt, N M Bar-; her shame and bury her disgrace
row, Dr C Winston, U C Kearney, deep in the wilderness of North Car-
Perry Wiggins, B Gates, J A. ' olina. Ho thereforo sent her off
Winston, P H Tharrington, Robert . with his two sons, who left her on
Hicks, Dr. R Anderson, A 0 Free- . the mill prong of the Rait swamp,
man, J A Troutman, J D Ilearne. with a man by the name of Henry
J M Bivens, 3 S Stone, A T Perdue, O'Berry. Her lather died broken
J Y Moss, John Jenkins, G II Wig-: hearted, and his two sous returned
gins, W II P Jenkins, A B Cook, J to England—she died in giving
Important Opinions of the
State Treasurer.
In response to letters of inquiry,
State Treasurer Jenkins has given
the following opinions for the guid-aaee
of those interested:
Peddlers of liquor, if the liquor is
manufactnred in the State, or if the
An only daughter, ed- peddler is the manufacturer or agent
ucated in all the accomplishments ' of the inanulacturer, will not be re-of
the tiines.and two sons comprised . quired to take out a puddlcr's li-bis
family. For several years tbe ' cense, but must pay the tax im|>osed
family lived "in |a>ace, happiness '. upon all persona dealing in the
and sweet content." until the lather same species of merchandise, the
was awakened to the terrible cou- same to be paid to the Sheriff of the
sciousness that bis daughter was county in which the liquor is manu-enciente.
Then came the storm— . lactured.
and her father sternly demanded to Parties purchasiug liquor in the
know the father ol her unborn babe; State lo sell again must pay five per
to his still greater horror she ad- cent, lax on all purchases, provided
the tax on the said liquor has not
already been paid by some wholesale
dealer in liquor in the State. Those
A Novel Way of Reducing
Convulsions.
Dr. Brown Sequatd, the famous
I'aiis physician, in a lecture deliv-ered
in Boston last week, related
the case ol "a very intelligent ne-gro,
whoso master was affected with
a disease of the spinal chord which
produced convulsions in the lower
limbs. The most intense stiffness-would
manifest itself in the lower
limbs. They were rigid like a bar
of iron lor a time,and after ten min-utes
of this extreme rigidity they
began to have violent jerks. The
jerks then disappeared aud the rig-idity
returned. All day long the
lower limbs were in this state of
muscular contraction. His servant,
the negro, having to dress him,
found it very difficult to put on his
pantaloons. One day he by chance
took hold of his big toe, and found
as he pulled it that the limbs be-came
perfectly soft and moveable.
The couvulsions had disappeared
altogether. The negro certainly bad
a natural genius for science. He
learned the meaning of the fact.—
He learned that whenever ho want
ed to push bis masters pantaloons
np he had only to pull his big toe
down. He succeeded every time.—
And as the master found tbe cessa-tion
of the convulsions useful at
other times besides when he was
dressing, the negro was asked very
frequeutly to act on the big toe in
order to effect it. This fact is not
a unique one. I have seeu fourteen
such cases. Many of my medical
friends have seen them also."
A Street Antieer.—A little boy
aud girl, each five years old, were
playing by tbe roadside. The boy
became angry at something, aud
struck his playmate a sharp blow
on the cheek, whereupon she sat
down and begau to cry.
The boy stootl looking on a mm
ute. aud then said: "I didn't mean
to hurt you. Katie. I am sorry."
The little girl's face brightened in-stantly.
The sobs were hushed,
and she said : "Well, if you are sor-ry,
it don't hurt me."
Here is a bit of conversation lately-overheard
in a street car in Provi-dence
between a young lady and
gentleman: "Charley, did you ever
hear it said that if a person found a
fourleaved clover and put it in their
shoe, the first gentleman or lady tbe
person walked with would be their
busband or wife!" "No— never
heard of it before." "Well I found
one and put it in my shoe this morn-ing
and you are the first one I have
walked with. I wonder if it ia trnef
E Tparringti Willis Denver, T N
Baawell, S P Lowtey
Paid 75 cents, J C McEwen.
" 50 cents, each, J T Ball, S
A Dixon, Mrs E K Grant, J A
Whitaker, E W Davis
Paid 25 cents, each, W II Laue,
J W Seaaume, W 8 Willoughby, J
M Redwine. J F File.
Paid 20 cents, Benjamin Lanier.
IN KIND.
One valuable box of dry goods,
each. Ladies of Laurel Hill, Ladies
Church,
interested are referred to section 10,
schedule B. ot the Revenue Act for
1873-74.
The lorm of license to be given by
Sheriffs to all classes of business
meu designated in this law, is pro-vided
for on page 38 of tbe Reveuue
Act
A Cheap Furnace. A traveler in
North Carolina gives a description
of a turnace built at Buekboru du'
ring the war. This furnace, he
says, was a model of its kind, being
constructed at a cost ot less than
$5,00(1 in gold, and making fonr to
five tons of iron |a?r day. It was
the neighborhood. Henry Berry «one to just above the hearth,
Lowry probably took his name from ' thence up was merely a frame work
O'Bcrrv. SNYDEU. I of timber, with a lining ot brick,
—__ [ tbe space between filled with packed
The average Burlington (lowa)!^*.'
birth to her child, who was nursed
and raised up by O'Berry, who gave
it the name of Jaines,probably trom
some intimation from tbe child's
mother.
Whether Silly Lowry was white,
Indian, negro or mulatto, is not
slated. The above history of the
Lowrys has always passed enrreut
CHitiSzeSnsSo7f ^M.lsadoisnonr,ijCOiiUta^eMTooit' -Skee^p^musTDc-bad" iMndeaedt!
I^.no.r Cit,z.,Ksol\\.lson addressed one of them as fob
Books, 1- volumes, Alfred Wil jj^ „Wretched man, ,f tn,^of
Hams. v AS. n- that river was bank high with the
\ egetables, Capt. A Land.s, Dr. ^^ rf ^.^.^ and J Jane rige of
by General
if one solid
H. Cllerudoi), Nelson Hicks and
Jobu Broughton.
Box ot assorted cakes, James
Reed ft Co., Norfolk.
Half ton ot Pacific Guano, Hy-maus
ft Dancy, of Norfolk.
Sack of flour. Grandy & Bro.
One plow, W G Hill Lodge, No.
218.
One bag of dried tomatoes, Mt.
Hermon Lodge, No. 118.
One lot of medicines, Dr W A J
Pollock.
Slothing, Mrs Norwood, Miss
Boon, Miss Fanny Wood, Mrs R
Thorp, Miss Comer, 359 yards cloth
and knitting cottou, J H and W E
Uolt- e » K NOTE.—Tbe exj>eL8es for March
have been $789 21. Many other
needy Orphans will arrive during
April, anil mauy liberal names, sor-rowfully
omitted in this report,
ought to be mentioned in the next.
J. H. MILLS,
Superintendent.
piety coming down from tbe moun-tains,
there wouldn't be enough to
wash your feet."
Another heiress! Ninety-nine
years ago the father of Dr. Mark,
who is the father of a young millin-er
now in SL Joseph, Mo., leased
eighty acres of laud in New York
city for ninety nine years. The
lease has expired, Dr Mark is doad
and the milliner is the only living
heir. The property is worth $17,
000,000. ^^^_^^_
The Cincinnati T\met says Nebuc-hadnezzar
was not the first" Gran-ger."
Eve made quite a reputation
in the apple business, and broke up
Adam monopoly, and was also tbe
very first to patronize husbandry."
According to the official census
for 1872, recently published, the en-tire
population olJapan is33,110.825.
There are about the same number
of men and women. The Imperial
family has twenty-nine members,
and there are 459 of tbe higher no
A correspondent of the Atlanta
Herald says that be was present
when Stephen A. Douglass made a
witty remark at Howell Cobb's ex- j bies/ana 700,000 of the lower order
penso which has been much distort- Qf Keutry.
ed bv repetition Mr. Cobb gave
A Pretty Compliment.—One cold
winter morning a very pretty girl
by repetltio
a social party, to which Mr. Douglas
was invited, in honor of the Geor-blllBOd
i Sherman, it stood as
btick. It was a success iu every
respect, and turned out three hun-dred
tons ot pig iron in sixty run-ning
days, but it was managed and
ruu by a practical Scotchman named
John Colville.
A man's eating may become as
historical as anythiug else concern-ing
bim. Indeed it was the feast-ing
ol the Assyrian Emperor Sar-danapalus
that was the chief subject
for the historians of his reign. The
same may be said of the Roman
Emperor Heliogabalus. A New
York Herald correspondent baa been
watching Bismarck eat, and thus
chronicles that great State plotter
as an eater and drinker: "He eats,
like a giant, mighty meals ot solid
food, washed down (here's tbe worst
of it) with half a dozen tumblers of
strong Burgundy, enough to upset
tho wits of an ordinary man for a
whole evening. Immediately alter
dinner be drinks quantities of beer,
while be dictates and decides ques-tions
of State policy during the
evening."
A noble sentiment was that ex-pressed
by the venerable Peter
Cooper, of New York, at the cele-bration
of his eighty-third birthday:
"While I have always recognised
that ths object of business is to
make money in an honorable man
in r I have endeavored to remember
that tbe object of life is to do good.
gia delegates to the Baltimore Dem-1 gt0p1KMi aDU |,ought a book ol a rag-ocraticConvention.
A constituent of ^ oov "Poor little fellow!" she
Cobb called on the party to fill up, ■ MJd) „ain.t von Tery coldt" "I was,
as he had a toast. He sa-d, "Here s . ma'am, betore you passed," was tbe
to Howell Cobb, may he live to be I repiy.
President of the United States.
Douglas, quick as lightning, said
with a laugh: "By George, Cobb,
your friend is wishing you a very
long life. ■ All enjoyed thejoke, in-cluding
Cobb.
A clergyman being invited to
open a legislature with prayer, offer-ed
the following ambiguous petition
"May corruption aud sin of every . Satan and his augels are loose all
form be as far from every member over the land and he is where he
of this Legislature aa Thou art. ■ | ought to know.
The Danbury News says that parts
unknown "is where they don't adver-tise."
Why can a lawyer sleep better
than any other person! Because it
does not matter which side he lies
on.
Chaplain Saoderland says that
Sniffles passed us in a hurry yes
terday "looking for a man." A few
minutes later he came back with bis
nose in his band, and the supposi-tion
is that "the man" was just wait-ing
tor some one to find bim.
A $-50,000 diamond was displayed
at Delmonioo's.New York, last Tues-day.
It came from the South Africa
diamond fields and was owned by a
gentleman from Philadelphia. It
weighed eighty carats.
General Banks' son Joseph was
assaulted and lelt senseless in a
street in Boston by ruffians tbe oth-er
night, tor trying to help some
girls whom they were insulting.