The Greensboro patriot [April 22, 1874]

              lCo* THE PATRIOT
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"W. B. FABBAB
Watck-Maker,
Jeweler • Optician,
Craoatenore, IV* c..
Has constantly oa hand
a splendid assortment ol
fashionable Jewelry,
and aom. splendid
t astiionable Jewell
me apli
rfatcAet and Clock*,
Which will be sold Cluap loi- Cash
-ix week., $7; Magistrates'
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rates kif double column advertise-
Professional Cards.
I' Mr MiKNHAi.i- . JOHN N.BTArua.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES.
VTTOKNEY8AT LAW,
li in; EN »••■•. W« C,
the ('.. ins of Guilford, Rock-
Davidson, Fomythe, Stoke., Ran-
Alainunce: also. U.S. Circuit end
m- Siieeial attention given to
. MI nil parts ol the State, and to
baukj iptc*.
M one door North of Court .Hooaa.
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».g. I.AI.I.. THOB. B. EBOOH,
BALL & KEOGH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
L'p stairs, new Lindsay Building,)
(lllk-CNSBORO, M. C
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, M.SCALES. J.l. BCALS8.
t7*Watches, Clock., Jewelry, a«" ing Ma-chines,
and Pistols repaired cheap and on -linn
notice. Call oppoaite the Express Office,
South Elm Street. 10-1/
tf An assorted atock of Gnns, Pistole,
Cartridges, dec, always on hand.
N. H. D. WILSON,
UFK * FIRE INSlKAN C i! U.KNT,
Greenaboro, N. C,
p EPRE8ENT8 flrat-claaa Companiec
IX with an aggregate capital of oror
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and can carry a full line at latr ratea.
CyOffice, np stairs over Wilson A 8bo-
UT'M Batik, IIinli-r tbe efficient supervision
W. U. HILL,
who will at all time* be glad to wait on
all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies.
mar 14lly
i
SCALES A SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
Greensboro, N.C.,
)l, Mill Kin the Slate andFedemlCourte
N M. Seals* will attend the Probate
I, i-kiugbarn County at Wentwortli
Monday ofevery month, jaul5:6aip
RALPH GOKRELL,
AiloriHj and Counsellor at Law,
SOLICITOR IN BAHKBUPTOY,
Greensboro, N. C,
lI'll.I. pin, tii- in the court, of Alamance,
\\ Guilford and Randolph, and
: reme Court of North Carolina.
11,-ti MI and Circuit courta
;.,l Stales, in the Westers Hi.lricl
N ('.. and specially in cases iu llaukrupt-
1: lernal Revenue.
. J,I attention given to collection., and
,i,milled Ui hi. care.
u the above named courts eolicit-
!„• Court House. ap 30-ly
Jno. A. Gilmer.
Dillard, A Gilmer
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
and
SOLICITORS IX BANKRUPTCY,
!, 1 ,,i Qrseawewa, oppoaite
lt.nl.ow House.
1)l:Al I'1CK in Slate slid Federal Courts.
. ellenlars given to matters in
. . and causes arising under Inter-
Revenue, in District Court of Weetam
• North Carolina. Collections iu
: Kederal Courts solicited.
1872. 205:ly.
N. H. D. WtutOM. Ciian. E. BWoaojB.
WILSON *. SIIOBEB,
BANKERS.
GREENSBORO, N. C,
{.South Elm Strest, oppoaite Eipreaa Oflic*.
BUY and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes,
State and Government Bonds, Kail Road
.St... ks and Bonds, ■$ ,
(y Receive Money on depoait subject to
81GHT CHECK; and allow iulerf*!
In klaialupoii time deposits ul'CURRENCY
or SPECIE.
Discount Busine*. Halierl
ollections made at all accissible poiDts.
Sept. Kith, ly
W. A.. HORNBY,
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
OPTICIA1T,
No.11 S,mli Eltu Street, Greensboro, N.C.
HA8 a beautiful stock of Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, Plated Ware. Pis-tole,
Cartridges, Notions, Ac. Ail repair-ing
warranted. A large and fine Block of
Gold Pens. dec25:ly
J. A. PRITCHETT,
CABINET-MAKER.
Furniture Dealer and Undertaker,
af^A ANNOl,*NCB8 i«> tl»*- dUacM a,
^Tj Ur««uBb4iro aiid Quilford Countj
that be is better ■■■pitl now
jp.^P-9 tliun lo proviile them with
//| I iiRvinRi;
in great variety— selected with a view to
eeouomr Mini to suit the times.
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I M. SCOTT, WAI.TKIt l\ CALUWslJ..
Hi OTT * IAI.DWELL
IIREEN8BORO, N. 0.
• 1 1. i i«. uce in the Superior Ceurt of I
i! Alamaoos, Randofpb. David-1
Rowan, Iredell and Merklen [
\ -. ;n The Supreme Court of the
Federal Court St Greensboro
le, in Itankruptcy, and in court.
iitantion given to l.,ans of money
and .iher securities.
:ii.i.
D. A. k R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
HaviuK ahsocla
ted themselves
iii the practice of
DE.NTI8THY,
reeitectful.T oif«r
' their |irufcswion-
1 al services to the
citixen* of
Greensboro,
and the snrroun-in;
country. One or the olber of them
aluaye he found at their ofifioe on
i corner up stain, entranoe East
Street
- iimlactory reference given, if desired,
II mir respeetiva patrons daring th*
twelve "f liftv-en years. v'l-Utf
y^m
,VRT STUDIO'
PHOTOGRAPHS BYTHEMILUON
< I M-f—in (Jarrett bailding—
u\ei Dr. Koulkes' Store.
L. W ANDREWS,
Greensboro, N. C.
■■I 17, l-T.i Iv
JOB WORK
OfBVBJBK Uesrrlplloai,
l.x.cuied in the
VCRt IttST STYLE,
And :tt New York prices, at the
Patriot Job Office.
I am prruarvd to furnisib, at two hours
notice, COFFINS of any style and finish,
andUiavsja^ine hear-* Jbf llsf use of the- pabtic,
Al". orders for Fumiture. Cottius or Metalic
cases promptly atteinJed lo, al nimlerate
charges.
Any marketable produce taken Ini^ts-MMJI
for nork, if deliveretl st my -hop on Fayette-viili*
street.
Work carefully packed aud deliverrd at
the depot free oj Char^. Jan.7, ly.
T 1IILDSI1EI1IEK.
H«spectfully informs his friends aud the
public generally that he has opened at the
Mclver Brick building a
FLOUR,
QRAiy,
and a
BACOX,
General < ommNsloii Bunlnena.
Liberal advancements made on Consignments,
and prompt attention psii! to same.
Greetisbom, Jan. 1st, lfl4.
Jan. 7, ly.
^CJ.OGBURN/ %
•'./,'RXMHOKO,
w. 1. Houston 4k Co-
Wl.olc.nle aud Retail Grocers.
' Mrirltt $Cf(irttiuooro, S.(
HI given to Sugar, Coffee.
- Salt, Itucou, Lard, Fish, Knull
i, Leathi i, Flour. Heal, Soap
rohttcoo, and a general routine o.
ries. febll.ly.
FBEDBBIOK DKTMEU1NG,
Boot & Shoe Maker,
On Davis Street, near 1'resbyteitan Church.
BOOTS and Shoes msde to order in the
.h-sie.i notice, at the lowest term..
The best of leather, aud a good fit guaran-ted.
leb 10: ly
Prom Arthur's Mafasiue.
Labor. Wealth and Pride.
BV i. wmi.
Said Wealth to Pride, one pleasant mom.
While moving ontwaid on the train,
" I think If yon and I were gono,
The world would atrlve to more In vain."
"Tour worda, 8irWealth, are apt and Just,"
Said Pride J " if we ahonld oeaee to he.
The world wonld soon consume with mat,
Since it is moved by yon and me."
Now Labor heard these boasting, vain,
And laying work and care aside.
Said he, "We'll see who moves this train;"
So down b, aat by Wealth and Pride.
Bnt Pride put np her dainty nose,
Hi. cousin Wealth looked somewhat
black.
And uow a greater trouble roee—
The train stood still upon the track.
" Back to your work," cried Wealth and
Pride,
Perceiving soon, their awkward eaae:
Wealth twitched his mouth from side to
aide.
And Pride grew paler in the face.
But not a word stout Labor said,
He aat like one in calm repoee,
Until wealth like a suitor plead,
And Pride let down her haughty noee.
And then, with half-aareasting mien,
He calmly rose, and tooll his place:
The ponderous wheels revolved again—
The train resumed its wonted place.
Chas. G. Y«t*s,
HAM FACTI'MIB OF
■ In. Mif-f-t Iron Jt Copper Ware
VS 11 r,el In Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and
Wood Ware, Lamps, Crockery,
,,-- Ware, Qfoesaisa, Stoves, and as-
Is, generally. No. '^1 South Elm
ro, X. C. Goods sold low foi
ian 19: ly
W. M'OTT
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
AMI 1 "ASCI GROCERIES,
I■ iy, ll'uodcn and Tin Here
Id 1 ; la.t Market St., Greensboro, K.C.
' hind a full stock of goods in
i it MIIS at lowest market rate,
oi barter.
11 ly
oo.ooo While fine- Hhlagtea,
. for »aie b} JAS. SLOAMB' 80H8.
HC. WILLIS.
. CONFECTIONER,
North Elm Street, opposite Conrt House.
Has in addition to his regular line of
candies, nuts, fruits, toys, 4c, a full
.tock of SPRING TOTS,
Baby Curiiafes,
Doll Carriages, die. Fresh fruits and con-fectioneries
received weekly, mar 11-ly
NAOltll WISE.
BY CHARLIE VERNON.
W. SIKES & SONS,
GROCERS
AND
PROVISION MERCHANTS,
(Caldwell Corner, Greensboro, N. C.)
And Dealers in
DRY GOOD8, Grocerie., Tinware, Wood-enware,
Sugar, Coles, Uolasses.Flour,
Meal, Bacon, Lard. cec.
Our goods are all fresh and new, recently
purchased, especially for this market, and
will be continually added to as the wants of
the community may demand.
Quick sales and small profit, is our motto.
Give us a call. fab I9:ly
New Crop Cuba Jlslaaci
For sale bv
JA1IE8 8LOJJIS SON 8.
March 11, 1874.
CHAPTER IU.
Naomi very sdon perceived that
they were uot approaching the mag-istrate,
by whose mystic knot sor-row
was to be killed aud joy born;
bnt to her great surprise, Lewis '
kept the direct road to the river, ,
xpeaking to her in the mean time
with rather a strange voice and an '
incoherent mauner. She tried to |
iinagiue his object, bnt she was
convinced that he would not take
her to Asheboro, aud she knew of
mi magistrate in that direction;;
every eflort therelore I.tiled to give
her "troubled mind auy peace.—
Slackening his pace to a slow walk,
Lewis aud Naomi held the follow- .
ing conversation.
" Naomi, which do yon think is
easiest a slow or a sudden death 1"
" I'm sure I don't know, but what
makes yoa ask me that question I"
" Why, I was just thinking about
it. But which would you prefer if
you could have choice 1"
" I would try to be resigned to
whatever Providence might appoint;
aud since we cannot have a choice,
it is useless to have auy prefer-ences."
" Well Naomi, do yoa think yon
would like to know the time when
you are to die V
" Why, Jonathan, what do yoa
mean by such questious 1 I have ,
never thought of such matters; and
I am sure 1 never knew yon to be
mentiouing such tLings before."
Lewis rode on for some time with- .
out making any reply, seemingly in i
a deep reverr; bnt in fact in the I
most intense excitement; at length
he remarked:
" Well, Naomi, I believe I know
both the time aud manner of your ]
death, and I thiuk it is in my power ,
to give you a choice.''
This ran through the poor girl
like a dart of death ; it was some |
minutes before she could make any
reply.
" For the Lord's sake, Jonathan,
wbal do yon mean; do yon intend
to kill me, or why do you talk sof
" 1 will never harm you ; we shall
be married in two hours. As you
see I am uot going to as I first
intended, but am goiug across the
river where we shall have a nice
wedding."
" Jouatban, I'm afraid every thing
is not right, and 1 feel so bad this
everfrng. I had rather go home and
put it off till another day."
"No, no, that will not do. I tell
you again, yoa need not fear auy
thing. Just be perfectly contented
and feai no harm from him that
loves you better than himself."
Tbey were now on a high bluff
that commanded an extensive view
of the river aud the country beyond.
The bold, rocky (.channel of the
stream was distinctly visible lor a
great distance to the southeast;
whilst from the northwest came the
river, now swollen by recent rains
roaring aud rumbling, over rocky
ledges, and theu moving calmly
away. A blue crane was flying
slowly above the bed of the stream,
whilst amid the dwarfy pines and
cellars that grew upon the crags,
many ravens were cawing and
screaming. This scenery heighten-ed
by the dusk of evening, strongly
impressed Naomi's mind. She re-marked
to Lewis:—
"I am almost afraid to be in this
lonely place: J wish we were away.
O! how happy I should be if we
bad a quiet home like you from
which that smoke is rising away
over the bills. It may be foolish-ness,
Jonathan, bnt I want you to
be carelnl going down these banks
aud crossing the river. I have so
often feared something would hap-pen
to prevent the happiness we
expect; and I am sure, I never felt
so bad in my life."
Lewis reined up his horse, stopped
for a short time, then started for-ward,
muttering, " I will, though
I am a coward." Miss Wise asked
him' what he was saying, he replied
that he only meant tbey should be
married that night. The river wae
here tolerably wide, and below the
ford, some little turf-islands covered
with alders and willows, made sev-eral
sluices). Lewis raahed his
horse into the water, which came
np to his sides, and plunged for-ward
rapidly till he reached the
middle of the channel, then stop-ping
his beast and turning himself
in the saddle, he said to Naomi in
a bnaky voice:
u Naomi, I will tell yoa what I
intend to do; I intend to drown you
in this river; we can never marry.
I lound I could never get away from
you, and I am determined to drowu
you."
"O! Jonathan.Jonathan," scream-ed
the victim, " you do not, cannot
nean what you say; do not terrify
me so much and make haste ont of
here."
"I mean," said Lewis, " jnst what
I say ; yoa will never go from here
alive. You cannot move me by j
words or tears ; my mind is fixed ; j
I swear by all that's good or bad,
taat you have not five minutes to
live. You have enticed me to iujure j
my character, and yon have made
me neglect my business. You ought
never to have been such a fool as
to expect that I would marry such
a girl as you are. Yoa did not ex*
pect that I was taking you off to
marry you, when you got up be-hind
me; yoa no doubt thought I
would take yon to Asheboro, and
keep yon there as a base . Pre-pare
to die."
"My Lord, what shall I dot"
said Naomi, " You know I have
loved you with my whole sonl: I
have trusied you, aud when you be-trayed
me, I uever reviled yon.
How often did 1 tell you that you
did not intend to many me! how
many times ditl I beseech you to be
honest with me 1 And after all,
you certainly will uot drown me.—
O Jouatban, for heaven's sake take
me out ot this river! Do, O ! do.
O spare my life! I will never ask
you to marry me, I will leave the
country, I will never mention your
name agaiu, aud "
Lewis stopped short her eutreaties
by grasping her throat with his left
hand; her struggles immediately
threw them both from the horse.—
Being a tall, strong man, he held
her above the water until he tied
her dress above her bead, and theu
held her under beneath his foot
nntil he was alarmed by a glare of
torches approaching along the road
he bad just, come. lie mounted bis
horse and stashed1 out of the river on
the -.null side.
Mrs. Davis lived at no great dis-tance
trom the river, and had heard
the death screaming of poor Naomi.
She had beard the startling cry U
the villain caught her by the throat;
then she beard the wild Wail wheu
she arose from the witter, and lastly
the si illeii sobs as she was muftled
in her dress. The old lady called
her boys and hid them hasten to
the ford, that somebody was mur-dered
or drowned ; but they were
afraid to go, they hesitated anil
parlied; at last they set out with
glaring torches, but it was too late.
They arrived only iu time to hear
the murderer leaving the opposite
bank. Tbey neither saw nor heard
Naomi. She was already dead, her
last scream had died away, her last
grasping groan bad ariseu through
the rippliug waters, aud her body-was
floating amid the willows of a
turf-island. A pure aud beautiful
damsel, she bad attiacted the ad-miration
of a cold beart.d world
without gaining its reaped; her
pathway had been waylaid by I hose
who thought poor,tinpiotectcd beau-ty
bloomed only to be blasted.—
tier pure anil ardent nfiectious hav-ing
uever enjoyed the sunshine ol
love were ready to grasp the first
support that offered. She had given
her heart to a deceiver; she had
trusted her life to a destroyer, and
the murmuring waves that, now-bathed
her lifeless form, anil rocked
her on their cold bosom, were the
only agents perhaps, that had ever
acted towards her without selfish-ness.
Early on the next morning the
people of her home were searching
iu all directions for Naomi. Mrs.
Adams had'passed a sleepless night;
a strange impression had instantly
fixed itself upon her mind as soon
as Naomi was missed; and in her
broken slumbers during the night,
she was aroused by sometimes
imagining that Naomi called her,
at other times by dreaming that she
saw her dead, aud again by think-ing
she heard her screaming. At
early dawn she aroused the vicinity,
and going to the spring, the tracks
of a horse were readily discovered,
and by the sign it was evident that
Naomi had mounted from the
stump. The company followed the
track until Mrs. Davis and her boys
were met coming in haste to tell
the circumstance of the proceeding
evening. The oltl lady told the
crowd of the screaming she heard ;
that the boys had gone down with
lights aud had beard a horseman
galloping from the opposite bank.
" Ah !" said the old lady, " mnr
deHs been done, sich unyearthly
screams can't come of nothing; they
made the hair rise on my bead, anil
the very blood cnrdle in my heart.
No doubt poor Naomi's been drown-ed.
O! ef I had been young M I
wonst was I would a run down
there and killed the rascal afore he
could agot away! What is the
world coming to f*
The company hastened to the
river and in a few moments discov-ered
the body still muffled in the
clothing. 8he was quickly borne
to the shore and laid upon a rock ;
upon the fair neck of the dead were
still to be seen the marks of the
rnffln's fingers. The coroner was
sent for, the jury summoned, and
the verdict pronounced, " Drowned
by violence." Some one ot the vast
crowd now assembled, suggested
that Lewis should be sought and
brought to the corpse it ere was in-terred.
This was assented to by
acclamation, but who would doitt
Who wonld dare to apprehend a
LEWIS t A firm, brave officer of
Randolph accepted the task, and
having selected his company from
the numerous candidates, for every
youth on the ground offered, pro-ceeded
to Asheboro.
Soon as Lewis saw the light com-ing
while he was at his work of
death, as above said, he dashed out
ot the river, having no doubt that
the water would bear the body into J
the deep pools below the ford, and !
render discovery impossible. We I
have seen that in this he was dis-appointed.
Leaving the river, he
rode rapidly round to another ford,
and hastened to his father's near
Centre meetinghouse. He dashed
into the room where his mother was
sitting and asked for a change of
clothes. -The old lady alarmed,
asked him why he came at that
time week, (for he usually came on
Sunday,) why he was wet, and why
he looked so pale and spoke in such
a strange voice. He- replied that
be had started home on some busi-ness,
and that his horse had fallen
with bim in the river, and that his
wet clothes made him look p»\e,
and altered his voice. His mother
had too much sagacity to believe
such a tale, but she could obtain
from him no other.'explanation.—
Having procured a change of ap-parel,
he departed and arrived at
Asheboro early next morning.—
Biding np to Col. Craven's, he called
at the door: Mrs. Craven answered
the call, ana exclaimed in astonish-ment:
« What's the matter, Lewis; what
have von been doing: have you
killed Omi Wise I"
Lewis was stunned; raising bis
hand and rnbbing his eyes, he said,
" Why, what makes you ask me
that question f
" No particular reason." said Mrs.
Craven, " only you look so pale
and wild; you don't look at all like
yourself this morning."
Lewis made no reply, but the
flushed countenance which be ex-.
hibited, would have afforded no
small evidence to a close observer,
that somethiug was wrong. So
true is it, " That the wicked flee
when no man pursneth." Leaving
Asheboro, Lewis went to a sale at
a Mr. Hancock's, at a place now
owned by Thomas Cox. During
the day, it was remarked by many
that Jonathan Lewis had a cast of
countenance by UO means usual.—
Instead of that bold daring inde-pendence
thai was usual to him, he
seemed reserved, do wucastimd rest-less.
By indulging freely iu drink,
which was always to be had on such
occasions, he became more like him
sell toward evening; and even ven-tured
to miuglo with ladies. For
it should be observed that in those
days the ladies attended vendnes,
elections, musters. &c, without
derogation to their character. And
in very many places a young man
showed his gallantry by collecting
the fair ones whom he would honor,
andcouducting them to some wagon,
where his liberality was displayed
by purchasing cakes, cider, Ac-
Let it not be supposed that this cus-tom
was confined to the low or vul-gar,
for the practice was well nigh
uuiversal- Our lady readers must
not think it beuca.h their dignity
to read of such characters, for
our mothers, and perhaps them also
have received such treats. Lewis,
on the occasiou above named,
seemed particularly attracted by
Martha, the daughter of Stephen
Huzza. After waitiug upou herac-cording
to the uiauuer of times,
Lewis accompanied her home. The
mauner of courtiug at that day,
was very differeut from what now
prevails; the custom then was for
the \oiing to remain in the room
tiler the old people retired, then
seat themselves beside each other,
aud there remains till 1- or 1
o'clock. Lewis bad taken his seat
aud drawu Martha into bis lap;
rather a rnde move even at that
time, and not a little contrary to
Martha's will—when a gentle rap
was heard at the door. While the
inmates were listening to hear it
repeated! the door opened, and
Bobcrt Murdock, the brave officer
who had pursued Lewis entered,
attended by a retinae that at ouce
overawed the unarmed murderer.
He suffered himself to bo quietly
arrested and taken back to the river
bank, where his victim still remain-ed.
He put his band npou her face,
aud smoothed her hair, apparently
unmoved. So greatly was the
crowd incensed at this hard hearted
audacity that the authority of the
officer was scarcely sufficient to pre-vent
the villain's being killed noon
the spot. The evidence agaiust
Lewifl, though circumstantial was
deemed conclusive. The foot-prints
Irotn the stump to the river exactly
fitted his horse; hairs upon the
skirt on which she rode, were found
to fit iu color; a small piece torn
irom Lewis's accoutrement, fitted
both rent and texture ; his absence
from Asheboro, and many other
minuter circumstances all conspired
to the same point. In proper form
he was committed to jail in Ashe-boro,
to await his trial. A vast
company on the next day attended
the reuiaius of Naomi to the grave.
The whole community monrned her
uutimely death; the aged wiped
the tailing tears from their wrinkled
faces; young men stood there in
deep solemnity and sighed over the
fair one now pale in death; many,
very many maidens wept over be-trayed
and biased innocence, and
all were melted in grief when the
shroud hid the face of Naomi for-ever.
The writer knows not the place
of her grave else wonld be visit that
lonely place he would place at ber
head a simple atone, to tell her
name, her excellence and ber ruin ;
he would plant there appropriate
emblems, and drop a tear over the
memory of ber who sleeps beneath.
" Oh! fair as the wild flower close to thee
growing,
How pure was the heart till love's witch-
Like the wind of the South o'er a summer
lute blowing,
It bushed all iu muaio and withered its ■ _
frame. extermination by starvation, can no
The yonng village maid, when with flow-1 longer be delayed, they assemble in
nJSJfaSST. . . a.^, .. 4»anU€«s. thoneands in some of the
Her d„k flowing hair fo, some feetivri | moantain valleys leading into the
Will think of thy fate tlU neglecting her ] P*"* 'nd tbe T"** *™y of exil
usaaee.
She inounfnily
trttigjB error for pliutaWBLJI Tlahoossee prin-ipels
are well lraa^wa*e%jsu. [Be- ^zas&~**- .-a oquires undoubted loyalty to the
national government, [Grant) and
equal and exact protection for every
American wtixen. [Provided he
votes the Radical ticket.) It holds
that all governments derive their
powers from the consent ol the
governed [South Carolina and Lou
Uiana are lllasCn'ionsJ and that the
object of government (a to produce
the greatest good to the greatest
Norway Rate on a March
Norway rats, to avert a famine,
have a singular way of proceeding.
When the time for the settlement of number [of Radical poUUuao*.
the question of partial extermination' The carrytag into execution of
for the benefit of the race, or total, these principles is neoeasarily left
to the members of the party, [loyal
turns from ths mirror
[TO BR CONTINUKD.]
Important to Registers of
Deeds and Mercants and
Tradesmen.
The new revenue act having
changed the times for listing amount
of receipts. &c, by persons carrying
on licensed trades, and as some dif-ficulty
existed in the mind of the
Begister of Deeds as to when the
change should take place, &c Capt.
W. W. White addressed a letter to
the Treasury Department, asking
an official opinion in regard to the
matter. The Treasurer on yester-day
forwarded to Capt. White the
following opinion :
STATR*OP NORTH CAROLINA, )
TREASURY DEPARTMENT \
Raleigh, April 3d, 1871. >
W. W. W\itex Eiq., Register of Deeds,
dSc., Raleigk, if. C. :
SIR :—Yours of 31st ult. received.
Yoa state as follows: "By section
'X of the act to raise revenue it is
made the duty of all persons carry-ing
on licensed trades to list the
amount of receipts, etc., on the 1st
of January and July, &c. By the
last act the person trading had to
take out a license on the 1st of A
pril, which tbey did, but have only
paid to last January. The license
expires the 1st ot April. I desire
to know if such persons most wait
nntil the 1st of July to take out their
license, payiug the back taxes from
1st of .January, or must the parties
continue to take n'it license as here-tofore
on the 1st of April."
I am of opinion that, as the law
requires merchant.-, to pay a tax ou
purchases for preceding six months
they can list the amount of their
purchases to the Register of Deeds
the first time under the present law,
ou the 1st of July. By sp doing
their licenses will not be interlered
with, as it was not necessary to
have an annual but a quarterly li-cense,
anil their last quarterly li-cense
was given as on 1st of Jan-nary,
1874. I ilo not eonsider.there-tbre,
that the merchant wonld be
carrying ou business without license
from 1st of April to 1st of July.
The same rule that applies to mer-cli.
m's.as indicated in the foregoing
opinion, applies also to other classes
of traders that are required to list
their receipts or salts.
The Sheriff's receipt for the tax
serves as a license to do business.
The only form of license to be used
by Sheriffs is prescribed in Section
38, Schedule B, and the Sberifl
shonld always use that form in sub-stance.
I have answered yonr inquiry
more fully, p i haps, than was con-templated,
bnt uot more so than
the importance of the subject sug-gested.
Very respectlnlly,
D. A. JENKINS,
State Tresnrer.
The Chin-
Fortune-tellers are generally skill-ful
pbysiguomists, aud all the fea-tures
of the human face do their
share in enlightening the under-standing
of the seers. The chin at
the present day is rather difficult to
read ou account of the increasing
custom of wearing a* beard. A
good chin should neither project nor
retreat much. A very retreating
chin denotes weakness, and a very
projecting one harsh strength, uni-ted
with firmness amounting to ob-stinacy.
A pointed chin generally
denotes acutenesa. A soft, fat,
double chin generally denotes a love
of good living, and an angular chin
judgment aud firmness. Flatness
of chin, implies coldness; a round,
dimpled chin, goodness; a small
chin, fear; sharp indentings in the
middle of the chin, point to a cool
understanding. The color and text-ure
of the skin and of the hair, and
beard have also direct harmony
with the features. These should be
studied more tbau they have been.
A facility in drawing faces is of
great use' to the student of physiog-nomy,
as it enables bim to note \<v-euliaiities
of features which no writ-ten
description would be capable of
peserving.
In the early history of Massachu-setts,
when a bounty was paid for
wolf scalps, an Indian used to bring
scalps every year to the oonnty
treasurer and receive his oonnty.
I At length the treasurer said to him:
1 "Why don't you get the old wolves
as well as the yonng ones! All your
I scalps are young." "It me kill the
| old ones," was the shrewd reply,
"me have no more scalps." The
rngue had been keeping the old ones
for breeding, to briug bim in an an-nual
allowance.
being selected, they poor aerosa the
country in a straight line, a living
stream, often a mile in length and
many yards in breadth, devonring
every green thing in their line of
march, the country over which they
have paaaed looking aa if it bad
been ploughed or burned with fire.
Tbey march principally by night and
in the morning, resting during the
day, bnt never seek to settle fn any
particular location, however abund-ant
food may be in it, for their final
destination is the distant sea, and
nothing animate or Inanimate, if it
can be surmounted, retards the
straight onward tide of advance.—
Foxes, lynxes, weasels, kites, owls,
etc ,hover on their line of march and
destroy them in hundreds. The
fish in the rivers and lakes lay a
heavy toll upon them,and vast nam
bers are drowned and die by other
accident in "flood and field" but the
survivors, impelled by some irresist
ible instinct, press onward with no
thought of stopping, nntil they lose
themselves in the sea, sinking in
its depths as they become exhausted,
in such numbers that for miles their
bodies, thrown np by tbe tidclie pu-trefying
on the shore.— Temple Bar.
An Irishman was once token to
see tbe wonders ot Niagara Falls.
He did not seem to think it tremen-dous
after all. His friends asked
him—"Don't yon think it is a won-derful
thingf "Why U it a wonder-ful
thing I" asked the Irishman.
"Dout you see," said his friend,
"that immense body of water roll
ing down the precipice!" Says he
—"What's to binder it!"
Important Decision.
Jndge Hughes, successor to tbe
late Judge underwood as Federal
Judge for the district of Virginia,
has recently made an important de
cision in a case tried in tbe city of
Norfolk. The gist of the dicision,
ss we learn from an exchange, is aa
follows:
Not only, therefore, is it conso-nant
with tbe liberal spirit of com-mercial
jurisprudence and of the
bankrupt law ot this court to refuse
to make the partnership of these
bankrupts the means of disabling
them from sharing the benefit of
exemption which tbey would have
as bankrupts, but tbe express lan-guage
of the acts gives them tbe ex-emption
as partners. I have there-fore
made an order allowing each
of them so mnch of the $600 ex-emption,
respectively, as '.heir indi-vidual
estates surrendered iu bank-ruptcy
may not be sufficient to pro-vide.
This allowance is to be exclusive
of the poor debtor's exemptiou which
has been set apait to them.
The Daily Argus,o( Leaven worth,
is no more. The editor of the Ar
yux, in writing tbe obituary of hi*
paper, sums ap the history of his
enterprise in the following racy
fashion :
About fonr months ago we took
possession of this paper. It was
then in the very act of pegging out,
and we breathed in it lour months
more life than it otherwise wonld
have bad, bad we uot taken posses-sion
of it. Having neither friends,
money, nor credit, we pat into it
all our surplus cash, and every dol-lar
of our friends we could get, bnt
as everybody will see, it is no go. -
We presume our enemies will re-joice,
especially Simon Abies, D. R
Anthony, and W. McNeil Clough ;
but we have bad tbe satisfaction of
ventilating Simon and Daniel to our
fullest extent. We did it because
we believed them both to be villlans
of tbe deepest dye. Either the peo-ple
of the city don't appreciate onr
efforts, or we don't know how to
run a paper. We went into the
business determined to run it or
bust. We nave busted. During
our connection with the Argus we
made some friends and numerous
enemies. The former will have our
gratitude while life lasts; the latter
are effect innately requsstod to go
to hell. With these few remarks
we take oar leave of public life, and
now propose to enter into a field of
more usefulness, and if God is ~
ing we will never go into the u
paper business again."
Good and Bad Workmen.
George Elliot, tbe lady novelist,
one of the keenest observers of men
and things, makes note of one es-sential
difference between workmen
who take pride in their trade and
those who are indifferent, and ex-presses
her thoughts through one of
the characters of Adam Bede : " I
can't abide to see men throw away
their tools i' that way tbe minute
the clock begins to strike, as if they
took no pleasure i' their work, and
was afraid o' doin' a stroke too
much. I hate to see a man's arms
drop down as if he was shot before
tbe clock's fairly struck aa if he'd
never a bit o' pride and deligbt iu's
work. Tbe very gridstone'll go on
turning a bit after you loose it,"
offloe-holders], if otneera have I
chosen by the party who
shown a faithful adheraoee to nrJav
ciple, [Another typographies! error
for plunder. | and proven theaaatlTes
in every way competent to die-charge
the duties of the office [and
show their Republicanism and oa-pacity
by stealing much they will
not bo turned outj. But if others
have shown more love for offlee
than for principle, [Bead '•for n-in-oiple
than for office) or if thej have
been weighed in the belannes and
bund wanting in integrity [misprint
for rascality) in the qualifications
necessary to fill the office with
credit [ profit) to thetaselves and
the party, let not tbe man stand in
the way ol principle. [Ajiothar
mi8print.| Let him drop Into the
ranks, [Like Geo. Nason, a Radical
who dared to~ tell the truth, thus
violatiug one of. tbe narrtl—I
principles of our partyl or if, need
be, ont of the ranks [if be wont Us
for us snd help us to humbug
negro) and let tbe Republican '
march onward under new lea
[who are impatient to get their fin-gers
in the pie and gobble a share
ef the public plunder] but wader fit
old flag [which is a good thing to
hide onr devilment]—Beieip* Bra.
We have thrown in the paren-thetical
temarks in tbe above ex-tract
to make the meaning clear to
those who might not quite under-stand
the language, in consequence
of tbe misprints and tbe careless
manner in which it in written. The
author should take more pains and
read his proof closer it be wishes to
be understood.
One of tbe great evils of society
i is a religious man whose duties to
God are so many that he has no
time for his dnties to bis fellow-men.—
BweAer.
The following is the speech said
to have been delivered by Gary In
tbe taxpayers convention which
riled Grant so that he could "scarce-ly
restrain" himself.
I for one am unwilling to be
knocking at the door of the White
House for political or other favors;
I am williug to concede that Grant
is a great soldier, fit to have stood
by Oesar, Napoleon, William tbe
Conqueror, or Washington, if needs
be, and given directions in battle;
but by accepting presents of great
value in violation of his oath of of-fice
; in throwing the responsibility
of his speculation with Fisk&Gonld,
whereby be made twenty-five thou-sand
dollars, upon his wife, he has
tarnished and thrown away a fame
that might have perpetuated bis
name for all time. I am not suffi-ciently
sanguine to hope for any
sympathy, much less practical aid,
from Congress. Tbe sympathy and
aid will rather be extended to their
confederates in crime.
German Emigration to ths Caroli-na*.—"
ll never rains but it pours"
is n proverb which seems likely to
be exemplified in the case of the
line of steamers from Charleston.
In addition to the Liverpool line (in
futurity), we now learu that an otter
baa been made by a responsible
firm in Germany to put on a line of
steamships between Bremen and
Charleston lor the carrying of em-igrants,
"with A guarantee that they
will deliver live hundred per week
on very liberal terms," It is not
long since that the German Govern-ment
was inclined to check emigra-tion
with tbe strong band; bat it
mnst have more liberal view* now,
else this proposed wholesale depor-tation
by steam wonld not be possi-ble.
What tbe "liberal terms'are is
not sated.—New York BmUtHm.
Grace Greenwood, in a recent
Washington letter, tells a little story
of a family of Missouri "crackers"
careless, shiftles. intolerably lazy,
the daughters of which were accus-tomed
to go barefooted till the soles
of their feet became hard like onto
horn. One of tbe young ladies, on
coming home one day from a long
tramp in the rain after the cows,
was standing on the hearth drying
her clothes, when her old mother
drawled out, "Sal, thars—a—live
coal—under—yonr foot." The
girl slightly turned her bead, and
drawled back, "tchiek—foot, mam
myt" ^__
A petrified tooth, embodied in
iron ore. was lately tnsoovered near
Middlebtrg, Pa.
Tbe Rev. J. F. W. Ware, In his
lectures on " Tbe Conduct of Life,"
speaking of marriage said "A young
man in making his choice should
seek a woman lovable for all things,
and not a woman to be a figure-head
for an establishment. Youngmeoof-often
make itan excuse for not marry-ing
that they cauuot bear the expense
and this matter ot extravagance
is responsible tor the modern insti-tution
of batchelor lite than which
there is nothing more prophetic of
death to manly virtues and rugged
character. A man bad better make
bis will and cut his throat at once
than marry a giddy, fashionable
fool; but if be wants a woman to
stand by him as sharer alike of his
joys and troubles then is the plea
of expense groundless.''
A very curions tradition is said to
exist among the natives of Abyssin-ia
with regard to the origin ofburial.
They say that when Adam found
tbe body of tbe murdered Abel be
carried it about upon his shoulders
for twenty days, not knowing how
to dispose of it. Tbe Almghity took
pity on him, and sent forth a crow
with its dead yonng one on its back;
and the crow flew before Adam
nntil it came to a tract of sandy
ground, in which it dag a hole with
its feet and there buried its yonng
one. And when Adam saw this he
dug a grave in tbe sand and buried
bis lost boy in it.
"Madam,"said a polite traveler to
an old lady, "if I see fit to help ay-self
to this milk, is there any impro-priety
in itf "I don't know what
you mean; but if you mean to say
there is anything nasty in that milk
111 give yon to understand you've
struck the wrong house. There isn't
a single hair in it, for aa soon as
Dorothy told me the cat waa drown-ed
in the milk, I went and strained
it right over."
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