The Greensboro patriot [April 28, 1875]

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The Greensboro Patriot.
Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1875. | New Series No. 371.
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N. n. D. WILSON!
LIF»; A. FIRt: INSURANCE AGENT,
Greensboro, N. C,
EPRKSKNTS iir>,-<!:.-- Con
nilh an atfKr,'K!,,f «• 11»11 .i i »>1 OYCT
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and can carry a fell line at tan nua
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of
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•ho trill at all tiroes be glad to wail OD
all irbo Satire cither
Life or Fire Policies.
mar I4:ly
Professional Cards.
JollN N.MAI-I.KS.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES.
. ; IUL'M.VS AT LAW,
«: It EENSHOBO, W.C.,
Book-
, ■ itokea, Kan-
- . r S.Circuil and
Mention P™" '"
Stale, and to
i \ rib ol Court.Heue*.
.1. |. BCALBS.
LBS & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
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,• .].,. ralCourta.
Uleud the Frobate
■■ Wentworth
v every uioiitb.
N. II. D. WILSON. CIIAB. E. SHOBXB
Mll.'»\ * HMBHt,
B .A. N K. .E I-t S .
QREBNSBOBO, X. C,
(South Elm Street, opposite Express Office.
Bl'Y ami sell <>•>>■! ami Silver, IIIIT.H- Note*,
Stale and Government Bond*, Kail Koad
Bsoek* and Bonds, etc.
£5> Beceirs Money on depoait I ibject 1"
BIOMT CHECK; ai',.1 allow inlereM
in Wind upon ume deposits ol'tiTtKhM ^
ur SPECIE.
DiMcount nuHini'Hy I aperl
ollec lions made at all WMSSiMe points.
Sept. 16th, IT
e^oro Boofc s
^CHAS. 0. YATES. iff %
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■ tH"S i.VS \T LAW
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l-OKM IN I'.WKIM'PTCY,
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ute and Federal Courts,
lo muter* in
• ariiiing under luter-
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Col •-. lion* in
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UUEGOKY.
AT 1 6 R N BYS AT LAW,
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bail in anj »f the
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(JOKKI I ■ •'- BAKKINGER,
ATTOKNEYSAT LAW,
UREEXSBORO, N. V.
. ■ , of Alamann,
, luilford, Kaudolph,
tl eir band! will be
, atlouded lo.
, ., r Court Home.
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*D. A. 4. R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
WATCH MAKER.
JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN,
Qreensboro, .V. ft
Has constantly on band a splendid aaiorl
mem of Fashionable Jewelry, and aome
■plendid Wticket aaa doefa.
Whit li will be »old C.'lii-iM' lor <'»Bh
, ILOWBU. jyWajobee, Clooka, Jewelry, SewingMa
obioea.and Fiatvla repaired oheap and on anorl
uolice. An aaaorted atoek ul linua.FMtola,
Cartridn«a, Jfco., alwayn on hand.
Mar. ll ly.
1^ |H. Caldrlousli.
j. Faiinij Urocer and C itioner,
gnrfl Kl« Mitel, Ore ■ v- ' •
Keapaeuuatentl] on band i fall line ol
Orooeriee and Confeoti rioe, »neb M
ley sn^,ir. coffee, molaatiee! a)' upa, lean, meal,
dour, baeou, eandy, i aum d fri ila, aiid
fancy gioesrlra of everj deaeriptiou, alao
Mn- i n:.' -i atook of cigar*, lobaeeo, pipea
1 ami annJl over kepi in I ri m. N-'»
go< de ,in iving every week.
ap. --' Ij •
Gl K-iiislioro Hiiaon
j WOKKS
If you "am a g 1 aubataniial wagon go 10
,1 A- t'. Lewie', B • ■ • ■' "Hi" ■ "'■-
am with lineh pin "i Tbimbla akein ax • - ■
hand „. aiadeto order. Alao Blackan
anil i ral repairing done on aliorl
I ,i, workmanebip inaimi-r. Workehop
near the Depot. J- * C. LEvi IS.
leb. 10, ly.
A MORNING HYMN.
[By WHO.)
I'M lilnsh beapeaka tlm morn,
H. • re old Sol cornea up t„ view,
Llglll'a pearly gatea are open thrown,
And out ahe glidea in roaeate line.
•»,| S nna now takes flight,
And following bard the atara pliraoe,
While on bar ebon winga the night
Fliea off, and leavea Mi' unclouded blue.
The joyful lark high aoareon wing.
An,', far trie matin DOtea are spread.
High in the loftieal heavens to ring—
For there lo hail the suu he'a sped —
While all the warblera in each grove,
Waked by the echo Iron bis slraiu,
Pour forth their gladeome aonga of love,
Ami Mien, like hint, lake wing again.
And now, behold ! the morning breaks
With all ii- beauty on our eight,
Gilding the mountains, s.-as and lakes
With lambent flame* of liquid light.
While playful zephyr* kiss the (lowers,
Inhaling aweetneea from each bud,
Then glide away thro' grove* and bowers.
Till they the earth with perfume* flood.
See, dew drops bright, like iliau Is lie,
Now sparkling on each leaf and stem
Thai quiver* 'neath the sun-lit iky—
Civing to earth a gorgeous sheen —
While all the blossoms of the field
Like queens arrayed in costly gems,
Send up the fragrance that they yield
To heaven, on morn's first golden beam*.
How calm the heavens and earth appear,
And aweet the silence that holds reign
In majestic beauty, everywhere,
With all that's lovely 111 her train.
Oh! peerlesa hour of early morn.
What ro'd be earth without thy charms!
But one eternal, bitter storm
Ofc larae debate and false alarms'
i ■'Yoo seem to be certain of your How Coal is Formed.
art," said I lie major's second, " and TI.,. ,.i.i n . .1. <■ ... ,, Jneobl theory ol the lortuaiioti
: it is tlierelore nobeon vour part to .<„„„,: ..... ■? „. , . ,
al,l,ow .t,he rua-|or .t,he f-•irst. sh1 ot., * ot coal i> Unit it was loruied lroin
vegetation. These forms of vege-tation
grew on vast tresli water
bogs and marshes, and on lo-.v bills
in and around those niaislies. In
coilise of eemuiies the fallen foli-age,
trunks and branches iiceumu
ur regulattou. Tl.ere.ore, ,HVd beneath them to agreatdepth.
By a subsidence of I he land the
the water prevailed over all the re-gioti
in which this vegetation grew,
and sands, clays and gravels wen
well as your renunciation of the
first shot. Hut, nevertheless, 1, as
well as all here assembled, cannot
allow it. You are here alone, and
witbonl seconds. You have come
under
sir. shoot.''
" 1 do not wish to seem sure of
my nit, but bb sure of it. I never
juke. With my pistols I hit to a
certaiuty, of which von shall soon
be convinced. " John,'' and he
called his jockey, " throw some-thing
up in the air."
The jockey pulled out his hand-kerchief.
" No," said the captain,
"something smaller, a piece of
money, a button or something of
the kind."
The jockey pulled a plum out of
his pocket.
'• Good, John," cried the captain,
" now throw it high up in the air."
The jockey threw the plum up;
the captain aimed; there was a
flash and a report, and the plum
came sporting down bursted into
many pieces.
An involuntary bravo, escaped
the lips of the lookers on. The
major turned pale as death.
The captain did not speak anoth-er
word about the plum shot, but
quietly reloaded bis pistol in pres-ence
of the second, and went back
to lake his place.
The major had also regained some
ot his coolueSS."
Shoot, major," cried the captain.
THE DUEL
BY LEON OB ll'Kll.
The second wanted to interfere, 'Portions to
him back and
glier, "Shoot,
.
1 S01 ih Carolina.
r'a Hank.
ODELL, BAGAH A CO.,
Wholesale l'ealers in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
(Jrccnxburo, N. C.
Jan. SO, 1876-ly.
Lime. Lime. time.
1011 Barrels IIKST I.iin.-. Fresh
and ill large barrels. Call and see ii
C. G. YATES.
3S . A- SHBE/MA.2ST,
Orcenxboro, X. C.
, I I .CM 10 til*'
:.s of
Greensboro,
and 1I10 ■urronn*
or the other of tu»<in
I tieii oihi e on
. . - ■ iiiram*' E«wt
r
* iv n fen 1 ce given, if dei
• ,. putroua during the
, : r eeil J1 :u 9.
llu\ins awwoeia
uil themeelrea
in the practice of
UKNTISTBY, CONTBAOTOB AND BUILDLK.
resiiectfullroffer yjL^g KicValions ami BpeoifiCAtioiU
'■"',l \f of the moat nwdern and approved
BIVIPB. rorniahed at moderate prices
Jaii. ■». l"?.r»:*')in.
N
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-W3&. COLLINS
t'uliiiii i
Wheel-Wright,
,,,\ . and 8yeamore Streets,
. V. C'.,
i.v, \> - ki, ps a full line of
and Oast Burial Ca»e»,
WJEWELERY AND WATCH
ESTABLISHMENT
7b Ihr Veoplt vf Urrrmlioro ami mrroutnlin'j
Country:
Having opened in your midst a Brat-ehta*
Wateh-Mak!ng and Jewelry Store, 1 re
spei ll'ully ask a share of your patronage.
Having served a long apprenticeship
i ,-i ,L.,r with one ol the most celebrated Watch
.llitkt' r, I HUrrlilHir, ^0j,roBOmetei makers in the country,
and having had Thin\ Yeal* Experience
in this business, ' confidently, believe I
eangive Entire Satisfactiru to all who
luav entrust their work 'otny care.
I shall keep constantly nn bawl a Good
Assortment of Gold and Bilvei Watches,
Clocks, Jewell v of all kinds, Spectacles,
Silver and Plated Ware, and Everything
in my Line Fine Gold Kings and Hair
Jewelry Made to Order.
My Store is the Book Store ofC.P. Yatee,
niider the Beubou 11, u-
Old Gold ami Silver Bought or Taken in
Exchange, JOHN CHAMBERLAIN.
Greensboro, N. C, Fl b. 9, l»7:,-ly.
w. C. POBTER A < »..
DKL'tiUlST 8
Walnnl ami Uos.w ood I olMils,
be turnished and delivered
nayain read
I images. Ac., a APOTHECAE-IEb.
. pi,win.
AMI
.- cash.
fob lTy
OH AS. a. YATES,
GROCERIES,
UNd Iron,
. II, 'N IMIT.S, ,\c.
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ELS 7VC3-0;
r« Star*!} lo Please
oil! GUESTS
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s; .n ind Blluel Factor)
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■ Sash,
S'l) DOOK FRAMES
jNINO, PLAINING, AC.
" . .,'.'» lot
i .. i iyi on hand, which
■old OB I -asunabl* leras.
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GREBS8BORO, X. ti.
feb 17. 1-75-ly.
wWhen von vi.it Salbbury,den i fa -
THE BOTDEN HOUSE;
A tine II, use, filled with n-w .,nd
Furniture, Carpet*! Silver Ware, AVo.
uacturei ,n,i neat loom*. We guarantee somethingl
„.| to eat, pofits aervann and a hearty
W.T. L1NTON,
M„r,h :s.-i!m. Proprletot,
JOB WORK
oi I,. i:u. UeMrlptlou,
Kxecated in the
Vi:itV mST STYLE,
And at New York prices, ;it the
Patriot Job Office.
CITY ART GALLERY.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Kxicuttd intli the Latest Finish and
in the Beit Style of the Art.
L. W. ANDREWS,
Garrett building, Greensboro, N, C.
July 14, 1874. Se. 17,73-ly
A strange-looking person sat in a
renowned coffee house or cafe, read
ing the papers, but at tbe same
time smoking a small clay-pipe and
drinking bis coffee with an air of
satisfaction lie wore a complete
suit of black, which was cut in the
latest style; a line white necktie or
scarf, being the only thing white
to be seen in his dress.
In stalked Major L,accompanied
by several military friends The
Major was far different in disposi-tion
and character from any ol his
comrades He possessed an ungov-ernable
passion to lidicule every-thing
and to persecute everything
with bis sarcasm; therefore be was
much feared by his companions.
The Major seemed to lie ill a
rather lively humor, and it appears
as though he was literally seekiug
for some one on whom to practice
his acquired habit of ridicule. The
pait.v in black whom lie took for a
school-teacher, on account of his
peculiar dress, had hardly been
espied by the Major, than lie slid
quietly behind his chair, as I hough
:: was accidental, and blew the
lighl out. His comrades laughed
The stranger coolly relit the gas ai
though nothing had happened, and
continued reading.
" Now," thought the Major, "I
know my man ; he will stand some-thing.'
1 lie therefore approached
him and said,sarcastically, " Good
evening, mj dear famulus,'1 at the
same time grasping bis hand, and
with it the pipe he held whieli was
thereby broken into pieces.
" Waiter, another pipe," trailed
out the man in black, seemingly
very quiet and cool.
The comrades of the Maj. laughed
still louder.
The Major called him a splendid
fellow.
As he could not ronse the ire of
this party, as was generally the
case with those whom he selected
as his victims, and also being in-vited
to take a hand in a game of
whist, he weut into one of the play-room
lolloweil by his entire suite,
and let the man in black sit quietly.
The party in black continued
reading his paper, and drank his
coffee, and seemed to have quite
forgotten the recent insults ot the
Major anil his party. But as soou
as he had ucished reading, he got
up and went into the room in which
the Major was playing, and step
ping up before him, and catching
him by I he lapel of the, coat, said :
"Sir! tomorrow morning we
tight, ami with pistols."
••So, so," interrupted the Major;
-will the schoolteacher bring his
rattan with him ?"
" You aie mistaken, sir, 1 am a
captain ill the British navy. To-morrow
morning we meet at the
Poet's l.ane."
The captain lell without another
word.
The entire company of yesterday
appeared at the appointed place
with the Major on the following
morning. The captain iu a mag-nificent
uniform awaited them, and
bowed very pclitely. The captaiti
not having auy secoud. otic ot the
major's suite volunteered to act as
such.
"Thank you,'' replied the cap-tain,
" I need no secoud. 1 have
my jockey with me, and should I
fall, he knows what is to be done.—
You are all men of honor, and will
but i he captain put
shouted it little roil
major."
The iii ijor shut and—missed.
"Sbool again major; you aimed
miserably. Should 1 lull it will be
lucky, not sloue loi you, but for
jail ul these gentlemen, because 1
intend lo make sou, one and all,
look into the muzzle of my pistol."
These, words seemed like shrieks
to the lookers on. Every one ex-cused
bimsell for having laughed
yesterday. The second said nothing
against the second Bhot, because
the major now shot lor them all,
then it this monster did not bite
the dust be would shoot liietn all
down like does.
The major raised his pistol and
aimed but even thing seemed swim-ming
before bis eyes. His Del VIIS
were unsteady.
The captain looked him straight
in the lace. At list he said: "Yes
terda.V 1 was ynur teacher iu joke;
to -day 1 will have to be your teach-er
iu earnest. You hold your
weapon too high. You will never
hit mi-.
The major shot and missed. A
hot perspiratiou could be seen on
Ih II anxiouscouutenauces.
Then the captain taised his pistol
and aimed aud lowered it again —
•• Major,''spoke the captain, ••you
an- a miserable creatuie. 1 en
The Tax on Bank Stock, Rail- ' Wonders of Cestial Cooks in
roads, &c. the Golden State
via Act concerning Bank; Railroads ' A reporter ot the San Francisco i
and all Transportation Companies. Chronicle gives an interesting ac-
The following important law, count of a Chiuese banquet held in (
forming a part of the Revenue Act, that city.
adopted by the late General Assem- The perfectiou to which the Chiu !
bly, has been furnished us officially B8** have carried their cooking was '
by the State Treasurer for publica- a matter of surprise to the reporter,
tion : i During the course an orange was
The cashier of each bank or bank-ing
association (whether State or
National) in this State shall give iu
Our Little Ones.
A Jermon Prom a Pair of Boots,
There lived forty years ago in
Berliu a shoemaker, who had a
habit of speaking harshly of all his
neighbors who did not feel exactly
as he did about religion. The old
pastor of the parish in which the
shoemaker lived heard of this, and
felt that he must give him a lesson.
lie did it iu this way. He sent for
the shoemaker one morning, aud
when he came he said to him, "Mas
ter, take my measure for a pair ot
boots."
"With pleasure, your reverence,"
answered the shoemaker. "Please
to take off your boots."
Tho clergyman did so, aud the
aid at the plate of each guest, shoemaker measured his foot from
The orauge itself seemed like any toe to .„.,,], an(i over tue in,tep, Bnd
otberonuige but on being cut open ,„„,,, all dowu in hta pocketbook,
denoiiteil i ■ '" lue boartl ot assessors for the fas f»nnd to coutaiu within tiK
ottve^and^Se^'ea township in which such bank or rind five kinds o. delicate jellies, and then prepared to lea
levin the land appeared ind ,>a"kl"K association is situated, all One was at first puzzled how to ex room,
vegetation covered its surfale is 8n»re» <•• stock composing their cor-1 Plam how the jellies got in and giv- Bui as he
befor, and in "t"e un ''oratinl''^ «•»* for a,1<l "' the , |"g up that train of reflection was
te.ials accumulated for another coal ",T f "V ^'""'i* 0t "a'd ?,aw8 I,?. ", Ti"'Se 31?°^ ^ k'"'w "»*
bed. Again the land, were sub- *Sta^Z3j*E22!!!2*2 oa**^ "*" "^^ "":
merged, and thus submergence and °' tWB b-tate' at^ ,,,e ,le>,os,ts of "" ! °Ut
emergence, each of long continu-ance,
succeeded each other as many
times as there arc coal-beds iu any
region.
A correspondent of the Sew York
Evening Post says that this theory
is all wrong, anil that coal is form-ed
from the gas produced by the
decomposition of the sedimentary
lime rock.
The oxigeu and hydrogen com-posing
water uniting with tho car-bon
of the limestone give the com-ponent
parts ot petroleum (hydro
carbon), bitumen, asphaltum, and
coal. These gases, tilteriug up
through the different kinds of sand-stone,
more or less spongy under
various pressures, leave a residuum
of carbon aud hydrogen behind,
united, iu the shales directly under
tiic sandrock, in the
was putting up the
measure the pastor said to him,
"Mister, my son also requires a
pair of boots."
"I will make them with pleasure,
your reverence. Can I take the
voting gentleman's measuref
"It is not necessary." said the*
Colored eggs were also served
non-residents. The value of the in the inside of which were found
franchise ot every railroad, canal, nuts, jellies, meats and con led ion
turnpike, plank road ana transpor- f'.v- When the reporter asked the
tation company, whether lying interpreter to explain this legeide
wholly or partly in this State, an- """'i Of cookery he expanded his
less exempt by law trom taxation, \ mouth in a hearty laugh, shook his pastor. "The lad is fourteen, 1ml
shall be given in by the president head and chiicklingly said: "Meli you can make my boots and hi*
or other chief officer of the said ean man heap smart,why he not till lr„m the same lasi.''
severalcorporationsonthedayfixed; dceoutT "Your reverence tint will iii'ver
by this act for the giving in of the After feeding upon birds' nests. i<™r reverence, that will
taxable property to the Treasurer, succulent sea weed aud a variety of ''"• S!ll(' 'he shoemaker,
the Auditor and the Governor of Chinese vegetables the reporter
the State on the third Monday iu wll° liked the course as far as it
April each year, and their valuation »*■* end was determined to go
shall be returned to the Countv through tho balance ■ informed tbe
Commissioners of any county in
which any portion of said road,
canal, or navigation work shall be,
waiter that he was ready for the
cats, rats, mice, iV.c, which he ex-pected
would be a part ot the entei
He was informed how
named above.
Iu proot of this theory he goes on
to say:
Tim Oniiudaga salt group of rocks
is now iu an active stale ot decom-position.
The water, with the chlo-rine
of soda set free, united passes
ill salt water, or brine, at Syracuse,
where, by evaporation, the chloride
of sodium, or common salt, is ob-tained.
Cat li'.uiii* arid gas and car-liiirctted
hydrogen gas or natural
burning gas set free, pas i upwards.
Sulphur, oxygen ami hydrogen set
tree from tho sources of the sul
phuric acid springs of the region
of this group. The soda, magnesia,
sulphur, lime, hydrogen, oxygen.
etc., from the sources of Saratoga,
Clifton and Avon springs. The de-cayed
and decomposing limestone.
freed of nearly all its parts except
sulphur and lime, forms the exten-sive
gypsum or plaster beds (sul-phate
of lime) of that region. The
gypsum beds extend in the form of
a haystack into the solid strata of
limestone like the decay in an ap-ple.
The harder layers of stone,
being slow to decompose, extend
like shelves into anil otteii through
the plaster beds. The gypsum un-dergoing
still further decay is
washed away by the action ot wa-ter,
leaving the extensive caves of
the lime rocks—the mammoth cave
of Kentucky, and Howe's cave of
New York, being noted examples.
Tho carbtin-iied hydrogen and
quired about you yesterday, and the carbonic acid gases being light-every
speaks ill ol you. In er than water pass up through the
two minutes you have ceased to eteiices and scams in the rocks,
Gltering through
and the tax upon such franchise so j tawment.
valued, shall be the same as upon ' eyer that such questionable game
property of equal value, and the did not form an article of Chinee*
tax collected, in each county and ''i"'1. snd the interpreter stated in
in the various pro- township shall be in proportion to i bis peculiar way, "News- paper
form the substances „„. ,„„„„, ,,, S|1(.h J^r;|m| or men heap lie about us."
works lying in such county or town
ship respectively ; and SOch taxes
shall be collected as when other
taxes are required by law to be eol-leeied.
The president or other chief
officer of every railroad shall, in his
returns, state the whole length of
said road, with what, kind of iron
laid and weight of same per yard,
and estimated valuation of road-bed
su|M-rsiiucture, which shall include
road bed. whether on land or atli
ticial foundation, rails, spike, frogs,
Bwiti lies, bridges, &C.
Buildings owned by or in posses-sion
of such company, including
station, section and warehouses,
giving number of each.
Shops, including all machinery,
materials, supplies or other species
Ol property connected therewith.
Engines, stating number.
The Presbyterian Church in tlii.s
and other countries numbers aboul
8,500,000 souls. They are divided
I np into a number of bodies. One
of them is the Presbyterian Church
ot the North. This Church lilllll
bers about 480,000 communicants,
with a constituency ol several mil-lions.
Since the days ol the H lor-niation
this Chinch has recoguized
iu its constitution the doctrine of
the life tenure of the ruling ul lay
elder, as it does the life tenure ol
the teachiug elder or preacher. In
the last few years a doctrine has
been promulgated in favor of "term
tenure" of tbe ruling or lay elder.
This is the question involved iu the
overture submitted to the Presbj
tery of that Church by the last I
General Assembly. This explains
interest manifested in this re
communion.
.,Passenger, In■■ix, dumpl, flat.- andi ,tl,l,C.. m,o, a, i......i».s,i,
other cars, stating number ot each siou bv people ol .ha,
'■'"'V, ,_ . . _, We learn that the Presbytery ul
Alother property of such rail- New Brunswick, the home ol Drs.
road company, except real estate McGi|| and Hodge, two of the mosl
given in the county where situated ilu|lortant 1IK.„ „, „,.,, church,
Hie president or chiet officer ol ;
every canal or navigation company
li.,
shall return the length of such canal
or work : with a statement of its
cost and estimated value of canal or
other work.
All boats and dredges belonging
to the company.
voted almost unanimously against
the chauge; also the Presbyterj ol
Albany. New York, and the West
minster Presbytery of Pennsylva
uia; also all the Presbyteries of
Kentucky. In all these Presbyter
les the elders have voted againsl
,. , itlhl.i.s- ciihnaiinigL.e' ,■ ailuiid" i- t■ iI s' a>• lliinttnle lp'<e.c\tu>
All other property, stating kind i ,jui. „mt «g ,„;„,„„. s,10Ui,| „, anj
live. Now I will be your teacher,
aud commaud you to pray to the
great and retaliating God, and ask
leave B residuum
the sand strata
behind—the oil
found under the spongy saml rocks (,.
and value.
Tiie president or other chief offi-cer
of every plank road and turn-pike
company shall give iu the
length of work and estimated value
ol the same, including all houses,
bridges and other property of the
case do so. The tables might turn,
and the elders might vote to make
also the ministry a term tenitu-.
Baltimore Gazette.
impany not otherwise returned.—
Capture of Whales.—Ou Tburs
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his loigiv. n.-.s.-.lo, jour sins. raj ol the Hamilton group being higher f„ tah „„. vaU^Unu on any prop- „„',,„. (! ,.,• k tl. Ml)I,. .„„„
that ;,i l"-"l'»- " ' .vou have .pro,, or purer carbon, r.s he rocks ,.Ity, ,„,, assessors shall regard the ,„,,,, 0ily espying one ol ll, ...... /...:,,
wronged may forgive you, and God are deeper and thicker, the lower |i8t returned asjmma/aeie evidence «-« of thedeeD soon save ebaae
will have mercy ouyonrsonl. Hats sand oil being light, the upper of t|„. vll|n„ thereof, but. such as- The whale was soon overtaken the '""•""* -v
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mi short notice
allow no mean advantage to be
taken of me."
The pistols were now loaded, fif-teen
paces counted off. and the op-ponents
took their places.
•• You are the insulted party."
said the inojoi's second to the cap-tain,
" and therefore hive the first
shol •
off gentlemen. When we speak
with the Cleat Master of the world,
it must be done with the uncovered
head."
All took off' their hats and the
jockey his cap. With his eyes up
lifted towaids heaven the captain
prayed fervently in behalf of the
major. The atern man's prayei had
touched all. The major's heart beat
audibly. He was now upon that
budge which separates life Irom
death.
" Amen '." came from all the lips.
Oh * the plum had touched all
hearts. All put their hats on again.
The hour ol death had com,■ The
major had not a single drop of blood
iii his COUUtence. He trembled HO
violently, that be was hardly able
to stand i rect. In order to end his
misery the captain aimed quickly
and—lowered his pistol, handed it
to his jockey . and said, "the man
is not worth a chilige of powder,"
ami left
The next evening he appeared
again dressed iu black, in the cafe,
but no one disturbed him.
Tin- major, of course, saw himself
compelled to resign his position in
tbe army.
CkangeofQauge—Taa Daily Katt
.-ays: "The Greensboro Patriot
propounds a series ol questions,
winch we commend in all candor to
the Patriot itself for an answer.
They arc questions which will real-ly
trouble no true North Carolinian.
When mixed up with the conflicting
interests of foreign corporations,
they may not be so clear."
We regret that tbe -W.r..- did not
answer the very pointed questions
of the Patriot. There are numbers
of "true North Carolinians"_in this
section, "not mixed up with the
heavy, or lubricating oil, the luhri- S,.SS0IS maVi it they deem needful,
eating oils being Irom the shallow avaj| themselves of other additional
wells aud thinner sands. evidence, under oath, as to the com
At the oil wells salt water aud pieteneas of the list and tbe affixed
carbiiictted hydrogen accompany valuations, but iu no case shall it
the oil. The old salt wells of Vir-ginia
were often ruined trom the
flow of petroleum into them. In
short, coal comes from the decom-position
of the sedementary rocks,
be reduced below the sum stated iu
the list, nor shall any railroad be
valued at leas than eight thousand
dollars per mile, and any county
harpoon thrown and the whalemen
and their boat was instantly follow-ing
the wake of a tish, measuring
about forty five leet in length iu his
rapid course through the water
finding all efforts to escape unvail
ll,g the whale snqu cheeked his
headlong career aud showed light.
The murderous bomb and the no
dissatisfied with a valuation ot the |esa effective \mM mastered him,
however and he was low,-,! to the
smile of surprise.
"1 tell you. master, to make my
boots and my son's on the same
last."
"Xo, your reverr.ice, 1 cannot da
it."
'•It must be—on the same last."
"Bat, your reverence, it is not poe>
Bible, it the boots are to fit," said]
the shoemaker, thinking to himself
thai the old pastor's wits were leap-ing
him.
"Ah, then, master shoemaker,*
said the clergyman, "every pair of
boots must be made on their own
last, if they are to tit. and yet you
think that God is to form all Chris,
nans exactly according to your own
lasi -of the same measure ami
growth in religion as \,mi-oil.—
i'.,..: will not do either."
The shoemaker was abashed.
Then he said, ••! thank your ret*
iiine for this sermon, .mil t will
iiy lo judge my neighbors less
ll it-lily lor the Itilure.''
What is the Tongue For.
Since Cod made the tongue, ami
Its never makes anything in vain,
we may be sun- Be made i, tor
some good purpose. "What is it,
then I" asked the teacher one day
ol her class.
'•lie made it, that we may pray
with it," answered one boy.
-To sing with," said another.
"To talk to people with," said*
third.
"To recite our lessons with,"* M- •
plied another.
"Yea, and I will tell you what He
did not make it for. He did not make
it for us to scold with, to lie wills,
or to swear with. He ditl not inean
that wo should say unkind, or fool-ish,
indecent, or impatient, worda
with it. Now. boys, think eveiy
use your tongue*, if yon
g them in tin- way Coil
ion lo. Do good with yonr
tongues, and not evil. Please God'
with it every day."— Vouinfl'liristian
being first gas, next Oil, and finally, board ol assessors may demand
with the earthly matter ol the shale, i ,|irolljj|, ,i„.jr commissioners a re-coal—
being anthracite oi bitiuui- bearing, wha-reupon tbe mattershall
nous according to the proportion ol be re-examined and all parties in
carbon as compared with the hydro- torested shall be cited and beard by
gen contained. the board with their witnesses, ex-cept
the franchise ol tbe Albemarle
'and Chesapeake Canal Company,
the v, 1,1,-1, shall be assessed by a board ,„ a(, Tms w.ls ,, ,.ow all(1 a ml„.|
world is the Falls oi Niagara, near ()) |ive persons to be appointed by , iiier am!nul tiii».ii the other, meas
American Wonders.
The greatest cataract in
Idle Girls.
It is a painful spectacle in faiui
lies, where the mother is tbedrntj
Ui see the daughters, elegantly
dressed, reclining at theii ease, w iili
their drawing, their music, their.
fancy wotk, and their reading, Iw"
gulling themselves of the lapse ui
boars, days and weeks, and novel
dreaming of their'responsibilities j
ferd Banks about eight miles from bat, as a necessary consequence ol
Beaufort and ten miles from More 11,.J,|1.,.t U| duty, growing weary of
their useless lives, laying hold ol
beach to be cut up and made into
oil. It is estimated that he will
yield about 1,500 gallons.
On the same day another whale
was captured aud lulled on Suakl
Lockport, N. Y., where the water the County Commissioners of Cur-j nring more than seventy leet in I every newly invented stimulent to
from the great tipper lakes forms a -Hack county, at their meeting in , |elJ(,"|, lim| yielding 3,000gallons ol' rouse their drooping energie
river of three quarters ol a mile in , April, one thousand eight hundred I (>j| sb,.. was despatched iu much j blaming their fate, when they dare
width, and then being suddenly ; .lmi seventy five, and annually
contracted, plunges over the rocks thereafter. In case any officer fails
in two columns to the depth of one to return the property as provided in
hundred and seventy feet each. I this section, the board of assessors
Tbe greatest cave in tbe world is
the Mammoth Cave iu Kentucky,
wbeie auy one cau make a voyage
on the waters of a subterranean
river and catch tish that are without
* The greatest river in the world is
the Mississippi four thousand one
hundred miles long.
The largest valley in the world is
valley of the Mississippi.
shall ascertain the length ot such
property in this State, and shall
assess the same in proportion to
length at the highest rate at which
property of that kind is assessed
by tiiein.
the same manner as the other, hai
poon,bomband lance being the weap-ons
used.
A large excursion party from this
city went down on an extia train
yesterday for the purpose of view
ing tin- lishes.—NaeberneJournal ol
Commerce.
An
e-et-noir opinion
the
contains five hundred thousand
In the days when ion
flourished at Baden Baden the
Prussian officers were strictly for-bidden
to play. One of them, how-ever,
dressed as a civilian, ventur-pilace
lo Napoleons on a color.
came up twice and the of-conflicting
interests of foreign cor-porations"
either who would delight
III reading lUCld answers to the
i'n.ii'i.i/'.« iuterogatories.—BeidsviUe
Xeics. ^_^___^___
It is with much sorrow that we
learn that Mrs. Carrie B. Norw 1
fcaptain Thorn
iqoare miles, and is one of the most ed to place
fertile and prolific regions ot tbe The color o
'l0be ficer was just about to take up the \ "" "
The greatest city parkin the money when his eye tell upon the 11 ;n
world isiu Philadelphia, It contains King ot Prussia, who was watching
over2,000acres. i tbe game with interest. In his
The greatest graiu port in the fright tbe officer did not dare to
world is Chicago. remove his Napoleons. The play
The largest lake in the world is 1 continued and the color came up a
Uke Superior which is truly an in- third, a fourth, a fifth time, and :$.-
land sea, being four hundred aud 200 francs were added to ins pile,
thirty miles loug and one thousand; bin Ibe winner stood molioniess,
feet deep- I ereot as it on parade, exacting the
The longest railroad m the world next instant to see all his winnings
is the Pacific ltailroad over 3,000 wiped out. The King put an end
Hodman in the ease ol Shaffer vs.
1). A. Jenkins. Treasurer oi the:
State of North Carolina, reaffirmsI
very positively the doctrine that,
tbe State cannot be sued through
its ollii:, is when they refuse to pay
the demands ol creditors, aud re»
s a decision ol I be Court be-low
rendered by Judge Tourgee.
We will publish the decision in full
as soon as possible, our columns
being at present occupied with the
publication ol Bpeecbea on the
Usury question—a question of HO
much interest that we make ■
apology to our readers therefor.—
Raleigh iVetc*.
not blame their Cod, for bai
placed them where thej are. These
individuals will often tell you, with
an air of affected cum pa-,-.on (loi
who can believe it real,) that poor,
dear mamma is working herself to
. death; yel no sooner do you pre*
Deoision.. An pose thai they should assist iis-a,
is quite ii«
Important
given on Monday by .lodge than they declare
have Tie secoud shot, he shall" shoot, one loved her, and her loss is dee--
nrst." | •>" deplored.
miles long.
The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the Natural Bridge over
Cedar Creek, iu Virginia. It ex-tends
across a chasm eighty feet iu
width ami two hundred aud fifty
feet in depth at the bottom of which
the creek Plows.
The greatest mass of solid iron iu
to his suspense by approaching aud
saying in a kindly mood: "I advise
you to draw in your winnings and
be quick about it, before 1 notice
you ; your luck canuot contiuue so
favorable."
The Hon. Wm. 8. Groosbeck has
made to the Park Commissioners ol
Cincinnati the magnificent douatiou
ot SoOjOOU, the sum to In- invested.
and the interest to be expended an
nnallv forever for music in Bornel
Woods Park.
•I like a good rainy day." -.ml
an idle boy ; "too rainy to go to
'•Idiot'.'" exclaimed a lady coming
out ol the theatre oue evening, as a
i° world is the Iroii'Mouiitaiu of! gentleman accidentally stepped on
Missour It is three hundred and . he. trailed skirt. "Which one ot | school, and just rainy enough to go
I fifty feet high, and two miles iu I us!" blandly replied the man. a fishing.''
[circuit.
berelemenl : iu short thai she would
never be happy if she had onijt iial*
so much to do.
The Worst Punishment.
••Vou do no: look as it you-nail
prospered by youa wickedness,'
said a geailcui.ni lo a. vagabond,
one day.
"I haven't prospered by it I" uried
the man. 'it's a business thai
ii'l pay. It I had given
the time to some honest calling
which 1 have -pent in trying t
a living without work. 1 might be
ii man ol property and character ins
stead ol the Homeless wietch I am."
He then told his history, and ends
ed by saying :
"1 have been twice in prison, and
[ have made acquaintance with iill
sorts of miseries in my life ; but 1
will tell you. my worst punishment
is iu beiii^ what I am."
Men cm steal our money,and rob
us oi our reputation, but no man
can defraud us of what we are.