The Greensboro patriot [July 21, 1875]

              THE PATRIOT
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AT GREENSBORO, W. C,
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Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1875. New Series No. 383.
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R. H. B. WILSON,
LIVE ii. FIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
naboro, N. C,
REPRESENTS Brst-elaes Companiet
»iiii mi aggregate i] lei ol ovai
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
andean osrrj I r«n lin.-at fair ratea.
lyOfflee, up -'- '• "'",| Wilson & Suo-b.-
r- Bank, under tbeoBolenl auperrialon
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who will ■>! all times lie glad SO wait OB
all who .I. -in- either
Life or Fire Policies.
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W1LMMI & SIIOBKB,
B A N IC E K S .
QREEN8B0RO, X. 0.,
i. street, ..pp.V...; ExpressOB -■
BrV;.„.i-..l. lii.l.l»...l Silver, HiyikNiH":
Bute ..:: i Government H..U.1-, Ball Road
gtockeand Bonda, oV«. . ,.
BTReeei.. Money on deposit aubwrt to
SIGHT CHECK and »''»». '"■^y
in kind I »"" 'i '-'•'(■'■KK|,-NLY
aJlec lions made al all accfsslbie points.
Sept. 16th, ly
^CHAS. 0. YATES.*
"*CN8BOBO, «•
"W. 13. FAH-BAB
WA'i'i-ii MAKER,
JEWELLER, OPTICIAN
.A-HSTO ENGBAVEE,
(liTinsbori), X. 0.
Baa oonelantly on hand a eplendid an I
ui.ui ..I Faabionable Jewelry, and Mini
■plendid H"' i ' «*••
winch will bo -old Cheap Wr Cu-I.
tyWi.;.'!.— Clock., Jewelry, Bewinglaa-i
bhMM,and Pl.toli repaired aheap and "i. -I'""
notice. An assorted stock of Oona.Piatola,
i .mi idges, & .-.. always on hand.
Mar. 14-ly.
(|.,.„,l,«.., »VuBo.. woRKg
If TOO wanl i. u- 1 .abatanrlaj wagon go to
.1 \ i'. Lewu?. Road noil plantation Bag-ill
linch pin or Thimble akeir. axlea on
band or made to order. Also Blackamitoing
aeii.l repairing done on ahortnotice
mill in workmanship manner. Workshop
near tin- Depot J- & V. LEWIS,
feb. 10, lrj
ODELL, RAGAH & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
QENEBAL MERCHANDISE,
Qreeruboro, X. V.
Jan. 211, in".Vly.
3ST. J±. SHEBMAN,
QreetuborOf A. C.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
PLANS, Elevations and Bpoolfloations
of tin' uoal mddern anil approved
styloa, l'iirtii>lii'*l at inoihirato jinccs.
Jan. 1, lS/.">:i"'iii.
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PR< I, SERVICES
• of Greeniboro.
FEES .Till: SAME AS I llo>i:
I liai o !■■'. Practicing
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D. A! &. S. F. ROBERTSON,
iSurg^on Dentists.
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JEWELERY AND WATCH
ESTABLISHMENT
| ,' a l; a(<o/ lirenutorv anil lurrouading
I'. ,mlry :
Hnvingopened In yonr midst a first-olaas
Wateh-Making and Jewelry Sim-, I re-speetfnll}
sak s si are of yonr patronage.
Having served u long apprentleeenip
with f she moat oelebratad Watea
and ohronometer makers in tin- eonntry,
and having lind Thirty Yeats Experience
in tlii-, bnainesa, I confidently believe 1
.mi give Entire Batiafaotirn to all who
may sntmat their work to my cure.
I ahull keep nnnntnntlj on haml a Good
AM rtnu al i i Gold and Silver Watches,
Cloeke, Jeweliy nf all kinds. Spectacles,
Silver and Plated Ware, and Everything
in my Line. Pine Gold Kings and HSU
Jewell v Miide In I Irder.
My Store i- tin- Look Store nf'C'.l). Yatea,
under the ltetlbow Mnll-e.
Old Gold ami Silver Bought or Taken in
Exchange. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN.
Qreensboio, N. i .. Feb. ;>, 1B75-Iy.
W« . rOHTDIt A CO..
DRUGGISTS
APOTHECABIES.
(1BEKSSBORO, X. C.
fell. IT. l-T.'.-ly.
JOB WORK
ml will DeHcrlpllon,
Executed in tho
VERY BEST STYLE.
And at New York prices, at the
Patriot Job Office.
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GREENSBORO
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SIKKI.K A- DsNirr, Proprieton.
Iri now prepare.! to turn out oh short notice
all kind* el'
Blinds, Doors, Hash,
WINDOW AND BOOR FRAMES
TURNING, PLAINING, &C.
In Cset any thing in building line. A large lot
Mmed luuiliei always on hand, which
will bed, I ->• .1 anil sold on reasonable leroie.
M a l-n
CHAS. G. YATES,
DBA] KB IN
STAPLE DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
SIIH-IS. Catting* and Iron.
House Furnishing Ci Is, and Manufacturer
OF TIN, SHEET IKON PIPES, AC.
Bsaahnahed In Greensboro
26 YEARS AGO;
Goods sold UeaaonabU fur Ciuh or liarter.
Oct. 1, 1874-ly.
ACT SOB'.
The undersigned repreeents
several Good I:i-ira:i. e Compa&iea, call and
take out a policy upon your life, also npon
vniir house, and not have to reirret it after a
while. CHAS. O. YATES, Ag"t.
Gr.eusboro, N. C, Sept. 10,16741y.
The Canby Constitution and
the Dying Hours of the Con-vention
that Framed It.
From the Wilaiiugton J"
To freshen recollection of our
people in irgard to the formation
of the Con-titiuioii that tbe Radi-cal
patty now affect to vonbiu iis
the peiiectiou of reaaou, we pre-sent
to our readt-ts two accounts ol
the closing hours ot the Convention
that «ave it birth. General Miles
then in command In the Stateand
; who it will be seen took part iu tin.
i disgraceful orgies is the s»me matt
who manacled Jeffeison Davis
while a prisonerat Fortress Monroe.
General I.lttleUeld another partici-pant
is the notorious railroad tint-1
and swindler, now a fugitive from
[justice. Mr. Rodman, who "threw
bis whole sou1 into the melody" as
he and others, black and whir,-, ol
the " dirty concern" yelled foilh
" John Brow's soul is marching on,"
is uow upon the bench ol the Su |
preuie Court of North Carolina, and
has jolt declared our City ('barter
unconstitutional, Kalvin .1., is Cal-vin
J. Cowles, the President oi the j
"dirty concern.'' The "Jaybird
from Washington,0 was E, W.
Junes, afterwards .Indue -the one j
who bad to resign bis office f.i . -
cape impeachment for drunkenness.
The first account we print was
sent to us by telegram as follows:
RALEIGH, N. 0., 17 March, 1868.
"The Constitutional Convention
adjourned to-day. The closing
scenes last night ami this morning
were very discreditable. Alter the
ceremony of signing the Constitu-tion
was gone through with (the
Conservatives having refused to
sign it, retired from the hall the
capitol bell was ordered to be rung
iu honor ol the event. The limit
was then cleared and the black and
white Radicals joined bands, in
honest social equality forming a
circle and commenced ;i sort of a
cornfield dance, singing such songs
as •■ Old John Brown's S >ul is
Matching On," and ■' Hang Jeff
Davis on Sour Apple Tree." The
greatest disorder prevailed.
• • Gen. Littlefield, who bad
been manipulating the financial
schemes ol the Convention among
others, made a glorification Bpeech
and closed by calling upon the body
to aid him in singing "Old John
Brown's Soul is Marching On,"
which was done, and was followed
by other songs of the same dis-graceful
character,"
The next account we print is
taken from the Raleigh Sentinel as
follows:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
[SO-CALLED.]—THE DISGRACEFUL
CLOSING SCENES !—CORNFIELD
DANCE AND ETHIOPIAN Ml.N
STREI.S—HAM-RADICALISM IN" ITS
GLORY.
After the members present bad
affixed their signatures to the new
Constitution on Monday night,
Tourgee moved tO take a recess for
a quarter of an hour, nourishing,
at the same time in bis hand, a
Freedman's Bureau song book.
The motion being put was car-ried,
and Tourgee then repaired to
the Secretary's desk and struck up
the song, " Well rally around the
Hag, DO] s."
Immediately the desk was sur-rounded
by a crowd of iuside and
outside negroes, of both white and
black complexions, who Ieut all the
power of their lungs to the Choi us.
As tbe song coutinued the excite-ment
increased—bands were joined
all around and a regular African
cornfield dance ensued.
Bach man commenced singing his
own song. Among tbe dities that
could be distinguished in the terrific
din were such as " Sal's in the gar-den
siftin saud," " Come out of the
wilderness," " Vallow gal can't you
come out tonight," " Hang Jeff
Davis on a sour apple trie," " Old
John Brown," "Yankee Doodle,"'
" Hail Columbia," '• Star Sprangled
Banner,""Sound the timbrel, &c.
This Bedlam scene was kept up
until sheer fatigue induced the
participants to stop for breathing
time.
Some staggered to their seats-others
resting their bones on the
floor. Kalvin .1. thoroughly blown,
managed to crawl to the chair, and
closing his eyes and leaning his
bead gracefully back he j ielded u p
himself up to dignified repose.
For some moments a deep silence
reigned over tbe bouse. All seemed
to be asleep. Not a sound conld
be heard to disturb the solemn siill
ness save now and then a deep ami
long-drawn snore from tbe "archives
of gravity."
Presently Kalvin J. started up,
rubbing his eyes, and gazing wildly
over the hall, convulsively clutch-ing
his bammel and brought ii
down with a thundering rap, anil
in an awful voice anugfont, " 1'ele
gales arise resume your seats and
come to order straight ■ay."
This started the aniuiuUs. Vari-ous
grunts, snarls and growls were
indulged in and full bait an hour
passed before their keeper could
gel ihem in performing order.
Three or lour ordinance s for pro
viding fat places tor different pets
both black and white were read
and passed when another motion
for recess was pat and c irried.
A scene somewhat similar but a
greal deal worse ii possible than
tbe fltst ensued and continued up
to tbe hour of adjournment.
At 7 o'clock next morning the
show again opened. The BUM
came creeping out of their cattes,
one by one, looking a good deal
used np.
No business was transacted until
aboiil half past !• o'clock when some
two or three more ordinances of the
same character were passed
Another recess being taken, C >!.
iHeaton took the chair and loud i
calls were made foi (l.-n. Miles, who
being a bashful man excused him-self
in n few remarks. Gen. Little-field
being called on arose and ex-patiated
"a la spread eagle" ami
concluded bis harangue by singing
something to the tune of "Old
John Br< wn'a Soul is Marching on,"*
the bouse at bis request joining in
the chorus.
The Jaybird from Washington
ami the Read) Belief Judge (would-in)
of the Supreme Court, Mr.
Rodman, threw their whole souls
into the melody. Byrnes, the fat
Secretary, and others, being called
upon I "i songs, proceeded to regale
the Constitutional and dignified
Convention with "Sherman's March
to the Sea," and oiln-r songs ap-propriate
to the occasion of cele-brating
tin- framing of a Constate
tioti lor tin- free white people of
North Carolina.
These disgraceful scenes, disgust-ing
even ha<l tliey been enacted in
a brothel, were kept up until, iu
tbe language of -Mr. Williams of
Sampson, the "dirty concern" ad-journed,
subject to the call of the
I'resilient and Secretary.
fy A. S. Fiolton talks eloquently
about the rights of tbe American
people, and yet when the resolu-tions
were up in the. Legislature
denouncing the infamous Sheridan
outrage in Louisiana, be voted with
the negroes in that body nga'nst
the resolutions, notwithstanding
the fail that some of the ablest re-publicans
voted tor them.
" Charge it on Them."
Our up eonntry contemporary,the
Milton Chronicle, nervously and
truthfully assails the weak points in
tbe nrmoi of our adversaries. Its
"charges on them" are for the
most par! timely and wise, and we
print mosl ol its article. As we
have said before, it would have been
better if there had not been a sin-gle
• H stion made during this
cauvass as to what the Convention
should do, although this paper itself
is amenable to the implied censure
in this remark. The Chronicle says:
•• i lharge it on them that the
i is MI' on they made creates too
many salaried offices and officers,
and i uns the State annually in debt
thousands ol dollars unnecessarily.
" Charge il on them that the rea-son
they don't want the Coustitu-tion
amended is because they arc
afraid these useless offices will be
shed and that m a n y of
them will no longer eat their bread
and butter al the public expense.
"Charge it on them that they op
pose holding a Convention merely
tu accomplish a base party object.
"Charge it on them that they
are meanly trying to dupe and de-ceive
the ignorant by pretending
thai the delegates elected to tbe
Convention will not be bound lo
uio-;, and reaped the limits of the
act calling the Convention.
"Charge it on them that they
know very well—unless they are
-that each member swears be-
.'..•■ be qnalifj .1 ilial he will not
disturb tin-tilings lot bidden by the
legislative act, and that to do so
would be perjury.
"Charge it on them that they
know tiny lie when they tell the
negroes the Convention can or will
deprive them ol a iy right they now
enjoy.
"Charge it on them that under
tiu- present Radical Constitution
ii.. j b inkrupted the State, and now
they want to incur the expense of
holding a do-nothing Convention,
by proposing to meet in Raleigh,
eat up the peanut market, drink a
lew barrels of John Barleycorn, and
adjourn and go home without mak-ing
n single amendment to the Con-stitution.
" Charge it on tbeiu that they are
tn>: half as mindtu] of tbe State's
interest as they are of their own
pocket-books and seeming fat offices
"Charge iron them that they
take particular care not to tell the
negroes that all tbe amendments
the Convention may make or pass,
cannot be valid until they have
been submitted to the people aud
approved by a majority of the vo-ters—
thus giving tho voters tbe
right to approve such amendments
as they like and reject all such as
they dislike.
" And charge it on them—nay,
rub it into them—that they lie for
a base purpose, when they tell the
negro voter the Convention is not
obliged to submit every amendment
it makes to the Constitution to tbe
voters tor their approval or rejec-
. bus placing all power in the
people i" make such a Constitution
. - i - suits—not the Convention,
but—a majority of the voters."
The Chronicle appears to give tbe
Republicans the lieuefit of the char-itable
hat they will adhere
to i!i pli •! ■■ made 'ii the recent
party address, namely, to adjourn
immediately it they have the major-ity,
l'li.y will do no such thing,
i.'i; will provide means by which
th. ii party can agaiu get control ot
the State." It will be a dark day
when a Republican Convention
shall assemble in North Carolina.—
no pledge binding,
ofwhati ver nature.—WU- Star.
| §*" The Radicals leaders pretend
be . special champions of the
id yet when if is proposed
to give the people an opportunity
to amend the constitution, objection
is inn.'.. . They assert that tbe peo-ple
ought, to be deprived of this
privilege and that the amendments
ought to made by legislative enact-ment.
State Expenses, Conservative
vs. Radical -Let the Peo-ple
Read.
Fii.iii the Raleigh Sentinel.
Proper care and economy iu hand-ling
the people's money is a great
virtue in any political party. Ex
travagance, waste and peculation
should crash it in tbe eyes of all
good ciliBeus. North Carolina is
poor, and the party that practies
economy in her administration seeks
her greatest good. Tbe following
carefully prepared table shows who
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It will be seen from tbe above
estimates that the last four years
when the administration ot tbe
State afi'airs has been to some ex
tent controlled by conservatives,
tbe public expenses have been less
by 835,775.81 than that spent by
tbe radicals in two, a difference
sufficient in itself to defray the
entire cost of a Cons itutional Con-vention.
By an amendment al
ready made to tbe Constitution the
Geueral Assembly meets only once
in two years, (an amendment pass-ed
by Conservative effort) so that
tbe expensejof the last Legislature,
$100,16880, should be divided by
two to show a proper per annum
expense,
Now let us estimate tbe probable
cost oftbeConstitntionalConvention
120 delegates at $5.00 per
diem, 8600.00
2 Doorkeepers, .85.00 per
diem, WOO
2 Clerks, at $5.00 per diem, 10.00
2 Pages, at $2.50 per diem, 6.00
Contingent, 10-00
Total, 3635.00
Estimate tbe duration of tbe Con
vention at 30 days
and we have 1S.05O.00
Mileage, 6,000.00
Printing, &c, 5,000.00
Moulton Demands " Justioe"—I
a Rich Correspondence.
Prank Moulton has grown indig-nant
at the present status of tbe \
Beecher Tiiton affair, and deniauds i
"justice'' iu his own case. The fol- ■
lowing rich correspondence explains !
Itself :
MOVI.TON'S LETTER TO DISTRICT
ATTORHEl URITTON.
BROOKLYN, July 8, 1875.—Sir:'
It is now nearly a year since, at the
il stance of Rev. Henry Ward Beech-er,
I was indicted for libel in charg-ing
him with adultery with Eliza- i
both R. Tiiton. During all this]
time the prosecution have taken no
'rial ot the indictment. I am ad- i
vised that 1 have a right to demand |
a trial, and accordingly I hereby j
notify you that I am ready any
moment to meet the charge, and!
request you to appoint the earliest
possible day for the trial, and since '
it is intimated by the partisans of
the prosecutor thai they intend to
shield him from the consequence of i
tbe exposure involved in the trial of !
my charge of adultery, by procuring
a withdrawal or suppression of tbe ,
indictment, I hereby protest against'
such an evasion of public justice and
outrage upon private right If tbe
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher be in-'
nncent of tbe charge I have pub- j
lisbed against him, I ought to be ':
punished for my offense. On the
other band, if I have not accused
him falsely, and be were guilty of;
the offence, society and the law owe
me acquittal and vindication from
the indictment preferred against me.
Very respectfully yours,
FRANCIS D. MOULTON.
To the Hon. Winchester Britton, '
District Attorney.
DTSTBIOT ATTORNEY HUITTON'S RE- I
PLY.
OFFICE OK THE DISTRICT AT-TORNEY,
KLNO'S COTTNTY, N. T.,
BROOKLYN, July 8,1875.—FRANCIS
D. Mori.ION. ESQ.—Dear (tir;—
The cunt.'ins and character of tbe
publication relating lo the Beecher ;
Tiiton controversy tor the past year ■
have been such that 1 am inclined
to think tli.ti in ease i am called
upon to prosecute criminally even-libel
which has been published in
connection therewith the more iui-,
portant administration of the ciitn-'
inal law will ot ncessity stand over
for the next century. It is among ■
the misfortunes of the civil courts
that putties may there indulge in j
all manner of quarrels and exploits, i
natural or artificial, at their will, |
but courts of criminal jurisdiction |
are moved only by the people aud j
for the people of the State. In this j
hot weather jail eases, like those '
of Loader and Price, have the.'
preference, as il is regarded a great-;
er hardship for parties not yet,
proven guilty to sweat in Raymnud
street than to Buffer from libellous
publications. It would afford me '
great pleasure to try you for any
offense coming within the severer
duties of the Bummer months, but it
is out of my power to indulge you
in what you seem to regard as a
luxury at the cost ol neglect of
business entitled to a preference.—
Later on, I may be able to accom-modate
you to yoni entire satisfac-tion,
and then you may have reasou
to rejoice that the ordeal had not
taxed your energies and fortitude
during the lie,.led term.
Very respectfully,
WINCHESTER BRITTON,
Distiict Attorney.
A Centennial Incident.
The Boston Herald tells this :—
" The day following our centennial
festivities tbe following incident
occurred in a south end saloon : A
friend had invited one of the Sooth
Carolina soldiers into tbe saloou to
put another turt ou the buried
batcbet. While standing at the bar
a stranger came in. The Carolinian
suddenly dropped bis glass and
closely eyed the stranger. His gam-was
so steady aud peculiar that the
friend began to be alarmed and to
fear that the batcbet was abont to
be dug np agaiu. Directly the Car
oilman asked tbe stranger if he
knew him. There was uo recogui
tion, whereupon the Caroliuian ask
ed him if he was not in the late
war. ' Yes," was the reply. ' And
you were once stationed at such a
place t' ' Yes." • And took part iu
such a skirmish !' ' Yes." ' Well,
I thought so," replied the Carolinian!
aud raising his hat showed a large
scar on bis forehead, saying,—
' There's your sabre mark, my bov :
come up and take a driuk." *
ty A. S. Holtou denounced the
Civil Rights bill as infamous, and
auuonnced it as bis solemn convic
tion, when running for the Senate,
that it was a dead issue, and yet
when the resolutions were up iu the
Legislature protesting against its
passage he voted against it them.—
That's tbe way be demonstrated bis
sincerity when he pronounced the
Civil Rights bill a 'dead issue.
The Deepest Well in the World
In the village of Sperenberg,
about twenty-nine miles distant
from Berlin, Prussia, is situated the
deepest well in the world. It is for
some distance sixteen feet in diam-eter,
and is 4,1!U feet in depth. It
was begun about live years ago by
the Government authorities, with
a view to ascertaining the existence
of rock salt beneath tbe strata of
gypsum occurring in the locality.—
At a depth of 68!) feet the salt was
reached, but the boring was contin-ued
to a depth of 980 feet, tbe di
ameter of tbe bore being reduced
about thirteen inches. The boring
was subsequently prosecuted by
steam until tbe final depth of 4,194
feet was attained. At the lowest
point the salt deposits still contin-ue,
exhibiting the enormous thick-ness
of 3,907 feet.
The African Ophir.
A lucky digger in that part of
Central South Africa now called
(iriqnaland West is declared to
have lighted upou a solid and pro-digious
gold nugget weighing forty-two
pounds. The locality of this
fortunate find is the auriferous
" diamond field * north of the Or-ange
river. So many gold hunters
went to tbe place alter the large
nugget was beard of that tbe Brit-ish
government at the Cape of Good
Hope immediately " annexed * tbe
whole district, which previously
was a sort of " Korean's laud," and
has deputized oue of the govern-ment
officials to take charge of it,
under Biitisb law. So little known
is this new detieudeucy of Griqua
land West that it is not laid down,
or even named, in the latest alias
published iu London iu 1875.
A Sharp Dodge.
A. S. Ilolton goes before the peo-ple
as an especial champion ol their
rights, ami a friend to the "poor
man," to whom our Radical friends
aro making such hypocritical pre-tence
of friendship just now.
To make a little buncombe capital
for himself he introduced a resolu-tion
into the Legislature to reduce
tho per diem to 8 f, and lOcents mile
age, and the very next day drew
all that was due him aud kept ou
drawing his $5 per day and 20 cents
mileage before the bill came up for
discussion. This was decidedly-sharp,
and had a patriotic look to
constituents who didn't know how-shrewd
he was about the drawing.
HOLD THEM TO THE RECORD.—
The Rads complain that the Legis-lature
called a convention without
consulting the people. Who made
the Constitution that gives the Leg
i»!annc this right ? The Radical
parly. Who put this clause in the
Constitution 1 Those very com
plaining Radicals. If they did not
waut tbe Legislature to exercise
this right, why did they put it iu tbe
Constitution. Echo answers ichy '
Total cost of Conven-tion,
$30,050.00
The voting population is abont
200,001), so that tbe cost of Conven-tion
will te fifteen cents to the roter.
The property however pays the tax,
and estimating the taxable value
of the property of the State at
$150,000,000, we find the cost of
Convention but 20 cents on the
thousand dollars.
In alluding to the four years of
Conservative rule we Bay " to some
extent" becanse they have not had
tbe eutira control of the State. If
so much is saved when only the
Legislative branch is conservative
what would be tbe result if all were
in their hands 1 Much of this ex
pense also could be saved were it
not forced on us by our ill-advised
Constitution.
It is hard to give figures a party
bias. They are inflexible, but stand
out a stern truth, a rigid fact, and
if tbe people of North Carolina are
wise they will heed the lesson they
teach. X.
Carried too Far
Denver, Colorado, gives an in-stance
of a joke being carried too
far. It was perpetrate! years ago,
but only lately came to light in pub-lic
dress. After tbe Atlantic cable
had been established a telegraph
operator at Denver sent the follow-ing
dispatch :
" To tbe Emperor Napoleon, Car
den of the Tuileries, Paris: Gov-ernor
Oilpin will not accede to the
cession of Italy to France. Please
let Bohemia alone."
The operator Supposed it would
make some fun in the Omaha office,
and Btopthl >.'..- ' 6 Station agents
have a general understanding in
regard to each other's jokes. By
some hook or crook the dispatch
went on, and dived tinder the ocean
and came np smiling in tbe Garden
of the Tuileries, in Trance. The
manner ol the reception by Napo
leon has been lost to history. All
that is known is. the Emperor did
not pay for it, and the facetious op-erator
was hunted up au.l was
obliged to pay a bill of 1187.50 in
gold for bis little joke. The opera-tor
was entirely satisfied with the
result of Sedan.
A Scotch peddler completely
cowed an irascible Welshman, who
insisted ou lighting him in an inn
kitchen, by going down on bis
knees and imploring pardon for
having killed " two men already,
and being about to kill another."
Lost Sheep.
A preacher of tbe Methodist
Church was travelling in one of tin-back
settlements, and stopped at a
cabin where an old lady received
him very kindly. After setting
provisions before him. she began to
question him in tbe following way :
" Stranger, where mought you be
lrom."
" Madam, I reside in Shelby coun-ty,
Ky.'-
" Wall, stranger, no olteuce, but
what mought you be doing up
heref
" Madam, I am searching for the
lost sheep of the tribe of Israel."
"John, John r shouted the old
woman, come rite here, this minute;
hen's a stranger all the way from
Shelby county, Kentucky, a bunt-ing
stock, and I'll just bet my life
that tangle haired old black ram
that's been in our lot all last week,
is one of his !''
A Singular Painting.—Gabriel
Max, a German artist, is said to
have prndnced a painting with a
most extraordinary characteristic.
It is a representation of the face of
tbe Saviour. At a distance the
eyes appear to be closed, but as one
advances they seem to open grad
ually until they bend upon thespec
tator a "mournful and pathetic gase.
This remains until the visitor gets
quite close to the painting, when
they are again closed.
A Canadian exchange says: It
has been discovered that during
the races at Mutchmore Park 150
kegs of gunpowder were stowed
away under the grand stand. Only
a thin board partition, fnll of holes,
divided the powder from a smoking
room. If a lighted cigar bad got
among those kegs there wouldn't
have been Mutchmore racing done
that day.
Our Little Ones.
Overdressed School Girls.
An American family, in which
wire several girls, came to live iu
this city, says the New York Timei,
some time last year. The parents
had moved in a good social circle,
and had been held in considerable
esteem in the town where they pre-viously
resided. They were respec-table,
but not rich. While living
comfortable, they refused to spend
more than they could afford for
dress. In a short time the eldest
girl, who was about thirteen or
fourteen years of age, and very
anxious to go ou with her educa-tion,
because a pnpil at one of the
public schools. She remained there
only a few weeks, being fairly driv-en
away by the taunts and sneers
which were leveled at her on ac-count
of bet homely apparel. Af-ttr
a short interval she tried anoth-er
school, but with the same result.
She was avoided by the other girls,
treated with neglect and supercil-iousness,
and at last was obliged to
leave. The consequence was that
neither she nor her sisters attended
any school, and thus for the sake of
any unseemly abuse, which it is the
interest Ol everybody to put down,
the education ol those children
ceased.
Heroio Defence-
Boys who have good stuff iu them,
show it iu emergencies They are*
cool and brave in facing danger,
and have all their resources at com-mand.
The Portland FMM tells of'
a tine fellow who has the making
of :i man in him I
Recently, Mr Joseph F. Denni-son,
who resides in Wilmot, Nova
Scotia, went, accompauied by bis
l .. to make a call upon a neigh-bor,
leaving his little boy, nine years
old, aud two younger sisters, alone
in the house. The children were
startled soon after their parents left
by t be appearance of a large wild
cat, which suddenly dropped in
upon them. The boy, with great
coinage, caught up a billet of wood
ami assaulted the animal, while the
little girls, mounted ou a table,
watched Hie conflict, and encourag-ed
their clinmpion by shouts.—
"Give it to bim, Sammy!" And
Sammy did give it to him. The
fight was long and fierce; but the
boy conquered at last, and when
his father and mother got home,
I hey found the great cat dead ou
I he floor, and Sammy standing over
him, very proud, as he had reasou
to be, of bis exploit.
What he Reserved.
Tbe anecdote, related of John Ja- •
cob ABtor, as follows, may be
known to many of our readers. In
a public conveyance, ou a certain
occasion, Mr. Astor overheard ft
young man expressing tbe wish
that he could possess ' that old
man's wealth," whereupon Mr. A.
turned to the speaker, and said to
him,—" Youug man, I sometimes
feel weary, and would gladly throw
off my load. For what will you.
take charge of my business, and
take care of my property, watching
with ever vigilant eye that there bo
no leak—no mistake; and at the
end of each quarter rendering up a
clear and sure balance sheet V
'1 he young man opened wide his
e\ i -. He kuew not what to say.—
Said Mr. Astor,—" If you are «h-pable,
and will do this, I -will pay
you your absolute necessarj expen-ses
of living."
As may be supposed, the young
man expressed his surprise in his
looks, observing which the old
merchant simply added •• That's all
J get* »
Mr. Green BottB, the owner of a*
farm at Peeled Gap, ou Slate Creek,,
a noted section of Bath county, Ky.,
iu ploughing up about sixty acres
oi level land this spring, discover-ed
the ruins of a city of regular
streets, curbed with stone, and
evincing a higher order of architec-tural
knowledge and a greater civ-ilization
than any other prehistoric
remains yet found in this country.
Many years ago a faint trace of a
similar city was noticed in Mont-gomery
county, near Mount Ster
ling ; but the owners of the land,
having little taste for backward re
searches, almost or entirely oblit
crated the evidences, to make room
for corn-growing. This being a
lush discovery, we have no doubt
it will be visited by Professor Shal-er
and the arcbu-ologists and the
piehistoriansol tbe country at large
The land adjoins a large tract be-longing
lo General William Pres
ton, ol Lexington.—Frankfort {Ky.)
Yunnan.
l'.:olANn v.—BUYS have an idea
that it is smart to swear; that it
makes them manly ; but there nev-er
was a greater mistake in the
world. Men, even those who swear
themselves, arc disgusted with pro-fanity
in a youug man, because
they "know how, ot all bad habits,
this oliaga the more closely, aud iu-oreasee
with years, it is the most
insidious of habits, growing on one
so invisibly that almost before one
is aware be becomes an accomplish
ed curser.
" To swear is neither brave, po-lite
nor wise."