The Greensboro patriot [March 24, 1880]

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Established in 1821. GKEENSBOKO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1880. New Soriea No. 622.
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0BBBN8BORO, N C.
lor information as I" tenra, *c , apply to
JOHN II DILLAKll,
.1.1,7 l-o ROBERT 1' DICK.
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Attorney at Law,
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Prompt attention K-VSU to nil buaineai eu-t-
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E^Collection ot claims a specialty.
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E. 13. STEELE,
ATTORNEY AT L A W.
QRAUENaBOKO, N. C.
Btate and Federal Court*.
ITi - i Specialty..«tS 596-ly
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QREKN8BORO, N. C.
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Hpacial attention given ia loan* of money
i Mortgage and other eeeurities.
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r. It. K. Urrnory
D RKSPLCTHLLl
OFFERS HIS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
(d the Citizens o) tireensboro.
FEES THE SAME AS THOSE
Charged by other Practicing
rhysirians of the City.
:.. 1*75 ly.
II FIRE itlMKH
Insured ni lowest rat'"- In
|{. S l'ASHIELL,
(len'l I.if" endPirelns Agency,
Qreeaeboro, N. C.
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.MMI'I.K B. BROWS. Q, WILL. AKM H ►. I! •
BROWN & ARMFIELD,
WIIOIMI.)*- aii'l Retail Dealers iu
Ready-Made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING Q00D8,
DRY GOODS,
Fancy Goot!n, Notious, Ilosicr)-. &v.
BOOT8, -SHOES,
Hat*. Cap*, Trutikx aud Trarrliiii/ V> -:•*.
Largest Stock Hamburg Edging
in the city.
Mr. Itruwn nf thin 11 —n returned from
New York and B.*lt.in..r«t tin* m<>riiinK
where he has juot purchased iho
i\um«Nt, i iiirsi and Itrsi v»-
horied Mock ot Ooods
in iheir lin**, aod many other article* nol
kept before, ever hrou^lit to Uri-ennhoro
They Iiave been receiving and are re
oeiving and opening to-day,thegoods Mr
It. bought, such aa
Ladies' Fine Shoes,
DRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS
Piece Goods, with many Novelties.
Come and nee them. Tbuno good* are
bought right and »ill he aold
|K>Haible, itotwithHtandinx the
vanco in all kind* of good*.
January SI, 1^0
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..., , , •• Uto Ureawnir Oiirajm.
It woollies and henla llio Uciebraae ot
! mi:•■■. Inflamed itntl polnonrt hy
i - .- . :.l prorentfl the ■IrM-
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li accompany IL (itSSinri ION
la nol :;tt incurable malady. II l< enly
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late ad-
T1IK 1MPROVEO
TENNESSEE WAGON
The CHEAPEST and BEST in lh. Market.
Suld and Warrcnted by
J. & O. LEWIS,
FURNITURE,
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, ETC.
Best siixk in the i It) ,
W li FORBI8 A BRO.,
McAdoo if i '•. I ir ■ N. C".
John T. Humphreys.
Of the Uiiiver-it ICH nf Berlin, I'm--:,; ftlid
Madtid, -Spain.
Late Naturalist and Entomologist1 to tin
(Depart of ART.) Slate of (a , Coi\ Mem.
Buffalo (N. V ) Acad. Nat. Scieiices.
Mineral lands examined and Analyses of
ores Inrniahed.
Insectn injurious to the Fr.rni, (larden
and orchard, determined, with the moot
effectual uieibmU for their destrnctton
given on application..
Minerals, Insects, Reptiles and Arch
Relica desiied. Office hours 9 to l-'A. M.
daily. Qreeosboro, \ C.
1'or vj.li .
RENT OR LEASE.
Tbe i: aud Lut. I. : ... : ul* .. ^, ■■■<■■■■ i ..
and \Ve»t Market S'.reetn i- fol r-ale ■ i leane
or not on laTotable lemui
Apply tu OEO. DONNELL,
Or \V. C. PORTER,
Jan. *'*. at Drtu Store
f*ttt|.
JUST RECEIVED
AT HEADQUARTERS FOR
HARDWARE!,
100 Double Shove's,
wiiu-li will b» sold on ohoTt profits
Her*- you may always find a full line "f
General Hardware!
sad a good fsortmsnt of
Cook Stoves. Plows,
HOES, HAKES, &c
w. H.'wiiED k CO..
Hardware Store in McAdoo Hoaae,
GREENSBORO, N C.
Feb. 11. MHO
JAMES P. HAYES,
Dealer in
COHON, HIDES, FURS, WOOL,
Beeswax, TAIIOW, Sheep, Goal
and Dear Skiim,
Old Metals, Dried Fruit, Peas,
Borne, Raj;«, Factory Waate, Ac,
RALEIGH, H.C.
Refers to K.... N Bank and St ■
Natwnal Hank. Raleigh, N- C.
For tbe Patriot.
COUNTRY LIFE,
ny WILLIS WH1I8I11, AO«D 13 TKaJrS.
I love the simple country life
With all its beanty, rare,
I love to wander amour, tbe flowers
And br.atbe tbe cool, fresh air.
I love to hear tbe little birds,
1 love tbeir pretty song ;
And »urely, surely, ono cannot
Do tbeui any wrong.
I love to wauder by the brook
Anil hear tbe cattle lowing,
I love to smell tbe peach tree blooms
Methiuks, 1 see them growing.
Now some may say, this little poem
l>oes not very well rhyme,
Bot pleaae excuse me for to-day
Aud I'll do better next time.
Fallen Flowers-
One of the workers of the world
Living toiled and toiling died;
But others worked and the world went on,
And waa not cbaoged when be wee gone,
A strong arm atricken, a wide nil furled ;
And only a few men sighed.
One of the heroes of the world
Fought to conquer, then fought to fail,
And fell down slain in his blood-stained
mail,
And over bis form they stept ;
His cause was lost and bis banner furled j
And only a woman wept.
One of tbe singers among mankind
Sang healing songs from au r/erwrought
heart;
Itul en- men listened the grass and wind
Were wanting the rest unsnnglikea wave:
Aud now of hia fame that will ne'er de-part
Ho bos never heard in bis grave-
One of the women who only love
Loved and grieved and faded away—
Ah ma ! are these gone to the God above,
What more of each can I aay f
They are human flowers that flower and
fall,
This is the song and the end of them all.
—The Athenaum.
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n a, and v."hooping* Cough.
1 mi t„ thm JtiBtf.
J. S. \\ i> I ■BROOK A i o..
Proprietor- of
The Old North State Nurseries,
Want V-O reliable men locaa.Ba line J.HI for
the sale of their larL'e and well seleet.d stoi-k
of Fruit Trees, Vine-, &•. The\ alao offiar
the large Enoiieh Everbearint" Mulberry
Tree* in quantitie. veey low for eaeh. Ad-ilres.
them at once at Kaieon. Dnplio County,
N. (J. J. s. WE8TBROOK A CO."
Jan It, lrWU.
Pome Interesting Faots about
The Patriot—The Oldest Pa-per
in North Carolina.
[From Iho People's Pre.-s.]
O. L. R-, a correspondent of the
Salftn People's I'ress, writing from
Keritersville, March 13th, says:
" Tbe other day I came across a
stray copy ol a late number of the
GREENSBORO PATRIOT, and among
other tilings there was an article
from the Keidsville Times, referring
to one of its former editor?, William
Swt.im, Esq., styling him -"about
the second editor of tbe PATRIOT."
Now, I always thought that he was
the originator of the PATRIOT, aud
so to get clear ot that seore, I ad-dressed
a can! tu ray lriend, Lyndon
Swain, who was subsequent editor
lor titieeu years; and here I send
you nn extract l'roni his reply, be-jjjeviog
it will interest many of the
readers 'if the Press, as it did me.
He says: "In the year 1825, as
near as 1 can ascertain, a man named
Potter set up a printing press in
Greensboro, and in conuectiou with
Dt L. (i. Watson, issued a paper
styled the PATRIOT. 1 thiulc that
not more tliau two numbers were
issued by them. It was a very email
affair.
In 1826" they sold ont to T. Early
Strange, who proceeded to the re-gular
issue ol " THE PATRIOT and
Greensboro Palladium,"—a paper of
respectable size, lor its day, aud
cleverly conducted.
In 1828 or 1829,Strange sold to
William Snaim, who rontinned the
paper as the " GSSBHSBORO PA-TRIOT,"
until the time ol Ins deatb
iu (he latter part ol 1835. Swaim's
administrator continued the publi-caiion
for a few months, until the
estate could be settled.
From 1836 to 1839 several changes
took place: BannerA Evans, Zere-ly
-S Evans, Clancy & Evans, as
nearly as 1 can remember,—were
the order in which the several pub
Ushers came in.
In 1839 Swaim&Sherwootl bought
tbe establishment and published the
PATRIOT regularly until 1854,—fif-teen
consecutive j cars. Then Sher-wood
published it for some time
aloii.-; then Sherwood & Long ; then
Caldwell: then Ingold ; then Duffy
& Morehead; then Duffy alone;
then l'ulghum, the present proprie-tor.
The dates when they severally
entered and retired I cannot recol-lect.
Such is au epitomy of tbe his-tory
of the GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
15\ the way, in the article you al-lude
to, William Swaim is called
Buck." I never heard bim named
BO In fore : be was generally known
as "Bill Swain :" be was a man of
genuine nit, a «it that, when he
WORTH & HAMMOND, ;
BUSH EXLL, N O.
DFALERi>IS LUMBER,<i;0.,dcC.\Zhut>e, he could sharpen into the
Ufa.1- (fflniW lillin
i iu.d Biliouaneaa.
; - )■•■•: M.KI.V AU.HUI .., uvra,
»OH ; F. HE>TtY. CUItRAN & CO
i aopann ins, '•
New York.
We have now on band I'JJ.OOU IVri
DZR/lJiilD LUMBER,
which we will sell at aatialactorj prices. All
order-, will receive prnm;u attention Loca-tion
of Mi!!, convenient lo the Notih Carolina
Raiiroa.l. Mr J. T. Redding, i« oar regular*
ly authorized agent, at Bueh Hill. Corree.
pondence eolieiied.
WORTH A HAMMOND.
Feb. 18-6-m,
Petition to sell I.irntl lo |>n>
DebU. Kiieu Jan. Mat,1 lew..
Wni L. Kirkuiau, Adin'r of Mahald Wood,
dee'd. Againal.
Cvrus Wood, Richard Weed, Lineoern
Wood, Juuie. C. Wood. Liuville Wood,
Joebua Wood and Mllly Wood.
Upon affidavit riled it la adjudged that
Cyrus Wood, Richard Wood.Lh.eOeriv Wood
ami Jauiee C. Wood are non-realdenta, lieing
beyond the limits of the JState. It is theref. re
order.*! that pablhsalion be tua-i. In the
tireeii.boro I'atri-it, a newepaprr printed ill
the city of Qreeawbora fur eia aucee—iTe
weeks, for said Defendants Cyrus Wood,
Richard Wood, Lineherry Wool and James
C. Wood, to he and appear at the Clerk'a
ofiice in Greensboro within the time prescrib*
ed by law and auemer or demur lo IB IV-tilioti
tile,! or the case will le heard pre <vn-ituio
as to .hem.
J. N. NELSON, c. S.C.
Seotl & Caldwell, A; v..
Jan. 28.
keenest sarcasm.
From the foregoing it will be seen
thai the PATRIOT had its beginning
ni 1825, which makes it the oldest
paper in theSta'e,—that is55 years
" n<7*f straight along." These remi-iniseneea
involve the recollections
ol my whole active lite,—many of
Hum painful, but most of them
pleasant lo dwell upon. " It is not
in man that iralketh to direct his
steps:' Providence has directed
mine, and directs yours, and will
guide us more and more sensibly as
we give way to the guide.
With kindest regards,
LYNDON SWAIM.
About Easter Sunday.
Easter Sunday comes early this
year, March 28th, earlier in fact
than nsoal; as, since 1845, when it
occurred on March 23d, to 1900, it
rotates between March 31st and
April 26tb, coming ofteneet about
the middle of April. It is regulated
by the condition ot tbe moon, being
always tbe first Sunday after tbe
full moon which happens upon or
next after the twenty-first day of
March, and if the fnll moon happen
upon a Sunday, Easter day is the
Sunday after. There has been a
continual controversy in regard to
the proper time for the celebration
of Easter, aud as it is the most au-cient
of the movable feasts of tbe
Christian Church, it is also the
most important, as it determines all
thereat. The dispute arose between
the Eastern and Western churches,
tbe former contending Easter to be
equivalent to tbe Jewish Passover,
aud that therefore it should be cele-brated
on the fourteenth day of the
first Jewish month or moon. Tbe
Western churches celebrated it on
the Sunday after the fourteenth day,
holding that it was tbe commemo-ration
of the resurrection of Jesus.
The Council of Nice determined in
favor of tbe Western usage (325 A.
D ); the decision has since rested in
that favor, the principal object be-ing
now to prevent Easter from
falling on tbe same day as the Jew-ish
Passover. They did, however,
occur together in 1805 and in 1825,
and will do so again in the years
1903, 1923, 1927, and 1981.
This year, Easter, though hap-pening
early, will seem consistentl_\
late, as tbe season is uncommonly
precocious, aud the approaching
Sunday, the day that introduces the
inheritance ot joy to the Christian,
the occasion of feasting to the fast-er,
the signal of spring to tbe in-valid,
the opportunity of gain to tbe
schoolboy, the cue of change to
dame fashion, the hope of sunshine
to natnre herself, promises to be a
faithful harbinger of all that is ex
peeled of it.
The worship of the Goddess OH-isrd
or Eastre, personifying the
morning or East, aud also the open
iug year or spring, seems to have
been strictly observed in Northern
Germany, whence it was brought
into England by the Saxons. The
Anglo-Saxon name of April was
Estermonath, and it is still known
in Germany as Ostermonath. So it
appears that many of the popular
observances connected with Easter
are of Pagan origin ; they only grew
into icligious ntes through the poli-cy
of the Church, and it was found
a simple matter to give a Christian
significance to joy at tbe rifliug ol
the natural sun and at tbe awaken-ing
of nature trom tbe deuth of win
ter, since these sentiments became
synonymous with joy at the rising
of the Sun of Righteousness, at the
resurrection of Christ from the
grave.
The kindling of bonfires at Easter
is an old German custom ; but the
one most characteristic and widely
known is the use of the Easter eggs,
used in many ways. They are eaten,
games are played with them, pre
Beats ol them are exchanged ; they
are made the foundation for xsthetic
skill from beingcolored with various
dyes and herbs, to being painted in
artistic designs and ornamented
with silken cords and tassels, rib-bons,
and eveD mounted into jewel
receptacles; cabinet ornaments, and
boxes. Of course when utilized in
this way the meat of the egg is re-moved.
While it is hardly neces-sary
to state, these latter devices
are of modern origin ; also the Imi-tation
of eggs is of a late date, and
hardly carries out the Christian
idea, as from their point of view the
•'feast of eggs* was considered em-blematic
of the resurrection and of
a future life. In Scotland years ago
Easter morning, early, was tbe hour
ot frolic for the young people. They
would start at dawn of day in
search ot wild-fowls' < ggs lor break
fast, and the number found was
their evidence of luck for that year
at least. Iu Ireland they say the
sun dances on Easter morning, if
you only arise early enough to see
it ; bnt it any one ever has, the fact
has not yet been recorded.
In the Tyrol Eaator is remember-ed
with every ceretnouy. Bands of
musicians traverse the mouutain.e,
singing the Easter hymns to the ac-companiment
of the sweet guitar.
The natives wear Spanish hats,
ornamented with garlands and bou-quets
of flowers. Crowds of happy
children are amidst this motley
gathering, and when the dirrkness
of evening envelops tbet.) these little
ones carry lighted torches of pine-wood
and baskets of colored eggs.
Imagine how picturesque roust be
Ihe scene,—Swiss monntains.qnaini
costumes, weird music.and shadowy-lights.
The merriment generally
finishes with a repast of eggs and
wine, given to the singers by the
higher class of farmers in payment
for their joyous carols. In Chester,
Euglaud, also, the Easter festivities
are of no small importauce
town itaell is so old and withal so
thriving a piece of antiquity
most of tbe ancient customs and
games are kept up. Such carious
pranks as they sometimes resorted
to seem to the prosaic people of
these times almost improbable. For
instance, the custom of "lifting,"
oue, too, really in memory of the
Resurrection. A party ot young
sides. No rank could save the in-dividual
from the chance of "lift-ting,"
nor was the privilege confin
ed to tbe male sex, for it is said that
King Edward I was "lilted" by cer
tain ladies, and that he paid £104)
for the honor. This is only one ol
the many singular customs in vogue
at Easter in Chester. Eggs were
used for all sorts of games; even
the clergy could Dot forego tbe iu
spiration ol tbe occasion, aud play-ed
ball with eggs doriug church
service, dancing the while. There
were processions with music all day
long, and the streets were a contin-uation
of banners, emblems, aud
crowds of noisy worshippers.
Within late years fancy Easter
cards have beeu almost as uunier
ous and varied as valentines on the
14th of February, and some of them
%re extremelv beautiXulj.g»auj are .^ "',"
^Slhtefl tn water colors, others are m*wo ■
from the firms of Prang, Marcus e
Ward, De La Eue, etc, and are got-ten
up in uuique designs. Oue es-pecially
appropriate was in the
shape of a large egg about ten inch-es
in length, colored, finely decorat-ed,
and containing six leaves tied
with delicate shades of satin ribbon.
Each leaf displayed a verse of poet-iv
under the six different headings.
■"Faith," "Hope," "Charity," "Ke
peutance," "Forgiveness," aud
"Peace." Another was a card sim-ply
but so exquisitely tinted as to
tie almost an object of art. The
subject was a group of ruddy-laced
cherubs supporting a huge egg, tbe
whole beiug drawn by a ribbon
reined lauib. Others there are of
dainty flowers, nested eggs, em
liieir 'tic devices, all suggesting
some suitable sentiment in a well-selected
verte. The prettiest con-ceit
in the way of a bonbonniere
shown this seasou is a horse-shoe of
flowers, from the centre of which is
suspended by a golden wite a pink
satin box in the shape of an egg.
Upon opening tbe egg it is found lo
be tilled with delicious bonbons.
Others are merely egg-shaped box-es,
covered with satin or silk, delic-ately
paiuted ; some also ot solid
candy, wood, or paste; but the
greater number ol them are made
to open and display either a pleas-ing
picture or a feast of sweets.—
Forney's Progress.
Count Ferdinand Do Lesseps-
[The Baltimorean.J
For several days past the daily
journals of this country have
teemed with the name of Count
DeLesseps. He has been fetid, win-ed
and tuned in Sew Turk, and
Washington, and if he secures the
contract for making a canal across
the Isthmus of Panama, he will
probably become one of the rich-est
men iu this country.
Fie is described as a man of mid
die stature, with white hair and
grav moustache, piercing hazel eyes,
which have an extremely kind ex
pression : black, bold eyebrows and
a ruddy, healthy looking lace. Be
combines the manners ol the di-plomatist,
with the best character-istics
of high rank.
In conversation M. De Lesseps
is lrank and eloquent and kind to a
remarkable degree. B is manner is
energetic, and his 74 years and
gray hair are obliterated in his
vigorous dictions and Ihe demon-strative
gesture with which his
persuasive and gracious conversa-tion
is rendered all the more im-pressive.
As the master mind of the Sutz
Canal. M. De Lesseps has become
tamons ihe world over.
Iu 1870 he conceived the idea of
au Americau inter oceanic canal.
In 1875 there was held in Par's,
the Congres Unirersel de Geographic,
and among the questions before it
was the consideration ol a project
for an American canal. A com-mission,
with M. De Lesseps al the
head, was appointed. Interest in
the question was manifested_ oy
many civil engineers, and Lieut.
Wyse and M. Keclus, with about
sixty other engineers and capital-ists,"
roiincd an association for the
purpose of surveying the isthmus.
Thev at first favored the Damn
route, but M. De Lesseps said that
it was impracticable, and that the
clue to success was the Panama
route.
In 1878 these engineers reported
favorably on tbe Panama route,
and in Mav of WTO the Congress,
which met at Paris, adopted the
report bv a vote of 7S to 8. To
bring about this report, it is al-leged,
and by many believed, that
M. De Lesseps packed the Con-
Krt'"8- , ,-
Bear Admiral Ammen ami hn
gineer Menocal, tin American del-hold
to this riew and op-
Some Interesting Faots about
Senator Bayard, of Dela-ware
[Philadelphia Time..]
Physically Seuator Bayard is a
man of heroic build, bot rather
bony and angular. He is above the
average height, and even with his
habitual stoop looks tall. His clean-shaven
face, with its broadly-mark-ed
lines and wonderful capacity lor
the expressiou of emotion, is pleas-ant
to look upon and wius favor at
sight. His eyes are steel-blue and
move restlessly under a pair ol
overbauging, shaggy eyebrows. He
is a man of actio.i and gestures, is
given to pacing, and in sitting as
sum-is the most convenient arti
tudes with frequent aud uneast
cbauges. He is a tireless worker
and is in constant danger of work
mneti. After senIts aa •
email in tbe investigation
ot some custom house frauds in
New York (the Jayne-busiuesa, 1
believe,) in which he became iu
tensely iuterested, he became hol-low-
eyed and haggard and greatly
declined in desh. Hard work aud
anxiety during the extra session of
1879 came very near breaking him
down. He needs to put the brakes
down on that sauguine tempera-meut.
Mr Hayard is seen at his best at
home—either in Wilmington or at
Washington, surrounded by bis
family or in the midst of his dearly
loved books. He married early.
His wife was Miss I. iin.-.i Lee, of
Baltimore, a daughter of the junior
member of the banking firm of
Johnson & Lee. They have hail
twelve children autl ten of them are
living. .Iitmes A. Bayard, fourth,
his eldest sou, has been eitgaged
lor the last two years with Clarence
King's Geological Expedition. Mr
Bayard is an exceedingly domestic
persou, and is reuowued iu Wil-mington
as a model falberaod hus-band.
His summer home is aline
old-fashumed mansion, situated in
iu the outskirts of Wiliuingtou (on
Clayton street), which was once the
property of S. B. Davis, the guar-dian
ot Myra Clark, now koowu to
lame as Myra Clark Gaines. It is
a roomy house, furnished with a
view solely to comfortable living.
Mr. Bayard's •• den," or library, has
all the marks of the workitig-room
ol a man ol literary tastes. The
walls are lined with bookshelves
and the table is always covered
with books ami papers, which are
confusion itself to anybody .-bat
himself. The floor, too, iB strewed
with books aud uewspapers. The
visitor always fiuds the host at
>.I.I I., but never too bnsy ro talk.
For Tom Bayard is not only the
soul of hospitality, but one of the
most fluent talkers you ever saw.
When he gets very much interested
he is apt to walk up and down the
room with bis bands in his pockets
and indulge iu a monologue. His
words flow like water fioui the
mouth ul n pitcher, and if taken
dowu In short hand they will be
found to make perfect sentences
and notable for the display ol a rich
vocabulary. It is much more sat-isfactory
to hear him talk than to
read his manuscript, lor his cbi-rograpby
is very hard to decipher,
and the abbreviations and lack of
pnoctnation (lor ho writes as he
talks, at race-horse speed) make it
an euigma to those not very well
acquainted with it.
In tbe winter the Senator lives
in Washington, occupying bis own
house, an uupretendiug brick Struct-ure
of three stories ami a mansard
roof, on Massachusetts avenue.
Within it is lull of the cheery light
of home aud rich iu tbe indescriba-ble
little things which give an air
ol comfort which is little short of
luxury. A vine covered piazza
adds to Ihe attractions oi the place.
Although the house is unpretend-ing
in itself, it is in a notable neigh-borhood.
It Stands in the circle in
the middle of which rises the new-ly-
erected Thomas statue. On
either side of Mr. Bayard live Sen-ator
Edmonds and Justice Miller,
while among his near neighbors are ,
Ex Uinistei Schenck, Senators Mor-rill,
Bill, Col. McPnerson, Blaine,
Allison, Kaudolph and Windoin—
almost a little village of some ol
the beat known men in Ihe country.
The life of the family is of the
Simplest. A card reception or two
and about the same number of
formal dinners make up the elabor-ate
entertainments of tbe season,
although 'be number of informal
entertainments is almost as un-bounded
as is the hospitality of
Senator and Mrs. Bayard.
A SIMPLE REPUBLICAN Uh'NTLKMAN.
No one is more popular iu Wash-ington
society, however, than Mr.
Bayard, antl adding to his genial,
ma'nlj qualities a thorough ac-quaintance
with the French, he is
one of the. most sought-after of our
public men ai the dinuers and re-ceptions
ol the diplomatists who
that this man acts ouly on princi-ple
and is uot swerved by any con-sideration
of expediency , but t In y
tboronghly appreciate bis contempt
for their methods. I happen to
know that oue of the most eminent
capitalists in the country has pla
ced his bank account at Mr. Bay-ard's
disposal in tbe canvass toi
the Presidential nomination. The
reply was: "No ; if the people waut
me for President they must nom-inate
and elect me." He will not
even authorize the organization
of his friends for aute-cooveution
work. This may be Quixotic but
it is characteristic, aud there are
several hundred thousand people,
not all Democtals, who think this
is tbe sort of man to make Presi-dent
of the U in ted Stales next year.
M. P. U.
TOfj|njSf»j r>l„ VrfiVi 11,1580.
Desperate Fight Between a
Large Hawk and a Little Girl.
[Milton Chronicle J
From a Leasburg correspondent
we have the particulars of a re
markable and novel capture nf n
large bawk, which occurred at the
bouse of Mr. Wm. Murray,on Sonlh
Hyco, in Person county, near Leas-burg,
on tbe 11th inst. Mr. Mur-ray's
little daughter, uine years old,
was trying to keep a large hawk
trom catching her chickens; the
bird of prey had alighted on a tree
near tbe house and regardless of
the "shoos" the little girl uttered,
set still and immovable. She there
lore pick**}, up a rock and going
near the tree to kill it if possible,
threw at it, but it did not scaie
"worth a cent," aud darting dowu
it made a furioos attack upon the
person ol the child aud attempted
to seise her bodily and carry her
away. The little girl, considerably
frightened, but uot wanting in cour-age,
received the attack, and to
work they went, each doing their
beat in the fight. After a protracted
scuffle, the girl having fallen, she
seized the hawk by its legs with
oue hand and grappled its neck
with the other and rose victorious.
She received several severe scratch-es,
and, with one sleeve of her
dress completely torn away, she
bore tbe prize to her father who,
alter killing his bawkship, measur-ed
the belligerous bird, aud from
tip to tip of wing it measured four
feet lacking one inch. This feat
was witnessed by the family and
told by the child's father, who is
perfect)] reliable.
Domooratio National Conven-tion
Something Moie About kail-way
Freights.
EdUor Patriol :
The freigh' qtieation ia on. of import-ance
to every eitiien of North Carolina,
bul our I^KiBl^' >r» appear to b. afraid of
it Our adttora kunl rom ,| for Item*
which they can meieea-dy manage, while
the inobt of our men of mdueuoo, wealth
and ability, atand aileutly in. an,) make
but little or no effort to help iho matte-
Shall we, th.' .onimon claaa, alao nia.u
ae . tf»rte, ana I I the satyr t re>t f We
rv.uot afford i« lie ioanite. neer-.ity
c. IVOH tie :■■ activity iu | rowing „ui own
cl im... BakiDf for rifhta which we ao
richly dorerve We have nothing 't0 .ay
against ofloara, agent-, and smploreee of
K.ilroaiN. They are gentlemen, re irto-
OII* ami accommodating, although they
save to deal wi . erybodi trosaeswy.
where day and ai, i. \ol,ett..i office.«
are to he found among Kailrcad men than
Col. A. B. Andrew, and Mr. Sol. llaaa,
General Freight Agent of the North Caro-lina
Railroad. Nor would we draw a in.
ul aeuaration between them aud thati
aeeoeiete.. we "imply take them aa rep-resentative
inet. We do not believe the
Railroada are to flame for every thing.
We only know there ia aometbing wrong
►,-uiewbere. It ia a fact that through
rale, are too low or local ratea are too
high. How ah ill the equilibrium be
brought about f Who will bring itf
Here ia what the New York llaMI aajs
on Ihe auhject:
"Whether Governmental authority
■hall Intervene can ro longer be regard.-1
ae an o|a»n qaeeaioo."
1 hie certain!'. i» looking at the matter
lik- a phihwopher—II ia coming right
square down to the point.
Hear iho Timtt further :
" While other intereale are ao bound up
v lib the bllflineaa >>f trau»|>ortation aa to
I** largely depeuih'Ilt U|M>n ila equitable
coi.dtiei, and to he materially affected by
ev-uand attunes it. Iiamanagea t. Iheli
piimary Imporuaoe aaared by the
utlmUer of persona and Ihe .mount of
capital directly employed in them, out-weigh
enormously that of the raliroada
considered as corporate property end aa
a single agency in o|>eratiouaof ere*..
II. nee a. ises the strong claim of the great
commercial interest* loan adi-i|nale ex
eniae of controlling aiol supervisory
power III their behalf. The only pra
ticable mean* of exeicising such power
ia through the erfor etneut of proper Leg-islative
regulati ins "
Some, time ago we Bejmeeted to a gen-tleman
holding much railroad stock that
there would evidently le- legislation on
the freight question, lie hooted at the
idea and said:
"They hail chartered lights."
Congress made mill and void tome nf
a* sacred obligations as .'aa ever made
with ink and pen when they passed the
Bankrapl Act Congreaeean do anything.
Congress will do anything the people de-mand.
'1 he people have rights and Ihe Rail.
roads have right*. There must lai some
tuorii cignilable freight rates for local
points. If freights cannot be, carried for
less in the aggregate than at preeenl
then the central points must pay moro
and the local points
Buckingham, (inilfonl. lla\ idaoa, Row-an
and Cabamis cannot :ilt,,r.t to pay
rates, part ol which belong to Meek leu
long. We glory iu seeing Charlotte huill
up. but M. cklenliuig ought not lo be
given the advantage ovel its aialer coun-ties,
though she i- not to blame
All old liiiiiiotil and hoi son* want la
an ,1111.11 chance to baild bee up,
Bui we qnote again from a New York
Tbe National Democratic commit- P*P«« "", following :
tee having met in Washington on . ",\'"X"' '•M'"-'""'. of the condition
. „„,•.,, . ,„„„p. and working nl railroad companies is the 23d of February, 1880, fens ap- ,:, .„„i,!,., ,„„ „,,!,„, ,,,i„, .,M ,,„ jri
pointed Tuesday, the 22d day of famishing light foi the guidance of an-
Jnne, at noon, as thetime, and chos tboritttlve action. In Itself II »ill aa.
euCincinnatias the place.of holding ffaffll."^..-^^^
tbe National Democratic Conven „,„,»,„„, ,,,„ v„, confederation ol
tiou. Each Slate is entitled to a rep- railroad corpu. ...mis o> the produ aion of
resentation therein equal to double | d.rmiie rc-uiis There must bo aothorl
the number of its Senators slid '■•■ ''a, ko.i by legislation ami armed
. ., . ,. vtiih imtter to enlorre its dei
Representatives in Congress. All ,„a ,,,„ a,,,i„„,u „„,., i,,, .. «. ,,
Democratic, conservative anil other a. Ihe nation ia its juriedic
citizens of the United States, irres This Heal does not preclude ib< ni i .,
pective ol past political associations j l^SSi^iSi^iS^s
or differences, who can unite With Qy wltb it. M. n I lha •• I
us in an effort lor a pure, economi-I public authority must i. fall a
cal, constitutional government, are.
cordially iovited to join in sending
delegates to the conveutiou.
At the last National Democratic
Convention, held at St. Louis in
1870, the following resolution was
atlopted :
Resolved, That the States lie re
quested to instruct their delegates
... .... V . ' , , . ' ll.,|l,il. T'Hl' I '.1111.
POODLE MOTORS.—At tbe recent
Applied Science Exhibition, Paris, „a||ants would carry a" satin-lined
M. Kichard, a clothier, exhibited a i cnair through the streets, in to which
motor which was turned by a p-oodle I wnen ti,e opportunity occurred
dog, coufiued in a ievolving cage. I ,uev geated a fair damsel, lifted ber
egates
pose the Panama ronte.
M. De Lesseps invited subscrip-tions
to the stock ol a company to
construct a sea level canal on the
general idea of the Panama report. ,uake their residence he
..The response was not sa'islactory ' ■
The and the hooks were closed.
The International Technical
r Commission was then formed, and
with M De Lesseps at its head.
visited Panama and, on the 14th
inst., reported in accordance with
his views.
M. De Lesseps is now in San
Francisco, endeavoring to give his
company a boom He placed the cap-ital
stock at OtMi.lMHi.000 francs, of
which he will allow one-half to he
taken in America.
The dog was able to drive ioor
sewing machines. Women who
have beretolore been accustomed
to support their poodle dogs iu idle-ness
may now make them useful.
as high in the air as the ability ol
the young men would allow, nor
was their precious bnrden released
until she donated a kiss to each ot
her tormentors aud paid a fee be-e.
He
ives, however, the life of a .very
simple Republican gentleman,'with
good taste and unostentatiously.
He givee his hospitality tobis friends
and never turns bis home into a
place for the intrusion of vulgar
politics, where he may advaoce his
interests by entertaining a horde
ol people in whom he has no inter-est
save as thi'v may advance his
Chalk, or magnesia, rubbed on
silk or ribbon that has been greased,
and held near the fire, will absorb
the grease so that it may be brush-ed
off.
own.
With all bis goodness of heart
and integrity ot character be is
uot a Pharisee, but a prime good
fellow. Be is not even a member of
the ('Lurch, but is a devont respect-er
ol religion, was baptised by a
Metnodist antl his family are Epis-copalians.
His only enemies are
the professional politicians. They
cannot understand and never will
volition to be held In 1»80, *hether
it be desirable to continue the two
thirds rule longer iu force in the
Nat ioii.il Convention, and that tbe
National Committee insert such re- j
quest in the call for the next con-vention.
Washington, February 24, 1880.
(Signed;
WM. H. BARM M, Conn.,
Chairman.
FREDERICK O. PRINCK,
Mass., Secretary.
William H. Forney, Ala.
John J. Sumpter, Ark.
F. McCoppiu, Cal.
li.-la M. Hughes, Col.
Habbersoii Hickmau, Del.
Wilkins Call, Fla.
George T. Barnes, Ga.
Wm C. Goody, III.
Austin U. Brown, I ml.
M. M. Ham, Iowa.
Isaac E. Ealon, Kan.
II. D. McUenry, Ky.
11. F. Jonas, La.
Edmund Wilson, Me.
Outerbridge, Horsey, Md.
Edward Kauter, Mich.
William I. i in,in. Miuu.
Filial Barksdale. Miss
John (i. Priest, Mo.
Geo. L. Miller, Neb.
Robert P. Keating, Nev.
A. W. Snlloway, N. II.
Miles K, -.-, N.J.
Abram S. Hewitt, N. V.
M. W. Hansom, N.C.
John <r. Thompson, O.
* John G. Whittaker, Or.
William L. Scott, I*a.
Nicholas Van Slyck, it. I.
James U. Kiou, S. C.
Wm. B. Bate, Tenn
F. S. Stockdale, Tex.
B. B. Smalley, Vt.
Uobert A. Coghill, Va.
Alex Campbell, West V.
William F. Vilas, Wis.
BWIe limits. A ysti in of reform, t" be
aC qaale and rfloelive, moal partake of
tin natnie of our complex Government,
iu which the wider internet, of the Union
oi .states aie administered nndei national
authority, and those thai are limited by
Stale boundaries are a.lm.m-|. red under
Slate authority. Our legislators at Wash-ington,
have upon then hand, a task call-ing
lot tbe esercieeofall iho wisdom they
can command, and II cannot long he neg-lected.
Nor will railroad companies dia-plny
prudence hy patting abstneles in
their waj. To torse tho pooplo into a
an ogle for the subjection of the railway
Confederacy will not bo the course, least
calculated to-ecuio a careful regard for
vested rights.''
The people e" ,nnt do without Kailnmds,
Railroad* cannot do without tbe people.
Let each meet tho -other in the proper
spirit. Enough foi this time. J. S. R.
Jamestown, N. C, March 21st, I--0.
Ex-Confederate Conundrum.
[The Richmond, Va., Btate.]
Why is the Constitution of th
United States like the Fifteen Puz-zle
t Because we have got it all
right except the 13, 14 aud 15.
A Spaniard and his Money.
In old Spanish houses there is
generally a very cleveilj-contrived
secret receptacle for fsoney, akin to
the "secret drawer" of the old-fashioned
English desk ; and even
now this secret cupboard i* much
used, the Spaniard idea, of security
being (au idea founded on bitter
experience oi many years)—to cage
Ihe windows in iron bars, lock up
lint bouse at night, in Wilder, draw
round one ol the family, look at the
money, anil then : "Why, I am very
sale•;" all I love anil all 1 need is
contained wCliin the lour walls of
m\ c.ivii." There is, I grieve to say,
A vasl deal ot distrust of banks and
I, \oMimeiil securities, and a great
holding to the proverb, "No hay
SUM nmigu line Diot, y KM duro m el
boUtllo"; i. i , "No lriend save God,
and a dollar in your pocket.'' And
now with the middle class there is
no i ankirg ol money ; the bankers,
t,; begin w lib, give no interest, as a
rale j and "o, |usl us in Scotland, in
the troubled year ol 1650, tbe gold-smiths
were tbe only bankers, so
now, III Spam, the gentry constant
I;, ho.nd theii nn.in-} in iheir own
booses; some put their jewelry and
plate iii the monies depicdad.—
V'tmi-le Bear.
Dennis Kearney, the California
bully and blackgoarder of decent
people, has been trietl and sen-
,-iiced to the House ol Uoi.cction
tor six Month* and pay a line ol
»1,IKK), lor incendi.ii.v • It.its tu
create riots. A citizens' vigilance
committee in San Francisco brought
keamey to grief alter he hatl de-tied
the regul.it lawollicers. Yi-.il-si.
ee Commitiees are a good lemedv
for rioters aud communists