vol ix.—thiri series nos make the li folks happy ..- we till up the fleeting moments \- we pass through the busy day ..... we sow in lhe untamed furrows i ir icap tor the harvest gay as wc follow life's varied fancies rejoicing in our youth 1>,i vie make the old folks happy .' j»u we heed their wants forsooth .' precious mother how she loved us and ah how she loves us still as lie sits serenely smiling hi her cap with its snowy frill and yet oftimes we foi get her when younger hearts enthrall - let us make dear mother happy j ill she hears the angel's call and poor father bent and broken like i reed iu tin driving wind i,,t ns steady his wavering footsteps ami bear witli his childish mind he was once on ■ prw n..<l i><>la in his strong days long ago let n make dear father happy while he's spared to us below let it make the old folks happy le we too when growing old should look in vain to our children i'or comforts we w ithhold while the light is flickering feebly in its dim uncertain glow l.e us make the old folks happy with love sweet overflow til ma's tkavels what the rightful president saw and hid an hii trip 1 broad -.. the n'-w vork world i'.i mi tildeii was in i genial mood and rave his experience of european travel without his usual reserve being very cau tious however in passing judgment upon peoples or individuals he aud mr bige o\v having been together till the time the latter undertook to recite their joint journeyings whieh began as may be re membered on the isth of july when thev lett this port they spent some time in ireland and scotland while iu loudon mr tildeu made it a rule not to ... it to dinner parties both because he valued his own health and because the parliamentary session was then near its close and the members were very busy ami really unable to spare the time for iill'airs it was these gentlemen he was especially anxious to meet he had tu make several exceptions however to this i lie tin most notable one being to untn mr v k forster's where he met the marquis of hart iugton and many other well-known libei il statesmen he also became acquainted with some uf ihe con set vative chiefs and so learned both sides of british politic and from men most ca pable of expounding them mr tilden regretted that he bad not met mr glad el ■, as )'.'■ holds him in the highest cs tf ml i he home nl mi an'l ::- i'oiis mr tildeu having often desired to visit tlie ancient home of his ancestors the party went to kent v heir — il ami about canterbury and tenderden mainly they found ti whole host of tildens and find ing the country very charming stayed in the neighborhood nearly two weeks li is from thi sect ion of england that mr tilden's ancestors emigrated '-.!•'{ years .■_'". he fouud uo near relatives of course but stopped several days with the widow aud children d a namesake who had been vicar of a small parish most ofthe pre sent male bearers ofthe name it was as certained are either iu the army or the church the english tildens mr bigo low said were found thoroughly acquaint ed with their american kinsman's career and took great pride in bim as also did tlieir neighbors mr tilden himself spoke quite enthusiastically of his visit to this section of england and said it w.is one ot the plcasantest of the many pleasant re collections he had brought with hint ai t'i leaving there they started for the french capital lirst they attended m thiers funeral joining in the procession which followed the remains to the grave tbey remained in paris three weeks mr tilden taking a course of gymuastic exer cises there which greatly improved his health completely curing the injury mis taine by bis hi arm when lie wtis thrown in big carriage hist w inter commex i on illl french crisis at i'.i i mr tilden made the same rule e had made at loudon not to go out to 8dy dinner but to give little dinners of wn to which he invited such men of otc as he desired to meet among those w«o visited him in this manner were g&mbetta louis blanc grevy and others "' ic republican party the elections to cchamber of deputies were then tho absorbing topic and the french lead c'r8 spoke freely of their plans and pros gambetta mr tilden said is 1 the most fascinating men i ever hand i have not the least doubt that be believes ardently in republican insti *• and that he is more anxious to tobluli them firmly in the hearts of the 11 ,;''!: people so that they must be be fi to after generations than to either lame pr position for him governor tilden thought that the mac i'tiun government had done its very ut "'""' '" force the republicans to some ""'" revolutionary act which would suf ll'ils tut excuse lor using the most op ' v measures against ihem that lng had been done in the way of a li of tho peace with all the provoca 0,1 that had been given showed the fla niiiable self-control of the republican party which no doubt would have its reward that the mass of the french ; people were firm believers in a republican government lie considered proven by the ! result of the elect ions the government ' used till of its enormous power to secure i ■ i i the election of its candidates excepting i the falsification of the returns he said j with some bitterness they may get to \ that at the next opportunity and if so j there is no telling what may happen as to what would be done when thc new ! chamber meets be would not hazard a guess the republicans he was convinced ; were prepared to submit to a good deal to avoid a conflict still it might come to thc point where force would have to decide i whether the country is to have a constitu tional government or be subject to the arbitrary rule of one man in which case no one could foretell the result whether the army under macmahon's direction would crush the people or the people crush the army a ringing speech from cov tilden on saturday evening gov tildeii was serenaded by the voung men's democratic association of new vork he made an off-hand speech of great excellence from which we extract the following embrac ing its features : the elect inn although for state ollicers has illations to national politics to which 1 know you will expect me to allude the ] condemnation by the people of the great est political crime in our history by i a hieh the result of the presidential elec tion of ls7 was set aside and reversed is general and overwhelming a voice we know you got robbed mr tildeii excitedly i did uot get robbed the people got robbed cheers i li;nl before me on one side a course of laborious services on wliich health and even life might be periled and on the other a period of relaxation and case but to the people it was ii robbery of the j dearest rights of american citizens ap j pluuse and cries of that's so !" that's ' ! so from the crowd • * the de | claration of independence the bill of j rights aud the state constitutions all con [ j lain assertions of the right of the people i to govern themselves and to change tlieir ' rulers at will these declarations had i ceased to have any meaning to the ameri j can mind they seemed to be truisms which there was nobody to dispute the contests known to us were contests be | tween different portious of our people to comprehend the significance of these declarations it is necessary to carry our selves back to the examples of human ex perience in view of which our ancestors i acted they had seen the governmental j machine and a small governmental class sometimes with the aid of the army able to rule arbitrarily over millions of unor j gauized isolated atoms of human society j in forming the < rovernineut of the uuited states they endeavored to take every pre j caution againsi the recurrence of such j evils in this country they kept down ; the standing army to.-t nominal amount i they intended to limit the functions of the federal government so as to prevent the growth to dangerous dimensions of an office-holding class and one of corrupt influences they preserved the state i government as a counterpoise to act tis centres of opinion and as organized means ! of resistance to revolutionary iiurpation by the federal government jefferson the leader of liberal opinion in bis first inaugural recognized this theory hamil ton the representative of the extreme conservative sentiment in the federalist expounded it with elaborate arguments madison the father of the constitution enforced these conclusions a voice how about the returning board .' mr tildeii — there were no returning boards in those days the people elected their own presideut and there were no louisiana and florida returning boards to rob them of their rights several voices let's have the elec tion over again we want a fair show • go for tin agaiu !" mr tildeii the increase of power in the federal ( iovernment during the hist twenty years the creation of a vast office holding class with its numerous depen dents and the growth of the means of corrupt influence have well nigh destroy ed the balance of our complex system it wtis my judgment in 1876 that public op inion den iand ing a change of administra tion needed to embrace two-thirds of the people tit the beginning of the canvass in order to cast a majority of votes at the election if this tendency is not arrested it inevitable result will lie the practical destruction of our system let the federal government grasp power over the great corporations of our country ami acquire the means of addressing tlieir interests iiiii their f.-ars let if take jurisdiction of riots whieh it is the duty of the state to suppress let it find pretexts for iucreas i iug the army and soon those in posses | sion ofthe government will have a pow i er with wliich no opposition can success fully compete applause the exper ience of prance under the third napoleon shows that witli elective forms ami uni versal suffrage depostism can be estab lished and maintained in the canvass ot 1870 the federal government embark ed in the contest with unscrupulous ac tivity a member of the cabinet was the head ofa partisan committee agents stood iit the doors of the pay officers to exact contributions from official subordi nates ihc whole office-holding class were made to exhaust their power even the army for the lirst time to the disgust of the soldiers and many of the ollicers were moved about the country as an elec tioneering instrument all this was done under the eye of the beneficiary of it who was making the air vocal with professions of civil service reform to be begun after he bad himself exhausted all the immoral advantages of civil service abuses pub lic opinion in some states was overborne j by corrupt influences and by fraud but j so strong was the desire for reform that the democratic candidates received 4,'l!j0 [ quo suffrages this was a majority of i the popular vote of about 300,01)1 and of 1,250,000 of the white citizons it was a vote 700,000 larger than general graut i received in 1872 and 1,300,000 larger than lie received in ldtid for all tbat the rightfully elected candidates of the dem ocratic party were counted out and a great fraud triumphed whieli the american peo ple have not condoned and will never condone prolonged applauseand cheers yes the crime will never be condoned and it never should be i do not denounce the fraud as effecting my personal inter ests but because it stabbed the very foun tains of free government loud cheers 1 swear in the presence uf you all and i call upon you to bear witness t the oath to watch during the remainder of my life over the right of the citizens of our coun try with ti jealous care such a usurpa tion must never occur again anil 1 call upon you to unite with ine in ti.e defense of our sacred and precious inheritance the government of the people must not be suffered to become only an empty name loud applause the step from an extreme degree of corrupt abuses in the elections to a subversion of the elec tive system itself is natural no sooner was the election over than the whole pow er of the office-holding class led by a cabinent minister was exerted to procure and did procure from the state canvassers of two states illegal and fraudulent cer tificates which were made a pretext for a false count of the electoral votes to enable these officers to exercise the im moral courage necessary to the parts as signed to them and to relieve them from the timidity which god litis implanted in the human bosom as a limit to criminal audacity detachments of tlie army were sent to afford them shelter the expedients by which tlie votes of tiie electors chosen by the people of these two states were rejected and the votes of the electors having the illegal and fraudu lent certificates were counted and tiie menace of usurpation by the president of the senate of dictatorial power over till the questions in controversy and the menace of the enforcement of his pre tended authority by the army and navy the terrorism of the business classes and the kindred measures by which the false count was consummated are known the result is the establishment of a precedent destructive of our whole elective system applause the temptation to those in possession of the government to perpet uate their own power by similar methods will always exist and if the example shall be sanctioned by success the suc cession of government in this country will come to be determined by fraud or force as it litis been in almost every other conn try t and the experience will be reproduc ed here which litis led to the general adop tion ofthe hereditary system iu order to avoid confusion and civil war the magnitude of a political crime must in measured by its natural and necessary consequences our great republic bas been the only example in the world of a regular and orderly transfer of govern mental succession by the elective system to destroy the habit of traditionary respect for the will of the people tis declared through tlie electoral form and to exhib it our institutions as a failure is the great est possible wrong to our country it is also a heavy blow tothe hopes of patriots struggling to establish self-govern ment in other countries it is a greater crime against mankind than the usurpation of december 2 1851 depicted by tin illus trious pen of victor hugo the ameri can people will not condone it under any pretext for any purpose cheers voting men ! in the order of nature we who have guarded the sacred traditions of our free government will soon leave that work to you within the life of most who hear me our republic will embrace a hun dred millions of people whether its institutions shall be preserved in stib stanceor barren forms and will continue to be i blessing to the toiling millions here and i good example to mankind now everywhere seeking a larger share iu the management of their own affairs will de pend on you will you accomplish that duty and mark these wrong-doers of 1s7 with the indignation ofa betrayed wrong ed and sacrified people ? a voice — vou bet we will laughter i have no per sonal feeling but thinking how surely that example will be followed if condoned 1 can do no better than to stand among you and do battle for the maintenance of free government i avail myself of the occasion to thank you and to thank all our state ami country who have accord ed to me their support not personal to myself but for the cause i have repre sented and which has embraced the larg est and holiest in interest of humanity continued applause got his reward on the 26th august after making some comments upon mr stoughton's reply so called to judge black's terrible article on tlie electoral commission we said we venture the prediction that in less than ninety days from the appearance of stoughton's article he will be appointed to ti high and honorable position by mr hayes mark the prediction that the observer can sometimes tell what is going to happen iis well as what has happened though not by any means iu mr hayes confidence any one who doubts may see for himself by reading in our telegraphic colums this morning the announcement that mr hayes has ap pointed mr stoughton minister to russia lint we take no credit to ourselves for the prediction for any man who helped hayes to be president in spite of the shortness of votes cast for him is sure of his reward mr stoughton was one of the new orleans visiting statesmen was of counsel for mr hayes before the com mission and then put himself up to be slapped over by judge black and of coins he must come iu for something handsome bal observer the negro speakers who are going through the country fooling and hum bugging the negroes about going to libe ria should be looked after by county au thorities aud magistrates anil grand juries might find it right to deal with them the ignorant portion of our pop ulation should not be subjected to hum buggery without fair — char observer p1.0c l a m a t 1 0 n by the president day of thanks iyen axd prayers by the president of the united states of america a proclamation washington october 29 — the presi dent has issued the following tbe cir cle of sum mer and winter seed time and harvest has brought us to tbe accustom ed season at wliich a religious people celebrates with praise and tbauksgiviug the enduring mercy of almighty god the devout and public confession of the constant dependence of man upon the di vine favor for all the good gifts of life aud health and peace and happiness so early in our history made the habit of our peo ple finds in the survey of the past year new grounds for its joyful and grateful manifestation in all the blessings which depend upon benignant seasons this lias indeed beeu a memorable year over the wide territory of our country with all its diversity of soil and climate and products the earth has yielded a bountiful return to the labor of the husbandman the health of the people has been blighted by no prevalent or wide-spread diseases no great disas ters of shipwreck upon our coasts or to our commerce on the seas have brought loss and hardships to merchants or ma riners and clouded the happiness of the community with sympathetic sorrow in all that concerns our own strength and peace and greatness as a nation • iu all that touches the permanence and security of our government and the beneficent in stitutions on which its rests iu all that affects the character and disposition of our people and tests our capacity to en joy and uphold that equal and free condi tion of society now permanent and uni versal throughout tho land the experience of the last year is conspicuously marked by the protecting providence of ood and is full of promise am hope for the coining generations under a sense of these infinite obliga tions to the great ruler of times and sea sons and events let us humbly ascribe it to our own faults and frailties if in any degree that perfect concord and happi ness peace and justice which such great ii 1 . o mercies should diffuse through the hearts and lives of our people do not altogether j and always and everywhere prevail let | us with one spirit and with one voice lift up praise and thanksgiving to god ior his manifold goodness to our land his mani fest care for our nation now therefore i rutherford b hayes president of the united states do appoint thursday the l'.h\i day of november next iis ti day of national thanksgiving and prayer and i earnestly recommend that i withdrawing themselves from secular j cares and labors the people of the united j states do meet together n that day in their respective places of worship there to give thanks and praise to almighty mid for his mercies and to devoutly be seech their continuance in witness whereof i have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal ofthe united states to be affixed done at the city of washington this twenty-ninth day of october iu the year of our lord one thous and eight hundred aud seventy - l s seven and of the independence of the united states the oue hun dred aud second by the president : r b hayes wm m evarts secretary of state a truant boy's death sad end of a young tramp — shot and killed by a ( oncord hoy about one week ago two tramp boys from baltimore made their appearance in our town the elder harry williams is ti sign painter and the younger calvin bartholomew aged 17 had no profession al avocation but just followed williams with whom he met in richmond for com pany the two boys were closely attach ed and young bartholomew shared wil liams earnings and hardships alike they had been in our town about one week du ring which time williams found good employment and his companion spent his time making acquaintances on thurs day young bartholomew went rabbit hunting iu company with ed groner one of his newly made friends and it was ou this trip that he lost his life we are not fully acquainted with the manner of the shooting but from what we can learn it was accidental a rabbit jumped up in front of the boys ami groner raised his gun to fire just tis he pulled the trigger j bartholomew ran in front and received i the entire contents of the gnu iu his bow i els he was conveyed to town and carri j ed to the residence of mrs polly groner where he lingered until 8.15 p m be fore he died he exonerated doner from all blame and said it is my own fault calviu bartholomew is a native of ten nessee but was raised in baltimore where his parents now reside it is said he ran away lrom home about one year ago on account of cruel treatment by his step mother his father's name is thomas j bartholomew and resides at 537 north gay street baltimore is a wholesale harness dealer and has a good income — concord sun a bill to abolish the western judicial dis trict of xorth carolina and for other purposes 1 that so much ofthe act of congress of june 4th 1872 as establishes tbe west teru district of north caroliua be and the same is hereby abolished 2 the regular terms of the district court for the district of north carolina shall be held at the times and places fol lowing at wilmington on the first mon day in april and october at greensboro on the third monday in april and octo ber ; at statesville on the lirst monday af ter the fourth monday in april and octo ber and at asheville ou the third monday in may and november the regular term of the circuit court shall be held at ral eigh on the first monday in june and de cember and at greensboro statesville aud asheville at the times appointed by section 2 of this act for the sessions of the district court 3 the judge of the district court shall appoint a clerk for each of the courts at greensboro statesville and asheville who shall also be the clerk of the circuit court and shall reside and have his office at said places respectively 4 the incumbents of the offices hereby abolished shall have until march 1878 to settle tlieir accounts and transfer the pro cesses and property in their possession under the direction of the judge of the distiict court 5 the salary of the judge of the dis trict court shall be five thousand dollars per annnm 0 the marshal of the distiict and the several clerks ofthe district shall receive the compensation now authorized by law mr robbins will intivduee a bill on the trite subject of state rights the pur port ofthe bill as will be seen from the full text herewith given is to protect the state courts in the trial and punishment of revenue ollicers who violate the state laws : 1 j hh to prevent interference with the ad ministration of justice in criminal causes in the several states 1 that all the provisiens of chapter 7 title l'i of the revised statutes of the united states which authorize the remov al of criminal prosecutions commenced in any state court to a circuit court ofthe united states or which permits the cir cuit court of the united states or tbe judges thereof to hinder or obstruct in any manner the course of proceedings in criminal prosecutions in any state court be and the same are hereby repealed mr robbins will introduce au inipor t.int bill looking to the reduction of the revenue tax on distilled spirits tobacco cigars c the bill reduces the tax on spirits to 45 cents per gallon thc tax on tobacco to 12 cents per pound on cigars to $•'} per thousand tiie reduction only to apply to spirits ami tobacco manufac tured on and afier july 1 1676 also a bill allowing producers of leaf tobacco to sell one hundred dollars worth to consumers without tax our state geologist l-'roni the wilmington review we trust that this officer will not for get that north carolina has a cape fear section anil that one of its component parts is new hanover county iu which is situated the commercial emporium of the state and its largest city he has render ed little or no official service in this im portant section for years and yet no por tion of the state oilers a more inviting field for the labors of such an officer he promised some of our leading citizens last spring that he would then pay us a visit and would especially examine the theu yet recent and interesting discovery of human bones on ex-sherifi black's plant ation on middle sound but whether of : his own volition or by contrary direction 1 ofthe agricultural department at raleigh he went west where he has been much of his time for the past two or three years to the neglect it seems to us of the east we are not of those who have sought to get rid of prof kerr because tis some hold he is inefficient he has been strong ly attacked in each successive legislature on this ground and by leading men it is held that it is his duty to go forward upon the rough highways and in the lone j ly by-ways of the state and arouse by lectures and by close-mixing with the masses a renewed interest in agriculture instead of spending so much time in the shady and easy places of his labratoiy at raleigh we are of the same opinion and in this we are sustained by thoughful far mers generally the very office he holds implies this it is easy to speak occasion ally in our cities it is more laborious and useful to keep in the field of active service »«♦ the deaf and dumb institute — this institution is now under regular organi zation for tbe term there are in the white department j 15 pupils 60 deaf and dumb aud 55 blind in the colored de partment which is in a separate building but under the same management 5 pu pils — 47 deaf and dumb and 12 blind the new pupils for the present term are 25 whites and 7 colored • equal to the num ber received up to the same time of the session for both the years 1875 and 1s76 there are yet a good many both deaf and dumb and blind in the state wbo ought to be in the institution — raleigh sacs senator mammon's pension bill the statement lately made in some republican papers that senator merri mou bad introduced a bill wliich places confederate soldiers on the pension rolls is entirely false mr merrimon's bill simply repeals section 4.71b of the revis ed statutes wliich prevents any pension er of the war of 1812 and the war with mexico who went with the south iu the late civil war from receiving any further pension money and places no one on the roll it simply gives persons claiming peusious under existing laws without ref erence to the late civil war this propo sition substantially passed a republican house of representatives more than two years ago — raleigh xews to superior court clerks the state auditor has issued the following important circular to the clerks of the superior courts let tbem read ami ponder : dear sir — permit me to call your at tention to section fit of chapter 155 laws of 1s76-77 which makes it your duty to transmit to this department a certified copy under seal of your office of the bond of the sheriff and his sureties on or before the 2d monday in october which you bave failed to do you should comply with the law in this respect at once very respectfully your ob't servant saml l love state auditor j jtbe colored congressman smalls of south carolina appealed to mr hayes several days ago to prevent his trial iu the courts of that state attorney-general deveus has investigated the matter and finds that the evidence proves smalls to ; have received a bribe of five thousand dol lars under these circumstances the ad ministration declines to interfere and smalls must meet his fate — raleigh ob server patterson the carpet-bag senator from south carolina who ha to be summoned from the dock of the criminal court tit washington to act tis senator is consider ed by the senate to be worthy of the fol lowing important positions chairman of tbe committee on territories and member ofthe commerce committee ofthe edu cation and labor committee and of the committee on civil service and retrench ment what a body the senate must be to put such a noted rascal as patterson in such high and responsible positions — ral observer •-•• » . safety cannon — a new safety cannon that shoots an anchor from ships in dis tress has lately been tried at breuierha ven i rom a cannon with a diameter of five inches au anchor weighing seventeen pounds was shot attached to a double rope j 4(h feet in length and weighing thirty-two pounds to a distance of im yards by which a stronger rope was pull ed on to the ship with which ship and men could be drawn ashore jim brassel wtis arrested for stealing in atlanta the other day in 1868 he killed a man and was sentenced to the peniten tiary for ninety-nine years he escaped and in 1870 shot another man and was sentenced to twenty years he again es caped committed a robbery and was sen tenced to twenty years another escape and another robbery gave bim twenty years more but he for the fourth time es caped and for the fifth time is in thc hand of the law the episcopal diocese of west yirginia baltimore sum west virginia having been declared by the protestant episcopal church a sepa rate and distinct diocese a convention will be held the hitter part of november for tin purpose of electing a bishop in this convention both ministerial and lay delegates will be entitled to a vote the number of votes are as follows ministe rial 15 parishes 23 each of which will have a lay representative the total number of communicants in the new dio cese is 1,350 the postmaster general finds that there will be a defioieney of 284,000 in the ap propriation for the saleries of postmasters for the present fiscal year and congress will be asked to make the necessary ap propriation president have is recorded as express ing tiie belief that the idea of go west young man was fast leaving the public mind of the north and everybody was now saying go south and he believed in a few years tbe tide of immigration southward would be very great a good little boy who was kicked by a mule did not say naughty words or go home crying to bis mother he just tied the mule within five feet of a bee hive backed him around to it and let him kick philosophy is a good thing — philoso phy gives a man cheek enough to pay one cent for a newspaper and five cents for a mean cigar ***» virginia invites immigration and is seek ing to encourage it a iiymx imitated _ m the f_.f..wii o thou my heart's best treasure 0 friend unchangeable sweet spring of ceaseless pleasure for all who love thee well ! take of mv heart possession and reign alone therein thou whose dear cross and passion have saved nic from my in joy of my life thou feedest mv soul with living bread still to faith's sight thou bleedest and richest drops are shed when tired ami faint 1 languish by the the weak i strong and in mv night ot anguish i tune my loudest song ah ! poor on me thy favor liicli font of lore and grace around me shine forever great sun of righteousness without thy smile peace-giving lite were but death to nu but in thy presence living true light and life 1 see my heart in closest union with thine dear lord made one find lu-re in sweet communion its lu-aven on earth begun better mid flames fierce-writhing safe in thy love to be than heaven's own fragrance breathing if heaven were void of thee ! — ->* ind n m ■ — *» ii — from the i.ui__.r.;!i s:.ii_....r ] the wo hh op god cod gave his word by holy men the word dictating to their pen ; that word shall shine with glorious ray wheu heaven and earth have passed away it i not changeful human thought that here to darkened nils i brought but everlasting truth and right that sheds on man it heavenly light it makes the way of faith so plain that none in darkness need remain wini meekly choose it a their guide shall not in doubt and gloom abide it makes the path of duty ch ar that till in tin maj persevere ; : who humbly heed i righteous way shall not from right and virtue stray for faith and life tot thought and deed no other rule and guide we need : when god thc king proclaims his will tis meet a others should be still to thi alone may we adhere in faith and lovcand godly fear and ever walking by his word give glory to our sovereign lord m^^aammm^a^ma,mmamama^maam^i^b^mmma^m gleanings always act as if you believed ci oil was present ami that yuu must give account to him watch for opportunities of useful ness every clav brings them and once gone they are gone forever to sneer and denounce is a very easv way of assuming a great deal of wisdom ami concealing a great deal '' of ignorance deceit is the false road to happi ness and all the joys we travel through to vice like fairy banquets vanish when we touch them man love to god is like the chang ing and ; his is like the solid rode 1 man's lovo is like the passing meteor with its fitful gleam ; his is like the ; fixed stars shining far above c!--;ir and serene irani age to age in their own changeless firmament i ° ■ we should know little of jehovah as thc god of all gi ce and our selves as sinners io his hoi v ight if it wore not lor trials temptations and necessities onr trials prove ilk faithfulness our temptations his po i er and our necessities his goodness ] the man is truly blessed who has so ! been taught iu the school of experi ence — j miley heaven's great harbor of refu >* is all-prayer thousands of weather beaten vessels have found a huvcu tliere and the moment a storm comes on it is wise for us to make for it with all sail — rev c h spurgeo u the best inheritance from your father ■ is poverty and it good name if you have ! both of these you are unusually fortunate and your prospects in life are of the very brightest sort mr merrimou has introduced into the u s senate a bill to pay the mexican war soldiers a pension of eight dollars per month teem the carolina watchman salisbury n cl november 8 1877