The Old North State

              8ti)c lb xortl state i'.iii.isiikii svi.cki.v 11v l e w is ( i a n e s . editor nn proprietor rates of hi ik it 11 i ion one yll.slt iilj"ilile iii ailvailee 3,00 six months " '• 1jj0 5 copies in one uililri'bs 12 so '■ 10 copies to one address 90.00 * kates of advertising q rfqnur first t_s*«r*rrrm ll.oo for each aililitiomil iiisi'iliiui r>0 j special mitimivill be c lunged 50 per cent higher than thwlbove rates court aud ju.tioe's orders svill be nibl'sh d at the saim nitos svith other uuvcrtqp ments obituary notices over six lines charged as advertisements contract rates i~6 t -■ a i © e fl ~ kg if is * lr mi '■ i 1 square 8250|$375 500 9 50 1300 2 squares 4 50 0 25 8 50,1*3 00 22,00 3 squares 0 01 9 00 1 . 00 20 00 30,00 4 s.iua*-es 8 00 1100 15 00 25 00 at 50 j column ii 00 hi 00 20 00 30 00 15,00 i column 1800 24 00 30 00 45 00 ti.oo 1 column 28 00 40 00 50 00 80 00 130,001 union city twin i lorresponduuco of the lou . i-vi'li ' onmicrciiil 1 the sl.ki'.l'i.mi beauty of tennessee i sn much bus already been written in regard to the lady knosvn here us the sleeping 1 ii'.i u t \ ," thai i can scarcely j hope to give ynu anything nesv hut will add my testimony to that already given j and make ycu a ple.in statement of facts ' us i knosv iu-in from hermnllter brother ' nnd friends svho liosv have her iu charge ' in he sunn honse in which i am stop ping and from which i nm nnsv writing to you miss susan jiiroline gndsny wns born in obion county tennessee uud sviildn ten miles t this city of p bul honest parents her father bus been dead foi twelve years her malhei till liven and watches oki ber hived child und lhe sunken eves and farrowed brijw show very ptmtiiv tiie trims nun sorrmv*s sir tnrs •■•'■■ * peri iii d in her duty lor twenty one years she is very poor and lo bonie ex taut depended i mi ih contributions l visitors to i ike care nl i i procure prop er supplies for in i emu at miss godsay was taken sick svben a bout lour years of nge with what wus supposed to be chills and fever but which baffled tin sk.ii of nurses und physicians for more thai two years ai which lime she fell in n nervniifl sleep from which she has not woke since for a longer lime : than iiveive minutes she usually sleeps j soundly from 1 1 o'clock nl night imiil about ii iu the mm i.iug nnd through llie day svakes uboul • nee un hour uerwu i king spall ure never 1 b s limn four nor , more iliuii twelve but usiinlly about six minutes dura ion in in waking mo ments she speaks bolh pleasantly and in teiligi nlly nnssveis prmnpily any ques tiun u.-k.-ii her and appeals quite happy and contented one of tin btranjesl pointa ol lliit strange case is the seemingly tolnl nb sence of anything like respiration a piece of the finesl polislied glass in 1.1 close tober lips fails to disclose lhe sligblesl truce of bl caill ii i p li '■- pel feelly still and but lor a nei voiib und tremulous iniitimi ni tin body which never ceases you might in any time call her dead v in has grown du.ii.g her iifflioliou from a little child tu aboul lhe average height ol ller sex and weighs 06 pounds uud ill though hoi bo i • ! iiiiuds showjher v n poor in lit sh bar lac is full uud smooth and her feuiurus sn ii developed indeed such n ruie btylc do in r features pnit ay ; thut she is not inappropriately culled ihe sleeping beauty ot l'uiiiiossue masonic i'lu n ■ sv vml times re cenilv published un interesiing history of fiee masonry from which we take llie following extracts : ti universality of masonry . — whetb er irom isuelnud or scotland or from an cienl egypi ma-nnry originated il spread nil over lhe globe and now masons cun in found among aim st all the nations of tin rt li inasmuch us ii tenches liberty - fraternity and equality it is interaictod in kussia a us i ii spain and portugal and in hungary o man if known to be a ma son would be imprisoned tlio ( lliinesc have an organiz ition closely allied lo m i sonry bul insteud i tlie bibb , they use ilic writing of lhe conlticinus who is claimed ns llu ii bpli'llual guide there are masoiib aniong tlie m iln inelaiib the bi^li degrees knosvn among european mu sons ure mil practiced by lhe chinese m asiatic mas ms but thu oxienl nl their miibonic kuosvledgii is confined to tluit obtained in symbolic lorlg -. i ben fore if a master mason made iu ibis c ilry or in ' iron i iii ilain or llie < ontiiinnl of europe si , mi i s isil . 1 1 - mongoliai.h or oilier asiatic nations he would find tha lie could readily ml himsill known and would in i ia . ■' d us a brother the only pi iiisunir in tlio niintucuel jiiil notifies the authorities thai ii llu v don't fix up ilaii jail o hut tbe sheep can l got in to botliei him hi will bo blow cd if li is ill i-'is iti there marriage ceremony in iu's si a according to iho ritual when lhe bridegroom is presented lie whole i re is in confusion ; all tlic telaii'ius irieiids aud iiei(ihboi-b on both sides uie invited to the housp of the bride winn nil tile expected company nr assembled the match-maker enmes in lending the brldo grnmii by the hand und going straight to the head nf the in use |. resents him the ] tliiliiiile's i'l.tiu i i'lii'iili-u'ds'lies mini tnin lo u table covered with'a si hit cloth ; on lhe table is a silver salver with n in if ol ill-end ill it nnd on iho bread ll sail collar ss iihs+nb tsvo lings uu iii anlil lie mfter it silver — ure placed on n mi ill nil s-i-r trny bi ime u trnldcn image nl lhe vli rill murv holding the child ie*us iu lu-r ii in willi ihis iiniiga tins blesb the future couple all lie company siand | ihe mother holds the bride completely dressed in white by lhe hand surround ed by all 1 i rn 1*1*1 friends and compan j inns all bow before llie imu_e tlm lather takes the image lite mother lhe bread md ball ; the yonng em pie then kneel under i im iiii i.i ami are first hless i ed by iln lather j tli latter then takes the bread und bull frmn i lie int ids of lhe mother and then gives her the imago und the same ceremony is repeated after ihis llie fniher and mother f tbe bride groom do the like then comes the giv ing of the rings tin bride's father gisa s the gulden ring lo ihe bridegroom und tin silver ime in the bride tin y in now affianced to inch oilier uud give naeh olli er the first kissl when thu ceremony is o vi r the company enjoy i hcuibclvcs ; they j chat laugh em nnd drink und bepnruto ufti i having fixed the day fur the inurii ua during tho interval between lhe ceremony and the marriage the bride grnom spends ull his evenings si ith his bride often tete-a-tete the marriage cer , i-iimny lollows li is ulso called lhe cor onation because during the ceremony a crown is placed tin the heada of the nffi ni i rail til rl i the pril-sl liffitb lllilll a iniji nt wine nf siliieli ihey both diink na a sign nl ihe iiiiimi they linve contracted - | a solemn procession is led by llie officia ting priest the bride und in idegrnoili iiii i lowing him round ihe desk placed in tin | centre of-tlie chmchj'npou which is laid llie liible tl'ns is ineau q ie|ir-si-.iii llu in * wlucb u , ' '.' '"■ " * ' . . - ■ ot ihese ia i itinng llie public cell bin ii ui nf tbn maiiiiige the rings worn by ihe y mn g couple ure cxeh u gi d ; llie husband now weari :•: lie ■- i v r mi lhe le lh ide l'roni llie church all the laiuii in v uri invii d to go in lhe bouse of thu bridegro n's father a svei k nf ler lh v ii-iuru i i ch ircli svben lhe pi iesi lifts the erosvn frmn iheir bends this is | llie li ii consi cratiou i iniiriinge tdk ha1 v in his recent vulusi '■ i milled society a ini sal inn it ilph walilu ltuersoii say .-.* ■' i'h pi-ifeclion 1 ihu providi nee for cbililhoml is easily ucknoss ledgi d the care which covers lhe beed of the tree un der lough busks ii d stony cases pins ides for iln l.iiin ia planl the in it he s bri nsl and lhe i i'll i's house the s ■/.■■ ol the liosl ler is i llllli ill ll us till . bl sci rain v nkiiesa is con pi usiited pi i li clly by lhe una happy patroiiiiiiiig look f iln moth er who i a ami ni high reposing pros i ,|. i cu toward il welcome lu tin pun mi ll puny .- . a ' ' . strong i.i hi weak uoss hi ii lie in in ii ■ ii resistil i i the soblii i's in lips mn li d with persuii sion is hich < li ill in und i'll ides ill 111 iii hood bul urn his unaffected luilie.ll.l lions -.'. iii : hn lit - up bis voice on high or linn beaulil'ul ihu bobbing child — lhe i ,, e all liquid jib i us lie lib b to bsvuiiow his vltxilllo '. -' it i lioillis in | ii ty and u mil llllli ui i cli ruts o p - i i . tlm small ilespoi asks so lillle hui all reason nnd all iinlure are on hi side ii is ignorance is more chuiinii gtlian nil know i , edge and bis lillle sins more bewitching iliuii any virtue his flesh ie ungele flesh ull nl ive infancy said ' oleridge pre sents body uud spirit in unity : ibe body is nil annua - d all day bei sin i'll his three or four sleeps lie run like n pigeon house sputters und spurs and puis on his luces u importance mid when he fusts tin linle pharisee bids nol to sound his trumpet before him lly lamp-light he delights in shadows nn ihu wall j by day light in yelhisv and bcik'lct (.' any llllli mil of iha i — li is overpowered by the lijjit ni ul by tbe extent nf mil lira i objects nail is silent tlli'.l presently begins his use nf hi fingers and he studies power — tha lea si i it of ids luce first il appeal in im great barm in architect oral tastes out of bonks llirend-spoolb curds and checkers he nill build his pyramid is ith tin gravity uf pall idio willi nil aeons i le ii plan u u of whistle md r.lllle he ex ploies the laws of b id i3nt cliiefly | like bis senior countrymen tbo young american studine new und speedy modes ul trunsportuiioii mistrusiing tlie cun ning of his small legs hu « :- lies to tide mi i im neck - and shoulders nl nil le h tin siuiill i-iii-bunli-r nothing enn u ith btnud - nn seniority of age no gravity nl character ; uncles aunts grind ires grand in is i iii uu eilby pi ; llo coi.loi ins tn nobody all conform tn him all enperand m ii iu an li , and h.ihlili und chirrup to li i in ' in l im strongest slinuldi't b ho rides alia ihe hair ol laurelled bonds * ... - a m hi in hindu island bus been sen to jail for ten days for bleeping in church , i mg sets done to th ch i ■"■ i an svho put him *.' : '■" '! i a wedding night incident how tom bennett fixed joe thompson ll ivitsn'l hardly llie fair thing llmt lh boys did m jnn riimnnsmi the night he ivns iu ini il but the temptation sens im lil.ln they could im hive helpeil il in im vi saved their lives i'll ie'l you how ii is'.-i : j sins nliout the must fancy dressed i chap in town over nice uud particular — ill perfect miss nllltev ill iii inner nllvi.ys ' i ~- '■: pi-i l ""'.'■ it.iin.v uinl iniid ni|_fil ci im in svas ilre-keil hunk empty n il his punts espeei . 1 1 \* silting him as if tin v linil been ids ami his legs cm fllcb iniil mhi in lh in i ight wa im niime f ai them their set sins liumensc und in svus prouder ll.llll ll halt do-en peacocks aren't they nice boys ?" in asked nf the two who were in be groomsmen and sen lhal in threw himself nsvuy in ll.e must approved fashion si ing ! gnigeoiis !" replied tom dennett never saw anything eqnnl in ihem lin i say joe aren't ihey jnst iln lensl lillle liglii ( it siiilcs nie ihut vmi mil h.ive mime difficulty in bending willi'l s iill i l'.-lmw im '(" they are us easy ns nn nid glove ; sec !" to prove the in itter in limit dosvp so ns tn touch his patent leathers when '* ! cr.tek ! followed like iln twin repn.i u u h sa ia r " pliin tier '!" exclaimed ine as he du p eil his hiiiiils i hind and fnu nl a rent in iln ii i im i <• frmn stem l stern thun der i the p nils have burai nm » li.it shall i iln > i slimilil think ihey had answered tom getling purple in the face ns be en deavored tn control his laughter uni iln ro is im lime to (;.■! another pnlr it mily svnnls half an limit m iho btnnd-up time nn i we have n mile in p i carriage wuitii j too whai shall i do what hall i iln i'll tell ynu sih.it in if mine would fit ynu should have them and welcome ' imi they are a mile mo big iseenuwny inn in have them mend 1 " w'ini can i gel m ih it to n f w.ll i iii something i n tailor nnd can liz hem so hat liny won't biiosv — i 11 hi mi n minute and i'll get a needle und thread in v i i m »■-,** " . ','.,. ..,, - ,,,, , r cn'tit i-i.iiiin null al linn as he cumo back nnsv lav yonrsell t in r mi tho la ll mill i'll fix yo.l ill jllnl'l ma er the command wii - in \ i il — iho p n is mended — lhe emit lulls eat fully fill i i'll iiver so as in concent ila distress fm renl und nil svent merry a u mail .'■ bell until im inlhiwi'd bis blushing bride in i he iiiilnl emich there svas only a dim li'.'lii in the room l,,n ii imiibled 1 ■'.*. us im in iced bush fully around 10 sei lhe ssveeu si face in the world iln rosy cheeks and iipn lips thr lovely and losing blue eyes ami lhe hidden em i jusi peeping mn from lhe s in i is v sheets null in ; m • guisht-d it alto gether a nl 1 1 . i .- 1 . ■ i i ii lo disrobe hiiusell i off came emit vest taney necktie nnd collar boots nnd so ks in u hurry ; bill 9 mehnsv the pants snick iln more he j nail imii nn re they wouldn't come mu !.. inj-gi i villi i > i'm i it a h ur tliiinderl muttered inc whai is tint mallei dent ?" enmo in tli si.fia-i ofiicceiits frmn the bed si lure smiu-liiiilv mas wondering svhut il svus that annoy il him 1 1 wns u mom lit f desperation i ie was entire nveicouie by tiie siliiiilion and forgi itiug his bushfuluess blurted nut : molly that cured tnm bennet 1ms bewed ins punts drawers shin und nu ll rsliiri all together '." ii i too had wall a moment deur a lillle stockingl -* i peeped nut than u iufli.il nighl dress the lamp was lighled n pair of scissors found und joe ii leased mentally vowing tliul it ever he got lhe opportunity hu would pay his ii hmil tmu back v.;ih interest for the juke had played on him 1 thought — a boe.i buried in the earlh i'm centuries may cnniiiin tho posv . r nl vitality und by llie aelion of light an.i heat spring up and yield uu abun dance of fruit a thought casually dron ed in iho corner uf ii let ter at i im bni iiun nf u uesvs]iiiper column or amid u crowd of juveniles may remain iinpio dnclivo for years and tit inst spring up in gladden nnd refresh i linus'iiids a lllnnghl may be ram iniinred for iiii think ol this j e who are feeding the im moral mind and btampiug i's destiny ! — i.i i imi un impure seuteiice go forth from your pen or your lips 1 hop every is lure llu rood seed of truth nnd they svill not bu inst tho word of reproof tho judicious counsel ihe plensnnl biigges'ion the earnest advice i ill be reciilh d ut n fiituru day nearly homo almost well and near ly ui in un miiil the dying unxter v lieu asked boss ho wns by a friend a mar i tyr when npprnnching llie btnko being i|iie tinned n - in hosv he felt ansss erod never better for now i know lhal 1 am almost home thou looking oyer tho tiiiaiii i ws between him imii thu pluau whero in mis immediately m bo burnt hu said • i inly tun more btih t to gel over mid i nm nt my faiber's iioiibo dying said llie rev s medley sweet work ; home ' ! another on his death-bed said | 1 mn going homo us fast nfl i can nnd i bless god that i have n irood home to en i itkiiltf.anizatirmif tin 11 if i tijuk'al socibli.lf noittii | cah.oj.flv c.iai'k bl.i \. f 1 ! dune lib is/0 ' r i on tlm oth inst at i.v't hever,i members of lhe hisnirle-illoiiiei v ,,| nmih i carolina met iu llu iji-ivejiiy library furl the purpose of ri'iittai i.*r tlm society iiy electing new olfeei r'nil alexilli i-ler mali-er was h.v ,! itinerary presi ! dent nnd on 1 »■'•-.*.. rv.t 7>',i ' f *)>■- , ■ iii inmhmrni i v lyi.y.'iuttt p , smih w im were ll.en pr.lni io ihe meet , ing nn hud nm lorgierl»eeii luembei'fl of , ilu soci.-iy were twiannnnsly elected , members ii w lassl-r wus elected f leinpi.r ir'y clerk i j , i'riil 11 s i illicit mved 111 1 1 lb i , presideni pro tern appniufctyiiniiilttee of . ill roe members 10 prepuri id report per ( mnuciit officers fur lhe n f giniizulimi of . the society winch million ♦,.- tiiiniiiiiious ( ly curried , tlm chair appointed profs i s put j rick prof james a mailing and col t jus f taylor j the commit loo returned lid very soon | reported for presid j.dl hill whee j ler tlie lilslni inn for ye president x thirteen persons in be belef'd ly the so t eii'tv for secretary ami tn asm er a j mc ver t tin refwrt of the comnftea svas ntnin 1 j illunisl '.' n tl opt 1 il t f nl wliei ler 011 ti.kit.wlit chair made ., a 1 1 iv iipproprlulo 1 rjiji.ud the socio ,, ty being ihus i'eorgtiuiz'jj proceeded to * cl.-ei vice preside na and uvmbers „ tho following thirteenlc.il lemen wore , unanimously cli-cied yi.-e presidents of | iln society : gov w w holden ; iov 1 11 t clark ; it v snlolui pool presi , dent if tho l'uiver.-iiy ; c-i william a.i m e ol l.dentou ncls mendoiihall | ol guilford ; lion wm ) buttle hal . eigli ; linn th.iinas 1 0 ngm in as.be , villej or s s rati-hivi-ll new hanover , wm 1 vale ( li.n h.ll.-i rev b cru , ven it i i'r silent friuiiy college ; , ki'v !■). i hnckwell prpldent of con , d ti nnilo colli lf ; ah mon john i . elizabi th city ; and dot 0 s rcid | , all ilia trustees ol ilui liversity who j ire nm n't idy 111 ml 1 • unanimous , ly ' li nd regular mi mlfci , ( the following genii it u were linnni , vi > itittj ti oove j.'ije'n u fitt i ii i'overi ml th is allison i !>., , hmi thus c i tiler getl li b vance j , l v george w welk r li v brently i , rk h ui j w i i leu n hon lewis m hm s .-'. ac-hl v i i.i h b.og dan nnd t'i 1 - !■'. t i 1 » ere op | pointed u committee lo pn un from the , nexl i . lain i nn net to i corporate tlie \ ili.-iiuii-al society i i norili cnruliiin | ( in iu 1 1 in i uf ev mid i in ui i'.'ul a voir uf ihniiks « i iliuii ti i-l liven lo col john ii vh eh a ilm pn ui nl of tin society for lhe able nnd iii'iuebii.ig ud dn-ss wliii li be bad delivered nil the day hi fun on ihe history of ni tli cnroliim with n ii quia i iliui u cups 1 given lotlio society for pulilir.nii.il ii was voted thai ibe seiretary and treasurer be instructed to polled the i ks papers and ntlier pri jerty of ibe society and deposit them in in uuiver si i y i i b rn ry , 1 1 was voled thai k>*v si iunn pool morgan cb.pp 1 s patrick james f taylor und s s ashley be i flpniiited nn executive eoinmitteo to o.uiduct ihu print ii j and oilier executive busineib oi the soeiely kx-gov henry t ci irk wai iiuaui nii uslv i'ie.-n-d io delivi i iii in *. nnnuiil address in i re the historical s.hety of noilli carolina al ihu nexl legnhli meet ing sshieli wilhic held nl iho liilivi rsily on the day befori tin coin uu cemdul week ul 1871 in ibe uuivoi jitj libi uy r catehinga fly in church a holy in one of cur thurelies resteil her head ou ills luiok , of a pew in front a nil des-out | pis du iu : lino nf prftj'er bul iii ih pew lefore her snl a young man svbo neither bof'od his bead j nar him-el.-il a beautiful pi uaddeii un hiiiued upon ibe i ml uf thaf.iii ono behind him occasionally loiiclilrvwio neck of the uuiih who ev'nii-iiily eoivdithil it a lly or some other trnubli's'iuie i fleet i'm n time lie horo the uupleasanl s.-'i-uiimi without a murmur bul ul hist patieiipe ceased to be a virtue ami from the has-'i of hi eagle eye me could plainly boo thai he hour of that lly had come iusteiul of buying sho'lly don't bod'ler inc eiinll'iuslj hi hand movi il tinvml lhe supposed ofl'oildllig ilisecl ; tlieil i'olloweil n fruiilie lntoh and ii spring behind hi liniigiiio iln bornir nf the youth to lit i in i is hand the n l)by lint of the fair ,,„,.. which li had loni'viiileully from bur head sail v disiirrunglug ilieuintoiirofbra'ds and higiiuii the lady wus iiiiliguant of course uinl lhe >' nth cuul.l i live i i pur ohasi d nl an iniino.ibh sacrifice ul i thut ii explanations and apologies followed and the disoriranizedliaii wa ml in nrderns soon as pobbililii,anil thedovotional exercises wen resumed lima ohio oaistte . . »«*»■>•- a specimen of iii/alutin.~a western political stump sp-nikci'de in lus his op piuiciii iii tliis w '-' ■ build u v ii in fence around winter's supply ofsutnnierwealhor shim ibe clouds from tho i u y svitli a teaspoon j break a hnrrienno to nlmriu bb ; ground sluice nn eni-lhi.il iko hi nn uv.ilui die lilt tt di u|„-i n the it m i of an m live volcano ; hive all iii stars in a nail in g bang the ocean on u grapo vino tn dry ; put tho sky i souk in a gourd i unbuckle the belt of 1'iiity a ni i . '■<■ to li i on the bun nnd imam ; but id • ' '' '<'''' 0 i lent i ir delude yourself with i1 idea that any tick ' ol your pnrtj i b at ours i the death op the lion i perhaps no case ol royalty in reduced cut imsluuei-h is so snd s that ol the j l'i his hitter days frequent „„ lr j i ' " "> iho vicissitudes ol monarohs neither tbo deposed queon of spain at vmiiie nor the exploded bom bit in koine nor to look further back louis i hillppl appearing suddenly hi england ! n mr miili sviih n curpe*>bttg nnd em i."i umbrella is so melancholy p t\_un of decline is milked by the iniimtiiy'jm-yii-li _ gei'tlo spring on ill limbic uniclnpc or in cope sviih tbe sturdy biill'.ilo and , llgaliibt bis better nnl ure tbe leollue lear siill grand and iu posing oi aspect but be , nil uf his power is driven to watch for , stray children going to the well or old , women picking sticks iu the incest it might be imagined ihut the sable pbilobo | phor of the bereaved tribe would regard , ibis alulueliiiii of aged feiiiiiles as praise , worthy or would at least consider the eat : ing of i hem us a sufficient punishment i'm , the offence xol so however ; a lion once f known us a min woman or child eater is • by no menus encouraged even iu africa '• in the indulgence of his tastes ; and what | with constant interrnpiinns and the ne , cessity for increased vigilance against his j foes he seldom enjoys a jin-al ill peace as his teetli fail nnd his joints stiffen lie } is no longer able to capture ll.e feeblest crone or to masticate the temleresl virgin ; and in the last luge nf all lhal ends this strange eventful history he catches mice for a subsistence gulping them like pills and ekes out ll.e insufficient diet sviih grass imagine the incarnation of abso lute posver ; ibis rioter ill lhe blood of ssvift and powerful beasts this emitter nl the roar that causes nil the hearts in the wilderness lo quake driven in what should be ii majestic old age lo pick bis osvn sal ads and in turn rnnuser ! tlie number of tiiiu-s ihut svith his huge frame and cor i responding appetite be must perform for , each scanty meal the degrading act ol sviile.hiitg for and pouncing upon a mouse must ultimately deprave his whole char acter ; daily lie must sink losvcr in his own ebtecm ; reformation and suicide are equally denied him ; till happily ihesav ige who come upon his track knowing by signs tli it bus in en forced tn graze knows j,l_jj.b.u.ku,tvebh'li;'ss is groat j and find a bush in lhe sleep of i'*x7ir.s]-'.v.'a,,"*'.v-»-jm.'t torpor of self-contempt considerably has tens svith his assagai to draw a veil over the painful scene late hours it v henry ward beecher preached i lately mi lute hours and tlic un fruitful works of darkness and in the course of his sermon said : if you want to make thu ruin ol a child give him lib eriy after dark l'ou cannol du anything nearer tu insure damnation than to leave him at liberty to go where be svill without restraint after dark he will be sure to git into eommuiii aiion with people that will undermine all bis good qualities i do not like to speak lo parents about iheir chii d i m hut i here are i i11u1311111i w ho think their child cannot do wrong their child svill not lie win 11 his tongue is like a bended bow ; be will not di ink when there is not 11 saloon v ii din umileoi his ful iter's house . where lie is not as well knosvn as one of its own decaliters ; lie never does iniqui : toils things svben be is reeking in filth — | nineteen out of every twenty allowed per j feci freedom at night svill be wounded by | it there is nothing more important than for 11 child lobe ut home nt nighl ; or if lie is abroad you should be with him if lie is to see any sights or take any pleus me there is nothing that he should see ihut ymi should nm see sviih him i is nnl merely lhal tlie child should be broken dosvn but there are thoughts that never ought to find a passage into a man's brain - as no eel il he svriggh s across a carpet j svill leave his slin which no brushing j can ever efface so ii to are thoughts that i caii never bo got rid of once permitted to enter and books and jpicturos under tin luptiels of their coals that will leave ideas iu lhe mind of your child that can never lie effaced there are moo who have heard a salacious song and they never be effaced there ore men svbo have heard a salacious song and thoy never can for get t they svill regret having learned it to the end of iheir lives 1 do not be lieve 111 u cbild's seeing lives i do not believe in 11 child's seeing life as it is call ed with iis damnable lust and wickedness to have iis imagination set on fire with the flumes of lull nobody got s through ibis fire hm they are burned burned burned and they can never get rid of lhe scans a young virginian bus ibis year grad uated at the princeton n n college with higher bo s lhan have been taken i at that colhge since the graduation of ! aaron burr his name is theodorio li ■ i'rvni 11 son of roger a try or late of i virginia tbe new york tribune of tlie : 30th ult , in n notice of tho princeton commencement says ; the day cooke mathematical fel 1 iwsliip nfter the most difficult and in its remits ihe most brilliant examination in iho liistory of iho college wus given to tin u.'.'.iic b i'l'vor why do you cull me birdie my dear ?" inquired a wife of her husband — because wbfl lhe answer you are nl w ivfl agboclaled in my mind svith a hill thubj is tii be this year a great pro i testant ecumenical council in new v.nk | olty something that has been thought of j for some lime an exchange alluding ... this meeting of th christian churches i ftiys -. in september thorn is lo assemble nt new york from „|| n„n f the world and representing ui least by adhesion ev i y christian denomination wllhont any | * y f l;1 j .^ " " . f.1 jl ' ','' * ,* *_** * '"*"■' lie ii i'lll some of lhe most distinguished men nl christendom will attend sviih elaborate pi.pei-s to rend touching all the aspect ol man's traiibcundii.il interests in their con nection with ill limes it is expected that more than two thousand delegates will bo present the programme bus iill bee arranged and publish d ; the subjeois divided and specialized and eaob com mitted to some individual of di.lllieliou therein before the world of literature nnd science they disclaim all purpose of making the great condi of iln mo lhe ob ji'ctive point ol this extensive movement they declare ami truly tha this nssem hip bus been the fruil uf efforts gradually prevailing that begun many yours bol the holy father signified his pontifical will nevertheless ll.e contrast cannot fail lo awaken nn extraordinary interest io both a constituting tlie great religious event of the agi illl isbuo joined li u vast and august seule in lhe persons orl iiotli sid.s ol in . ■ - t abli nml vein nil lemen between llie past uml intnl oi llie reli gious mind of man a divorced wife aud her husband marry again after a separation oj thirty three years - a story nl real lif shroud ed somewhat in romance runneth in ibis wise about thirty three yiara ngo n young lady aboul fifteen years of age iieiiiiiiful ami aei lilished bill specially noted fm ber musical talent furshu could sin like a bird svu wooed and w'oii lis n young mechanic who wns also a poted singer tlie union did not prose liarmo ■ nious nnd alter an experience of about six months the ymitig ' wife rolitrm d lo the parental roof for support and iirotec tion a eommiitei wns selected to con 1 for with the estranged parlies due ofthe i flm*-jatht'jvl'>ti'1^,h tt<>n p k tudcjuif thing iii the way of a r conciliation the husband went his way a divorce svas obtained but i have not la-en advised which was the complaining party a son svas born it whom the pride oi the moib i er was centered more -.:;-'\ more up lie grew from infancy i childhood and from child , ! hood in manhood for she svus in him re | warded ' more than mothers often are the father married again and reared a family of children his name often ap pears in print for be is an author ut mu sic and a singer of note more than thir ty years have dragged their crooked lengths along and disappeared behind e ternity's veil during all this lime i be lieve the actors in this drama met not t but strange things do happen tbe sec ond wife sickened and died ; after a while the husband sickened uud as lie lay on his bed uncertain ol tlie future memory called up tlie pas in long review ; sunn utile wrongs may have tingled bis coil | science — at all events be longed to see i her around whoso life be hud wontouly wrapped the dark mantle efforts were made to get ber by his bedside j they were successful ; a reconciliation svus ef fected and she administered to him dur ing bis indisposition when sufficiently cniivnloseenf they visited her old home ■ kindly words were spoken tho dark past j forgotten assurance ol foully in the future made and again lhe bund wus promised lust night may 5 they svere married the life journey so eagerly begun boon disconnected was commenced anew a quack doctor rush attav with six womkn at a tikis i dr young lhe quack cancer doctor sslm swindled messrs james nnd jones of something near 1,000 and who bus been living h inw lllminttiile shipped ill's wife ir noilli * carolina from which state be liails.swin j died a dozen or two gentlemen and ran ] assay on saturday morning siiili six young women frmn the neighborhood ol lhe junction uf ilols.tmi liver he look the western train t union with four of the damsels and was joined al jnnesboro by the other iss-o he checked bis bag ■ o-agp to louisville and is supposed lo , have gone lo utah sviih his happy finni ■ v if bis ix are anything like xan i lippe lord have mercy on his smil ! • bristol nt a llnvs never coquette the girls they ' i furnish coquetry enough without your aid ' | ll you want lo win their affutiuiii sviih >; i i view tn matrimony approach tliera polite a ly and honestly being sine that you meai just whai your aotions indicate muny .* tender heart lias boon broken and many i i happy life been mude sad by a false i ; c.lniatii.ii of love make a point over so clear ir is a gl'i n .' odds lhal a mini whose habits and ill b bent of whose mind lie a contrary svus i i shall be unable to comprehend if 8 ,, , we k a thing is reason iu competitloi wiih inclination y what is the difference bi twecn a pros - ident svidnsv and a wife ssho talks aboii • i her liege lord ?" one husbands he " means und the other me ins her liusband m 2 i'm 111 iln 1111111111 democrat mil lililtin mutiy ilungciuus nils for illiimlnntltig pnrp ises are now appeuring iindi'i divers njim and hawked about he unity and sold ill cheap ratm a gainst llioiis 0 which nil persons should i uini'ined nml im this em 1 send you an exirnot transcribed from the american agriculturalist : th ia is tmitjijnhiin-.irliifil ,—.... fi'rrrg i*hturjrfe''™n sim lighto'd for 2 the recipe nulls us i'dl^ps : to mako nm gallon ink ihree qunris of ben zitie 1 oz of pulverized nliim 1 \ ol al cohol 2 oz ere mi i ii 1*1 rl '-' i.z ill soda 1 pint potatoes cut line lablespooiitiils uf fine salt .. drielims ml snssnfriis and 4 do gum tfnmpli ir then fidlosvs direc tions for mixing these ingredients if the tiling wa imi so wicked sve should not ridicule its absurdity li is an attempt to induce people l believe lluil svith llie va liums additions and prescribed mixings ihe benzine cun im converted iuio some thing sufa fin illuminating purposes tlie oil of sassafras ami camphor nie added lo make lhe compound mhi ii diffi n-nt'y from pure boiizhl — limy are combustible and so fur lira imi foolish j bul tho other ingre dients ii i ii tn snd a potatoes c are sheer nonsense they hove not the slightest eiiocl iu making iln ucnzino otherwise lhan benzine und iln person who propo ses in add llu in is a fool if in did not ki oss i uinl u la.-i-al if in did recol lect thut ilis oil is hcnziui , unsafe ex plo iv d deadly belter ihut your children bhould have no oilier light than tallow dips or go lo bed al dink lhan run iho risk of sudden death or what is worse being maimed for iiii by ibis s l or c r oil ii you will use it first make your svill linn insure your life m id ask your minister lo gel ready n sermon on the mysterious dispensation of providence these recipes are doing hawked about tlio country by ngentfl wlio l-.s tileadiug the cheapness of llie light doubtless sell a large number iln-y should be arrested and punish i a sens nm u a blal k mi farland in north carolina . s i l.i.noii n.c juno 9 — a tragedy bimilar to llie mcfurland-biclmrdbon affair has rccenily occurred in ihis slate — so nunlogiins indeed to lhal ease that i am templed lo give lhe particulars thereof we see i lut t ihe determination i slay seducers in nol eouflyed to pnrlioul.it hcalim-suliine nor to the svliito man only in lhe in bul.ce 1 mu iilnuil in give you the parties are black und were liiloly lhe slaves ot families distinguished in ibe old north state tin history ofthe cose which hasjust bicn tried in llie court for the county of burke ul mnrgunlnn and before bis hon or judge mitchell is brii fly tins : some time ago andrew caldwell look lhe svife of harvey avery and eloped with her from her home in burke county to east tennessee tbe woman is said to have been a fail bin nnd devoted wife lor about fifteen yens but was inveighed into a dose tion o'f her husband by iho wiles of andoow the pleasures oi ihis new life not proving all lhe svnman hnd been old they would be she wrote lo her injured husband lo come and take her back to his home iigain this sv.is done but the seducer soon followed and a short time after hi return svas caught by avery ' under cireumstniiccb which convinced the husband of llu continued guilt ol bis svife doubly enraged by ibis discovery avery rushed upon lhe parlies sviili a knite and u rock the wife rightly guessing ins intention to kill hed bill caldwell stood his ground and called for ihe woman to ri main also us ihu tsvo might successfully i defend llu inselves bill it svus in vain ; for in a is ss njinutee avery had cutoald ; w ii's bowels nul with ihe knife bo that deutli 1 1 smad soon afterwards the affair has created quite ml excitc oii'iii iii llie ennuis h-hera ilie tragedy oc curr.'d and ss here llie ni il us in-fore sla ted lias just taken place eminent cnun i sel appealed iii llie cause and llie trial | assuming such a political phase his hon or judge miichell had in interpose und confine the counsel to law alone the i lieutenant governor ol llu slate hon , l'od r caldwell appeared as one of the counsel for the prosecution ; and 1 am i told has greatly tfumuged his influence a ig the radical negroes for laboriously clamoring for ihu life i ibe prisoner tbe deci used formerly belonged in lhe family of caldwell — inner his sympathies tho ! counsel for the defendant sine nil disliil gni hed coii -' - vatii s an i pi iii in . — there inn bun an almost life-long bud i existing bei ween the averya and cald • wells and the circumstnncos connected i wiih ibis tragedy gavo additional excite i ment and rancor in the feud , the cases oi sickles of cole of mc . i'uilaud and others were cited by the j counsel fur ibe lii-li , und thesupposi , tion being lhal lhe jury in ids case would : c nibii'e the case ime uf justifiable horoi i eidu according lo public opinion hie honor chnrgi d ti e jm ■ hui they bhould ' nut weigh iln i i ii is herein public opinio ' wns but must confine themselves alone lo ' ih law of the question involved their verdict was nol guil y "; murder but ilty of ii i hiugliti i . ' from which de ' ciaioll deli ndaill run i base il|i ailed i ..«-. r good words and good deeds ire the . mi wi ewe i ii thi " ■ br i tho 0ti i c vlw|p,|t1*'t n ____■_• il j _ **■ v 1 mtli&u salisbury n £. july 15 1*70 vol v