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VOL. VIII. WINNSBORO. S. C., WEVDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1,1873. [NO. 51
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THlE T109'l OF FRiEN113111 .
nly TOM 11001).
I once had in i inmtiae friend,
So (tel r
Ills calling Icanu1ot tiieewl,
. ..- ., feas r I
File lie s-mny but one sovr!
The weary da1y long
'Twas
i ny-utilberellei sI amend.- to meil
Anyumbibev.l1ersteioneid
Ut. thongli his profeseion is 9 ,
l".. I know
J'd not his acquainlance for tauch
Forego.;
.'*eath his ragged old veat
Dbats a heairin his breast,
whaich -
)%uman m si fortune an touch,
Hlumain Iinisfortune caln touch.
For once when by showers I was caught,
My friend
Was prompt an umbrella, unsought,
To lend ;
And from that very loan
Shrank (he Ltest friend I've known,
Sav . .
''Anynmberellastoinend-..to m1eu I
Ahyuaubere'Isomenmd !"
A Midnight Peri.t
SAV';D nY AN ABSENT WI il.
The night of the 17th of October
Mskull I ever forget its pitchy dark.
a, Ithe roar of thQ autanmnal 'ind
through the forest, and the inos.,aut
dqwn pour of 1he rain ?
"Thlis comes of short cu ts,' T mut.
tered to myself, as I $plooided alopg,
keeping close to, the trunks of the
trees., I copuld hear the roar of the
turbulent stream forty of fifty feet be.
low. My blood ran cold as l thought
of the possible Consequences of a mis
top or move in the wrong direction.
-hy had I not been content to kee'p
in the right road I . .
Hold on ! Was that a light, or are
my eyes playing mo f(alao 1 -
I stopped, holding on to the low
resinous boughs of a hemlock that
grew on the edge of the bank ; for it
actually scomed as if the wind would
seg uke bodily and hurl we down
the reciptions descent.
It was a light-thank Providence
r-it was a light, and no ignus-fatus
to lure me on to destruotion fi'ad
death..
'H1alloo-o-o !
My voice rang through thc . Woods
like a clarion. . plunged. onward
through tangled vines, denso briars
aiid rook banks, until gradually near
igg, could perceive a figure wrapped
in an oil cloth cope or cloak,,barrying
jx lantern. As the dim light, ,fell
upon my face, I alinost recoiled.
Would not solitude in the woods be
preferable to the companionship of
this wipheredj wrinkled, old man ?
Buiit 6ab too late to recede now.
'What's wantirg ?' lie sarled forth,
with a peculiar motion o his lips
that seemed to leave his yellow teeth
all bare.
"I am lost in the woods; can't you
fune~ct me to R- station ?'
'Twelveo miles !'
'I stood ngha.--t.'
A 'ailyoq tell meo of any ahelter iI
coulti. obtain for the nightV"
'Whero are-you going t'
'To lDrew's, (down bero by tioei ma
lo swamnp.
'Is it a tavern '1'
'No..
'Would they take mo for thie
iiight .11l. qould pay them well.
. ils eyes gloamed ; the yellow
stumipsstoodl relieved onoo miore.
'I guess so ; folks do stop there
sometime q.'
'is i't far. fron here V
'Noh very ; about a half a mile.'
.'Then let us make haste aind rench
it.I aim drenobed to the akip.
s.Weplodedon,.mny..comliapion n'ore
t~na~ke.pingpn~o wih. m. ,Itres
qistjy. we left-ths edge gf the ravine,
entering whsat seemed like a traokloss
Woods, and keeping etraight or, uutii
1,ghts gleamed fiffully through the
was a ruinolus ol plaqe,.withlip
wiId!w:y dan t Zo de,~ as if
pi rs of the rude liorch nearly rottod
aiway.
A. woman answered my follow
traveler's knock. MIy coQmpanion
whispered a word or two to her, and
she turned te mec with smooth, volu
blewords. of welcome.
She regretted-the poverty .of their
nocomodations ; but I was welcome to
such as they wore.
'Where is .Isaac ?' demanded nif
guide.
'He has not come in yet.'
I sat down on a wooden bench bo
side the fire arid ate a few mouth
fiuls of bread.
'I should like to retire as "seon as
possible,' said I, for my weariness
was oecesi:Ve.
'Certainly,' the woman started with
alacrity.
'
'Whero ar you going to put him ?
asked my guide.
'Ip cha uuiber.'
'P'uit. him in Laaao's roon.'
'No '
'It's the me(st comfortable.'
'It toll you lno.,
But herg I interrup'ted the whis.
' 11111 not prticular-I don't care
-wl.erc )otu lodge ne only make
haste.
o,!0,WRS conducted 1ip to a Wep
ladder that tood in the criier of ihe
roon, into ain apintient .-%i. 01ith
sloping beatms and venj iiate:1 by one
sinall window, whcre a cotU bed. to-id,
crowded clo.-cly agaiist t lie board par
tilion, 1id a ,pine table with two
- i ar., forned tic atter'pts at fuitni
Lii io.
The woman set the laimp-an oil
laip Oil the table.
'Anything inure can I get air '
INoIthng, tiani: you.
"I hope you will aleep well, sir.
When $.hall I call you 1'
!A tJfrur o'plook in the morning, if
' on pi.' e. I must walk to R -
istatioln in time for the 7 o'clock cx
-Jali ha sure to.gal 110 sir:.1,
,hc withdrew leiving me Wlenc in
the gloomy little apartment... I sat
down and looked around mo with
no very agreeable sen.sitions.
' will set doivu and write to.Alice,'
.Ah1ught that will sooth my nerves
...d quit 1:10, perha1:ps.
I descended the ladder. The fire
still glowed redly on the stone
h.qar!t.1 ; my coni.panion? - pnd., the
womad sat beside it :talking in a-low
tone, and a third person sat at the
table, eating-a short, stout, v.illnin
ods:.lookitig - inan; in - a red flannel'
shirt and very muddy pantaloons.
I asked for writitig mnaterials,. qpd
returned to 6dy l-oom to *ito to my
wifq. . ,
'My. darling Alice.'
I paused, I laid down ipy poh as.1
concluded the jyord, .halt emiliug to
think what sho would say, could she
know of my strange quarters.
N.ot until both sheets wore coptered
odid I. l6y dsidos my poh and prepare
for slumber. As I folded my paper,
I happened to glance toward my
-couch.
. asit the 'gleam of a human eye
observing me through the board par
tition, or was it my own fany I There
was a orac theo-Oliit ouly blackness
beyond. Yet I could have sworn that
sumething had sparkled banefully at
Me.
I took qot my witch, .it-was , only
one o'clock. It was scarcely woxth
while for me to undress for three houvs'
sleep ; I would lay down in my
clothes and snatch what slumber I
could. So, placing my valise close to
the bead of my bed, and barricading
the lock less, door, with two ohajrF.
A .cxtinLuishcd the light anad lay
down.,... . but
At first vw-e., very. waefu, but
gradually a soft dr9wsinoss seemed to
steal over ih like misty mantle, until
all of a sudden some startling eleo.trib
thrill coursqd ihrough my veina, and
I sat up, nofted: atid trembling. i.,
-in.lytinous softness seemed to glow
through the room-,io light of the
moon or stats was ever so penetr~ting
-and by the, litte. witadog I saw
Alice, nmf.. Nife, dressed in floating
garments of white, with 1hcr long gol
den hair knotted back with a blue
ribbon. A pparently she.- was ,beoks
oning to mec with outstretched hianda
and eyes full of wild, anxious tender.
1 sprang to my feet and rushed,. to.
ward her, but as I reached the .win
dow the fair apparition seemned to
vanish in the stormy dairkness, and I
was left alone. In the self-same in
stant the sharp report of a pistol
sounded -- I could see the jagged
streamns of fire iaboto the pillow,
straight toward the very spot whoe
.teo second since may [head had lain. .
With an instantaneous real ization
of my danger, I swung smyself .over
the edge of thu window, jumped down
eight or ten feet. into tang led hushes
blow,.and,.ec I croudhod there i-e.
qovering; ,tasy, breath,. I , heard thd
trarwpwof footsteps in.pny room...
i. 'is he dead ?' orie~d a. rodeo up..the'
iladder-tho smooth, deceitful voice of
the .woman..
'Of cou.so he 1p,' growled the voice
bpck, 't,bat @bqrde~would ha,va Jdilled
ten men. A' light there, quick, and
tell Tom to be ready.'
A cold, agonized shudder ran over
mo. WVJt t denp n4ditdnighat murder..
ors ha dsI fallen into '? And how fear.
fully narrow had been my escape !
With, the speed that only mortal
terror and deadly peril can give, I
rushed through the woods, no0w illu,
mated by a faint glimmer of star
light. I know.. not, what impulses
guided my f'ootstepa-J shtall. ntevor.
know how many times I *crossAd .tia
own track, or how spiany timos I stood
at the brink of thoosli mitine ,bu
a merciful P'rovidonee ,encompassed
mue with a guiding and protecting dare,
for when the morning dlawned, with
faint bars of orient light against
hoeastern sky, I. was close to the
high road, seven mtiles from Rt--...-..
On arriving at the town I told my
story to the polic, and a detachment
wna sent. with me to the ot.
Af cr much searching: and fa!se
alarum we Aueoeeded in finding th
ruinous oldhiouse ; hilt it was empty
aid our birds had flown ; nor did I
recover my valise and chain, which I
had left under my pillow.
Its Dae w'e.g tng,' sAid the lo ttIer
ef the police ; land they have troubled
us the.we two years. I don't think,
thou h, that, they will come back here
utN pI 'e, ent1'.'1..I
Nor did they.
But tho atungeSt part <tf ray etory
is to'omno yet. Som11e thi-ee weeks
;nbsef'inent I received a letter from
my si-ter who was with Alioe in her
Eng lish home-a letter whowe iiitol6i
gew;'e filled me with sirprise.
'1 mu. tell you somiethinlg vey
strange,' wrote my sister, 'that hai>
peried on the night of the 17th of Oa
t 'ber. -Alive had n t bceen well for
smic timxe-in F1t, she had been.cond
lined to her bed for nearly a wdek,
aid I was sitting by her bed readinig.
It wits late ; the clock had just struck
o;c, when a41 of a sudden ello ieeaaod
to faint away, growing white and
.igid as a corpse. I hastened to eQ!l
assistance, but our efforts seemed in
vain to restore her life and animation.
I nas just about sending for a doctor,
when her sens had returned assud
den!y as they had left her, ai)d she
sat up iii bed, pushed batik her hair,
and looked wildly about her.
'Alice !' I exclaimed, how you
terrified us all. Are you ill V''
'Not ill,' she answered, $but feel so
strange, GrUcies, . have been with
my hiIsband V...
'All our reasoiiings failcd to con.
.vince her of the impossibility of her
-assertions. She persists to this io
ment that shesaw yot and was with
yo.p on.the.. 17th of October ; or ruth
or -u the. dierniang.of the 18th-whore
she cannot to.l--bt we think it must
have bet sorne dream. he is bet.
ter now, and I wish you could see how
fast she is improving.'
This is a plain uuvarnished 41e. .1
df riot.*photend id eipi1i2,r' aoeount
for itsimysteries. I simply relato
facts. Letipsyc.hologists unravel the
labyrinthian skein. I aim ndt supe.
atitious, neither do I believe in ghosts4
wraithes or apparition or witches ;
but this. . 1 do now-that altjoupgb
Day wife wvas in" rglana, iii body on
the morning of October . 18th,..her
spirit surely stood before me in Nev
York at the moment of the deadly
peril that Vnenneed ,me4. Ik may be
that to the subtle instiuct and
strength of a wife's holy love, all
thiings aro possible, but Alice surely
saved my life.
Treasurs of tie er.
During the-dredging o the harbor
of Savannal various articles of ui
doubted antiquity have been unearth
ed from their bods on the bottom of
the .Jurky fivc, where they had
probabiy restod for ogles. . ..
A now comes anotherlk dlsdtnery.
The dredge, while at' work on Thurs
day last, near the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad , wharf, came upon some
hard substdoces at. the bottom of th e
river, which retjuii-ed no little diffi .
eulty and time in bringing to light
the heretofore unknown obstruoti-on.
With the powerfql ,mashiioiy and
bucket of, the- di'edge, however, the
ti uaterial below gave way gradually
from its fasptnessq, and was brought to
the surface In instailments, and for the
first timxe revbalig difaioi *o othe
operators tha~t they Jhadebeti tugging
away. at some old otr$ft. .9ntiuin~g
at thecir work a large anchor wes
brough t up, then successively planks,
beams and knees, in addition to a lot
of . old muskets . nd outlnspos of
ancienxtwgkn.. a4 thxisi. oraft .was,
cor to what nativity shxer belonged, -we
are not prepared to saay with'i the few
facts before us. TIhe probabilities arc,
however,. th~.ahe found a lodgmnent,
where s.he ne'w.'hics, durivng the tjimes
of tho'pant genxerations, and may have
beeni sunak to prceent the approach of
the Uirit iuh fleet to the city. Further
operaxtignisavaoy thr'ow,sorpo acditienal
light upon~ tIA aldiscoverry ;' and it- is
not, inijppobablo that tho energetic
mud-digera of the savannah -might
be rewrdetd. by. bringing to light the
hdden .Uioa~sres of. .the.' piratical,
liidd,..or tehe 'Imore recently liidden
shine's ofth~e daring cunning Ulaok
beard. One of thJie entlasassand~ a
bayonet.aro Aa oxhxibitieff at fthe Re~j
p ubliatiu 'ofko in Savannahr' The'
blade of the former is so corroded that
it will scarcely bear the weight of .
beinag handled withoub ,breaking off.v
Tho' bayonet is anouj a footior 'a' foot
aWnd a .ba ht' in, length, and although
very mxuch corroded, it has a very.
line point, avnd is. cnpable of doing
material damage at olose qjuarters.
- Aurder in Girethilite,. .
A parallel to thme. Hoedge Van
Eaton murder has boon. diovered in
Ureenville.. -A passenger from that
town. reliorts then discoverj. otd the
bqdy ofra tobacconis6-.in Davis' pond,
ab'out a ui lo- boyonditho. cornoration.
'There weroasoveral wounds, uipon the
body, indiocating that a murder had
been committed.
A special despatoh reports the mnur
dor of a nog ro in Hlanover County,
Va., by anuoth er neg ro, resulting from
an altercation over.seven cents. The
murderer was lodgdi ail.
The.StryijPbrx Clock.
In the south ttanbept of the famot
eabedral of Strasburg stands th
world renowned, wouderful olhi
which for upwards of thirty )ears hl
ttrauted visit-irm froim all ports
the eart~h vuerev+r books or nuway
pers ever penetrate. .
The original of this naster-picco
mc1l,0hniism was 01comm110(enced abu
thea 1352, aud occupied IlI
buildt whose namic hist.ry ha. f..i1
ed to give ui, neorly eighteen year.
It was placed in the tower of til
church, w loe : it .o in went +o deca
frotp tie efft et.s.of th .vont:her, an
the on1 Y rt .ow Vemlinlling is th
c.ck. It is one of the olet piecce
of mao.iiery in exi. tents being ove
five hundred.,yers old I
After.two bihnd'red y.ears of neglec'
oe .Vouradut. D.ipypodius; a proFeso
of mn'thedat.icj begin 'the ladborinil
task c.f re nodeling,.ve imit say to
placing it, and rdmoving: it to th
more appropriate place in the church
The wheels and. movements wer
made by tw o.k othero.name lIabrectq
of 1!witerk . . Their r-rhII wuil
but soon nrgicot crept in and it wa
allowed to grow dusty and rusty, unti
after two hundred and- sementy year
of work it broke down. No one cobit
be found to repair It. Mechanie
were invited from all oountries, but
they could not find ne willing to 'dn
dertako the work. 8o the clock we
useless enough until about fifty year
had pased, when a watch mIraker o
Strasburg--lcrr Sehevelque-under
took to repair the clock. This wasabu
1838; and after fode years of inces
cant labor he completed the recon
struction.
And it is wonderful I
in appearance it consists of a base
on which stand three towers, the ecu
tor,one bAll rolls, into the base below
and fulling into a cup, is carried b
slow motion to the top, ju8t in tim
to be tipped out upon the plane again
at exactly twen ty-four hours after. It
ia on this tower that the crowing
-roostet ihar. laced, flapping its wingf
and crowing in the tioet natural man
ner. This it does three times, to re
mind usof Peter's donial. The con
ter tower is divide- into ojiatnb.ers
4n the upper one, Christ stands hold
.g a bell, on which the twelve apos
tied stiiki the hour as they pans befor
their master. In ti. next apartment
tiny,,chariyts ,are made to pass by
every day-in the week is- painted or
as many outside wheels of the chari
ots, which stop exaotly in front and
thus display the-hametof thle day. 'gc
be sure it Is twvelvo -hours Iato accoi
to our reckon ing, but when the cg
was made the time was calculate<
from noon. The late war did bUt -14t
tie damage to thi..faiuots work, and
now it goes on counting-- out ecoonds
minutes, hours, days, years, yes, and
even centuries, with the most astro
nomical precision.
Thecathodial is -one of the finest ox
amples of Gothic -architctii'e 'h n ex
istence. Tho tower is 166 feet it
height and is a master-piece of archi.
teotural tasto and skill. It is built
of brown s'one.cit. with syh doliat
nicety as to givo ii. rhe appearance o
lace.. Tho steeple is the highes
pyranidial building in the world
with. the exception of the highes
Egyptian pyramid, wlhich is ofil;
ili Farmr.'s Niaioui Congrces,
- -The Farmers National Coauroei
met at Indianapolie on ~thl'urdy las
abid adjoftraatJ on the following day
As indicating the strength of the far
merst' organization it mnuy be etates
that twenty.-four Statep were repro
sented, -from :Vermont to floorgia,
emnbracing nihety solcieties, with One
hundred and fifty delegates. Accord
ing to the report of the Secretary
there are already ton. th qusand a grf
eultural associations in' the couintry
with an aggregate meembersh ip of foum
hundred thousand farmors. It op.
pears that two-thirds of these associa
tions have been organized withuin tih
past' six months. Tihe, qhuobtion oi
tran.sportation' was the inoletitio
tant . dicusso4d by the ('on~
gross, free trade having been gi~vet
the .go'by.... The;. proceedings *r%
not chaf-acteriod by ali.'y- 'eemnste.ra
tions of a- politioalbeharacter; Nev~er
thelesaap ogeaj~on thet e mbra,
cs four h.ndred thousand. memuliera'
with dertain political ten~denaica, ,Ia
too, fotunIddble to be deihpiradl, is
eithog politi al partpyoaod 1teither
likely to do son"N. Y. II'imH'.
A married un~n wgs rcbently,. dis
evgg to b'ae f~tfing.%a -jonng gir
ini -'l~'fld, .Tag. A- ceowdl tool
possesuioni of himt, oatried! him" to
public house, tattooed him, anad Aduet
shim $1.25. ie was then handed ove
to a .arg tiuibeP -of women, wth
'shavod the hair off his boadg appija
a htuge 4troiuele 6it,.erj out --off. hi
whiskeva, and emptied several bag
~of 'ilour over him.
There is a railroad dowud Riuti
which runs onotrain-a day, drawn b;
a locomotive of about one coffce.po
power. T.he conductor is so polite
that if a lady shouts out.: "Mr. Cori
duotor I should like a drink o
water," he immediately jumtps oil
blocks the train with a stick, and at
tenda the ladye.
fPerlous Feats;
it A correspondent writes to the New
it York Times that "there are two per.
'f Jriunm n'ightly 1going 'oA tiat
I 6ity whibb Ould come within the
r I ibitory scoupI:of"the law." lie
-iPsribi" (Ife "' in one casie a yoUing
.L; -i -hot from a cattpult' into the
X -air f,.r a ~di.4tanae of nonrly thirty feot.
t. She Statd on thu head of a ulonstroup
, engine, whi'l ho1v6 Just abov''tie
-L-h10, ainl in an instant is throtn into
the air to a platform, the suports of
c wY ich ho gr.&ps on reaching it. O(ne
y can fitone what .'would hnappen if' hb:
I lie d gdo way foi- an inmtant. llr
c limbs mu.t be perfectly rigid when
a the blow comles, else she would be
r d-ilher mangled or intantly killed.
A very Aight thing might cause loss
of nerve-mi alarm, a ory, the fall.
r ing of anything behind1. the soones','o.
41 'the lacu physicl .Ie akcnkess%. Nothing
in all she duce, >Tofeo 6r 'eftor, in o
robatism, is as horribly danlgeroup "
This feat Is peiformed by'i W'oiab
who oalls herself "rtulu," and occurs
during ths new pAntomimo at Niblo'p
u ai-dn bIV Is'P 0l) intent; the .same
as young Leo, the boy, was attempt
I ing when he was recently so, severely
s. injured at the Grand Contral. The
1 other case Is described as follows
5 "At another plano a zpat ktaitidb o
one bide of the tago with'a blue wine.
glass on his, Oead; another, on the
'dpposiko tide, Pires a rifle ball ap4
ibhutters the glass to ioes'.A'
apple,1placed in the satic position, ia
pioroed by the marksman. A silver
dollar held between the thumb and
filnger is bpt away by tlh' ball ; and,
final1f, sa i!-.-r dola 'eld upright
in a bit Lof thin wood, is placed on
the head and shut -away, the ball
passing within an .inch of the skull.
The man who fires is a good works
man; but fancy what hij oiipanion's
chance of life would be if anything
oneurred to disturb him et dhe iesta-nt
his aim was complete. It is too
hazardous. lie could use a lay figure
to as good advantage, and not risk
life and lignb." I'lo simplicity of
the communication writer is refresh..
ing. Fancy a "lay figure" taking the
placeo in this act of daring of' flesh
an4 blood I Why, tile trick woula
loose all its intereot. Not ten people1
would go to see it. No, the denr
public dclight in danger, so long as it
does not effect thenmselves. Nothing
oharms more than the sight of a fol
low creature perilling life and limb.
Effrcti ir Vcgcab Perfilles oil lnicath.
An Italian profc.ssor has made some
very agreeable medical re.carehes, re
sulting in the discovery that vegeta.
ble perfumes Cxercise a positively
healthful influeice On tle atmo'sphero,
converting its oxygen in.to okono, and
thus increasing its oxidizing influence.
The essenoe found to develor, the
largest quantity of ozotio are those
of cherry, laurel, cloyesi .*latendori
minit, juidpor, lemobv; fennel arid
burganmot ; those that give 'it in
smaller quantity are vihe, nutpog
and thyme. , -
Thu flowers -of tOei narcissus, la
Ciuith, migrno-Atte, heliotrope and lily
of tile valley, devolop ozone in closed
vessels. Fioweres destitute of per I
fume do not develop it ; and t hpse
yhich Jia.'cjut ulightispeefumed do-I
+elop -in c~ty iln small quantities.
Rteasoninig from these facts the pro
fessor recommends the cultivation4o
iwers ini marshy distriots, and in al
Iplaces itifeted wvith sinimal ernana
toiis, on account-of the powerful oxi.
dlizin~g influence of ozone. The in
ha bitants of such regions should, ho
i-uys, 3-urrcgundl their houses with beds
of t he most odorous ftpwcrs..,
Fantal Arcident at .Marsh's Wharf.
Mr. .John Edmnui d5, a man about
fifty years oldy emnp1 oyed by Messrs.
John' Tatylor' & Co., the proprietors of
the PI.wuix Iron Works, was sojbadlyI
injured, between teu and cloven
o'clock ou Saturday morning,'wh ile as-I
sistingiti putting a boiler aboard of I
theo tug TJhomtas Morgaue ly'ing sa
Mar.'s .wJpar(# tit 'lio died- soori, af'.
- dr w~di. Thei d cocarod was abgar d of
the vessel, with a nunuber .qf othier
persons, engaged lin, 1vowi g th$1
bnllr. **1d6' '*yti tif by -'moans -of
?ovem'1'a dd? bab3L: ' 'rheboiler slipp..
9.d,. aiaf it4 iinumense weight~, ton .tone,
bouletd'rftid otorbderd one of the
blooka-struek tho dedeswed witlirepst
violiee, brealeng his legs an l iis
collar bone.' As soou' as possibioeii
was removed to .i |pe Wh ry'j
,! stret, ather he ekgire in bous$. 4
h'ilf-hiff'.- lMr. lRobt. Bonnett, the
: speringendingf iorkman, das slight-1
L lg iitnnrd. Meoasys. Tagler &t0o. ex
1I pet to raise the -sulunerged boiler in
-the cogrc of this week.--Newg and
'Couirier.
r Thoe'n Goldshioto Mesusengor le~rns
that WV. I1, Barker, of O)nslow county,
was, a few days ago,- arresaed by au
thiority of Governier Goer. (Caldwell,
under a requitsition of Oov. Dix of
New York, on the Wilninpton and
t Weldon Rtallroad, between Goldsboro
and Weldon,' the charge against him
being that of obtaining money under
falke pre'tences'. Oni reaching WVash'.
,'ington City,.Mr. Barker stopped- out
ja. moment and1( the detective anxious
ly awaits his retunrn.
The Dress of Civil'zed. Women.
I do declare that. I think it w-ould
* e bettor to die and got ont of tor.
teedtU'Ut ,i.9o, than have to rise every
uoruin'g for rodio forty 'or fifty year:;,
and bdfr one's body up i:i a
compressive armor, hang weibhts to
ouo's hips, and more weighti Upion
one's hoad-which last are supported
,y the roots of the hair ; put on...'s
feet into shoes a number too snail,
and not of the right ahapo, nd with
heels like ltihts ; and then aet :tbout
doin bo 4holo duty of woman with
a cheerful faeo and spry air, for from
fifteen to seventeen mortal hours ot
of the twenty-four. Thait there ar-a
so n1any womeu nwho nrc not frighten
ed in'.o a deoline at such a prospctt,
And that they bravely undortako to
do it-nay, more, thit they even
-dreau- thtit', under kncli diadvard
gen, they ann wbrk side by iide with
an unshackled man, and that, they die
in trying to do It, e-rttinly says
'11eh for' -their courage, but very
little for their common sence.
A man'e dresq, to a grjnat extent, !.j
filshIonod.for cohi fort. 1e basi con.
trivances for suspoid i g the weigh t ofI
his clothing from his shouldere. If
the east wind blows, he can turn up
his epat collar, button hiti~solf up
'dugly, slouch hi hat ove' hi3 eyes,
thrust his hands into his pobhef., and
brayp the ivather. Put iminiie a
i6xrian romoving her hat or bonne
from the anglo. at whih fasiton
says shi must wear it, on ac1Collut, of
the weather or t urning any of Ier
$fizturos"' up to protct her nod.k i.
throat, or buttoning aaytbirig th
was unbuttoned before, or stick ing
her bands into her pockets! She
would be taken for an iII prpNr clar
a6te'oht on a mild :spree, orl for an
escapcd inmate of a lunatio auylum,
should she endeavor, by any impropta
arrangoment of her habilimoits to
gave balth.-derice of//hIth.
lion aeff.'- DIvis ' Miississippi Esintr '
Now Owned by One of Ills Slaves.
A letter to ' the Chicago Tribuna
describes a visit made in company
with Mr. Jefferson- Davis to the plan
tation formerly owind by him in Mis
sissippi. The writer sas :
k "We left at night on the R. Ve.
LI o,"odo( of our -flnct steauers,,and
landd'at tlhe Jlrrricaie plmiatiou
.Iboit:)1 hy~h thu neC::t mornning.
Thi, pLn.a imn' and another ItnowNVI
known an liriariold, 'were occupiodl
before the .xwpr by J. B". Davis and
his b ot ior, Presidott Davis. 'They
tveye 8old to a favorito freedman, Bi
Montgomery,' ?or $ 0,000, pia yal. hc
at the end of ten years, (Ist .January,
1876,) 'nterest at 6 por cent , payaible I
annually. Uen who was very black,
but thoroughlly educated before (ie
war, mct us and gave us a bredkfaist,
we had a carriage and rode over t'ic
magnifeebt estate, the cxtent of wh iei.
you can form some idea of when I
tell you I hat Bon Montgomery o:ie I
last year 2,500 balen of cotton aid -a
large quantity of corn. We dine!] at
Briarfield, the former residence of
Jefferson Davis and now occupied as
i't-asidenco of the aforesaid lien, atid
you will not b surprised to learin
that the former slave of I r.
Davis greeted him wvitli all the warmit I
o fiction'which the' norO capible
of :xpressing. Mr. Davis mct thenm
cordially, and encouraged t hi( i by
many ki~nd .words. :A fter dinner; at
which our wor~lthby hlost again waiited1I
on us in olegan t sty'le, wet pasCCed on
to a vory large arnd valuable plans~~
(fon which has .been purckased by
llen Montgomery and aidded to the
Davis estate, and which will add to
bi c.rop -this .3year pirobably 1 ,Iu0
bale mtore, making 3,500 in all, i fit.
is a good crop."
ThC ss I.RV Wi tcis Exrctild jin lEcyghiid,
'* The'o fol lowing brief not ieo oft lhe
last portions who shuffered from witch -
craift jp thenb kingdoms is euriou-.
.in 1L098, a girl 19 years of' ago hav ig
eaten a loaf of sorrel, whieb sheu got
from a reputedi witch, fellI into con.
vulsiouis hud ''voniting.- Sheu is ,'i.
to havye vomhedoi nedlrn, pi nn, f'uh .i
ors, ain iron knife a span long, og
shell8, &. TPhe accusedl was jme,
diatoly comimittod to the county jdi!,
and a~t tho asis:res held aeon after, was
hanged and bu rned ! In 17 2, at
IDornock'outherland, an old womn
was accused ofieing a witch. lloer
critne was, transforming her <laughter
into a'pony, and1 getting her shod by
tibo Devil- 'of whiob crime she was
round guilty, and burooed I The act
a4ainsgt witohcraft was repealed in
1Spgland and Mootland about 1750
but not in ITreland until 1821 !
Helreo are a few of the inoidontb oif
Now'York life, all of which occurred
ia one day. The capta in of a boat
throw his troubluooio wilo over
board. T.lhe koopier of a sailor bosid.
ing hans opened the bead of a hn'iler
with a cheese knife. /, drunken hus
band split his wifb'h hiead with ans
axe. Une negro tried to-bito another
negro's isor off, whenu the i'gro
hso 'rooi wIiend ci~ ered pro eiael
hisproooi ty cutting~ the bias
throat.
Ml grea't' tlhings arc done lih by
lilt to. Aom ma1.4ntke w.>rl1. Tlii
groatest fortun tes coniSit ol arcit . .i~
Life i madn un or.. ..-.. *i~b
Spnirfeoi Won't Lcintre.
The rrti 1aglilh proacher, Spur-,
.;oon, Ike outr ,uat naturalist, Agns.
S i, 's I riucI 14) do inl tie pr
uit wic he i devot0d, i wato
ti :1i in a king lioiey. Ani enter
pt ising Americai lately wrote to him
o!Tering! Lim m 5, 000 for twemuy.iivo
letu;ra, an1d intLiu1tiu that it would
be ay t, iil enag emnts all winter
Ut thi price if fi whed. le wrote
in (eil " yet wre to multiply
ltht o !er' by one .unridrtedl times, and
aI in ie hn iidrel times, I should
feel it as coay to declino as I do now,
when I say I cannot cross the ocoatl
to lC,:tIre lipo :nilly Subaject whatever.
I "rm a min'siter of the Gospel, an1d
trever leet u red for Inoney and do not
intend to do so now a d if ily peopio
ca;n ot iupport ilt) it is a pity."' All
mIuI have fithii ii ministers of this
sort ; and if tliere were more of them,
less money wutai, havo to be begged
to build mieeoing houses or to carry
ni otber ittrei enterises. A min
-:ter w declines $25,000 for a
fnnth's 1-ork outsidc tho pulpit bo
V:uV he wi-Ahes to proach tle gospel,
will siecced in uaking people be
bieve thero ik truth in the gospel ho
Frenehros. They will also believo
their is sinevrity in ite man who
reacliv; :f. Mien who are not rcli.
Lives %%ill mid such a minister with
oa to airry or his enterprise, the
,me as a ian, who a tS not a nattral
-4, funii4hed Agassiz with the moans
0 go om with his schciuc of soiontiflo
I n aution.
IM1rli: of l . A. I
We tak le the followinig ncount of
i ile dulir Federal inomorial
rV. a Mobile, onl the 30th ult., fro.
n.eiater, of that city. It is cor
y a withering rebuko to the
ra110d Army of the liepublic, wh6
Jecoratedl the , 'ravoai at Arlington,
1441 i:+ted that iifnious order pro
lilbitiniig tio decoratiou of Confeder
to graven at tho samno timo and
phlnie:
A Loautiful bouglnet of flowers, ar
ranged ii ilst , e.qisiito itaRte, tho
bluc anid the gray being blended, was
set pil the mound, with a card,
06hi h road as fellows
ilES PIOriLE CA DETd, '
OF Tli . CON I E) EFA TE A RA[Y,
1f0NOR T1ilE b~IMORY
)VnoI WH1b, TnIOUoII, THIfER ENS-.
MINiS IN WAH, WvERE
LIND uitAv. r!NovUn TO DO TIFIR DUTY.
This tributo to tie imelory of the
cdoral dead, coming from a company
%+o have m-ado for thetuelves an un
ying record for bravery and gallan
ry onl may a hard fought battle
eh; wo nreed 1rdly sa7, Was duly
tpreeinted, arid received in the
ptrit witlh wleilh it was intended, an
ai olive branch of lioaod; a rharbinger.
I good will rnd friendly fooling be
weenr thle men, brve men, who
ouIit tgaiit oach othei, but are now
it to bury tho hatelet and
muoke tie pipe of peace. It was also
ii evidenea lrtha til Soith made no
rar upin th doad, obliterating all
i 111 ndf 1 uimoitica at the portals
it the toib.
tlfal Accident on Ilic $avitlialt and
Cliar'tkston liloti od.
A wthito man, by tho name of
uriephl \Va;ll, about forty year. old,
v:ai anjure:1 enr thet t rack of this rail
oiad r on i Uaid ry afrtrnoon, anid died
mi being narried to ()rahamrviile, a
raiLle byendl whe thre casuailty 00
mirredl. 11i was riding a mule,
hi-'.h w.' asy (rosinmg a road art the time'
hie tra itn w 1n ep ronhing, and wheth
r thOe 4 anima ie rid and thtriw its
ider on th Itracek, or whether tho'
rulo he struck: by thie enginie, caus.)
rog tho mni to Ifall on the track and:
>O ti ue' by the~ ears, is niot know#g
katdurcto riumithr saw thte masn lying
n th dilit ch at'ter thIo enigin IC d pass
34d u bere the mulo wars seenu, aind imn
nod .i ely sto perd Lire t ra in aind pick
adl him 14 p~, d oinrg aill that hro could
or hh :. untttil he reachod Grahamuvillo.
unov eofi en thie( first qinestion aplied
e' i rg thre untor of a daughter is
i, "I be rieb U Ycu, hc'- bounds
*t weatlt hbut, does tat . aford -a-ny'
'vrience thiat lie will mnato -t 'kind'
indl affectionaztc husband ? Ask not,
I cr, "ks o rieh:J but "is lie vIiVa
ns ?" A sk riot if ho haa ' w'ealth, hut
ra ho liotin: And do riot sacoilae
~our d aurl hter's pecaco for money.
"1 ito er knoriw-'jnd that wvas in the
'1ait of1 eldinrg, able to govern a.
rfrmily," rrr.y~s at corrcct observer.'
WVhat mtakles people scold 1 The
WI ut 1f 7.if govermnent. how, then,
ret: d y grvm rr others ? 'Those who
governu well aroeerally oatn'r. '-hej
a re romnpt~ and resolute, but steady
trndi mild.*'?
In the F1l0, at hma must be some
body of e-mecjruineo to have one um-'
birella b llonrg to himn ; and, as a sign
oft power~i, wheni ainy lord goon out
huntt ing lie bud till tire umbrellas' in'
p~onir onir enrr'ied by biasgroom befo-rd
tutm. Inm a letter which the king iif'
I ani4414ah wr oio to Lord Datlhousie, lr
i lit tr6iusolf "4Tho ailbl irne lPobsn.,
e~ of lTwenty-fur Urubrellts?"