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VOL. 3.
The Way of the World.
KY I). M. JOKDON.
TUoro aro beautiful songs that wo never sing,
\ n d names that are never spoken,
There are treasures guarded with jealous care
And kept as a sacred token.
There are faded flowers and letters dim,
With tears that have rained above them,
Per fickle words and tho fatherless hearts
That taught us how to love them.
There are sighs that come in our joyous hours
To chasten our dreams of gladness,
And tears that spring to our aoliiug eyes
In hours of thoughtless sadneßS,
For the b ithest bird that sings in spring
Will flit the waning summer,
And lips that wo kissed in fondest love
Will Sind® on tile first new comel ’’
Over the breast where lilies rest
In white hands stilled forever,
The rose of June will nod and blow,
Unheeding the hearts that sever,
And lips that quiver in silent grief,
All words of hope refusing,
Will lights turn to the fleeting joys
That perish with the using.
Summer blossoms and winter snows,
Love and its sweetest elysian ;
Hope, like a sirene dim and fail-,!
Quickening our fainting vision:
Droping spirit and fainting puse,
Where untold memories hovel',
Eyelids touched with the seal of death,
And the fitful dream is over.
So Gi.es the World.
BY E. O. liOllßlN'B.
Fir varied days pass on and on,
Our hopes fade unfufilled away*
bid things which seemed tho life of life
Are token from us day by day;
iml yet, though all busy streets
The crowd of pleasure seekcrs'.tli o g,
The puppets play, the showman calls,
And gossips chat the whole day long —
■ And so the world goes on.
Fir little dreams come to naught,
Orr lives may fall, our darling plan
lay crumble into nothingn -ss,
Our firmest castles fall to sand;
lad yet the children sing and dance,
The merry-makers laugh and shout,
Hie stars unmindful still shine bright,
Unconscious that our light is out—
And so the world goes on.
’he house grows sad that once was gay,
The dear ones seek their blessed home,
in i we nmywntch and wait in vain
To hoar their "’ell-known footsteps come
mil y -t tho sunlight cheeks the floor
And makes the summer shadows long,
die rosebuds at the easement bloom,
The bird pours forth his cheerful song —
And so the world goes on.
bid God goes oil, and with our woe
Weaves golden threads of joy and peace :
iuarding vith Ins heart of hearts
Our days of pain, our days of ease,
ie makes them all, the seed, the sheaves,
Ihe dancer’s smile, the mourner’s tears,
bid keeps them safe, His children all.
i lirongh all the great, eternal years—
Aud so, thank God, the world goes on.
Who Are the Blessed?
Messed is the man who minds his own
nisi ness.
Blessed is the woman who never says
0 her husband, ‘I told you so.
Blessed is the m in who can sew on his
nitons when the baby is crying.
Blessed is the woman who won't mar
i widower— providing he’s your ta
per.
Blessed is the mother-in law who uev
1 'erninds you tlfat you married above
our station.
Blessed is the rich relation who never
) , ''s down on you—when you are in the
otter.
Blessed is the poor relation who never
1 " l ' s up to you— for money.
Blessed is the old maid that don’t hate
1,1 People and children.
Biessed is the old fytchelor that don’t
’ ca| saud pincushions.
Blessed are the married people that
t W * S B they were single.
'lossed arc the single people that are
""tented to remain so.
leased is the husband who never
I” ‘is mother’s pies were better than
ls wife’s are.
Blessed is the wife (formerly a widow)
10 never calls up the virtues of her
departed’for No. 2to emulate.
e*sed is the man who gives his wife
■ cents without asking her what she is
J J’gto do with it.
Based is the woman that don’t scold
. n t ie atovei-pipe falls down on the
; | Bib,e and—blessed is the man
can tix it up without swearing.
and who never re
* the loan of your umbrella,
cased is the neighbor who is so busy
, *** |
{ v p " Uo yours.
[ere are the bles ed?
answer,, ‘Where!’
ilc MmkMt legiste.
I CHANDLER'S TELEGRAM,
AN INSIGHT INTO THE CON
SPIRACY TO COUNT IN
HAYES.
No Pains or Expense to be Spared
to Prenent Florida’s Vote from
Being Announced for Tilden—
A Plan to Capture North Car
olina.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Gov. McCor
mick, Secretary of the National Republi
can Committee,- again appeared before
the Select Committee on Powers, Privi
leges, and Duties of the House in count
ing the electoral vote. The Governor
wished to contradict the truth ot a tele
gram to a New York paper. It was
therein alleged that the question was
yesterday put to him whether the Na
tional Republican Committee raised
money for the purpose ot purchasing
votes, to which lie replied that he would
ltave first to consult with members of
that committee before answetiug the
question. The Governor said no such
question was put, and it it had been it
would have Letn promptly answered in
the negative.
By the Chairman—Do you know of
any money used oil behalf of the Na
tional Republican Committee in influen
cing votes ?
A.—l have some knowledge of money
having been raised for the legitimate
purposes of the campaign.
Q. —h as any assessment made on of
ficeholders to obtain money for the pur
pose of being in the elec ion ?
A.—There was an assessment on a
certain class of officeholders, I cannot
name them, but can show the committee
the law which 1 have been told was
strictly complied with. This law provi
ded that all officers appointed by the
Piesident, by and with the advice and
ennsent or the Senate, were exempt from
the operation of the prohibition against
assessments on officeholders lOr political
pm puses. A joint circular was sent
forth by ihe officers of both the National
Republican and the Congressional Re
publican committees, but the details o:
assessment were manage 1 by the latter
committee. Ido not. know whether tho
money was raised by a percentage on
salaries or not, nor I do not know how
much money was raised. Not a dollar
came into the hands of the National lies
publican Commute 1 . Ido not know of
any' circular having been issued requiring
officeholders to contribute money.
M. A Clancey, late stenographer of
the National Republican Committee, was
recalled, he having test'fieu on Saturday,
lie, in reply to questions, tefened to
short-hand notes, ami read Irom them
the original drafts of telegrams sent to
Florida, as follows:
Ntw Yokk, Nov. 8,187 G.
God. Stearns, and alla/uissee, Florida :
Grave importance attaches to the elec
toral vote of your State, and we invite
your most cartful supervision of all thb
official receiving, counting, returning,
and canvassing of every locality'.
This despatch was s gned by either Z.
Chandler or W. E. Chandler.
New York, Nov. 8, 1877.
do Gen* Martin, dalla/uissee:
We are now absolutely certain of 180
votes for Ilayes if your State is safe—
and Tildeu is sure of the rest. Can you
certainly defeat all Democratic attempts
by fraud, false counting, or bribery to
canture it. Answer when sure.
Z. Chandler.
A copy of the above dispatch w as .sent
to S. I' 1 . Packard ; Gov. D. H. Chamber
lain, Columbia, S. C.; Senator John il.
Mitchell, Portland, Oregon ; and George
C. Gorham, San Francisco
New Yokk, Nov. 8, 1876.
To Gen. Martin :
If your State has gone for Ilayes the
Democrats will leave nothing undone to
take it from us ; all may depend on your
vigilance. He on your guard every
where. You must watch, aud get in and
announce the t r ue returns from every lo
cality without delay. Spare no pains or
proper expense to carry these points
Keep advised and telegraph me your ex
act majority as soon as possible.
This was signed either by Z. Chandler
or W. E. Chandler, having been dictate-)
by the latter.
On the Bth cf November the following
despatch was addressed to both Senator
.Conover and Representative Furman :
See my despatch to Martin ; use the
utmost diligence and vigilance.
The following despatch was sent to
Thomas 13. Keogh, Chairman the
Republican State Committee of North
Carolina, signed ‘C,’ and dictated by
Who holds all the snufl in the world?
No one nose.
CONY lilts, <; v„ THURSDAY, JANUARY , 1877.
Win. E. Chandler :
New Youk, Nov. 8.
Two friends of yours leave here at
three o’clock this afternoon ; meet them
at the depot at Raleigh.
Another telegram was sent to the same
party, as follows:
Don’t give up your State until the re
mutest-ret urns coma ill. Ilayes elected
by one majority it we have carried Flor
ida, Oregon and Louisiana. Meet your
friends at depit.
C.
On the same day, the Blli of Novem
ber, a letter was written by Wi liam E.
Chandler to Thomas 18. Keogh, Raleigh,
North Caroline, ns follows:
At this hour of writing it looks as if
185 voles have been given to Hayes,
counting Louisiana, Florida and Oregon,
but not North Carolina, and wc trust
that the latter will turn out, when the
returns are all in, io have gone for
Hayes. If, however, it has not, and the
Slate is close, and there has been intinm
dation or fraud oil the part of the Dem
ocrats, we trust that your Republican
Governor will not give any certificate to
the electors. The Governor of Oregon
is a Demc rat, while North Carolina is
the only close State necessary to the
Democrats where we have a Republican
Governor. They must not be allowed
fairer play in North Carolina than we get
in Oregon. This is important and coil*
fidential.
W. E. CIIANIU.KIi.
The following telegram was addressed
to George C. Gorham, San Frauciseo
Nov. 8.
If Oregon Republican, use utmost
diligence to watch, and get in and have
announced the vote from every locality.
Democrats will press Grover, hence iiu
portance of no delay in establishing the
result. You better go to Oregon.
The above dispatch was dictated by
W. E Chandler, and probably signed by
him. though it may have been signed by
Z. Chandler. The following telegram
was sent to Gorham on the same day:
Democrats getting desperate. They
will stop at, midi ng to wrest victory'
from us Important that you go at onee
to Or "goo.
'file following telegram was addressed
to ex-At oniey General \\ illiams, at
Washington, D- C., Nov. 8.
Oregon reported 1 hepublican, and win
elect I fares. Telegraph several citizens
of integrity in Oregon to watch and get
in and have announced the vote from ev
ery locality. We, have telegraphed
.Mitchell, Democrats w ill press Grover :
hence importance of no delay in estab
lishing the result.
The witness could not say whether this
telegram was signed by M m. E. or Z.
Chandler. The witness was at Tallahas
see on the 12th of November, and ad
dressed to Z. Chandler the following tel
egram :
Gov. Stearns and Congressman Tur
man telegraph front a point in Georgia
that the operator at Tallahassee, Florida,
maliciously wi‘hliolds and discloses all
despatches from them, and a k his re
moval. Sent special message to Orton,
who acted promptly. Will you advise
Stearns ?
M. A. Clancey.
From an inspection of copies of all
the telegrams, it appears that the only
one signed by Z. Clrindlei was that to
Gen. Martin, given together with dupli
cates of the same to Packard, Chamber
lain, Gorham, and Mitchell. All the
others were signed by W. K. Chandler.
Mr. Claneey stated that the telegrams
and the letter which he read front his
stenographic notes were the only ones
in his book sent by the committee to any
person alter the election.
The committee then adjourned till tc
incirow morning.—[New York Sun.
‘Sir,’ said a fierce lawyer, ‘do yon, on
your solemn oath, swear that this is not
your hand.writing!’ ‘I reckon not,’ was
the calm reply. ‘Does it resemble your
writing!’ ‘Yes, I think it don’t.’ ‘Do
you swear that it don’t resemble your
writing!’ ‘Well, I do, old boss.’ ‘You
take your solemn oath that this writing
does not favor yours in a single letter ?’
‘Y-c s, sir.’ ‘Now how do you know ?’
‘ Cause I can’t write.’
‘That's where the boys fit for college,’
said the professor to Mrs. Partington,
pointing to a school-house.
‘Did they ?’ said the old lady with ani
mation. ‘Then, it they fit for College
before they went, they didn’t fight after
ward V
‘YeS !’ said he, smiling and favoring
the deceit; ‘but the fight was with the
head, not with the bauds.’
‘Butted—did they V said the old lady. I
ROMANCE OF THE AVENUE.
He Wan’t Drunk, It wai Cnly
His Boots.
One night last week a member of Con.
gress, quite an exceptional one, m respect
of the proprieties of his station and from
a social point ot view, called on a young
lady ot this city. The pavements were
sloppory and his feet were wet. While
waiting in the parlor and vainly essaying
to imbibe warmth at the register, a
lucky thought struck him
and as there was no one in the room and
no prospect of his lady acquaintanoe -‘or
twenty minutes, lie removed his boots
and stretched his brown-sock encased
feet in front of the register. The effect
was soothing and comfortable, and when
Congressional rooster started to pull on
his damn boots. The movement progress
ed finely as far the legs were concerned,
but the rapid transit was wholly stop
ped when lie struck the instep and there
stuck. Stamps, oaths, jerks and wrest
ling with the leg-straps were of no ava I
lie heard the rustle of the lady’s dress,
and crowding his off-foot into the remain
ing boot stood, with perspiration on his
brow and cold chills down his ba.-k, to
receive her. When she enterted lie sank
into a chair with relief, and, with the ex
ception of some.agitated absent minded
ness, all progressed well until her father
dropped in, when, rising to greet t’e
paternal bird, our M. C. lurched dread
fully, so markedly t hat lie was keenly
watched in his conversation, and his em
barrassed language resulting from the
situation subjected to scrutinous suspic
ion.
The gneral idea prevalent was not fa
vorable to the Congressional servant ol
the people, and worse still ho forgot him
self, and asking tha young lady to sing,
offered to escort her to the piano, which,
under the circumstances, he could not
very actively accomplish. As it was lie
lurched to leeward and starboard, ro ling
on the uppers of his treacherous boots,
while the lady recoiled from an abrupt
fall on his part, and the old man seized
him violently by the should ;r.
‘Y u are a little off’,’ he sa ; d as politely
as possible with the occasion. ‘I will
call my man; he vtill see you home.’
‘I ain’t drunk,’ expostulated the
membor, ‘ it’s my boots only ; my
boots,
‘Why you must be in a bad way !
Snakes 4 in your bools? No, no, my
good fellow, don’t be alarmed, a good
night’s rest and all will bo well
l homas’—
Y r ou internal old fool,’ howled the
booted man; exasperate 1 b yond the
limit of decency by his wrethed cond : -
tion and the placid misunderstanding
of the old gentleman; ‘you infernal old
fool, I ain’t drunk! I can lick the
head off’n you in two minutes—l ain’t
drunk.
‘I never saw a man in a more ram
pant and beastly state of intoticalion
in my life.’ (This in an undertone.)
If it were not that I am restrained,
by the presence of my servants I would
put you out myself. Thomas, show
this gentleman into the nearest stre.et
car.
Overcome by the coolness of the old
man and the muscular deve’opement of
the darkey boy, the unhappy member
was led out jogging and jerking on his
rickerty hoots and spraining an ankle at
every lurch: The darkey boy returned
in a few minutes, saying:
‘Goddleinity ! I never see such a drun
ken nnn in my life. He wanted to fight
me fust and then gimme ten doll.ih bill
fo’aty shoos, and sot down on de cu’bs
ton? and put ’em on. Dcy waz too tight,
fo’ aim though, to’ he was a Republican
get'lemau!
(Ashe was a Republican member, we
deem it nccesssary to state that the ten
dolhr bill in this instance was not counter
teit.)
From the same paper we clip the fol
lowing:
A supple from, a pretty face,
With a stylish outfit blended :
A pull back of infinite grace,
A seal-skin sacque most splendid,
Sle tripped along the Avenue
The men stare as she skims on,
And envious woman tui n to view',
Her skirts ot cardinal crimson.
Sle glides with pride along the street,
Her mien replete with hauteur,
Hir head so high, uneen, her feet
Strike a patch of congealed water.
A vivid flash ot gartered horse,
(n can-can style extended,
SlfH-k, a fall, and that is all.
Cnd here the romance ended.
It s strange that a girl who occupies!
three feet in a street car, can easily crowd
herse.f and her lover into a rocking 1
hair; but it is so.
G impscs of Texas Life.
I have been 'up Trinity river on a
steamboat. The stream is remarkably
serpentine and difficult of navigation
Its muddy bottom is strewn with wrecks
It passes through a rich but uncultivated
region, so sickly ns to bo uninbabitjbie
to any other but negroes and a few
miserable snoeimens cf native Texan’,
who live a wild, nomadic lile, and subsist
eliiffy by killing game and raising stick
These people" and their habits of lile are
less known to the general newspaper rea
der than are tho natives of Timbuetoo.
They have no ,‘idea of n hat legal
farms mean, and rcognize no other law
than that dispensed from tho muzzle of a
shotgun or a revolver. They are as a
rule uneducated, and consequently less
open to moral iulluencoti than imigranbs,
who are now rapidly settling in various
parts of the Stale.
As we penetrated between the heavily
wooded bottom lands through which the
river, winds, we saw the natives. Mottn
ted on shaggy ponies, they can make
their way through the forest with as
unerring certainty as though they were
guided by compass and chart, and after
they kill a sufficitfut quantify of game
they r< th e to their ranches and enjoy in
glorious ease until their stock is exhaus
ted. The negroes, who comprise about
ote half of the population cf the
river bottoms, live by supplying wood
to the steamboats that go'up and down
idle river during the cotton seas >i; Steal
ing cattle is a cun mow practice with
both me ’s, and the ‘Cow Hoys,’ as a class
of mounted thieves are. called, scour the
country, and drive all tho young unbran
ded stock they can find into their own
enclosures and brand them. The
authorities arc powerless to enforce the
w.
Sit years ago a court house was built
in Liberty, a county seat was made to
bring the lawless hands to jn (ice Some
of the leaders were indicted, and the
peaceably disposed citizens felt that au
e not law and order was about to be in
augurated. All the judicial machinery
ot the country was set in motion, and a
day was fixed for the trials Early on
that morning the town filled with peop e
from a all directions, and just as the
court house W'as abou 1 to be opened an
armed band rode into the village, captur
ed the records, and set fire to the build
ing. The prisoners rode out of town
with their coinpau ons. This court house
has been built three times, ami as often
destroyed. Naught remains but black
ened W'alls. Nothing else so much re
tards the progress of Texas as this law
lessness. The soil is fertile, and the cli
mate, away from the river bottoms
healthy and genet al.
There is a crime that no Texan for
gives and woe to the in in who covets
Itis neighbor’s Boise. Yon may commit
murder with impunity, but steal a horse
and get caught, and your body will soon
be suspended from a tree. This is the
Texan’s idea of justice. The slow pro
cess of corns disgusts him. It must
not be inferred, however, that the whole
State is given over to lawlessne>s. There
are many potions as tranquil and lavvhid
ng as New York.-—[N. Y Sun.
The Political House that Jack
Built-
This is the soldier who organir.ed the
Legislature of South Ca - olina with his
bayonet.
This is corporal who ordered the sol
dier who organized the Legislature of
South Carolina with his bayonet.
This is the Dennis, who directed the
cosporal who ordered the soldier who
organized the Legislature of South Caro
litra with his bayonet.
This is Chamberlain who instructed
Dennis, who directed the corporal who
ordered the soldier who organized the
Legislature of South Carolina with his
bayonet.
This is Secretary Cameron, who or
dered God. Huger who authorised Chant
berlain who instruted Dermis who dlreo
ted the corpora! who ordered the soldier
who organized the Legislature of South
Carolma with his bayonet.
This is President ‘Grant who directed
Secretary Cameron who ordered Gen.
Huger who authorized Chamberlain who
instructed Dennis who directed 11 to cor
poral who ordered the soldier who or*
ganized the Legislature of.South Carolina
with his bayonc!.
This is the Rqmpbcan | arty, which
indorses President Grant who directed
Secretary Cameron who ordered Cion.
Ruger who authoriz and Chamberlain who
directed tho corporal who ordered the
soldier who organized the Legislature of.
South Carolina with his bayonet.— [Chi- I
cago Tinier,
Legal.
. ■
Any person who voluntarily become#
an agent tor another, and in that capaci
ty obtains information to witch, aa a
stranger, lie could have had an ncc< m, it
bound, in subsequent dealing with bit
principal, as purchaser ot the property
that formed the subject of his agency,
to eoinmuuioate such information.
V\ hen,a house is rendered imtenanlA
ble by reason ot improvements made mi
the adjoining lot, the owner of such <a i
not recover damagfs, because it is pie
sumed that ho had knowledge of the ap
proaching danger in lime to protect him
self from it.
An agreement oy the holder of a note
to give the principal debtor lime tor pay
ment without depriving himself of the
right to sue does not discharge tho sirred
ty.
A seller of goods who accepts at the
time of the sale the note of a third party
in payment, it not being endorsed by ihw
buyer, cannot hold the- buyer responsible
lor the value ot Ihe goods in case the
note is not [raid.
A day book copi -d from a ‘blotter’ in
which tho charges aie first made will
not be received in evidonoe as a bock ot
original entries. /
At an miction or sheriff’s sale a bidder
may retract his bid at any time before
the property is knocked dawn to him,
no matter what the condition o ( the sale.
Common carriers are not liable for ,o
oidents or detentions arising from the
vi/t major , which human power aud fore
cast oo dd not provide against.
The fruits or grass on the garden or
farm of an intestate descend to ihe heir.
Agems are solely liable to their prin
ciples.
Money paid on Sunday contracts n<>t
bi ing effectual as a discharged of debt,
may be recovered.
When A consigns goods to B to s* ’!
on commission, and IB deJiveis them
to C in payment of his own antecedent
debts, A can recover their value.
A private person may procure an in
junction to prevent a public mischief by
which he is affected in common with
;others £K
A discharge under the insolvent laws
of one State will not discharge the in
solvent from a contract made with a citi
zen of another State.
When a person contracts to build a
house, and is prevented by sickness from
finishing it, lie cju recover in an action
of quantum, meruit for the part per
formed, if such part is beneficial to the
other party.
I’ermancnt erections ar.d fixtures,
made a mottgager after the execution of
the mortgage upon the land conveyed by
it, become a part o. the mortgaged prom
i< 8.
Under the rule ot caveat emptor , a
selk r of goods, chattels or other proper
ty commits no fraud in law when he
neglects to fell the purchaser ot any
flaws, defects or unsounduuss in the
same.
If any person puts a fence on the land
of another or ploughs it lie ia liable for
trespass, whether tlie owuer has suffered
injury or not.
When band occupied by a tenant is
trespassed upen he alone can bring the
action.
The fact that an insurer was not in
formed of the existence of a pending
1 ligation affecting the premises insured
at the time the insurance was effected,
does not vitiate the policy.
The liability of an inn-keeper extend*
to all the property of his guests.
The Old Scales.
The owner of a cotton farm, who was
sadly in need of pickers, approached an
old darkey on the public square the othl
- day, and the following dialogue en
sued :
'Com' 1 , Ned, you picked option for roe
last year, and I want you again.'
‘I dimno, massa.’
‘Come along and get in the wagon.
I've got cotton, and I'll give you six bits
a hundred.’
‘Well, it Jos' depends on one thing.’
‘What’s that V
‘ls you got dat same 010 par scales V
‘No, a bran new pair.’
‘Well, dal bein’de ease, I'll go wfrl
yon.’
‘I understand you make very good ol
der?’
| ‘Yaw 1’ said the Dutchman. ‘Hans,
my boy j go pring a mugfull.’
Hans soon returned with a mug briiu
miug full, and hauded it to the Dutch
man, who drained it to the bottom at
one draught. Then, turning to the as-
tonished visitor, he said :
‘Deie, now ! If you dosit not dinlc
dat ish goot cider, yoost sehmelf of de
mug!’
NO. 2ft.