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Year: 1866

LECTURE ON EDucArIoS.-Hon. JOHN SWEET
State Superintendent of Public Instruction lectur ed
at the Court House last evening on the above sub
ject. He was present yesterday at the examination
Of Mr.. UPHAA's School, and will doubtless meet
with the county Board Of Examiners to-day. We
go TO press at hour too early to notice his lee
ture. We hope, however, that he has impressed
upon the minds Of the people Of our thriving and
prosperous town, the necessity Of educating the
rising generation, and the impossibty OF doing SC
without School House. 1t will be observed that
he lectured in the Court House, after having pro
nounced the School House unfit for practical pur
poses. And he was right in so speaking and doing
Awake! Messrs. KUsEL and YOUSG, and shake the
dry bones of this district until you secure the funds
necessary for good School House. Our business
men are prospering, and have boarded up money
until there is danger of their becoming miserly-
Come out with the cash. and edfice that
shall be the pride of the county and honor to the
district.
Year: 1866

tSpEPENDEST QUARTZ LEpGE-Mr. Hopkins, OF
the Union Hotel, has some very rich specimens oi
quartz, taken from this ledge, Min eral Slide
on Butte Creek. The ledge appears to be inde
pendent of others in that vicinity and is very rich
The company are now running tunnel to open
the ledge, and place it in a condition for working
The tunnel will extend in length of eighty feet
AS high as one hundred dollars per ton has been
offered for the rock delivered at quartz mill. The
company are greatly encouraged with their pros
poets, and are working with energy to disclose the
hidden wealth Of the ledge.
Year: 1866

Snow SToRN.-We understand that Forbestown
and vicinity was visited by severe snow storm
on Friday week, that is reported to have destroyed
Inc irut OF that section. We hope it may prove
incorrect far enough to leave the residents Of that
high lAtitudnous town fruit enough for table use
However, what they may lack in fruit and vines
they will mske up in coarse gold and quartz veins
Other mountain towns sustained like visitation
at about the same time, and the Narysville papers
chronicied Q frost-probably from hearsay
Year: 1866

was highly amused at story told by
the captain concerning Lord Grosvenor,
who was among his passengers some
time since. This nobleman is the eldest
son and heir of the Marquis Of Westmin.
ster, whose fortune is enormous and said
to produce the immense income Of f45O,-
600 per annum. He is highly intelli-
gent, and the variety and depth of his
information would be considered great
even for commoner. He has travelled
extensively in all parts ofthe world, and
it is not long since he returned from a
long tour in the United States. While
at the West he was one day waiting at a
country station for tardy train, when
one of the farmers of the neighborhood
entered into conversation with him.


Bin about these parts consid able,
stranger?"


Yes, for some length of time"


Like 'em putty well, eh


"Yes, pretty well.


How long have yer bin here


"a few weeks.


Whats yer business


II have no business.


"What are yer travelin' for then y


"Only for my own pleasure. "


Don't yer do any bizness2 How do
yer get yer livin' then


ut isn't necessary for me to work for
my support. My father is man of
property, and gives me an allowance
sufficient for my wants


But 'spose the old man should die 2"


" In hat case dare say he'd leave
me enough to live upon.


but 'spose he should bust up?


Here the conversation. ended, and Lord
Grosvenor walked away, evidently struck
by new idea, and one which had never
been so forcibly presented to him until
now.-Cor Boston Post
Year: 1866

Home and Nother.-Home. where father
and mother, brothers and sisters, have q
unity of interest, sympathy and affection,
becomes in mature life the most sacred pic
ture


THAT hangs on memory's wall" "


In after years, when the Destroying Angel
has crossed the h household, and silenced its
familiar voices in their death; when the
hand of changing time has torn down the
woodbines that climbed above it's portals
and windows, and when it's paths echo
only to the tread Of strangers feet, how
often does remembrance lead us back to its
sacred precincts, and make us realize that
the home Of childhood is the brightest spot,
the fairest oasis on the desert of life. It
is during these moments Of retrospection
that the religious instructions of youth
flow back upon the soul. 1t is then that
we kneel again by the side of her


sWhose breast with gentle pillows


Rocked to rest our infant woes"
and list over the prayers she taught US -
Poetry has encircled the name of ssmother"
with halos Of beauty, but its language will
never be adequate to measure her influence.
To her the first years of our lives belong,
and it is then in her power to plant seeds
of virtue that will bud and blossom in the
soul when age has plowed its deep furrows
in our pale cheeks, or covered our locks
with its SHOWS. The prayers of n pious
mother are priceless legacy. They are
like the dews Of heaven, which first ascend
from the earth to the skies, and then des-
cend again to the bless and revive the un-
folding plant Infdelity may array itself
against the Bible, and its clamors may be
loud among the assemblies of men, but it
has not the courage to enter the sanctuary
of a religious home, and there listen to the
earnest prayers Of q holy mother as she
points her children to the throne Of God.
Year: 1866

Can't the local of the Wilmington Dis
patch borrow a &C Spy Glass" and come up
for few days. If he does, when he gets
to our &c Branch - at Rocky Mount dom t
take it, for he will never get here; nor
come by the County road in vehicle, for
he will get his neck broken. But walk
The longest way is the shortest sometimes.
and he will get here carter awhile -
Bring your q Glass and look around.
Year: 1866

My DEAR CoLoNEL:-It is really
quite refreshing, this living oa the line
Of Rail Road or two, and with these
in good running order, and with two
first class hotels, not only in running
order but run in order. Goldsboro' is
quite an endurable place to exist in.
| believe we have the reputation of
furnishing the best hotel accommoda-
tions in the State-no wooden headed
servants at half-pay, nor any Of the
other uncomfortable surroundings that
invariably dance attendance upon the
"penny-wise" policy in all business.


A certain unconstitutional weariness"
with which | have been afflicted for
some "thirty odd" years, compel me to
omit some things that | bad purposed
to mention this week, and with this
thought comes another of the number
of "rods perches or poles" that inter-
vene between me and the Post Office,
which after the manner of your Express
Office, is slightly ruralized, but as this
only creates a source of revenue for
several small boys, and as the invincible
"Billy" is not at hand, and your Local S
mooz is not horse, l shall feel com
PEELED TO suffer stamp or two in the
penny-post line. BY the way, I am
anxiously awaiting the report of that
said pic mic. The weather is "hot, Sir
,oarna" telling how hot it would be
if thermometers were made any longer
Year: 1866

The Express Company instead of being
an inconvenience has become a Nuisance.
That mile " has not been shortened this
warm weather. There is not one business
man in Tarboro' that has any way to go
that 'mile unless walk. How our bus
mess community can stand it is more than
we can tell. Next week we will make an
other demonstration.
Year: 1866

surrounds the graves of her fathers


brothers, and sons, who are gone, ant


admonishes those who are left to imitat,


the example, fervor and devotion


of those noble spirits, who, departing


sealed with their blood, the justice o
our cause and the defence of our homes


How inexpressibly touching! How


mournfully impressive!


Is there parent here whose son lies
mouldering in Virginia soil the mauso
leum of thousands of North Carolinians!
How gratifying the thought to such q
one that the hand of some Virginia wo.
man has decorated his grave;-then wha,
melancholy JOY is now being afforded to
the parents and friends of those living
here when they ascertain that the wo.
men Of Tarbcro' are engaged in the pious
work, Of commenorating their loved
ones.


Shall we not all feel better after the
performance of the duties of this day?
A secret joy will Eli our hearts. We
are being scourged; inscrutable to US,
but painfully distressing. But it is
nevertheless true. "The Lord God Om-
nipotent reigneth." Oh! cannot we
trust Him for the future, who has been
so kind to US in the past. The old will
soon pass from the stage. Thei. anx-
iety for these their dear young friends,
can only be imagined-they cannot be
described. Much, every way, depends
upon the conduct Of the young
they take the place of the old. Let it
be the axiom of their lives, the motive of
their every action, to maintain the
Southern character for honor, honesty
and noble bearing; and whether we
sink or swim, survive or perish, secure
the proud satisfaction to know, that, if
all else is lost, we have preserved our
manhood, and, that amidst gloom and
defeat we cherish the memory of our
dear countrymen who have been immo-
lated in a just and righteous cause.


Let US be submissive to constitution
al rule. Give no just Cause of reproaeh
to those who seek our ruin. Accept
the notifying position of defeat with
calmness and dignity. Do all the good
we can in our allotted spheres, and par
ticularly to the families of those among
us bereaved and impoverished by the
calamities of the War.


Let us elevate the standard of South
ern morals,so rudely shaken in the recent
conflict. Constrain our late foes to ad-
mire our bearing, and to do justice to
our section.


We should despise ourselves if We
could counsel an apparent cordial fra
termination, with those who have forci-
bly, robbed us, and now threaten our
utter degradation but we will venture
to say to our dear Southern friends,
that, as we are now powerless to re-
dress our wrongs, we lose no self respect.
we incur no reproach ia meeting every
approach to familiarity, and every in
vective and injury with silent, reserv-
ed dignity becoming true Southron


May we all prove ourselves worthy
descendants Of illustrivus ances-
tors, in this our hour Of trial; and we
have trust and confidence that God will
bring order out Of this great confusion.
Year: 1866

A MATRIMONIAL TRICK.--A rich old
widower in Canada is said TO have prac-
ticed very artfui scheme TO gain the hand
Of the belle of the village. He cot an
old gypsy ,otell the young lady's fortunein
words which he dictated as follows: MY
dear young lady, your star will soon be
hid for short time by very dark cloud,
but when it re-appears it will continue to
shine with uninterrupted splendor until
the end ofycur days. Before one week a
wealthy old widower, wearing a suit of
black and fine castor bat, will pay you a
visit and request your hand in marrisse.
You will accept his offer, become his wife.
and be left widow in possession of all his
property. before the close of this year.
Your next husband win be the young man
of whom you think most al present.
Three days sfter,s the old gentleman,
dressed in the manner described by the
gipsy, presented himself to the young la
dy, and the marriage followed. The year
is more than out, but the tough old widow
er still fingers. 3.s..ii.
Year: 1866

STILL RIcn.-Conversing with gentle
man yesterday, just from Georgetown, he in
formed US that Woodside quartz mine, at that
place, was "stil rich The owners Of the
mine appear to have struck upon chimney
and are taking out thousands of dollars every
week. AT present it is considered the richest
mine in the State, but how long it will hold
out is yet to be chronicled. The company
are now erecting improved works for keeping
the mine clear of water, and for hosting the
rock from the mine.
Year: 1866

EE Although we have had plenty Of
rain since our last issue, yet the river at
Sacramento City seems to remain at about
the same stage it did week ago. In fact
it may safely be said that the city is above
"high water mark .If..'
Year: 1866

EE The destruction TO property by the
late storm has been immense in the valley
portions Of the State. In some portions Of
the Sacramento valley the water is higher
than it has ever been known, and steamers
can travel for miles outside Of the banks of
the river. Many horses and cattle have
been drowned, and the loss in hay and grain
10 very great. And still it rains.
Year: 1866

The inhabitants of the moon perceive
in their sky gigantic star. constantly
immovable at the same height. To their
eyes this globe is twelve times as large
as the sun, but it differs from all the
stars in being always suspended in the
same place over their heads. It presents
phases to them as the moon does to US,
passing through all the gradations of
new and full earth. This star. as we
have said, is the earth we inhabit


Those who dwell in the center of the
lunar disk behold our globe suspended
from their zenith, towering eternally in
the midst of the starry skies. Others
see it at 20 deg. of elevation, others at
As deg, as they inhabit spots more or
less removed from the center of the visi-
,ble hemisphere. Those who live near
the border of this hemisphere, see our
globe on their horizon resting on the
mountains. A little further on, only
half the earth is discernibie, and in pas
sing to another hemisphere the view
vanishes forever.


II we except the determination OF
lougitudes. the earth is more beautiful
and useful to the moon than the moon is
to the earth, and if the Selinites, or in
habtants of the moon, rolling under
meath US, interpret the law of final caus


es with as much partialitv as we do, they


will have right apparently superior to
our own for regarding creation, the


earth included, as especially made for the


Selinian race


The earth is a gigantic globe, sending
them thirteen times more light than the


full moon transmits to US. 1t revolves
on its axel in twenty four hours, and
during this period exhibits all portions
Of its surface, being thus more generous
than the moon. which always conceals
one hemisphere from our view. In con-
sequence of this motion, the Selinite
finds himself in an observatory magnii-


Gently situated for viewing the terrestrial
disk. and his position is preferable to
that of the inhabitants of the first four
| moons of Saturn, who can never see the
whole of that planret, and they can see
| earth better than we see any planet.
The earth generally presents to them
| q greenish hue, in consequence of the
immense quantity of water by which its
surface is covered, of the forests of the
new world, and of its plains. and also on
account of the tint of its atmosphere.
From time to time. however, large gray
or yellow spots divide the sphere. To
the east of the terrestrial disk appear
| the lofty cordilleras. marked by . long
indented line just as we see in the lunar
carpatiIians, to the west of the Sea of
Storms. Opposite this ridge, = shady
green spot of great extent unfolds itself
| for any hours; t..is is the great ocean
Next comes two gray patches, which


look like one elongated these arc the
| TWO isles of New Zealand. Then ap-
pears the 6ne continent Of Australia,


tinted with thousand colors, and ae-
Year: 1866

An old woman sat by her bright freside


Swavng thoughtfuliy TO and fro,
In an ancient chair whose creaky craw


Told tale of long ago;
While down by he's side on the kitchen door,
Stood basket of worsted bAlls-a score
Then she spoke Of the time when the ba sket there


Was filled 10 the very brim,
And now there remained of the goodly pile


But a single pair-for him.
Then wonder not at the diu,med oversight,
There's but one pair of stockings to mend to-nigh;
For each empty nook in The basket old,


By the hearth there's an empty seat:
And miss the shadows from of the wall,


And the patter of MANY feet
'Tis tor this that a tear gathered over nv sight
At the pair of stockings TO mend to- night.
'Tis said that far through the forest wild


And over the mountains bold.
Was a land whose rivers and darkening caves,


Were gemmed with tina rarest gold;
Then my first born turn'd from the oaken door,
And knew the shadows were only four.
Another went forth the foaming waves,


And diminished the baskets store
But his feet grew cold-so weary and cold


They II never be warm any more
And this nook in its emptiness seemeth to me
To give forth voice but the moan of the sea.
Two others have gone toward the setting sun.


And made them home in its light,
And fairy fingers have taken their share


To mend bv the ireside bright;
Some other basket their garments fill.
But mine! Oh mine is emptier still
Another-the dearest, the fairest, the best


Was taken by angels away,
And clad in garment that waxeth not old,
In land of continual day.
Oh wander no more at the dmmed oversight,
While mend the one pair OF stockings to- night
Year: 1866

The Hera1d's foreign correspon-
dence says that citizens Of Florence
are quite certain that Italy will have
Rome and that the end of the temporal
power of the Pope is just at hand.-
Italy is not free from danger, however.
The financial condition of the Kingdom
is not at all healthy, and it is alleged
that Napoleon is already engaged in an
active intrigue for the annexation Of
Sardinia to France in return for nation.
al service already rendered or to be
afforded in the future.
Year: 1866

The Secretary of the Treasury is
making heavy drafts upon the National
Banks, for the purpose of redeeming
accruing debts of the Government
As much as 19 millions were thus
drawn from the banks in one day.
Year: 1866

SOUTH FoRK.-A correspondent of the
COURIER, writing from. this district under dat c
of Nov. 10th, says:


South Fork is Frightening up; prospects
were never more cheering. The Ohio Com
pany are sinking on a fine body of ore six
feet thick, and showing native silver at every
blast The Pacific tunnel was run through
a ledge yesterday which is exceedingly rich
in gold and silver The workmen tried a pan
of the decamposed rock. and the prospect in
free gold was very gratifying. Since the
change in the proprietorship of the Crystal
took place, the east ledge has been tapped at
the depth of forty feet, when, 10 a second
Chicago appears The lode is three feet
thick, with the same massive blocks of solid
mineral as are now found in the celebrated
Chicago. The shaft is being pushed down as
fast as possible under the circumstances
Thus far all the work done goes to prove the
oft.repeated assertion that this is the richest
mining district ever discovered, and which is
working itselfout with mathematical certainty
every day. Next week you may expect a
report of the assays of the above named
lodges, the success of which cannot fail to
bring practical men to develope these valua-
bic mines.


Since the above was put in type we learn
that the rock from the Crystal assays S343
20 to the tun.
Year: 1866

The great political campaign of 1866 is
ended, and victory has again perehed upon
the banners of the sturdy hosts who fight
only in the name of Truth and Justice, and
to maintain Union of all the States under
one flag and one Constitution. In the result
of these elections we read the verdict of all
the Northern States in the case of the Pres
ident VS.. Congress. The mass of the people
demand the adoption of the complete Con
gressonal policy. They demand that security
for the future be Incorporated in the Consti-
tuition as the conditions of Southern restora-
ton security touching the equality of all
citizens before the law; security in relation
to suffrage and representation security for
the payment of the national debt, and against
any future recognition of the rebel debt, or
claims for emancipated slaves. These secu-
rites are the ultmatum of the North and
West and wisdom and sound policy demand
their adoption and permanent incorporation
in the fundamental law of our nation.


Encouraged by the support of the Admin
istraton, and by the hope of large accessions
from the rank and file of the Union camp,
the Democracy have displayed considerable
vitality and strength in the late contest, but
it was only the spasmodic struggles of an
expiring giant The Peace Democracy can
never be galvanized into life again. President
johnson has tried the experiment and sig
nally failed and the imperative duty now
devolves upon him of preparing the States
lately in rebellion for their manifest destiny
and of inditing such a message to Congress
as will bring him into accord with the Union
majority of the two Houses which, rejecting
all extreme measures, adopted the fair and
reasonable conditions of the Constitutional
Amendments. tits to be hoped that in view
of the Ii ght of recent events Copperheads will
now cease to prate about their absurd plans
of adjustment, and will stop their twadde
in relation to restoring g the Union as it was
under Democratic auspices" The time has
now arrived when they must recognize the
fact that great political revolution has
wrought permanent and radical change in
many in. portant affairs relating to the future
government and policy of the nation. The
victors in the late war have decreed just
reconstruction of the Union on new constitu


tional guarantees, involving the expulsion
from the new compact Of those treacherous
leaders who defed and brought ruin upon
the old one. They are to be forever Danish
ed from the councils of the Republic, and the
! Southern States are to have a new era of life
and prosperity, under new leaders imbued
with new ideas. and the Copperhead Democ-
racy of the North will be consigned to the
same grave occupied by its ally and foster
parent Southern Secession.
Year: 1866

REBEL PREFERENCEs.-A communication
to the Nashville Press and Times contains
the following:


A Northern man came down here Mash.
ville) to sell an engraving of Christ. He
thought he would sell one at the Methodist
Publishing House, where there were so
many preachers, but they treated him with
contempt He saw they had a good MANY
pictures in gilt frames hanging around the
room. He looked and saw General Lee.
General johnson, President JEFF. Davis
Stonewall jackson and company. He made
some remarks about their pictures They
told him that they hung picture in their
bouse to suit themselves they had no use
for his. That shows that thew think moro
of the Southern Confederacy and rebel Gen.
erals than they do of Christ and their Gov.
ernment.