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1 r r r WW "I A.M .A. SOUTHERMMAN, OF SOUTHERN IHIlSrOIIIL.ES.9,-ICx-XJ. S. Senator Jefferson Davis. 4 - -i I m II 1 (1U) SERIES, VOL. 5-2. fifl NEW SERIES, VOL. 2. $ tJ I nMVUAT muroTHDV I 1 ' 2 Lw, k ! MIS CEL. LANEOUS "x nr sz-k Rrfafi m"M iifoa a ------ "ft TAKBOItO'. Mitu John Norfloet. r im aiSiiovERi Beoj. Nortleet, Joseph Cobb, H. C. C'lie try and H org Matliewson. S::-s:het and Treasurer Rotwirt Whitehurst. ! ".....t vbll .1. B. Hyatt. I'-.T.x Vx'nvii Altiuiurc Macnair, Geo. 1V11 mid 1 .i E. Sim.iii!i. roii.nTV. .i. ruir Court Clerk and Prolate .'rf' II L. Statn, Jr. i.ister of Deals - U-x. McCabe. s!., -riff -A a 'l'U Colih. .' ';roner Treasurer -Robt. II. Austin. S-trc'-!nr3'iu E. Raker. S. uooi Rri.niners. U. H. Shaw, Wm. A. l'.i'i:an and R- S. Williams. Keeper I'oor House Win. A. DiiS'sran. f -n nisiionert Jno Lancistor. Chairnisii, tlev Well, J. B. W. Sorviil-, Frank Dew, M. Exeia. A. McCabe, Clerk. MAILS. R RIVAL ANP DKPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. 4 . R. K. !. Tarboro' (daily! nt - - W rn-at Tierboro' (daily)at - - 3 o') r. 31. WSUINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA. l. ive Tarburo' (daily) at A. M. M-nvf :at Tarboro' (daily) at - U f. M. LODGES. Tlic XighUand llio Place, of IWcetliijr- CoiK-ord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law- reaci- Hi"b Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly co;ivoWiou8 lirst Thursday in evury month at -10 o'clock A. M. ' Concord Lods;e No. 58, Thomas Gallin, - Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night it 7 o'clock r. M. and itnra oaiaruaj j.u o'clock A. M. in every month. Heiiiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., Dr. Jos. H. Baker, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each mouth. EJjrecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. II. Raker, N (?., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meet every Friday uitrht at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 2, I. O. G. T., meets everv Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall C'HIKCIIE. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third, Sunday at 11 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presbyterian Church Services every bun day (except the 4th), Rev. T.J. Allicou, Stated Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Wednesday niidit. Missionary Baptist Church Service? the 4th Sunday in every niOLth, at 11 o'clock. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primi'ive Baptist Church Service f.:-t Saturday and Sunday of each mouth ut. 11 o'clock. HOTELS. AJtms' Hotel, comer Main and Pitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. Mrs. Pender's, (formerly Gregory Hotel,) Main Street, opposite "Enquirer" Office, Mr6. M. Pender, Proprietress. BAKS. Bank of New Hanover, on Main Street, next door to Mr. M. Weddell. Capt. J. D. Camming, Cashier. Office hours from SJ A. II. to 3 P. M. EXPRESS.- Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning at o'clock. N. M. Lawkesce, Agent. ADAMS' HOTEL. Main Street, Tarboro', N. C. 0, F. ADAMS, Proprietor. THIS HOTEL IS NOW OPEN FOR THE accomodation of the traveling public, and no pains will be spared to make all -who stop at this Hotel comfortable and pleasant. The table will be supplied with the best the market affords, and served up by experienced hands . The proprietor only ask a trial, for the public to be convinced. O.F.ADAMS. Jan. , 1374. tf. WEBER'S BAKERY ! rrIIIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS A now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds ol Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits, cfc, gc, $-c, embracing every thing usually kept in a Firet Class Establishment of the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage oT the past the undersigned asks a continuation, with the promise of satisfaction. Private Families can always liave tlieir Cakes Halved here nt short est notice. Gr&ecs for Parties & Balks promptly filled. Call and examine our tock, next door to Bank of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER. CHAMBERLAIN & RAWLS, PRACTICAi WATCH MAKERS JEWELERS. DEALERS IN FINE JEWELRY, FINE JL' Watches Sterling Silver Ware Silver Plated W are, wlj 'H WEf" Fine Watches Repaired Faithfully aud Scientifically, and Warranted. TARBORO, N. C. Jan. 5, 1872. 1-tf CRAM), SQUARE & UPRIGHT Have received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument fully warranted for live years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers, and the piano-purchasing public of the South espe cially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of t! SIIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is full v established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES iu the South, using over U)0 ot our Pianos. Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the princi-jal manufacturers of Cabinet and Par lor Organs ; prices from $50 to $600. A lib eral discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from 75 to fa00, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2,000 Southerners who h ive bought and are using the Stieff Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF. Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty St P , . BALTIMORE, M. D. fVtones, 84 & 80 Camden St., and 45 & 47 rerryt. Juneia,-tf. P fl frf 1'Aaf I I MM V f f k J X2&r Ejl ll'WJJMm,, - m l i m , m Mil, ijp iMiLl 75!j; le,0i,i,,1875! Htijyj -HEWS 1 1 Is an Oltl and Tried Foumal having just Enteral upon the Fifty Third Jear or its Existence Although endorsed as the organ of the Democratic-Conservative Party in Edgecombe, it ia independent in its management and 6upport and subject to the demands and wishes of no tuau or party. It is Democratic, however, to the backbone, but reserves the ri'l't of journalism to criticise the conduct and measures of the party. Having supplied ourselves at a heavy cost with the most improved ma chinery and every variety of the latest stylos of types, we are prepared to do Fine Job Printing faU tincIs in a stJ'le superior to any other office in this section at lower pkices than any other establishment for the best quality of work. None but skilled workmen employed, who execute all vork promptly and with the utmost dispatch. We can furnish at short no tico and at cheap rates, Blanks, Bill Heads.. Letter Heads, Cards, Programmes, Hand Bills, Pamphlets, Posters, Circulars, &c, &c. The wants of COUNTY 6f'FICIALS is made a SPECIALTY. STSEND IN YOUR ORDERS. -S3 The Tahdoro' Southersk is live, reliable, high-toned and courteous, and uevotd to Politics, News and Literature, and giving, as it does, especial at tention to matters of the ; LATEST LOCAL AND GENERAL INTERESTS, It is invaluable as a xEws-paper and should bo a constant visitor to every Oreside in Edgecombe an; adjacent counties. Being received on the cay of publication in PITT and MARTIN, it con tains later news for tfye titizens of those counties, than any other paper, daily or weekly, that efu reach them. NEWS CORRESPONDENCE Is invited from our fo:ds in all sections. We are determined to make the Tabboro' SorinERSEf :iie most reliable and comprehensive news medium in our section. Agent4 th whom we will make special arrangements, are wanted to assist us intending our circulation which is already the largest of any weekly in Eas:Carolina f Should advert to t6:act that our territory being the finest and most pros perous Agricultural ection in the State, or rather the Eden of the South, the (South erner-Eti'irer is without a superior a3 an advertising medium. Our rates are comf ratively very low. The Tarboro' ;therxer is also a large, thirty-two column paper and contains more ch o reading matter than any East Carolina cotemporary. None but the best elections, literary, scientific and moral, published. It is, therefore, excellei as a Piresido Companion. - No family should be without it. ? SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2 PER ANNUM, which must b lid is advance, since the new postal law requiring the pub lishers to prepf- postage. Try it for 1875. -Any prson sending us a club of six subscribers accompanied by the Cash, will a furnished a copy free. For further iarticulars, address Oliarles Sr Williamson, Publishers and Proprietors, TARBORO', N. C WATERfffiE W SCALE PIANOS. SQUARE d UPRIGHT e touch elastic, tie tone powerful, pure and even tkrougl he entire t-eale, yet mellow and sweet. Waters Concerto Organs cannot be celled iu tone or beauty ; they defy cniupttiou. The Concerto Stop is a tine liu latii of the Human Voice. Warrant lor C, vci-rs. PRICES EX TUEMELTLOW lor cash or part cash, and balance innonthly or quarterly payment. Second-hat instruin nis taken in exchange for new ; fto, foi s.:;.- at. ureat bargains. Ageuts ''il in everv county in the United States. T liberal di-count i Teachers, Ministers Churches, Schools. Lodges, etc. Illustrate Catalogues, mailed. I HORACE WATERS A SON, tw ,41 Broadway, N. Y. P. O. Box 35U7. Song of Grace and Glory ! The-y best Sunday-school song book. By Wi. Shenviii and S. J. Vail. 100 pages, splenill hymns, choice mus-ic, tinted jiaper, super!' binding. Price in boards K5 cents ; $3.00 Jr dozen ; $30 per hundred. A speci men ftiy in paper cover mailed for 25 cents. 8i.ew songs, in pamphlet form, lor Sun-day-ools, concerts or anniversaries, from " Sons of Grace and Glory." Price, S'J per huul'd. Specimen copy of the auniveesary sonfand live sample pages ot the book maiM for three-cent stamp. Publishers, HORACE WATERS & SON, i 4M Broadway, N. Y. P. O. Box 35G7. I. 18,1874. 8m t. k Pney Grove School. ITis with pride that I call the attention tf ie public to the condition of Pmey Grove Fie VVhitc School under my luauairemeBit 1 are had an average attendance of 25 seltol ai and they have mada rapid progress. A I'xpeet to siake school teaching my permai nut occupation, 1 put this before the publie I). J. HUNT. 3ct. 9,1874. t. - Q Lull fc'ift J VTfiPni -SS) 1 ?k f ' T wiiniiii.ujiiiiii g -swL. V mi SAVE YOUR WIONEY BY BUYING AT THE LIVE BOOK STORE. ryillE undersigned having just returned JL from New York with a FULL STOCK, consisting of BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, SOAPS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, &C, respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. Having bought at PANIC PRICES, I aur. prepared to olfer inducements. QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS IS MY MOTTO. Bjp"I am also Agent for the American Cyclopaedia, Thistle Edition of Waverly, Stamps and Seals, Shet Music, Gline's Slate Roof Painting and latest periodicals and pa pers. T. E. LEWIS, at. Redmond's Old Stand. Tarboro', April 10, 1874. tf. CHEAP I Vekt Cheap A number of new and sec ond band PI ANOS 4 OR GANS on hand for sale cheap for cash and by install PIANOS, TUNING & MUSIC ment. Every NEW PIANO from this this house W ark anted to possess all the im provements claimed by manufacturers gener ally. Prices reasonable. Terms accommo dating. Correspondence solicited. aug21-ly LOST. A NOTE of date otFeb. 23rd, 1874, for the sum of $421.07, drawn In favor of J. W. J. House and signed by James Whitehurst, has been lost. All persons are warned not to trade for the above note, and the drawer is notified not to pay the same. J. W. J. HOUSE. Sept. 25. lm fj pianosW TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1875. I 'HBO THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. U tmiiiMillj a Kamil Medieiue; and by l-.-( Imk kept ready fr immediate resort will Bav n.iiny at, h.xirxjf suffering jHid many v4yk Uir in ihue and doetir' bil's. , . After ovt r Forty Years' trial it is still r. reiving the most unquaiitied t stimonials to " virtues frum pusnus of tb- highest cUar actcr and rspou.-iti.lit. . Emim lit. pliysiciaut euiuiiu mi it a t lie most EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For all (Use isos o! the Liver, ttloiuarh aud Spleen. Tun fcY i I'TOMSof Liver fomplni.it. art a bilti-i or bad ta.ste'in the luoutli ; P.in In the B ick, fMdes or .Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism ; Sour Stomach ; Loss of Apep tile ; Howe's abe nately costive and lax; Headache; Lims of memory, with a painful seusaiion of having failed to do some king which o".eht to have been done ; Debility, Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the Skin and Exes a dry Cough ,ol'teu mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many ol these symptoms attead the disease, at others very few ; but the Liver, the largest organ iu the bodv, is genera ly the seat of the disease, and if not Kegulated in thue, great sutleriug, wretchedness and Death will ensue. For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jauudice, Bilious attacks, Sick Haadacbe, Colic, De pression of Spirits Sour Stomach, Heart Burn, itc., itc. The Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Medi cine in the World! Manufactured only by J. U. ZEIL1N & CO., Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia. Price, $1.00. Sold by all Druggists. Piedmont Air-Line Railway. RICHMOND & DANVILLE. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. W.. N. C. DIVIS ION, AND NORTH WEST ERN N. C. li. W. CONDENSED TIME TABLE- In effect on and after Sunday, D--c. 27, 1874. GOING NORTH. stations. Mail. Express. Leave Charlotte 10 00 p. m. 8.35 a.m. ' Air-Line Jct'n.10.08 " 8.56 " " Salisbury, 12.20 a. m. 10.54 " " Greensboro' 3.43 " 1.15 p.m. Danville. C.13 " 3.36 " " Dundee, 6.25 " 8.20 " " liurkvil!e, 11.33 Arrive at Richmond, 2.22 P. M. 11.09 " GOING SOUTH. stations. Mail. Express. Leave Richmond, 1.38 p. M. 5.03 a. m. " Burkville, 4.41 " " Dundee, 9.25 " " Danville, 9.29 " 1.12 p. m. ' Greensboro', 12 35 a. m. 4.15 " " Salisbury, 3.27 6.45 ' " Air-Line Jnct'n,6.15 " 8.58 " Arrive at Charlotte, 6 22 " 9.05 ' GOING EAST. GOING WEST. statioss. Mail. Mail. L've Greensboro','?' 3.35 a.m. dArr.ll.30PM o. onops, c. o.uo " jL'velU.lo " " Raleigh, g. 8.48a. m. 5.38 " Arr. at Goldsboro.l 11.25 " & L've 2.35p.m a NORTH WESTERN N. C. R. R. (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Greensboro 4.25 p M Arrive at Salem C.10 " Leave Salem 9.20 p m Arrive at Greensboro 11.15 " Passenger train leaving Raleigh at 5.41 i . M., connects at Greensboro' with the Northern bound train ; making the quickest time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick ets sune as via other routes. Train-, to aud from points East of Greens boro' connect at Greensboro' with Mail Trains to or from points North or South. Trains daily, both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leave Richmond at 9.00 A. M., arrive at Burkeville 12.43 P. M., leave Bui keville 4.35 A. M., arrive at Richmond 7.58 A. M. Tnllman Palace Cars on all night trains between Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.) For further information address S. E. ALLEN, Gen'l Ticket Agent, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. R. TALCOTT, Engineer & Gen'l Superintendent. Livery, Stile AND THE nndcrsigued takes pleas ue in inform intr the public that he has established in Williamstou a large and tirst-class Livery, Sale and Exchange Stable, at which be is prepared to board horses by the day, week or month. Having a good stock of hors 8 always on band, he wih sell or exchange on reasonable terms. He will also 6eud passengers about the country at moderate rates. Drovers will always find at his Stables ample accommodations. JAMES M. L. 8ITERSON, Williamston, N. C. P. S. Any person communicating with him can have a cr .veyance sent to any part de sired. J. M. L. S. Jan. 30, 18V4. ly. A. A. WILLIAttSOX GENERAL GROCER AND DEALER IN Boots & Shoes, Tin and Wood en Ware, &c. Ialn St., - Tn rboro', IV. C April 19. ly SPARTA MILLS. THESE Mills are in excellent running or der, and will make good Flour and Meal, and would ask those who have wheat they want ground to give us a trial. LAWRENCE & MOORE, Sparta, N. C. I have on band near W. E. Suggs' house. Three Hnudred Thousand feet of GOOD SEASONED LUMBER, whict 1 will ssll at low rates. E. L. EOORE, July 24.-tf. Sparla, N. C. THE January 29, 1857 MY QUEEN. -.- Queen of my life. Upon my heart's most guarded wall The sentry waits thy royal call: For thee the gates wide open swing, F r thee the bells their welcome ring, ' - For thee The Queen ! For thee my love my life, my Queen ! Queen of my love. With royal grace of tenderness Thy 3wcet lips speak alone to bless : Eajiassionof my nature stands Ob,, trfceO thy loved commands or pure, serene, Thou reign'st of all my life the Queen. Queen of my borne. Thy castle' though too mean for thee. Holds treasures worth a kingdom's fee Enthroned in thy womanhood : In all things pure and sweet and good, Thou regin'st serene My c M Urea's mother and my Queen! Alfred Sully, A M00 LIGHT ADYEVURE. BY JUDGE CLARK. I hardly know whether I was in love with r attie Brown or not. She wae one of those artful, bewitching minxs who often leave a man in doubt as to whether his heart is captured or only his head turned. Which was my case, if the reaJer is able to judge, he can do more than I can. Pattie would sigh, and languish, and talk sentiment to my heart's content; but whenever I sought to the point, and obtain a categorical answer, she would dodge the issue with as much skill as a veteran politician. I was determined, at last, to bring matters to a crisis. The occasion I selected was that of & grand masqued ball, at which I had no doubt Pattie would be present, where in the freedom al lowed on such occasions, I resolved to press my suit, and take nothing short of 'yes' or 'no' for an. answer. I went so far as to purchase a handsome engagement ring, deter mined, if the response were favora ble, to place it on her finger forth with, and seal the compact on the spot. 1 got myself up a Romeo, in a style that would have caused the hearts or the Montagues to swell with pride, and those of the Capu lets to burst with envy. 'iZow stunning Smith looks,' I heard more than once whispered, as I roamed up and down in search of Pattie. But Pattie wasn't there, or if she was, her disguise was too complete to be penetrated. As I walked anxiously about, my attention was attracted by the most piquant of shepherdesses, whose movements betrayed a per plexity equal to my own. As she passed her steps faltered. 'Pardon me, sir ; I fed fain,' she murmured, resting her hand upon my arm, as if for momentary support. billow me to conduct you to the open air.' She thanked me gracefully and assented, explaining that she was a stranger, and had become separated from her friends. The cool air revived her ; and, after a short walk through the grounds, her strength and spirits seemed entirely restored. iZer conversation was vivacious and witty. But when shr same to talk of the moonlight, and flowers, and poety, I found that in the field of sentiment she coufd beat Pattie two to one. In fact, I couldn't help think how tame Pattie's rhap- sodies, over which I had been wont to go into ecstacies, would sound in comparison with the transcendent outbursts of the little sheperdess. a retired nook, almost hidden by the shrubbery, we found a rustic seat of which we took possession, feeling, or feigning to feel, weari ness after our walk. The moon shone out in uncloud ed majesty ; and beneath her radi ence, the flowers and blossoms which surrounded us, gemmed with dew-drops, bloomed with a bright ness which the more ambitious god of day might well have given half of his glory to witness. And how the little shepherdess improved the occasion ! If Luna, female as she is, had stopped in her course to listen to the enchant ing flaterry lavished upon her, I'm sure it could hardly have been ac counted a mirracle. 'Pray remove your mask,' I ven tured to say at last first laying aside my own. 'I must look upon the face that mirrors thought bo divine.' 1 fear you will be disappointed,' 8he replied 'still, I have nothing to disguise, and if you will dispell the illuston under which you labor, the punishment may be your own.' The features she exposed were of surpassing loveliness. Just dark enough to entitle her to be called a brunette, her complexion had that pearly transparency of which the purest of blondes can rarely boast. JJer eyes sparkled like diamonds, and yet were soft as gazelle's. The contour of her bead and face was faultless. I fairly lost my recson. So the reader will think when I relate that, without further ceremony, I threw myself on my knees, to the no email detriment of Romeo's finest hose; aud producing the ring I had purch ased for Pattie, I incontinently placed it on the shepherdess' engage ment finger. I entreated her to wear it for the sake of one thence forward doomed to be her slave, and who sought no other boon than that a dying of unrequitted love. ' heavens knows to what pitch of absurdity I should have gone, had not the little shepherdess, .who seemed not unmoved by my appeal indeed ehe turned aside hr head and fiirlj shook w&h some ert 4f emotion interrupted me with v the exclamation : 'Stay ! there's one of my friends.' sprang to my feet, but not be for I had imprinted on kiss upon her lips, clasped her, for one brief moment, to my throbbing breast. As I turned, I stood confrontod by a fierce looking brigand who too, was in a tremor of emotion. I laid my hand upon my sword. Perhaps he was a rival. As the thought flashed upon me, I felt aroused with in me all the rancor of the ancient ouse of Montague, and had the stranger so much as 'bitten his thumb,' at me, 1 should probably have run him through for a Capulet. j As it was, 1 tore myself from the Bcene, and hastened to my lodgings. I A night's sleep measurably res tored my senses. VVheu a man has made a fool of himself over night, it's wonderfu! how clearly he sees it on waking up in the morning. My costly ring was gone The shepherdess was gone. And what all, had she ever been to me ? A fleeting vision that had crossed my path a mere adventuress, perhaps. Were Pattie Brown and her sub stantial fortune to be sacrificed for such a phantom ? Not by a man in his sober senses. Like an awakened prodigal, I resolved to arise and go unto Pattie, and have if out with her at once. I found her alone, and had just begun to repeat for her edfica tion some of the compliments in. spired by the charms of the little ehepherdes the night before, when my eye fell upon a object that struck me dumb. It was the identical ring I had giveu the shepherdess on attie's finger ! 'Were you at the ball last night?' inquired Pattie, seemingly seeking to relieve my embarrassment. I Iwas stammered, guiltily. 'So was Cousin Charlie,' said Pattie, with a rougish twinitle in her eye. 'Cousin Charlie V I have repeat ed ; I 'havn't the honor to know him. 'No,' repled pattie ; 'he only came yesterday to pay us a short visit. You can't imagine how handsome he is ! 'I dare not say,' I answored, dryly. 'As pretty as a girl ! exclaimed Pattie with feeling. 'He went to the ball last night a3 a shepherdess,' she continued. The dhuce he did !' I interupt ed. 'Yes' and Pattie's eye twinkled still more 'and one silly fellow, tricked out as a Romeo, actually made love to him, and hugged and kissed him into the bargain !' I staid to hear no more. It was, then, 'Cousin Charlie whom I had embraced and kissed and made my self a fool over, to say nothing of bestowing my ring upon him ! And 1 have a suspicion to this day that the ilNlooking brigand was no other than Pattie Brown herself. I have only to add that Pattie and cousin Charlie were married in less than a month. Because She was Too Short, Ho Left Her at Homo Too Long. The legal questions in the Tilton Beecher case are now in process of solution by a court and jury ; but the moral aspects are still appro priate subjects for newspaper dis cussion. Going back of everything else we find, according to Mrs. Tilton's statement, tbat the primary cause of the domestic infelicity of herself and her husband grew out of the very great disparity in their height. She was too short, or he was too tall. There was too much differ ence of altitude betwixt them. He was ashamed of her because the top of her head only came about up to his shoulder, poor thing ! just as if she could help it ! And worse still, he told her so, heartless fellow ! And then, being mortified a her diminutive appearance, this Blue beard Longlegs, when ha went off lecturing, took a taller woman with him, and left his little wife at home, all alone all alone ! Why didn't he take them both ? I hen the tall woman could have taken the 2Tay pole's arm and the wife could have taken the tall woman s arm, and growling small by degrees and beau tifully less, they would have consti tuted a very passable trio. The contrast would have been less strik ing because it would not hare been so sudden.- N. z. bun. EXGOV.Z. B. VANCE. The subject of this sketch, was born in the county of Buncombe, near the seat of justice, vlsheviUe, in the mountains of North Carolina, on the 13th of May, 1830. His father was a most respected merch ant. His mother's, father, Zebulon Baird, was one of the trusted citizens of Buncombe, for many years cho sen as their representative in the General Assembly. His father died when he was quite young. His mother devoted herself to bis training with the lor ing and intelligent care which so often distinguish ' and reward the women of out land. . Her slender means, however, pre vented her giving him other eduou tion in his boyhood than was afford ed by the country schools, in which Pike's Arithmetic and Webster's Elementary Spelling Book, were the chief textbooks. But young Zab. had an inquiring mind. He read with avidity every volume within his reach, and being gifted with great quickness and a strong memory, in his boyhood began the accumulation of the stores of illus trations and strong apposite diction which have mado him conspicuous in his manhood. He had access to few books, but those were good ones. A gentleman, fresh from the senior cla-s of the university, travelling in Buncombe, was amazed at finding the superior acquaintance and apt ness of quotations from the Bible, bhakespeare and Scott s novels, dis puted by our half grown and half educated mountain boy, and twenty five years ago predicted his subse quent success. In 1852 young Vance went to tho University of North Carolina, where he first in the branches to which he devoted himself. He here began the study of law and soon afterwards was admitted to the bar. He made Asheville his home and soon commanded a fair share of practice. He early became influen tial with the jury, humor and ready eloquence telling well on the mind of the average mountaineer. He tells on himself, with much glee, the first compliment he received for his forsensic efforts. 'Zeb., if you can only get apast the Judge, I'd as lief have you as any old lawyer.' It was not long before his 'getting past the Judge' was not the subject of doubt. Like most young men of active and ambitious minds, Mr. Vance went early into poliitics. He was elected te the Legislature in 1854, where he was one of the most promi nent among tho young men, being an enthusiastic Henry Clay Whig. His peculiar powers were not fully developed, however, until 1858, when ho took the stump in opposi tion to the lato W. W. Avery, as a candidate for the National House of Representatives in the Mountain district. This district had once been Whig. The DeoDlo. however, were devotedly r i ' ' V attached to Thomas J. Clingman, who for many years represented them in Congress. When Mr. Clingman swung around to the Democratic side, he retained his ascendancy, notwithstanding his change ef base, carrying the district, in 1857, by 2,000 majority over his Whig opponent. When, in con sequence of being promoted to the Senate, he resigned his seat, it was generally thought Mr. Avery, a man strong in debate and of an in fluential family, would easily fill the vacancy. When Mr. Vance announced his intention to oppose him, he was applauded for his gal lantry, but laughed at for his sup posed folly. In this campaign Mr. Vance, then only 28 yean old, dis played those quautes of a stump orator and leader ef men for which he is now so conspicuous and un- eauaUed. Quick at repartee, with anecedotes, which he tells with happy humor, able to pass at will from mirth-moving fun to in vective, eloquence and pathos, by his power of presenting arguments and facts in an interesting light, his consummate tact and winning ways, 'he stole awaj the hearts of the peopltL' He was elected by a majority ak large as the year before had been given to his Democratic prodecessori In the following year David Coleman, another distinguished Democrat, measured his strength with the young Whig, but the effort to disminish his majority failed. Coleman met the fate of Avery, and thenceforth Mr. Vance was supreme west of tbe Blue Ridge. In Congress he was an active and wa'chful member, tie took sides strongly and labored earnestly against secession at the same time warning the country against coer cion of the Southern States by force of arms. His appeals for the Union in Congress, and before the people, were earnest and powerful, but when Sumpter was fired upon, like nearly all the leading Union men of North Carolina, Hadger, Urabam, Ruffin. Gilmer, and others, believ ing in the right of revolution, he cast his lot with his native State, and took up arms against the Union. Whatever Mr. Vance does, he doAs with all his might, lie was one of the earliest volunteers, NO. 4. marching to the seat of war rn Virginia as a captain, in May, 1861. It was not long before his promos tion came, he having been elected Colonel of the Twenty-sixth Regi ment of North Carolina troops, in August, 1861. He was among the brave fighters who liov McClellan to his ships iu the Jame, and hj brought his regiment off safely, when Branch's little army was over whelmed by Buriside, at Newbern. He shared cheerfully all the hard ships and dangers of his men. 27e was a faithful and gallant officer, and civilian? and soldiers united in the demand that he should be the next Governor of North Carolina. H was chojen by an overwhelming majority in 1862, and two years latee by a similar vote, over the late Governor W. W. .ff olden. As Governor of North Carolina in those troublous times, Mr. Vance displayed talents for which even his most ardent admirers had not given him credit. Blessed with a strong frame and hardy constitution, he was able to go through an incredi ble amount of hard work, mental and physical. He exhibited admin" istrative and executive powers of the highest order. It became his duty to aid the Confederate Gov eeument in securing and maintain-, ing in its armies the military con tingent of North Carolina. It was likewise his duty to assist, as com mauuer-in-cniei oi ine miutia, in repelling invasion of its territory. It was his province to execute large ly the Junctions ot a war minister, and when the full history of the war shall be written, it will be found that he excelled all Southern Gov ernors in vigor and ability in these regards. He kept his State up to the full measure of it: obligation under the Cohstition of the Con federacy. At the same time, he was watchful that there should be no infrigement of the rights of the State. In the midst of the very death struggles of the war, he insisted that the millitary should be subor dinate to the civil powers, it should be known and remembered throughout the civilised world that all during the timo when the Con federacy was vainly fighting for life, and when one-fourth of the State was overrun by contending armies, the great privilege of the writ of habeas corpus was never suspended. North Carolina had Judges firm enough to issue that great writ, and a Governor brave enough to enforce its mandates, in the midst of con-. script camps, even in the lines of troops drawn up in order of battle. While Mr. Vance took care that there should be no skulkers or de sorters among those liable under the conscript law, he took equal care that all who claimed they were not liable, should have on their petition an impartial hearing before a judi cial officer. It was by his efforts likewise, that supplies of clothing and other needful articles were regularly im ported trom Jbngland through the blockading squadron at Wilmington. All during 1863 and 1864 the de parture and arrival of The Advance, were watched for with breathless interest by tho soldiers of North Carolina, whose wants the Confed erate Government could not sup ply. And when in the excitement during the trial of Wirt for bad treatment of Federal prisoners, an 1 effort was made by the enemies of Mr. Vance to connect him with the sufferings at the Salisbury pris on, an examination showed that he had been active in alleviating those sufferings. During 1864 there sprang up in North Carolina a reactionary party, headed by Holden and others, com posed of those who despaired of tbe success of the Confederacy. But Cfov. Vance took the ground that the power of making peace had been devolved on that government and that any separate State action would bring not only disgrace, but ruin to the State. He therefore struggled with unfaltering conatan cy for Southern success until tho surrender of Gen. Johnson to Gen. Sherman. He now laid down his high office with dignity, concious tbat he had done his best, and that tbe defeat of his plans was the act of God. He renewed his vows of alliegance to the General Government, deter mined thenceforward to coatribute all that in him lay to the advance ment of his native State and the dignity and glory of the Union. He was arrested after the close of the war. and suffered imprison ment at Washington, on account of his prominence in the struggle, but on examination of his letter books and other documents it was found that his contest in the struggle was according to the rules of civiliued warfare, and the sentiment of the Gorth being against personal pun ishment for treason, he was honor ably discharged. Gov. Vance then returned to the practice of his profession, making Charlotte his home. In 1870 he was elected Senator of the United States, but on ac count of the disabilities imposed by continued on fourth page