PIC
ON THE
S2 per annum
- IN ADVANCE.
CII ARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS TIIE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.-
WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET
W. 3. YAJIS, EniTon aki Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1861.
TENTH VOLUME NUMBER 489.
"Published every Tu day,5)
W ILL! A M J. YATES,
HDITOK AND P ItOPIU CTOR .
-O-
a r 1
hi advance,
wi lii.i 3 H hi: lis
jtf.ef the expirtiliou of the year.
5 2 00
:.ai'
2 ;U i
J i))
A :: V
s-on seti
Urn
us
ve Xiift" suli -eribers.
,,; ,1 ;.v tiio advance sub-cription (io) will
xiii copy i ti - tor one year. j
U C:
ibe :.n i o-h'-is who mnv wi, h to send I i
cast uo -o
i.y ai-til,
ur iiok.
:Ul be
paid for in
-r amiseript
f.-ibid. and
i. smith.
,ltloiu ;cii 'iMiiM-lor at I,:tir,
CLlAili.O i 'i E, N C,
Will attend prompt!; and fili-fmfl to collecting and
remittitur ail . -laiia intrusted to his care.
S.u-i-iai .tttPiiti-m ive:i to the writing of Dveds, Con-
V-V l I'.ffS. "C.
1 irin h' ir? of btjsincsn. may be fou
Court lhus- O:'io No. 1, adjoining the clerk
may be found in the
s office.
a:i!i.i! v
i;. is,;i
J. A. FOX,
Attorney ct
Cli A lA )TTE, N. C.
GKXEUAL VOl.l.ECl ISC AC F.ST.
Office over the Dm,; St re, Irwin's corner.
January 1, lS.il. tf
Win. J. Kerr,
. . . - a a
9 T
OilARLOTTE, X. C,
-.r.v.-tive in the ''ounty and Superior Courts of
Me.-kie.ibu:-g. I'aiou and t'.ibartu ouuiies.
(tice ia th iiravlt-y building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
J.uiuarv 24, IS'il y
ROBERT (j.SlPJN, 31. D..
A I
Oflc X: 'I Irwin's corner, CilAHLUTTE, N. C.
Jatiuarr, K-oil.
11. W. BKCKWITli
Ha? constantly ou hand
WATCHES. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &CM
Of the b-st English and AmerieaD m anufacturei s.
Gall ami examine his sto-. k before ptirehafing elsewhere.
Watoh crystals 1 L in fur 23 cvnts each.
January, lsOl j
& John T. Butler,
Practical
Watch and Clock TSakcr, Jew
e;li'r, &: ..
OrrosiTE Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, N. C.
(Late with R. W. Heckwith.)
rin XV ate !!, tl-li & ,FiiT liy,
of'vry description, llepaired and Warranti'd fur 12
O.-t !-6'. v
G, WILKINSON & CO.,
dealers in
Watolie
su U sji Xi -r- 1 9
v. 1 Xilvvv A: pSatcs! Ware
SZQ& ANI FANCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Fange,
0:r.fsi5e tke Mansion Ibu. ft I A II LOT TE.
N. O
At'rut: in given to Ue
Srpten.ber la, 1SC0
a::-ii:g Watches
V
.1 Jl
New
upply of
i v
Mi-
it U i!
v. V) -Xl -l.r.V
: :-. .-es beu.p
:s iweivf-.-rt
i Cli-t, X! li
. !v ' s iiie ffsr-
-a.ifi :
i"-rson.N -
r.ii'.-d t.)
i-Si- W
recei ve ;n v
. . : e . 1 .
e:"--i.'a ii
. .-..ly repaired and will
R. W. BECK WITH.
;tcMio:i.
Nv.
15i30
tf
Charlolk' X, S. i'. Eiai2ri;ad.
On at; I after the First d v oC October. THROUGH
EX 'MESS FREIGHT TRAiSS will run Daily between j
f-h:tr!.)tte aa.i t'liarb.'.-toti. without t iwnssh ipnie:;! . thus I
er .i!il:'i g freights to reach Ch.irlotte in 5 days or less j
fr j.n NVw York, aud in one day ftotn Charleston, and
V-C I'lTf 1. I
Also. THRtH'GIl Tlf'KETS will be sold from Char- J
1 : to Ch.irle-tou at s 50. and to New York, via !
Cltariesiu!? S;r.-:!H-rs. at J;:', aad ' rrrsa. The fer- i
chants a ! public are invited to try t h is cheap and i
expeditious ro:ite for freights iind passr':-M rs.
A. li Vi.xViTX, !
Oct 2. IS'JO. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent. !
UK.
1j. EI. AiXJkj i
charlotte, n. c, j
r- ;h puldic generally. ud the citizens of j
, icniarlv, that he has resumed the ;
'V.n:
M e c i; i .
Pr.uti
st.tnd.
Silver.
- o!' i: 1 ISTR and may be tound at his old '
tie is prepared to set Artiuciai it em on oi.i.
Vulcanite, or on the Chcopla-tic process, as
patients m.iv desire
md Hll Teeth with (JolJ, Tin. '
Aiuai.tm or Os Artiticial.
He is a!? prepared to perforin an v operation belong-
iag to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas
i to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends 1
y-ui may take that for granted. J
February 5, 1S01
r,,,,., , uv , TTr.T 0 , A ,
KO0PMANN & PHELPS have recened a handsome
art;nC:U of SPRING GOODS, consisting ia part of : ''
DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, J
t which ther invite partiralar attention.
North Carolina
31 U I UAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Tli is Company the oldest and most reliable in the
StiUe. insures white persons lor a term of years or
(iinin? ( oiitini.uiice ot life, on moderate term." Slaves
insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
ruarkt; value. For in.-uranc" api tv to
Til iS. W." DEWEY, Apt.,
Jan 8. 1 sr,l ly at Branch Bank N. C.
Ta lit well's
itb-euee in the
Practice
Purine rnv
Military set vice of this
. Stat.-, in X:i
I ies ol' i he
j Weil. Ua.i 'f..
I All n-i -.:.
ni.i. 5ub-.-rii.ers and others desii dug cop-
' wi rk. alii obtain them of Mrs. Cant-
"!
i ' b; i; tu rue. by note or otlierwi?e. are
v Li r. 1 will I t id her rei eiot an d
l-iiii''ni to
Price !' riivi
t ion will in' tn.i.jf
f the al.ove $.r..(i0 A dc due
ub buv to si'll act' in.
tu t h
UPWARD CANTWLLL.
Juiv :;o, ist;i.
m i ui-.i
r Nor'
X)is??solin.l ion.
The fi i m of FILLINGS. :-l" !. 1 N & w di.
folved by limitation on the 1st Jauiiary. lhui.
TiiO bu-iucss will be continued under the name and
style of FI LLINGS & Si'KINGS, and they hope. b
integrity ai:d strict attention to luisiis. to merit the
same patrotn.e heretofore liberally bestowed by their
humeroui! friends and customers.
The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of
busine.-s. for the future compel us to shorten our time
of credit from twelve to six mouths to prompt paying
customers Done others need ask it.
All peroi,s ii.debud to the old fin of Fulling?.
Springs "o., must come forward anil nmke immediate
settleuient . as it is absolutely necessary that t!i'' busi
ness be fpemily closed up. "A word to the weis .-uili-cieut."
Jan 15, ls'ol.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A, X. M. TAYLOR
ESPKCTFl'LLY informs his fti-nds and the pub
JLL; lie g -ii -raliy, that he has added to his extensive
stock of uves and Tin Ware, a la 1 ge u nd complete
sto.-k of lift: o are. consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paniul, prun
ing, grafting, tc-nnou. back, compass, w-bb. and butch
er SAW'M braces and bits. Draw Knives, (.'iosseb.
Angers. Gimlets. Hannners, Hatch' is, and Axe.-: i lit .-.,
jdasiering. aii'i pointing Trowels: S.tw-setters. .-ei. w -pb.tes.
Stocks aud dies. Planes of ail kind.-.. Sj .'!:
shaves, Stiei-blade bevel and try Square-: Spit it L' -:
Pocket Levels. Spirit level Vials, boring mai !.:.'-.
Gougers. ai:d in fact everthinga mechanic w.iiij-. 1
great variety and at Very low prices, at TA'il.'l;'S
Hardware S'.nre and Tin-ware Pepot, opposite the
siou liuiir-e. Chailotte, X. G.
May 2'.', b-'Oo. tf
Blacismith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and fdide Ham
mers. Buttieocs, Far.-iers" Knives. Sirew-phite. Stoc ks
and ities. blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs. Kasj ers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cbncli Nails,
borax: Iron of all .-izes. both of northern ruui coiiinry
aianufa.'-t ure; east, jdow, blister aud jpring Steel; if.,
for tale cry chean at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
Ludlow'3 Celsbratei Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR
HariUvare Store, ojiposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers. Plows. Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Folks, Axes, Picks. Matlockj. Grubbing Hoes,
Truce Chains, W;.gou Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, w it h handles: Gra in Cradles; grain,
M-.-i-s and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks. Wagon boxes:
lloilow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
iralioii. each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettle. Sheep
Shear.'", ie.. at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
t Ji e Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A l-irge as-oitiveut; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate.
Babbit metal, ic.
Stoves, t'ne largest Stoek. of all sires, at
TAYLOR'.S Hardware, Stove and
Tin w are depot, opjiosi'.e Mansion Ilotisi
Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg
county, on the Mh .ay of September, 1800, aNigro
hov ab.nt 18 or 20 years of age. ( black.) about 5 feet 0
r
IE'
12I1. L' .-ays his name is JIM. and that
he belouor to Ji
li-hr Wi :'!,v of Ga ton countv: that his
til' : -r
'.me hf
m.V( d t"
r. v. nwi'.T
Ti xas eatly last Spring, at which.
: 1 m him. Jim appears very cull:
I'l SCIM'CI
ni:nnnb-a?e anything about hi 5 master
or home with any i r. ' d! itr.-ncf. lie has a
scar on hi
The ownei
r.gi
lot'- hi; o-er. m.oie ov a cutting Kinn .
is rce'i'V-' ed to
!"ii.-e. aud tat;
forward, p
rove pr'.per'y.
, otherwise hi
pay !-v-w'i'l!
i-
10
!i y a way
to law.
i --pi-.se d of a cCord '.
Oct. 0. iPo". tf
W. W. GRIER. Sheriff
rrrER r. da vis.
tr. 11. riARDki
DAVIS A- HAHDKi:.
IPotoivjlDiirC) "7ci.
REFER TO lion. D VV Courts. Gen. II W Haywood.
Raleigh. N.C.
Feb IP, lsol Cm-pil.
Ail kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS;
"-i,v"j also, a luautiful asso-tmen? of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Tho.e wishing a
lfil fine Songster, will find it at
J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store,
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
Nov 20. IStlO.
Notice.
PriiM ond nTtor line rlnv Hst of January. 1861.1 we
j will he pleasf d to sell our old fiiends and customers, i
and the re.-t of mankind, for
rali. cafcli only,
anT nrt;de in .ur lii.e of business that we may have or
i1;',. i Anv pels.. n s-Miding or coming for Goods rf'er
t,,s (p,u.. without money, will pleat-e excuse im
ni- !
stead of iiiling their order, we ltirniin
this n.H-e-t isfment. ss u-r are at
them "!:
f rr, i;ir
.,."., sin ;le nrUr ! on rrr-'il.
r?" And those mdeOtect to n are rec,ut eu
. ... ,1. money.
"Alt
wn.i.i.w.?
January 1. lFn
tf
NEGRO FOl! SALE.
I will sell for ca.-h at the Court House aoor in 1 nar-
r
lotte on Saturday the 9th of November next, it Negro
Rov named JIM He is to be so d as a runaw ay to
h ; ian J .1. .e He say3'(liat
tin ic ilip nrnr-pi Tv rif
. ,, ' ' nh Worthy, and is about 22 !
years of age.
W. tr. CRIER, Sheriff.
Sapt IT, ia$l.
Clje 'IB r h t r r ii Brmornit
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Ei? Hereafter we intend to charge advertising rates
for all obituaries of over ten lines in length, tributes of
respect, and for announcing candidates for oEce to
be paid in advance
Wno AUK wk riuiiTiNO? The term "Yan
kee" ought no longer to be applied to the enemy
j ' ,K " a lorm ls jusi 10 me ngniing men on too
i other side, nor to ourselves. We are, in point of
- , . . " ... ' .. .1 f 1 . - .1
ii'ti, inriotiy linn 1 1 u ly . iiiviiueu uy a i jii 1 1 ipeji u
nr H13-. 'J I. at army is ltitide up of Irishmen and
fJermans. with a small proportion of Yankees.
Whilst the Yankee Government deprecates bit
terly the sympathy of European Governments
with the S uth. its own m.-iiti reliance is Euro
pom soldiers The j 1 -doners just hmiio-ht in are
el iefiv of this class. f we call tlum Yaiikees
we to t only commit an error in fact, hut give the
Yankees credit for fighting their own battles.
We have just whipped an Irish atid German army,
whose bravest leader was a depraved Englishman;
and it is an army of foreign mercenaries w hich
stiK remains for us to whip on the borders of the
Potomac. Jiici monrf D:.patch.
Mil
Rattist Convention. The Annual Conven
tion of the Baptist denomination in this State will
commence its sessions in Raleigh on the-loth of
November.
t:,.-. it.. :.....i.i i,.. i."
"Why is L row 11 tugar selling here in tliis State
:it 171 Cents per lb., when it is selling at New
Orleans at ii cents, uud in Memphis at ilj cents
per lb.?
WHEAT !
The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new
crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers
wiii i; ..d it to their advantage to call at the CHAU
L'i'iL S i iiA.M M ILLS before seilirg.
J-M.'y I. is.il tf JNO. WILKES.
HEf?a?S.
I h;-.ve now on hand and am constantly receiving
'src ijuautilies of Hides, which I will exchange for
S. M. HOWELL,
Gt-pd Charlotte, N. C.
( ct.-.ber S. 1 S 1 ; 1
Ju.'t received, a fresh lot of genuine Lorilard's-High
Toast Scutch Saulf. Cheap at
PALMEli'S VARIETY STOKE.
Sept -24, 1801
RFNAWAY from where we had them hired, near
Chester, in June lat, oar three negro men. iz: Bill.
Giles and Henry.
Bill and Giles we bought the 14th of last November
at the estate sale of Ed. Leach, on Broad River, in
York District. They being brothers and having rela
tions in the neighborhood where we purchased them,
it is more than likely they have made their way back
to their old neighborhood.
Hill is about 2j years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, will
weigh 150 or 100 pounds; is very black; rather sharp
faced, speaks quick when spoken to.
Gibs his brother, is about 24 years old: 5 feet V
inches high; will weigh 16u lbs., is very black, and
walks with his head up and feet turned out in front.
Henry, we purchased Jan. 1, of Col. C. Rives on the
Catawba river. He is 28 years old, well set. 5 feet 10
inches high, and will weigh 175 pounds; has a heavy
brow and speaks slowly: has some character as a rnti
awe.y. May go to Charleston or Wa.-hingtoti oily, it is
hard telling where he will go as he is a gentleman of
travel.
They all ran off about the garue time.
We will pay f 7T reward for the 3 men; or $25 a
piece for either of them delivered in anyja.il so that we
can get ihcwi. Then boy? may attempt to make their
wav North m some others from this dace have at
tempted. PRIDE k DUNOVANT.
Chester. S. C, July 3', 1F61 tf
$25 ESUTCARI-
SAML. ROTHS':iIILI) having absconded from this
place, not c riplying with his contract, the above re
paid will be given for his arrest and confinement
till I am heaid from. Said Rothschild was detained
i:i Charleston. S. C. on the D-lh inst.. was released and
!"ft CharieT( 11 on the 17th iu-t. for parts unknown. It
is sufiptrd lo re he will make his wav to Louisville,
Kv . or S.aanr ah, Ga. WM TRELOAR
'Charlotte. N. C. Sept 24, 18-31
PKCCLAMATIGN
BY HIS EXCELLENCY, HENRY T. CLARK, GOV
ERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Executive Department, )
Raleigh. Oct. 3d. lfcol.
Tn pursuance of the power given me by the 'f'th
section of the Constitution, and br and with the ad-
! dec of tLe Council of State. I do hereby prohibit the
exportation beyond the Emits of this State, of ali
bacon, pork. beef, leather, men's shoes, woolen goods.
jeans, lindseys and blankets except throuph the outers j
of the proper officers ot trie Uuntecterate oot erumeiii.
or of the State Government.
The order of the 13ih 11 It. is hereby revoked. The
Adjutant General is directed to employ all necessary
means to carry into f;;ll effect this order.
Done at the" city 01 Raleigh. tbi3(d day of October,
A. D., 1SG1. II FN RY T. CLARK.
(),-t 3 4t Governor Ex-ofilcio.
JVolice to the hTiffs of the d;finnt
Cocntks of iVorth-CaroIina. j
All Blankets and Clothing which may be received by J
u. tHit directly to the several Companies 1
u-MpIi n-ciit. from your county ana wncn ourowDi
1 ou v on
Companies are supplied, you will then forward any !
balance on hand to the Quartermaster in Rah igh. You j
i will nut up all articles intcr.cea icryour v ommoi 111 ;
fiiri.f." hox.'S. airectea 10 in w..i iun.-m
v;itt! the Company ana me iveg nm-u. imiun " 1
.1 . L. f '., i.- I .. m m A
on .hem; and you will have the contents 01 each box
:-. i il-oi (ii! it.
V. hentvet the tympanies are oa duty in your reiph- J
r,.r;,, 0 ,j; vol, ftre authorized to deliver the articles to :
t: -c tv . ;V.kiig -he receipt of the Captain for thtm. which
: ;- r vou""uii! t-,;ward to this office. j
o . ; H. ,n. J. DEVEREUX, A. Q. M. I
QUARTERMASTER S OFFICE. j
October 3d, 1861. j
Auv t eron or persons who may be riesirons of j
taking Contracts for making Clothes for the Army of
NorthVarolina. can obtain terms, ic, on application
a -11 1 r ....-1 r a m 1 . nj 1 h I
at this ot'.ice i.oouswni oe iimi n.v
parties, in quantities sufheunt to eir.tne single J-oin-
, nnies wnu n can oe mace up turn v ,
i od. and ,hl mone.T wiil be Paid to the parties re-
rf - ivinr - the Goods, on the return of the manufac tured ,
articles. Parties mav furmsft tne totn. w uica m u
paid for bv the Stat. J- DIVB MUX, A. Q. X.
0-tHr 8, 1151.
... t i t M? V-
THE STORY OP A MORMON WOMAN.
M. Reniy, in his Journey to Great Salt Lake
City," just published in London, tells tlu3 story of
life in Utah :
On our reaching the borders of the Jordan, not
far from the city walls, we perceived two women
sitting on a heap of. Indian corn-stalks, who ap
peared to he plunged in the bitterest grief. They
were a mother and a daughter. The mother, the
widow of a near relative of Joseph the prophet, had
been married some time to a priest whom we had
once not with on a distant mission. She was nn
KngFsh woman, and, independent of an education
little u-nal in the class to which she belonged,
she was endowed with all those qualities which
make her countrywomen so respectable. Her
daughter, Mary, the only child of her first mar
riage, was a young person from sixteen to eighteen
ems of age. as intelligent as she was pretty; it
was impossible to grow tired of observing in her
face that graceful blending of beauty and inno
((i.tewl ith ii. spires in every man of feeling a
iTsfc:lt:i tidmiiafion. After pressing these
women i toil us the cause of their suffering, they
made the following statement:
In the spring previous, the missionary returned
home, after having been preaching to the savages
for the space of three years. lie was received
with open arms, as he had every right to expect.
However, it did not appear to him that the sacri
fice of his long ubseiice was sufficiently compen
sated by the affection of a woman w ho could not
hear him child ran, and he requested and obtained
from the presidency a revelation authorizing him
to marry a second w ife. So far no one had reason
to complain, since all this was in conformity with
the mariners of the place and according to law.
But (lie missionary took it into his head to ask
the hand of his step-daughter, Mary.- The poor
child refused, at first very timidly and gently, in
hope that her step-fat her would not insist upon it.
Hut he torment d his wife to use her authority
over the child, to make her consent to the mar
riage; but as her mot tier-heart utterly rejected this
1 fuce, she did nothing, and the consequence was
dissensions in the family. The supreme authority
of Erigham was invoked ; but th-1 pontiff, whose
good feeling on this occasion is worthy of praise,
re I used to do anything more than give his advice
Neither menaces, nor caresses, nor counsel, had
any efket upon the girl; whose rioblt? instincts re
volted at the idea of her -becoming her mother's
rival, and who, moreover, was pa.-s ouate'y in five
with a man who had solemnly promised to marry
her, and her alone. The missionary found at
last that there was no making head against so de
termined a will, and, out of spite, went and se
lected a woman from amongst the waiting women
attached to the harem of II. U- Kimball. But a
new storm was on the point of bursting. The
second wile was no s-ooner installed in the conju
gal dwelling than she found out that she was only
a make shift. Calling to her aid every artifice
which hatred could suggest, she succeeded in cap
tivating her husband's heart, and the latter had so
far forgotten himself n?, on the very morning of
the day on which we met these weeping women,
to maltreat them so grossly as to compel them to
abandon the roof they had assisted in build
ing and ornamented in the fruits of their industry.
They made no one responsible for their misfor
tunes; they inveighed neither against heaven, nor
their religion, nor the new wife, nor the mission
ary. 'J hey prayed God tj forgive this man his
blind violence, and to read in their hearts the
goodfeelings which animated them.
AMUSING INCIDENT.
Puring the first excitement in one of the great
Northern cities, af ter the taking of Fort Sumter,
the vigilance committees were eagerly searching
for Secessionists. One of these committees, con
sisting of a band of four braves, came to the office
of a certain Dr B , asking him why he had not a
flag hanging out, and demanding of him to show
his colors. The Doctor, an easy man of the world,
told tfieni, "Gentlemen, if you come to me on
business, or even to pay me a friendly visit, you
are welcome at any of my leisure hours; but don't
talk to me on political subject.-, else 1 shall regret
having to receive you imp lit.ly, and shall even
tually very poiiuly show you the door.'" Where
upon the lour braves left him, threatening to re
turn and make the -d d Sesscsher" show his
colors. 'J he next day, at the Doctor's regular
1 'li c e hours, a baud of eight came demanding of
him to Immediately place the Stars and Stripes
ovti his Gee. or something else would be fchown
to him. 'J lie I mctor, sitting in his ow n easy chair,
smoking his cigar, very coolly replied : " My pood
niMi, It t n.e siate to you all, once more, what I
said to some of you yesterday, that I will not per
mit any one to meddle with mv doings; and more.
that w hen you j crist in troubling me I shall rid
n yseif of you. I am a man who has seen bat
ties and faced death more than once. I do not
fear death. 1 have neither wife nor child ; nor
father, mother, or sistt r: but am an exile from my
home and want to be a free man, and before 1 will
be overpowered by a mob I would rather throw
this burning cigar in that keg of powder you see
there ui;der mv desk; and by the almighty! I will
do it now." The words were scarcely out of the
Doctor's mouth before the whole b'liid was seen
making their way down Etairs as quick as their
pet'estrials and the narrow staircase would permit,
and never exhibited their faces there again. A
short while after, Dr. B. related to-a visiting
friend the whole nfiair; and the question being
asked. " Doctor, bow if the band had taken your
word for blowing them up, what would have be- !
come of you V '"Go and examine the keg," he j
said. His friend did so, and found an empty keg
turned uptude down, and on t lie bottom about a
quarter of a pound 01 powaer, which, as the Doc
tor said, would have answered more than trace to
disperse all the mobs of the city.
my father's wiil, when he ordered my eldest I
brother to divide the house with me; and, by St. j
Patrick, be did it, for he took tho inside himself,
and gave me the outside."
''Keep your dog away from me
to a butcher boy. " Darn the dog,"
boy, " hVs alwayi afttr pappiei!"
replied the
j AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.
j The Petersburg Express contains the following:
; It is our privilege to relate a pleasing incident
j that occurred in the family of one of our most
esteemed and popular citizens. I wo or three
nights ago a soldier, all the way from Texas,
wearied in body, haggard in the expression of his
face, and with garments torn and worn, knocked
at the door of the above-mentioned gentleman, who
was at the time engaged in dispensing his well
known hospitalities to a number of friends. The
Texan soldier is of Irish descent, ami of course
well versed in the " rich brogue" of tnat .nation.
One of the visitors answered the summons at the
door, who, after the usual "good evening," was
greeted with, "And is the gentleman of the house
in, sir?" "Yes," was the reply, "I will send
him to you." The " gentleman of the house"
j soon appeared. "Geo 1 evening to your 'onor, and
can you give a poor soldier a bit of lodging for
the night?" The "gentleman" was sorry lie
could not his house was full of Company.
" What, and do you refuse a pojr soldier a uiglit's
lodging ?" But the gentleman's " house was too
full every room and every bed would be occu
pied," and he was compelled, though reluctantly,
to refuse a second time. However, he could not
see the soldier leave his premises with uo pros
pects of obtaining shelter for the night; so he
kindly handed him a Sum of money for the pur
pose. But the soldier persisted in his beseeeh
ings yet longer. A lounge or three chairs or even
the passage floor would auswer. Finally, the
gentleman's name was asked and given. The
soldier seemed surprised on hearing it. He
paused, scratched his head, and stated. "Atid
hev ye not a sou in Texas?" he asked, u. the same
time mentioning the name of the person to whom
he referred. The "gintleman" remarked that
be did, and that was his name. The soldier had
known him there for several years; he was his
most intimate friend and constant adviser; he had
been with him through thick and thiu, night and
day, in sickness and in health, in adveisity and
piosperity, in joy and in sadness ; in fact, he
knew all about him and Could tell all about him.
'I he old " gintlomanV heart relented; he must
hear about his beloved son, and he therefore invi
ted the soldier from dark passage to the brilliantly
lighted parlor, where in lively conversation sit the
family and the company. He paused at the en
trance and g;iZed around, and the company gazed
at him. Suddenly a faint scream was heard, and
one of the ladies, a daughter of the " giutleuum of
the house," rushed towards the soldier, the had
recognized in him her long absent brother. Here
we drop tie curtain. Hie soldier had gone fo his
father's house and kept his name silent, while he
was so disguised in appearance as almost to defy
recognition. It was a playful trick he had con
cocted and performed to his entire satisfaction, and
the surprise of the whole family can better be
imagined than described. He bad Les n absent
ab-ent from Virginia for several yens, and re
turned in one of the Texas companies a few days
since to fight our battles.
From the Fajetteville Observer.
TO KEEP SWEET POTATOES.
As the time is drawing near for housing sweet
potatoes and as there is frequently great loss in
cuired by rotting, I annex two methods of putting
them up, one of which, if the directions be fol
lowed, is certain to keep them well, and the other
is said to be equally as good.
1st method.- Haul some dead dry wood (pine
preferable) and make a platform some eight to ten
ieet square and two or three logs thick; then throw
on sand, sufficient to go among your potatoes, or a
foot or so deep anyway; then apply fire to the
wood. As the wood burns, the sand will become
dry and run down through the wood. (The pi jt
ioi m should be made on large sticks of wood so as
to give room underneath for the sand as it runs
down.) After your wood has burned down and
sand become thoroughly dry, rake it out. Then
prepare to kill your potatoes in this place that was
burnt (after letting the ground cool.) Pile them
down in a conical pile of not more than thirty to
forty bushels to the hill Then stand up boards
around and dirt them after the common method
to the depth of live or six inches, leaving a stnali
vent at the top. Then take off yonr sand ar.d
.our in at the top of the hill until the vent is quite
filled up. "Then close and let remain until wanted
for planting. T here should be no straw put about
them as it will keep them too Warm. Sand not
kilndricd will do as well provided it is diy. lut
it will not do if not thoroughly dry causing the
potatoes to beat and soon to rot. Hillia tho
potatoes on the ground where burnt is peilt ruble,
as the fire dries the ground to a considerable
depth. They should receive an airing after dig
ging, only enough to dry oil the dampness there
fore a lew hours sun is all that is needed. Early
potatoes keep better than late ones, as they are
not to full ol fcap as those planted late and are
likewise tougher and more hardy. Potatoes ac
cidentally broken and thus put away will look
almost as fresh the next Spring as if fresh done.
I have tried this plan and found it far superior to
all others.
.ia meirioa. xiac cottrn ecta anc lay 10 your j
barn huor six inches thick; then pi;C on your
prOtoes; then cover with cotton reed six inches,
aud the work is done. have . never tried this
plan tut if it do ais well as it has Lecn recommend
ed to do, none will beat it, ar.d as it i3 cheaper
atid It t& trouble would be preferable on that ac
count. I can't cay whether the barn must be
tight or open, for thus putting away; pre h ably
either would answer. A little expt-'iiaenting
would soon decide the time. I would say though
if yi u had a tight barn and wero finding that your
potatoes were likely to get too warm, you could
leave the windows open and thus bring about the
desired charge.
I will remark here that pr.tatoeatbsuli not bedus; ;
until the vittes are completely tilled or until the f
weather turns somewhat cold. If there be danger j
of frost biting the ends of the potatoes, that can !
be prevented by throwing & little dirt on top of j
the hill. Many potatoes are loet by digging too .
early, bo they are dag before the ground freezes
it will do, or even a light skim would not hurt.
B. xrsox.
. Tb? aneruy's los at the battl of Lceabnrg la killtd, '
wanndi ad prUonen, ic id to b at&r 2,C09.
CHARLEY MASON'S WATCHWORD.
One frosty morning in autumn, as Mr Jones,
the carpenter, was going with bis men to work in
the town of Ashby, he met just at the entranoe of
the town a pale-faced, thinly clothed boy, who,
after looking at him earnestly for a moment, asked;
"Are you a carpenter, aud do you wish an ap
prentice?" . .-. .
"Well, I don't know; what's your name my lad,"
paid the carpenter, with a kind smile.
"Charley Mason," was the answer.., .
"And where is your home, Master Charley,"
coutinued Mr Jones. .
Big tears came into the boy's, bright, black
eyes and his voice trembled as he said:
"I have jio home, my father aud mother both
died before I can remember."
Mr Jones thought of his own dear boyi; and he
placed' his hand kindly on Charley's head, saying,
"Poor boy, whlre have you lived?'
"With my uncle, but 1 left his house last night
determined to starve before I would be longer
dependent on a man who grudges his doad broth
er's chili the bread he ate," and Charley's eyes
burned with a strange light.
The good carpenter wiped away the tears from
his eyes with the back ol his hand, and asked:
"Do you think you can learn to bo a carpenterf"
"I think am try" said Charley, proudly
drawing himself up.
"Ah! I like that; and if that is to bo your
watchword I think you and 1 can get on nicely:
but I suppose you've had no breakfast," coutinued
Mr Jouc, "so we must send Tom back to show
you the house, where you will stay till we come
home to dinner, and then we'll talk a little about
your being a carpenter."
Tom, a little coloured boy, who did errands for
?dr Jones, readily went back with Charley, ta
king himself the little bundle tied up in an old
blue handkerchief, which contained all Charloy's
earthly possessions. Mrs. Jones proved as kind
as her, husband, and the poor, tired, hungry boy
was soon enjoying a bountiful breakfast.
When Mr Jones came home he had a long talk
with Charley, who finally became his apprentice.
He was to work four years for his food and clothes,
having besides the privilege of attending school
lour months in each year.
"That isn't much time for learning, said Char
ley to himself that night, "but I guess I can get
a cliauce to learn something out of school; any
hotv, lean try." And he did try, and succeoded
so well that Mr Jones said to him at the close of
the Cr-t winter, "well, Charley, the master says
you are one of the bet scholars in school, and he
thinks we'll make something of you by and by,
with tha-t watchword of yours: but, my . boy, do
you think that you will like work as well as study?"
"No, sir; but I'll work that I may study," was
the answer.
All through the spring, the summer and the
autumn, Charley worked, earnestly, faithfully,
and at the close of each day, tired as he was, be
always contrived to get u little time for study.
"Say, Charley," t-aid Willie Jones one night,
"all the boys say you are a dull prig; whht makes
you so eober? Why don't you come out of an
evening and not stay moped up iu the house with
a book all the time?" . '
"I must study;" said Charley gravely. I
dial! want to zo to college by and by." .
"O, poh !. poh !" laughed Willie, "that's a good
one; why father can't send any one of us to col
lege, and how are you ever going, when you don't
have anybody to help you?"
"Perhaps I never can, but "I can try.'"
"I don't wonder father calls it your watchword;
but do you ever expect to know enough to go to
college?"
"Yes, if I live," said Charley seriously.
"But what does a carpenter want to go to col
lege for?" persisted Willie; "I dou't see any use io
it."
"Willie," said Charley, "you mustn't ask me
any more questions; but I'll tell you I don't al
ways mean to be a carpenter." '
Week after week, month after month, year af
ter year, (barley Mason kept on his course; neTer
idle, never unfaithful; he yet worked as though
he had some higher object in view, and night af
ter niirht found him bending over his books, heed
less of the sport which the boys tried to make biro
join. The f.iur years coiiie to an end, and Mr
Jones now pave him wages for his labors, saying,
"I know you'll be worth two common hands to me,
Charley." and so he wai, working and studying,
now harder than ever, fir he was fust reaching the
point at which he aimed.
It was well known now that Charley had decid
ed to be a minister; and that he was now at work
to earn money to asist him in his studies. About
the time that his term ns apprentice expired, Mf
Jones contracted to build a church in Ashby, and
of course Charley was employed upon it. One
day while they were at work on the roof, Willi
Jones called out :
"Say, (.'barley, arybo-ly would think you, et
prcted to preach in this church,, by the way yott
put on thojA tdiinglos." . "
'.Strar .-y-r things than that have happened,"
pail Charley, quietly". A laugh from the work
men, and then thy incident was forgotten.
Charley achieved bin darling plan of entering
coil?""; ih.jujih it doi;g so, he overcame, many
an obticle at which even stouter hearts would
have quailed, but he said' "God helps those thit
help themselves, and 'I can try." .
His coll'.ge life was a hard one, for he was still
dependent ou hi own exertions, and it would
make your heart ache to hear of his privations,
y?t he never complained,- but kept earnestly to
his cne purpose, and nobly ' has he accomplished
it. ; ' ' : : '
This day Charley .Mason is pastor cf the eot
grecation who worship in the vefy church h
helped to build. Remember his watchword,
boys; remember that with God's blessing upon
enrnet. faithful, untiring efforts, yoa may too be
come like him, good and useful men.
. -
Gen. Beauregard's report of the battle cf th
2Lst July has been received at the War Depart
ment. ', It is quite lengthy, with voluminous ac
companying'. reports. Some days will probably
elapse before copies can be obtained for publication
It is stated that there are now in the U. S. Narj
nine captains, fourteen commanders, and thirty
seven lieutenants from the 1 seeded States.