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11 - - ... . ; ' . - - -.. -3. L-i '.-'- .- ,"! fill ..... , , , 7 . A .. OFPI033 on , Till . WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET Per Annual CHAKACTER IS AS HIPOBTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF - THE ONE IS THE CQKXON PROf ERTY 01, THE OTHER ;V777;. r .f. 7 ' ' ADVANCE TUESDAY, "NOVEMBE " E7 jf YATlSSj Editor and Pbopreitob. CHARLOTTE, N. C, i t i i if I t ; 4 h i t ? i 1 sr 1. i I 1 ITHB (QPnblished evcry Tuesday ,Q) BY -WILLIAM J. YATES, . r XDITOB AND PBOPBIKTOB. iOO, PER ANNUM, in advae. Transient advertisements most be paid for In advance. Obil uary notices are charged advertis ing rates. Advertisement! not marked on the manuscript far a cpecifie time, will be inserted until forbid, nd charge accordingly.- per eqaara of 10 11oP or less will be charged for each insertion, utiles the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. . THE UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY OP NEW YOttK, (Cash Assets, Three Million Dollars,) Issue Policies of Fire nnd Marine Insurance, made payable in Gold or Currency. Negotiable and Bankable Certificates of Insurance are issued by this Association. HUTCHISON & SPRINGS, Agents, Charlotte, N C. Nov 6, 18G5 3m RELIABLE SOUTHERN INSURANCE. The National and Fire Insurance Company of New Orleans, Capital $565,000 The undersigned beg leave to inform the insuring public that they have been legally appointed Agents for the above named Company, and are notv ready to take risks at customary rates. This Company vrat organized in January, 1815, and its assets are the most secure, in the country. HUTCHISON & SPRINGS, Agents, Nov 6, 1865 am . Charlotte. A Valaable Tract of Land far Sale The subscriber offers for sale a Tract of Land ly ing on the Statesville Road, about one mile north of Charlotte, containing about one hundred acres. On the Tract is a valuable Gold Mine. - For particulars apply to me or to W. F Davidson. JAMES M. HENDERSON. Oct 9, 1865. tf CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ; Rxri R. BURWELL, . 1 Pr5ncJ4 -JOHN B. BURWELL, A. M., A n.c,rai8- The current session commenced on the 1st Sep tember, and will.close 'the 22d December, 1865. Pupils received at any time and charged from time of entrance to end of session. For circular containing full particulars as to Terms, Ac, address v Rev. R. BURWELL & SON, Oct 2, 1865 2m Charlotte, N. C. 4 MERCIIAIVT We are pleased to inform our former patrons and friends that. we are once more on the maiket, with nice lot of Cloths, Cassimercs, Vestings, and Tail ors' Trimmings, together with Gentlemen's Furnishing (oods, consisting of Shirts, Under Shirts, Drawers, Cravats, Tie, Collars, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Hosiery, Sus penders, &c. Also, a select stock of Cassiuiere and Felt Hats We will be in receipt of our usual stock of CLOTHING, manufactured by ourselves, in a few-days, when we will be able' to suit all sizes and taste. From our knowledge of the Clothing business, and facilities for manufacturing, induce us to believe that we will eontinde to merit the patronage here tofore so liberally given by the citizens of Western North Carolina and the upper Districts of South Carolina. FULLINGS & SPRINGS, - Store under Democrat Office. SeptJ8, 1865 Next Door to Spring's Corner, lias just received and opened an extensive assort ment of DRV GOODS, consisting of Calicoes, DeLains, Merinoes, Poplins, Flannels, Alpaccas, Cashmeres, Jacconetts, Lawns, Swiss Muslins, . ' Balmoral Skirts, Hoop Skirts, Linen Handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs. Also, -a com llie assortment of Ladies, Gentlemen's, Misses', Boys', Youths and chiSdrens' Boots, Shoes and Gaiters; together with a great variety of HATS, of all styles and prices, al? of which will be sold at extremely low Prices. A few dozen Cotton Cards. Please give me a call, as I charge nothing for showing my Goods, being determined to please Bud sell to the public Sept 18, 1865 tf C. M. QUERY. Gold and Copper Mines FOR S;1I,F. The subscriber offers for sale that Tract of Land known as the "CATHRY MINE," 4 miles North of Charlotte, N. C, belonging to the estate of Dr. E. H. Andrews, deceased, containing nearly two hundred acres. It has on it a ?iu:ill dwelling, some out houses, a fine spring of water, and an orchard. It also has a rich Gold Mine, and perhaps ofle of the richest veins of Copper ore at the South. These Mines have been fully tested, and pro nounced by experienced Miners capable of yielding a large amount of rich ore. For immediate pur chasers liberal offers will be made. For further particulars address or call on mv Agent, A. Bethune, Charlotte, N. C. S. B. ANDREWS, Oct. 2, 1865 Administratrix. COin AND WHEAT. 1 want to Dufthaste fVim ivhaai cAA.M Flonn.ig Mill in i this place, for which the market i price win ov pai.i. JOHN WILKES. Charlotte, May 15, 18G5. Dr. .T. IS. Wavf,---DENTIST, Has resumed practice, and will be glad to see old customers and others at bis Office, next door to .Springs' corner, ap stairs. . June 19, 1865. tf ' E . A . THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, C, tOflke in the Court House, right hand door up stairs. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 21, 1C5. IVOTICE. . . Sal! Aft Sa TTf; Cnna-A at 11 a'aU'.V a m Ua highly desirablk Residence of the late Wm. E. While. Persona desiring information concerning the prem ises, or as to terms of sale, are referred to Joseph 'II. Wilson, Esq. ) JOHN M. WHITE, Oct 23, 1865 . 7t Executor. ; . t JI CAED. We are gratified in being able to notify onr friends and old customers, that we have resumed business, and opened in the store formerly occupied by Measra. Brown, Tata &. Co., where we are now receiving and opening well selectgd stocks of , DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, and Groceries. A call from our friends is earnestly solicited. J. C. BURROUGHS & CO. P, S. The noles nniticCounts of Fisher & Bur roughs can be Tound at our store. Greenbacks taken at par. F. & B. Oct 23, 1805: ' 2m - Iflercli.ini Tailoringr. The subscribers will continue . to carry on the Merchant Tailoi ing business ' as heretofore, at the store formerly occupied by Thos Trotter, Jeweler. Prices will be'regulated according to the times on the cash system. Country produce will be taken in payment for Cutting or work done. We hope onr friends will not ask for credit, as we expect to do np work in the best style. for CASH or its equiva lent in something to eat or wear. JAS.'A. CALDWELL & CO. P. S. Persons indebted to us will please call and settle by cash or note, as early as possible. June 26, 1865. tf . J. A. C. & Co. STOLEN,' ' From my stables on the night of the 11th of October, a light colored bay STALLION, has white bind feet, blaze in face, right e e knocked out, step3 short and quick when walking. I will give 525 Reward for the delivery of the said Horse to me at Davidson College, N. C. Oct 23, 1865 lm ; J.S.JOHNSTON. STOLEN, : . . From my stable on Saturday night last, two medium sized black MULES about 5 or 6 years old. One has a lump on the lower' part' of the breast, aad is bran ded with the letter W. - The other has a sore on the .neck made with the collar. No other marks recol lected. A liberal reward will be paid for their re covery, or any information that.will lead thereto. " JOHN WILKES, . Oct 30, 1865. - ' tf ' : . ,' ' FALL AND WINTER GOODS. BERNISEm & SINCLAIR, Are now opening at their new stand, Springs' Comer, to which they have just removed, consisting of Americani English and French Cali coes, Poplins, Chintzes, Himalayas, French, English and American Merinos, Delainc9, Debages, Alpacas, Coburgs, Ginghams, Flannels, Domestics, &c, fcc. . Fancy Goods, Notions, &c, a full assortment. MILLINERY, Consisting of Latest Styles Ladies' Bonnets, Hats, Caps, Flowers, Ribbons, &c. Hoops, and Wiuter Balmoral Skirts. 3300TS, GAITERS, . Shoes and extra sizes Brogans, a full line. GENTS' HATS, Clothing, Overcoats, Shirts and Drawers, a full line'. LADIES' COATS, For Fall and Winter; Shawls, Breakfast do., Hoods, &c, elegant and cheap. . " HARDWARE To suit the market. Axes, Chain Traces, Spades, Shovels, CofFee Mills, Sausage Cutters, Cotton Cards, Padlocks, Cutlery, &c. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE For Housekeepers. : GROCERIES, Coffee, Teas, kits, &c, &c. Sugars, Spices, Cheese, Mackerel in Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff. CROCKERY, Quality and prices to suit. PETROLEUM OIL, and Lamps and Oil Cans, &c - We invite our friends and the public generally to call and examiue our new stock, at our new stand, SPRINGS' CORNER.'here they will find Goods and prices which we warrant will gi ve full satisfac tion. BERNHEIM & SINCLAIR BgfJ. M. SAMPLE, (late of the firm of Cochrane & Sample,) is with Bernheim & Sinclair, where he will be pleased to receive calls from bis friends, and serve them on the most favorable terms. ' Oct 23, 1865 - . tf - B.. & S. JNTAl! VV WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOOS AND CLOTHING STORE. The subscribers respectfully call the attention of their friends and the public to the fact that they have fitted up the store room in Mr. David Parks' Building, on Tryon Street, opposite Mr. Beckwith's Jewelry Store, for the purpose of conducting the Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods and Clothins' EBusiness. - j in all its branches. They have just received and ofl'er for sale a ltirge and extensive assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, comprising every description of Cloths, Cassimeres, Ladies Dress Goods, Shawls. Cloaks, 1 iloves. Gaunt lets, Hoisery, Ladies Huts, Bonnet Ribbons, Linen and Cambric Ha'odkerchiefs, Balmoral Skirts, Hoop Skirts, Dress Trimmings, &c., &c. Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Onr stock of Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods is complete. As special and personal atten tion have been given to 'he selection of these Goods, and long experience in that line will enable us to give general satisfaction in price, quality and styles unsurpassed by any one. " '""' We have Boots, Shoes and Hats, of every description and make, at very low rates. A call is solicited. We shall always try to please, and take great pleasure in showing our Goods. WHOLESALE BUYERS will find it to their interest to call and examine our Stock before .making their purchases else where, us we have the-facility to offer great inducements to that trade. ' A. WEILL & CO. ABRAHAM WILL. -Oct. 3, 1805. A. B. XiTR. tf NOTICE. Obituary notices exceeding a few lines in length, are charged advertising rates, pay able ia advance. I V ALU AB TR REAL ESTATE ; For Sale. V ' - As Executors of A. C. Steele, deceased, wV will sell to the Lighest bidder, at the Public Square' ia Charlotte, on Tuesday the 21st of November, the STORE HOUSE now ocenpied by Stenhouse & Ma cauley ; four vacant LOTS in the rear of the Pres byterian cborch, adjoining. Mr Morse and others; a GOLD MINE near, the, town of Charlotte ; ; one tract of LAND adjoining W R Myers, M M. Orr and others, near the towtf boundary, . .containing ;156 Acres. The Land will be divided or not, to suit purchasers. Bids at private sale' will be received by J H. Wi son or T Jl Brem, agent, r JNO.-JI. WH1TB.S - . SARAH J. WHITE, Oct 30, ise.. . 4t , Executors. Administrator's Sale. As Administrators of Wm. G. Potts, deceased,'we will sell at his late residence, 5 miles South of Bealtie's Ford, on the River Road leading from Charlotte to Beattie's Ford, on Wednesday, the 22d November, the following property, vfz: 18 bales of cotton In good condition, a quantity of corn, oats and cotton seed, hay, fodder and shucks, 9 head of mules, 8 head of horses, ! yoke of oxen, cattle, hogs and sheep, 1 cotton gin, 1 thrasher (6 horse power), 1 wind mill, 1 sett of blacksmith tools, 4 road wagons, I smail wagon, 1 family carriage and har ness, 1 boggy and harness, farming utensils, House hold and kitchen furniture, his interest in ttock of leather and hides in tan yard, and other articles not mentioned. Terms of sale made known ontdaj of sale. . ; -. ; Also the lands of Said deceased will be rented on the same day. J. M. POTTS,! . i , L. A. POTTS, , r3 N. B. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment immediately, and all those having claims will present them iu the tinie pre scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. ... ' I'- 'i J. M POTTS, L. A. POTTS, " 4t Adm'rs. Oct 3, 1865 LAND FOR SALE. ' I will sell a tract of Land 14 miles south of Char lotte, oij the road leading to Camden; S. C, and ? miles from, the Charlotte & S C Railroad, contain ing 230 acres, 35 or 40 of which are in woods, the remainder is in a high state, of cultivation, well adapted to the culture of corn, cotton, wheat, oats, &c. The improvements generally are good in ex cellent well of WAter, and a good cotton Gin and Screw. There is a tract adjoining, containing 150 acres, that can be bought with this. :., -. W. v. HARRISON. Providence, Oct 30, 1865 3tpd : , NOTICE. I want Greenbacks for all debts due me or any of my old Firms. Call soon and pay. T. II.' BREM. Oct 23. 1865 . 4t . W W. GAITHEIt, M. D , OITers his Jf er vices as Surgeon and Physician to th citizens of Charlotte and vicinity. Ollice on 3d floor of Ibe Bravvley building, oppo site Kerr's Hotel. He can ba found at his Office or at the corner Drng Store at all times when not pro fessionally engaged. : ' .' Oct 0,1865. Ttfoticc to Debtor!;!. All persons indebted to the lute firm of Cochrane & Sample, who do not wish their Notes and Accounts turned over to our Northern creditors, will find it to their advantage to call upon J. M. Sample, at Bern heim & Sinclair's Store, and make some arrange ment concerning the payment of the same. We ow e debts at the North . which must be paid bv cash or such notes as we hold belonging to tbe firm. COCHRANE & SAMPLE. Oct 30, 1865 ' . . 6t 15. 53. WILIJALS, Is now rtceiving and opening, in the New Book Store of C. W. Downing & Co., 2 doors north of the National Bank, ' .-. ? Fall and Winter Goods, embracing most of the articles kept in other stores, and many that are not to be found at other places. Dry Goods, Crockery, Glass and China Ware. A splendid stock of SHOES, of every kind, J. Miles & Son celebrated Ladies, Gjnts and Children's Shoes. A large Stock of Saddles, Bridles, &c, Groceries, Baggine, Rope, Bale Yarn, Rifle Powder, Shot, &c, White Lead, Sole Leather and. Calf Skins, Ladies Hoop Skirts of a superior make, Clover Seed, Flour, Superfine and Extra. All Goods we have will bo sold cheap for casb or cottcn. No credit given. . s 4. Oct 16, 1S65. H. Bl WILLIAMS. - Charlotte Foundry & Machine Shop PA JRTICUI.A R NOTICE. The public ia respectfully informed that I am pre pared to build and repair 'Steam Engines and do all kinds of Machiuerj' work. Also, make Castings in Iron and Brass. I am well-fitted up, and guaran tee work to be done as well and as cheap as at any Shop in the State. .... OKI castings bought or taken in exchange for work. J. M. HOWIE, Oct 16, 1865 6mpd - Proprietor. Omce W., C. & Rutherford R. R. Co. - Laurisbcrg, N. C, Oct. 18th, 1865. An adjourned meeting of the Stockholders of the Wilmington, -C-harlcUe & Rutherford Rail Road Company will be held at Lincolnton, N. C, on Thursday, January 18th. 18C6. WM. II. ALLEN, Secretary. ; Oct 30, 1865. "WILLIAM L. JONES, IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF Crockery, Glass-Ware, Lamps, &c. No. 207 Greenwich Street, between Fulton and y Vesey, NEW YORK. ' August 28, 1865 . Cm D. O. WORTH. Tf. O. DANIEL. WORTH & DANIEL, . ; Commission & Fomardiog Merchants, at T. C. & B. G. Worth's old stand, South Water St., wiLsiixGToar, if. Will give strict personal attention Id Sale or Ship ment of Cotton, Naval Stores and General Prodace, AlsOj to receiving and forwarding Goods. Agents for Cape Fear Le of, Riwer Steamers to Fayetteville, and Sail Lines to New York and Philadelphia.- c ; ' " . , '. ' Deak-rar in Cotton, Bagging, Rope, Lime, Plaster, Guano, Ford's Fertilizer; Salt, Coal, &c. ... . , Nov 6. 1865. : . 6mpd ; . , -; - t , BLTJE STONE I BLUE STONE 11 For sale at . , , . . ; . . ' SCARES DRUG STORE. ' August 29, IS65. ' ; ". ... - - PE.W TALK. ' That tall jxuo fellow's heee to-dtjl "' - I wonder'whafs his name? c3 His eyes are fixed upon oar pew- Do look at Sallie Jane. ," i- - Who' that yonng lady dressed in gireen? ' fc It can't be Mrs. Leach; y ' : ' There's Mr Jones with Deacon Giles I wonderif he'll preach? 7 ; T ' " .Lend m.yar fao, it Is so warns, t ! We.beth will tit id prayers: ? Wourning becomea the tytdovVAawr.;- How Mary's bonnet flares? . Do look at .Nan cy, Sleeper's Veil - . ... - Its full a' breadth too wide; " I wonder if Susan nah Ayers -Appears to-day as bride? Lord! what a voice Jane Kice has got; , Oh! how the organ roars; " I'm glad we've Jeft the singer's seat; : . How hard 3Iiss Johnson snores! What ugly shawls those are in front! Did you observe Ann Wild? . .,: i Her new straw bonnet's trimm'd with black I guess she's lost a child. ' . :. .. ' I'm half asleep; that Mr. Jones, .. --j . - His sermons are so Ion l i This afternoon we'll stay at home, V And practice that new song. From Washington. Governor Holden receiv3d the' following telegraphio dispatch, dated 5 . i , : ,' . Washington, . Nov.' 11th, 1865. ; Ei? Excellency V. W. Ilolden: Tbo Presi dent directs rce.tosay that he expects you to continue in the exercise of the functions of Pro visional Governor .of. North Carolina until you shall have been relieved by directions from him. V " WM. II. SEWARD. Frauds TnRouon tiie Postoffice One of the most common frauds perpetrated through the medium of the postoffice is'that of the b.ogus lottery. After the repeated . "warnings bf-the press, it is astonishing, what an immense num ber of people are still swindled by unprincipled parties in schemes of this description. '. Tbe modvs operandi of the , bogus lottery is as fol lows : Some needy individual assumes a ficti tious name, and send? a large number of sealed circulars through the mail, addressed to the postmasters of 6mall villages and others through out thercountryj' enclosing : at the " same time' a ticket to eaeb one-for a share in a grand distu button of prizes by a "grand national ' art unioa association, to be drawn at a certain day. The tickets are sent a short time' before ' the day an nounced, accompanied by a circular stating that "we take the liberty," &c, and that, 6rIould you wish to have a chance, you have only to send them five dollars, the price of the ticket Of course, few persons are foolish enough to be duped by each a proposal as this but these are only the preliminary steps of the grand swindle. Ina few days another circular arrives stating that your- ticket No. has. drawn a prize of 100, which will be forwarded to you as soon as the price of the ticket is received. Oq re ceipt of this a larger number "are caught in the trap and remit $5, waiting patiently the arrival of the prize, which, of course, never comes. '., . The operations in this and similar enterprises are quite extensive, and have not yet . been thoroughly exploded. ' Thousands and thou sands of circulars arc daily" sent tfarongh the Postqffice, containing offers of goli! watches tor a mere trifle, a pair of whiskers and a mustache in a month for one dollar, and a hundred other things which all will readily recollect. ' The Value or Nego Testimony The Athens (Ga.) Watchman says that the other day a gentleman in that vicinity, being greatly provoked at the insolence of a negro woman, administered to her, in the presence of two liegro meo, a sound flogging. She forthwith reported the case, to tho provoat marshal.'- But while sbe was absent on this mission, the gentle man aforesaid remarked to the freed men that he would be arrested and fined heavily unless they would relieve him, which they eoald do by swearing that be did not strike the wooiaa a blow. This they agreed to do if be would pay them a .half , dollar a piece io silver.1 He was soon waited upon by a file of soldiers, and re quired to appear at headquarters - immediately, which be didtaking. his witnesses along with him.. He, was arraigned for assault and battery, and at once introduced his two witnesses, who, being sworn, testified he had not. touched the woman ! Of course he was discharged, and the toman severely reprimanded. Alter the ne groes had left the office, the gentleman stated the case to the marshal, just aa it actually oc curredassuring him that he did not employ the witnesses to screen himself from punishment, but solely for the purpose of illustrating the value of negro. testiniooy. ; Doo Rations. A calculation has been made which estimates the value of dog rations at one cent a meal, or for even money say . ?10 per an num as the average of the food consumed by each dog in the United States, making $30,000, 000. ; In the Northern States, wbicfrare heavily taxed for the interest of the national .debt, it ia estimated that there are at least three millions of dogs, and the Cost of feeding them is nearly j enoush to cav one-third of the interest upon the j national debt, to say nothing of the actual loss j sustained by sheep owners which is estimated j hj the assessors in Ohio at $1,570,107 for the whole country. Another million - and a half might be safely added to the charge against the dog family for damages to other stock, , people and property, and costi of litigation, so as to make lnp the entire" amount of .133,000,000, which is only a small item compared ta the actual losses suffered by farmers in consequence of not bein able to keep sheep ba account of John C Breckinridgo is reported to be living in elegant seclusion in Canada. West. - ; WHT; A SFIDEB OAH DO - f Although epiden reeo"nglyj and to much disliked, there is tsueb ;boat them 1o admire, nd semethiag, ebUdrett, we ttay well imitate too, When we 'examtae f fpider through a microscope we find there are some' rate things for ?s to see. vWe fled, for instance, the greater part of -him covered with riefr .soft hair. He bus eight eyea, brilliant aad shining aa diamonds. Like all other-insects, bis eyes ire immovable, and for this reason they are in different portions of hif body, that ha . may sethn better. - Ba huin all i eight, legs,-Joined like those of a lobster. A.t the end of eh teg4 ate three crooked, morable'elawa, forming! eert of hand with two fingers and'a thumb. For this reason Solomon speak of the spider as taking hold with Lb 'hands.v 2 About the" middle of his body is ajrery curious spinoiog" machine. : No auman mechanic ever invented anything to compare with it. Connected with this machine are four little bags of threaJ such little bgs 1 In every bag there are more than 1000 "holes such, tiny wholes! From each hole runs one thread; and there' being in the four bags 4000 holes, we have in all the same number of threads from this curious spinning cachine. - All these thread the spider spine together in one thread, whieh, after all, is so small that the finest lilk thread that man ever made is 500 times larger than it. Wonderful things then are these spiders. There ia more skill displayed, children, in making them, than ia the finest watch or sewing machine yon ever saw.. ' . So yon teo there is much about the spider to admire. . But there is also something about the spider, we may -well imitate. . ! i ': ' The spider is a herd working little creature. He is very iodustrioo3-: Tbe apiderj as soon as he begins-. to live, begin to work ; -fi' " :i Jivery.jpideri is a weaver and'a riggerj aad tho young spiders and the old spidora are hard workers. Children, you never saw a spider that was reared in idleness.' Then again he never does his work hurriedly or carelessly i as many children do. Look at .his web. v See, bow rega- larly tbe threads are arawn, bow neatly the cross pieces ara fastened to them, and how iecurely it 13 held to the bush, r The strongest t wind may sweep by it, but it stanza there; still. - Aa an example of industry, tkea, the spider is worthy of imitation Industry is a moat honorable quality. , It is becoming io all those who oc cupy the lowest, as well as those who oecnpy the highest, station in life. When God made Adam and Eve, he put then ia the Garden of Kdcn, that they might . have an apportonity of dressing And keeping it; be never mteaded that they should lead an -idle life. For the same (reason the ang e.l have cone tan t employment in neaven. - t i-. .4r ,' tvw Tho greatest . men on earth havr generally been the most iodmUrious. Abraham and Moses, and "Joshua and Paul, were hard working men. Peter the Great, the; Emperor of- Russia, was a remarlftibly industrious man. . Henry Kirke White, our sweet poet,-began life at a stocking frame. . lienj. J ohoaon, the learned Logubhmao, worked for his Lread as a bricklayer. Milner, the Church historian, was. a" weaver. Seottr the great commentator, woi;4-on his father's farm. Richard Watson kept hisJalher's shop. w, Heory Clay was a mill-boy, atjd .Daniel Webster used to help his father diz ditches. . Sir Isaac New ton sold the produce of hi mother's garden. Dr. Adam Clarke, it is said, found, while labor ing in hiV mother's garden, the. guinea whieh purchased the books that laid the found lis a of bis classical education. Gen. Putnam followed the plow, and the immortal Carey, who unsealed me ioumain oi saving mercy to uiuioos oi uin-doos.-was a cobbler. ; ' ' ' " " , M Our own Washington was remarkable for hia industry. During the .Revolutionary War, ha was one day visiting a foitificatron-which ho was having erected:, and as he passed along, ha saw 'some of his soldiers lifting a heavy piece of tim ber, while the Corporal of t their regiment, with disdainful pride, stood by, bawling out, ''Heave ahoy, ' there ! bcAve ahoy !',' f . When, General Washington saw this, be at once, eot off hi horse, and said to him: t" What is th use of J your calling out in that way f W by do you oot yourself take part in the. work and help the men?' "Perhaps, air," eaid the Corporal, quite indignant, "you are not aware to whom you are a peaking; lama Corporal!'! '', "Oh I -indeed! 1 beg your pardon, Mr Uorporal, said, liencral Washington; and taking off his own coat and vest,' he went to. work and helped to raise the piece of timber to build the fortification.' Acd when he bad finished, he turned, and said to the Corporal: "Mr Corporal, I am sorry. I insulted you; but wnen you nave any more timber to be lifted, and the men require help, please send for George Washington, and he will not be ashamed to come and give assistance." When the proud Corporal learned that this willing laborer was no less a person than the Commander-io-Cbief, be was' very much ashamed of himself. - And well may -you,- children, be ashamed of yourst-lves if you are too proud or too lazy to work, wheu all the great and good before you tare set you the example. ; - -' ' -'r - " ' '' Perseverance is 'another thing In the fpider k wo would do wen to imitate, liy perseverance, I mean a determination to accomplish what we 'nodertake. Some people kill try to do a tbing once or' twice, and if thev don't succeed,. thy will give it up. " They are easily, discouraged, T!. A - Tl. L I. . - . 1 - I. iucy ncr accorapnsu mucu yecaiue .uey vmu 22 iere ?"5e 11 "tlttT knfk f,I9. book- ?h thro,w d.0,n " lat nd lt UP with, I can t do it."-, Now, no f"e wiI! T & 10 r be eiUier great or good in th,t waJ . roast expect.difiicttltiea and dia- Ppointments in eyrythin& we attempt to do Aod if we fail again and strain, we most keep on trying Until we succeed. J.Tbis is just what the spider does There is oneo the rase bush working away.' ' Yon' may -go. no to it aod yea will Mod a large web near by which it has been two days weaving. ' Now i ron a stick; through his -web and" break iff then" the spider's little eyes will peep out at jrou, as much aa to say, Ben, jli it, just so wiui caanj . mi) - i naoaea oamee jjoage, ne eiera oi me Dapreme is one who has sum to work. lie Uiea Court, the followlag epitaph :s" '"" lt?lU:-: VliM l6Tl 1? Ba ' ' Here fie. J.'mVs Dodge, who dcdgdaU goodj success; and beoaos. he fails the tot and ;.,s And-oeTeT dodai evil; t , : lime, fie begins to fret, robs out the sum, . j it..:. .it i,. ' "What did ywTd that TotT ' T5at he des'l be gt to cry aad frea 1 lie-many ehildrea do whea their work ia brekea or Injured. " Go back t the rata bosh after a abort timvi jeu win find Mr Spider aplnoiog aad weiring again, and hia.liUle. hands will be bury: til) he fiukea aaotberweb. ' j. -; I irm.4aTa all heard of Df FraalUa.' 1ft ttas . a man that kings delighted to honor. Ha tforo- 1& poor boy. 'Ha Was Erit a talhur camoojer, ana tnci m wnatar. ' xjr uvea ie jtyx:z the paper lor bis printing pmi iVom Xhi wharf with bis own baada ' Dyihdntrbr pHui ut" booerabht plae aveaia tb palaeea f Jtiagt.-- . Fcrguaoo.was a poor - ehepherd "boy, but by U doatry he raised himself to the honor of the first astronomer of hie age. -Tbvlearaed Dr PrideauX, the Ihsh op tf Woreester,' eoald not be kept at school by. his parents lebger than to learn to reai and write. lie obtained the rest of hla edaei tion by walking to Oxford and obtaining aot . ploymeat io the kitchen of Exeter College. ; " , . Cultivate then, dear children, habits of Jo dostry and perseverance ' Especially pcrtevera in trying to be good and to do good. If yon -will, with God's blessing, you may not only gala an honorable place a moo gat mea, bat a gforionj home in the paiaea of angels and ef God. THE QBEATPLAOUEa The following condensed history of the great plagues whieh ; hare at different tirnea acenrga the world U interesting at thitUmtr 4 "It was tn 1604 that7 the great pfague detaj? uted London It appeared in lidropa forty-fivt " times during the seventeenth ceorury,' but it. only raged violently in Inglaodturee or four times daring that period. " Abont 'tha licit of the plagno a disease prevailed called tb blsgua of tba inteatiaes," aimilar to tbt Iadiaa eoolera, In the pkg'oe broke oot In 4he Raauan ' army Ja Bulgaria, and eholetaVooo afterward1 . appeared v in the Russian adotherd pTOfioCes. Iktringtbo Crimean war there trail toalfgo ant fever, eimilar to the plagae,' in Odemand lb)' vuviers vruu one idvhbi urns in me ivaa. sian army, .Tno recent' plague' fn St Petara-t! burg carue front the north of the'IIimilayai, aad pat ed . through - Tartaryand ' Siberia to ' Karopeaa Russia, the saua'Tontef which tho plague -followed in 1833, " when- it destroyed . ooo-fourib, of ; tha pOTjulatioa of Karopt "aid . tbree-fonx tbs of that of England.''' It la itngo-". lar that while tho plague war patslnffthroegh V Rossis recently, the aholera broke out lo ArxbTa! Saaaed Kthrongb Kgypt, . on to ConsUndnople, 1 . arasalenir Malta and Ttacany, and even reach', ed Marseille and Paria. I Ia 1833, 1834. 184? aad ib54 the cholera vUited tli United 6taUa. From IS49 toUS53.n partientar epidemitf Df-' vailed io Knrepe and'- Amerloa'.; Blnca'XWl"', the prevailing diseases in America 'bare been ' in the luaga, throat and nasal pasaaget, 'and ia! flaenna.-pneumonia and eoniamptioa bar beea deetructive.' Dariog 1&5Q and 1857 diptheria was fatal, i-From 16Cl iolC3t the diaear prevalent in .England ware ague; t from 1664 ia 'J 1GGG, lung affection and the plague; from ' lCG7.to lCCa-ll-pox and fereit from 16C3 .' to 1G72, eholera'and dysentery; - from 1673 ta ' 1G75, measIcs,cough aodeatarrh. Dnriogthaaejl cood quarter of the present eeatory thero was a, tendency io London to diarrhoea anddiicaws of ' 5 a ' ebolcrie ' eharaeter, r whieh :. were ' more fatal from 1827 U 1831. DiarraheH eonHnaed fatal ' np to 1837. ,.i A pestilence follows law levels, made lauds, places where sewerage Is deftetire; where population is crowded, as la ten so t-h oases: ; where debanehery prevails, as i a brothels aad ' liquor-houses; .sad where varions exhalatlooi . ' arise.,. An epidemio is feirfal, beeaose Its taora- ' menta seem to be almost incomprehensible." Its ' mystery eonatitutes its terribUneas. Fra time ' ; it supersedea other, diacasea, or aomehow com bines with, them, eoosplteatieg their symptoms, ' and after it baa apparently disappeared its pa-:; culiar influence often remains, Mill a new eyela' " begins, aad soma other diseaaa takes the lead.' . The plage a and the oholera at these periods af their destruotiTeaass when thai! eharaeter was ' " most uoequivtxally , exhibited, It has been eb-" ' served,, generally., terminated tn axUtenoe of "' their victims, often without tha aoooaipanlment JI of paih,; Few perished, except those Who1 bad "j "siwin avvv, w u vmww UI. ner, lowered the lone of their vitality, aad the the hand of death toucbed theta gently." - ti. . God Counts. A brother and sister wsra ' -. playinsin the dining-reom, when their another sst a basket of cakes on . the tea table aad wens' ' out. . .- ... tt.' l , "How nice they look!", said the boy. reach in r " to take one. flis sifter earnestly objeoted, and even drew back his band, repeating that it was' gainst'their mother's directions. MShe"did tot conat them," said ha. - . . ' . , But pcrbaps God did," a nave red the eister. ' . ' ' Eo he withdrew from tbs temptation, and sit- ting down seemed to meditate. MYoa are- " right," replied he, looking at her with a cheer.' f ful, yet serious sir, 'God doetemint. For tha . Bible says, that the , hairs of, oar head are all' nombered.V' , , ' ..' K -':.-.... b:..t - IMPROMPTU. Tb common phrase "OWt tha.drit hta amp." vni tnvntfd r " Hftl ktv a member of the bar of North Carolina, soma years ago, on toree or- nis leirai brethren. ,t JJar- J ios the - trial 'of a case. Hill man. Dews. aad.. wain, fall dietfaeolshed hwvers. .lad tha last ' t , m -r. . f . r aamea rr est a en i or me outs university, - fie could not dodge the derili , '.; lt Dodga seat back to tba gtatleaaen tha ta aexed impromptu repJy,.wbieh nay' be cooiI4-: red . Qu ta anyuuef ever aapreasei In tha days h uoeea Anoe or jeast r 1 Here tier a II ill man1 aod a Bwaio! Their lot let no man ebooeer.- '. , mw . a mm m . mw m , w ' a ner lived in ainaaa'oiea ta nAifl. - . ' And the devil got his dues! (ws.) ', ; . Efforts are being made to establish a Nations! Bank in Charleston, S. 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The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 21, 1865, edition 1
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