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-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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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 ,
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' 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. ,"
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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.
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; 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. C
i.