WEBTiSKISI "DEMOCJElX, CHABLOTTE, -N. "C
BEMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF A
CORPSE.
- A Scattered Funeral Procession.
The Washington Star relates the following
singular story of a corpse :
Not long since, a native ol the Emerald .Isle,
one of the victims ot the late arsenal explosion,
died in this city, and immediately preparations
were made to give him a nice, genteel funeral.
It was at first arranged that he hould be buried
here, but some of liis kindred bein buried
t l'arkerfcbuig, West Virginia, it was- finally
determined that what reuiauied of pour Johnny
M , should be Bent to that place. Ac
cordingly, alter a 'wake," (on ol the good old
sort,) the remains were aecoujpuuiod ty his sor
rowing friefidd to the depot,'t-j take the cars for
the place of burial. The funeral procession ar
rived at thu depot sometime before the depart
ure of the. train iu which the remains were to
go, and the mourner Epent the intervening time
inujsuaging their borrows .at the neighboring
bars, so abundant in that vicinity, tha corpse
meanwhile remaining on the platform, ready to
be placed on the 9 p. in train, which wou'd
connect at the lie lay House with the Westefn
train. The party meanwhile drank so many
libations to the .memory of the departed that
they returned to the station in a very ukHow
condition, and the railroad officers being appre
hensive that they would be incapable of taking
ar of the corpse, telegraphed to the agont at
the Relay to see that the corpse was taken off
at that point. Shortly before the time of start
ing the corpse was placed. on the train, and an
Attempt was made to muster the mourners,
whea it was ascertained that one or two of them
tad got so obfaitieated as to have taken the
New York train. The rest of the party, how
ever, managed to get aboard, and ere long
Johnny M 's body was again "marching
on." At the Relay the corpse was transferred
to the Western train, but two or three of the
mourners were too far gone to'fat out in time,
and eo proceeded to Baltimore, ''while the bal
lance of the partywith the corpse was hurried
on with extra speed Westward At the points
along the road where the engine stopped "to
water," the mourners as invariably stopped to
"wet," and not being up to time, quite as inva
riably a brace or more were 'eft behiud at each
watering and wetting place, and by the time
Graftoft was reached, where the corpse was to
change cars for Parkersburg. but few of the
mourners remained with it, and these were so
bewildered that they failed to get in the proper
train, and Johnny's corpse went on to Wheeling
without them. From thence it was sent to Col
umbus, Ohio, the corpse thus having got into
the wrong State, and mourneis being scattered
through Maryland and West Virginia, and
along the line of the Baltimore, Wilmington
and Philadelphia and Camden and A in boy rail
roads. By this time the telegraph was put in
excited operation, and various messages were
whisked over the wires in various directions in
regard to the missing corpse and scattered
mourners, making cont'usiuu doubly -confounded
for a while. From (Jraf'ion au anxious mourner
inquired, "Where in the d 1 is the corpse?"
This dispatch was crossed on the road by the
inquiry from Columbus as to the ownership of a
stray corps, arrived there uncoflsigned. A Bal
timore scattered -mourner telegraphed to "post
pone that funeral until I get there;" and the
tquard of mourners by the New York train
were sending wildly confused messages to
Parkeruburg, Grafton, Belay House and Wash
ington, all helping to intensify the prevailing
muddle. The corpse meantime had resumed
its travels, and like poor Joe, not being wanted
in any locality, had been kept moving on until
it arrived at the Little Miami Depot, where it
created no little excitement, bcing'without any
mark for identilaeatioo, and foul play being at
once suspected. A coroner's inquest ws held
without throwing any light upon the mystery,
which was, however, cleared up by a telegraph
ic dispatch for the missing corpse. The railway
officials then got the corpse in motion eastward
and the 'mourners headed westward, and finally ,
after the most eventful history of any corpse or
fet of moui nt rs on record, Johnny's body was
duly Committed byiheui to mother earth, where
we trust it may rest in peace.
CowlllDlNG OF E P. B hooks An exciting
affair occurred yesterday alternocn at the Cpotta
wood Hotel, in this city, in which Mr. H K
Pollard, of the Richmond Examiner, and Mr
K .P. Brooks, the correspondent of the New
York Times, were the principal, and indeed the
only actors. It appears that Mr. Pollard had
been aggiie-ved by a publication made in the
Times by Mr. Brooks, which he had seen yesterday-morning
for the first time, and had been
looking for him during the early part of the day.
Between two and three o'clock, as Mr Brook
bad ascended from the billiard saloon of the
Bpottswood, he was tcet by Mr Pollard, who ask
d biui if he ws Brooks, the correspondent of
the New York Times. Upon Mp Brooks reply
ing in the affirmative, Mr Pollard drew a cow
bide and laid it upon him, with the expression,
"You have insulted me."
Mr Brooks retreated slowly, Mr Pollard fol
lowing him up, and administered the cowhide
pretty freely. As they neared the office coun
ter, Mr Brooks made show of resistance, when
. Mr Pollard boved him against the Counter, his
fcead striking and cracking a pane of glass
around the money clerk's desk.
Some gentlemen who were standing near by
came up and separated them. Brooks immedi
ately retired to bis room.
No weapon was displayed during the whole
affair.. The cao.se of provocation was a letter,
written by the correspondent of the New York
Times, giving a description of tle recent ren
contre in the capitol. This letter appeared in
the Times of the 8th. Richmond Dispatch.
- tm .
Dan Marble was once strolling along the
starves in Boston, when he met a tall giunt fig
ure, a "digger" from California, and got into
conversation with him. "Healthy climate, I
suppose V "Healthy ? it ain't anything else.
Yhy, stranger, there you can choose any climate
you like, hot or cold, and that without traveling
oore than fifteen minutes. Just think of that
-be next cold morning when you get out of bed.
"There's a moantaio there, with a valley on each
ideof k, the one hot and the other cold.
Well, get on top of the mountain with a double
barrelled gun, and you can, without moving,
kill cither summer or winter game just as you
trill P "What, have you ever tried it ?"
"Tried it ! often ; and should have done pret
j well, but for one thing. I wanted a dog that
would stand both climates The last dog froze
off bis tail while piotio' on the summer side
He didn't get entirely out of the wiater side,
jon see trew as yoa live."
A learned coroner the other day, being asked
bow be accounted for the great mortality this
jear, exclaimed, "I cannot tell ; there are peo
ple dying this year that never died before." .
From the Richmond Examiner.
A LETTER FROM MRS JEFFERSON
DAVIS.
A number of ladies ic Mississippi have form
ed themselves iuto an association, branch of
which is to be established in each of.4 South
ern States, the principle object of which is to
raise a fund that will place the wife and chil
dren of Jefferson Davis above the possibility of
want or dependence upon the charity of friends.
The method appointed to raise, money is by vol
untary subscription and by the sale of card pho
tographs of Mr Davis. The latter have the
stamp of the society upon the back, and are dis
posed of at the rate of one dollar each as the
minimum price. Mrs Davis has written the
fallowing touching letter to the Secretary of the
Association:
Mill View, Georgia,
December 4, 1865. f
T. B. Clarke, Esq., Secretary and Agent L.
ZS. A. Association:
My Dear Sir 1 am in receipt of your very
kind letter in the name 4-of the Ladies' South
ern Aid AssociaHo'e," having "for its object the
purpose of placing" me "and family in circum
stances somewhat commensurate with their es
timate of me and mine and begging that I will,
at my earliest convenience, designate a place to
which the means so collected may be conveyed,
so that they may "safely and satisfactorily"
reach me.
From our desolate and impoverished friends
I scarcely expected such an expression of mate
rial sympathy, though my powers of gratitude
have beeu almost daily taxed to thank those
who have with so much heart-eloquence, plead
with the President for him who, though-unsuccessful,
has given you all he could his best
energies and whose only hope or future happi
ness lies in the sweet trust, often expressed,
that he has not lost your confidence and love.
Ignorant of ail which his own people have done
for him in his painful captivity, his devotion is
unatatcd. "The unfortunate have always been
deserted and betrayed, but dd ever man have
less to complain of when he had lost the power
ti ? The multitude are silent; why should
they speak save to Him who hears best the
words most secretly uttered? My own heart
tells me the sympathy exists--that the prayers
from the family hearth are not hushed. Be
loving and confiding still to those from whom I
have received much" more than I deserved, far
more official honours than I desired Those for
whose cause I suffer are not un wot thy ol t he
devotion of ai! which I had to give." This is
the message ol love which is sent through pris
on gates to our own people. I say our people,
because both of us have, been brought up with
you; otie.of us was born in Mississippi, the oth
er came to bcT in infancy. These arc. my own
people, and it is a privilege of which no change
of circumstances cau deprive me. To the ac
cepted prayers of our widows and orphans, our
suffering but heroic women, our brave and true
men, our innocent little children, I look for the
restoration to my little children of their ago
nized but christian father. If a merciful Pro
vidence so ordain it, we hope to live and die
among you, mutually consoling and bearing
each others' burthens. I pray God we may not
be driven forth from the home of our childhood,
for how can we sing our own song iu a strange
land?" We would not have our dear friends
betrayed by their sympathy into offering, for
our use, too much from their own "basket and
store." I and mine'have, so far, been- miracu
lously cared for and shielded from want. We
seem ever envirooed by the love which i re
flected upon us from that which lighted my hus
band in his dungeon softened his prison with
sunny pictures of loving eyes and outstretched
arms.
Grief and gratitude seemed to impose upon
me silence. I would, but cannot say more. I
will enclose within this note the names and di
rections of gentlemen to whom the contributions
of which you speak may bo enclosed And in
stead of the eloquent voice which so often has
poured forth his love to - his dear people, now
mute, I offer a wile's, and mother's, and a country-woman's
gratitude to you and those you re
present. f
I have the honor, to be, very . gratefully and
sincerely yours,
Varus a Davis.
Tammany and riiE Southern Democracy.
The Tammany Society had a grand old time
on the occasion of their celebration of the 8th
of January. The World "says, editorially :
"The seasonable invitation tendered by Mr.
Cox, in his speech last evening, was expressed
with his usual tact and felicity. He gave ut
terance to the liberal sentiments of the Tamma
ny Society, and of the whole Democratic party,
in piofleiiug to our chismatic and suffering
brethren of the Southern States a cordial wel
come, if they will return to their old party asso
ciations. When, by their secession at Charles
ion, they divided and defeated the Democratic
party, they accomplished the worst day's work
ever done in this country. But if, admonished
by suffering, they will return to their first love,
the democracy will retain no reproachful recol
lections of the past. Whatever tbey may have
formerly thought of the political doctrines of
Mr. Douglas, the-y must now be sensible that
his doctrine ol local self-government has become
the palladium of their rights Even if Mr.
Douglas was in error, in wishing to extend it to
the territories, it was a failing which "leaned -to
virtue's side." Had his policy been accepted
by the southern democracy, a strong outwork
wonld have been established, behind which self
government in the states would have been safe
ly intrenched. By their refusal to co-operate
with him, the enemy has been admitted into the
very citadel of state-rights. It is only by re
union with us on the Douglas idea (so far as it
is still applicable) that the enemy can be dis
lodged and the government restored to its true
principles-
When President Johnson kills the fatted calf
the northern democracy will not be found acting
the phariaical part of the elder brother. We
will not meet our returning associates in the
spirit ol forgiveness (lor that implies some re
proach) but of unfeigned Welcome and joy." -
We think, jt very clear, from a number of test
votes that have been taken in congress; that a
rigid policy is to be carried out as to the admis
sion of the southern states. Wc regret that we
cannot encourage our readers as to the early ad
miseiot. of our members of congress ; nor ean we
eee any signs indicating that the test oath is to
be repealed. These things are not cncoura"inr
but in this light they present themselves to us
and so we 6tate them. As nothing can be
known until the jint committee of fifteen shall
report, we can only advise our people to be oniet
and patient, and bear their suffering as best
they can Raleigh Progress.
One regiment of regulars arc the ouly troops
doing duty at Richmond. - . -
NEWS ITEMS.
The second assistant postmaster general, Mr.
Zeverly, has left Washington for the south, to
arrange postal facilities. '
The citizens of Memphis, Tennessee, propose
a concert in aid of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, as
well as for the purpose of purchasing an oil por
trait of General Jackson to be transmitted to
Virginia.
During the intense cold of Sunday night last,
a Mrs. Lafferty was Irozen to death in New
York, with a child in her arms, and when found
next morning, the child was endeavoring to
suckle from the breast of its dead mother.
A man who" was noticed to be driving quite
slowly, near Boonesboro, Iowa, the other night,
was found, though tightly grasping his lines, to
be frozen dead.
The increase in the number of criminal ar
rests in New York city, this year, over the year
previous,
The Augusta (Ga ) Chronicle states that about
a thousand negroes have been sent., from that
section to tho Mississippi valley by the military
authotities, on account of their refusal to make
contracts with their former owners.
W. II. Hendon of Springfield, Illinois, who
was Abraham Lincoln's law partuer, for twenty
years, is lecturing about him.
A high wind which prevailed in Queen's
county, Ireland, a short time tioce, blew the
thatch from the cottage of one Patrick Murphy,
and revealed to him a horn filled with four thou
sand guineas and several Spanish dollars.
It is reported on good authority that the cot
ton tax to be paid at Macon, Ga., alone, for
January, February and March, will exceed 85,
000,000. Among the funds in the hands of the corpo
ration of London, is the. sum of 200 a year,
left io trust "to burn heretics."
Business is declining in New Orleans, and
stores have been sold for less than the bricks
were worth. '..,
The Rev. Benj. Kurtz, a distinguished divine
of the Lutheran Church, died in Baltimore on
Monday.
General Brannon, U. S. A., is disarming the
negroes in and around Augusta, and Gen. Till
son, F B , is compelling them to make contracts
for labor.
An exchange asserts that the Lowell Mills
now malye one dollar on every pound of cotton"
they use. Tall profit, that.
The Georgia. Legislature have passed a joint
resolution stating that President Johnson has
been magnanimous in his treatment of the peo
ple of that State.
There" are upwards of seventy churches in
Washington, viz : fifteen Methodist, nine Epis
copalians, nine Presbyterians, five Baptist, three
Lutheran, twenty colored, and say a dozen of
other "persuasions."
A Newark paper boasts that that city is a very
honest place its business is all done oo the
square.
General Swayne, Commissioner of Freedmcn
for Alabama-, writes that he has succeed in lim
iting the issue of subsistence to destitute per
sons of all classes in his district to about fifteen
thousand lotions' per day. The State Commis
sioner appointed by the Legislature for that pur
pose, reports the number of destitute whites at
130,000.
Formerly, we sent -50,000 tons of rice to Eu
rope, but since the war Europe sends heavily to
us. The crop was everywhere lighter than usual
last year. .North Carolina, whose annual pro
duct used to exceed 200,000 casks', raised about
7,000.
No rain -fell in India the last season. The
autumn rice crops were lost. Prices io half of
Lower Bengal are one hundred per cunt, higher
than usual. In some parts people are in a state
ot starvation In Menghyr, the poorer classes
pick up leaves as food. A shoemaker who gave
a handful of grain soaked in water to each per
son, was thronged with hundreds of applicants
for the pittance. The rotting grain used for
spirit, now sells for food to those who can buy
it Even the refuse seeds from which .ojl has
been pressed, are begged to satisfy hunger.
Around Calcutta the peasantry fight for such
puddles of water as are still left, to keep their
rice alive.
A writer io the Chicago Tribune urges steam
communication with the south from that city -He
says grain can be loaded there in canal boats
and be taken to Richmond, Va., without break
ing bulk, by being towed down the Mississippi,
up the Ohio and Kanawha, and through the ca
nal to Richmond, thus gaining a communication
with the ocean, and escaping the high prices de
manded by the eastern shippers.
During the month of December, seven thou
sand three hundred guns and pistols, ninety
four thousand pounds of powder, eight hundred
and thirty-two thousand 'pounds of shot, and
thirteen million percussion caps were sent South
lrom New York.
The schooner Retribution, formerly a confed
erate privateer, fitted out at Wilmington, North
Carolina, is leported ashore off Hatteras Inlet,
with four of her crew frozen to death, hang
ing in the rigging. Her two pilots aro thought
to have been washed overboard and drowned.
In a recent lecture at Buffalo N. Y., Henry
Ward Beecher said : .
"The time for amity has. come, and no more
blood should be shed, and there is no need of a
vindictive" policy now to prove to the world,
what the desola'ion and ruin in the South has
already proved, that treason is damnable and
deadly. Rather let us say, "forgive, forgive,"
than "slay, slay." ,
Last Friday, a woman in Harrisburg, for the
purpose of playing a practical joke, told her
neighbor that her (the neiirnbor's) husband had
been killed on the railroad Upon hearing the
statement toe laoy taiuteu, ana aiea trota the
shock, on Sunday.
Fourteen steamers have been lost off the
coast of New York since October, involving a
loss of one hundred and fifty lives.
The committee appointed by the ladies to
distribute the funds fur the benefit of the South
ern clergy of the Episcopal Church made the
distribution as follows: To the diocese of Vir
ginia, 81,500; Nwth Carolina, 700; South
Carolina, 8500; Georgia. 81,000; Alabama,
81,000; Mississippi, 81,000; Tennessee, 8500;
Arkansas, 8500; Louisiana, 8500; mission at
Hopkinsville, Ky., 8300 total, 87,500.
Louisville Journal.
A lamp-lighter in Baltimore, while lighting
the lamps in Old Towd, bad hU care badly fro
zen not loo since.
CORN WHISKEY DISTILLERIES
The late crop of corn io the State was thought
to be a very fair one. A month ago, there was
no complaint of scarcity, or a prospect of it.
Yet we- presume no one believed, that the
aTnouOt of corn in the State was more than suffi
cient to feed liberally man and beast. -At this
early day, the complaint of scarcity is being rung
out, and here, in the city of Raleigh, it is re:
tailing at the high price of 82 per bushel, and
very scarce at that. Meal, therefore, s equally
scarce and equally high, where we have'a pop
ulation as needy, and as numerous among the
needy, as any in the State. Poor people are
already looking wau and melancholy, asking
what they are io do for bread
Is there a cause for- this scarcity? Is there
any good reason why crn, in the month of
January, should be selling for 82 per bushel in
the city of Raleigh? This, too, when :nld is
going down and greenbacks are improving? A
month ago, when gold wasworth 1 50 corn sold
at 81 to 1.25; now, when gold is only 1 35, corn
and meal are at 82. '
We have recently learned that there are no
Ipss than 25 to 30 whiskev distilleries in the
counties of Wake, Frauklin, Granville' and
Warren, each! How many io Johnston,
j Wayne, 5ash and Chatham, we have not heard.
j Ordinarily Wake county makes no'more corn
than is necessary for home consumption, jjuw
can she get along, if one half or two thirds of it
are made into whiskey?
We know that the scarcity of money may be
pleaded very strongly, for converting any thing
our people" have into money. But ougbt aread
stuffs, when there are so maHy poor hungry
mouths, to be thus used? The moral aspects of
this question, too, are alarming One fyilt or
one third of this whiskey, instead of beiug eat
en up in the form of bread by our people, will be
drank by them, until many are made drunkards
for life. And what is to be the effect upon our
colored population, many of whom will dispense
with bread all day, for the sake of a drink of
whiskey?
We are not io favor of Legislative trammels
upon the enterprise and industry of the coun
try, T)u tho necessities of the case demand that
the Legislature look to this matter. Whiskey
yields a pretty large internal revenue tax to the
Federal government, at present, and in the lean
state of our 'State Treasury," there are few better
subjects of taxation. The price of whi.key,
too, will bear it very well Raleigh Sentinel
Restoration Admission of Southern
Members to Congress. The special Wash
ington correspondent ot the Philadelphia Ledg
er, says :
"I will venture the prediction that the Ten
nessee delegates to Congress are admitted with
in the next thirty days, and possibly some of
the members lrom the other States. My au
thority for this is no less a person than the Spea
ker of the House, and ho is generally sure he is
right before be goes ahead... There will be some
concession to the Radicals, to effect this. One
thing is certain, the opponents of the President's
policy will be made to face the music. The
President has already brought them to a better
mind by his proclamations to the Governors of
several of the States, and he will shortly. seal
the bond of restoration by a general proclama
tion, announcing thit the Union ot the States is
again complete."
Writing in refference to the same subject, a
corresponded of the Hartford Times, says :
"Mr. Colfax staled that immediately on the
re assembling ot Congress the members of Con
gress from Tennessee would certainly be admit
ted, and that the other States would soon follow.
As a salve to the Radicals, an amendment to
the Constitution would be proposed, so as to
make (lie voting population the basis of repre
sentation. Whether it cau be carried or uot,
remains to be seen. It was also acknowledged
that the Raymond partof the Republican party,
who tupport the President, will prevail.
From the Southwest. New Orleans, Jan.
12 At Yazoo City, since the first, ot last June,
25,000 bales of cotton have been received.
A party of negroes on the Red River rose in
arms ten days ago, and tried to murder the over
seers. Failing in their purpose, " they marched
to another place to await reinforcements. The
military captured them all without serious diffi
culty, -and arrested the accomplices on seveial
plantations, where arms and ammunition were
fouud secreted. The military are under arms
In the United States District Court, the
libels against Judgf Host's property have been
dismissed aud his property returned to him.
Host was Confederate Agent to Spain
A special to the Mobile Advertiser says, that
Gen. Thomas officially informs Governor Pat
ton, of Alabama, that all the United States
troops were moved from the State, aud arms
and ammunition furnished to the State militia
Provisions for destitute families will be
promptly furnished to the State. The same re
port concerning the movement of troops comes
from G'eorgia.
. The Washington correspondent of the St
Louis Democrat, a Republican paper, saysj
"The President recently said to a conservative
New England Senator, that the only mistake he
bad thus far made in his administration was in
sending Gen. Cari Schurz to investigate matters
for him."
Washington, Jan. 14 Gen. Grant official
ly recommends the retention of a sufficient mili
tary force to insure tranquility in the South;
and while this is done he doubts the propriety
of putting arms in the hands of the militia.
The Second Assistant Postmaster General,
Zevely, has left Washington fur the South to
arrange postal facilities.
Dr. J. JI. Miller
Has removed his Office to Brown's Building, (oppo
site Kerr's Hotel,) up stairs, on right-hand side of
passage.
January 15, lSbo Ini
NEW BOOK STORE,
Between the two Drug Stores,)
CHARLOTTE," N. C.
Webster's Spelling Books, only $2 a dozen !
Timbrels of Zion; Presbyterian Psaliuodist;
Baptist Psalmody, (Hymn Book.)
Presbyterian Hymn Books; Bibles. I
and a great variety of Books and Stationery, for!
sale on reasonable terms. Also, a large quantity of'
SALEM ALMANACS for 1866.
Jan 15, 166 tf ,
LAND FOR A!,i:. I
The subscriber inform? the public that be has
401 J acres of LAND, lying -tj miles South of Monroe,
which he wishes to sell The premises are well im
proved and a double Dwelling House thereon, with
a lasting Spring of Water within 110 r H5feetof
the door, and good out-buildings. Any person i
wishing to purchase would do well to give me a-
call. JOHN W. PUESLAK.
ORDER
GRANT
Washington, Jan. 12. General Grant has '
issued an order to protect loyal persons against
improper suits and penalties in late rebellious
States. It provides that military division and.
department commanders, whose commands em
brace, or are composed of any of the late rebel-.
lious States, and who have not already done so, '
will at once issue and enforce orders protecting
from prosecutron or snits in the State or muni
cijjal courts of such States all officers and sol- I
diers of the United States, and all persons there ;
to attached, or inany wise thereto belonging, sub-"j
ject to military authority, charged with offences
for acts done in their military capacity,' or pur
suant to orders from proper military authority,
and to protect from suit or prosecution all loyal
citizens or persons charged with offences done
against the rebel forces, directly or indirectly,
during .the existence of the rebellion, and all
persons, their agents and -employees, charged
with the occupancy of abandoned lands or plan
tations, or the possession or custody of any kind
of'propeny whatever, who occupied, used or
possessed the same, pursuant to the order of the
President, iu any of the civil or military depart
ments of the government, and to protect them
from any penalty or damages that may have
been, or may be, pronounced or adjudged in said
courts in any of such cases, and also protecting
colored persons from prosecutions in any of said
States, charged with offences for which white
persons are not prosecuted or punished in the
same degree.
A Beautiful Queen. Queens and literary
women are very seldome handsome, but there
are some exceptions to the general rule :
The Empress of Austria is one of the most
beautiful of European Princesses, and famed for
her kindness of temper, notwithstanding her
rather haughty bearing. She is tall, slender,
graceful, with a very white skin, a good deal of
color, large, limpid blue eyes, and an amazing
head of liizht hair, which she wears in eight
massive braids, wound round and round her
head, forming a magnificent diadem of hair,
such as very few women could match, from their
own resemrces She is also said to be highly
accomplished. She ppeaks all the. .principal
tougues of Europe, and is particularly fond of
the English language, which she speaks as per
fectly B3 though it were her native dialect.
She is an excellent musician, paints and draws
extremely well, and is one of the boldest and
most, skillful borsewomen of Austria She pos
sesses a stud of very Valuable horses, and a pack
of splendid hounds ; and she is said to take the
warmest interest in the racing and hunting of
all Europe, and to know by hcrt the names of
the horsesif the turf, biped or quadruped, of
all the countries of Europe. . - .
As Administrators on ihe estate of Samuel Law
ing, decease, we will ell at the late residence of
said deceased, on Tuesday ihe 6lU day of February,
three good Wsiguus, one Bugry, t-n Mules and Hor
ses. Corn, Wheat, Fodder, Hay," Farming Utensils,
a larpe stock of Cuttle and Hogs, fifteen Shares in
the (ar. & S. C. Railroad, county aud State Bonds,
Household and Kitchen Furniture, one fine Piano,
and a number of other articles.
Terms: 6 months credit with interest from date.
JNO. M. LA WING,
WM. S. NORM EXT,
January 15, 18C6 4t Administrators
6-
Just Keceived at BOYD & CO?$,
A large lot of
Collins' Axes, Long-handled Shovelf,
Manilla Rope & Twine, Wire Seive3,
Pad Locks, Liverpool Salt.
Also, a superior article of Chewing and SinoVing
Tobacco of the most popular brands.
January 15, 1 8tt 4t
CHARLOTTE ACADEMY.
The next Session of this Institution will com
mence January 17th and continue Twenry Weeks.
The course of Instruction is full and thorough,
suited to prepare young men for College or business
Desiring to place the advantages o"f education
within the reach of all. we shall keep the price of
tuition the same as last Session, notwithstanding
the great increase in the cost of liv ing.
Terms, Payable one-half at the Beginning, the other at
the Middle of ihe Session:
For Tuition in common English Branches, $20 00
" 4 " Classics and higher English. 30 00
Charges made from date of entering, after which
no deduction will be made except in cases of pro
tracted sickness.
B. H. GRIFFITH, A. M.,
A. BURWELL, A. B.,
Jan 8, 1S66 if " Principals.
APPLICATION WILL BE MADE TO
the present Session of the General As
sembly of North Carolina, to incorporate Kozzell s
Ferrv in the County of Mecklenburg.
Jan 8, 18C6 4tpd
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
application will be made to the present
bessiou of the General Assembly of North Carolina,
for a Charter incorporating the Rock Island Manu
facturing Company.
Jan 8, 1866.
FARM FOR SALE.
The Farm known as the "Springs' place," aituated
about one mile South of the Public Square, is offered
for sale. The tract contains 130 acres of land, 75
of which is planted with h fine orchard of fruit trees,
and also a vineyard of several thousand grape vines.
On the premises is a good barn, crib and out-houses.
The place is a' desirable one, and early application
may secjirea bargain.
In my absence call at my residence in Charlotte
for further information.
W. R. MYERS.
Jah 8, 1866.
Town Lot Tor Sale.
A House and Lot, situated two squares South of
the C & S. C. Railroad Depot, can be bought on
favorable terms. The bouse contains two rooms.
For information call at my residence.
Jan 8, 1866. ' W. R. MYERS. .
EDWARD J. HALE, Jr.,
of Fayetteville, N. C,
R0MME, DUN K Ie JO II KST0N & CO.,
370 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Wholesale Dealers in Hats, Caps, Straw Goods,
Furs, Parasols, &c.
Jan 8, 1866 6tpd
For Sale,
Three sens FRENCH BURRS. Apply at the
STEAM MIIL.
Jan 8, f866 Ira
Or. Wilson' School.
I have associated with me Dr. John Wilson, late
Principal of the Milton Female Academy, and ball
re-open uiy school on the let February, 166. Dr.
Wilawu graduated with first distinction ftl the Uni
versity of North Carolina in the class of 1848, and
has had several. years experience in teaching. To.
my friends and the public I can say, thai I know no
one whom I would prefer to Dr. W., to be associated
with me in my school.
ALEX. WILSON. -For
terms, &c, address ReT. A. Wilbon, D. D.,
Melvil!e,"Alarnance county, N. C.
Jan 8, 1965
Another Murber fi.tflr
at the works on the Pedee bridge, now baildior
on that rtTerj on the lineof the Wilmington and
Manchester RaUroad, on Monday of lut week
It seems that a party of white laborers, enKaed
in the construction of the brid-e, beciTme
drank, and while in that condition, a difficulty
occurred between them, and avoung man also
employed at work upon the bridge, by the name
of John Graham. What the origin of the diffi
culty was, we were not informed, bttt words '
arose between Graham and some of the work
man, wher, one of the latter seized a watr
bucket, and struck bim over the head, knocking
him down. Giaham arose and proceeded to
his hut, and laid down, and soon afterwards
died. Two of the men engaged have fled," and
it is said that they proceeded to his cabin and
struck him again, after be had lain down. The
person who struck him with the water bneket,
has bean arrested, and when pur informant left,
was awaiting the action of the jury of inquest,
whose verdict we have not learned. The de
ceased Mr Graham, is reported as having been
a young man of good moral habit., and has the
reputaon of having been a kind and dutiful
son.- Wilmington Herald.
I; AND SALE.
By virtue of a decree of Mecklenburg County
Court, at January term, 1866, I will sell, on the 8th
dny of February next, the tract of LAND upon which
the late Robert A Sloan resided, adjoining the lands
of Tbomas Hoover, M M Moore and others, contain
ing about One Hundred and. Thirty Acres, subject
to the Widow's dower. Said tract of Land lies oa
Long Creek, is well watered and timbered, and con.
tains aqnantiiy of good bottom, in a high state of
cultivation The Land is well adapted to the growth
of Corn, Wheat or Cotton.
The sale will take place ou the premise!.
A credit of Twelve Months will be gives.
I. J. SLOAK, Administrator.
Jan 15, 18C6 3tpJ
Notice
Is hereby given that application will be made to the
present LegisIaMire for an Act to incorporate Sltrkes
Lodge No. 32, F. and A. Masons.
Concord, Jan 15, 18C6 lm
Just Received,
50 Doz. STOCK and PAD LOCKS, at
Jan 15, 1866 2t BREM'ST
Just Received,
A large Stock of POTS, OVENS, SKK.LETS, At,
&c, at BREM'S.
Jan 15, 1866 2t
J ii t Received,
A fresh supply of II ARD WAFfE; jlmost everything
made of iron or steel, kept constantly on hand, at
Jan 15. 1866 - 2t BREM'S.
Just Received,
EMBROIDERIES, WHITE GOODS, MARSEILLES
QUILTS, Sic, &c, at
Jan 15, 1856 2t ' BREM'S.
SCHOOL NOTICE.'
MISS HARRIET MORE will resume the tier
cises of her School on the 15th of January, at her
rooms opposite the Presbyterian Church. The Ses
sion will continue 20 weekw.
Tkkus or Ti-itio.
Primary pupils, " $( 00
Advanced " . 20 00 ,
Music. At the same time and place Mrs. E. A.
OSBORNE will resume her Music School upon the
following Terms :
$20 per Session of Twenty Weeks, parable ia
specie or its equivalent ia. currency. Two lessons
given per week.
Lessons given in Vocal Music upon the sama
terms.
January 15, 1866. 2tpd
W. F. DAVlDSqN. i. C. WILLIAMMOI.
Ilavidson fc Williamson.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
The subscribers have associated themselves to
gether in the practice of the law, in Mecklenburg
and the adjoining Counties, and humbly trust by
prompt attention to business, to merit and receive a
liberal share of the public patronage.
W. F. David.-on's Otlice over Koopman St Phelps'
Store. A. C. Williamson's Office. Equity Room ia
the Court House. .
Januarv 15, 18CC. 2t
Davenport Female College,
LENOIR, Caldwell county, A. C.
The exe-cises of this Institution will be resumed
on Monday the 26th of February, with a full and
accomplished corps of Instructors. This Institution
is delightfully situated at Lenoir, 12 miles frou
Icard Station on the Western N C Railroad.
TERMS :
Board for Twenty weeks $o0 00 "
Tuition in English branches 20 09
Tuition in Music and use of Piano, 22 50
Drawing, - ' 10 00
Painting in Oil. t 20 00
Latin, Greek, French And German, each, 5 00
Primary Dkpartuext.
Tuition in first class, ' $13 50
Tuition in second class, 15 00
Contingent fee to be pai each stu
dent on entering the College, 2 00
ATI of the above prices are to be paid in specie r
its equivalent.
For Circular, addicss, until lbt of February,
Rsv. J. R. GRIFFITH,
January 15, 1866. 2ui. Ansouville, N. C.
To C-a Consumer.
We are now receiving our new METRES, aad
during the prese.nl month we hope to be able to
set proved Metres in place of defective ones. : la
anticipation of that fact, we are now happy to an
nounce to our 'patrons that from the 1st of January,
inst , they will be supplied with Gas at fifteen dol
lars, ($15) per thousand. All defective Metres will
be removed, and true ones set iu their places, upon
application. If we fchll feel encouraged at the e,nd
of the month by the number of applications from
new consumers, wc will reduce the ral:s still fur
ther at that time, and thus redeem our pledge to af
ford Gas at as low a figure as it can be afforded by
any works of similar kind in Wentern North Caroli
na. C. J. FOX, "
.January 15, 18S6. ' Proprietor.
" "
North Carolina Railroad,
CHANGE OF TIME.
On and after Sunday, January 7tb, I860, Trains
will run as follows :
GOING WEST.
JIail Train. Freight Train.
Leave Goldsboro - 5 10 P M 4 15AM
Raleigh 9 00 " 9 00 "
Hillsboro 11 48 " .12 25 PM
Greensboro 3 10AM 4 40 "
" Salisbury 7 00 " .3 15
Arrive at Charlotte 9 50 " 100AM
GOING . EAST.
Mail Train.
. Freight Train.
Leave Charlotte 3 00
" . Salisbury 6 05
" .Greensboro 10 00
" Hillsboro 1 20
" Raleigh 4 30
P M
30 AM
40 "
12 50 P M
A M
it
5
8
12
00 "
45
40 A M
Arrive at Goldsboro 7 45 "
Mail Train connects at Raleigh with Ral.igh k
Gaston Railroad trains for the North. At Golds
boro with A. Si N. C. and the Wilmington & Weldaa
Railroads. At Greensboro with the fiedmoat Katl-
road; nd. will run daily. .
Freiorht Trio hit Pasiencrer Car attached for
the accommodation of pasieegers, and run daily,
r. . v wit istra
ounaay excepted. " iirvco,
JaaQsry 15, ISM r.a?. ana opi.