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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 14 1867i
FIFTEENTD YOLUME ITUnDtfa - 767.
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WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR ASD PROPRIETOR.
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serted 2 month? or more.
A STOCK
OF
SIPHUsTG- GOODS
Fine white and colored Marseilles Quilts, just
received at , BAIIRINGEK, 'WOLFE & CO 'S.
Ladies' French Dimitry Skirls. India Twilled
Long Cloth, Linen Dress Goods. Extra Fine Luce
Collars and Cuff's, Valeneine Lace, deny Luce,
Iilack Silk Guper Lace. Call and examine our New
Goods. JJARRIXUKR, WOLFE & CO.
Irish Linen of an extra quality; Bleached
Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
BUck Challey for Mourning Dresses, English
Crape and English Crapo Veils, at
BARKING EK, WOLFE & CO S.
April 15, 1867.
OF THE NEATEST AND MOST SUPEKIOtt PATTERN.
YBH 3La3T,
Springs' Building, Charlotte. N C,
Has for sale "Spear's 1nli-i)usl Cooking-
STO FJV which, for every variety of cooking
and great economy in fuel, caunot be surpassed by
any Stove heretofore used.
Everybody who has used one of these Stoves
testify that, for convenience in cooking, durability
and cleanliness, tliey are far preferable to all other
liatterns. Cull -J tee mem.
D. II. BYERLY has also on hand a good as
sor'inent of Tin, Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such
articles as are necessary for house-keepiDg.
S&T TIN-WARE made to order at short notice
on reasonable terms.
REPAIUIXG promptly executed.
D II. RYEIiLV,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
March 25, 1867.
JUST RECEIVED AT
C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE,
A large and well selected Stock of
SPKIXG AND SUJIJIEIt GOODS.
DRV GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
sold low for cash.
TRIMMINGS Our stock of Trimmings is com
plete, and was selected with care.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCY GOODS.
HOOP SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts
the most popular Skirt now worn all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors and fizes. of the best
article Ladies" and Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kinds.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes and gaiters, of the best Philadapbia make
Also, Men's and Boy's shoes and hats.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that
she has spared no pains in selecting her stock of
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satisfied that she
can please all who will favor her with a call.
Bonnets ami Hats made and trimmed to order, en
the most reasonable terms and shortest notice.
Dresses Cut, Fitted, Trimmed and made, on reason
able terms and at short notice.
Our terms are strictly Cash. Our mo do is, small
profit, and just dealing to all.
April t, 1867.
dry goods, :roTF2 a:f-,
BOOTS, SHOES Ac. Ac
33 - bltj iue ,
Respectfully informs the public that he has a large
stock of Dry Goods, Clothing. I'.oots and Shoes, in
great variety, wh;ch he will sell on reasonable terms.
RAGS WANTED.
I wtnt to purchase 200,000 pounds f clean cotton
and liuen Rags. Highest cash price paid.
D. BLUM,
April 8, 18G7 3m Opposite Court House.
Garden Seeds.
The largest and most complete Slock ever brought
to this market, from the celebrated Houses of
LANDRKTH,
THORBURN and
For sale at BUIST.
SCARR'S DRUG STORE.
Feb. 4, 18G7.
Jnt IScceived,
A large lot of Provisions and Groceries, such as
-Corn, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Ac, and Sugar, Coffee,
Molasses and Salt. Some fine Baltimore cured
Hams. PKESSOX & GRAY
April 8, 1S67.
Wliecl-Wrisrht Shop.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public
that he has a shop on College street, in the rear of
Mr Crude's residence, where tie is prepared to do all
kinds of wood work in his line with neatness and
.dispatch.
Particular attention paid to Repairing Wagons
and Buggies. WILLIAM FOSTER
Feb 11, 1SG7 3m
Administrator's Sale.
By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Pleas and
(Quarter Sessions of Mecklenburg county, I will sell,
on Monday, the 20th day of May next, at the Public
Square in the city of Charlotte, a valuable TRACT
OF LAND, lying on the waters of McAlpin's Creek,
containing about 110 acres of land, adjoining the
lands ot Dr. S B Watson, Wni. C. Black and others
sold by me ai the property of J. R Tredenick
deceased. WM. TIDDV, Adm'r.
P. S. All persons indebted to the Estate of J.
R. Tredenick must come forwatd and settle, and
those having claims against said Estate must jre
"nt them properly authenticated.
April 22.1R67 W
The President's Visit. Upon the au
thority of the Washington Star, some time since,
we announced that President Johnson designed
accepting the invitation to visit this City, dar
ing the present month. This rumor, we observe,
U going the rounds and continues to gather i
it rolls.
It is perhaps time for us to say, that no per
son in this City, official or private, so far as we
learn, has one word from the President, or his
family, authorizing the expectation of an early
visit from the President. If he intends visiting
this city, be has not yet given our citizens or
authorities any notice of such a visit. The al
lusions to the laying of the corner stone of the
monument to his father are all premature. No
arrangements, so far as we know, are yet made
for that purpose, though a movement has been
on foot for procuring sucb a monument. RaU
eirjh Sentinel.
A young lady in Decatur, 111., who recovered
$8,000 in a breach of promise case, offered to
compromise with ber fal.se swain if he would
pay the costs and her attorney's fees. She
did'nt want his money, but only to vindicate her
reputation. She only wanted a husband
VALUABLE PROPERTY
Por 3B&.oxi"fc.
The attention of the public is invited to that
valuable Hotel property known as the
"JURATS IO A HO US E,
sit nated in the centre of the City of Charlotte, N. C
The lease of the present occtipaut expires on the 1st
day of June proximo, and the entire Hotel property
will be for Lease or Rent ; and to a competent
Landlord, the Lease will be made very reasonable.
The building is of brick, large, roomy and was ar
ranged for the especial purpose for which it has
long been occupied.
The owners intend to put the property In FIRST
RATE REPAIR, and invite the attention of those
who "know how to keep a Hotel" to its advantages.
There is no other Hotel in the business part of the
City to come in competition, therefore the occupant
may be said to enjoy a monopoly.
Communications addressed to the undersigned
will receive prompt attention, and would be glad
to receive them on or before the 15th of Mar.
M. L. WRISTON, Agent.
Charlotte, N. C, April 29, 1867 4w
MESW GOODS
iflcLEOD &, STEELE'S.
We are receiving a general stock of all grades of
Seasonable Goods. We have now in store manj
desirable styles of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
Such as black and colored Silks, black and colored
Silk Grenadines; black, white and colored S. Warp
Shallies, Bareges, Tissues, Tamartine, Crape Moretts,
Shawl Crape 8-4, black English Cassimeres, black,
white and colored Alpacca, Lustres, Poplius, Ac.
A beautiful line of French Organdies, printed;
linen and cotton Lawns, Table Linen, Napkins,
Doylies, Damask Merino, cotton and linen Sheetings,
brown and bleached Domestic, black French Cloths
and Cassimeres, French Drab de ete, Linen Drills and
Ducks, Perchals Solid and Prinl?d Marseilles and
Alendale Quilts, Prints all grades ; Alamance
Plaids, Rock Island Cassimeres, at ' Factory prices.
Bradley's Duplex Hoopshirts, Summer Balmoral
Skirts a beautiful article.
A full line of Notions, Hosiery, Glove3. Straw
Goods, Bonnets and Bonnet Ribbons, French Flowers,
Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Groceries,
and a general stock of Hardware.
Our entire stock was selected with much care, and
we feel confident will compare favorably with any
in the city, in style and price.
We are anxious to sell, and respectfully ask aji
examination of our stock, hear our prices, &c, as
we are determined not to be undersold.
April 22, 18G7. McLEOD & STEELE.
Special Notice to Ladies.
Fashionable Millinery & Dressmaking.
MISS BETSY WILLIAMS has opened a fashion
able Millinery and Dressmaking Establishment
located over
Wittkowsky & Rintels' Store.
She invites the attention of the Ladies to the
above, feeling assured that those giving her a call
can be suited both in style and price.
Miss E. R. WILLIAMS.
SPRING and SUTOHER GOODS
AT
WITTKOWSKY 6l RINTELS'
April 25, 1867.
Groceries and Confectioneries
NISBET & MAXWELL
HAVE JUST RECEIVED, AND HAVE IN STORE,
50 Saks Liverpool Salt,
4 Sacks Old Java CofTee,
2 Boxes Choice Green Tea,
4 Barrels Choice Molasses,
1 Barrel Cider Vinegar,
10 Barrels Coffee Sugar,
Rio Coffee, Crushed and Pulverised Sugar.
Rice, English Dairy and New York State Cheese,
10 Gross Carolina Belle nud 3 Bbls. Lorillard Snuff.
Also, a large and assorted Stock of Pickles, Jellies,
Prunes, Dates, Ginger Preserves and fresh Fruits,
Flavoring Extract?, Olive Oil, Lemon Syrup, Ground
Cinnamon and Pepper, Tomato Catsup, Pepper
Sauce, Mustard, Sardines, Lobsters and Oysters, a
superior lot of
Raisins and French Candy,
1,000 pounds assorted Candy in boxes, 5 barrels as
sorted Nuts, Citron, Cocoanuts and Figs, 250 pounds
fresh Currants, Tab.'e Salt, Durjeas' superior Starch,
Parlor and Telegraph Matches, superior lot of To:let
Soap and Perfumery. Casteel and Turpentine Soap;
Anderson's Solace, Leak's and other choice brands
of Chewing Tobacco, Durham's and Virginia Smok
ing Tobacco, choice Havana and American Segars,
Violins, Banjos, and a large assortment of Toys,
Notions, Ac.
In fact everything usually fonnd in a first class
Confectionery and Family Grocery. Persons wish
ing to purchase any of the above articles will find it
to their advantage to give us a call and examine
our Goods before buying elsewhere. We propose
to sell cheap for cash or barter. All orders attended
to with promptness.
April 15, 18G7. KISBET & MAXWELL.
A . V . ALEXANDER,
SURGEON DENTIST,
(OFFICE IN THE BRAWLEY BUILDING,)
CHARLOTTE, M. C.
ST Can be consulted on Tuesdayi, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Friday.
March 25, IW;,
MR. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Hi Petition to the Vniled States Circuit
Court t &c
To the Honorable, the Judges of the Circuit
.Court of the United States lor the District of
Virginia :
The petition of Jefferson Davis, by George
Shea, his attorney in fact in this behalf, respect
fully showeth :
That he is, and ever since the 19th day of
May, in the year 1865, has been restrained of
his liberty, and held in close custody as a pris
oner in jail in that certain strong place of and
belonging to the Government of the United
States called Fort Monroe, within the said Dis
trict of Virginia; aod that Brigadier-General
Henry S. Burton is now the Commander of said
Fort Monroe, and as such holds your petitioner
in his custody :
That no ground of detention is alleged to the
knowledge of your petitioner, or his said attor
neyj in fact, unless it he a certain indictment
presented against your petitioner, at the May
term of the above entitled court, held in the
year 1866, of which a copy is hereunto annexed,
marked A.
Your petitioner farther shows that the said
May term was adjourned to meet at Richmond
on the 4th of June, in the year last aforesaid.
That at said adjourned term your petitioner ap
peared by his counsel and urged a trial at said
adjourned term, offering to proceed without de
lay, but that the Government declined to pro
ceed on said indictment. Your petitioner fur
ther shows that, at the subsequent term of this
court, your petitioner appeared in like manner,
but the Government did not bring on the trial.
Your petitioner further shows that his im
prisonment aforesaid has greatly impaired his
health, aod that the continuance thereof
through the ensuing summer would involve se
rious danger to bis life, as your petitioner be
lieves. Your petitioner further says that ample sure
ties for bis appearance to abide judgment on
Eaid indictment can be given if your petitioner
shall be admitted to bail.
Your petitioner further shows that his deten
tion, imprisonment and custody aforesaid, al
ways have been and are exclusively under or by
color of the authority of the United States, and
that he has reason to apprehend that the Gov
ernment may not proceed to the trial upon 6aid
indictment at the next ensuing term of said
court, which is to be held in Richmond on the
first Monday of May, 1867.
Whereupon your petitioner prays that a writ
of habeas corpus may issue from this Honour
able Court, to be directed to Brigadier-General
Henry S. Burton aforesaid, and whomsoever
may hold your petitioner in custody, command
ing him or them to have the body of your peti
tioner before the Circuit Court of the United
States for the District of Virginia, on the 1st
Monday of May, 1867, at the opening of the
court on that day, or at sucb other time as in
the said writ may be specified for the purpose
of inquiring into the cause of the commitment
and detention of your petitioner, and to do and
abide such order as this court may make in the
premises.
And your petitioner will ever pray.
Jefferson Davis,
By Geo. Shea, bia Attorney in fact.
The New ifork Tribune has the following
from Washington :
It appears that Charles O'Connor and George
Shea, counsel for Davis, both of whom are here,
first made application to Chief Justice Chase
for a writ of habeas corpus in favor of Davis,
but the Chief Justice, it seems, declined to re
ceive or countenance their request, and gave his
reasons very fully to the applicants. They then
applied to Judge Woodward, of the District
Court of Virginia, and on his receiving the ap
plication he immediately issued a writ. Davis'
counsel are of the opinion that Judge Under
wood will refuse to try Davis, in whioh case
they will demand his discharge from custody;
and if this is refused, they will ask that he be
released on bail. If Judge Underwood should
refuse either to discharge or bail Davis, he be
ing out of the hands of the military authorities,
the Executive could not interfere, and he would
be sent to jail. Mr Davis' counsel fear that
Underwood will refuse all their requests and
imprison Davis. If this should happen, they
express their belief that Chief Justice Chase
will dispose of the case at the meeting of the
United States Circuit Court at liichmond in
June next. It is considered certain that the
Executive will readily accede to Judge Under
wood's writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of
getting the prisoner off his bands, and thus be
free from responsibility."
CORN FOU SALE.
From 1.000 to 1,500 bushels of CORN for sale.
Apply to the subscriber at Morganton, N. C.
TOD it.-CALDWELL.
April 29, 1867
1m
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
S. It iflEAC HAITI,
Is now receiving and opening his Spring stock of
DRY GOODS,
comprising every article wanted by the people,
bought for Cash, and since the great decline in goods.
I keep constantly ou hand all kinds of goods, viz:
Dry Goods, a general assortment.
Yankee Notions, " "
Hats and Caps,
Boots aod thoes,
Wooden Ware,
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Leather of all kinds.
Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, 4c,
Groceries of all Kinds,
Consisting of Bacon, Lard, Hams, Sugar, Coffee,
Fish. Flour, Meal, Pickles, Ac , Ac.
I will sell any of tb? above very low. All I wish
is a call from any one before purchasing. Hy motto
is, quick sales and short profits
Ap.il 29, 1867. S. B. MEACUAM.
RODISOtf & GRAHAM,
FASHIONABLE TAILORS,
Will do Cutting at old prices, viz:
Homespun Coats, - - 50 cents.
Rock Island Goods, - - . 75 "
Pants and Vests, - .- 2 ? .eaefc.
Cbarlottr, April ?9, lift 1 .
A BEQGABD MILLIONAIRE.
. Last week, says the, Pittsburgh (Tenn.)
Chronicle, a brief item chronicling the sale of
tne bteele iarm, on Oil Creek, for taxes doe
trie Uovernment, started on its voyage on the
eea of oewspaperdotn. The paragraph will
doubtless be read by many without a second
thought, but those few lines might easily form
the text for a discourse as long as the moral
law. It is hardly an exaggeration to state that
wherever petroleum is known the name of
"Johnny Steele, the young prince of Venango
County, has been heard, while the accounts of
his apparently boundless wealth of reckless ex
penditure were told in hundreds of papers.
Soon after came the sale of the farm, the closing
act. A brief history of the same may not be
entirely without interest, the Crawford Journal
thus narrates :
"This farm, more generally known ron the
creek' as the widow McClintock farm, is im
mediately opposite the flourishing little town of
liouseville, aod was among the first of the oil
producing farms of the valley. Early in 1863,
the Van Slyke well, on this farm, was struck,
aod flowed for some time at the rate of 2,500
barrels per day, and several wells yielding from
200 to 300 barrels were struck at subsequent
periods. Besides these, there were many smaller
wells, and the territory, though sadly misman
aged, is still regarded as among the best in the
oil region. In 1864, widow McClintock died
from the effects of bums received while kindling
a fire with crude oil. At this time, the average
daily income from the landed interest of-tbe
farm was $2,000, and by ber will the property,
with all her possessions in money, was left,
without reservation, to ber adopted son, John
W. Steele, then about twenty years of age. In
the iron safe where the old lady kept her money
was found $150,000, two-thirds of the amount
in greenbacks and the balance in gold. Mrs.
McCliotock was hardly cold in her coffin before
young Steele, who appears to have had nothing
naturally vicious in his composition, was sur
rounded by a set of vampires, who clung to him
as longj as he bad a dollar remaining, pie
young millionaire's head was evidently turned
by his good fortune, as has been that of many
an older man who made bis 'pile in oil,' and he
was of the impression that bis money would ac
cumulate too rapidly unless it was thrown away,
and thron it away he did. Many of the stories
concerning his career in New York and Phila
delphia savor strongly of fiction, and would not
be credited were tbey not so well authenticated.
Wine, women, horses, faro .and general de
bauchery soon made a wreck of that princely
fortune, and in twenty months Johnny Steele
squandered two millions of dollars. Hon. John
Morrissey, M. C-, 'went through him' at faro to
the amount of $100,000 in two nights; he
bought high priced turnouts, and after driving
them an hour or twoguve them away; equipped
a large minstrel troupe, and presented each
member with a diamond pin and ring, and kept
about him besides two or three men who were
robbing him day after day. He is now filling
the honorable position of doorkeeper for Skiff
and Gay lord's Minstrels, tho company he or
ganized, and is, to use a very expressive, but
not strictly classical phrase, 'played out.'
The wealth obtained by those who worked so
assiduously to effect Steele's ruin, gave little
permanent benefit to its possessors. The person
most brazen and chiefly instrumental in bring
ing about the present condition of affairs was
the notorious Scth Slocuui, who hung around
this city several weeks last Summer. He was
worth atone time over $100,000, which be had
'captured' from Steele and laid aside for a rainy
day, but when the latter's money vanished, this
amount took unto itself wings, and be i$ at pre
sent known among his old associates as a 'dead
beat.' At last accouots, Slocum was incarcer
ated in the jail of a neighboring county for
various breaches of the peace, and was unable
to obtain bail in the sum of $500. Exemplifi
cations are these of the old adage, 'Easy eome,
easy go,' or the other, 'Fools and their money
are soon parted.'
Let 3 oung men take warning from the above,
and sbuu evil habits. 3
M .
CHINESE MEDICAL CUSTOMS.
The physician and priest treat the patient at
the same time. The physician cures the dis
ease with his remedies, the priest by firing off
crackers, beating instruments, making the pa
tient jump out of bed and run about the room,
etc., helps to cure him by driving away evil
spirits that cause the disease. There sre no
medical schools, and students learn from private
teachings Every one who discovers a remedy
keeps it a secret, and hands it down to his
frieod3, who also keep it a secret. The dissec
tion of the human body is forbidden by law, and
any one found doing it is put to death. The
circulation of the blood and the beating of the
pulse are not understood. Their theory iu re
gard to the pulse is, that it is caused by a
swinging back and forth of the blood. Tbey
consider the pulse in one part of the body dif
ferent from that of another. Tbey have two
hundred different kinds of pulse. Mania is re
ferred to the influence of the moon, and a
Chinaman could not be bribed to sleep out in,
tho moonlight, for fear of its evil effects. Tbey
have a large materia medica. Mercury and
iron are the only mineral medicines used, but
these are used extensively. Tbey are fine bo
tanists and have a larg3 collection of herbs for
medicines. In prescribing, fifteen to twenty
remedies are mixed in one prescription. If the
patient dies, the physician can be prosecuted,
and, if found guilty of mal practice, will have
to support the family of the deceased from bis
own purse. instead of bleeding, as practised
here, the arm is scarified with a many-bladed
knife, and then a certain class of persons are
employed to suck the blood from the arm. Io
credible as it may seem, tbey also sock matter
from sores, abscesses, and boils. The Chinese
hare a horror for water, aod never drink it, ex
cept as medicine. Their drink is tea altogether.
The Chinese physician is superior to all others
in one particular, at least; , he has a sure cure
for hydrophobia; bat the remedy is kept secret.
Doubtful, . .
THE IHDIAW WAR COMMENCED IN
, EARNEST. . ..f
The following contains the latest news from
Gen. Hancock's expedition against the Iodians :
Thirty Milks from Fort Larked,
: Kansas, April 21, 1867.
Geoeral Hancock apparently waited for the
tidings of the depredations and J murders com
mitted by the ' Indians, officially confirmed by
General Custar. Last night, per courier, he
received it. The letter was dated Fort Days,
April 19, and stated that three men had been
murdered, scalped, disemboweled, aod then
burnt; and that three stations (mail), with all
hay-stacks, stables aod out-buildings, burnt to
the ground. Next morning, which was yester
day, after the official news, he ordered the whole
Indian village to be burned. Three companies
of the Thirty-seventh infantry were detailed
and marched to the spot. They made six large
stacks of everything to be found in the camp,
wbieh was of a very miscellaneous description.
At the same moment tbey were set on fire the
heavens appeared black with smoke. The
prairie also caught on fire, aod with lightning
speed it rushed onward, borne along by a fierce
gale it served as a terrible beacon, or signal, to
the Indians of the fate of their beloved village.
The following is a list of the articles burned :
251 buffalo-robe lodges, 942 buffalo robes, 436
boue saddles, 435 travesties, 287 head-mats, 191
axes, 190 kettles, 77 frying-pans, 350 tin cups,
30 whet-stones, 212 sacks of paint, 98 water
kegs, 7 ovens, il grubbing-bones, 28 coffee
mills, 144 lariat ropes, 129 chairs, 303 par
fleeches, 15 curry-combs, 67 coffee-pots, 46
hoes, 81 flicking irons, 149 horn spoons, 27
crow-bars, 73 brass kettles, 17 hammers, 8
stew-pans, 15 drawing-knives, 25 spades, 4
scythes, 8 files, 19 bridles, 8 pitch-forks, 15 tea
kettles, 90 spoons, 15 knives, 10 pickaxes, 1
sword, 1 bayonet, 1 United States mail bag
(with letters, which were sent to the Depart
ment), 74 stone mallets, 1 lance, . 33 wooden
spoons, 251 door-mats, or flaps, 48 raw-hide
ropes, 22 meat stores.
The whole is supposed to amount to the sum
of $100,000 a terrible loss to the Indians, and
one from which it is impossible they will ever
recover. It will require at least the skins of
3,000 buffaloes to make up the sum total of
those tents. Buffaloes are scarce now, and they
are rapidly diminishing from the face of the
great land-sea. They drew this terrible visita
tion on tbeir heads by their deep duplicity.
There were piles of old clothes in the camp, of
which a true inventory was not taken, and it is
truth to state that (hey were greatly and thickly
infested with those "little bugs" generally found
infesting, in a more or less degree, dirty persons
and dirty heads. When the bp c fires were lit,
Hancock, by that act, declared war to the knife.
We fear that the burning of Indian villages
and consequently the starving of women aod
children, is a poor way to reconcile Indians to
the white man and the Government of the United
States. .
THE GREAT LAKES.
At tho last meeting of the Chicago Academy
of Sciences, Mr Lapham, L L D , of Milwaukee,
read a paper designed to correct some popular
and erroneous notions as to the sources whence
the great lakes sre supplied. He allows that
there are such things as underground streams,
but declares that if all the water in all the
mines of the world were collected- which oould
easily be done by a few pumps and if to that
all the water of the artesian wells were added,
their united volume would not make a very
large river. A writer in a Chicago paper en
deavored to show that Lake Michigan is sup
plied from subterranean sources, and this notion
which has been copied into a scientific jour
nal Mr Lapham feels impelled to correct.
Lake Superior is asserted to have a mean or
average depth of one thousand feet; but Capt.
Bayfield, of the British navy, has made careful
soundings at numerous places fourteen of
which are quoted in tabular form and the
depth varies from four hundred to seven hun
dred and ninety-two feet, so that the mean depth
cannot be more than three or four hundred
The mean depth of Lake Michigan is also esti
mated at nine hundred feet, but it is quite pro
bable that soundings would show that it is much
Ies. The argument for the existence of sub
terranean springs of course is mainly based on
the statement that not water enough is dis
charged into the great lakes to replace that
drawn off by absorption and evaporation, and in
proof of this it is said that the entire State of
Wisconsin, even from the border of Lake Su
perior, is drained by rivers which flow into, and
are tributaries of, the Mississippi; yet the truth
is that only three-fifths of the States are so
drained. It is quite certain, concludes Mr Lip
ham, that the whole quantity of rain falling
into the great lakes and the country drained by
them will be found to be two ot three times as
much as is discharged at Niagara, and hence
the wonder is rather to discover what becomes
of the excess than to account for a deficiency of
supply.
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Learn Your Bovs Trades There are de
cidedly too many young men who have no legit
imate trade or calling that will insure them at all
times an honest livelihood. They stay a few months
At one place and a few months at another, and as
clerks, or something of that kind, may perhaps
manage to defray their personal expense for the
time beirg, but as to providing for the c irning
future or htying up something for a rainy day, it
is absolutely oat of the question. If these young
men were only expert mechanics, their services,
would not only be very desirable in this commu
nity, but the knowledge tbey possessed of their
trade, whatever it might be, would not only de
fray tbeir immediate personal expenses, but en able
them to acquire gradually though surely wealth
and position. .
Bed Bugs, according to a lady correspondent,
have a great aversion to salt. She states that if
the article and place in fested with bed-bugs sre
washed with salt water, and the crevices in which
the vermin hide are filled with it, the v. will give
jf more trouble, '
PHILOSOPHY OP LA BOIL -There
are many circumstances in life which
compel men to fo!!ow occupations for which the
have no natural aptitude or talent, but it is ' not
the leas true that success depends very material)
upon the choice of that particular business, trade
or profession most congenial to taste and - ability.
As there are no two men alike in : their mental
endowments, it must follow that each individual
is better fitted to some one occupation than to
any other. Some there are, indeed, who for want
of native energy or tact, will never attain a
marked success in anything they undertake; and
others are gifted with a versatility of talent that
enables them to accomplish many different things
equally well; but these are the accep lions, and
the great majority of mankind will do better in
the long run by sticking to some one occupation.
The choice of this should devolve on the individ
ual, and should never be arbitrarily fixed for him,
even by his parents. . So much depends on this
beginning that a whole life-time may be wasted
by a radical mistake. The boy who would have,
distinguished himself as an engineer or inventor
may entirely throw away his energies in the vain
endeavor to become a lawyer or a doctor; young
men whose talents fit them for. mercantile pur
suits, often spend tbeir time unprofitably in call
ings requiring the very opposite class of talent.
So of all the occupations of life. If men are not
at least tolerably adapted to them, they will not
fail of excellence and fortune, but the toil which
should be a pleasure is weariness and drudgery.
The true aim of life is not to make a fortune, nor
to gain renown, though both are desirable and
useful rewards of well directed labor. But the
greater part and the best part of life must be spent
in labor, either physical or mental, and though
many affect to consider this a misfortune, il is
really a necessity, apart from the substantial re
sults that follow it. As of this, we find men who
inherit fortunes, if they are of any mind or char
acter, generally choosing some occupation, and
laltoring at it often quite as hard as their less
wealthy neighbors. Idleness is not a luxury, but
rest after labor U. It is aseriou3 question whether
those whose fortunes deprive them of the usual
stimulus to toil, are reaily as happy as others who
depend on toil for a living. The toil, howerer,
to be agreeable, should be congenial. It is this
love of labor, which particularly distinguibbes'
Americans, that has led to so many grand dis
coveries and wonderful achievements in the pres
ent century. When men choote tbeir work
aright they enjoy it for the remainder of their
lives, and makes improvements in it that outlive
themselves and benefit posterity. Men have dis
tinguished themselves in the most humble callings
by their own superior talents, while ft whole life
may be passed in those fields of labor, commonly
reckoned the highest, without even a moderate
success. The natural inference is, that young men
after having been given a fair general education,
should choose, where they can, their own pursuits
in life; and having chosen, they should bring all
their talents and energies to bear upon the calling
of tbeir choice, take a through interest in it, and
determine to enjoy their work. In ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred fortune comes to those who
woo her in this practical and straightforward man
ner. JVeuf York JSunt
Colored Emigrants to Liberia. -The Com
pany of colored soldiers that left Philadelphia in
December last to settle in Liberia, reached their
new home pleasantly by the Edith Rose. Charles'
A Harrell, formerly of Elk ton, Md writes thus
"I am very happy to say that words cannot
describe the good and kind treatment of the
people, and the kind welcome of the Government'
and the President. Monrovia is a fast-growing
city. As for the land of Liberia, iu - regard to
fertility, it is the best I have ever seen. Vege-.
tables are growing the whole year round. All
the company are in good spirits. Tell my friends
in Ph iladelpbia, that if they wish to procure a good,
home, as a free gift, Africa is the only place for
them. We now reside at Bex ley, right on the,
Finley road to Geas Mountain. Fin ley is very
highly spoken of as the most healthy and best
region in Liberia."
A new company of colored soldiers, "Lfncola
Company, No. 2," is now forming in this city,,
with the intention of leaving on the 1st of May.
The leader was for two years in a colored regimen t,
sharing in the seige of Vicksburgh and the battle
of Nashville. Philadetjihia Telegraph.
Death from Hydrophobia. A lad named '
John McMahoo, about fourteen years old, died .
on Wedoesdsy at bis father's residence, from
hydrophobia, under the following distressing'
circumstances : It appears thst the boy was
bitten by a large Newfoundland dog, in Septem- -ber
last, on the inside of the right forearm, near
the wrist. Tbe wound healed at the time,
leaving a scsr, snd was forgotten. On Thurs
day of last week, whilst, playing with a little
sister, she struck bim on the arm opposite the
6carof tbe bite. Tbe boy, who was employed
as a grain shoveler, worked on Friday, complain- ,
ing of great pain in bis arm. On Saturday Dr. ,
Theodore Cook was called in and found in flam
mation extending up tbe arm to the shoulder.
Local anesthesia was produced on Monday sud'
tbe scarified part cut our, tbe boy laughiog at
the fact of feeling no pain from the operation.,
Drs L. H. Eastmsi, Henry Webster and O. A. .
Cooke were also called in, and upon consultation
the boy was fed on bromide of potassium, the
alleged newly discovered great remedial ageot.
in hydrophobia, Oo Tuesday the boy becsme t
almost unmanageable, sbowiog all the marks of
the horrible disease, at times going into terrible .
physical contortions, with signs of terror and"
agony at the sight of water and fluids, aod -frothing
at the mouth. After many hours of
terrible suffering the poor lad was released by
death. Baltimore Sun.
Law and Pnrsic When Dr II. and Set.
geant 'A. were walking arm-in-arm a wag said to
a friend: . .. .;
"Tbey two are just equal to one highway
man." - , ; . .-.; a
"Whyr' was the response. . i c j -t
"Becanse," rejoined, the wag, "it it a lawyer
and a doctor your money or your life,