North Carolina Newspapers

OFFIO 53 Per Annum ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER -IN ADVANCE I CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1867. WM J YATESf Editor and Propreitor. FIFTEENTH FOLCMEN U !I B E It 779. mwrnwlmmmmf (QPublishcd every Tuesdaj,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPE1KTOR. iK0B $3 PER ANNUM, in advance. $ 2 for six months. t& Transient advertisements must be paid for id id vance. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rates. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific time,will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged for each iaaertion, unless the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. 3 Ah Ah Ah LIJS- WHITE LEAD, at McAden'a jMJTWU? Corner Drugstore. 300 Gallons Linseed Oil, at McAden'a Corner Drur Store. 3 Barrels Spirits Turpentine, at McAden'a Drug Store. NO. I Coach and Copal Varnishes, cheap, at McAdeu's Drug Store. FINE Lubricating, Lard and Sperm Oil, at Mc Aden's Corner Drug Store IJright Illuminating Kerosene Oil, cheap, at Mc Adea's Corner Drug Store. Tanners' Strait's and Hanks' Oil, at the lowest market price, at McAden's Corner Drug Store. May 20, 1HG7. A LAKCE S T O C K OK SPEINGGOO US Fine white and colored Marseilles Quilts, just received at DA RUING Ell, WOLFE & COS. tfg Ladies' French Dimitry Skirts. India Twilled Long CioMi, Linen Presa Goods. Extra Fine Lace Collars and Culls, Valeiieine Lace, Cleny Lace, HUck Silk Guper Luce. Call and examine our New Goods. I5AURINGEII, WOLFE i CO. 2?-Irish Linen of an extra quality; Bleached Bhirting, extra quality. Call soon. HUck Challey for Mourning Drcsfes, English Crape and English Crapw Veils, at DAliHINGER, WOLFE & CO'S. April 15, I8G7. JUST RECEIVED AT C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE, A large and well selected Stock of SPRHG AI SUiTIJIEIl GOODS. IHtY GOODS, at extremely low prices. WHITE GOODS, a full ussortnifiat, which will be told low lor cah. TRIMMINGS Our stock of Trimmings is com plete, and was selected with care. A full assortment of VAMCEE NOTIONS and FANCY GOODS. HOOI SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts the most popular Skirl now woru all sizes Ladies, children and Misses. KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, 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 Philadaphia make. Also, Men's and Hoy's shoes and hats. MIXJiX-3L:Sr33I?l."E'. MRS- QUEIIY would inform her friends that phe has spared no pains in selecting her ftock 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 and Hats made and trimmed to order, on the most reasonable terms and shortest notice. Dresses Cut, Fitted, Trimmed and made, on reason ably Itrms and at short notice. Our terms are strictly Cash. Our motto is, small profit, and just dealing to all. April I, I Sti7. BOES WAITED, A Chance to Make Money. The subscriber will purchase Bones at 50 cents per hundred, delivered at f'oncord Factory, or at any Railroad Depot between Charlotte and Greens boro Cash paid on delivery. Those who will accumulate Bones in quantities at any point on the Railroad lines, and inform the subscriber, arrangements will be made for their purchase. 11. E. McDONALD, April 1, IStiT tf Concord, N C. IUW STOCK OF GOODS. The Hndersigned has just returned from tht Northern cities with a good Stock of and various other articles, consisting principally of jjava Coffee, Rio Co lice of superior quality none Aetier; Black, Green and Imperial Teas; New Or Jeans and ci!.pr Molasses; Bacon Sides, Sugar Cured Hams, Fresh Mackari'J, Pickled Shad. Soap, Candles, 1'eppCr. Spice, Ginger, Soda, White Wine and Apple Vinegar, Willow Ware, Buckets .or" alj kinds, Tubs Jiroom. Churns, Kegs, Half-Bushel i. &c. Lorillard Snutl" best quality ; Soda. Ginger and )gg Crackers : a fine lot of Brogan Shoes extra eizes ; Liverpool Su.lt, ai:d best Carolina Rice. ; Xi O CL t IX O X- . White Oak Tanned fine article ; large lot of good and good damaged Henilo.ck ; French Calf fckjns; Upper and Harness Leather. While Lt-vd, PoJer. Shot and Percussion Caps, all sizes; Whim Rope. Well Rope, Bed Cord, Cotton Cards chfap, Scythe BlaJes, Pud Locks. Blacking, Matches. Cotton Yarn, Durham Smoking Tobacco, Chewing Tobacco; Crushed, Pulverised, While and Brown Sugars, and a fine assortment of best Nails. I have selected this Stock with great care, and cannot be undersold. Give me a call before pur chasing elsewhere. Remember my Motto, Quick Sales, Short Profits and fair dealings with all. Wheat, Flour, Corn Bacon and Lard taken in exchange for Goods. ' Friends, recommending Freedmen to me, may be assured that they will be dealt with fairly, both as . . . I i-r 1. rt . 1. a s A nliinntlAn . ..11 . 1 L J n f ipui mih vuniic iiu ui'ciliuu lu all gOOUS being weighed that go from this establishment. Profits are short, and terms necessarily CASH. I also buy and sell on commission all kinds of "rodce. Orders and consignments solicited. W. BOYD. Charlotte, N. C, June 24, 186T. JUST RECEIVED AT Embroidered Bareges, Striped Mozambiques, Plain Mozambiques, Lawns, Striped Poplins, and a good assortment of Prints. Alay 6, 1867. Masonic lion E. G. Reade. Grand Master of Masons in the State of North Carolina, ac knowledges through thffuVs and Compass, the organ of the order;!.' this State, the receipt of one hundred and fifty dollars for the relief of the distressed Masons in North Caroliua. This is abortion of the proceeds of an entertainment given recently in New York. D; jW. Bain, Grand Secretary, acknowledges the ript of $100 from H. G. Reynolds, Grand Secretary of Illinois, for the same purpose. The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, at its recent session, contributed $1000 for the relief of their Southern brethren. , Thus it will be seen how the great Masonic heart at the North pulsates at the recital of the suffering in the South Raleigh Register. 3T Gen. Grant has ordered additional troops to Tennessee, and ordered Gen. Thomas to distrib ute his forces so as to secure order. Gen. Grant will probably be there himself. Gen. Thomas telegraphs the President that he has ordered all the troops from Kentucky. lie believed, with the forces at his command, that he can prevent riots at Memphis, Nashville, and the other large towns. OLD CHAKLOTTI3 RANK, SPRINGS' BUILDING, TRADE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N . C . We beg to inform the mercantile community of Charlotte, that we are furnishing New York Ex change at par. Drafts made on England, France and Germany, and on every prominent place in the world at low rates. Collections made in all parts of the United States and Europe on reasonable tetms. Deposits received subject to sight Checks, ou which Interest is allowed Gold and Silver Coin and Bullion, Southern Bank Notes, Bonds, Coupons, &c, bought and sold at a small margin. BREXIZER, KELLOGG & PETERS, July 15, 1867 Brokers. DEXTISTEtY. DR. Wli. E. CARR, iate of Wilmington, having located in Charlotte, is prepared to attend promptly to all calls relating to his profession. Having had seventeen years experience in the practice of Den tistry, he is satisfied that he can please all who may give him a call. All work done with reference to neatness, dura bility and dispatch. Office over Barringer, Wolfe & Co's, where he can be found at all hours of the day. All work warranted to give entire satisfac faction. Teeth filled and extracted without pain. June 10, 18U7. 6m Teclh Extracted Without Pain, BY A NEW REMEDY. DR. JXO. II. WAYT is prepared to administer the "JlTUrOUS Oxide ias" in extracting Teeth. This agent has. been successfully used in thousands of cases in the principal cities, without the slightest danger. Freedom from pain or danger guaranteed. Oihce No. 5, Granite Row. Charlotte, June 17, 18G7. 3m PICTURES AT SO CENTS And upwards, at the PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLGRY Over Jas. Hai ty & Co's Store, next to the Court House. Call and get a superb likeness of yourself and family, at low rates according to style and finish. Copies taken of old Pictures in a superior manner. Satisfaction guarantied at the Gallery of II. BAUMGARTX, Hay 6, 18G7. . Next to Court House GROCERIES. iummond & Mclaughlin Have just received a targe assortment of Groceries, which they offer for sale at reduced prices. Their Slock consists, in part, of the following articles : 40 Sacks prime Rio Coffee, 30 Barrels Sugar all grades, 5 Hogsheads Sugar yellow, 23 Barrels Molasses assorted grades, 5 Hogsheads Molasses Cuba, 10 Barrels Potomac Shad, 10 Half Barrels Potomac Shad, 10 Quarter Barrels Potomac Shad, 10 Half " Family Mackerel, 10 Quarter 14 " 40 Kits, No 1 and 2, ' 100 Sacks Liverpool Salt, 50 Boxes fine English Dairy Cheese, 50 " Adamantine Candles, 50 ,! assorted Stick Candy, 25 " Layer Raisins, Fine Lot of Bacon Nr. C. and Western, " " Flour, Corn and Corn Meal, Codfish and Irish Potatoes, Hemlock Leather. Iron and Nails all sizes, Bale Yarn and Shirting, Fresh Cove Oysters, Sardines and Pickles, Sauces, Flavoring Extracts, Soda Crackers, Ac. And every other article usually found in a Gro cery and Prevision Store. We invite the attention of country merchants and others to our stock, and solicit an examination. hammond & Mclaughlin. May 27, 1S67 tf J. E. STENIIOl'SE, New York ALLAN MACAULAY, Charlottk, N. C. STEKH0USE & MACAULAY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 43 Stone Stict'l, New York. Prompt personal attention given to the sale of Cotton, Cotton Yarns, Naval Stores, &c, and the purchase of Merchandise generally. Consignments solicited. June 10. 1S67. BRICEtS! BRICKS!! Important to Builders. The undersigned would respectfully announce to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he has completed his arrrangements for. man ufacturing and supplying to this market BRICKS of a superior quality, for building purposes. Orders will be filled at moderate prices, and a libera dis count made to those contracting for a large quan tity. For further particulars call on Capt. Asa George, or Messrs. Hutchison, Burroughs & Co., at whose store samples will be Left. E. P. GEORGE. May 20, 1867. 3m A general assortment, alwavs on hand, at Feb 5, 1867 SCARE'S DRUG STORE Rag:! Rass!! Ra; r t t k 9 The highest CASH PRICE paid for RAGS at June 3? 1867. B. KOOPil ANN'S. SENSIBLE TALK. George W. JTid U- writes from Texas in tbe following sensible - ; in to his old paper, tbe New Orleans Picayune : "Tbe lessons which adversity teaches are bard, yet tbey may be learned and tbese les sons are always useful. I know that it comes bard for a young man to walk bebi, a plow who once rode behind a fast trotter; nor is it agreeable to a young lady to make and put oa her dresses all by herself, who formerly had a couple of servants to take these irksome jobs off her bands. Yet I can see no other remedy, at least for those who have simply been ruined by the war, and the list is a long one. That a large majority have accepted the situation cheer fully 1 am glad to say is true I mean the sit uation to earn their own living all must do it. And there are many who think and I am one of them, that in the long run it will be all the better for the rising generation of the South a generation which is to follow one notoriously brought up in ignorance of work and indolenee as to any useful occupation. The race of men growing up will be more muscular the women stronger and heartier and their children again improve upon the stock. I have never heard that exercise was hurtful, and I have consulted good physicians on the subject. How oiten do we hear people complain that they have been out all day bunting for a servant without success. Had they turned to in the morning tbey could have done all their work themselves in a couple of hours, and saved mo ney and shoe leather by the operation. Too many people in the South have been brought op to be waited upon; tbey must now tie their own shoes, and I repeat that tbe sooner tbey be gin tbe better it will be. I know that many think they can escape this state of things by going to Brazil or some other out of the-way country; but toil is the common lot of the roor man the world over, so far as I have seen, and in no part of the world is toil as remunerative as in the Southern States of America. Let us work." RUSSIAN JUSTICE. A remarkable law suit, which has beer, pend ing two years, has just been decided by the Em peror. A wealthy Russian was betrothed to the beautiful daughter of a Polish nobleman near Warsaw, and obtained his consent to the marriage. On the day fixed for the ceremony, the bridegroom appeared, attended by a captain and two officers, tbe first disguised as a priest, and the latter as his witnesses; and the unsus pecting bride was married to her Russian lover by this false priest. Two years after, the Gen eral became tired of his wile, and desired ber to return to ber father's bouse, at tbe same time informing her bow she had been deceived. She at first thought he was jesting; but ber cruel husband soon convinced ber of the fatal truth, and shut tbe door of his bouse upon ber. Her indignant father immediately brought an action against the General, but, of course, lost it, in all the courts against the Russian General, till at length the sentence came before the Empe ror, wbo decided as follows : "As the General is not really married to his wife, the marriage is null and void; but as the wife has been most scandalously imposed upon, be is dismissed, with the loss of his salary and his office, without having any claim to another appointment; his whole property is given to the lady whom he has so wantonly deceived, and ho is not per mitted ever to marry again; and the two offi cers, his witnesses, to remain for life with a small salary." Youno Man, you are Wanted. A lady writer, under this beading, hits off the young men as follows : "A woman .wants you Don't forget her. No matter if you are poor. Don't wait to be rich; if you do, ten to one if you are fit to be married. Marry while you are young and struggle up together. But mark, young man, the woman don't want you if she is to divide her affections with a cigar-spittoon or a whiskey-jug. Neither does she want you if you don't take care of her and the 'little after thoughts' wbich are pretty sure to follow. Neither does she want you because you are a man, the definition of which is too apt to be an animal that wears bifurcated garments on his lower limbs, a quarter-section of stove pipe on his head, swears like a pirate, and is given to filthy practices generally. She wants you for a companion, a helpmate; she wants you to have learned to regulate your appetites and passions; in short, the image of God, not in the likeness of a beast. If you are strong in a good purpose, firm in resistance to evil, pure in thought and action, as you require her to be, and without which inward purity neither of you are fit for husband and wife; if you love virtue and abhor vice; if you are gentle manly, forbearing and kind, and not loud-talking, exacting and brutal young man, that wo man wants you; that modest, fair, cheerful, right-looking, frank-spoken woman, we mean, who fills your idea of maiden and wife. It is she that wants you; marry her when you like, whether she is rich or poor; we'll trust you both, on the above conditions, without any further security. Workino Cheap. "What does Satan pay you for swearing?" asked one gentleman of an other. "He don't pay me any thing," was the reply. "Well, you work cheap, to lay aside the char acter of a gentleman, to inflict so much on your friends and civil people; to suffer, and lastly to risk losing your own precious soul, and all for nothing You certainly do work cheap very cheap indeed!" We understand that the more polities the col- I ored people on farms get on the brain, the less j work they do, and that consequently the grass is J running away with the corn and tobacco. Coi oted friends, believe us politics won't pay. Danville Times. Appointment by Gex. Sickles The terra of! Sheriff Dent, of Columbia, having expired. Gen. Sickles has issued au order apjoi tiling F. M. ! Green to succeed him, and requiring the latter to ! take the test oath. I NOTICE TO DISTILLERS. Greensboro, July 16, 1867. Distillers are hereby notified that the order of Maj. Gen. Sickles, in relation to distilled spirits, has no reference whatever to the distilla tion of Peach or Apple Brandy. Parties wishing to distil Brandy will observe the following rules : I Make application to the Assistant Assessor of their respective divisions for permit to take out license. IX. File bond with Collector and take out license to distil. In no case fail to pay the 'special tax. Bonds -will not be taken in a less sum than five hundred dollars. III. Have brandy assessed and make report every ten days if it is the intention to pay with out placing the spirits in bond. If tbe intention is to bond tbe spirits, tbey must first be in spected and then placed in bond where the as sessment will be made. IV. Keep correct record of amount distilled each day, amount of material used, list of parties to whom any spirits may be sold, and for whom any distilling may be done, V. Parties situated in neighborhoods where large quantities of brandy will be distilled, and who are desirous of having a bonded warehouse for the 8 tore age of spirituous liquors, will make application to this office a t once ; said apphca tion will be favorably considered. The application should state in full the loca tion of the premises proposed to be used as a bonded ware-bouse, description of premises, &c A faithful compliance with tbe law is all that is required. Every encouragement will be given distillers of Brandy by all officers connected with this office, and all leniency which the law allows will be extended. Signed, Jno. Crane, Collector. BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. A correspondent of Preston (England) gives the following anecdote : A good while ago a boy named Cbarlio had a large dog which was very fond of water, and in hot weather he used to swim across the river, near which the boy lived. One day the thought struck Charlie that it would be fine fun to make the dog carry him across the river, so he tied a string to the dog's collar, and ran down with him to the water's edge, where he took off his clothes and then, holding bard to tbe dog's neck and bit of string, he went into the water and the dog pulled him across. After playing about on the other side for some time they returned in the way they had come; but when Charlie looked for his clothes, he could find nothing but his shoes ! The wind had blown all the rest into the water. The dog saw what had happened, and making his master let go the string, by making believe to bite him, he dashed into the river, and brought out first his coat and then all the rest in succession. Charlie dressed and went home in his wet clothes, and told his mother what fun he and bis dog bad. His mother told bim he did very wrong in going across the river as he had done and that be should thank God for making the dog take him over the river and back again safely ; for if the dog had made him let go in tbe river he would most likely have sunk and been drowned. Little Charlie said : "Shall I thank God now, mamma? " and he kneeled down at his mother's knee and thanked God, then, getting up again, be threw bis arm around bis dog's neck, saying, "I thank you too, dear doggie, for not letting go." Little Charlie is now Admiral Sir Charles Napier. Northern Negro Suffrage Records Sumner proposes to extend negro suffrage by Congressional enactment over tbe Northern as well as Southern States. Within the last seven years several of the Northern States have voted on the question, with results as follows : "At the first Presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln was a candidate for Executive honors, (1860) New York gave a majority against the proposition of 140.181 I Lincoln's majority at the same election 50,139 ! Connecticut, in 1865, at a special election voted on tbe same question, and by a majority of 6282 repudiated mongrelism at the ballot box. The majority for the lladical candidate for Governor at the Spring election was 11,000! Wisconsin, the same year, rejected negro suf frage by 9,000 giving at the same time 10, 000 majority for the lladical Gubernatorial can didate. Minnesota also refused to sanction Degro suf frage by 2513 majority, although choosing a Radical Governor by a majority of 3,476. Colorado voting on a proposed Constitution the same autumn, rejected, by a vote of seven to one, the proposition ! The men who in each instance have defeated negro suffrage are Republicans ! - Japanese Test of Official Honesty. The Japanese are a shrewd people, as is shown by tbe manner in which they guard against fraud on the part of the government employees. They do not blow much about "moral ideis," "public virtue," "human rights," "free schools for all colors," &c , after tbe manner of the "oalt of the earth" in tbe unsubjagated portions of these United States. But they probably suffer less from defalcations tban we do, if the follow ing description of tbe ceremonies perforated daily, at their Mint, is correct : There are about three hundred hands em ployed in the building. When tbe men enter iu tbe morning they are made to divest them selves of their own clothes, and put on others belonging to tbe Mint. At the end of a day's woik a gong sounds, when the somewhat curious spectacle is presented of three hundred men springing from tbe ground on which tbey had been seated, throwing off their clothes and rush ing, a caked throng, to one end of the yard. Here they pass through the following ordeal in order to prove that they have no silver oa them: Their back hair is pulled down and ex amined, they wash their hands and hold them up to view, they drink water, and then halloa, and lastly, they run to the other end of the yard, clearing two or three hurdles on their way; after wbich performance they are allowed to go to their lodgings. SOME OP THE CHEMISTRY AND MECHANICS OF FAB MING. Written for the Goldsboro Star. Almost every farmer has observed that at certain seasons the ground becomes damper than usual, especially on the slopes of hills and io springy places, so much so that dry ditches and brooks are sometimes set to running. Such i phenomenon is regarded as a sure precurser o rain and is usually most striking early in the morning. There is always a film of floating sand on such water characterizing it as riten. Whether there has ever been an explanation of this occurrence given or not, there it a deep significance in it and a philosophy that is emi nently deserving of the attention of the thought ful cultivator, in addition to the obvious fact that it Supercedes barometers and hygrometers and is far more reliable. When a copious shower of rain falls, one por tion of it runs off into the ditches, &o., while another soaks into the ground. This latter con tinues its descent until it reaches an impervious stratum which in most countries is clay, when it stops and occupies tbe general level of the wells in the neighborhood. After the sun and atmosphere have dried the surface of the earth, capillary attraction brings up this water from its reservoir to moisten the parched earth and hence tbe soil is never dry to any great depth. Ihe evaporation of tbe mois ture in the heat of the day is so rapid as to ob struct vision to some extent, giving rise to the popular notion of "Laurence danciog on the tence. Besides this upward flow of water, there is a lateral issue at all places where the subjacent clay stratum is uncovered, as on the slopes of hills, giving rise, in many instances, to springs, and even where, the accumulation of water is not sufficient to supply a stream, there is much of it discharged. In dry windy or hot weather the escape of vapor from such surfaces often prevonts the moisture from accumulating so as to become visible. But if the atmosphere is damp, it is incapable of taking up the water as fast as it flows from the ground, and hence the running of ditches, &c. The probability of a coming shower is thus readily understood. But there is another beautiful fact connected with this matter. Our crops and forests extract from tbe earth an immense deal of soluble salts of potash, soda, lime, magnesia, Sec, and, if we analyze the soil, we shall find that, within tbe range of their roots, the amount of these salts is far below their actual demands. Moreover many fields have supplied their salts for ages, and still have an abundance. Where, then, is tbe storehouse ! Plainly the clay stratum below. Clay is known to be a result of disintegration, and tbe rocks granite, slate, &c of which it was once a constituent, contain all the 6alts necessary to tbe growth of the crops, &c. The supply below, then, may be called inexhaustible, and the con stant flow of water from its reservoir, brings up to the surface, in solution, all the mineral nourishment needed. Hence the soil continues to possess about the same percentage of salts. But these salts do not enter into the compo sition of all crops in the same proportion. Corn, peas, potatoes, rice, wheat, &c, take up very different amounts. Tbe water, however, wbich capillary attraction compels to lise to the sur face soil makes no selections, but brings all it can dissolve. Consequently, after a long dry "spell" there is an accumulation in tbe soil of tbo?e salts which tbe growing crops does not need. The pores or interstices in the surface, of course, become choked, and thus the capillary action stops and vegetation languishes. Hence we see one necessity of keeping the suiface of our fields pulverized. There is an easy explanation, now, of aoothcr matter of interest. Whenever a large amount of water falls on and soaks into the earth, it takes up every soluble substance it finds in its passage and carries it down to its reservoir out of the reach of the roots. It takes, then, a day or two for even the surface water to evaporate and it is so long before capillary action can bring back the necessary salts within reach of the roots, that tbe crops are stinted in their growth. This remark does not apply to lands whose substratum of clay is near the surface and may explain why wheat does so badly on the sandy lands of Eastern N. C. The rotation of crops seems now to be easy of explanation. After one crop has been cultivated on a field for many years the salts which it ex tracts lose their due proportion or in other words there is relatively too much of other salts in tbe soil. A different crop, then, mav prefer these neglected salts and thus restore the equilibrium. This remark loses much of its force when ap plied to lands whose clay stratum is many feet below the surface, because in such lands it re quires many years for any salts to accumulate in a relatively large excess, there being so much room for diffusion. Stiff clay lands ought to become exhausted soonest under the same crops. Webster's Courtship. The following in cident is related .of the late Daniel Webster's courtship : He was then a young lawyer in Portsmouth, N II. At one of his visits to Miss Grace Fletcher, he had, probably with a view of com bining utility and enjoyment, been holding skeins of silk thread for her, when suddenly he stopped, saying, "Grace, we have thus been en gaged in tying koots; let us see if we can tie a knot, one tbat will not untie for a life-time. He then took a piece of tape, and after beginning a knot of a peculiar kind, gave it ber to complete. This was the ceremony and ratification of their engagement. And now, in a little box, marked by bim with the words 'Precious Documents containing tbe letters of his early conrtsbip, this unique memorial is still to be found. The knot has never been untied. A man who was once on a journey, said he never liked to see the tables covered with books and newspapers where he sloped at nights, 'for' said be, "I can never find any whiskey in such places." WISHING TO BE MARRIED. The latest innovation in the usage and custom of tha Established Church of Scotland is the cele bration of marriage at the church, instead of pri vately at the residence of the parties, the former mode, it is alleged, being in conformity with tha directory of public worship and the ancient practice of the Presbyterian Church. Apropos of this innovation may be related the following incident: The afternoon services had ended, and the con gregation were arranging themselves for the bene diction, when, to the manifest interest of the wor shippers, the good parson descended from the pulpit to the desk below, and said in a calm clear voice: "Those wishing to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony will now please come forward." A deep stillness instantly fell over the congre gation, broken only by tbe rustling of silk, as some pretty girl or excited matron changed her' position to catch the first view of the couple to be married. No one, however, arose, or seemed -i: . T i . U .1. l man, deeming the first notice unheard imsun derstood, repeated : "Let those wishing to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony now come forward.' Still no one stired. The silence became almost audible, and a painful sense of awkwardness among those present was felt, when a young gen tleraan who occupied a vacant seat in the broad aisle during the service, slowly arose, And delib erately walked to the foot of the altar. He was good looking and well dressed, but no female ac companied his travels. When he arrived within a respectable distance of tbe clergyman, be paused with a reverend bow, stepped to one side of the aisle, but neither said anything nor seemed at all disconcerted at the idea of being married alone. The clergyman locked anxiouslv around for tbe bride, who, he supposed, was yet to arrive, and at length remarked to the young gentleman in an undertone : "The lady sir, is dilatory." "Yes, sir.'1 "Had you not better defer the ceremony !n "I think not." "Do you suppose she will be here soon V "Me, sir," said the younp; rrentleman, "how should I know of the ladv's movements !" A few moments more were suffered to elapse in this unpleasant state of expectancy, when the clergyman renewed his interrogatories : "Did the lady promise to attend at the present hcur, sir ?" "What lady ?" "Why tbe lady, to be sure, that you are wait- inr here for." "I did not hear her say anything about it," was the unsatisfactory answer. "Ihen, sir, may I ask you why you are here. and for what purpose you thus trifle in the sanc tuary of the Most High t" said the somewhat enraged clerical. "1 came, sir, simply because you invited all those wishing to be united io tbe holy bonds of tnatritnony to step forward; and I happened to entertain such a wish. I am verv sorrv to have misunderstood you, and wish you a very good day." The benediction was uttered with the solem nity of tone very little in accordance with tbe , twitching of the facial nerves, and when, after the church was closed, the atory got amongst the congregation, more than one girl regretted that the young gentleman who really wished to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony, had been obliged to depart without a wife. Londonderry Standard. Result or an Advertisement. Many per sons entertain the mistaken opinion that the ad vertising columns of a newspaper are not gen erally read by the public; that this part of the paper i examined only by persons wishing to earn where they can get some particular article. of which tbey stand in need at tbe time of reading. T! .1 .1 . ruai iuis is a mistaicen notion, we mink we can prove by a little piece of personal experience. When tue proprietor of the Enquirer was su perintending the making up of tbe paper for pub- ication two weeks ago, a vacancy of two lines oc curred in one of tbe advertising columns. After trying in vain to shut tbe advertisements so as to fill up the hiatus, it occured to bim that a few blackberries were needed in his home department. and he determined to make known his wants. n accordance with this idea, the following modest ittle notice was inserted : "Blackberries wanted. Apply at the En quirer office." J his was placed at the foot of a column, no at tention being called to it in the list of new adver tisements. Yet this obscure statement produced an effect as magical as if a trumpet bad been sound ed through the land. It was proclaimed to tbe re motest corners of the District tbat blackberries were wanted and blackberries came; the people speedily responded to the appeal. Within a week some twenty persons appeared at our sanctum, with supplies of the juicy fruit for sale; so that there is no longer room to assert that blackberries are wanted at this office. The influx of berries would doubtless have broken the concern, if we had not stopped buying. Most of those who came to sell, had not seen the advertisement themselves but beard of it from others. Thus it is seen that the circulation of an advertisement extends far beyond that of the pa per in which it appears. It alo proves that no part of a paper fails to secure iu share of readers. Reflect on this, all ye who wish to call public at tention to your own business, your profession, your wants or your supplies. YorkviUt En quirer. While ten men watch for chances, one man makes chances, and while ten wait for something to turn up, one turns something up; so, while ten fail, one succeeds and is called a man of luck or favorite of fortune. There is no luck like pluck, sod fortune most favors those who are mct indifferent to fortune. Partial returns from forty-nine counties in Alabama, show tbe registration of 23,000 whites and 49,000 blacks. It is estimated tbat the black majority in tbe State will be from 25.000 to 30,000.