North Carolina Newspapers

f i. a 3 o: OFPIO $3 Per Annum IN ADVANCE ON TI1E SOUTH 8IDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND., THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THB OTHER - WM. J. YATES, Editor AND PKOPREITOR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1867. SIXTEENTH VOLUME N U U B E E 1$2. ' (QPoblishcd every Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. O '"OirDiI81J$s $3 PER ANNUM, in advance. $ 2 for six months. IS? Transient advertisements must be paid for in tdvance. 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 insertion, unless the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. SjffcghJflt LBS.'WniTE LEAD, at McAden's j HjrXfJJr Corner Drug Store. 300 Gallons Linseed Oil, at McAden's Corner Drug Store. 3 Barrels Spirits Turnentine, at McAden's Drug Store. NO. 1 Coach and Copal Varnishes, cheap, at McAden's Drug Store. FINE Lubricating, Lard aud Sperm Oil, at Mc Aden's Corner Drug Store Bright Illuminatiag Kerosene Oil, cheap, at Mc Adea's Corner Drug Store. Tannere Strait's and Hanks' Oil, at the lowest market price, at McAden's Corner Drug Store. My 20, 1867. A LARGFi S T O C K of ... ' SPRINGGOOUS Fine white and colored'-Marseilles Quil??, just received at - BAURINGEK, WOLFE & CO'rf. SOT Ladies' French Dimitrjr Skirts, India Twilled Long Cloth, Linen Dress Goods, Extra Fine Luce Collars and Cuffs, Valencine Lace, Cleuy Lace, Black Silk Guper Lace. Call and examine our New Goods. UARRIXGEU, V'OLFE k CO. BSaf Irish Linen of an extra quality ; DIcached Shirting-, extra quality. Call soon. Blaek Challey for Monrning Dresses, English Crape and English Craps Veils, at BARRING ER, WOLFE & CO'S. April 15, 18C7. JUST RECEIVED AT C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE, A large and well selected Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER' GOODS. DRV" GOODS, at extremely low prices. WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be sold low for cash. TRIMMINGS Our stock of TrirnmiiTgs is com plete, and was selected with cnie. A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and FAXCV GOODS. HOOP SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts the most popular Skirt now woru all sizes Ladies, children and Misses. KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, of the best article. Ladies aud Children's Mitts, all sizes, and of the best quality. FAN'S AND PARASOLS A full assortment of all kinds. SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots, shoes and gaiters, of the best . Philadaphiu make. Also, Men's and Boy's shoes and hats. MRS- QUERY would inform her fiictuls 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 and Hats made and trimmed to order, on 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 motto is, small profit, and just dealing to all. April 1, 18G7. A Chance to Make Money. The subscriber, will purchase Bones at 50 cents per hundred, delivered at Concord 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. II. E. McDOXALD, April 1, 1867 tf . Concord, N C. NEW STOCK OF GOODS. The undersigned has just returned from the Northern cities with a good Stock of Gr xocorois, and various other articles, consisting principally of Java Coti'ee, Rio Colfee of superior quality none Letter; Black, Green and Imperial Teas; Xew Or leans and other Molasses; Bacon Sides, Sugar Cured Hams, Fresh MackereJJ'Pickled Sh id. Soap, Candles, Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Soda, White Wine and Appla Vinegar, Willow Ware, Buckets of all kinds, Tubs, Brooms, Churns, Kegs, Half-Bushels, &e. Lorillard Snuff best quality ; Soda, Ginger and Egg Crackers ; a fine lot of Brogau Shoes extra eir.es; Liverpool Salt, and best Carolina Bice. Xi oat la. ox. White Oak Tanned fine article; large lot of pood and good damaged Hemlock ; French Calf Skins; Upper and Harness Leather. White Leaa, Powder. Shot and Percussion Caps, all sizes; Whim Rope, Well Rope, Bed Cord, Cotton Cards cheap, Scythe Blades, Pad Locks. Blacking, Matches, Cotton Yarn, Durham's Smoking Tobacco, Chewing Tobacco; Crushed, Fulverized, While and Brown Sugars, and a fine assortment of best Xails. 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 Freedriien to me, may be Assured that they will be dealt with fairly, both a3 to weight and chauge no objection to all goods being weighed that go from this establishment. Profits are short, and terms necessarily CASH. I also buy and sell on commission all kinds of Produce. Orders and consignments solicited. W. BOYD. Charlotte, N. C, June 24, 1867. " jUst iiecei vjed AT Embroidered Bareges, Striped Mozambique?, Plain ', Mozambiques, Lavrns, Striped Poplins, and a good assortment of Prints. j May 6, 1857. . 1 HIS LAST WORDS. A few moments before Stonewall Jackson's death be called ont in Lis delirium : "Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action. Pass the infantry rapidly to the front. Tell Major Hawks." Here the sentence was left unfinished. But soon after a sweet smile overspread his face, and he murmured quietly, with an air of relief: "Let us cross the river and rest under the shade of the trees." . These were his last words, and, with out any expression of pain or sign of struggle, his spirit passed away. Come, let us cross the river, and rest beneath the trees, And list the merry leaflets at port with every breeze; Our rest is won by fighting, and Peace awaits us there. Strange that a cause so blighting produces fruit so fair I Come, let us cross tbe river, those that have gone before, Crush 'd in the strife for freedom, await on yonder shore; So bright the sunshine sparkles, so merry hums the breeze, Come, let us cross the river, and rest beneath the trees. Come, let us cross the river, the stream that runs60 dark : 'Tis none but cowards quiver, so let us all embark Come, men with hearts undaunted, we'll stem the tide with ease, We'll cross the flowing river, and rest beneath the trees. Come, let us cross the river, the dying hero cried, And God, of life the giver, then bote him o er the tide. Life's wars for him are over, the warrior takes his ease, There, by the flowing river, at rest beneath the trees. GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE "MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME," BOYD, WILSON & CO., Managers, ATLANTA, GA. GREAT SCII CUE. ONE DOLLAR FULL TICKET. CAPITAL PRIZE $20,000 FOR ONE DOLLAR. EXTRA CLASS 0. Thi3 great Lottery for the benefit of the MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME 'will be drawn in public at AT LANTA, GA , on Wednesday the 4th day of Sep tember next, 1807. GREAT SCHEME. 1 Prize of $20,000 is $20,000 1 Prize of 5,000 is 5,000 1 Prize of 2,000 is 2,000 1 Prize of 1,000 is 1,000 1 Prize of 500 is 500 1 Prize of 500 is 500 4 Prizes of 250 are 1,000 100 Prizes of 100 are 10,000 200 Prizes of 50 are 10,000 Prizes amounting to $50,000 850,000 IN TRIBES FOR $1 TER TICKET. A PACKAGE of 10 TICKETS MAY DRAW $30,000. ALL THE ABOVE PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN. PLAN OF THESE GREAT LOTTERIES AND EXPLANATION OF DRA WINGS. The numbers from 1 to 100,000, corresponding with the numbers on the Tickets, are printed on separate slips of paper and encircled with small tubes, and placed in a glass wheel all the prizes in accordence with the Scheme, are similarly printed and encircled, and placed in another glass wheel. The wheels are then revolved, and two boys, blind folded, draw the Numbers and Prizes. One of the bos draws one number from the wheeKof Nos., and at the same time the other boy draws out one prize from the wheel of Prizes. The number and prize drawn out are exhibited to the audience, and what ever prize comes out is registered and placed to the credit of the number and this operation is repeat ed until all the prizes are drawn. All Prizes are Payable without discount, and each Official Drawing sent to each Purchaser. BOYD, WILSON & CO , Managers, Atlar.ta, Georgia. LINCOLN T O N, N. C. MISS M. W. ALEXANDER, Puincipal. The next Session will commence 1st September, 1867. A Boarding and Pay School for young Ladies, combining a thorough and systematic education, with home care and training. Music and all the higher branches are taught. Lincolnton may be reached by Railroad in three hours, from Charlotte. It is beautifully situated, with a fine mountain climate, and is perfectly healthy throughout the entire year. For particulars apply to the Principal or to Rev. Mr. Wetmore, Rector of the Parish. References Judge Shipp, Lincolnton; Col. T II Brem, Charlotte; Hon N Boyden, Salisbury; Rev. M A Curtis, D. D., Hillsboro, N. C. ; PW Hairston, Baltimore, Aid ; Hon. R DeTreville, Charleston, S C. July 29, 18G7 5w By Express, A fine lot of Jaconets, Swiss Muslins, Irish Linens, Mosquito Bars, French Coisetsand Iloopskirts at July 29, 1867. B. KOOPM ANN S. wmm mm A general assortment, always on hand, at Feb 5, !867 SCARR'S DRUG STORE UoUl Bullion Want cel. We want to purchase a large portion of the Gold Bullion that comes into this market, and will pay high prices for it. RRENIZER, KELLOGG & PETERS, August 5, 1867. Bankers at Charlotte. I.I TIE, PLASTER, O cmont txa.c3L TTxlx, A large supply always on hand, and for sale on most favorable terms, by WORTII & DANIEL. Wilmington, N. C. Monthly receipts of fresh Lime from Maine. July 15, 1867 6ra Teeth Extracted Without Pain, BY A NEW REMEDY. DR. JNO. II. WAYT is prepared to administer the ktifroiiS Oxide Gas9 in extracting Teeth. This agent has been successfully used in thousands of cases in the principal cities, without the slightest danger. Freedom lrom pain or danger guaranteed. vuice .o. o, uratnte Row. Charlotte, June 17, 1867. 3m Hags! Hags!! ISngs!!! The highest CASH PRICE paid for RAGS at June 3, 1867. 3. KOOPMAKN'S. TAKING A WHIPPING. The Western Morning News, an English journal, has the following fresh version of an old story : Mr Dickens, in one of his books, is very sati- j rical on American journalists. He represent them as turning every incident into a report with a sensation leader, so that even when the editor got thrashed for personalties, he at once brought out a special edition with the flaming announcement, "The Editor Cowbided Again." It is notj I think, generally known that Mr Dickens was referring to an actual ease, which is tolerably notorious in America, and is told with great glee by the persOQmos' deeply in terested. That person is no other than the no torious James Gordon Bennett, of The New York Herald, and it is thus he tells his etory to his friends. The Herald had for some time violently attacked a certain actress. One day the lady's husband, himself an actor, came to the Herald office, walked up into Bennett's room, and said, "Are you Mr Bennett?" "I am," was the reply; "take a seat." "No, sir, I will not take a seat; you have insulted my wife." "Who is your wie?" Name mentioned. "Never Iieard of her." "But your dramatic critic has insulted her." "That is his affair." "But I hold you responsible;" and thereupon the angry husband took the proprietor of the Herald from his chair, flung him on the floor, kicked him in the rear, rolled him over, kicked him again, clutched hold of his throat, and left the office. What did the victim do? lie called upon one of his employees, wrote out an account of tbe affair, caused sensation placards to be struck off "Fourth Edition Atrocious Assault upon the Editor." "Fifth Edition Further Partic ulars of the Atrocious and Cowardly Assault upon the Editor;" and soon all New York was buying the Herald. "But," said Bennett, "I j added a little garnish which was not strictly true." I said: "We would have pardoned this unmannerly, cowardly assault upon an unarmed man, but fir one circumstance. This despica ble wretch, not content with ferocious violence, had the unspeakable meanness to take up a quarter dollar piece which was lying upon our table, and to pocket it." The next day when the actor appeared upon the stage, he was gree ted with cries of "Who stole Bennett's quarter?" and whenever he appeared the same cry greeted him, until be and his wife- were driven off the stase and ruined. "That," adds Bennett, "was my revenge." Disea&e Produced by Sleeping Together. During the night, says a writer on hygienics, there is considerable exhalation from our bodies, and at the same time weebsorb a large quantity of the vapors of the surrounding air. Two healthy young children, sleeping together, will give and receive healthy exhalations; but an old, weak person near a child will, in exchange for health, only return weakness. A sic k mother, near her daughter, communicates sickly emanations to her; if the mother has a cough of long duration, the daughter will at some time also cough and suffer by it ; if the mother has pulmonary consumption, it will be ultimately communicated to her child. It is known that the bed of a consumptive is a powerful and sure source of contagion, as well for men as for wo men, and the more so for young persons. Parents and friends ought to oppose, as much as in their power, the sleeping together of old and young persons, and the sick of the healthy. The Fall Elections. The next election outside of the unreconstructed States will be that of Vermont, which will occur on the 3d of September; and the day after, California, at the other extremity of the Union, will follow. A few days afterward, on tbe 9th of September, Maine will be heard from. .Nearly a month will then elapse, at the end of which time the great States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio will engage in the political struggle their day being the 8th of October. Next will come the elections that occur on the first Tuesday of November the 5th. They are New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachu setts, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nevada. Colorado will vote on the 12th of November, which will close the list of Fall elections. A certain Irishman received for his labor a ono dollar bill on one of tbe Georgia banks, on which he was obliged to lose tea cents discount. The next day he wae passing down St. Charles street and saw a one dollar bill lying on the side walk, on the same bank, and gazing on it ex claimed? Bad luck to the likes of ye there may ye lie; divil a finger will I put on ye, for I lost ten cints by a brother of yours yesterday." MRS. L. A. NORRYCE, Would kindly solicit the patronage of tbe ci.izens of Charlotte, and inform them that she is now pre pared to do all kinds of NEEDLE WORK, Plain, Ornamental and Fancy. Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made. A Kew System of Culling and Fining. Three afternoons in each week devoted to teach ing little girls Ornamental, Fancy Embroidery, Braiding and all kinds of Needle Work. Mrs. N. ia compelled to make her support by her Xeedle and close industry. Feeling truly gi ateful for the great kindness shown by the community of Charlotte for the past year she has been with them, she would beg a continuance of the same. Will be found in the new house next to Mr Allen Cruse's residence. July 22, 18C7. DEXTISTRY. DR. WM. E. CARR, late 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 dav. All work warranted to give entire eatisfac faction. Teeth filled and extracted without pain. June 10, 1S67. 6m Turnip Seed! Turnip Seed!! Fresh Seed just received and for sale at SCARR'S DRUG STORE. July 15, 16C7. - WISDOM IN LOVE-MAKING. ; f.'I know that men; naturally shrink from the attempt to obtain companions who are their su periors; but they will find that really intelligent women, who possess the most desirable qualities, are uniformly modest, and bold their charms in modest estimation. What such women most admire in . men is, gallantry; cot the gallantry of courts and fops, but boldness, courage, devo tion, decision ' and refined civility. A man a bearing wins tea superior women where his boots and brains win ono. If a man stands be fore awoman with respect for himself and fear lessness of her. his suit U half won. The rest may safely be left to the parties most interested Therefore, never be afraid of a woman. Women are the most harmless and agreeable creatures in tbe world, to a man who shows that he has got a man's soul in him. If you have not got the spirit in you to come up to a test like this. you htve not got that in you which most pleases a high-souled woman, and you mill be obliged to content yourself with the simple girl who, in a quiet way, is endeavoring to attract and fasten you. "Bit don't be in a hurry about the matter. Don't get into a feverish longing for marriage. It isn't creditable to you. Especially don't im agine that any disappointment in love which takes place before you are twenty-one years old will be of any material damage to you. The truth is, that before a man is twenty-five years old he does not know what he wants himself. So doa't be in a hurry. The more of a man you iecomc, and the more manlioess you be come capable of exhibiting in your association with women, the better wife you will be able to obtain; and one year's possession of the heart and hand of a really noble specimen of her sex is worth nine hundred and ninety-nine years' possession of a sweet creature with two ideas in her head, and nothing new to say about either of them. 'Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.' So don't be in a hurry, I say again. You don't want a wife now, and you have not the slightest idea of the kind of wife you will want by-and-by. Go into female so ciety if you can find that which will improve you, tut not otherwise. You can spend your time better. Seek the society of good men That is. often more accessible to you than the other, and it is through that mostly that you will find your way to good female society." The Strongest Man jn the World. A native of Australia, Mr J. E. Evans, re cently gave an exhibition of remarkable strength at the Sea Hotel, in Chesterfield, England, to establish his claims as tbe strongest man in the world. He held a fifty-six pound weight in various positions, and increased the number until he raised four fifty-six pound weights above his head, holding them at arm's length, and at tbe same time standing upon four tumbler glasses. He also beld the weights on the top of the glass, and allowed a glass of water to be placed upon the top of the weights. He laid flat upon the floor and let a fifty-six pound weight fall a dis tance of about a yard on his bare chest, and the weight rebounded as though it had come in con tact with a piece of India rubber. A piece of stone, four inches thick, was next placed upon his chest, and Mr flinch, blacksmith, smashed it with two blows into fragments. 31 r Hineh and Mr Turner then cut a piece of two-inch iron in two across bis chest with tbe hammer and chisel. The feats concluded by Professor Hercules lying flat upon tLe floor, and allowing Mr Hinch to strike him with all his strength, with a sixteen pound sledge hammer. The blow was met by the Professor, and the hammer re bounded without leaving a soratch upon his body. ' The above is a specimen of big lying ' m Murder Avenoed. A New Orleans letter in the Chicago llepublio shows how a murdered man has been avenged : It may be remembered that a few weeks ago a very brutal and outrageous murder was com mitted in the town of Nacbitoches, La., by three piominent citizens of that place. The murder ers were brothers, by the name of Jones. One was a judge, another was m physician and tbe third was a planter. , Their victim was Mr Staufier, and the murder was committed partly for political . reasons and partly to gratify per sonal hate. The planter Jones fled tc Texas, where be now is, but tbe other two brothers were, with difficulty arrested, and the jail at Nacbitocbes being insecure, were brought to this city and imprisoned in the military jail. Last week Dr. Jones died in prison, and on Sat urday night Judge Jones, who had been at tacked with cholera while in the jail, was re moved to the house of a relative in this city, but died before morning. The military authori ties in Texas have been directed to keep a bright lookout for the third assassin, and if he is caught, the murdered man will be tolerably well avenged. Wife. vs. Lady It is certainly not in good taste for a gentleman to speak of his wife as his lady, or to register their names upon the books of a hotel, as "John Smith and lady," or to ask a friend, "How is your lady?" This is all fash ionable vulgarity, and invariably betrays a lack of cultivation. The term wife is far more beau tiful, appropriate and refined, whatever may be said to the contrary. Suppose a lady were to say, instead of "my husband," "my gentleman" or suppose we" were to speak of "Mrs Fitz Mau rice and her "gentleman." The thiog would be positively ludicrous, and its obverse ii none tbe less so, if rightly considered. A man's wife is his wife, and not bis lady, and we marvel that this latter term is not utterly tabooed, io euch a connection, at least by educated and intelli- j gent people. . i Jones complained of a bad smell about the postoffice, and asked Brown what it could be. Brown didn't know, but suggested that it mighj be caused by tbe "dead letters." The old foggy who poked his head out from "behind the times," got it rapped by a passing event. WHY A ROTATION OP CHOPS IS NECESSARY. A writer in the Country Gentleman gives a very clear explanation of the reason why land re quires a regular change of crops a matter which is so much talked about, but little understood. Speaking of the steadily diminishing yield of po tatoes in this country, he says : The reason is not difficult of discovery. It ex ists in a law of nature, embracing animal as well as vegetable organisms. These all have decre tory as well secretory functions. All throw off effete matter, and this effete is hateful to the sec retory vessels on which vegetables depend for their developement. If many crops in succession, of the same vegetable, are grown, the effete mat ter increases in proportion to the nutritive, and finally overcomes all efforts at successful cultiva tion. The food decreases and the poison increases, with every crop. If manure, general or special, is added to the soil, it increases the food, but does not necessarily dimmish the poisonous effete mat ter. One hundred years ago potatoes were but little cultivated, and most grounds were lent fresh for their production. Then and long afterwards, 400 bushels was not an extraordinary yiId. Now the increased taste for its use, and ability to purchase, have made it necessary that great breadths of land should bo used for its growth. In consequence, not only has much of tbe land tired of growing it, but the plant itself has be come weakened to a degree that invites destruc tive enemies to feed on its substance to take advantage of its weakened organization. Hence, the rot, so called, and other ailments. Mother earth is a good mother, but like her sex generally, she has a taste for variety in outer adornments She will change her dress, even the most durable of her fabrics her forests. These are ever vary ing in composition, and finally thrown off alto gether for grasses. Thtse, again have their round of varieties and in a long course of years give place to other plants. Mother earth will have her way, and those of us, her children who best understand her requirements, will partake most largely of her bounties. DRYING FRUIT. Drying fruits has several advantages over can ning or bottling. It is cheaper; it may be adop ted on an extensive scale; the fruit may be kept with less care and being several times lighter than when fresh, may be sent long distances, or to foreign countries, at a moderate cost. When fruit-growers shall learn that dried fruit fiom the highest flavored sorts, is as much better than that from the poor unsaleable varieties so often used for this purpose, as the best fresh fruit of the one sort exceeds the other, purchasers will also be willing to py a much higher price for the Ie9t article. When, superadded to this, the fruit is dried rapidly so as to retain a clear, light color, and a perfect flavor, instead of the dark, half fer mented fruit resulting from slow drying iu bad weather, there will be no difficulty in finding a ready sale for all that may be offered in market When abundant seasons occur, the surplus diould be saved by drying, and may be kept another year. In some parts of the Westerrn btates, bouses are erected for drying fruit, and are warmed by fire heat, by means of a furnace with a flue ex tending around the building, similar to that for merly used for green-houses. This flue is covered with &beet iron. An ample ventilator is placed at the top for the free escape of the large volumes of watery vapor which rises from the drying fruit. Travs or hurdles, about two feet wide, six feet long, and three inenes deep, wun smau sinps or laths forming the bottom, are placed in three tiers, one above the other, with a foot or more of space between them. Long strips scantling, laid horizontally, extending the whole length of tbe house, and six or eight feet outside, form a sort of railwav track on which a frame with rollers runs in and out through a wide door, for running in the fresh fruit and bringing out the dried. A house ten by fourteen feet and eight feet high, has been found sufficient for about two barrels of fruit at a time, and about twenty hours com plete the drying process. Marriage" of First Cousins Tbe Com missioners of the Kentucky Institution for the education and training of feeble-minded chil dren have just made a report to the Legislature in which they call attention to a practice which is quite common in Kentucky tbe marriage of blood relations. They add their testimony to tbe abundant evidence already collected by phy sicians and philanthropists, that a large per centage of deaf mutes and of tbe blind, a limited percentage of lunatics, and do doubt much larger one than either of feeble minded or idiotio children, are the offsprings of the marriage of first cousins. Tbe charitable institutions of the State are all the time filled with children whose parents are so related some as many as four from one family and in the case of idiots, of a still larger number in a family. It is a fearful penalty to which persons eo related render them selves liable by forming the matrimonial rela tion, and which they, in nearly every instance incur. Tbe commissioners urge that as the State is compelled to support the issues of these unwise anions, they should be prohibited by law. How to Receive Evil Reports. The author of the rules mentioned below, must have possessed that charity "which coverelh a multitude of sins. We do not know who he was, but if he was al ways able to catry them into practice, he would be a great curiosity (as well as a worthy model) in these days of strife and slander. "The longer I live" says he, "the more I feel the importance of adhering to the rules which I have laid dow n for my&elf in relation to such maU terft : 1. To hear as lif.leas possible to the prejudice of others. 2. To believe nothing of tbe kind till I am ab solutely forced to it.x 3. Never to drink in the epirit of one who cir culates an evil report. 4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, the un kindness which is expressed towards others. 5. Always to believe, that if the other side were heard, a rery different account would be given to the matter. compost. : - A correspondent of the Germ an town Telegraph gives the following sensible advice : u A majority of farmers do not attach impor tance enough to the subject of saving and making manure and compost. To them manure and la bor are what capital and credit are to the mer chant They think they can aot afford to ay five and six dollars per cord for manure, and it does seem a high price; but one thing they can do, they can take better care of what they have, an! prevent the waste of what is the most valuable part. Many hog pens are built on sloping ground, the manure sinking away to some drain and lost. Now with proper care the manure of every hog raised and fattened is worth twenty dollars to pot in corn bills. It is better not to let hogs wallow in the manure, as most of farmers do, with. the view that the hogs will work fine the course trash generally thrown into pens. Make a tight hoars! floor to the pen to prevent the leakage of the urine and manure, then throw in the absorbents, such as weeds, straw, shavings, sawdust, leaves chip dirt, briers and in fact almost fine hickory brush, clean the sty out once a week, and throw the manure into a square pile, exposed to all the rain that falls, and in a dry time keep the raanara moist by the addition of water, or cover with damp earth to prevent the "blue blaces." By this arrangement, with ten hogs and plenty of material, a farmer will make near two hundred dollars worth of manure ready for the land in good condition, and have better hogs than if he allowed them to wallow at pleasure in the mass. Proverbs on Woman. When cats wash their faces, bad weather it at hand; when w men use washes to their complexion, it is a true sign that the beauty of the day is gone. Many powder their faces that their skins may seem white; it is as a poulterer flours an old hen, that it may pass for a tender chicken. The stepping stone to fortune is not to be found in a jeweler's shop. How. many women have been ruined by dia monds, as bird catchers entiee the lark from heaven to earth with sparkling glass. Like the colored bottles in a chemist's window is rouge oo the cheeks of a maiden; it attracts the passers by, but all know the drug they ad vertise. Choose not your wives as you do grapes, from the bloom on them. He who marries a pretty face only, is like a buyer of cheap furniture the varnish that caught the eye will not endure the fire side blaze. The girdle of beauty is not a stay lace. This is the only excuse for tight lacing; a good house- -t il. wne Bnouia nave no waste. When a maiden takes to spaniels and parrots. it means that her beauty has gone to the dogs, and henceforth her life is a bird en to her. The mouth of a. wise woman is like a money box which is seldom opened, so that much treasure comes forth from it. Store up this truth, O woman 1 Re charitable unto thy fallen sister. Imitate not the stags, that chase from their herd their wounded com panion. Tbe wise wife opposes wrath with kindness. A sand bag will stop a cannon ball by ita yielding. A good woman is like a Cremona fiddleage only makes its tone tbe sweeter. A Cheerful View of Things. "How dismal you look!" said a bucket to his compan ion, as they were going to tbe well. "Abl replied the other, "I was reflecting on the uselessness of our bing filled; for let as go away ever so full, we always come back empty. "Dear me! how strange to look at It in that way!" said the backet. "Now I enjoy the thought that however empty we come, we al ways go away lull. Only look at it in that hirhL and you'll be as cheerful as I am." ' ' A French Journal tells a little storv aboat a lady, or rather she is made to tell it herself: "vvnen I washrst married I was on my knees before my husband from morning till night. It was a perpetual adoration, an incessant delirium, and inexpressible bliss. I showered caresses upon him; I could have eaten him." "And now r asked a friend. "I'm sorry I didn't." ' The Sunday Atlas, in a fit of revolutionary entbusiam, says : " Hurrah for the girls of 76." "Tbanderl" cries a New Jersey Da Der that's too darned old. No, no hurrah for tbe girls of 16.". m 9 A lawyer, neither young nor handsome, when examining a young lady witness in court, desir ing to perplex her said "Miss, upon my word, you are very pretty." The young lady replied I would return the compliment, sir, were I not under oath." Julius, why am de 'habitants ob de recently purchased Rooshin Possessions like de natives ob Africa?" "Kase dey lib on de fat ob de land." "No, no, bekase dey trabel about in dcre bar-tkint." A wedding ic Arkansas between a divorced woman of thirty-nine and a youth of nineteen) took place at the bouse of tbe bride's former husband, who is said to have been io the high- est spirits. Revenge is sweet. I pressed her gentle form to me and whispered in her ear, if when I was far away for me she'd shed a tear ? I paused for some cheering words my tbrobing heart to cool, and with her rosy lips she said, "Ob, Bill, you're sich a fool !" A newly married editor was told that ha would find a difference between the matrimonial and editorial experience. la one place the Devil cries for copy, and in the other the "copy" cries like the Devil. - . . X3T Four men were swept over the Falls of j Niagara on luesday evening last and perished. I Names unknown.