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A a . . t ... i t 1 ?.. ,.... . : .. Mi. OFFIO V ; "f 53 Pcr.IAhnum::;f.;; -... arnv nTP iTir cjtt?T7T?t S " V -CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS JT IS TO INDIVIDUALS,"5 AKD 1 THE GLORY, OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY 07 THE OTHER- IN ADVANCE WM. J. YATES, Editor and Propreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1867: SIXTEENTH V0LUME--K DUDE R 785;. the (QPubliishcd ercry Tuesday,) WILLIAM J. Y ATE S , Oiril55 $3 PER ANNUM, in advance. $2 for six moatha. . . , . - J Transient advertisements must be paid for la idvance. Obituary notices are cbargedadvertis- ing rafes. "Advertisements not marked on the manuscript far a specifio tim4viill h& lAsertet)' autil forbid, and charged accordingly. ,. . ' ,' $1.. per square yf 10 lines or le? will.be charged for each insertion, unless the advertisement is in serted 2 monthp or more. , ' , MRS. L. A. NORHYCE, Would kinjlly solicit the patronage of the ciazens of Charfotie, and inform them that she is now pre parediv UoaJkids of ., - '-.- u 5 "if je fe 1 L e w o ii kV - Plain, Ornamental nd Fancy. Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made. A New System of CnUing and Fitting. Three afternoons in each' week devoted to teach ing little 'girls Ornamental, Fancy Embroidery, JJniidinrr itn.l nil kiinl-i nf Vcoilt le Work. Mrs fit is eompetieu to make'nef 'Support by ber Needle ad ,cloe industry.; ,', f. . Feeling truly gi ateful for the great kindness shown by the community of Charlotte for the past year she has been with theiu,-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. , A Is A 11 ii E S T O C K OP SPHIZtSTG- GrOO US Fine white and colored Marseilles Quilis, just received at IlAItlllNGER, WOLFE fe UO'S. Ladies' French Ditnitry Skirt?. Tndia Twilled Long Cloth, Linen Ires Goods, Extru Fine Lace Collars and Cuffs,- Valencine Lace, Cleny' Lace, Black Silk Guper Lace. Call and evamine our New Goods. UARRINUER, WOLFE & CO. Irish Linen of an extra quality; Bleached Shirting, extra quality. Call soon. Black Challey for Mourning Dresses, English Crape and English .Crap't Toils, at . . - RAKIUXGER, WOLFE & C0'a.T- April 15,H?Tt57r ' JUST RECEIVED AT C. M. QUEfc.YJS. NE W, STO RE, A large'afKT wtll selected Stock of SPRING AXD SI7iH7IER, GOODS. DRV GOODS, at extremely low price3. WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be sold low for cash. TRIMMINGS Our stock of Trimmings, is ..com plete, and was 99 fee ted ritlf enre. " ' .. w ? A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and FANCY' GOODS. HOOP SKIRTS Brndley's-Paris Trail gkirts the most popular Skirt now worn all sizes Ladies, children and Misses. KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, of the best article Ladic-3 and Children's Mitts, all sizes, and of the best qualitv. -FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of all kind. SHOES Ladies'. Children's and Misses' boots, shoes and gaiters, of the best Philaduphia make. Also, Men's and Bjy's hocs and hats. 3VEIXDL.X:Kr:EJ3FL, MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that she li;is 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 .ind shortest notice. Dresses Cut, Fit ted. Trimmed and made, on reason able terms and at. short notice. Our terms are strictly Cash. Our motto is, small profit, and jut dealing to all. April I, I8;7. B.ES W.U T I'VE) 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. n. E. Mc DONALD, April lt 1807; - , tf 'J Conc-rfrd; N C. -T- w- i- i- X 4 m W O'O JL C A n d m LONG SHOALS PAPER MILLS, 4 Mtlts from Lincolnlon, Lincoln Coun'.y, N. C. The subscribers respec tfnlly inform their custo mers and the public generally that they have just completed the fitting up of their machinery with the latest and most improved Cards, and are now pre pared to execute all orders with promptness and dispatch. -t' Wp arc a'so prepared to card Cotton and Wool jnlxed. Price for carding Wool 10 cents per pound ; price for carding Cotton and Wool mixed, 13 cents per jiound. ' - ' ' ' Customers must furnish their owngrease; one pound of grease is required for every 10 pounds of Wool. --.--, X Terms cash Country "Pro Juce or Cotton Rags taken at market price. ' ' GRADY, BANNIJTER Sc CO., Proprietors. I respectftilh- iufnu xnyold customers, and friends that I have t.ikifn charge toV the above Tnacaincry iind will wan ant all ivy work or make no charge". July 15, 1807. if ROBT. COBB. lutr. I t. Carolina, l iuon - County. Court J J'leas y (Quarter Sessions July TYrwi, 1867. W.N. Parker, adm'r of John Walters, dee'd, vs. Uriah Walters and others.. . Petition to subject real estate as assets. It appearing to the Satisfaction of the Court that 4he defendants, WiJii;vnvyUefs and Jhn W. Wal ers, reside beyoti-f h- fnti-tf ShfsStftte, it is or dered by the Court that publication be made for six xveeks iu the Western Democrat, a paper published jn the city of Charlotte, notifying said absent de fendants to be and appear at our ucxt Court of plexs ind quarter Sessions to be held for Union couuly At the Court House in Monroe, on the 1st Monday in OctobereitfUct ftadTiiiere to Dirlhe41le- gatiQns of the. aforesaid petition, or judgment pro ' iiii'l l'v . -1 1 1 I 1 J J 1. luim-Hiu ui uc iumu tut iauu uiMitii fold. " ' Witness, J. E. Irby, Clerk of our said Court at office, the 1st Monday i Jnly, A. D.; 1867,v ! ., -V J.-E.-IRBY, Clerk. I 8--6w adv. .?10 ) - - ;..''4..;il .5 t 1- PICTURES AT SO CENTS And "upwards, at the PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY Over' Jas.' Harty k Go's Store, next to the Court House. - Call and get a snperb likeness of yourself and family, at low rttes according to style and finieh. ' Copies taken of old Pictures in a superior manner. Satisfaction guarantied at the Galtery of II. BAUMGARTEN, " ,, ; May 6, 1867. Next to Court House -I ( J i- , ). . r . j i ' t- t - - - - v TI.TIE, PLASTER, O cmcrit dxxc3. ETctlr. A large supply always on hand, and for eale on most favorable terms, by- . WORTH & DANIEL, , , Wilmington, N. C. Monthly receipts of fresh Lime from Maine. - July 15, 1887 era 30,000 WORTH OF GOLD and SILVER WANTED. JTo33l33l T -1 Sutler Hai just returned from the North with a spleudid Stock of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Table Knives end Cutlery, Mearshaum and Brier Iloot Pipes, Guns and Pistols, &c , &c , which is warranted superior to anything ever before intro duced into this market, and which will be sold at twenty-five per cent less than the same class of goods enn be purchased at any other establishment in the State. "tZkf Particular attention will be paid to the re pairing of Vatcbe3, Clocks, Jewelry, &c. Those indebted to me will please close up their accounts, or I will be forced .to put them in the hands of an officer for collection. CALL AND SEE. THE CUCKOO. Aug.;ia,,18G7.- v JOHN T. BUTLER. COSCORO MILLS. ' Having opened a House in Charlotte, near the Post Ollice, for the sale of our own manufactured goods, we invite the attention of merchants and others to our YARNS, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, OSNABERGS, CARPET CHAIN, STOCKING YARNS, &.C., &c. XJgJ Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. We sell low for Cash. j. Mcdonald & sons, ' August 12, 1867. Concord, N. C. Hie Southern Fertilizing Company, RICHMOND, VA Are now receiving and preparing their Fall stock of FERTILIZERS, and offer for eale in unlimited quantities Crushed Peruvian Guano, selected from the purest cargoes imported, war ranted pure anil of the highest standard; Pliosplio Peruvian &Old Iouui tiion, prepared under the supervision of Professor William (Jiluam for the Wheat crop, combining a lar.re per centage of the Phosphates, with an adequate amount of Ammonia ; FRESH GROUND PLASTER. Orders solicited. JOHN ENDERS, President. Office No. 104 Fourteenth street, Richmond. fiJOHN A. YOUNG, Agent, Charlotte, N. C. Rock Island Manufacturing Co., Cuaklottk, N. C, Aug, 15, 1PG7 1 have been using the most approved Fertilizers upon my Farm for many years. Upon my Wheat, ('urn and Cotton crop this year, 1 used the "Old Dominion Fertilizer," and cheerfully tes'ify to its merits, by asserting that I have never used any tint gave as much satisfaction. JOHN A. YOUNG. Aug. 19, I8G7. 2m Slate oIW. Carolina, UJccklonbiirs co. Cfyurt of I'leaa .j- Quarter Sessions July Term, 1867. J. II. Khkpatrick vs. S C Boyce. , Attachment Arthnr Grier and S. A. Boyce sum moned as Carnitines. It appearing 'to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant in this case is a non-resident of this State, it is therefore ordered by the court that pub lication be .made, for six weeks, in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in the city of Charlotte, notifying said derendant to be and appear at the next Coiiit of Pleas and Quarter Sessious to be held for the county of Mecklenburg, at the court house in' Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in October next, then and there to; answer, plead or replevy, or judgment final will.be entered against him, and the effects hi the hands of Garnishees condemned,, to plaintiff" s use. , Witness, Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said Court at office in Charlotte, the 2d Monday of JuljT, A. D.," 18G7. . ... ' 82-6w W.M. MAXWELL, Clerk. State of N. Carolina. Mecklenburg c Court of rieas Quai ter JSeisions July Term, 18G7. Charles Junker ' vs. The Blakesly Mining-Company. Attachment levied on three Mules. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendants in this case reside beyond Jhe limits of this Sta'e, il is ordered by the court that pnbli cation be made, for six weeks, in. the Western Dem ocrat, notifying the said defendants to be and appear at the nest Coutt of Pleas and Quarter, Sessious to be held for :he county of Mecklenburg, at the court house in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in October nexti then and there to answer, plead or replevy, or 1 I judgment final. will be taken against, them, and the ! property levied upon condemned to satisfy plaintiffs ; debt. . . . I Witness, Wm. Maxwell. Clerk of our said Court at office, the 2d Monday in Julr, A. D . 1867. " . 82-6 w .'i : - ! - WM. MAXWELL, Clerk. StlUc 6t V Ctirolina. ?IocLI'iibiirsr co. Court of I'leas Quarter Sessions July Term, 1867. J. B. Alexander; Executor of R. D Alexander, dee'd, vs. the Heirs at Law of R. D Alexander, dee'd. Petition for settlement of, R. D. Alexander's Estate. It nppearing'toi the' satisfaction of the court, that W. B. Fewell and wife Agnes, defendants in this case, reside beyond the limits of this State, it Lj therefore ordered by the court that publication be made for six weeks in the Western Democrat, noti fying said defendants to be and appear at the next term ofthb court, to be held' for tbe county of i Mecklenburg, at the Conrt House in Charlotte, on ! the 2d Monday in .October next, then and there to i idead, answer or demur to the net it-ion. or ind r .... ... . . . ' ( j ro cuDiesso, win ce iaiien anu me same heard ex- partem as to them. Witness,' Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said court at office in Charlotte the 2d Monday in July A D J867.. - -4 2-6w . WM.. MAXWELL. Cleik. , S? There is an essential difference between a ro mantic and a susceptible woman. A suscepti ble woman is one who possesses what are called the finer feelings of our - Dature in the highest state"' of irritation. She generally has brains, which the romantic woman has not.. She cul tivates her special tasto with the utmost assidu ity. She never allows it to rust for want of em ployment, or to sicken from want of care. She preserves the - vitality of her emotions by con stantly exercising them. Nor is 'the suscepti ble lady ipaTticular in her choice of objects. Althooch: she will, as a cirl, fix on man in preference io a cat- or a parrott, still, sootier than want a subject, she will love one of her own sex. 'With' her, love means a simple fetich worship of the present idol. ' ' Although she changes them constantly, for the time they have no cause to complain of her -devotion.' : " 1 Susceptible girls are generous. They are generous even beyond the : generosity which arises from their ' abnormal softness J Giving with them is a pure satisfaction. They are con stantly imagining the effects of their bounty upon the recipient,' and in the enjoyment re ceived they feel they are more than justified in the outlay. Love i3 a difficult and almost in accessible sentiment to them.' They will have favorites rather than lovers. The growth of passion is constantly checked and crossed by other caprices of susceptibility. ' Besides, the susceptible girl has generally J rather' a refined nature. She lives in fancies, and ' prefers to dream and go into reveries over fifty splendid creatures with violent eyes, drooping mustaches, and heavy dragoon proportions,'' to believing; in the homage of an ordinary or an ugly person age, who can scarcely be idealized ' sufficiently in the crucible of her imagination." She suffers of course from emotion waste. ' Her ' affairs of tbe heart are duplicated. She is as miserable at the coldness of her darling Blanche or Emily as she would be. at the sudden coolness of a man who had. been sanguine enough -to think he could- enter the lists against every attractive tnalo and female who' might come in the path of the susceptible lady. i Susceptible women, if they can be caught and broken io by kindness, make the best wives and mothers; but unless cured before marriage they are never healthy afterward. : A married susceptible woman, who brings to her husband's house tbe friends of her youth without consult ing his views, is in a bad way for him and for herself. London Review. ' Scene is a Church. At L , on Sunday evening, fatigued by his long journey, a wagoner and his son John drove the team into a good range and determined to pass the Sabbath en joying a season of worship with the good folks of the -village, v When the litne for worship arrived, John was set to watch .-the team, while the wag oner went in with the crowd ; The preacher had hardly announced his subject before the old man fell asleep. lie sat against the partition in the centre of the body-slip; while just against him, separated only by the very low partition, sat a fleshy lady, who seemed all absorbed in the ser mon. She struggled hard with feelings, until unable' to control theni.any longer, she burst out with a loud scream, rousing the old man half awake, who thrust his arm around her waist, And cried very soothingly : - "Wo, Nance ! wo, Nance ! Here, John, cut the belly-band and loose the .breechiug, quick, or she'll tear everything to pieces ?" It was all the work of a moment, but the sis ter forgot to shout, the pteacher lost the thread of his discourse, aud the meeting came prema turely to an end, while deeply mortified the old man skulked away, determined not to go to meet ing again until he could manage to keep hi senses by remaining awake. 1 Good , Aovice. Sell your surplus , lands to actual selileis at reasonable prices; The more persons you can persuade to become land owners and settlers among .us, whether respectable whites orblacks, the better for the safety, the peace and prosperity of the country. - . Reduce the size of your farms, bring thetu witbin your' own means to cultivate them, that the country- may be oc cupied, the land more skillfully-tilled and the general prosperity, promoted.'.- -':.... Smith's Boot and Shoe Store, CHARLOTTE; N. C 1 NEXT DOOR TO DEWEY S BANK. II. R. SMITU A CO, fill furnish Mer chants their Fall and Winter Stock of BOOTS and SHOE? . ;. v . . : . . ' . ' At New York Wholesale Prices. One of the firm has visited the Factories North, and had a large stock-of Goods made to order, with a view of supplying Merchants in Western North Carolina and Upper Districts in South Cirolina. Having devoted; our entire attention for many years to the. . . , . ..." , f SHOE TRADE, We claim advantages in it, and will deal a liberally as .possible with all. -.. -; - Call soon, or send in ypur orders eatly. Every article warran'.ed as represented. , We have also a large Stock of " ' ," SIioc Findings, Lratlicr and Rubber ;'-'-'4 5 ' II DLTI XG. Sept9l867. : ' . " 11 It. SMITH k CO. 'TOOTH PASTE. ' Saponaceous, PREPARED BY DR. WME. CAKR. ' ' Any person wishing To purchase an article that will remove tartar from thetefeth, also purify the breath, trill find it will do both, and gite health to the gums. v. - - , i 1 ?"i - p. S Any person that will give it a thorough trial and feels that il faili their money will be re funded . ' ' , . . September 2, 1867. ' ROBERT P. WARINO, ' Attorney and Counsellor , at Law, CHARLOTTE, Ni ; ' v i Ofi5ce, 3 docrj West of the National Bank,- and opposite Carson s new buUdtng. t; , September 2, IWjJj--. 1.; I u.; : -i 1 , SUSCEPTIBLE GIRLS. ..Written for the Wilmington Journal. THE IRON SHOE. ' BT MRS. SUSAN n. WADDELL. Near the Western boundary of North' Caro lina, where her mountains ' mingle with; the clouds, and where they look down upon 'the waiving summits of the tallest of her forest trees, 1 there lived an honest and- independent farmer. Happy io bit marriage, he had for many years dwelt peacefully and' industriously in one of 1 those shadowy valleys' so often found at the base They had one son', neironly child j but his erratic disposition and love1 of : adventures in duced him, as soon : as he was of age, to leave home and wander faraway with trappers, Indian hunters and , gold-diggers. His ' early youth, when, not usefully employed by his parents, was spent in combats, with bears and, other ferocious animals, and well was he known to the valley as an agile and successful sportsman. Oo the day he was twenty-one years of age he presented himself before his parents, equipped for his first journey beyond the blue heights of his native land. And well might he, have been, regarded as a descendant of - Alexander Selkirk's, for his apparel consisted of the skins of deer killed and dressed by himself, and his cap a subject of pride with him was composed of the scalps of fawns, arranged in such a manner as to crown his head Midas like with ears. Add to this -a rifle flask and shot-bag, a drinking horn aud a long sheathed knife, buckled to his girdle, and you are introduced to Mr Sap Green who looks at you with a pair of narrow, gray eyes, surrounded with wrinkles: - II e smiles and a spotless set of white teeth are visible,' while his nose bedomes more pointed and acquiline. "Where is Mary?" His mother replies : ''She has gone over the way to see her cousio." "Tell her good-bve farewell," and Mr Sap .Green disappeared. , ' He had not traveled more than a mile when his horse became suddenly frightened and ran away at full speed, springing and leaping until the vehicle was shattered and our . adventurer thrown prostrate upon the ground. Slowly, and somewhat bewildered, he was rising with the cap uppermost not on his bead, but in it if the thinking ;faculty is located ' in that organ, when his attention was arrested by a rapidly advancing noise. He looked in the direction and saw it was his ' horse making directly for him his ears were flat to his head, eyes wild and glaring, and mouth wide open. It occupied but a second for Mr Sap Green to arrive at the base of a large tree, around which he revolved as tbe horse made frantic efforts to kill him. Finding himself foiled, he wheeled with a loud scream, and bounded up the highway. ooon all was silence except the sweet modu lat ions of the wood-thrush, whose liquid cadence filled the valley with melody. Sap Green drew a long breath, shook bis Lead and left his fortification to reconnoitre. What was his dismay upon beholding the animal some, distance up tee nisnwav with his head elevated and looking all around him. He saw him in an instant, wheeled and pur sued him at, full speed.. . Left now entirely to instinct, never fled winged Mercury as fled Mr Sap Green, until reaching his father's house, he rushed in and slammed the door behind him. As be drew, and secured the bolt, the iron shod hoofs of the borse were deeply indented in the door, and an unearthly scream, as from Pan demonium, echoed through ' the cottage. The horse. was mad. . In some localities country stores are places of much resort, answering the purposes of inns and postoffices for the neighborhood. They are also frequented by electional intriguers and various traders; add to these the attractive sale of gay fabrics and useful articles generally, and we have before us Tonton. This store, with a piazza in front and one in the rear of the house,. was: situated in the midst of a large oak grove, on tbe Tennessee border of the 31 ississippi river. Many persons were loitering in the shade, others sat upon benches beneath the trees, some read newspapers or pasted advertisements, or examined a painted , box nailed to a white oak marked in hieroglyphic looking letters Mail. Fishing rods and tackle, were hung, upon hooks in the piazzas, and a little boat rocked upon the ripples of the river. These were de signed by Mr Tonton especially for tbe amuse ment of bis customers, by , whom he was held in much roped and esteem. Not so with his partner, Mr Grip, a yellow-looking man, with a billious complexion, tiger eyes, pumpkin-colored hair, teeth and hands. A burly figure withal, bad Mr Giip. Again, he never failed to take advantage of any customer who unluckily fell into his hands, and upon retiring at night, be reversed tbe golden rule of an honored pbibso- pher, by revising the past day only to congratu- lafe hiuisclf upon the dishonest advantages he had taken of the customers of bis store. Thus Mr Grip daily added to his coffer not only gold and silver, but some jewels of value, and was what Chancer called : "A man of scarcity and cbiocery, with a poor heart and a rich purse." In those days the Indians occupied tbe bunt- ing grounds of their fathers,' and frequently wandered as far as the Blue Bidje between North Carolina and Tennessee. -.One of; this tribe, a Cherokee, came to Tonton on a bright October day, leading by a grape vine ticd.around its neck, a little fawn. He bad brought it to barter away for a red blanket which bad won his fancy as he passed on his way to the mountains, An admirer of the graceful and beautiful in nature would: have fallen into a poetic dream, had be witnessed this groupe. The Indian wa3 an athletic youth a perfect Ganymede, erect and bold io manner, with quick and searching eyes be might bare stood io Minerva's citadel as a type of early manhood, lbe spotted lawn by its captor's side, was a representative of help- lessness, timidity and tenderness; so soft and meek were the large, round, liquid, brown ryes,. that tbey -appeared ss if they would melt in j tears. The Iodians "follow nature" io many of j their primitive customs. - This was tbe advice j of the oracle to . Cicero.. The Cherokee called , JLh.e fawn 'Trembling Tear-drop. r After looking around the crowd, he walked to a table where there were some pamphlets and papers. Three men were sitting around it; one turned; it was Sap Green. .a 7'-' This for you," : said the Cherokee, handing him a letter. .'.w:vr:i -A f'How,can T read , it with my powder-blown eyes f tney are not half-well yet."- "Lwill read it forjott," said Mr Grip, putting tbe letter in his pocket, as if it was his own. "Ugh," ejaculated the Indian. . "Oh said rising; Without taking the slightest notice of bis in terrogatory he walked off aod was lost in the crowd. - : , - :,': ' 1 1 At one o'clock that night Mr Grip was alone in his chamber; A table was by his- side and an open letter lay upon it. As the lamp shone on his countenance it revealed the corrugatiog footprints of Satan and his imps ; they had completed their work, and had left him for a season. ; He could not sleep. " ' : The little cottage at the foot of , the Blue Ridge, was as ; quiet and peaceful as we left it ten years ago - Mary was 00 longer a little girl, she was fully grown, and returned - to her uncle and aunt, in filial duty, the tender care they had taken of her when a child. . She" was called the "Daughter of the Valley," for she bad endeared herself to its inhabitants by her gentle. kindness and acts of charity to all who needed assistance around her,, for Mary possessed true piety. ; - . -i ( One' evening in October," she crossed the meadow on her wayto a'near neighbor's, for the purpose of nursing, during the night, a sick child. She carried it a basket of flowers and some wild grapes, which she had gathered on the way. As Mary sat in pensive silence by the little bed, she could see. from a window, near her, the blue sky refulgently lit with stars, while the undulating summits' of the lofty mountains " appeared to : mingle with them. Here and there smoke curled from the chim neys of the cottages, and rose above the clumps of trees which surrounded them. The whippo will sang her monotonous song, and the mocking-bird warbled and trilled her melodies Mary prayed. She was suddenly startled by loud knocking, with cries of distress at the outer door. She harried quickly to the chamber of the farmer and his wife, and awoke them from j their deep sleep The door was opened, and j there sat her uncle's boy Zanga, with his clothes torn and red with gore. He only could articu- J late, "murder," and as he pointed to his home, he ceased to breathe. , . j A horn was blown, and the neighborhood, soon assembled at Mr Green's cottage, which they found in flames and the roof falling in-. : One ' intelligent mouutaineer advised that a watch should be set around the house until day light, when they could observe tracks and other marks of the perpetrators of this tragedy. The following morning found the neighbors in pur suit of their work, of justice and benevolence. They found tracks of a horses' shoes that were remarkably large. These they traced from the cottage some distance west in the highroad. They next removedthe smouldering ruins, and found the body of Mr Green, nearly consumed by tbe fire; but no traces wore visible of hi3 wife. A consultation was- now held, upon whieh they agreed to select two men well armed, and mounted , upon the best horses in the valley. They were to pursue those tracks and gain all the intelligence they could obtain on the subject. In the course of the evening, Mrs. Green was found in a fodder stack, where she had secreted herself. The poor woman was nearly dead from fright and grief. - Zangas death-wound was examined and found to have been occasioned by a gun loaded, with slugs in place of shot. Two of these were given to the men selected, also tho measure of the horses tracks. The removal of the slugs and the dimensions of the horses shoes were atten ded to in the presence of reliable witnesses. The indefatigable mountaineers lost no time in pursuing the labyrinthian clue which led them 00 the second day of their journey from the high road into a by-path by which they soon came to a Smith's-shop. Here they dis covered that a horse, . with remarkably large feet, had been shod at this shop the day before. The Smith. readily gave them the old shoe and described the horse and the rider. Oo the third morning they arrived at a vil lage and -went to an ion; as they passed the par vided for, they thought they saw a man answer-1 ing . tne oiscription tne omitn gave of toe mur- . mm derer. They were not left lone to conjecture. for no sooner had the Hostler opened the Stable door than out stepped the horse. 'h.wt great feet he has! remarked the at- tenaani or me 6tabie. Our travelers tarried not even to take a glass of water, but sought the Sheriff, who fortunite- ly resided in Jhe village. " The warrant was handed. him, -and he was informed of the cir-' cumstaoces. The price for which this son of arson and murder had bartered his soul, was never touched by him; it had been removed a day or two pre- viously by a friend. When they returned to the inn the landlord brought a mould and sta- ted that the prisoner, while at this house a few days previously, had moulded lead and cut it up into slugs. The two slogs were produced and fitted tbe mould exactly; tbe shoe wa3 t measured to tbe horse's foot aod was unexcep- tionably accurate. f " i "1 1 " The Criminal Court sat Mrs. Green was the principal witness. Her testimony '.was as fol- lows: . Her husband Mr Green aod herself were alone in tbe house. Mary, their adonted daughter, had eone over to a neishbors. and the servant Zanga was in his house in the yard, 'At twilight tbcre came"a'man on horseback. He called and knocked" at the door, her hus- band opened it, when the air t rushing in'occa- eioned some pieces of lightwod, which were laid on' the coals in the ehinio'evl to blaze. The man fired and THr Green fell. She wastand- in in an outer door which opened into the li t tla parlor, where her husband was, amf seeing him fall, and Zanga, who ran to the . house . upon hearing the report of the gun,' also shot; ,, she had fled into the fodder stack. r ; 5h'e described the coat he wore, and requested to'- be allowed to change "her position eo as to-see th prisoner So soon as she saw hini she exclaimed: " "He wore that coat be now wears, for .the, r is the rent upon the 8leeveh6(Tery,rent.I sawr when h4 raised the gno.'S" , 1 t. , The prisoner quickly and angrily answered;? 4 r:""It ia false. I did not have, this coat on when 1 snot nim. . .. n. .. . a ?rt Too late V. This was the'eoifp de grace cf the evil one; and now it handed him; oyer to. re morse, , and tp those spirits whor"ne?er sc?ibj but when the wretohed weep." , f; The letter .Mr Green wrote his soni whieh the Indian handed him atTobton; was takep bxtho Sheriff, from the person of. the culprit, whoa ha was arrested and was read, as follows i,. V ' ..r .... . . , . - ...... k . ' "Dear Son: -Yon must come home , as soon as yon can do so. We.wish you to invest in the, best and safest way, within your .power, the" sum of $3,000 (three thousand dollars) in spa' cie, which we haye laid up in the; oM chat $e-, hind the door." .- l.r.j The remainder of the letter was unimportant, to the testimony, Which was regarded as orerV wbelmiog by the court. ' J o'-r!, . t c-il . , All was quiet. Mr Grip sat manacled in a; felon'a cell; his companion,' the eylL spirit, was again by his side, ! and jet,-' from f hat dreary? living tomb there arose a sad, mellow voiceln prayer, it was tne t rastor s, ne was aauj; there. liut the evil: spirit-whispered . to tbe. prisoner: "tieea mm not "tieea nira not. and he obeyed him. ! l t--i' I t.nj Chaucer, in the quaint language of hia days, saJs: . a: 'l ardor win ouite," ., , , ..; And his maxim is verified io this story, which, w ' t possesses wnat Horace, in nts rt oi troeirj,- regards as essential to lMctioo,Jlhe laee,ot truth" for the incident of a murder 8 being , revealed throuoh a horse-shoe, occurred in Ire- dell county, . North' Carolina, in the Spring of , This incident literally . occurred? to s diilla guisbed la wyr of North Carolina. : :.'. A GRAND ESCAPADE : OP OATS. ; The thriving town of Richmond, (111 ,) one day; recently was the scene of a sensation andacatas-' trophe. The sensation was. caused by the advent1 of Van Am burg & Go's. Mammoth -Menagerie," The catastrophe we propose to describe: j .t ; On the day in question, an immense cfOwd' had been attracted to See the living giraffe, 'and others of the menagerie The caravan had maJe its grand procession through the streets; the tent had been erected, and a throng ofexpectant sight-' seers were gathered around the entrance await ing the opening of the door. 1 Just then an odd looking genius drove up to the lot, ' seated upon a rickety lumber wagon, carefully boarded over,3 drawn by a pair of spavined, wild galled, dilapi-' dated steedst and eagerly inquired for the maua- ' ger. . Upon that person making his appearance', 1 bo wa3 saluted with. - - ' - 1 4,nallo, Squ ire, I've brough t you a load of cats!' ; "A load of what?" asked the astonished manager ' "A load of cata to feed your lion& on."-- . . To feed our lions on 1 The duece you hare.' We don't feed lions on cat meat, they eat n 6th" inir but tbe best beef." .-, . - 4Sho, I know better than that; I've read in the Sapers that cats are the favorite food of lions; esides, I've got a contract with your agent, for t a load of 'em with a revenue stamp onto it, and ' I guess you can t .go back on that." : ' Saying j which, the cat merchant produced a greasy slip - of paper which read as follows: . .; t-'t I it. Richmond, Oct 5th, 1867. V- ''This contract witnesseth that I hare this day contracted with Simon Wiggins to furnish a load ' of cats to feed the lions on,' for which 'you w'jll'i pay him the hereinafter prices to wit; For A. 1 : 1'iiine Cats, 75 cts.; for Store Cats 50 cts. 7 ' Josas flcko,; 'k : Cat Agent Van Amburgh-oVo'sl MenagerleJ ; To the Menagerie " : ' ; ' ;;;; y uMy fnend,w said the manager, ' after reading ; tlie documetit, yoc hav'e been imposed uppo." I. . do not know auy such person as Jonas liurig and y I don't want any' cats." -" '"' " - ' ' "I "You lie; now you " know you do" retorted Wiggins,-with imperturbable good : humor, yoaf areonly trying to beat- me down and get enV' cheap. I've got a prime lot seventy-five 6f 'em,'- Just look at em !;" and hastily r descending from 9 Pf rch,h rtoin at the lail--. board o! bis wasron. to allow the- manager a chance to examine his load. By his nervousness, however, he managed so awkwirdly that the I board dropped completely out, and with a terri; . ble sputterinir Lis entire load of caVs sprang into ' the crowd. A score of worthless curs, that were 1 on the ground, made a dash for the cati; aod 1 away they went, heller skelter, among the throng, r upsetting women and children, and creating dire ? confusion on every side. Toward the towu the ttreets were filled with people proceeding-to the , menagerie, who seeing tbe commotion; and hear"'! ing the shouts at once imagined some terrible' accident; . ; , , , . ... j- The next instant a rumor spread .through the '' crowd that the llojal Bengal , tiger was-, loose, A and a scene ensued that beggars' deicriptioe. Every one for himself , and the devil take tbe hindermost,' was the motto acted on, and a gen-- eral stampede followed, in - which an atonubipg : display of agility was nlade. - People ran into -houses and bolted : the doors; ladies ' ia tilling; ; hoops' performed extraordinary exploits in the way. of climbing .'fenees, and what- -with spluttefjp 1ng cats, yelping dogs, screaming; women and ; howling children, it really seeme4'for awhile as ' if Bed lam bad broken loose and taken possession -.; of lbe streets of Richmond. In a short time, the truth of the matter became known. , and the ex- 4 'citement' quieted down. ' But Mr. . WiggWrefj. J fiwed to bo comforted) for the overthrow fihe j ' great expectations he bad Uuilt upon his cats, arid ( disconsolately drove out of town, vrouUering tr-, - rible vengfance," if he caught him,' ,upon,tbe.de.. i p raved individual who had palmed himielf ofTas . . a cat agent of Van Aroburgh & Cos menagerie.. .