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CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND , THE GLORT OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER
IN ADVANCE
W3I. J. YATES. Editor and Pbopreitor.
CHARLOTTE", N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1867.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME N U H B E R, 789.
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)PubIislicd every Tuesday ,Q)
BY
WILLIAM J . YATES,
EDITOR AND PEOPKIKTOR.
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IfllOg; $3 PER ANNTM. in advance.
$2 for six months. "
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iT Transient ad vertieements must be paid for
It ilvunce. Obituary notices are charged advertis
ing rates.
Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
f3ra -pecific time, will be inserted Until forbid, and
chirped accordingly. , , , . , ,
1 per s'j'inre of JO lines or le?s will be eharjred
for e.tc'i insertion, unless ihe ad verti.-cmtnt is in-
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ertfl 2 rnonthp or more.
MRS. L. A. NORRYCE,
Would kindly solicit the patronage of the citizens
of ("h.irlotte. and in form lliem that she is now pre
pared to do all kinds of
M K E O L. E W O R K ,
l'lrtin, Oruatne;;!;! 1 mid Fancy.
(ierit- and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made.
A Svw SysUm of Cutting and Fitting
Hiii-i- :tli.-i uunns in each week devoted tr teni h
lri git la Ornamental. Fancy Embrowk-ry,
I'.r ii'li tfr mi 1 ;tl kiri'ls of,eedle Work.
Mr.- is couip-lied to make her support by her
Nei-ill- and elope indiiStrr.
F- i liii 1 1. 1 y vri ateful for tlie preat kindness shown
liv the euii'iiniitiity of Charlotte for the past year the
ha- h. c:i viitli them, .she would hec a con tin ua nee
of ih- sumo Will be fount! in the new house next
to !; Ailfii Cru.-e'd residence.
July 11, 167.
JUST RECEIVED
C. M. QUERY'S NEW
AT
STORE,
A l ue and wll selected Stock of
si'iMMi i si;tihe:j: goods.
i;V (i'tllllS, at extremely low prices
Will !'K ;K1S, a full a?ortmeut, which will be
tol l low fr cash.
Till M MINU.S Our stock of Trimmings is om
plete. and was svlectcd with care.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTION'S and
fa.ncv ;ois.
IHIOI SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts
tlie ni st popular Hkirt now worn all sizes Ladies,
cliii lren and Missis.
KID (JLOVKS all colors and sizes, of the best
ariii le Ladies" and Children's .Mitts, all sizes, and
of the bes quality.
FANS AND I'A KASOLS A full assortment of
nil kind.
SHOES LadW, Children's nnd Mi.--cs' boot?,
shoes and ratters, 'of the best Philad.iphia make.
Also, Men's and Boy's .hoes and hats.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that
she has spared no pains in selecting her stock of
Millinery and Trimming?: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satisfied that she
can plea-e all who will favor her w ith a call.
Bonnets and Hats made and trimmed to order, on
thr mo-t rea-o:ia!!e terms and shortest notice.
Dresses Cut, Fit ted. Trimmed and made, on reason
able terms and at short notice.
Our terms are str'n tly Cash. Our motto is, small
profit, and jut dealing to all.
April I. I8;7.
e?o s? s waWrS
A Chance to Make Money,
Tin' subscriber v ill purchase B:nes at 50 cents
per hundred, dclivc red at Concord Factory, or at
ai; R i i Ifou d Depot hel weeu Charlotte and Greens
biro Cash paid Oil delivery.
Those who wiil accumulate Bones in quantities
at any point on the Uailroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. K. K. .M (DONALD,
April I, 1SG7 tf . Concord, N C.
GHNERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
2ii COMMKKCE STUKET, iKOI'l'ulIi, V i
Will attend promptly to sales of Cotton. Grain,
Luniher. Tobaccn, Naval htores. &c, and pnrcliase
of Supplies. Will forw aid Coitou to Europe FREE
.f l'or aiding CHARGE.
D G. Cowaxo, R J. IIarhiss.
Washington co., N. C. Late of Halifax, N. C
B. l'ers to Capt. W. E Stitt and Hon Z. B Vance,
of Charlotte ; and Hon. W. N'. II. Smith of Hertford
louuiy.
August 2fi, 1 867 6m
.1
u . ei t; t a: is & c . ,
(OTTO. FACTO ItS
ASl)
Proilucc Commission Merchants,
COllXEK of JUG H ASD 1P.1 TEH STREETS,
PORTSMO TJ T H, V A . ,
Will -ell in the markets of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Liverpool or Loudon, Cotton, Tobacco, Naval Stores.
Dried Fruit and all marketable Produce.
Liberal ad vancenii-nt s made on actual shipments,
and pcrsoual attention paid to purchase ot raer
ch itn'i-e.
August 13. 1807 3ra
Charlotte Marble Yard !
J hive ihis dav s M ipe Stock of the Charlotte
'.la-hie Vrd to JAMES TIDDV. who will in the
;ut ne . on bi.-t the business, and is cordially recom
mended to wiv customers of the last ten years.
KICIIAKD N. T1DDY.
Charlotte, N. C , July 1st, 1Si;7.
.3 tTlEK--TlDIT,
DEALER IN MARBLE AND
Manufacturer oS Monuments. Slabs, Headstones, Ac.,
CIIAULOITK, X. C.
C) Orders will receive prompt attention.
All persons indebted to the Chailolte Marble Yard
wiil p!'-a-e eonie foiw.ud an i make immediate pay
ment. I'srilK r iudulgeuce cannot be givea.
JuIt 2. 17. '
Having opened a House in tJJjarlotte, near the
Post Oftice, f r the sale of our own manufactured
go ids, we invite the attention rf merchants and
others to our YARNS, SHKKT1NGS. SHIBTINGS,
OSN ABEUGS, "CARPET" CllAtX," STOCKING
YARN'S. Ac , kc.
Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. We
sell low for Cash:
j Mcdonald & sons.
August 12, S61. . . " Concord. N. C.
FAMILY FLOUR.
Persons desiriug a fine article of Family Flour
delivered at their houses, can be accommodated if
they will leave their names, with the cash, at the
More of j. S - - K.'JiOYD
S.-;.-c!r.her" J. 1SS7. - .
I.
From the Statesville American.
STRANGE OCCURRENCE.
A lady by the name of Pollie Day, aged about
70 years and residing on Stony Fork, Wilkes
county, N. C, has for a loog time been afflicted
with what the Doctors call dry gangrene. The
disease first made its appearance in her right
foot, its ravages continuing until it extended
about hall way to her knee. Her sufferings
were very great until the bight of the 9th inst.,
when the bone of her leg cracked with a report
almost equal to a pistol shot, when the pain in
stantly ceased, and on examination it was found
that her leg had come off about two inches
: above the part affected! The old lady has been
perfectly eay ever since, and it is believed that
r. '
f8 ,,W1 recover. .
I VV 1 1 will a awxwr 4rtnf tkia m c n r l tftf TiACI t 1 fl Tl
- Who will deny that this was an interposition
of Providence to alleviate the sufferings of the
old lady? as she was too poor for the Doctors
to enter ?ier honsc.
The above is strictly true. T. C. L.
Elkville, Wilkes Co., N 0.
HOTEL FOR UEKT.
On Wednesday,' the Gih day of November next, I
will rent on the premises, in Charlotte, N. C , to the
highest bidder, for three years from the 1st of De
cember, the well known Charlotte Hotel, so long
kept by Maj J B Kerr.
Charlotte i a prosperous and rapidly growing
city, with but one Hotel in the business part of it.
For many years two Hotels were well sustained,
until one man became lessee of both.
The public convenience and business interests of
the city imperati vely require that this House shall
be re-opened. The rents to be paid quarterly, and
secured by bond and security.
F. S DeWOLFE,
Adm'i of J. B. Kerr, dee'd.
Sept 23, 1807. Gw
;esoyi:b? & i$iii;irs
First Premium Sening Machines,
495 Itroaduny, YOltK.
For sale by BIIEM, BROWN & CO.,
Sept. 30, 18(37 3rupd Charlotte.
SfoEics lor Sale.
Two pair French Burrs 3j feet, and one pair
Corn Stones 4 feet diameter.
Also a lot of Mill Gearing For sal- at
ROCK ISLAND WOOLEN MILLS,
Sept. 30, 18(J7 1m Charlotte, N. C.
Smith's Boot and Shoe Store,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
NEXT POOR TO DEWEY'S BANK.
IB. It. STIITII A, CO. will furnish Mer
chants their Fall and inter Stock of BOOTS and
SHOES
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.
liming devoted our entire attention for many
years to the
SHOE TRADE,
Wc claim advantages in it, and will deal as liberally
a9 possible with-all.
jgisy Call soon, or send in your. orders eatly.
Every article warranted as represented.
We have al?o a large Stock.of
SImm- Findings, leather stud Rubber
BELTIKG.
Sept. 9, 18G7. B. R. S.MITII & CO.
PICTURES AT 50 CEKTS
And upwards, nt the
PHOTOGRAPHIC OALLCItY
Over Jas. Hatty it Co's Store, next to the Court
House. , . " ' s ;
Cull and get a superb likeness of yourself and
family, at low rates according to style and Cnish.
Copies taken of old Pictures in a superior manner.
Satisfaction guarantied at tlie Gallery of
H. BAUMG ABTEN,
May 6, 1867. Next to Court House
GROCERIES
Hammond & Mclaughlin
Have just received a large assortment of Groceries,
which they offer for sale at reduced-prices. Their
Stock consists, in part, of the following articles :
Iron 'cotton Ties,
40 Sacks prime Rio Coffee,
30 Barrels Sugar all grades,
5 llog.-heads Sugar yellow,
25 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 " " '
40 Ki's, No 1 and 2, "
100 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
50 Boxes fine English Oairv Cheese,
50 " Adamantine Candles,
50 4! assorted Slick Candy,
25 " Layer Raisins,
Fine Lot of B tcon N. C. and Western,
4 " Flour. Corn and Corn Meal,
Codfish and Irish Potatoes,
Hemlock Leather. Iron and Nail? all sizes,
B ale Yarn and Shirting.
Fro. ih Cove Oysters. Sardine? and Pickles,
Sauces, Flavoring Extracts, Soda Crackers. Ac.
And t very other article usually found in a Gro
cery and Pn vision Store.
We invite the attention. of country merchants and
others to our stock, and solicit an examination
iiAMMONn & Mclaughlin.
Mav
I8o7
tf
1,000 Gallons Muveoyado 3IoInse,
In Barrels and Hogsheads. . For sale by the pack
age at a low figure.
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS k CO.
September 16, 1857.
A large supply always on hand, and for. sale on
most favorable terms, by "
WORTH k DANIEL.
' i Wilmington, N C.
Monthly receipts of fresfirLime from Maine.
July 1 3, 1 bt7 6m
Patent Iron Cotton Ties.
TONS Beard's Patent Iron Cotton Ties. This
Tie is acknowledged to be the best in jse, and
has already superceded rope in the South and
South west. A full supply will be kept and sold at
a small advance'oh cost find transportation by
ST E N H O US E, '- M A C A U L A Y & CO.
From the Abbeville News and Farmer..
PRESERVATION OP FRUIT TREES-
Mr. Stokes : I think 1 have made a new
discovery in regard to the preservation of Fruit
Trees; at all events I have never beard it spo
keo of or seen anything of the kind in print
heretofore. If, as you say, and I think, frait
growing is to become one of the leading attd
paramount interests of this section, and if my
theory is a correct one, then I think it will (if
adopted) prove to be of much value to fruit
"growers. 1 will give it to the public, any way,
and if any one should wish to try the experi
ment they can do so, feeling well assured that
if it does no good it will do no harm.
I have an orchard which has been , bearing
for a good many years; and some of the trees
for feome years past have shown evidences of
decline. Three years ago I put my flock of
sheep in this orchard, and as a sheep is much
inclined to eek ' protection from the sun and
sheep fly, during the warmer hours of the day,
they would naturally congregate around the
roots and in the shade of the fruit trees; and
from the first year I put my sheep in-this or
chard I have noticed a steady improvement in
the general appearance of the trees, as well as
in the yield of fruit; the present crop far Bur
passing that of any previous season since I have
owned the place, (five years) both in quantity
and quality and the trees, instead of the yellow,
sickly and djiog appearance which they wore a
few years ago, have many of them resumed their
wonted fresh, vigorous and healthy foliage, and
this, too, without any attention iu the way of
pruning or cultivation. My opinion is that the
presence of the sheep is "the cause of this im
provement". 1st. From the tact that the strong
urine of the sheep has driven out the worms
from the roots of the trees, and their droppings
have very materially improved the soil. 2d.
The constant
ruLbing and
wallowing of the
sheep around the stocks of the trees has caused
the "borers" to decamp This I think is a rea
sonable solution of my theory,' when you con
sider the fertilizing character of sheep manure,
and the fact also that very few insects are will
ing to staud the peculiarly offensive aroma of
the sheep.
This, Mr Editor, is my discovery, for which
I shall charge nothing, and if any one thinks
there is nothing in it, all I ask is that he will
not condemn it until he has tried it and seen it
fail! There mny be nothing in it, but I know
of nothing else to which l ean attribute the
facts that I have stated. There can no harm
result from the experiment, and my experience
is that a yood flock of sheep, as well as a good
orchard, .is a good institution; and both are'
things that every farmer ought to have, for I
think it would be difficult to find two things
that make as handsome a return for the amount
of trouble and the capital invested; and an or
chard nicely set in grass and clover would be as
well mited for the keeping of sheep as any oth
er place. Buncombe.
Sale of Mrs Lincoln's Jewf,lry. In
compliance with Mrs Abraham Lincoln's re
quest, Mr William H. Brady publishes the un
welcome fact that her income $1,700 a year
is insufficient for her proper support, and that
she has been compelled to offer for sale many
costly articles which she would otherwise gladly
keep. She desires to return to Springfield; but
to dwell there and entertain the hosts of visitors
that would descend upon her would require a
larger outlay than she can afford. Hence she
has resolved to sell, through Mr Brady, about
S45,00Q worth of choice jewels and costly wear
ing apparel. N. Y. Tribune.
The above, no doubt, is published for the pur
pose of inducing Congress to give Mrs. Lincoln
a big pension. Any woman who has forty-five
thousand dollars worth of Jewelry is Dot in much
danger of suffering.
f2f A man, passing throush a gateway in
the dark, hit his nose against the post. ''I wish
that post was in hell," said he 4lBetter to
wish it was somewhere else," said a bystander,
"you might run against it again."
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
At the Building lately occupied by the First
Xutional Bank of Charlotte.
The undersigned, for many years Cashier of dif
ferent Banks in this city, has this day retired from
the First National Bank of Charlotte, and, in con
nection with parties of ample capital, opened a
Banking House in the ciiy of Charlotte, under the
name and style of
Thomas W. Dewey & Co.
The new firm having purchased from the Bank of
North Carolina their elegant and commodious Bank
ing House, offer superior inducements, with their
vault accommodations, to customers and dealers for
the security of valuables entrusted to their charge
They will deal in Gold and Silver Coin, Bullion,
Uncurrent Bank Notes; bny and sell Stocks and
Bonds on Commission; discount business papef on
liberal terms; negotiate loans for dealers; will make
Collections iu all parts of the State accessible to
them, aud remit for same on day of payment, at a9
low rates as are current in the city; wiil receive
Deposits and pay same on demand, and allow In
terest when left on time; and, in short, will do all
that appertains to a strictly legitimate Banking and
Exchange business.
On behalf of the firm, I would respectfully solicit
the custom and patronnge of my old friends and
correspondents, assuring them and all new dealers
that our whole attention and energies will be given
to make our business prompt and satisfactory.
THOMAS W. DEWEY.
REFERENCES.
Geo. W. Mordecai, President Bank of North Caro
lina; Kemp P. Battle, Public Treasurer N. C: W. B.
Gulick, Cashier National Bank; John G. Williams
k Co , Banker, Haleigh, N. C.
Thomas Branch & Sons, Bankers, Petersburg, Va.
William Johnston, Prest. C. k S C. R R ; Brem,
Brown k Co , R. M. Oatei k Co ; Johu Wilkes. Prest.
1st National Bank; W. J. Yates, Charlotte, N: C. '
October 7, 1867. T . ,
; Xime.! Lime!! ,
A fresh supply always on hand. ;-To clnbs for
agricultural purposes we can offer extraordinary in
ducements. .
Address, . ' - WORTirfc DANIEL,
ept.'SCi, IF67 lib ' Wilmington, '. C.
STATE CONVENTION.
It is important that every voter in the State
should understand who are eligible to a seat in
l the State Convention, to make a State Consti-
tution, and what Congress demands, by the Re
j construction Acts, that a Constitution shall be,
t to be acceptable. We, therefore, append the
following section of the Reconstruction Act,
passed March 2d, 18C7 :
' ''Section 5 And be it further enacted That
f when the people of any one of said rebel States
i shall have formed a Constitution of government
i hi conformity with the Constitution of the United
i States in all respects, framed by a Convention
J ol' delegates elected by the male citizens of said
! State, twenty-one years old and upwards, of
j whatever race, color or previous condition, who
j have been resident in said State for one year
! previous to the day of such election, except
such as may be disfranchised for participation
io the rebellion, or for felony at common law;
and when such Constitution shall provide that
the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all
such persons as have the qualifications herein
stated for electors of delegates; and when such
Constitution shall be ratified by a majority of
the persons voting on the question of ratifica
tion, who are qualified as electors for delegates;
and when such Constitution 6hall have been
submitted to Congress for examination and ap
proval, and Congress shall have approved the
same; and when the said State, by a vote of its
Legislature, elected under said Constitution,
shall have adopted the amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, proposed by the
Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article
fourteen; and when said article shall have be
come a part of the Constitution of the United
States, said State shall be declared entitled to
representation in Congress, and Senators and
Representatives shall be admitted therefrom, on
their taking the oath prescribed by law ; and
then aod thereafter- the preceding section of
this act shall be inoperative in said State. Pro
vided, That no person excluded from the privi
lege of holding office by said amendment to the
Constitution of the United States shall be eli-
gible to election as a member of the Convention
to frame a Constitution for any "of said rebel
States, nor shall any such person vote for mem
bers of such Convention." . - r
It will be seen, from the above, that Con-'
gress requires, first, that the new Constitution
shall be formed in conformity with the Consti
tution of the United States in all respects that
said Constitution shall provide that the elective
franchise in this State shall be enjoyed by such
persons as have the qualifications required of
all those who are allowed to vote for delegates !
to the Convention, i. e. all males twenty-one
years of age, without regard to color, residents '
of the State for one year, and who are not dis-
franchised by the Reconstruction Acts, &c
Every reader can understand the above.
By an Order of Gen. Sickles, every person,
having the qualifications to vote for a delegate
to the. Convention, is declared eligible to be a
delegate, if elected
The following sections from the Supplemental
Act, No 1, to the Reconstruction Act, demand
careful attention :
"Sec. 4. That the Commanding General of
each District shall appoint such loya officers or
pefsons as may be necessary, not exceeding three
in each election district, in any State, to make
and complete the registration, superintend the
election, and make return to him of the votes,
lists of voters and of the persons elected as dele
gates by a plurality of the votes cast at said
election; and upon receiving said returns be
shall open the same, ascertain the persons elected
as delegates according to the returns of the
officers who conducted said election, and make
proclamation thereof; and if a majority of the
votes piven on that question shall be for a Con
vention, the Commanding General, within sixty
days from the date of election, shall notify the
delegates to assemble in Convention at a lime
and place to be mentioned in the notification,
and said Convention, when organized, shall pro
ceed to frame a Constitution and civil govern
ment according to the provisions of this act, and
the act to which it is supplementary; and when
the same shall have been so framed, said Con
stitution shall be submitted by the Convention
for ratification to the persons registered under
the provisions of" this act, at an election to be
conducted by the officers or . persons appointed
by the Commanding General as hereinbefore
provided, and to be held after the expiration of
thirty days from the date of notice thereof to be
given by said Convention, and the returns there
of shall be made to the Commanding General of
the District.
Sec. 5. That if, according to said returns, the
Constitution shall be ratified by a majority of
the votes of the registered electors qualified as
herein sprcified, cast at said election, at least
one-half of all the registered voters voting upon
the question of such ratification, the president
of the Convention shall transmit a copy of the
same, duly certified, to the President of the
United States, who shall forthwith transmit the
same to Congress, if then in session, and if not
in session, then immediately upon its next as
sembling; and if it shall moreover appear to
Congress that the election was one at which all
the registered and qualified electors io the Slate
had an opportunity to vote freely and without
restraint, fear or the influence of fraud, and if
Congress shall be 6ati:-fied that such Constitu
tion meets the approval of a majority of the
qualified electors in the State, and if the said
Constitution shall be declared by Congress to be
in conformity with the provisions of the act to
which this is supplementary, and the other pro
visions of said act shall have been complied
with, and the said Constitution shall be approved
by Congress, the State shall be declared entitled
to representation, and Senators and ' Represen
tatives shall be ' admitted therefrom as herein
provided." :
AVheo the Commanding General orders the
election of a Convention, be will order, first, a
box at each precinct, in which the eligible or
registered voters will put a ballot, written or
printed, 4fo"r.a Convention' or 'against a (Jon-
i vention." This does not mean that every voter
shall pat in this box a ballot, either "for" or
'against a Convention." If the voter have con
scientious doubts about a Convention to make a
new Constitution for the State, he may or he
may not vote at all, in that box, as he may
choose. Secondly, there will be another box,
in which each qualified voter may put a vote for
the person or persons be wishes to represent him
in the Convection.
To secure a Convention, a majority of the
registered voters mast vote, and a majority of
that number must, of course, be in its favor.'
EMIGRANTS ARRIVED.
We were pleased to see io our streets a few
days ago a family of Swiss Emigrants, who had
been induced to come to this country by a very
wealthy and intelligent gentleman from that
country who has been sojourning among as for
some months. These emigrants are of the right
sort.. They are not picked up promiscuously,
but come among us endorsed as intelligent and
respectable farmers, and by a proper encourage
ment from our people may be made to form a
nucleus around which thousands of similar peo
ple would undoubtedly gather in a very short
time. Even now thirty other families are await
iog the report of those now here, and if that
report is favorable, a tide of immigration will
set io towards this section that will soon drive
out our present unreliable and ignorant labor,
and re-place it with an intelligent and indus
trious people, who will help build our Railroads,
pur Commercial interests, and make our moun
tains blossom as the rose.
These first settlers must have lands homes.
They do not come to hire out. Most of them
have means to purchase lands, but if our land
owners are not willing to sell it at reasonable
prices they will go where tbey can do better.
We unhesitatingly say that lands in Western
North Carolina are held at too high prices. You
must come down, if you wish to sell. Money is
much scarcer than land, and less expensive to
keep except . by some of our subscribers, we
enow, for they keep it from us just as e-a s-y as
an old glove.
There is a chance now for our land owners to
make their lands valuable, and create a market
for them by settling these emigrants on portions
of them, by gift, or at very mode-ate prices.
You may rest assued that ten families from
Switzerland or Germany, if made comfortable in
this country, will be followed by as many hun
dred. Ashe v tile News.
HOW SUT" DOSED HIS DOG.
When I wer a boy, and my legs not longer
than John Wentworth's, dad fotched home a
durned wurthless, mangy, flea-bitten, gray old
fox houn, good for nothing but to swaller up
what orter lined the bowels ov bis brats. Well,
t naturally took a distaste to him, and had a
sort of haokerin arter burtin his feelins and dis
cumfurtia ov him every time dad's back wer
turned. This sorter kept a big skeer allcrs
afore bis eyest and a orful yell ready to pour out
the fust moshun he seed me make. So he larnt
to swaller things as be run, and alters kept his
laigs well ondcr himself, for he never knowd
how soon he might want to use em in totin his
infurnal carcus beyond the reach of a fly in rock
He knowd the whiz of a rock in moshun well,
aud he never stopped tu see who flung it, but
just let his head fly open to gin a bowl room tu
cum, and set his laig3 a gwin the way bis nose
happened to be a piutin. He'd shy round every
rock he seed in the road, for he looked upon it
as a calamity tu cum arter him sum day. I tell
you, Georgy, that ruonin am the greatest in
venshun ' on yeartb, when used keerfully.
Whar'd I a bin by this time ef I hadn't relief
on these ere laigs' D'ye ye see em? Don't
they mind you ov a pair ov cunipusses made tu
divide a mile inter quarters? They'll do.
Well, one day, 1 tuck a pig's bladder ni nnto
the size ov a duck's aig, and filled it with pow
der and corked it up with a piece ov spunk,
rolled it up in a thin sculp of meat and sot the
spunk a fire, and flung it out; he swallowed it
at a jerk and sot intu gitting away fur duin it.
I hearo a noise like bustin sumthin, and his tail
lit on topov my hat. His bed were away down
the hill and his hed tuck a deth hold onter a
root. His fore legs wer fifty feet up the road
makin runnin moshuns, and his bine ones a
straddil ov a fenoe. Es tew the dorg hisself, es
a dorg, I never seed him agin. Well, dad flung
five or six hundred under my Bhurt with the
dried hide ov a bull's tail and gave me the re
mainder the next day with a waggin whip that
he borrowed from a feller while he were water
ing his hosses; the wagoner got sorry fur me,
and hollered tew . me tew turn my beggin and
squaliin inter fustrate runnin, which 1 etnejute
ly did, thanks tu these ere ham strings, and the
last lick missed me about ten feet. Sut Lovcn
good' Revelations.
The New York Democracy. The fol
lowing are among the resolutions adopted by
the New York State Democratic Convention:
"That, regarding the National debt as a sacred
obligation, we demand economy of the adminis
tration, honesty in the collection and applica
tion of the revenues, simplification of and equal
ity in taxation, and a currency for the benefit
of the people, instead of Corporations, to the
end that the public faith may be preserved and
the burdens of taxation lessened.
That we denounce the effort of the Radical
i party to retain the power it has usurped, by es
tablishing negro supremacy in the South by
1 military force. couDled with the disfianchise-
i ment of the mass ct the white population, as an
i outrage upon Democratic principle, and an at-
tempt to undermine and destroy the Republic;
i and that we stigmatize the refusal of that party,
; in this State, to submit the question . of negro
i suffrage to the people, as a-eowatdly evasion of
ra prominent issue in the pending struggle."
4: The dinner given by the New York Club to
G-sueral Grant engaged the services of seven
' French cooks for ten days. It is fortonate for
i us alt that ordinary dinners are secured at less
j outlay of time and labor, or we would be apt to
' jgret hungry.
A BRIDE IN THIS WRONG BED.
A newly-married pair pat up at the Spencer
house they went out shopping returned
bride had left something she slipped out
found her lost articles returned mistook Main
street for Broadway got into the Madison for
the Spencer it looked a little strange asked a
boy if sba was in the Spencer boy said yes, not
fully understanding her she told him to lead
her to 48 she partly disrobed, got into bed
expected husband momentarily fell asleep.
The occupant of 48 Madison, Indiana merchant,
returned from the theatre, a little tight quietly
went to the room to bed to sleep.
IIow loog the two reposed there side by side,
with only a foot space between them, unconscious
of each other's presence, is not exactly known,
but probably about an hour, when a tremendous
noise was heard in the apartment, from which
female screams issued wildly, piercingly and
ceaselessly.
The hotel was in an uproar; proprietors, clerks,
waiters, porters, guests, dressed and half-dressed
were at the door of 48 in a few minutes, block
ing np the entrance, and asking each other
eagerly: "What is the matter! For God's
sake tell us what is the trouble."
The cause of this outcry may be. imagined.
The bride had awakened about midnight, and
putting her arm over her husband, it fellupoa
the Indianian's face, and the soft warm touch,
aroused him at once. He did not dislike it, and
in a moment Mrs R. said : "My dearest hus
band, where have you been all this while P
"Husband 1" echoed the merchant, beginning
to see, like Lord Sienel, that be had made a small
mistake here; "I'm nobody's husband, I reckon,
my dear madam, you'er in the wrong bed."
In the wrong bed horror, horrors, thought
the young bride. What would her lord what
would the curious world say ! And Mrs R.
screamed terribly and sprang from the couch just
as her companion did the same. He was fully
as much alarmed as she, aod entreated her to
give him time and he would leave the apartment,
though it was tlw one he had engaged he'd
make oath to that
Scream, scream, scream, was her only reply to
his kindly proposition. -
"My God, madam, don't yell sol You will
wake the house. Be reasonable; I swear it's
only a mistake Have some thought of the con
sequences, I don't want to hurt you; I swear I
don't. You will get me shot and yourself
Just at this juncture the crowd outside presen
ted itself at the door and beheld Mrs R. cower
ing in one corner exercising her lungs magnifi
cently, with a sheet wrapped over her form and
head, and the Inch'anian in the middle of the
room enveloped in a coverlet, and ejaculating,
"My God, madam, do'nt!"
The junior proprietor. Dr. Canhill, law there
must be some mistake, nnd requesting the
others to retire, called the merchant, went into
another room, and there learned the whole story.
The doctor then sent one of the ladies to Mrs.
R, and the entire affair was explained greatly
to her relief, though she was overwhelmed with
confusion at a circumstance that might have
ruined her rr p ttation forever.
Under the escort of the doctor, she was con
veyed to the "Spencer," where the husband was
found pacing the corridors with frantic mien, and
half crazed with grief, at the mysterious disap
pearance of his wife, whom be believed had been
spirited away bv a villain, or murdered for her
jewels, in this "infernal ity," whereas he ex
pressed himself, they would kill a man for a dollar.
As soon as he beheld his spouse he caught her
to his bottom and wept like a child. lie was
melted with happiness at her discovery, and told
her that he had searched the city for intelligence
of her whereabouts. Cincinnati Enquirer. .
BILL SIMPSON'S LEGAL EXPERI
ENCE. Many years ago the Legislature of Tennessee
passed an act to organize the county of McNairy,
alias Snake. At that lime the county embraced
within the limits of Snake was occupied, by a
sturdy set of backwoodsman, totally unacquaia
ted with courts, jails, kc. The county assembled
at the appointed site for the purpose of cutting
logs, making boards, etc., to build a courthouse
and jail. The only theme of daily conversation,
when the men were assembled, was the court,
etc. None of them had erer seen a court in
session, as yet developed. Each one would give
his idea of what a court was, etc
None, however, were entirely satisfactory, un
til Bill Simpson was called upon to gire his
ideas. He said he knew all about a court that
he was once engaged in a lawsuit in North Caro
lina. One of bis neighbor's hogs kept coming
where he fed his hogs, until it got fat. One
morning he got so mad that he shot the hog.
He thought it would not do to throw it away,
so he cleaned and salted it. Shortly after, his
neighbor and a man came to his house, exami
ned tlie meat-house, and took him to towa and
and put him iu a little office. About three
months after that, this man came and took him
up to a large room. A large man sat upon a
high bench a man was sitting at a desk about
a dozen fine dressed men sat in a place that was
paled around- The man put me in a pen just
behind them. He then called in twelve men
they took seats in a box in front of the fine
dressed men. The roan that was writing gave
the twelve men a book aod said something aboat
Bill Simpson aud State. Then one of the Ina
men read something about Bill Simpson and the
hog, and he and another of the fine dressed men
had the biggest quarrel you ever beard. I
thought they would fight every minute, bat tbey
didn't. It was Bill Simpson and the hog, aid
the hog and4 Bill Simpson, and sometimes Mr
Simpson, but seldom. After they had quit quar
reling, the big man talked awhile to the twelve
men, and they went out and staid a short lime,
and came back and said something to the man
at the desk. ' The roan on the bench said some
thing to the man that put me in the office, and
he look me out and tied me to a persimmon tree
and .commenced fighting me with a cowhide, and
it made roe to d d mad, that I shook all the
persimmons off the tree.
Industry, perseverance and economy is Jhtf
onVy means to acquire wealthy