North Carolina Newspapers

)U J Y ATES, Editor and Propreitor. T'Dii of Kbsrriptin ThIsee Dollars, in advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1868. SIXTEENTH VOLUSIEN UMBER 801.' 1 i s i THE Westein Democrat rr BUSHED BY WILLIAM J. YATLS, Editor and Proprietor. o jKBirf Three Dollars per . annum in advance. o Advertisements. For one square of len lines or le-s S I will be charged for each insertion, unless kepi in fir over one mnnth. Notice? of marriages xu'l iKaths published gratis. Obituary notices oi V er hve lines in lengiu coargeu ior ui uuvcriisuig rates. Important Public Notice. M U S T B E SOLD. We oflVr our immense Ffock of New Goods at les than cost prices. We invite the attention of Wholesale & Etctail IZiiycrs. Spt-cial attention is called to nnriinmriist Slock of Boots and Slioes, Thelnrscst, best selected and cheapest in North Caro lina. A splendid assortment Jtf DRESS GOODS, CALICOES, &c. AX IMMENSE AND KLEflANT Variety oraelajsiex, all gt-adca; tiliawis, j:l.inkels, Nubias, Jloods. ; loves, Jlosk-rv, Notions, A lid every tiling in our line. Onts Itoys t'lotliing. all grailes and r. 11 prices leans Satinets, 'a.-sim-res. I'.roud Cloths, iioots and Shoes, Under Shirts, ib'-iery, e. (lllOCKiUKS, HAIIDV.'AIU:. BAfKJINtt And I'Ol'lh -e.. at prices that defy competition. jtti Wholesale and Itctail lealers will find our Slock the cheapest ami l.uycst in Charlotte. ii. & D. i;m.m'i;l, Trvon Street, next door to Mansion House. October US 1-'.7. ihn A. A. A. Afloat all Alone. Having iirelias:.d tiie interest of .1. -M. Sanders in the GIJOf'MUV AN! 1' I'.' ; V IS it N HUS1NKSS, I would re-o tfVV.y a.-h the custom of my friends ami the .i:b!ic gcmvaMy. Ate! if fair dealing be worth anytliiiig in tlie p-'iy v. it'i v.'h'in you do busi ness, all 1 ask is a .-howlng. My stock consists of Mich go.rls are t'.'.y fmind in the oiovi.-ioii line. S. F. IMilSTOX, April L' ISi.T. Next door to Charlotte Hotel. Charlotte Female Institute, rii i:i.'!Tt;;. n. '. T!ie present se- : ! iii opened on Tuesday the 1st of October, and wilt continue timil :JO:h .ljne, lhOS. Ol'I'ii.'.iuS AMi I N ST Kl'CYO US : Kev. Ii. Ihtrv.-e!!. iV;.i,--pa! a.-.d In.-trnctor iu Men tal and M. - ;.! ".,. l'-y ..ad M..' Jno. 15. liuiAill. A. ."!.. ( 1; . n. -try, X at u ral Phi losophy and Ancient l.a il ,i;.i;;e-. Mm! M. A. P.tir-.vel!. l!n-i:sh branches and Super intendent Social duties. Prof A. P.atuiiaim. Voeal mid 1 t rtt ;;:cnt;;l Music. Prof. K. K. Piquet, J.'ra dug. Paint ing and Motlern Lan'ua tres. Miss M.-.ry l?atte. Kr.gli-h i; ranches and Trench. Mrs Sally C. White. Lngli-h r.r.j'd:w. Miss Mary F. lVni.-k. Mitsic on l'i.::n and Guitar. Miss I'lhi lb Carson, Mi.-:-.- Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue Containing full ptuiiculars a i-lte--. Ui;. 11. P,l KW1J.L SOX, Charlotte. N. C. September ;). 1SC7. MILLER & BLACK, diolesrib' and ilvlail healers iii Groceries, Provisions & Produce, AM COMMISSION Mid',! iI.N IS, Tnuh Stnu-t, d! Mll.OTTE. X. ('., Have now in Store and v. ill keep cunst a a; iy on hand a fall and select stock !' the al .ve aiiicles for sale: to which tln-y respc ll'u'h- invite the attention of their friends ami the public irc:icr;-'!v U. M. MlbbKlb v. j. !,ACK. September lSi',7. English Blue Stone. A fresh supply of this fine article lor sale low at StWKU-S DUL'ti STOKP. Congress and Kissingen Waters, For sale at SCAUii S HKl'G STOUlh t-iJ" Hair Finishes. Too.di li !i-::es. C.iaT.s and Various articles o!" Pcifttnr ry. fresh supply, just rc ceivrd at SCAKiL'S Pll LU ST()UK. September U-t',7. COOKING STOVES, OF THE XKATKST AMI MoST SI I KItloil 1'AT TltllK. 1. H. P.VKiJLV. Spring- Puildhig. Charlotte. N. C. has for sale --Spear s A nt i-! u-i Cooking Stoves," which, for every variety of cookiiig and great econ omy in fuel, cannot be surpassed by any Stove licre tofore u ed. F.vervl.o.Iy who has used one of ihe-e Stoves testify thm, for eoiiven-encc in eookin?. dt-.iv.bditv and clean liness they are far prcf,rable to all oilier patterns. I all and see them. 1). II. 15YKULV h-.s on hand a ffool assort ment of Tin. .lajeit! an 1 Sheet -1 r-.:i Ware such arti cles a are necessary for house-keeping. J6ft5" TIN'-WAUK made to order at short notice on reasniialile tertns. teST UliPAHIlNC, promptly executed. " 1- H. '.SYKitLY, I'udor the Matisioti Hou.-e Ibiildimr. March l!". 1 sr.7. SADDLES AND HARNESS. Robert Shaw & Son, Third lh or from t!i 3Ittnhm House, -----fjn. af..i ra i i c t. t. m- y -7rH''-. f"rtu the jaibiic that thev r?5?y'- h tve a large stooW of Sad- - -; uies Harness vn nand, which tlicv otfer to Hi i ; J jS public at low prices. Anvtliiii.' in ,nt nf bAUULES, llARNESS, . Tiritlo-S T.Tirf i-rtfyoloc- COLLA11S, &c, wiil be furnished or made to order. As we are regular mechanics, we think it will he to the advantage of all to buy from us. Vi'e warrant our work. Ili:PAIlUNG neatly executed at short notice and on reasonable terms. P. SHAW. W. E. SHAW. Oct. 14, lSfiT. Cm Cowand & Harriss, GF.NF.UAL t-OMM!SSIt)N M I'.PCl! ANTS, Cuiiimrrce Slr, .t. XoUt'iH. A". VA., Vill attcml j romptly to sabs of Cotton. Grain, Lum ber, Tobacco, Naval Stores, .c, and purchase of Supplies. ' Will forward Cotton to Furope THEE of forwarding CIIAKGE. D. G. CowAM, It. .7. IlAjtr.tss. Washington co., N. C. Late of Halifax, N. C. ltifovu In Cint AV V ar,t ir.,r ' 11 1 v -m.. ... . . . M t. tilllt. I. . of Charlotte; and Hon. W. N. 11. Smith cf Hertford count v August 20, 1807 tCni Professional Card. Chablotte, N. C., Jan. 1, 18C8. The subscriber is engaged in an office practice at the New Drug Store, corner Trade and College etrect. Persons wishing Medical attention can find him at the above named pltice at all hour: of the day and until a late hour of the night. Having been engaged in the practice of Medicine for about twelve years at his former residence, Eliza beth City, N. C, hopes to merit u share of jour patronage. JAS. N. BUTT, M. D. Refkpences: Tt. K. Speed, M. D., Wm. G. Tool, M. D., Hon. G. W. Brooks, Hon. John Pool, Eliza beth City, N. C. Miller & Black, John L. Brothers, Benjamin Shan nonhouse, Charlotte, N. C. ? January 13, 188. TAKE NOTICE. All those indebted to PIIESSON & GRAY' are re spectfully requested to come forward without delay and pay up. Further indulprnce is out of the ques tion. We must have MONEY, and we must have it from those Unit got our Goods last year. ; PIIESSON & GRAY. Charlotte, January 0, 1808. Notice to Debtors. Our debtors are hereby notified that their indul gence must soon end. Claims against those who do not make settlement by the first day of February next will be placed in the hands of an officer for collection. Jan ti, ISnS. R. M. OATES & CO. THE DRUG .STORE OF Kilgore & Cureton Has been removed to the Store in Granite Row, next to the Express Office. A large assortment of Fresh Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Perfumery, &c, will be found at this new establishment, and will be sold at as low prices as any other house. IJ. F. KILGORE, M. D. Jan fi, 188. T. K. CURETON, M. D. NORTH CAROLINA Military & Polytechnic Academy. The 'Jth annual session opens February uth, 1808. IkKcri-Mi CuntsK Languages, Mathematics, Natural Sciences. Engineering, Bclrs letters, &c. &c. Spe cial PoritsK of Engineering, Architecture and Draw ing. Commercial Course for business life. For circulars, apply to Gex. R, E. COLSTON, Supt., Jan. t), 1808. Ira Hillsboro, C. BINGHAM SCHOOL, mj:baxi:yilll x. a The Spring Term of the Session of 1808. opens March dth. Course of instruction Classical, Mathe matical and Commercial. Address, Col. AVM. BINGHAM. December 1, 1807 2m ALEXANDRIANA ACADEMY. - Mecklenburg County, N. C. A. J. HARRISON, Principal. The exercises of the Spring Term for 1808, will be resumed January 10th under the auspices of the Principal, with an assistant if necessary, and will continue 20 weeks. Charges made from time of en trance with no deduction for loss of time, except in cases of protracted sickness, as follows: - Boarding in best of families from $10 to $12 per month; Tuition in Classics, $lo; Higher English, Slii. -"(); Primary English, $7 all in currency. For further 2articulars address A. J. HARRISON, January G, 1808 3v Charlotte, N. C. THE MOODY HOUSE, Near the Depot, has been re-opened by W . W . E L M S , j Who solicits a share of public patronage. The I House has been newly furnished, and every effort will he made to accommodate permanent and tran sient Boarders. Charlotte, January 0, 1808. W. W. GRIER & CO., Have now a full line of choice Family Groceries and Provisions, w hich they arc offering low for Cash. Fresh Puekwheat Flour, warranted pure; 'also, a choice lot of Flour, '-Family Brands' on hand and for stile by W. W. GRIElt & CO. Crockery, A nice assortment of Crockery, consisting ofTlates, Teas, tVc., on hand and for sale by W. Wr. GRIER & CO. Celebrated Axes. The Celebrated Elephant Axe, "warranted," on hand and for sale by W. W. GRIER & CO. Corn, Peas, Meal, Bacon, Hams and Sides, choice family Syrups, Sole Leather, Lard, fresh country made Butter, together with a general assortment of Family Supplies, on hand and for sale low by W. W. GRIElt & CO. December 10, 1807. GROCERIES. fh BONES FINE CHEESE, QiV' Coffee, all grades and quality, Sugar, Molasses and Salt, Flour, Meal and Bacon, An excellent article of Rye Flour, And many other artictes in the Grocery line, just received and for sale by Dec 2:5. 1807. J. KUCK & CO. THE UNION HOTEL, At Monroe, N. C. This Hotel has been opened by the undersigned and he will be pleased to accommodate travelers and others who visit Monroe. It is the House formerly kept Py Jas. Richards, in front of the Court House. Every effort will be made to give satisfaction. J. E. W. AUSTIN. Mouroc, N. C, Dec 23, 1867. LISTER & BROTHER'S Fresh Bone Superphosphate of LIME, From the Passaic Carbon Works. Daily Expected a supply of this valuable Fertil izer, which we propose to sell at a price and on terms to suit the times. 1 O can pii-iiMntpp tfiis nrtirlp in i-oU. c -- -- - ""J a.jeii i nine. pure, fresh Bone Superphosphate of Lime, and -.. i,..d. . i . . I " c- u.iai- our incu ts iruiii tue country, ami the trade, to call and examine it. R. H. COWAN & CO., No. 82 North Water St., Solo Agents for Lister & Brother's Fresh Pone Superphosphate of Lime WILMINGTON, N. C, Jan. 6. 1808 6w AXES- Celebrated Elephant Axes for $1.50. " Stewart's " J.-'O Sam l W. Collins Axes, l.oO. Next Door to the Court House. Dec SO, 1807. JAMES II ARTY & CO. Gambling Extraordinary. The newspapers have a story of Commodore Yanderbilt seeing a blackleg's bluff at poker, and going a thirty-thousand dollar steamboat better; but this is hardly up to an affair of vhich we recollect reading long since in a Mississippi paper. In the days when the Hon. George I'oindexter represented the State in the Federal Senate, say some thirty-five years ago, before the time of railroads, he started from Natchez by an up-river boat on his way to . Washington. The, Agricultural Bank, having a heavy deposit to make in one of the Pittsburg banks, intrusted the money to his charge. Before twenty-four hours had elapsed some of the sporting fraternity were making up a little game, and invited the Senator to take a hand, to which, nothing loath, he con sented. , The game ran about the usual course of such things while the professionals were taking the measure of their intended victim, and guess ing at the size of his pile. When-these poiu-& were settled to their satisfaction, the business began in earnest. An overpowering hand fwas dealt to Mr I'oindexter, upon which he made a small bet, and the others passed, with one excep tion, who "saw him" and went a thousand dol lars better. To this he responded with another thousand dollars better, when the gambler re plied, "I see your thousand dollars and go thirty thousand dollars better -for, perceiving that his customer was pretty flush, he did not dare risk a few thousand. Poindexter replied that that was more money than he had, but he would put up his pile, which entitled him to a sight. This the other denied to be the law. "Cer tainly," said Mr P., "I always understand that a gentleman has a right to a show for his money." Xot unless it is stipulated beforehand;" and the gambler appealed to the "gentlemen" present, who sustained him. "Come," said the ruffian, growing down a well filled pocketbook, and lay-! ing his watch on the table, "I go thirty thousand dollars better, and give you five minutes to raise the money." Poindexter bid him count his money; and there it was, sure enough, in good bills. "Well," said he, rising, "I will see if I can find any friends who will furnish the funds," and he passed into the ladies' cabin, in which was his stateroom. He lingered some time, and as the hand was nearing the last minute, returned quietly, took his scat, drew a bulky pocketbook from his breast, and laying it upon the table, calmly said : "Sir, I see your thirty thousand dollars and a hundred and twenty thousand dol lars belter, and give you five minutes to raise the money." It was the turn of the astonished gam bler to call for a count, but before Mr I'oindexter got through the hundred and fifty thousand, he threw down his hand there being too many spectators to make it safe to raise a row and, with his companions, went ashore at the next wood yard. Mobile Times. Affairs at the North ImniigTation South ward. The editor of the Piedmont (Va.) Intelligen cer, who has recently returned from a trip into Maryland, Delaware, Xew Jersey and New York, bears testimony to the general financial and in dustrial distress, and says that all classes unite in tracing this utter prostration of the prosperity of the country to one cause the unsettled con dition of politics. Extreme legislation, he says, is now reaping its legitimate fruits. As long as captured cotton and tobacco, and the so long husbanded Southern staples, which found their way to market after the end of the war, supplied a basis for traffic, the North felt not immediately the effects of extreme legislation. These re sources have been exhausted now, and the grim skeleton which has so long had its abode in the South only, is also knocking at the doors of our Northern friends. He adds : "Last year very little disposition existed with emigrants to come to Virginia. At this time we could lead thousands upon thousands to the shores of the Old Dominion if we offer them ready employment and furnish them means of transportation." His general conclusion is : "We must confess that we consider the situa tion in 1868 much more assuring and hopeful, and that we have at last reached a turn iu the long, long lane." Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee, recently ;td ministered the rite of confirmation for the Archbishop of York, the first time such a service was ever performed in England by an American Bishop. Bishop Quintard is having great suc cess in raising funds to endow the University of the South. It seems to be taking the form of a testimony of brotherly feeling from England to the people of the Southern States. Plantation to Rent. I otfer to Rent for the year 1808, my "Davis Plantation," about miles from Charlotte. There is a dwelling and outhouses on the place. T. II. BREM. January 13, 1808 3w LIXCOLXTOX FEMALE SEMINARY. The exercises of this Institution was resumed on the loth January, 1808. The session will continue Thirty Weeks, closing on the 7th August ensuing. The School is not denominational. The boarders will attend the Churches designated by their parents. The charges are made as low as possible. CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS. T. W. Bbevabu Ancient Languages, Logic and Rhetoric Rev. Mr. Davis Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, tViirrp KnoTish Brandies . 1 I - 1 1 r . .1 e Miss Mays Vocal and Instrumental Music ami French. Assistant Instructress in Music and French. Rev. Mb. Batt Mathematics and Nat. lMuloFophy linF.vARD Enelish Branches and Social Duties. Mrs. IlAMSorn. Drawing, Painting and Ornamental Work. For particulars apply to T. W. BREVARD, Principal, January 13, 1867. Lincoln! on, N. C. JSTRECEIVED, At the Corner of Trade and College Street?, a fresh supply of the very best KEROSENE, We are selling large quantities of this Oil. It will burn longer jand is much safer than a more volatile OiL Da, JAS. N. BUTT. Just received at the Drug Store of Jas. N. Butt, a fresh supply of Linseed and Machine OiL Also, Spirits Turpentine. Jan. 13, lbGg, DR. JAS. S. BUTT. Agricultural. From the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer. Facts and Figures for Cotton Planters. The great mistake at the close of the war our planters made, was the neglect of corn and all breadstuff crops, making cotton the first and corn the last consideration. That great mistake is the cause of our present trouble I may say our bankruptcy. The next (that is the present crop) was in a degree changed. . The planter from necessity was forced to pay attention to his pres sing wants; and planted more corn, but he still in fancy saw high prices for cotton and again made cotton the first consideration, and though the seasons were propitious, yet it is doubtful if enough of coru is made to serve the country un til another crop. But few have any to spare and majay will not have enough for their own use. No agricultural people can thrive until thev Kurn tlio lesson that they cannot U 6o, and Jy tue provisions tuey could mace at home, come of those who read this, maybe old enough to carry their recollections back to 1825. That is the year (if I recollect aright) when cotton sold for over 30 cents per pound. The next year it fell in price and soldfor 6 and 8 cents, and re mained at those prices for five or six years. The prices of 1825 brought the fruits consequent upon high prices, an inflation of values, and the following years of low prices brought their trials and sufferings. Many planters of wealth were sold out by the sheriff and constable, and those who struggled through and weathered the storm, passed through many years of trouble to over come the errors committed in that one year of high prices. I hey did work through by the closest economy aud good management. They raised their own mules and horses, their own meat and corn abundantly. The writer well recollects the first drove of mules and hogs that ever came iuto this section of Middle Georgia. They at tracted as much interest as a circus does in our day. They brought their mules and hogs to a poor market as planters raised enough them selves. The mules were finally sold out, three for 100, or $33J each, and the pork at 21 cents per pound. . , . AVe must realize the fact that we must pass through the same ordeal. History is repeating itself, and to come through safe we must raise our own corn, hogs, mules and all other things wc can, making it our first consideration, thus save the money, and not attempt to make the money by raising cotton to pay for them. We must also realize the fact that wc cannot get the profit out of the cotton to pay for these things, for the cast of making the cotton (under our present system and labor) consumes the money obtained for it. When the planter raises enough coru, meat, &c., to supply himself, family and laborers, he has made the first great step to in dependence and success, and when he does this and raises his own mules and horses, ho will find his remaining wants are small, and his smallest cotton crop (which from being smaller) will yield argreatcr price and will supply all reasonable de ficiencies not supplied from the plantation. Dis possess his mind of an idea generally entertained that the lower cotton is the more he must make, aud that cotton is the only thing that will bring money. Let him reflect that the more cotton he raises the lower the price, and that the more of the necessaries of life he raises the less money he needs. If a planter could raise allhe needs on his farm, money would be of no use to him but to hoard it, it being a surplus over his wants and increases his capital. Let the planter pur sue this course (the only one that will bring him out,) no matter what his neighbors do. Let him not indulge the delusion that others may pursue this course, and that he will benefit by their policy and make cotton for high prices, but let him think how little an insignificant a drop he constitutes in the great cotton planting of the vorld; he will not gain, but steadily lose by such a policy. Don't be determined because the remedy may appear slow; recollect slow is usually followered by the word sure. You have com mitted the error, you must atone for it by getting in the right track. No matter how slow that course may now appear, it will sooner bear its fruits than appears tit first view. Abandon the thought that a large plantation, with many hands, is essential to success; it is more lrkcly to result iu failure. It is hard for the planter who has worked before the war one hundred hands, to alter his views of the neces sity of keeping up the same scale. To secure success he must limit the laborers to the neces sary number to cultivate his best and highly manured lands. Again, let no planter expect to derive an in come from his farm and live away from it. No business will succeed unless" the owner (whose interest is involved) is present to supervise, and give it his earnest, intelligent, economical and watchful care. If you want business done em ploy an agent, if you want it well done do it 3'ourself, is an old and true saying, and to no business does it apply more forcibly than to farm ing where the laborer works under the eye of the employer. Direct your attention to improved plows and all labor saving agricultural .imple ments; learn the character of your soils, and de termine its manure and best treatment. Cor rect the mistakes and adopt the remedies I have pointed in this and previous communications and you will succeed; you will be prepared for the lower prices wc shall have no doubt to sub mit to in the future you can, with your superior quality of cotton and cheaper transportation drive back your India competitors, and again oc cupy the positiou of the great cotton producing country. But" reflect thiit sudden wealth docs not flow from agricultural pursuits in any country, tut the road to wealth is safe and sure and it is the pursuit of independence. Husbandry is the ap pointed occupation of God. "3Ian shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow," is His direct commandment. We cannot so safely secure it in any other way. Leave the busy and stormy life of the cities to the speculator, he who desires 'The golden stream to be quick and violent." Let him alone to pursue his restless course; he spreads all sail, risks all storm, moves; in chan nels full of hidden dangers success may crown his efforts, but the course Lj full of dangers and few ever go through it safely, and when the storms arise that wreck the speculator, you will feel the wisdom of your course. Health, plenty and independence is the measure of God'g ap- Dointcd occupation, . II. louxo. Selecting Seed Corn. An Illinois correspondent of the Independent writes: Last spring and early summer there was some discussion about selecting seed corn. Some advised shelling the tips off and reserving the middle, of the ear for planting. One man said one grain on the same cob was as good as another. Had he been a raiser of corn ho would have kuown better. Some ten years ago I planted an ear of corn to test the difference between the produce of the kernels of both ends and the mid dle of the same ear, and will trive you the result. The soil was just alike, the cultivation the same, and the crop very different. I planted the first two rows from the large end of the ear, the next two rows from the middle, and the last two rows from the tip or small end; and planted all the same morning. The largo end produced fair-sized ears, with irregular rows, much as you will find them at that end of the ear. The middle kernels produced large care, mostly -straight rowed and fair.' The tips brought forth nubbins only; thew was not a fair ear on the two rows of corn. This is an experimental fact which you may use as you choose. I have raised corn more or less for forty years; and now plant only about half, or at most two-thirds, of the kernels on each car of corn; and I generally raise good crops. mm m The Best and Cheapest Food. As the season for planting will soon roll around, let us advise our larmers and gardeners not to neglect the bean crop. There is a large white bean cul tivated extensively at the North aud in some parts of Virginia, kuown by soldiers, as "the ar my bean," that should be extensively grown here. It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that pork and beans form a compound of substances pecu- 111 . li O ! 11 .1 . nariy auaptea 10 iurnisn ail tnat is necessary to support life. A quart of beans costs say fif teen cents, half-pound of pork ten cents. This, as every housekeeper knows will feed a small family for a day with good strengthening food. Let every farmer in our District bestow more atten tion to the provision crop the ensuing season. Diversity of productions is what we need, and is iudispcusible to an independent and good living. Lancaster Lt Jijcr. mm Raising Grass for Hay. V. M. Johnson writes to a Mississippi paper that he has raised grass successfully in that State, for hay-making, for twenty-five years, lie has tried clover, mus quito, timothy and red-top, or herd-grass. He prefers the latter, as the first two are ncarty an nuals here, and timothy is apt to rust, but herd grass has stood for the whole time. He has made of it fifty-five hundred weight per acre, an extra ordinary year, but averages one aud a half tons. He plows the ground, rolls it, and sows half a bushel to the acre, and does not cover it in. He chooses land not subject to drouth wet land, but not where the water stands. The grass will gradually run out, but not very readily. Increase of Paralysis. One of the members of the French Academy of Medicine, in a very elaborate paper, drawn up with great care, asserts that "statistics show that in exact proportion with the increased consump tion of tobacco is the increase of diseases in the nervous centres (insanity, general parahsis paraplegia) and certain cancerous affections." It may be said in reply, that the Turks, Greeks and Hungarians are inveterate smokers, and yet arc little affected by these nervous diseases. But M. Joliy accounts for their exemption by the fact that the tobacco used by them is of a much milder form, containing slight proportions of nicotine, and sometimes none .at .all. Excessive indulgence, therefore, docs no harm in this direc tion ; and no case of general or progressive paralysis has been discovered in the Fast, where this mild tobacco is in use. M. Moscan says: "The cause is plain enough, and evidently physi- i ological. In all the regions of the Levant they do not intoxicate themselves with nicotine or alcohol ; but saturate themselves with opium and perfumes, sleeping away their time in torpor, in dolence and sensuality. They narcotize, but do not nicotize themselves, and if opium, as has been said, is the poison of the intellect of the East, tobacco may one day in the West prove the poison of life itself. It is the sicotine, iu the stronger tobacco used in England, France and the United States, which proves so pernicious, aud the French physicians hold that paralysis is making rapid advance under the abuse of alcohol aud tobacco." Hon. William Lander. We regret to learn of the death of this gentleman, which oc curred in Lincolnton on the Gth inst. Mr Lan der has long been one of the leading members of the bar in the Western portion of the State. lie was Chairman of the North Carolina delegation in the Charleston and Baltimore Presidential Conventions of 1 SCO, and represented his Dis trict in the Congress of the Confederate States. In private life, Mr Lander was esteemed for his manly qualities of heart and soul, and his loss will be felt, notonly in his own county, but through out the State. He has long been in feeble health, his physical sufferings having greatly impaired his eye-sight during the last year of his life. His ftmily have our earnest sympathy in their be reavement. WSmiwjtun Journal. mm mm Deferred Matrimony in England. Close observers of the developments cf English society state, that while marriage is as frequent as ever it was, the growth of a taste for luxury concurring with a sudden development of oppor tunities for gratifying it without setting up house, have pushed back the usual age, particularly in the upper and middle classes. Census tables do not show this fully, because the habit has not reached the lower classes, who marry, as they al ways have done, before they are twenty-one, and who outnumber the income-taxpayers by some twenty to one; but it is a fact, nevertheless. Professional men marry as before, but instead of marrying at twenty-five, put it off to thirt3'-six or forty, and then choose women at least ten years younger than themselves. m The following States have adopted the constitu tional amendment known as the (Howard amend ment) 14th article: New Hampshire, Connec ticut, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, Kan sas, Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, lihode Island, Wisconsin, Michigan, Massachusetts and Nebraska, .,il A Strange Story. t Wonderful Cliain of Circumstantial Evidence. A certain Dr. , many years ago traveling in the West, became acquainted, on board a steam boat, with a Mr Hamilton, who had been a mem ber of the Legislature from hia district," and waa again a candidate for that office. After passing their time pleasantly and becoming well ac quainted with each other in the course of the trip, Hamilton, on landing, invited the doctor to pass to his house . in the village, which was kept by his sister, and tarry with him while he stayed in that part of the country. The doctor remained with them a short time, and then de parted on the laud inspecting tour into the In terior, which was the object of his visit to the West. On leaving the village on horseback, Hamilton accompanied the doctor to show him his way, but becoming interested in the conversation, of hia : companion, &nd not bcin" particularly engaged at home, he continued with him fvhen, among ft number of branching roads, they lost their way. After journeying on until dark, in hope of reach ing some house where they might obtain the re quisite direction, they reached, just at night fall, the banks of a river on which they found the en campment of three stout laboring wayfarers, with their families and wagons. They asked pcrmia sioa to spend the night with the party, and spent a portion of it around the fires, engaged in con versation on their various plans of emigration and settlement. At daylight preparations were made for sepa ration, and Dr. received from one of tho three men the direction of the desired road. Ho told him there were two roads, called tho "upper" and "lower" roads, but the "lower" cue was that which he should take. He took the one advised, and started with Hamilton. They went a short distance together, when Hamilton bade him good by and lef t him. But before he departed the doctor told Hamilton that he knew he was in embarrassed circumstances, and wished , to aid him if he could. He offered to give him $500. This Hamilton refused, but finally accepted a loan conditionally, to bo refunded punctually at the specified time. He felt grateful for this kindness and to re ciprocate his good will, according to his humble means, took a breast-pin from his shirt, aud giv ing it to the doctor, said, jocularly, that he hoped to see it some day adorning the bosom of sotno fair daughter of the West. In return for thia the doctor took a neat pen-knife from his pocket, on which was a silver plate with his name en graved on it, and on parting gave it to Hamilton. Hamilton had gone but a short distance from where he had left the doctor, wheu he heard tho sharp crack of a rifle aud immediately niter a deer bounded out before him and fell dead on the road. Hamilton got off his horse to examine the animal, and in doing so got the cuffs of hia shirt sleeves and his pantaloons and waist-coat bloody. He again mounted his horse and reached home. As soon as he did so he changed hid clothes and gave them to his sister to wash, do siring her to do so at once. That day he went round the village and collected together his va rious bills, which he paid. At night, after clon ing his office, he stopcd at the village tavern, on his way to see a young lady to whom, he waa engaged to be married. Several persons caiuo in while he was there, and declared that a mur dered man had been found on a certain road. Hamilton immediately exclaimed: "Heavens 1 it must be my friend, the doctor!" From the tavern he continued on his way to the house of his betrothed, and while there her father came in with three police officers, who ar rested hiui for murder. He was taken to prison, and was told the circumstances which led to sus pecting him. He was told that it was known that he had left the town with the doctor, and was the List person seen with him; that he had been in difficulties before bis return, but had oa that day paid all his debts; that his pistol and breast-pin had been found beside the body of tho murdered doctor; that he had pretended to lose his way in a country which was well known to him; and finally that he had come home with blood stains on his clothes, which he had given to his sister with orders to wash immediately. Oa hearing this story recounted, Hamilton threw np his hands and exclaimed that "he was a lout man." He was tried, convicted and sentenced. The day for his execution arrived, but Hamilton waa too ill to receive the final action of the law, and was respited. And before his respite had ex pired Hamilton had died in prison. All these facts had, of course, satisfied the pub lic mind that the verdict was j list, and that llan , ilton was the murderer but about three year I afterwards one of the three men with whom our travelers had bivouaccd on the bank of the river i was tried and convicted, in the far West, of mur der. Before his execution he confessed that ho was the person who had slain the doctorthat he had misled him as to the road that he had stolen Hamilton's pistol from his holster during the night, and left it by the doctor's body, ana that he had heard in the chat round the camp fire that the doctor had money with him, and waa engaged in the purchase of land. Charity among the. JEWS.It is but fair to acknowledge that the Jews area charitable people. Like the Quakers, they are never aeen begging; the more fortunate among them helping their poorer brethren with a liberal hand. Ihcj do not, as a general thing, seek assistance among the people not of their own faith; on the contrary they show a generonsness and large-heartcdncsa towards unbelievers truly remarkable. Among numerous instances in corroboration of thia state ments, we may cite the will of Judah Touro,a wealthy and prominent citizen of New Orleans, who died some years ago, bequeathing the major part of his property to charitable institutions, of all denominations. More recently, within a few months, Dr Simeon Abrahams, a native of New York, died, leaving three hundred thousand dollars, mostly to be divided among the hospitals, dispensaries, and asylums of that city. The Jew ish hotpitals, too, are open free to persona of any and all faiths. "Humble as I am," said a bullying sponter to a mass meeting of tho untcrrified, "I still re member I am a fraction of this liagnificcnt re-' public." You arc, indeed," said a bystander, "and a vulgar one at that."