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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1868.
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CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
This first class and well known House, formerly
kept by Maj. J. li. KEUR, Laving been recently re
paired and refurnished in every department, is now
ojen and readj to receive guests.
Tbe Table is unsurpassed and in point of conve
nience and comfort the JIousc is not excelled by any
in the City. W. W. HART,
February 17, 1818. Proprietor.
Robert Gibbon, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ti ioh Street, Charlotte, X. C,
Office mi'l Kesidence, one door south old iState Bank,
(t.i iiifily Win. Johnston's residence).
Jail 1,'lMiH. y
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
)r:r- his professional services to the citizens of
.i and surrounding country. All calls, both
i,;!.t and day, promptly attended to.
itiJ'fu No. o Granite llow, up stairs, opposite the
M i u-Ioii House.
.iaiiuai-y -7; 1808.
A. W. ALEXANDER,
Surgeon Dentist,
I'll A1ILOTTE, N. C.
(D 'fire iii ihf Bran-ley Buildiw, opposite the Charlotte
Hotel.)
rtTfaii be consulted on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thiir-davs and Fridays.
Marcii" -2, lbG8.
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PUltK
1KU;S. Fhemicals, Patent Medicines, Family Medi-t-iiii-s.
1'aints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and
Tnili t Articles, which he is determined to sell at the
Tt i y lowest prices.
May -, IN! 7.
DENTISTRY.
Traywick & Bland,
Having formed a co-partnership, tender their profes
sional services to the public at large. Their oflice will
In- jieii from 8 a in. to U p. in., and either of them
v:Il visit patients at their residences when called.
Office near the Court House, Tr.vde Street.
August 10. im;s.
B XJ T
pca:tjca
"Watch and Clock Miksr,
ASM liEALEK IX
JEWELRY, FIXE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
'cfck Materials, Spectacles, $
Aug. 10, 18C7. CHA11LOTTE, N. C.
ANOTHER NEW STORE.
M r I U II 11 A V , DAVIS & CO. ,
Isavi- DjM'iii'd a new Grocery Store in Uryce's Duild
iiiLT. and invite attention to their
Stock of Groceries.
They keep a supply of everything usually found in
a (iin ery More ami wanted by farmers, such as
Sugar, Coffee, Salt and Iron,
Cotton Yarn. Molasses. Fish,
Shovels, Spades, Forks. &c,
Crockery and Wooden Ware,
Irih Potatoes, Meal and Corn.
Puroha.-ers are requested to call and examine this
f!ek and prices.
i-?""-Produce will be bought or taken in exchange
fr Groceries, or received on consignment for sale.
Particular attention will be paid to the sale of Cotton,
Corn, Flour, 4c, that may be sent to our care.
J. W. MeMUl! II AY,
March If,, 1K0&. J. N. DAVIS & CO.
A. HALES,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
X:xt Door to the Mansion House, Charlotte, N. C.
!f your Watch needs Repairing,
Don't get mad and go to swearing;
Just take it into HALES shop,
He will fix it so it will not stop,
lie warrants his work all for a year,
When i' is used with proper care.
He will do it as low as it can be done,
And do it so well it's sure to run.
January 1, 18G8. y
NEW ARRIVALS
At J. Kuck & Co's Grocery Store.
POUNDS OF MOUNTAIN
BACON,
1,000 Pounds Baltimore Bacon,
:!" Sacks of liic Coffee,
oO Sacks Salt, common to fine,
50 Boxes of superior Star Candles,
a Tierces of Sugar Cured IlaiuA,
Barrels of Sugar, all grades,
10 Hogsheads of Molasses,
10 Barrels of Svrup.
At J. KUCK & CO S.
March t).
NEW STOCK OF GROCERIES;.
Hammond & McLaughlin,
(-i Oaths' Cnnor.
Have received a full stock of new Groceries, consist
ing in part of
A large lot of Bagging,
Iron Cotton Ties and Pope,
Sugar, Coffee and Tea.
Molasses, Iron and Nails,
Salt, Leather of all sort.
Anything and everything in -the Grocery line may
be found at their Store.
hammond & Mclaughlin.
S,..t 14. 1808.
The City Bank of Charlotte
Solicits the Accounts of businessmen and others, and
I'roiiiises satisfaction.
July (5, 1K8. W. A. WILLIAMS, Cashier.
Bank Monev.
The highest market price paid for old Bank Notes, !
nu t orders tor the same solicited, at the City Bauk
t Charlotte. W. A. WILLIAMS,
'uly 0. lsc.s. Cashier.
KJ
A
IMMENSE STOCK
Of
Fall and Winter Goods.
ELIAS & COHEN
Have a large stock of Goods, to which wholesale and
retail buyers are invited to call and examine.
Our stock consists in part of .
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Clothing,' Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions, and
Cutlery; and everything suited to the Wholesale and
lletail trade
Our friends and customers will not only find the
largest stock of Goods ever brought to this market
by any one firm, but we are determined
NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD,
And we think from our long experience in the trade,
and our facilities for buying cheap, that we can offer
BETTER BARGAINS
Than can be had elsewhere.
Call and look at the largest pile of Goods in North
Carolina, and see how LOW we are offering them.
JET" The Trade is invited to examine
200 cases Boots and Shoes
At very low rates.
ELIAS & COHEN,
Oct. 5, 18G8. Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
Seed Wheat-
We have a lot of fine SEED WHEAT for sale.
McMUKKAY, DAVIS & CO.
August 24, 1808.
Important to Planters and Country Mercnants.
JULIUS T. COIT,
Cotton Factor, Commission
SHIPPING MERCHANT,
CHARLOTTE, I. C.
Office next door to lirem. Brown j- Co's Hardware Store,
L p Stairs.
Having effected my arrangements with responsi
ble parties in New York, I am now prepared to make
liberal CASH ADVANCES on Cotton which will be
promptly forwarded, free of charge, or it will be
held or sold in this market if so desired. I will re
ceive Cotton at any of the Depots between this point
and Columbia, and the money will be forwarded from
Charlotte by Express, thereby saving time and ex
pense. Consignments of all kinds solicited, either for sale
here or for shipment. , I shall give the business my
closest personal attention, and shall try to promote
the interest of the Planters.
I refer by permission to Hon. J. W. Osborne, Gov
Z. B. Vance; T. W. Dewey & Co., Bankers; First
National Bank; Brem, Brown & Co.; Hutchison, Bur
roughs & Co., Charlotte, N. C.
Sept. -28, 18US 3m
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
We enter upon our second year of business n the
first day of October, and return our thanks to
our old friends ami new friends for their custom and
patronage during the year now closing.
Wre are now prepared with
Increased Means & Ample Capital
To transact any safe and desirable Banking Business
which may be offered us.
We will receive deposits and pay same on call, and
when left on time will pay interest on same accord
ing to agreement. We buy and sell Gold aed Silver
Coin and Bullion, Bank Notes, &c. Will discount
for customers good business paper. Purchase and
sell on commission Stocks and Bonds, and give our
best attention to any other matter in the Banking or
Brokerage line entrusted to us.
Revenue Stamps
Always on baud for sale.
Hours of business to suit dealers and customers.
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
At Building (formerly Branch Bank,)
one door below Smith's Shoe Store, Tryon St.
Charlotte, Sept. 28, 1808.
NOTICE.
"We have this day sold our entire interest in the
"Long Shoal PaperMills" to WILLIAM TIDDY, who
will continue the manufacture of Paper at said Mills,
and whom we recommend to our former. customers
and friends as well worthy ofthe support extended
to us. GBADY, BANNISTER & CO.
Lincolnton, September 23, lbG8.
The undersigned will continue the business of man
ufacturing paper at the "Long Shoal Paper Mills,"
lately owned by Grady, Bannister & Co., in connec
tion with their well known "Lincolnton Paper Mills"
and are now prepared to supply promptly large
quantities of Book, News, or Wrapping Paper, and
solicit a continuance of the favors bestowed upon
them and us.
TTM. TIDDY.
Lincolnton Sept. 28, 1 80S. lm R. TIDDY".
Charlotte Female Institute,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The next Session will commence on the 1st October,
1 808, and continue until 30th of June, 1860.
The Session is divided into two terms of 20 weeks
each, and pupils can be entered for either the whole
session or for one term.
OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS:
Rev. R. Bi havell, Principal, and Instructor in Mental
and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics.
John- B. Bikweli,. A. M., Natural Philosophy,
Chemistry and Ancient Languages.
Mus. M. A. BrnwKi.L, English Branches and Super
intendent of Social Dalits.
Mus. Sally C. White, English Branches.
Miss Margaret T. Long, English Branches and
French.
Jilts. A. C. Pattox, English Branches and Music on
Piano.
Pkof. A. Bai maxx, Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Mus. Julia C. Pattox. Music on Piano.
ProF. R. E. Pigtet, Drawing, Painting and Modern
Languages.
Eurjicnscs jw Term of 20 IJVfAvj;
Board (with every expense, fuel, lights, wash
ing, lite.,) with tuition in English Branches, $130.00
Tuition, day scholars, Primary Department, 20.00
" " " Collegiate " 2o.00
Music, Aneient and Modern Languages, Drawing and
Painting, extra, at usual charges.
For Circular and Catalogue containing full partic
ulars as to terms, &e , address
Rev. R. BL'RWELL & SOV
July 27, 18C8. 1 Charlotte, N. C.
Pictures 1 Pictures ! !
The undersigned Photographic Artist, of Baltimore,
Md , calls the attention of his friends, and the public
in general, to his newly opened PHOTOGRAPH and
AMBROTYl'E GALLERY, where he is now pre
pared to take A No. 1 Pictures of each nd of every
style and finish. Satisifaction jjuarajjteed in every
Picture. . Copies taken from the smallest iato the
largest portrait. Also pictures neatly fitted ia Rings,
Breastpins and Lockets. All I ask is, -."give me a.
trial."
N. B. Parties desiring to leawi the trade and art
of taking Pictures can lo so by applying to
HENRY BAUMGARTEN,
Charlotte, N. C.
Thotograph Gallery over James Harry's Store,
Feb2L, J8t8. " Next door t Court-house.
There is no Death.
There ia no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore ;
And bright in heaven's jeweled crown
They shine foreYermore. "
There is no death ! The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit, .
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear,
The fairest leaves drink daily life '
From out the viewless air.
There is no death ; the leaves may fall, ;
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours,
The coming of the May I
There is no death ! An angel form
Walks o'er the earth with silent tread ;
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them "dead."
He leaves our hearts all desolate
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;.
Transplanted into bliss, they now , ,
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene of sin and strife,
Sings now in everlasting song
Amid the tree of life.
And when he sees a smile too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
lie bears it to that world of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born into that undying life,
They leave us but to come again ;
With joy we welcome them the same,
Lixccpt in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread ;
For all the boundless universe
Is life there are no dead.
New Firm and
NEW GOODS
The undersigned having formed a Partnership
under the style of -
JT. S. PHILLIPS & CO.,
for the purpose of conducting the
Merchant Tailoring
And Gents Furnishing Goods Business,
Would respectfully inform their friends and the pub
lic generally, that they are now receiving their stock
of Fall and Winter Goods, consisting of all grades
of French, English and American
Cloths, Cassimcres & Ve&tings,
In great variety of makes and colors.
Gents' Furaisning Goods :
Shirts, Collars, Cravats, Hosiery, Merino Under
wear, Tics of all kinds, Umbrellas.
In fact everything usually found in a FIRST
CLASS Merchant Tailoring Establishment, all of
which were selected with great care, and warranted
to .give satisfaction.
Special attention will be given to the
TAILORING DEPARTMENT,
and all goods sold will be made up in the very best
style, and a fit guaranteed.
TAILORS' TRIMMIMGS, of all kinds, kept con
stantly on hand, and sold to the Trade at wholesale
prices.
jggy CUTTING AND REPAIRING of all kinds,
promptly attended to and satisfaction given.
We will be found at present in the room over the
Express Office, where our friends are invited to give
us a call.
We will occupy the Store at present occupied by
First National Bank, as soon as their Banking House
is completed. J. S. PHILLIPS,
Oct. 5, 18G8. JAS. H. ORR.
JTJST RECEIVED ,
At the City Book Store,
' A lot of handsome Albums,
Initial Paper and Envelopes.
Blank Books of all kinds.
And a lot of handsome Walking Canes.
S. RUFUS JOHNSTON,
next door below McAden's building.
. Oct. 5, 1868.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Wittkowsky & Rintels
Have now in store one ofthe largest Stocks of Goods
ever brought to this market.
They keep a full assortment of all kinds of Goods,
and will sell at remarkably low rates.
jg" Country Merchants and wholesale buyers
generally, as well a retail purchasers, are request
ed to examine this magnificent stock of Goods.
Millinery and Dress-Making.
A separate department is devoted to Millinery and
Dress-making, where the Ladies can have Work done
promptly and in the latest styles.
W1TTK0WSKT& RINTELS,
Oct. 5, 1868. Between the two Drug Stores.
NEW PALL GOODS.
A. SINCLAIR, at Sprmgs' Corner,
Would respectfully inform his friends and customers
that he is now receiving his NEW STOCK of Fall
Goods. ;
He is offering a full supply of everything found in
a first class
Dry. Goo'ds House
At as REASONABLE RATES as they can be pur
chased in any house in the' city.
Remember the House, the Old Stand at Springs'
Corner. A. SING LAIR.
October 5, 1868
KNOX & GILL,
Cotton Factors and
GENERAL COM5IISSION MERCHANTS,
uYo. 125 Smith' Wharf
ladbence l. prisce. Baltimore.
-Consignments f Cotton respectfully solicited,
and liberal advances made thereon. .
Orders will receive prompt attention, ,
October 5, 18C8. 6m -
, JUST RECEIVED,
A spleadid let f Bggi, Roping and Ties, at
- B. M. PRESSON'S.
Also,
a splendid lot cf Country Bacon.
B. M. PRESSON.
Alsei
lot of Cheese, at
B. M. PBESSON S.
-Farmers can come and get their Bagging and
Roping to be paid for in lotton.
Sept 21, 1808. ,. B. M. PRESSON.
The Earthqnakes,
'" The following correspondence is, published by
direction ofthe Secretary of State: ; -.
- Legation op the United States, )
Lima, Peru, Sept. 14, 1868. j
To the Hon, i William II. Seward, Secretary of
alate of theMnvted estate: '.
... Sir In my dispatches -Nos. 144 and. 145,
dated the 22d and 28th of August, respectively,
I gave you a slight account of the terrible earth
quake which, on the 13th nit; laid desolate a
large part of Peru, and now again it is mv pain
fut duty to inform you. that a large and the most
proline part of - the republic of Ecuador is in
ruins, caused by a similar shock at half-past one
o clock oa the morning cf the 16th of the same
month. vThis earthquake seem to have had ita
centre in tne province ox lmbaDura, near tne
volcano of Ocampo, about sixty miles north of
the city ot (juito. ; .Light towns, with the ad
joining haciendas and populations, are said to
have been destroyed, numbering from 40,000 to
50,000 inhabitants. The cities of Otavato and
Catacachi, containing respectively ab6ut 12,000
and 8,000 inhabitants, and both situated on the
shores of the Lake Mojanda, are said ' to have
been swallowed up with their entire populations
and their sites have become a part of the lake.
The city of Ibarra, with a population of thirteen
thousand, is totally destroyed, only about three
thousand of the inhabitants escaping, and the
town of Atunlaque is levelled with the earth,
burying all its inhabitants in its ruins. . Nor is
the injury confined to the cities and towns, but
all of the haciendas of the province, the richest
in Ecuador, growing sugar and grain, and pro
ducing large numbers of cattle and sheep, have
as it were, been swept out of existence. Quito
did not suffer in the same ratio in the loss of life,
but its walls and houses are destroyed. The
most of the inhabitants, including the English
Charge d' Affaires, Mr Hamilton, with his large
family, were driven to the open square or plaza
in the centre of the city, and he, more fortunate
than the others, is now enjoying the great luxury
of a tent, while thousands of the best citizens are
without shelter. To heighten - the gloom, des
pondency and misery of all, the terrible thunder
storms of the tropics seem to have redoubled their
force, and have literally deluged the whole coun
try. The losses in Imbabura will cause great
suffering in Quito, as nearly all the necessaries
of life for that citv were drawn from that pro-
vince. The difficulty of conveying food from
Guayaquil will be very great, as the journey re
quires twelve days' severe travel, with mules
carrying small burdens over rugged and precip
itous mountains, deep gorges and narrow passes.
If relief in some form is not speedily given many
of the sufferers will be compelled to reach the
seashore or perish. Extracts from private letters
and public documents published in the Luna
journals (see enclosures Nos. 1, 2 and 3), show
the destruction and destitution to which I have
referred. Indeed, these shocks have almost
ruined the republic of Ecuador. The mentioned
representations have been tully corroborated by
the statements of his Excellency Don Antonio
Flores, Plenipotentiary of Ecuador in Peru. In
eru also, as 1 have heretofore informed you,
proud and rebellious Arequipa is levelled with
the dust.- Arica swept from the seashore, with
but one solitary house remaining, while the dis
trict and city ot Mogugna, with its rich villages,
vineyards and haciendas, are but the wreck of
things that were. Had the earthquake in Peru
taken place at night time, as it did in Ecuador,
the loss of life would have exceeded 100,000
souls. As it was, that loss in Peru is less, but
the loss of property far greater.
Want, hunger and famine in these now un
happy countries are striding through all classes i
in the midst or the unbuned dead, and a general
paralyzation of thought and action seems to per
vade the land. - 1 his is, no doubt, caused by tne
continuous shocks since and the great tear ot
other calamities, and. to add to the consternation
of the weak, fearful and helpless, robbers in some
localities are said to be sacking and pillaging
everything within their reach. - '
I take great pride in informing you that Hear
Admiral Thomas Turner, Captain McDouga!
commanders James IL Gillis, James S. Thorn
ton, Austin Pendergast and the other officers
and crew of their commands in our navy near the 1
scenes of danger have done all that noble hearted,
brave soldiers could do to alleviate the sufferings
of all within their reach.'
The generosity of bur country in days gone ty
has left a record that will never be forgotten.
Greece, Poland, Hungary and Ireland, with no
greater, if not far less claims for aid or charity,
J. 1.1 .I TT'. tri. .
have iouna mat in me united otaies mere were
feeling hearts and open hands for those who
deeply suffer. - Will not our generous hearted
countrymen add Peru and Ecuador to their noble
list? Our government, I know, can do no more
than has been done bv our navv, but I most
earnestly urge and entreat that you appeal to the
good men of our country to aid by charity the
suffering people of Peru and Ecuador. - Let those
who gave bread to Btarving Ireland repeat their
generosity, and let the Protestant and Catholic
now join and vie with each other in showing Dy ;
their works that the Christian's creed means
good will and charity towards their fellowmen;
and let all others who have a Heart that can teei
for the sufferings of their fellow beings aid by
sending a mite from their riches -to the hungry,
starving, naked and desolate people of these two
countries. Jloney, clothing, or any other neces
saries of life would be bread cast upon the
waters ; but the supplies, to do good, must come
quickly. The people are too much terror stricken
to act with vigor, and the governments of Peru
and Ecuador cannot now give the aid the neces-'
sities of the people imperatively demand. '
I have the honor to be your obedient servant,
ALVIN P. HOVEY.'
BANKRUPT SALE,
At Charlotte, S C, m Tuesday IhelZtk of Oct., 1868
By an order from A. H. Abrams, Esq. Assignee of
L. Drucker, a Bankrupt, and by order also of Coart,
will be sold in the City of . Charlotte on the 27th of
October, the following property belonging to the
Estate of said Bankrupt : '
That two-story frame building and double lot on
College street, known as th residence of L. Drneker.
It has a handsome, flower garden in front and all
necessary Ait-iuildirg. -
Also, at the same time, 16 shares f Charlotte. Gaa
Co. Stock, and II Share of Ufcar. & V. Jttauroaa
I gtoct,
Terms made known on day of sale.
Oct f, im, ar.- . ' - ;
ATnw Womam A Detective's Story.
What lift ' J is more thrilling than that of i
police detective, what "more full of startling ad
venture? An incident in the experience of two
men weu known in the eity of flew Orleans, as
the most skillful and accomplished detectives in
the Southern1 country, has been related to the
reporter! he event about to be related is of
recent occurrence. ! It is one of the unpublished
histories of crime, one of the heart-beata under
neath the social current of the great city. But
the words of the detective are -more potent
than the reporter can accord it. Let him tell
his story : - '
A robbery had been committed, in one of our
large commercial houses under very singular cir
cumstances. The day preceding the , crime a
large uiun of money; had .been received and
left In the safe over Hight. " Partf tbia money
consisted of 20 and $50' billa.-; Unknown
any one but the proprietor they were marked
with a small cross in red ink in the left hand
corner. - The safe was locked at night, in the
morning it was open, the night clerk asleep un
der the influence of chloroform and the money
gone. The cashier was a young man of high
social position, and about to be married to the
daughter " of the proprietor., , He alone
carried the keys of the safe. Ik was evi
dent the lock had been picked, or opened with
iue a.ey. . vur observations i convinced us
it was the latter. Still we kept our own counsel.
At the request of the merchant the whole mat
ter was kept a profound secret. , It furthered
our ''chances of detecting the robber that it
should be sol Before we had left the store, we
had settled in our minds the identity of the
thief; but it was necessary to obtain the proof be
fore our suspicions were divulged, or his arrest
attempted.' Description of the money stolen
was ien wun certain parties, under whose obser
vation it was most likely to come if put in cir
culation, with instructions to detain the person
offering it until we were sent for. This was all
that could be done for the present. We went
home to await developments. Still we kept our
eves on the cashier.. '.He was vonne-. " .nd al
though he never drank to access, was fast. He
spent a great deal of money, and to use a com-
.1 .1 !
inon expression, was me deuce among the gins.
Ouce or twice we ' saw him walking in the
squares of evenings with a very pretty young
English girl, a milliner, working on Canal street.
I here was something very noticeable about the
girl's face a sort of melancholy and sadness that
weat straight to our hearts. Any one would
have felt kindly towards her by just looking at
her. Somehow or other, I felt a presentiment
that this girl was mixed up in the robbery. I
could'nt get rid of the idea. : It haunted me.
In this way several weeks passed. Oue day wc
received a message iu a great hurry to come to
the steamboat lauding. It was late in the after
noon, and the boats for St. Louis were about
leaving. Arriving there, we went at once on
board the Ilepublic, and up to the clerk's desk.
standing at the counter was the pretty English
girl, and in hands of the clerk were two of the
marked $20 bills.. She had just offered them in
payment iur jier passage wou Jjouis. x ieit i
j. I a.- li T . T r.li
now mat me cashier was in my clutches. nut
it was necessary to proceed carefully and not
frighten the girl. As gently as 1 could, 1 told
her that the money she had just offered at the
counter had been stolen; that it was ' necessary
for me to know where she obtained it. At my
words her face look the livid hue of death,, but
she shook her head as much as to say she would .
never tell me. I plied her with importunities,
entreated and begged; but it was of no avail. I
had no recourse but to take her into custody.
Still I hoped to be able to discover from her the
proof of the cashier's" guilt. He was evidently
her lover, but I doubted much if she knew his
real name or actual position. I plied her with
questions on this head, and although she was on
her guard, and her answers evasive,' I was soon
satisfied that the real name of her lover" was un
known to her. .. As I left the cell I heard her
mutter in the most poignant grief:
"Ohr Charley, Charley, can this be true."
This was, indeed, his first name I returned on
the instant and said to her that I knew- the per
son who gave her the money, that his- name was
Charley At the mention of this name
she clapped her hands and laughed. It was not
the name she knew him by. I was almost at my
wits end. The girl must confess or the real
criminal would escape punishment. I thought,
howeverof a resource, and put it in execution at
once. I -went to the store and tokl the mer
chant that I wanted a picture of every member
of his establishment, himself, included. He
looked puzzled, but complied with my request.
Armed with these I returned to the ceil. I
told the girl I had something to show her my
heart ached as I did so. I knew she worshipped
the heartless scoundrel who had hetrayed her. I
held the picture so that she ' could see it in full;
as the light flashed on it, I said to her, ''Mary;
this is the Charley, I am after " '
.. She gave one quick, hurried glanee at the
pictures,, and then,. with a low moan of anguish,
fell fainting to the floor. The tears would come
to my eyes as I looked at the poor, beautiful
creature iu her agony. Only heaven knows how
I pitied her; but justice as well as her own good,
required that the mask should be lifted and the
criminal exposed. As soon as "she had time to
recover, I went to her again.. I found her calm,
but with a look of sorrow that pierced me to my
heart. I told her who her lover waSr his crime,
and begged her to reveal all she knew ofh:m.
I might as well have talked to stone. She sat
deaf silent iu her tearless anguish. Only once
she murmured (he joves me, he is true to me."
1 told her. she was mistaken he eared nothing
about her would never marry her. She laugh
ed at me in bitter scorn. As a last resource, I
went to the place at which she had been work
ing. .. 1 found out all about her friends and with
whom she associated. From . these I learned
that she was engaged to be married to "Charley,"
who represented himself as a young mechanic,
that he had persuaded her to go to St. Louis for
that purpose, where it was said that he had re
latives. ,-I know it was oulv to ret rid'of her
while he married, the merchant's daughter.
had got all the juformaUua 1 wanted. As 1 re
turned (passed by the theatre, brilliantly lighted
for an eveuiug's eotcrtaiament. ' I stepped in.
The Aeaotv aud fashion of -the eity were there
In one ofthe boxes sat Charley and his betrothed.
She was -radiant in beauty--he: attentive and
love-like. My resolution was taken ir on the in
stant. -1 left the theatre hurriedly and went to
the station. ' In a few minutes I returned ac
companied by Mary. I took her to a seat com
manding a full view of the box. One glance was
enough; I ' saw that her heart was breaking.
Silently I led her out of the theatre and back to
the station. ' """'
"Will you tell me now?"
"I can die, but I .have nothing to tell."
She never did. It was useless to . detain her.
We let her go, but three weeks afterwards she
died of a broken heart. The mystery of the rob
bery has never been explained.
. How. Many, Balls Hit .
The report of the Chief of the Eireauof Ord
luco.ef the Navy presents many interesting
cts as connected with Eunnenr small anna
y,euns. The report explodes one theory
which had been acveuwu as i tu -n-ii.. r
balls or cartridges expended in hitting one man.
Estimates have been made that of 3,000 balls
fired, only one ever hits its intended mark, and
another calculation says that from 3,000 to 10,
000 cartridges were usually expended in killing
or wounding one man. llow erroneous these
estimates may be, if compiled from the expendi
ture of ammunition in battle, can be judged of
by this report of Captaia Wise, Chief of Ord
nance, who,, in speaking of the advantage of
breech-loading small arms over those which load
at the muzzle, says: The fourth advantage "is
impossibility of multiplying the loads under any
circumstances, as only one cartridge can be
placed at a time in the opening at the breech;
and in the event of a failure to explode, gener
ally the cartridge is withdrawn by the movement
of cocking and opening the. breech. The report
says : "
"Singularly enough, the lesson of one of the
greatest battles of the war proves how immensely
important this last mentioned advantage of the
breech-loader really is. . Upon the field of Gettys
burg, after tbe battle, an immense number of
muzzle-Ioadin? arms were picked un. both of our
own and rebel soldiery. Nearly all of these were
found to be loaded and this of itself is perhaps
not to be wondered at ; but the curious fact was
discovered that about one-half of the number
loaded contained tico loads each, one-fourth from
three to ten loads, and the remainder one legiti
mate load., In one or two instances as many as
thirty-two and . forty-two bullets were found in
the barrels I
"The official report of the examination of the
arms collected upon the battle-field of Gettys
burg, states that of the whole number received
27,574 wo. found at least 24,000 of these load
ed; about one half of these contained two loads
each, one fourth from three to ten loads each,
and the balance one load each. In many of,
these guns from two to six balls have been found
at the botton of the bore with only one charge
of powder. Iu some the balls have been found
at tbe bottom of the bore with the charge of
powder on top of the ball. In some as many
as six paper regulation calibre, 58 cartridges have
been found, the cartridges having been put into
the guns without being torn or broken. Twenty
three loads wero found in one Springfield rifle
musket, each load in regular order. Twenty-
two balls and sixty-two bnck-shot, with a cor
responding quantity of powder, all mixed np
together, were found in one percussion smooth
bore musket. .
m i
JKs? A youth in this county was bit during
the summer by a snake known as the "pilot.
and was cured by the application of bruised onions
and salt. ' He was also subjected to sweating by
herb" teas. We learn that he was in great
pain until the onions were applied. . .This is the ,
second case we have heard of persons being cured
of snake ' bites by the application of onions.
Wudesltoro Argus. .. .
Gen. Grant's Wkaltii. -Geo. Grant was
presented with one hundred thousand dollars by
the wealthy men of New York. This is, we be
lieve, in 5-20 bonds. lie has also received a
fine house from the capitalists of Philadelphia,
and another from his friends in Illinois. Both
these houses were ready furnished in elegant
style.
His position as Ocncral ot the Armies gives
him a nublc salary about $20,000 a year, be
sides allowances, mileage, and wc don t know
what. Moreover, this L an oflice for life, and he
will have to surrender it f he is elected Presi
dent. Should that cv-ent take place in Novem
ber, wo think that Gen. Grant will regret when
his four years of trouble arc over, that he gave
up 820,000 a year for $25,000, all of which he
will have to pcnd, and at me ena retire to pri
vate life with nothing to live on but f.uic. Of
what sort this will be, wc know not; but we fear
that with General Grant s preparation for civil
duties, it will be none of the brightest.
Advice to Yousu 31 ex. Let the business
of vcry one alone, and attend to your own. .
Don't buy what you don't want. L'se every
hour to advantage, and .study to make a leisure
hour useful. Think twice before yoa spend a
dollar; remember you wilV have another to make
'.a . . .M
for it. JiOok over your books regularly, ana n
. 1 . . . O I 11 . .1 1..
you una an error trace uout. ououiu a turuite
of mislortune come upon you in your business,
retrench, work harder, bat never fly the track.
Confront difficulties with ' unflinching persever
ance;'and they will fly at last : then you will be
. . . . . ' a ti . j ; i
honored, but snnnx, ana you win oc uopiscu. . .
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tsr- Of seven Governor in as many "recon
structed" Southern States, only two have resided
South more thaa ttTce years, ui ten uniiea
States Senators elected in five Southern States,
eight are recent emigrants from the North." Oft
f.hlrtT-threp Tlr.resentativcs elect to Congress
from seven Southern States, twenty-two are re-,
cent emigrants. "
. tk$T Those who are most weary of life, and
yet are most unwilling to die, are such who have
lived to no purpose, who have rather brcthd
than lived. x ., ,
'
-' jBgy He tliat can not forgive- others "breaks
the bridge over wtich he must pass himself; for
every man has need to be forgiven.
Secret marriages are so common in Boston that
the young women eaa't get beaux- Every maa
is afraid of courting some other man'awife.