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CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1870.
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VttUAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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Obituary notices of over five lines in" length will
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. Dr. W. H. HofEman, !
DENTIST,
Late of LifKolnton, JV. C.,) j
-ectfujlj informs the' citizens of Charlotte and
the public generallj. that he has permanently loca
te in Charlotte, lleisruiij preparea 10 auenu
ta a'l cU relating to his profession, j i .
Successful practice for more than 10 jears in
this iecfion of country and in tho Confederate arxoy
of Virginia during the late war, warrants him in
promising entire satisfaction to all parties who may
fair his services.
gcOtfice over Soiith & Hnmtnond s Drug Slore.
0ce hours from 8 A. if. to 5 I. M. '
BirKNCss M. P. Pegram. Cashier 1st National
Bnli of Charlotte: Dr. Sloan, Dr. J. II. Mc
jUen n.l VT. J. Yates, EJitor Charlotte Democrat.
" Jan 81, 1870 j ly " j j j i '
DENTISTRY. . ;
The oil firm of ALEXANDER & BLAND is here
by revived, at the former stand in Brown's building,
opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Entire satisfaction is
pttarmnteed. and toelh call be extracted without pain.
Th patronage of our old customers is respectfully
elicited
June V7fl. . f
Robert Gibbon, M. D.t
HIYJSICIAN AND SURGEON.
05ce ot Smith & Hammond's Drug Store
Residence on College fctreet.
Jn24, 1&70. !
J. P. Mc Combs, M. D., '
O'ers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte And nurrounding country. All calls, Loth
night and "day, promptly attended to. . '
ilce in lirown s building, up stairs, opposite the
Charlotte Hotel. .
Oct 2i i, 108. " - '
Dr. JOHN H. He ADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CIIA A L O TTE J. C,
lit on band a larce and well selected stock of PURE
MUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family Mcli-
ein. Taint, Oili, Varni.-he., Dye Stuffs, fancy and
Tuilet Article, which he is determined to sell at the
ttrj lowest prices.
Ja 1. 1870.
W. P. DAVIDSON,
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TTORXEY 'AT L, A
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CharlottO: N. C.,
Office over B. Koopjiass's .fitore.
Pec 13, 180y ly "
DR. E. C. ALEXANDER,
Charlotte, ZJ. C ,
nr,n Ki4 sArvices as Phrician to the citizens of
CUarUtie surrounding couutry.
tlSce nearly opposite Charlotte Hotel.
Pzf lr. Alexander mjtkes a goud C'ugh Mixture,
letter than any Pateut Alediciue. Try it.
Feb 7, 1870.
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock I5Ii!c3r,
AND DKALKR IS
JEWELR IXE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Watch Matt rials. Spectacles, $e.
log-19, 1S07. CHARLOTTE, N. C.
MANSION HOUSEv
Charlotte, N. C.
This well known HojiKe! having been newly fur
nished and refitted in every .department, is uow open
fur ihe'accommodation of the :
TRAVELING PU11L1C.
SrrOmnihu ses at the Depot on arrival of Trains.
Jn 21. 1870. II. C. ECLES.
B- R. SMITH & CO ,
GeneraL Commission Merchants,
60 Killtf Strut, Boston, Mass.,.
For the sal of Cotton, Cotton Yarn, Naval Stores,
ic, and the purchase of Gunny Cloths and Mcrchan
! generally.-
Liberal Cash advances made oa consignments to
o. and all usual facilities offered.
We hope by fair and honest dealing, and our best
effort to please, to receive from our frieuds that en
couragement which it ahall be our aim to merit.
Orders solicited and promptly filled for Gunny
Bilging, Fish. Doots and Shoes, &.Z., &c. i
Itsraa bt Pibmissios to
Jahn Demerritt. V.s., Pres. Eliot NaU Dank, Boston.
Loringi llejnolds, 110 Pearl t.. Boston.
Murchison 4 Co., 207 Tearl St., New York.
J Y Bryee Jt Co., Chatlotte. N C.
R. T McAden, Esq., Pres. 1st Nat. Bank. Charlotte.
T W Dewey i Co., Bankers. Charlotte, N C.
R M Gates & Co., Charlotte. N C. -Williams
k Murchison. Wilmington, N C.
Col U'n Johnston. Vrv. Chrlwtta and Augusta Rail
road, Charlotte, SC..
Bept 6, 180'J.
LARGE STOCK, j
Wittkowsky & Rintels
Ilave received one of the largest Stocks of Goods
ever offered in this market, and are receiving week
ly additions, so that they are prepared to supply any
aiaiHtnt of patronage they may be favored with du
ring tiie Fall and Winter, j
fcif Country Merchant are especially invited to
ca!lnd examine this Stuck of Goods, as they can
find aoythiag wanir'l for stocking a country Store
and at vrry reasuuable wholesale prices. 1
(jive u a call and se our Gools and hear our
prices before making your purchases.
W1TTKOWSKV i RINTELS.
Jrch 15, 1870.
Stoves, Tin & Sheeting Iron Ware.
Alwsjs on hand the best STOVES in the market.
Pear s Calorific, Excelsior, Columbia and Live-Oak
Cooking Stoves.
Ux and Parlor Stoves, .
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware.
Hollow Ware, Japanese Ware, and various
Housekeeping Articles.
wares and work warranted as represented.
JL Orders respectfully solicited.
F' is, IsTd. D. II. BYLRLV.
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i fc.-ssjpjLE. vo not De aoove your Dtui-
ncss ; he who turns up his nose at his "work,
quarrels with his bread and butter. lie is a
poor smith who quarrels ; with his own sparks;
there's no shame about any honest calling: don't
be afraid of soiling your hands; there's plenty. of
soap to be had. All trades are good to traders.
You cannot get honey if you ar;e frightened at
bees, nor plant corn if you are afraid of getting
mud on your boots. hen you can dig telds
with toothpicks, blow ships along with fans, and
grow pluu-pakcs in flowerpots, then it will be a
line time lor dandies. , ,
PRESSORS FAMILY GROCERY
Fresh Goods!
Just
icrtived at the Sijn of tlie Elepliaut,
Jest door below liryce a UuiMing,
; CIMRLOTTL, W. V. "
1 desire to invite my friends and the public gen
erally, to call and inspect myjarge, fresh and well
selected Stock of i ; f - ;
Groceries, &c.,
Which have just been opened, embracing
Sngars of all grades and low prices;
Coffees, the usual variety,
Teas, Green and Black, warranted,
Molasses, the best and the lowest, at retail or by the
barrel.
Mackerel, pronounced by my customers the best ever
opened in the City,
FLUUR, a specialty, as I select and offer none but
the best,
Eacon, Hams, 8 boulders and Sides, selected brands,
well cured and" t be, most approved by Connoisseurs
of a well supplied larder, ; - ' I
Lard, first quality, ii(Cuns and Parrels, j
Pickles, Ketchups anLauces, Jellies, Preserves and
Fruits, Pepper, Suit and Spice, Soda, Starch and
Soap, Candles and Crockery, Shirtings. Sheetings,
&e , Shoes of the best manufacture, for ladies, gen
tlemen and boys, and choice Liquors, Foreign and
Domestic, for medicinnl use, Moti's choice Copper
Distilled Whiskey. Aleo, ; Cans, self-eealing, for
Fruit and Vegetables, j ! .
CSr2T Call and see my Ooods. for you may secure
better offers than are usually made.
June 20, 1&70. ! D. M: PKESSON, Ag't.
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I. 51. MILLER & SONS,
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Wholesale Grocers,
GENERAL PRODI-VE DEALERS
AND
Commission Merchants,
j Collnje iS'm, ClIAltLOTTE, N. C.
( Jlay Ifi, 1870. I ' '!
KO 8ECKF.T.
I At Smiths' Shoe Store.
You can buy the best and cheapest Coots, Shoes,
j Leather, Hats, Trunks and Tobacco.
April 4, lS7d.
S. P. SMITH i-CO.
COTTON GINS, j
CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 18, 1870.
' Msssns. Brkm, Crows & Co : Gentlemen: We,
the undersigued. Cotton buyers and Grocery dealers
of this City, have bought coitou ginned on tlie Uul-
lott Steel Brush Gin. and have lound it to be. free
frimi trash and dirt, and of superior lintj (fibre un
broken and free from np. ) and good cotton fold for
hnlfacent per pound and poor and stained cotton
from one to two cents per pound over cotton of the
Hume clasdiucatitm ginned on other Gins.
j Oates, Saxpeks & Oates,
v ' Stenuotse, .Macaulay & Co.,
E.IM. IIoit h Son, p ;
Y. Brvck & Co. !
of the above Gins. Any one in want of a Giu should
call and examine them before Jjuyiug.
Call or send for Circular '!
BREM, BROWN & CO
June 20, 1870 1 4m
Sparkling Catawba Springs,
CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C.'.
This celebrated Watering Place, formerly called
North Carolina White Sulphur Springs, will be open
for visitors on Wednesday, the 1st day of June.
Being situated in the Northwestern part of tue
State, in a section remarkable tor its ueugntiui
climate, beauty and h cult hints these, together with
the virtue of the waters, make it one of the most de
sirable Watering Places to be found.
The Mineral Waters of Ihese Springs are. the
White and Blue Sulphur, and Chalyebente or Iron,
and they possess all the fiuest . qualities of these
waters, aud are sovereign remedies for all remaie
Diseases, diseases of long standing, diseases of the
liver, bowels, stomach, kidneys, Pulmonary diseases,
Eruptions of the skin, ScrofulaJ Weakness, Debility,
DvDensia. Rheumatism, &c., c.
From tls numerous wondertul cures mat nave
... ....
come immediately under my own observation withjn
the last four years (by the use of these, waters) I am
satisfied that this is the place for all whose; condition
can be improved by the salubrious character of any
water that flows from the earth, a"hd tue nieuicinai
qualities of the came are not excelled.
Our rooms, in both cottages and other buildings,
are larire aim pleasant : collages containing iroin
two to sir rooms each, suitable for large or small
families. Many rooms having been already applied
for, arrangements will be made to accommodate a
large number of visitors, and it is to be hoped that
our Southern people will patronize the parklmg
Catawba, which ought to be the pride of North Caro
lina, as well as the South, for no watering place can
offer jrreater inducements 4or either health or
pleasure.
The lar win be supplied witn cnoice honors and
segars. uoou len I in . lie vs. iuiiaru lames, one
of which will be of the most approved style.
Good Bath Houses, for Pool. Plunge or Shower
Baths, and Sulphur Baths, hot or cold. i
A good Band of Music,'- six or more performers.
has been engaged for the season, and a good Pbvsi-
cian permanently located for the benefit-of invalids,
who will have good attention. 1
The Sparkling Catawba this season will be under
tho management of Mr John L. Eubank, (who, for
tbe last three years, has been manager of the Heal
ing Springs in Virginia). assisted by Mrs. M. A.
nrenu, and visitors may rely upon finding a good
tar.H;.
The csrs, on the Western and Morganton Railroad,
leave aitstiury every morning, . Sundays excepted,
for Hickory Ration, the Springs Depot, where backs
witn goou anvers will be ready to take passengers
to tne springs, a uistance or six miles, over a beau
tiful, well shaded road.
A good Laundry connected with the Springs, and
washing doue at reasonable rates.
BOARD.
For four weeks, $48. Ter week, $15. Per day,
$3. Children under ten years of age and colored
servants half pricej No charge for infants, or
children under two years of age.- Reasonable deduc
tion made for large families who spend tbe season.
Tickets at reduced rates, or return tickets, can be
had on 'the different Railroads tothe Sparkiinz.
Catawbi
GOLDEN WYATT & CO..
Sparkling Catawba Springs, Catawba Co., N. C.
T" cy . ! tv . , i
juuc u, iciv i iu
'I;;! -Tyro Fools. j :; r., j !
At RaTenna, Ohio, the other day. a man and
woman, before the . Mayor, performed this sin
gular marriage ceremony: ! 1 ; H
"Before you, as ; witnesses.
I agree
to take
Catherine Stooel. who I hold by the right hand,
and who I intelligently, religiously, and spirit
ually love, to be my companion through life, and
to her I accord equal 'rights, socially, religiously
and politically with myself. W Piebce."
"Before J you, as witnesses, I agree to take
Walter Pierce, who I now hold by the hand, and
who I intelligently,1 religiously and spiritually
love, to be my companion through life,! and I
agree to not usurp over or transcend him in any
particular, 1 i I Catherine Stooel."
."By this voluntary and premeditated act. :n
your presence, we declare ourselves religiously , ;
pauoKopnitaJIy and scieotitically married.
j 1 1 ij ! . WALTEtt PlE'RCE,
These pnpers having been duly filed, his Honor
completed the contract thus entered into by pro-
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nouncing me parties uusoana ana wire.
We are told that not unit has been success
fully tried as a remedy for diarrhcea. It is said
that a pint every few hours will check the most
violent stomach ache, incipient cholera or dissen
tery. Half a pint every meal generally Reduces
gradually ana pleasantly an ordinary diarriioea
Driving ; off Squash Bugs. The Cincin
nati Chronicle gives the following as a remedy
for this great hindrance to squash, raising: -
Fiue-cut;tobacco, spnukled lightly ou the hills
of squashes, will keep off the large stinging bug
so fatar to those vines especially to the Hub
bard squash. i h J
Many a child goes astray not because there is
a want of prayer or; virtue at; home, but simply
because home likes sunshine. A child needs
sunshine asM much j as fbwers need sunbeams.
Children look little; beyond the preseut moment.
It a thing pleases they are apt to seek it j it it
displeases they are prone to avoid it. If (homo
is the place where faces are sour, and words harsh,
and fault finding is ever in the ascendaut,f they
will spend as many hours as possible elsewhere.
Let evdry father and mother, then, try to be
harpy. Let them talk to their children,! espe
cially the little ones, in such a way as to make
them hippy. '' I . !
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CIS JUSTICE
Attorney at Law, j
Bryrei
TBiultliuj, CUARL O TTEy X.
J une
1870.
Just Received, j -.-
t ,4"Krf"kt BARRELS Molasses and Syrups in
il-F Jr , store and to arrive,; all grades ad
1 (to prices to suit,
25 Bags Rio Coffee, j
'50 Kitts Family Mackerel, cheap.
1000 Lbs. choice Country Side Bacon,
'50 Bags Country Hour, ,
110 Boxes Assorted Soda,
50 Boxes Candles, !
.20, Boxes Family Soap,
j 10 Boxes Fancy Soap, cheap.
A large Jot J and 1 barrels No. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel,
at
K. M.
MILLER & SONS.
June 0,1870.
BINGHAM SCHOOL,
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IMLBANEVILLE, X. C.
Th Rpssion of 1870-71 ODens August 24th.
For
Catalogue address ii Col.' WM. BINGHAM,
0, 1870
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Mebaneville N
ington N. C. Life Insurance
l Company. ; I
; JOHN DAWSON, j President. j j.
Authorized Capital $1,000,000 Guaranteed Capital
.5joOO,UOO. : , 1
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Having accepted the General Agency for the Ninth
Judicial District of the Wilmington Life Insurance
Company, I am desirous of appointing an Agent in
each county. Reterences required of applicants.
Address me at Charlotte, N. C.
: j :l' - S. RUSS.
June 13, 18701 Sm I Office at Charlotte IItl.
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! I Turnip Seed. j i I ;
Received this day, a supply of fresh Turnip Seed
.Large Mtute JNorloiK, ieu iop,:
Red
White Globe,
Rut a Baga,
Golden Ball,
At ! -I
June 27,1870.
WILSON
& BLACK'S, -j
Drugstore.
Thirty Millions! of Dollars.!
Fully appreciating the necessity for RELIABLE
INSURANCE! AGENCIES to this community, we
have, during the past three years, secured the
agency of Several of the j j l
Safest and Strongest Companies
In the World.i- The combined assets of the Compa
nies we represent make up the grand total of Thirty
Millions Nine Hundred and ( r Uty-iignt inousa,na
Dollars. ! ! ' l N
.Having been engaged in the ; Insurance business
for several years, we feel competent to judge of the
standing of Insurance Companies, and only repre
sent sucii as we can safely recommend to our friends.
We have paid losses since tho war amounting to
nearly p ! I ; i
Seventy Tnousana jjpiiars
And have never appealed to the law to make settle
ment for us. I ! j 1 i - i: -
Policies written on all classes of Merchandise,
Storehouses, i Dwellings, Churches, jarm ; Houses,
Barns and Manufacturing Establishments of all kinds
at fair rates. Office Corner of College and rounn
Streets. I r BURROUGHS & SPRINGS.
J . li J-;C. BCBROCGHS. I!
June 13, 1870. a. sprisos. l
ESTABLISHED 1857.
i JAMES HARTY, i
Old China Hall Man,
(Xcxt Door I to the Court Uuuserf
i CHARiOTTE," N. C,
Respectfully informs the public that he has; on hand
an elegant variefy of j I I
- China, Glass ana urocKery, I
Also, a good assortment or House t urnisnmg Arucies,
KniTes and Forks, Spoons, Castors, Tea Trays, &c.
Wood and Willow Ware, Tubs, Buckets. ; Churns,
Rolling Tins Towel I Rollers, Bread Trays, Corn
Brooms ; Clothes. Market and Traveling Baskets.
Crockery reduced to as low a price as oexore ine
- n.nv articles far less. Common Cups and
Saucers 25 cents per sett, retail ; good clear Glasa
Table Tumblers SO cent.- pvr ett. ! 1
I am determined to sell as low. If not lower, man
h boucht in the City. Give me a call and 1 will
ftatittfy you. I mean what I say.
JAMES II ARTY, 1
June
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Wilnj
March 11, 1870.
next door to the Court House..
' ' : How to Treat Ghildien.'
Under the influence of the hallucination that
the very first indication of stubbornness on tho
prat of the child should be subdued by all means,
a man of education, in the year of grace 1866,
beat his son of two years old to death, because
the child would not say its prayers.
- A parent discovered that a child of five years
oTage was afraid to sleep in a room alone, and
thinking it a mere notion,' put the little innocent
to bed, put out the light, locked the door, and
went away j On visiting the room late at night,
the child was found to have i died of a fit; ; the
eyes had started from their sockets, as if the
poor little thing had been! horror-struck. "
W Another barbarism is compelling children to
crit ft meat, or lean meator any otjjer article
of food for which " there is not" only no 'relish,
tut an unconquerable antipathy. The instincts
oi a cuiia snouia dg respected, oecause toey are
implanted in its very nature for its well-being,
as in the animal creation, j I We might as wisely
try to make a -kitten eat w.hite beans, or compel
a chicken to ! drink: salt; water. Never war
against the instincts of a child. Lead, rather
than drive; persuade, ratqerjtnan punish y.con
vmce, ratner than convict ; lose your right arm,;
of its
unresisting
helplessness ; bear, rather jthan beat ; remember-!
ing that 'tof such is the kingdom of heavenl"
IlaWt Journal of HealtlL ! !
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Mrs. Partington says she did not marry her
second husband because she loved the male sex,!
but because be was just the size of her first jhus-i
band, and could wear out his old clothes. r t
The Nitural History fSociety of Pittsfield,
have a button) found at Perry's Peak, which is
supposed to have been dropped by Ham, th( son
of Noah, while ; leaning over the t a Frail of the
ark in a fit ;ofisea sickness, i i L
When Patrick first tried peaches, he said he
liked the flavor, - but, the 'seeds lay hard on his
stomach; -i j.j Jf-v: ' '' j jj '. .'.'.. "- ' ' M; l r
, What more rjrecious offering can be laid on
the altar of a man's heart than the first love of
a uure. earnest ana anectionate eiri. witn an
undivided interest in eight' corner lots and four
teen three-story houses?! ;!-'t
An innocent writer informs us that mankind
embraces womani You
bet '
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A"N6'bjle- Act.- -A very generous act' is told
of M. Oernuschi the Italian banker lately expelled
from Jb ranee, j After tho taking of Home and
his imprisonmentj in Fort St. Angelo, he was
compelled to leave Italy, j He was without funds,
but one of his! compatriots Said, "Here are 500
francs for which I have no ! pressing use. ' They
may assis' you m your exile., "Twelve or fifteen
years later Oernuschi, whd hadl become Wealthy,
learned that his benefactcr'is daughter was about
to get married. He wrote! asking her to accept
the 500 francs which her father ! had always
refused to receive. "I have, said he. ''invested
this small sum in different enterprises which have
succeeded, and I
send it to you with the return
it has produced
Your husband, I hone, will
qot object t!o this addition ;tb your fortune,! which
leeitihiately belongs to you.f' I The 500 franc
note enclosed a sum of 106,000 francs
Persian Wo6inoJ In the good old times,
a Persian girl who had a little property a hut
or fishing boat- was thereby legally authorized
to pick out a husband, j v hen she wished to
begin the hunt,
she would i hang up her blue
apron m iront oi
her door, and post herself be-
hmd it, while t
fie young men ot the village,
attired in their best clothes, passed by the apron
in long profession one by-one. As soan as the
right one appeared, she would rush out throw
her amis' around his: neck' and within three
"weeks there was a wedding. I i "
EST" If you would keep your feucret from an
enemy,
tell it not to a friend K
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! GOOD PROPERTY.
I want to raise enougb money to meet my liabili
ties, as I prefer to make speedy settlements, and
therefore offer for sale one-half interest in my Mill
property near Morrow's Turnout. I prefer o retain
one-bait, but would sell toe wnoie n aesirea ty a
pikrchaser.
The property is
rell-known to be val
I M. L.. WALLIS.
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Jun 27, 1870
PLANTATION ( FOR SALE.
I want to sell one of my plantations the 'lone on
which I now reside, 2 miles east of Davidson College.
The tract contains 154 Acres, 4o of which are in
cultivation. It is first rate! cotton Land, and also
suitable for grain ! ! There are 20 acres of bottom,
and the balance goodwood-land. There is a very
good Dwelling i and necessary out-liouses on the
premises, and also a first rate Spring of Water. J
Apply on the'preiuises or address me at Davidson
College, N.C. - 1! ! JAMS RE ID.
' June 27, 1870 : .'pd-;!M ; ' - 1" M
To Health and Pleasure Seekers !
Ho ! for the. Mdontains and Sea-Shore 1
Return Excursion Ticket will be j issued ! on tbe
Atlantic and! NoHh Carolina.! Jiorth Carolina and
Western North Carolina Railroads daring the Sum
mer monthsl from June 1st to November 1st, 1870,
at greatly reduced. prices.- ! ' I !' ; i i -
Persons wishing to visit the various resorts of
pleasure rijoy the healthful effects of the Medicinal
Springs.' and view our be'antiful! MOUNTAIN
SCENERY in Western North I Carolina, or to visit
the magnificent HARBOR OF BEAUFORT; enjoy
a sail, bathe in its waters and breathe the invigora
ting salt sea air at Morehead City in! Eastern North
Carolina, will do well to avail themselves of the pre
sent reduced rates. E, R. STANLY, Bres t.
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1870.
! Ofiic A. & N. C. R. R., Newbern.
June 27,
Just Received,
rdK BARRELS MOLASSES, r s
O HJ' 20 Bags Coffee, . !f ' , , . 4- :! '. 'A '
; 60 Kits Family Mackerel,
30 Dosen Pickles, i
25 Boxes Assorted Soda, j
20 Barrels extra C Sugar, at i
June 13, 1870. A. R- N.ISBET & BRO S
''; - jr 'Hardware. ' ;1:ft'.'
Tbe largest siock of Table and Pocket Cutlery in
North Carolina.! Brades Rivet-Eye Hoe, Gritfin's.
Grass and Grain Blades, Scythe-Siones and Snaths,
Glass, Putty, and a general! assortment of Hardware
at .!. ; I - I ' r : '. 1- , i
Mclaughlin Walter brem's.
June fi, 1870. . j i
A Honth of Battles the Bloody Record Of
Jane.
Tbe "leafy month" just past has a melancholy
record in history
The Cincinnati Enquirer!
reminds us that the 18th inst. was the fifty-fifth
anniversary of the
battle of Waterloo, which was
fought on the 18th of June, 1815. It was tbe
most remarkable conflict of modern times. ". We
say remarkable, bJcause itwatfthe most decisive
and important tn its results. The word Waterloo
has j passed not only into history, but into the
language itself. ; It designates an overthrowal
that j is final in .it?; characterland from which
there is no appeal. The 18th of June. 1815.
will ever figure as pno of the great landmarks of
time.- It is like the sea fight of Antony and
LepiduS with Octavius Casaf , which -docIde3'tA3verti8er :
the fortunes of the world. There is much in the
history of Waterlob which w not understood by
the masses ot the people, As is well known, tho
arrival or isiuener
and his. Prussians to the aid
of Wellington decided the victory ..which other-
wiseiWould have been with the trench. lie
arrived at 6 o'clock in the evening. The 18th
of June is among the longest days of the year,
and jt had been determined by tho French Em-
perbr, Napoleon, toj open the contest at the break
oday, which is before four o'clock. But for
two 6r three days previous there had been heavy
falls of rain. Waterloo, which was a wheat field
in the neighborhood of. Brussels, was converted
almost into a morass. Napoleon had a large pre -
ponderance in the number of his. great guns, 230
against 170. He jwas strongly.in favor of the
artillery service, in which hVhfed entered as a
youth in the College of Brienne. The advantage
which he had in it he. was not in favor of sur
rendering by commencing the action when the
fieldj from the recent rains, was unfavorable to
his cannon. f! He, therefore,1 waited until the
rays of the hot su i had dried up the field, and
.made it passable f ir artillery. The action did
not commence unt 1 eleven o'clock in the morn-
ing,
jwhen otherwise it would! ! have commenced
before six o'clock
five hourt
previous. This
delay was fatal "w Napoleon - The Prussians
arrived at six o'clock in the afternoon, and
changed the fortunes of the, day. Had it not
been! for the delay Lof five hours on the morning
of the loth. ol J.ne, the JJntish would have
been! defeated and in full and irreparable retreat
before the arrival of their allies. As Victor
Hugo aptly observes in his! remarkable work.
Lcs Miserables:" "A few drops of rain, more
oi less, changed the fortunes of tho Continentof
Kjurope." But this was not the only mishap of
Napoleon in this extraordinary campaign. In
its very outset one of , bis generals, Bourmont,
dserted to the eiu my, and carried with him all
hs knowledge of the niilitary projects of tho
Ejmperor. There was a surprise, but it would
hive been far jrreater ! had it tot! been for this
unforeseen and unexpected desertion. Wellinff-
t on aud- his leading srencrals1 wero
attending a
illiant ball i at Brussels.
The
over
troops were
scattered and cantoned all
-
tho country
w
len the news w
is.bro,ughtj that Nnpolcon, at
tne head of 120,000 men, had made his appear-
ance. in lieigium. j I he scene that ensued is
beautifully described by Lord Byron in "Childe
E
aiuiu, iu vr ii iv ii I lie ou ys .
i
here wm a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's Capital had gathered there :
Hpr beauty and her chivalry, and bright
The lamps shone 6 er fair women and brave men."
The Duke of Wellington was caught nappinir.
lie had made arrangements! ! with the distin
guished F rench traitor! and hero of many revo
lutions, Fouche, iheu the" Minister of Police
uider Napoleon, :o communicate to him the
movements of the great Emperor.. " He sent
them, but with 1 double-faced duplicity stopped
them on the Jronuer, 80 that in case of either
reverse or success he was to have a plea in his
defence. The accession' of Bourmont to the
allied councils explained the! whole, and then
there was mounting in hot haste! and the mus
tering lar and wide ot the steed of war. I he
celebrated Slarshal Ney was Idirected to occupy
the :four roads of Quartre BrasJ which done
would have rendered a junction of the armies of
Blucher with Wellington impossible. During
an imclement rainyr season the gallaut Marshal
had proceeded to within two or three miles of
the point designated. ; His troops were greatly
fatigued, and as his scouts reported that the
place was unoccupied by tlie enemy, he des
patched a courier jto Napoleon informing him
that they were already in possession of the
hrench troops. V hen morning dawned and
Jfey, proceeded onward he found the whole Eng
lish j army in possession of Ouartre Bras, which
was unoccupied several hours before.! This was
the direct and fatal cause! of the loss of the battle
which ensued. : . 1 I iv
On the day itself Ney brought out the cavalry
for an attack on the British lines several hours
he
distress, and accused Ney of destroying his cav- j
airy. Uut where Was Murat, the brother-m-Iaw j
ot the Himperor, wfto should have commanded it;
On account of a personal! quarrel with the Em
peror, he was compelled by that potentate to re
main at a distance in exile! when hSs presence
would probably hive changed the destinies of
tpo soon, and before tho infantry squares had in his recent address as President of tbe Charles
been broken. Napoleon observed it! with great ton Atrricultural and Immigration Convention.
the world. With jGrouchy's defection, with his J annual average, from 1810 to 18G0, the popuUv
failure to join the Emperpr with his cjorps every- tion of freedmeo iu 18G5 maybe presumed to
body is familiar. The cannon of Ulaterlob was
were in his command. He was advised by his offi
cers to proceed to the scene of firing, pile was told
that it was a general engagement; that the Em
peror had the whole European army on his
bands. It was remarked that it was, the cannon
of Austerlitz, butjstill be would not stir. A p-
poiuted to watch Blucher; with the Prussian
army, he neither did it, nor did he jioin the Im
perbl forces. Th result was the destruction of
me xumperor. it jivas.a remarKauie coiuciucnce i
that forty years afterward, in 1855, the British
and French troops combined, .at the siege of
Sebastopol, on the 1 18th of June, took the Mala-
koff, whieh was the key to its possession. The
British failed in the Redan fort, but the French,
bv a surprise, captured the main fortress above
alluded to, from which they speedily shelled out
the Ilussiaua from the lledan. f ! j, f
The 17th of Jo be was the anniversary of the
battle of Bunker IJ ill, fought
U,
ninely-
five years ago. That was the
first battle of the
American Kevolution, which lasted
for seven
years.
Waterloo
was
the
conclusion of the
French Revolution, which had lasted for a period
of oreir twenty years.
But these are not the only. -great modern bat
tles of this month. On the 14th of June, 1S0O,
occurred the great battle of Marengo, which as
sured to Napoleon the consular throne of France.
I On the 14th of June, 1807, he won the battle of.
Jbricdland against llussia, .which terminated tho
campaign against that power, and made him for
years tho arbiter of Europe. We may therefore -
say that the month of June, historically speak
. . ... r
mrr
is a month pi Datties.
, Workmen in England.
The New York Daily Times has a London
correspondent who gives a mournful picture of
J the condition of the working classes in England,
J which - we find thai condensed in tho Newark
I "Millions of people in England live almost en-
tirely upon bakers' bread. Here, for example,
1 is the way of life of a sober, hard-working Eng
lUhman. who earns 18s. a week Oav S4 50 in.
j gold standard), and has a wife and six children.
He neither drinks nor smokes, and . hands over.
his whole waires to his wife. This is a common
practice in well-ordered families. She pays 4s. "
a week for rent; Is. for coal; candles, soap,
fcc., 9d.; a penny a week each for the six chiV
dren to a burial club, Cd.; on a doctor's bill due,
Is. Here are 7s. 3d. of the 18s., and nothing
to eat. Now the bill of fare for these eight per
sons: one pound of bread a day for each the
1 children scarcely tasting anything else comes
f to 7s. a week ; twenty pounds of potatoes, 8d. ;
one pound of butcher's meat on Suoday and two
pounds of salt' pork .for week days, 2s.; odo,
pound of sugar, half pound of butter, one ounce
tea, 13d., make up the week's account. No
milk, no fruit, no clothinjj. The only way they
can have that is for the children to get work or
die. Then something would come in from the
burial club. Thousands and thousands of men '
work hard for two-thirds of these wapes or less.
Plenty, even in the largo townsi for 12s. a week.
Thousands cannot even tasto the Sunday meat
dinner. Great numbers never taste butter.
They get a little drippings as a substitute. In
a London shop, ou a Saturday night, you will
see great heaps of penny and half-peony packets
of tea and pennyworths of brown sugar ready.
TnE Revision of tiie Bible. An attemnt
was made in the British House of Commons on 1
I Tuesdav niirht to have a commission appointed
to revise the translation of the Holy Scriptures.
Mr.1 Gladstone, speakincr for the covernment. '
j made srne very suitable and sensible remarks..
Accordins to him a revision was of doabtful .
utility. Better leave euch matters in the hands
of the ecclesiastical authorities. King James'
version does very well. We ! doubt whether an
improved translation is a possibility. ' At any
rate another authorized version would have ita
drawbacks. The inconvenience of a new version
might more than counterbalance the advantages.
For all ordinary readers the present authorized
version, with all its imperfections, is satisfactory '
enough. Those who wish to dig more deeply
into the hidden mysteries have no lack of help.
Our advise would be let well alone.
.A Mr. Carmichael recently read a paper bo- '
fore the Institution of Engineers in Scotland on
the subject of Steam Boilers," which contains
much practical information. He details at
length a scries of experiments to test tho efH-.
ciency of boilers made of various qualities of
iron and of indifferent thickness. The result of
these te&ts showed that all qualities of iron get
hard and brittle after the builcrs have been in
a8 more thau adczen years, especially whero
exposed to the action of fire. Old boilers, it was
found, apparently strong and sound, frequently
give way suddenly without previous warniug,
because of the deterioration of the iron by use.
Mr. CarmicliHcl regards it as demonstrated they
should not be used more than fifteen or sixteen
years under any circumstances.
CSyThe following gem from tho writing of
Dickens has of Iato been going the rounds of
the press:
'There is nothing- no, nothing beautiful
and good that dies and is forgotten. An infant, .
a prattling child, dying in i's cradle, will lire
again Kin the better thoughts of those who loved;
it, and play its part, though ita body bo burned v
to ashes or buried in the deepest sea. , There is
notjan angel, added to the hosts of heaven, but docs .
its blessed work on earth in those who loved it
hero. Dead ! Oh, if the good deeds of human
creatures could be traced to their source, how '
beautiful would eveu death appear 1 for how
much charity, mercy and purified affection would
be seen to have their growth in dusty graves !"
The Decrease in the eoeo Popula
tion oy Soutii CaeolinaT Gen. Havgood, .
made the following statemeut with reference to,
the decrease of the negro population of South.
Carolina :
"Iu 1790, it nnmbcrcd 107,000; in 1800,
186,000;1810, 1DG,000; in 1820, 5O,C0O; in
1830. 315.000: iu 1810. 377.000: in 1850.
384.000 : iu 1860. 402.000. According to the
have becu 421,000. But accordingto the bute
ceiifus of 18G9, it had diminished to 336,000,
leaving a deficiency of 35.000, or an average of
8.77G per annum in the'State of South Carolina, ;
alone. If I might be allowed to speculate ou
this question, I would say that, in my opinioor.
the decrease has been not less than 50,000.,
But taking the figures themselves, even at that
rate, in less than forty-four years, the entir col-
0red population of South Carolina will have dis
appeared. ,
WnY Apples do not Reproduce from
Seed. A. B. Wheelock aska why a tree grown
from the seed of an apple will not prodnco the
anme "kind of apple? For tho reason, that the
blossom which produced tbe seed may have been
fertilized with pollen from some other variety.
Thus tbe seed becomes mixed, just as squashes,
melons and corn mix when two varieties are
planted near each other. Iu some cases "the. .
r i i i - .i. . .. t i.:.
8eea 01 tne arPiC aoc? rePrwr.lUB f " , u" :
is often the case wnere enuro wnuruj ui uu
variety arc planted. Rural New Y'kf r. tt