North Carolina Newspapers

v C lip ' in f r Mil It ITMS18Y J .YTES, Editor "and Proprietor. T'-rni "f S".bc riyt ion Thhee Dollars, in advance. f CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1871. NINETEENTH VOLUME- N UMBER 962. n W TIT THE Charlotte Democrat, WILLIAM J YATES, Editor and Proprietor. o- Tizr.M? Three Dollars per annum in advance. o mi i... ...... ..t.i.. Advcrio'-i f,!.S Will in: lii.-n'i u-u UL ieu.-OUUUie or l;v.,c- with contract. ' ( ))',:r,.,r,- iidticc- ;i over five lines in length will l,r cii.'irl-'i ir ;!t advertising rates. Robert Gibbon, M. D., 1 ' J IV S J C I A N A NO S U J i EO N". - o;!ice over Smith it Hammond's Drug Store ....c on College street. .1;.:) T P. MeCombs, M. D., U professional services to the citizens of 1 .- irro'indiug country. All calls, both ni !.t ,n 1 !av. lroil!l:tlv attended to. ); in brown' building, up stairs, opposite the Hotel. 1 -;. DENTISTX1Y. DR. M . A . 1 L A N D . Dentist, (S I'VrsaOr tO Al.EXANDKR fc IiL.VND.) All wrk guaranteed. T--1h extracted without pain !-v "Nitron Oxide Gas." Oflice in Iirick Building, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. SMITH & HAMMOND in Stun a Full Stock, of Drugs, Medicines, Hav. Ac. w J,i' ii they are tillering at very low prices, u iio e.viI'a!K! reUi Country M reJianU and other? visiting Charlotte will (!' vv 11 to call and get quotations. Am-. 'J!', I '70. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, ' CHARLOTTE, X. C, Hasoriliatida laigeand well selected stock of PURE Di'd'OS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family Medieinr.-;, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Studs, Fain v ami Toilet Articles, which he is determined to .M-l'l at tie- very lowest prices. .Ian 1.171. DR. S. E. BRATTON, Physician and Surgeon, Ten'ler-i hi Professional services to the citizens of ( 'liarlotte and vicinity. Oiliei- iift Id Charlotte Hotel. Residence oppo site to .1. 11. Wilson's Law Office. lTl. dm " WILSON & BLACK, tYhdrsalc ami Retail Druggists, t'ornr Trade and CoUeye, S(s., .(Jutrlotte. We now have one of the largest and most com plrte Stocks of Drugs, Medicines, &c., (Ami evi-ryt h'mg pertaining to the Drug Business,) t i ! found in this market, which we.aro offering at crv low prices. T- Physician and Country Merchants we offer special inducements All rs promptly tilled. MANSION HOUSE, ; (HA LOTTE, N. (A j This well-known House having been newly fur-j and refitted in every department, is now open l for the accommodation of the I TRAVELING PUBLIC. Onmibusses at the Depot on arrival of trains. .lan-Jt, 1S70. II. C. ECCLES. a. nnivi:i,i,. F. s. pewoi.FK. BURWELL & DeWOLFE, A TTO li A' A V S A T L A IP, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oifiec in the Court House, next to the Sheriffs Oflicc. Jan 2, 181 1 v JO II N SON'S HOTEL, L1XCULXTOX, X. C. MThis well known establishment is still open uiu' in successful operation for the accommo dation of the public. The Proprietor guaran t i's sati-ifaetioii to all who may give him a call. Transporlation furnished to 'the surrounding coun frv on reasonable terms. B. S. JOHNSON. Jan 1S71 Gin Proprietor. JOHN T. BUTLER, . rn.u'TicAL Watch and Clock Maker, am ni ALif.;: in JEWELRY, FINE WATCHES CLOCKS, Watch Materials, Spectacles, Ac. Augtfi. issr. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Preserve Your Eyes. Those Lenses, manufactured by the Philadelphia J !l'tical Institute, are superior to any other Glasses, j in the market. They confer a brilliancy and dis- j 'i ii in s of vision not found in any other Glass. j Tucy cau be used equally well without tiring or j fatiguing the eye. ' :r-For sale, only at JOHN T. BUTLER'S Mvelry Store, Main Street, sole agent in Charlotte, j - C, and vicinity. j t'".M. ISO. j. yTbryce & CO., General Commission Merchants, CHAliLOTTi:, X. C. Particular attention paid to the selling of all kinds ofJI' "';iec, Cotton and Tobacco. w?" Highest cah price paid for Cotton. l-" All orders from a distance promptly attended l, J. Y. BRYCE. March lsijsi. V. II. BRYCE. D. SNYDER & SON, Gun and Lock Smiths, i PIIAPLOTTE, X. C, j Toilers, Manufacturers and Repairers of all kinds of ''tins, Rjti.K pjstoi, Door Locks, Trunk Locks and j of all sizes. ! The best of Guns, Rifles, &, constantly for sale t iTocured to order at prices i.oav down. 'iotnthe rtPAV Jobbing Shop to gft your Anns, liitles or Sporting Goods, or have' voiir old work "lade as good as new. SIMP in Parks' Building near the Public Square. DAVID SNYDER, Aug 22, 170. W. E. SNYDER. Carolma Agricultural Works, CHARLOTTE, N. C. COOK A KLLYSON, I'roprhtor. "'!r Miops are noAV at the Old Navy Yard and at ' ate Foundry f J. M. Howie. "'are manufacturimr and sellincr all sorts of r arnini:r T1 Implements and giving careful attention to l ''pairing in our line of e-erv descriotion. F hi:i, i71. COOK fc ELLYSON. Wil., char. & Ruth. Railroad. .00 Mile Tickets over this Road can be purchased 1 in , "n I)ollil's f Statical Agents at Charlotte, Uncoluton and Cherrvville. V. (j. JOHNSON, Oen l Agent. . 'tern Division, Wil.. Char. & Ruth. R. R. leu 20, mn 2m A Massac ii l skits Romance. It is rein- ( ted ot a family in Dorchester, Mass., that CU1) u;uK-t-eu mt-uioer oi u ior the past uii y years, nas uccome Diina at the age oi twenty to twenty-five years. Those with blue eyes escape the terrible affliction. The local gossips tell a romantic storvhow, some sixty years ago, a beautiful black-eyed girl, reduced by blindness to beggary, "was led astray by two boys of this family, and left by them in a swamp, and who, when she found herself deserter among the tangled underbrush, turned her prayer, -that they would extricate her, into a dying curse, praying that their children for seven genera tions miirht be as helpless as she was. Bankrupt Sale. As Assignee of II. B. Peters, a Bankrupt, I will oiler for sale at the Court House door in Charloite, on Saturday the 8th day of April, 18T1, the interest of said Peters in Lot No. 41 G, in Square t!0, on ?th Street, being the lot which he purchased from John Treloar. A lso, one Share of Stock in the Char. fe S. C. Railroad. Also, about $2,500 in old N. C. Bank Notes, prin cipally on the Bank of Lexington. Terms, cash. S. P. ALEXANDER, March G, 1871 4w Assignee. i DALLAS M. RIGLER, - No. 5 Granite Row, Charlotte, N. C, (Next door to Meaeham's Boot & Shoe Store.) Has in Store a large assortment of the following goods : Candies, Raisins, Jellies, Pickles, Craexcrs of all kind, Cakes, Figs, Dates and Fruits of all sort, Tobacco, SnulFand Se.gars, fcc., To wiiich he invites the attention of all who wish to buy anything in that line. tf" He is "prepared to furnish weddings or parties with Cakes at short notice. Oct. 31, 1870. D. M. RIGLER. Stoves, Tin & Sheeting Iron Ware. Always on hand the best STOVES in the market. Spear's Chlorine, Excelsior, Columbia and Live Oak Cooking Stoves. Box and Parlor Stoves, Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, Hollow "Ware, Japanese Vare, and various Housekeeping Articles. All wares and work warranted as represented. CUr- Orders respectfully solicited. Feb 28, 1870. D. II. BYERLY. Notice against Trespassing. The undersigned hereby warn all persons against trespassing on their Farms iind Lands in Gaston county, cither by hunting with or without dogs, or passing through their premises and throwing down fences. We have sulferod so much annoyance and loss that we have determined to enforce the law against ;my who may violate this notice, without regard to color, race or previous condition. J. SPRINGS DAVIDSON, R. A. DAVIDSON. Feb 127, 1871 tf Great Discovery in OIL! OIL!! The undersigned, a practical manufacturer, has for the pasl 12 years been experimenting with and conipoun.liugLUBRICATlNG OIL. He has iately niade a new and important discovery in the laws governing fatty substances, such as OILS, whereby j the gummy matter can be detached from the Oil and precipitated to the bo'iom, leaving a perfectly I pure Oil tit for LUBRICATING I'L'RIH )SES. He j has applied this discovery to Oils intended for i machinery, and produced an OIL WARRANTED I not to heat, or gum, and as durable as the best of ! Sperm. The best judges cannot tell it from pure Sperm either by taste or smell. Warranted to give satisfaction or returned at my expense. Refer to L. C. Jones, President Fayelteville & Cold Fields Railroad, Fayetteviile, N. C. ; Juo. Shaw, President Beaver Creek Manufacturing Company, Fayetteviile. N. C. ; Col. J. W. Leak, President Great Falls Manufacturing Company, Rockingham, N. C. Send for a sample of the Artificial Sperm, and it will be sent forward free of cost. HENRY G. HALL, Feb 13, 1871 3m Fayettevili e, N. C. Garden Seeds! Garden Seeds!! CROP 1870. Just received at SCARR'S DRUG STORE. A large and carefully selected Stock GARDEN SEEDS, ! Especially including those varieties suitable to the Southern climate. Feb 0, 1871. F. SCARR. 1871. GARDEN SEED! 1871. Landreth's Warranted Garden Seed! A large and fresh supply of these celebrated Seed h-.-.AC just been received from Philadelphia. Also, Clover and Orchard Grass. Call and supply yourself with Catalogue. " 1MI -iMJT. I. T T I I T f X Jan 1G, 1871. Springs' Comer. GARDEN SEED, CLOVER SEED AND GRASS SEED, At jrc Aileu's Corner Drwj Store. A large supply of Garden Seeds, both Landreth's and Buii-it's, fresh and genuine just received at Me A DEN'S Corner Drug Store. Call and get a Garden Manual for 1871. Feb 13, 1871. Buist's Warranted Garden Seeds. A full line of the above Seeds pist received at WILSON & BLACK'S. Clover and Grass Seed. 40 Bushels Clover Seed, CO " Orchard Grass Seed, 10 " Timothy 10 " Herds CJrass Lucerne and LaAvn Grass Seed, at AVILSON & BLACK'S Drug Store, next to S teahouse, Maeaulay fc Co's. Jan 23, 1S71. E. H. GREEN, M. D., Member of the American Medical Association of Philadelphia, late PhA'sieian and Assistant Sur eoa to the Philadelphia Bellevue Institute for the j treatment ot all tonus oi . nrouic uiscases, as- j ! sisted by I ! A. II. LINDLEY, M. D. j j Direct from the abOA-e-named Institute, j I May be consulted at their Office in CHARLOTTE, N. "C., with reference to CANCERS, SCROFULA, ' all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, Stomach, Liver, i Kidneys and Bowels, diseases of the Nervous Sys tem, as Nervous Debility, Chorea, Epileptic Fits, Spasms, Neuralgia. &e. Also, all forms of diseases peculiar to females, all forms of private Vaseases, and in fact all chronic or long standing and obscure dis eases of eAerv kind. Office Hours, 7 to 8 A. M., 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M. Feb 13, 1871 2mpd A Toothless Pkople. Terrible times in Warrenton, Va., are thus depicted bv the editor ot the bentmel: "A few weeks ago a dentist came to town and advertised that he would "remove all of a person's teeth for 2 and insert a new set for lo, besides giving six months' credit." The Warrenton people are very fond of bar-1 gains, so there was a rush for the dentist's otlice. He was busy for two weeks pulling teeth, and at the end of that time half the people had empty gums, and a bone dust factory in the neighborhood ' doubled its workmen, so as to grind up the teeth. Mean while the people were waiting for the dentist to tit them with new sets, the abandoned scoundrel eloped with the hotel keeper's wife ; and now there are two or three thou sand people in town who cannot eat any thing tougher than soup and farina. All the butchers have failed, and not a cracker has been sold for three weeks. One man, it is said, whittled out a set of wooden teth for himself, but the first drink of whisky he took Warrenton whisky set them in a blaze, and his funeral came olfthe next day. The dentist will hear' of something greatly to his disadvantage if he comes back." ilUfc As Ave stand by the sea shore and watch the huge tides come in, Ave retreat, thinking Ave Avill be overwhelmed ; soon, however, they flow back. So Avith the waves of trou ble in the world ; they threaten ns, but a firm resistance makes them break at our feet. New Cotton Planter. The undersigned calls the attention of Cotton .raisers to an invention of his for planting the seed. It docs the Avork better than it can be done by hand and saves the labor of two hands and a horse. It took a premium at the Mecklenburg Pair. A specimen of the Machine can be seen at Cook fc Ellyson's Shops, or at the Store of E. C. Grier & Co. Address me at Charlotte. Feb 27, 1871 lm R. P. NORWOOD. CASH or CREDIT. We will sell THE GENUINE PACIFIC GUANO to our Fanners this season at SIXTY DOLLARS per ton Ca-sh or SEVENTY DOLLARS per ton, payable November loth WITHOUT INTEREST, note and good security required. This Fertilizer has been well tried by Farmers in this section and is generally pronounced Equal to the Best, Inferior to none. Farmers wishing to pay for their Fertilizers in Cotton to be delivered in the Fall, can be accom modated. Remember that we offer a premium of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS of GENUINE PACIFIC GUANO to the farmer who makes the greatest amount of Cotton on an acre from the use of Pacific Guano. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS. LIME. Catawba Lime, Genuine Rockport Lime., Fresh Rosrndale Cement, Calcined Plaster, Land Plaster and Standard Fertilizers, For sale bv BURROUGHS & SPRINGS. March (i, 1871. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. I have in Store next door below Bryce's build ing, a large stock of Family Groceries, And CAerything which a City consumer or Farmer may need, such as Molasses. Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Cotton Ties, Bagging and Rope, Bacon, Corn, Flour, Fish, &c, A good assortment of tine Liquors. For sale low for Cash only. Feb 27, 1871. B. M. PRESSON. Groceries and Confectioneries. We beg leave to call the attention of the generous public to the fact that we are in receipt of, and are daily receiving a full line of the following goods, A iz : Groceries, Candies, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, Toys, Musical Instruments, ic, Avhich Ave are prepared to sell as low as any other house in the City, Avliolesale or retail. Give us a call. 2 doors West of Brem, Brown fc Co., near the Court House, on Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. A. R. N IS BET & BRO. Groceries, &c. 100 Sacks Rio Coffee, 50 Barrels A, C and extra C Sugars; Hyson and Black Teas; Ncav Orleans, Dima rara and Common Molasses; 40 Tubs Pure and Leaf Lard; 50 boxes Adamantine Candles; 100 boxes No. 1 Herrings; Mackerel in barrels, half barrels, quarter barrels and kits ; Soda in barrels and boxes ; Early Rose and Goodrich Potatoes in barrels; Spice, Pep per, Ginger, Nutmegs and CIoa'os, Buckets, Pails, Tubs, Brooms and Baskets, Shoe Brushes and Black ing, PoAvder and Shot; Washing, Toilet and the celebrated Tar healing Soaps. " A. R. NISBET & BRO. Candies and Confectioneries. Assorted Stick Candies, various colors and fla-ors; Prize Candies, Shoo Fly, Maidens Blush, Cash Bank and Specie Bank; 100 Boxes Layer Raisins, in w hole, hah-es and quarter boxes ; Soda, Sugar and Lemon Crackers ; Brazil Nuts, Walnuts, Filbuts and Almonds; Toys of all kinds, Violins and other i Musical Instruments. I Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars of all the various i brands at prices to suit customers. ! All of the above goods Avere bought at the lowest ! possible figures, expressly for the jobbing trade, and j Avill be sold cheap. i Merchants and others are specially invited to call ! and see us before buying. A. K. NISBET & BRO., Feb 13, 1871. Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C- CAROLINA FERTILIZER. Fi-ice lied need to $5 0 per Ton, Cash, or $55 on Time, Avith 7 per cent interest pproved oa- Planters eenerallv, and (after analysis) by PnoF. W. C. KERR, "State Geolcgkt A Full Supply on Hand. For Pamphlets, containing full particulars and re commendations of numerous Planters," apply to DeROSSETT & CO., Shite Agents, Wilmington, N. C. Or to the folloAving Local Agents: SANDERS, OATES & CO., Charlotte, N. C. A. F. Bizzeix, Laurinburg. E. R. Liles, Lilesville. T. D. AVin'Cuester, Monroe, Foster, Holmes & Co., Salisbury. C. F. Loave, Lexington. R. J. Bell & Co.High Point. UrciiCKCH & Dodd, Ilaleigh. M. W. Jarvis, Wilson. Wooten & Croom, La Grange. Leak, Spencer fc Co., Rockingham. Local Agents wanted in even,- town in the State. Applv to the State Agents. Wilmington, N. C. " Feb 27, 1871. Sm A Story of Western Hanging. v From the Rochester Union.1 several years agowhen the West was a j comparatively new country, an individual j presented nimseit at the door ota log groce- ry in the settlement ol which Ave Avrite and asked if there was a judge in the place. Upon being informed that the storekeeper h.mself was a judge, the stranger pro ceeded : ""Well, Judge, you see the facts of the case is this: I war travelin' along with a pardner down here a piece, an' he showed me a silver dollar which he had. Well, 1 wanted the money, and when he wasn't l'okinI popped him under the ear with my pistol. Then I took his silver and tobacker and cum along alone; but I. gojijp, tlijiiUn. the matter over, and I don't think I did just the risrht thing br mv pardner. Mv eon- shuns lias been troublein' me. and I think I ought o be hung. Now, Judge, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, I'd like to have you try me and have me hung. If you doubt the facts in the case, there's the dollar I took from my pardner, and you'll find his remains down the road a piece un der a log. I'll feel obliged to you, Judge, if vou AviL' have me hung." The Judge told the stranger to make him self comfortable over at the hotel, until he could send some men doAvn the road and in vestigate the matter, and if they found the body he would call a jury and try the stran ger as avis desired. The dead man being found, tie Judge summoned a jury, and sent Avorfl to the stranger at the hotel, that if he Avould step over to the store, they would give him a trial. The stringer appeared immediately, shook hands Aviih the Judge and jury, invited the court to tike a drink, and appeared grateful and satisied Avith the proceedings. The'trkil proceeded socially, and the ten derhearted jury brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the 1 deg. A look ot anxiety, which the stranger had worn up to this time, laded from his face as he stood up to receive his sentence. "You have been found guilty," said the Judge, "of the crime of manslaughter, for which you are undoubt edly penitent." Ilere the stranger again began to get anxious and uneasy. "And if," proceeded the Judge, "it meets with your approbation, we A ill try and hang vou next Sundav morning, at 11 o'clock A. 31. f n the meantime try and make yourself as comfort able at the hotel as possible." The stranger looked a little sad, and the Judge asked him if he Avasn't satisfied? If there was anything he could do for him ? "Judge, I hate to be particular and fussy," said the stranger, "but bavin' the ager and fever, the chills come on at 10 o'clock in the mornin', an' if you could have me sAving off before that I should feel obliged." "Of course," said the Judge, "we always respect a party's feelings. No trouble at all. Come round at 9 o'clock and may be Aye'll get through before church time." Sunday morning at 9 o'clock the stranger came out of the hotel and proceeded to the grocery. There he met a deputation of citi zens, one of Avhom. threw a lariat over the limVof a tree, and, as soon as the stranger had taken a chew of tobacco and shaken hands all round, the' hauled him up. EDWIN GLOVER. "Watch Maker and Jeweler, j ( Tryon Street, between tJie Stores of Mrs. Query and i Mr r ranlcenthali ,) Has just received a large addition to his Stock, con sisting of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, Gold and Silver Chains, Breast Pins, Ear Rings, Fin ger Pangs, Lockets, Gold and Silver Thimbles', Spec tacles and a variety of other Goods which he Avill sell wry cheap for cash. Call and examine them. ( Very particular attention paid to repairing of all kinds of Watches, Clocks aud Jewelry. March 13, 1S71. Jxo. W. KniBY. W. C. Guauam. New Store and New Goods. KIRBY & GRAHAM, formerly iritJi D. G. MojnceU,) TTholesu.e and Retail Dealers in Confectioneries, Groceries, &c, &c. ; We are old hands at the Bellows, and understand j our business, and would respectfully invite the at tention of the public to our stock of Confectioneries, Groceries AND FANCY GOODS. We have on hand and are constantly receiving a well selected stock of Confectioneries and Groceries. Gire us a call. Next Door below Brem. BroAvn & Go's Hardware Store, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. March . 1871. NEW GOODS. We have received a lot of extra fine Calico worth anv Lathes Avhile to come ana nuv. BARRINGE'R & WOLFE. Closing out Hardware. We have a lot of Hardware, such as Anvils, Vices, Hammers. Augurs, Chisels, Drawing Knives, Files, and Mill Saws, which avp will give bargains in. Jan 9, 1S71. BARRINGER Ar WOLFE. CHARLES SKINNER, Candy Manufacturer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries and Confectioneries, Savs that he manufactures better CANDY than any brought from the Nortncrn markets, and it will keep longer. If voirdon't believe it call and try it. SKINNER has also on hand a good assortment of everything usually found in a first class house, consisting of CAXDY of hi oicn manufacture, French Candies, Gold Medal Cigars, Jellies, Nuts, Lord Byron Cigars, Brandy Peaches, Good Cigars, Prime Family Flour, Since. Ginjrer. PepiK-r, Canned Oysters, L,oistcrs, Peaches and Pine Apples; Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Accordeons, Ilannonioms and other musican instru ments. If you don't see what you want ask for it, and you will be" aDt to get it. i te . i"..1 Jt-n trr :-nr ii-fwiiinT aimrvpr or a apartv.goto CHAS. SKINNER S. " f4 Trvcn Street. (Parks' building 21 Tn-on Street, (Parks' Feb 2? 18' 71. Charlotte, N. C. Sugar, Coffee, Black and Green Teas, Cheese, Snuff j of all kinds, -Matches, Chewing and Smoking To- ; baeco, Pipes (Merschaum and other grades). Sxla, j The Future. The future of North Carolina h destine.! to be omvanl and upward. For ten years our State has been convulsed with vrar, re construction, and the anaiehy resulting from the latter. 1 hese ivrwenul nsreneies lou re- tarding progress, have done their work on us within that time, but our State survives the drain and has made a very perceptible increase in population. As to wealth, we have but little of that left ; but we have our soils and the muscular power necessary for evoking therefrom a supply of all tilings necessary for human comfort. Enough of capital remains to enable our people to utilize the bountiful provision which nature lias made for us, and Avith a better and more ejj-omjmieal State government which Aye con fidently expect in the future, there isTio reason why the next eleeennium should not be marked by a progress far greater than that Avhich has been made during the last ten years. The history of cotton culture shows that cotton is as profitable a crop in North Caro lina as anywhere else. It is true that Ave do not make as great a turn out per acre as Louisiana or Texas. But this difference is counterbalanced, by superior facilities for obtaining labor, by better social advantages and a far better climate. The statistical tables published by the Department of Agriculture, bear us out in claiming for our State superior productive ness in cotton to South Carolina, Georgia, Florida or Alabama. Georgia cultivates more than three times the area cultivated by North Carolina in cotton, but does not produce three times the amount, notwith standing the very extensive aud lavish use of the commercial fertilizers by the people j . of our sister State. The aAerage production of Georgia is 173 poun ch that of North Carolina 175 lbs. lint cotton per acre, for the year just closed. The production of South Carolina and Alabama is 105 lbs. each. .Mis sissippi which stands at the head of the list of cotton producing States made '205 lbs. per acre Avhich is only 30 lbs. per acre above the average of this State. And a great por tion of it Avas produced in the Mississippi swamps where a white man can hardly live. .Much of the cotton laud in North Carolina is in a pleasant healthy country Avith good water, good social advantages, and improve ments in the way of buildings, etc. In the great revolution of the wheel of fortune aa'c have reached the lowest point. From noAv henceforth Avemust begin to ascend. Caro lina Farmer. A Natural Curiosity ijt Florida. Silver Spring, Florida, is one of the greatest curiosities in the South. It bursts forth in the midst of the most fertile country in the State. It bubbles up in a basin near one hundred feet deep and about an acre in extent, aud sending from it a deep stream sixty to one hundred feet wide, and extend ing six to eight miles to Ocklawaha liiver. In the spring itself iifty boats may lie at anchor quite a fleet. The spring thus forms a natural inland port, to Avhich three steamers hoav run regularly from the St. John's making close connections with the ocean steamers at Palatka. The clearness of the Avater is truly Avouderful. It seems even more transparent than air; you seethe bottom eighty feet below the bottom of your boat, the exact form of the smallest pebble, the outline and color of the leaf that has sunk, and all the prismatic colors of the rain bow are reflected. Large lish swim in it, every scale visible and even movement distinctly seen. If you go over the spring in a boat vou will see the fissures in the locks, from which the river pourse upAvard i like an inverted cataract. -mm $t mm The following is the conclusion of an epitaph on a tombstone in .East Tennessee: "She lived a life of virtue and died of the cholera morbus, caused by eating green fruit in the lull hope of a blessed immortality, at the early ago of 21 years, 7 months and 10 daA's. Header, go thou and do likcAvi.se." I mm Ned Shnter thus explained his reasons for preferring to Avear stockings Avith holes in them to having them darned: "A hole may be the accident of a day, and " will pass upon the best gentlemen, but a darn is pre meditated poverty." Keep clear of a man his own character. Avho does not value Patronize our Own SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS. Sterling's Southern Readers and Spellers are the cheapest and best published. The Copy Books at mv Store retail at !." cents, and have as good or better copies than any other Books in the market, j The 1st Reader retails at 25 cents. " 2d " " " 00 " I " Sd " " " 'J " i " 4th " " " 00 " j " 5th " " " 100 , A liberal discount to Teachers, as I wish to en I courage all who patronize me. ! I also have a fine Stock of Wall Paper, WindoAv j Shades, both cloth and Paper; a well assorted Stock of School Bnoksof all kinds suitable for all portions ' of the South. Chromos, Oil Paintings, Photographs, Lithographs, Steel Entrravinirs, fcc. The Photograph of Gtn. Lee, 10x12, framed for $1. Blank Books, Memorandums, Inka of all colors, both writing and copying. A larcre and well selected stock of Family and Pulpit Bible from $1 to $20. All would do well to call and see me before going elsewhere, as I will make liberal deductions to all. Call at the Citv Book Store. JOHN W. GUNNELS, No. 2, Trvon Street, oppo.-dte Mantdon House March 1 :i. 1S71. THE OLD AND RELIABLE York Life Insurance Company. Capital, - - $16,000,000. Insure in this old and reliable Company, where old and reliable vou will receive a l;;rre profit w certainly that j-our wife and children 'wiii bVpro- vided for at vour death. . . Agents wanted, to whom a liberal commission will be given. Apply to JOHN A. BYRNE. General Agent for North Carolina, 1 March 6. 1871 6t v. umiujjion, . Fasnionahle Tippling. , A few years since a great deal of animated discussion, attended by no little acrimony, was occasioned by a statement of a New York journal that many fashionable ladies of that city were addicted to excessive tip- pling. Despite indignant denials, investi gation exhibited many evidences confirma tory of the statement. English journals at once seized the occasion to make good an indictment of society in this country. , The Loudon Saturday Review, that able and brilliant exponent of English critical acumen -. and taste, so much given to sharp censure and ridicule of the errors and extravagance of this country, was unusually severe in its condemnation of what it regarded the great est evil America had yet developed. ' , Apswdly?ra"Tiav(f no special in teres tJLn.t the vindication of the women of New York or of any other Northern city, against any charge affecting tlieir morality. Vet we" can not disguise amusement at the discomfiture to Avhich the Saturday Review is itself subjected, by having to admit the prevalence among English women of the very 'evil which it so severely satirized when proven against the wives and daughters of the purse proud money crats of Gotham. ' According to the Saturday Review, bibu lous females are distressingly numerous in England, and are to be found in the best bred and most highly educated circles as well as among those who have enjoyed more limited opportunities. Inebriety is no longer a rarity even in the salons of the aristocracy. To the aid of the Saturday Review comes that well known medical journal, the Lon don Lancet, Avhich deprecates the exhibition of alcohol as a remedy for disease, and hints that out of such prescriptions has grown tho fashion which assimilates the nectardrinking divinities of Olympus to the ginbibbers of the tippling shops. Over-stimulation has done its Avork, and there comes the need for the irregular or periodic glass. When" the absence of this is felt as an inconvenience, " then the downhill career is commenced, and in man or woman alike it tends to a certain result, both lamentable and disgraceful.,- ; The will power is gone,, and the victim is A-eak and ineffectual to resist, in presence of any shock, mental or physical, and there is no end of the shifts and tricks to which he -or she will not resort to procure the de sired draught. Asmodeus himself would be baffled by their superior cunning. The London Practitioner supports the theory of the Lancet by interesting details. It bewails "the increasing prevalence of alco- holic excess among educated women." Many ladies in the best London society, the editor says, drink so much sherry per day that they absorb from an ounce and a halfto six ounces of alcohol. Many young girls take their tAVO or three ounces of alcohol each day, a quantity equal to three or four quarts of beer. They lind it in the champagne of the evening party, and the wine at lunch and at dinner. They vie with the lords of creation in the consumption of these fluids. The Practitioner says the effect is most dis astrous the lady sutlers a daily narcotiza tion which suffices to implant in her sensitive system a fixed craving for alcoholic drinks. New York journals reproduce these state ments of English journals with a satisfaction not altogether unnatural, and while they do not doubt their truthfulness, yet candidly admit that the lifting of the veil upon New York society would disclose similar results. The Commercial Advertiser is fearful of the existence of the evil of intemperance in New York even to an extent greater than known facts indicate. Beecher and the Saviour. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher recently delivered a discourse on the "Life of Christ." The speakers' s object was to prove that our Saviour's life Avas one of joy. "His cruci fixion as portrayed in the Moravian hymns," the reverned gentleman exclaimed, "was enough to drive one wild." There were some people who at stated times forced themselves into a minor key of soul, in or der to sympathize with our Saviour's suffer ings, lie would as soon essay such a thing as attempt to Avalk from New York to Eu rope under water. A gentleman here rose and said that he had always believed Christ to be a man of sorroAA'. He had suffered for the love of , men. Mr. Beecher declared that because Christ had suffered intensely it did not fol low that he should endure perpetual agony to prove his love for us. Suppose an erring, discarded child, lying prostrate with fever, sees an angel with a mother's face bending over it. That mother tends until the fever has abated and the child is well. The fact would demonstrate the tenderness of a mother's love, but it Avould not be necessary ; for her to tend the sufferer for a lifetime in ! order to prove her affectiou. 3lr. Beecher added that Christ was a healthy man emphatically a joyful and active" man. lie once went to a wedding which must have consumed fifteen days, and created gallons of wine to prolong the fes tivities. At this wedding our Saviour ap pears to have conducted himself simply as a guest, and mingled with others on terms . of social equality. Facts,, Nineveh Avas fourteen miles long, eight wide and forty miles round, with a Avail one hundred feet high, and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was 50 miles within the walls, which were 75 feet., thick and 100 feet high, with 100 brazen gates. The temple of Diana, at Ephesu. was 420 feet to the support of the root "It was a hundred years in building.' Thelargcst oi the pyramid's is 431 feet high, and 653 on tho sides. Its base covers 1 1 acres. Tho stones are about CO feet in length, and the j p,vers are 203. It employed 330,000 men la 'VS 1,16 TO"". U ll in Eirvnt contains iiVK) cimmuers aim i mums. tr presents ruins 20 miles around. Athens was 25 miles around, and contained 359,000 citi zens and 400 slaves. The walls of Rome, were 13 miles around.