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. .11 II " g,,-""'' II - - - - - '"' ' 1 ' 11 ' "' i urn iron i i i n i in , .egg. , 0 if J, YATES, Editor and Propkietor. fer,n vf Subscription $2 50, advance. ' " CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1872. TWENTY-FIRST VOLUME NUMBER 1044. T II K Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT flULIAM J. YATES, Editor, and Proprietor. o i . ,j.eRM3 Two' Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, One Dollar and Fifty Cents for six months. Subscript fan mvt be. paid in advance. Vrtrcrt'sfmcnt will be inserted at reasonable or in accordance with contract robiw:irv notices of over five line in length will i,r chiir-'',i for at advertising rates. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, J CHARLOTTE, N. C. ri k corner of 5th and Tryon Streets. i,iirn:e College Street. MsrHi JJU Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, UTiolesale and Retail Druggist, CIIAULOTTK, N. C, lsnn hand a lur.se aud well selected stock of PURE lilU'WS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family j(ili in. Paint. Oils, Varnishes, Dve Stuffs, I iiit v ami Toilet Articles, which he is determined lo'st-li :it tin- very lowest prices. .Unb 172. J. P. McCorubs, M. D., ni,rs his professional services to the citi7.ens of ( i'.srlotti' and surrounding country. All calls, both ,ii'.ht ;ui'i d:tv, promptly attended to. Uiri-f in lirown's building, up stairs, opposite the Cl..-rlo!T- Hott.1. n i y,. 10. Alexander & Bland, I) KNTISTS. A!! work ji:irantced. Teeth extracted without oi' !iv "Nitrous Oxide C.W in itrick K.iilding, opposite the Charlotte M-.reh 1, 1S72. U IIOKKMAN. ISA1ATT SIMPSON. HOFFMAN & SIMPSON, Dentist, s t'HAKLOTTE, X. C, WfTipiv-tMlv i' f.rm t!i" ritiens of Charlotte and the puMic." that tli - haw. associated themselves lng-tliT in the praetkv of Dentistry. Their aim uili he ti jierlonu all operations relating to the pro f'i'Mj in tin; most skillful manner and highest rie-n-e of excellence. . :i. tr:t-: ! without pain by the use of Nitrous , ... :,,-.. Satisfaction guaranteed. i!--..n Trade Street", in A. M Xe.-bit & Rro's :ry il : i ir- Jan. 15. 1872. MANSION HOUSE, CIIAULOTTK, S. C. Ti.is well known House having been newly fur-.iii.li-! ami refitted in every department, is now open :rt accoinmodation of the Traveling public. IfT OmnilctSftes at the Depot on arrival of Trains. .Nr.. 1, is; 2. If. C. ECCLES. 2 11. VAM K. A KL'KWKU. VANCE & BURWELL, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Ojfir in the Court Hou.se. April 1, 1?' fim W . J . BLACK, Vuoi,r..sAi.E and Ri:taij, Grocer & Commission Merchant, And Dis.vi.kk in VUOYfSfOXS AXD WfffSKYS, College Street. CHARLOTTE, N. C. L. W. HAN DICKS. .1. K. OATF.S. W. C. W-ACKWOOI. SANDERS, OATES & CO., Whoi.ksai.k and Rktatl Grocers, Cotton Buyers and 0 M M fs S f O X M Ell C If A X.TS, dirtier TrmU and Collsye Streets, CHARLOTTE. N. C. At.Tr.U Cl.AUK. J. M. Muiil-KN. CLARK & MULLEN, Attorneys at Law. HALIFAX. X. C. Practices in all the Court not' Halifax, Martin. North Mnpton nnd EdirecoTube counties. In the Supreme i.'oiirt of North Carolina and in the Federal Courts. Collections madr: in all parts of North Caro lina. M.urh IS. 1 S 72 lv W. F. COOK, Trjilt Stra f, on Xorth Curolina Hailroalt Charlotte, N. C, Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of FA RMINti IMl'LEM ENTS. ty.Ml orders promptly attended to. 'n. is; 3. R H. MII.I.KK. J. W. MII.I.KR. H. K. MILLKK. . R M. MILLER & SONS, 11 U 0 A E s ALE Cr R O C K R S9 Commission Merchants and m:kal ruonycifi dealkrs, Collrf, .V?V7, CllAIil.OTTfc, N. C HENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers & Commission Merchants, CiiAiiLorrK, X. C Mirnment of Cotton solicited, on which we ' -' l aivAuccji to be sold here, or if f V:"Tstlo.;iv will ship to our friends at New York v-rpon direct. Commissions and storage on .lJ--.-.f p.i, H72. 1 "r'l' terms. H. C, K.CCUCS. T IT ft 1 TTtfPl " eountv, N. C. of M(x-ksvillc, N. C. , ECCLES & GAITHER. Attciioneers and Commission Merchants, f HAliLOTTE, N. C, Hnr'v , I an,i purchaiw of Cotton. Tobacco, Grain, Ji roduce and Merchandize of all kinds. iiV . '"'.v vo removed their Store to the Brick ,r ,)dmv SnringM' bnildinar. Trade Street j. pJ-UENc-KsT. W. Dewcv & Co., Rankers; M. Vf,s"pV"' V:h"r, First National Rank; W.J. j - Alitor "Wcrtern Democrat," Charlotte. N. C. 1 WILSON Rr TIT. A (TRT. Qlesale and Retail Druggists. It... v-"-1" I 1 i iN. C. iii'l"1''1- vcrV'Xitensive improvements in our n.nv, Ullh our ?reat!y increased facilities, we i'M .n in parid ,0(nVr for inspection and sale the an.l i '"ai (uir nnces. WILSON & BLACK, Druggists. inr Sugar, Molasses, Qlieese -Vt St ,ir V . "niP'etesto-! of Urugs, Chemicals, rdi't . J.A,lltte-Yarnishes, Glass. &c, ever ltv wi- .., , Cartilinji. Merchants visiting our "VkH,, iTrr"i,I.vlnv'1J to call and examine our -"' lN''- A. IL NIS3ET & URO Good Advice. Go straight on nni ,ini,'t mind eueniie!. If they get in your way, walk round them, regardless of their spite. A celebrated characted who was surround ed by" enemies used to remark, "they are sparks which, if vou do not blow, will go out of themsel es.' "Live down prej udiee," was the Iron DukeV molto. Let this be your feeling while endeavoring to live down the scandal of throe who are bitter against you. If you stop to dispute, you do but as they desire, and open the way for more abuse. Let the poor fellows talk there will be a reaction if you do but perform your duty; and hundreds who were once alienated from you will flock to you and acknowledge their error. The greatest rush ever witnessed IN TUB CITY OF CHARLOTTE E. Shrier's Temple of Fashion, To examine hU larqe and fine Stock of Custom-made Clothing, Which has just arrived from New York, made in the very latest tylea for the FALL AND WINTER THADE of 1872. Hia stock consists of Men's, Youth's and Boy's Clothing ; also, a large and fine stock of . Gent's Furnishing Goods, Such as Balioue finest white Shirts, Under-Shirts, Drawers, Socka, Suspenders, Scarfs, Ties, Bows and Gloves of all kinds. His stock of HATS are of the finest and latest styles. His stock of Linen and Pper COLLARS are unequaled. His stock of UMBRELLAS are of a new make, such as combination lock, walking cane, aquapclla, alpaccu, &c, fce. Don't fail to give him a call and examine his Stock before purchasing elsewhere, as he is sure you will find it to your own interest, as you can save from twenty-fiw to thirty-five per cent by so doing. Kememher the place. E. SHRIER'S TEMPLE OF FASHION, 24 Tryon Street, Parks' Building, Sept. 30, 1872. Charlotte, N. C. Groceries, Salt, Bagging and Ties. We arc now receiving our Fall Stock of Groceries, consisting of everything kept by a hrstclass Grocery House: Salt in large quantities. Bagging and Ties bought after the decline, Ale, Porter, &c, fcc. We can't enumerate until our Goods all arrive. We cannot and will not be undersold by any. Call and eeus. GRIER Jc ALEXANDER. I1. . The best and purest Liquors in the coun try i.r rneciica! purposes ouiy. Sent. 16. 1872. G. & A. Schedule of N. C. Railroad. Schedule to take effect on and after Sunday, Oc tober 13, 1872. GOING NORTH. Stations. Mail. Express. Leave Charlotte, 7.10 P. M. G.oO A. M. " Concord, 8.32 " 7.0 " " Salisbury, 10.02 " 8.37 " " Leximrton, 11.05 " 9.27 44 44 High Point 12.16 A.M. 10.17 44 Arrive at Greensboro, 1.09 11.00 44 Leave Greensboro, 2.00 44 11.10 44 44 Company Shops, 3.40 44 12.20 P. M. 44 Hillsboro, 4.53 44 44 Raleiirh, 8.05 44 Arrive at Goldsboro, 11.10 44 GOING SOUTH. Stations. Mail. . Express. Leave Goldsboro, 3.00 P. 31. 44 Raleigh, G 40 44 44 Hillsboro, 9.16 44 44 Comp. Shops, 10 55 44 2.15 P.M. Arrive at Greensboro, 12.20 A. M. 3.30 44 Leave Greensboro, 1.10 44 4.00 44 44 High Point, 2.02 44 4.39 44 Lexington, 3.03 44 5.27 44 Salisbury. 3.58 44 G.13 u 44 Concord, 5.1 1 " 7.13 44 Arrive at Charlotte, 6.25 44 8.10 44 Passenger trait) leaving Raleigh at 6.40 P. M., connects at Greensboro with Northern lxund train; making lhc quickest time to. all Northern cities. Price of Tickets tame as via other routes. Mail trains daily, both ways, over entire length of road. Express daily between Company Shops anrl Charlotte (Sunday excepted,) All passenger trains connect at Greensboro with trains to and from Richmond. S. E. ALLEN. Gcnl. Ticket Agent. W. TI. GREEN, Master Transportation. The Air-Line Railroad. SCHEDULE To ttike effect Monday ; Sept. 1872. Out Passenger and Freight, three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Station. Leave. Arrite. Charlotte. 7:80 A. M. Garibalda, 8:36 44 8:26 A.M. Gaston ia. 9:22 44 9:12 44 King's Mountain, 10:24 " 10:14 44 Whitaktr's, 11:04 44 10:56 44 Black's, 11:26 " In Passenger and Freight, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridaj s. Station. Leave. Arrir-e. Black's, 2:00 P. M. Whitaker's, 2:30 44 2:20 P. M. King's Mountain, 3:12 44 3:02 44 Gastonia. "4:14 4:04 44 Garibalda, 5:00 44 4:50 44 Charlotte, 5:56 44 Fare by this Train, Fire Cent per mile. By all others Ten Cents per mile B. Y. SAGE, Engineer and Superintendent. Char., Col. & Augusta R. R., Suit. Office, Columbia, Sept. 21, 1872. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after Sunday the 22d of September, the following Schedule will be run on this Road : No. 1 Mail Train (South) leaves Charlotte at 8 A. M. No. 2 Mail Train (North) arrives at Charlotte at 6:15 P. M. No. 3 Night Express (South) leaves Charlotte at 8:20 P. M. No. 4 Express Traiu (North) arrives at Charlotte at C A. M. No. 5 Freight Train (South) leaves Charlotte at 11:42 A. M. No. 6 Freight Train (North) arrives at Charlotte at 2 50 P M E. P. ALEXANDER, Gen'l Supt. Atlantic, Tenn. & Ohio Railroad. SUPERINTEN DENTS OFFICE, I Charlotte, N. C, July 22d, 1372. J On and after Thursday, the 25th, the following Schedule will be run over this Road daily, (Sun days excepted): Leave Statesville, - - 7:00 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, - - 10:35 44 Leave Charlotte, - 3:25 P. M. Arrive at Stalesville, - ? 7:00 44 J. J, GORMLEY. July 20, 1873. &uperintndent. Green Fields Just ia Stent. . At the portals of the morning, Stood a chiM with dainty Veet, AH about him golden sunshine, Pearly dew and blossom sweet; And with tender dimpled finders, Plucked the flowers fresh and fair, And the overhanging branches Showed the dew drops in his hair. Looking forward oVr life's pathway, Saw he broader fields of green, , Skies with snowy cloud so fleecy, Here and there blue shreds between; And with swiftly flying footsteps, Started he for fields more bright; But in vain he hurried onward, They were, al way just in sight. ' Warrrier, brighter, grew the sunshine, - Broader, rought?!', grew the way, - ; But with green fields just before him, Nothing could his footsteps stav, So he wandered till manhood Took the place of childhood fair, Then he threw aside his flowers, Wiped the dewdrops from his hair. Onward, onward, toiling, striving, , Helping others with his might, Desired he that the blooming field That are always just in sight Lay within the cold dark river. Here we only wish and wait, Till the Master calls us over, And unbars the pearly gate. College-Bred Men. There are many sad phases of life in New York, but few more so than thai tersely touched upon in one sentence of Mr Greeley's speech before the Normal School at Kutz tou n, Pa. SaiJ the Philosopher, "1 have known not less than a thousand thoroughly educated, that is, expensively educated, men in New York men who have entered German or English or American colleges and been sent forth with diplomas who are yet utterly unable to earn their bread and who are to-day pacing the stony streets in a vain search for something to do." This seems strange ami hard to hundreds of thou tands who think a fine education always removes a man from the honors of poverty and want, and to thousands of college youths now ist rolling under the trees aud sunshine of Alma Mater, fancying that success is as sured in advance to a man of classic educa tion, thinking a degree of A. B. a sword and shield that will ;ivethf!tn all the advantage in the battle aud make their triumph cer tain, expecting to carry the world by storm and easily secure a position of distinction and worldly comfort. But Mr Greeley's statement is doubtless within the reality, and his experience'.. is. not. exceptional. . The Old Merchant, B. KOOPIANN, d dor from Granite corner , Trade Street , and ntarij opposite Dr. Scarfs Drug Store,) Has received his FALL and WINTER Stock of Ladies & Gentlemens Dry Goods. In addition to his large stock of MILLINERY GOODS, he has added a general assortment of DRY GOODS all of which he offers to the public at low rates for cash. The Ladies arc invited to call ' and see the elegant Winter Hats, Millinery, &c, Embracing the latest Fashions aud Styles. Oct. 7, 1872. B. KOOPMANN. Flour! Flour!! 1 fSO SACKS N- c- Family Flour, just receiv A ed and for sale by Oct. 7. STEN HOUSE, MACAULAY & CO. SAUSAGE MANUFACTORY. V. HECIILER, Jr., & BROS., Richmond, Va., Are ready to furnish the trade and individuals in Charlotte, and other communities, with the nicest article of Pork Sausage in links or cake, Bologna Sausage, Blood and Liver Puddings, Hogs-Head Cheese, and any other article in that line. They Say particular attention to the manufacture of ausage for the Southern market. Send orders or for price list to V. HECHLEL, Jr., & BROS., Oct. 7, 1872 lm Richmond, Va. Administrator's Notice. In Vie matter of Eitate of Robt. Shaic, deceased. The creditors of Robert Shaw, deceased, late of Mecklenburg county, are hereby notified to file their claims, or present the same at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenbure county, on or before the 18th day of October, 1872. The two years having expired, the undersigned intends to file his final accounts for a settlement of said estate. WM. M. SHIPP, Oct. 7, 1872. 2w Adm'r of R. Shaw. GRAHAM & WILLIAMS, Wholesale ant Retail Grocers, Cotton Buyers db Commission Merchant y Charlotte, N. C, Fill orders for Cotton, Peas, Corn, Oat3 and Flour, promptly and on reasonable terms. Oct. 8. 1872. OLD CHINA HALL, (NEXT DOOR TO THE COURT HOUSE.) A splendid Stock of CniNA, GLASS, CROCKERY and EA R TIIEX WA K E Is being received at HARTY'S STORE, who deals in nothing but FIRST CLASS GOODS for HOUSE HOLD use. TTp will hnvrt maiiv Fancy Articles on exhibition fillip during Fair week, aud the Ladies are requested to call and examine the new stoek. Baskets of all sorts and Willow Ware in lar-re quantities. JAMES HARTY, Oct. 7, 1872.' Next door to Court IIoue. DISSOLUTION. The copartnership heretofore existing between E H. WOODS and B. S. GUION, under the name and slvle of the Mecklenburg Manufacturing Com pany, was dissolved by mutual agreement on Octo ber 1st, 1872. The obligation of the Company will be assumed, and the Factory worked as the Meek lenburg Spoke and llandje Factory hen-after by the subscriber. P S. GUION. Ort. 7. 1872 ?w The Dress of Civilized Women. I do'declare that I think it would be bet ter to die and get out of torment at once than to have to rise every morning for some forty 6r fifty years and box one's body up in a sort of corapresse-d armor, hang weights to one's hips and more weights upon the head which last are supported by the rtots of the hair; put one's feet into shoes a num ber too small, and not in the right shape, and with heels like stilts; and then set about doing the whole duty of woman with a cheerful face and a spry air, for from fifteen to seventeen mortal hours out of the twenty-four? That there are so many women whoarenot frighteued into a decline at such a prospect, and that they bravely un dertake to do it nav, more, that thev even dream that under such disadvantages they caiuwork side by side with unshackled man, and they do not die in trying to do it, cer tainly says much for their courage, but very little for their common sense. A man's dress to a great extent is fash ioned for comfort, lie has contrivances for suspending the weight of his clothes from his shoulder. If the east wind blows he can turn up his 'coat-collar, button him self up snugly, slouch his hat over his eyes, thrust his hands into his pockets and brave the weather. But imagine a woman remov ing her hat or -bonnet from the angle at which fashion says she must wear it on ac count of the weather, or turning any of her "fixtures" up to protect her neck and throat, or buttoning up anything that was unbut toned before, or sticking her hands into her pockets! She would betaken for an im proper character out on a mild spree, or for an escaped inmate of a lunatic asylum, should she endeavor in any impromptu ar rangement of her habiliments to save her health. Science of Health. How They Shave in China. A fellow who has been shaved in China say 8 that his barber first stropped the razor on his leg, and then did the shaving with out any lather. The customer remonstra ted but vas told that the lather was entire ly nseless, and had a tendency to make the hair stiff and rough, and therefore, never used by persons who had any knowledge of the face and its appendages. After the beard had been taken off and it was done i-n a very short time the bar ber took a long sharp,MioedIe-shaped spoon, and began to explore the customer's ears. He brought up from numerous little crevi ces bits of vrax ami dirt that had been accu mulating since his childhood. The barber suddenly tvisted his subject's neck to one side in such a manner that it cracked as if the vei teba? had been dislocated. "Hold on !" .shouted the party, alarmed for the safety of his neck. "All right?" replied the tonsor; "me no hurt you." lie continued to jerk and twist the neck until it was as limber as an old lady's dish-rag. He then fell to boating the back, breast, arms and sides with his fists, then he pnmmeled the muscles until they fairly glowed with the beating they received. He then dashed a bucket of cold water over his man, dried the skin with towels, and then dechmd that his Nvork was done. Price, two cents. A Lady visits Heaven and Returns to Earth. On the 7th, Mrs. Gardener, wife of a farmer living near Eastman ville, Ottowa county, died under circumstances the most extraordinary. Two of lur pis ters were dead, one recently -only a tew weeks ago. The cause of Mrs. Gardener's death was a congestive chill, and after she had been considered dead for six hours and was being prepared for the grave, she re turned to consciousness and talked freely with her attendants. She stated to those around her that she had been to the better land and had seen both of her departed sis ters and other friends; that it was a most beautiful land beyond all description. She said that she had permission to return to tell living friends of what she had seen, but she was anxious again to return. She passed away soon after making her state ment and seemingly overflowing with hap piness. There can be no question as to the circumstances above related. Detroit Tribune. - iii Advice to Wives. Exert yourselves to merit and win your husbands confidence, which you will infallibly do if you lead an exemplary life, and maintain unshaken sweetness and patience amidst what may be most wounding to yon. A man may have great defects, even great vices; he may have his irritable moments, when he will use words as harsh as they are unjust to wards her who is the helpmate of his life. That is of little matter. If a woman is all j she should be, he will respect her in spite of himself, and place full trust m her; and, notwithstanding the angry taunts, in the truth of which a passionate man professes to believe at the moment of ntteranen, his heart wiil remain faithful to her, and will be likewise drawn to admire and practice virtue.. Archbishop of Rheims. LEWIS S. WILLIAMS WITH WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS, Charlotte, N. C, " Requests his acquaintances and friends to give him a call wben they wish to purchase Drv Good, &c. Oct. 7, 1872. " NOTICE. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Conrt of Mecklenburg County, I will sell on Tuesday, the 19th dav of November, at the Court Houm in Char lotte, a Tract of LAND situated on the waters of Sugar Creek, containing Tbiriy-flvc acre, joining lands of C. J. Fox, R. R Rea. Frank Hovi, Mrs. Park and others, and being a part of the old Parks' Mill Tract. This Land is o!d as the property of the heirs-at-law of Josiah McCulloch and for the payment of debts. "the Land will be sold noon a credit of six months. Special terras made known on dav of tale. W. M. SHIPP. Administrator Dr. boat non of Joiub McCulloch, dee'd. O'H. 7, 1S72 w JBaroa Von Steuben. The tardy recognition of the sturdy and kindly old German who may be said to have found Washington's soldiers a rabble and made them an army, by the erection of a memorial of monumental marble over his remains, recalls one of the most singular, hemic, effective, and valiant careers in American annals. It is well not o forget, arnid the noise of modern events, who, this bluff Baron was, and what he did for us; and it is tar from a bootless task to throw garlands ujmjii his jgrave, and look back on his life with tender recollection, though he has lain threes-quarters of a century dead. What a 6tirinr, generous and faithful life it was! How stoutly, yet modestly, he fought his way to fame, how gently he bore adversity, how cheerily he encountered peril and obstacle ? and want ; with what gusto he drilled the scantily-clad aud poor ly trained patriots at Vailey Forge, and how gallantly he bore himself ia the un equal tight I Baron Von Steubeu was oue of those characters who kindle euthusiam in all who hear the story ol his life; it is easy to imagine that his ragged but resolute soldiers, who misunderstood his broken English, and started in their tattered boots when he stamped his foot, adored for his martial mien and warmth of heart, his high sense of honor and his unselfish generosity. In a war Which, in its privations aud suffer ing, in its demands upon endurance, courage antl persistency, was never outstripped by any previous or later conflict, Steuben proved himself a hero moulded in a heroic mould, a disciplinarian unequaled among his fellow officers, and a brother in charity to the soldiers who were under his com mand. It is said that when the war was at, its dreariest, and food and clothing were at their scarcest, this golden-hearted Ger man shared his last dollar with his shivering and famished troops; the annals of warfare preserve no nobler deed. Baron Von Steuben may be said to have been born in regimentals; his father was an officer of stern little Fritz, the conqtfer or of Silesia and the idol of Prussia, and he himself began to serve at the acre of fur tQen. His life from that time till his death, near Utica, sixty-four years later, was a chequered romance, full of strange adven ture aud incident, good and evil, and al ways varying fortune. Now fighting grim ly under Frederick at Prague and Kuners dorf ; now a prisoner of war in a Russian dungeon; now ablaze with the uniform of Adjutant-General, hovering around the dapper little figure of the King; now be seiging Sch weiduitz; now making the grand tour with a royal prince, lolling in Parisian salons, and discussing art and let ters over plates' and champagne, reviewing the carpet troops of the JIapsburg Court, and wandering through Italian galleries and across sunny lakes; then suddenly crossing the Atlantic, putting his sword with zealous gallantry at the service of Washington; incorrigible drilling raw re cruits amid the snows of Valley Forge; showing the red-coats a specimon of war fare according to Fritz at .Monmouth, and fighting and drilling and writing manuals, and looking after bis soldiers and spending his money on suffering privates, until the close of the Revolution found him with a still cheery and undaunted soul, though well nigh penniless. Then came a time of trial, when the noble old Prussian, who had given his best years and genious to the patriot cause, saw himself neglected, and was force-d to stifle the pride of his knightly race, sue for the nutans of existence, and await the slow delay of legislation. But he kept, up a brave and kindly spirit, and was patient, and in due time reward eame. He spent the evening of his days upon the estate conferred upon him by a grateful people; peacefully, we are happy to know, wanting nothing, beloved by all hi neigh bors, and looking out always, from beneath his vine and fig tree, with a smiling old face and a large and loving heart. In his will he forbade the erection of anv memo rial over his grave ; in his modesty his wish was, like Pope's, to "steal from the world, and not a stone tell where I lie." But now that modern enterprise threatens to obliter ate his grave, and the railway need the honored but uneommemorated ground, it is meet that the place whither all that remains of fine old Steuben has been transferred, should be decorated with a monumental shaft, with his name engraved thereon, as it is, or should be, engraved on the hearts of the people he so noblr served. Boston Post. Destruction or Timber. While Eng land is looking Anxiously to see what the rospect of eoal production is within her order, it is not unlikely that in a few years we shall be as eagerly asking about the future of our lumber business and from what source we are to obtain enough for our constantly increasing wants. Few per sons are aware of the magnitude of the trade, or of the limit which must be reached some time in the supply. It is stated, on good authority, that the amount of logs cut in the State of Michigan last winter, was 2,515. 000,000 feet nr 184,563;000 cubic feet, board measure. Of this amount 1, 36,000,000 feet were put afloat in the log, and 3,600,000 carried by rail. The lumber is mostly pine, and is valued at from 25,000,000 to 45, OOO.OuO. The Maine lumbermen predict that five years hence, at the present rate of destruction, the forcctsof that State will be wholly cleared of timber. A llama a life-prwrver. Ynu savrl my life at the battle of Malvern Hill," said a begirar to a Captain. "Saved your life ! How V" "I served under you, and when you ran away I followed." in A little girl was tenderly nnrsing her sick doll the other day, and on her mothers asking what ailed it she replied, "It's got the Alabama claims. The Story of Lucy. Last week, in a neighboring city, sad den end came to a little domestic drama. Wo believe its meaning bears more nearly on the lives of a large class of our readers than even the national debt, or the choice of our next President. About twenty years ago a gjrl baby was bom to a carpenter and his wife, who had five boys already swarming aud squabbling about the three-roomed house. The baby shared the fate of solitary girls among brothers. She was something rare and un wonted which had never come into their common life before; she was the bit of porcelain among rough crockery ; her fath er and the bigger boys dubbed her "little lady ;" carried her out proudly on Sunday afternoons, when her own clothes were coarse and patched enough ; but she never lacked a bit of embroidery or a feather ia her cap. She unlike myriads of other chil dren," was born to no inexorable inheritenco of poverty, or dirt, or crime. The carpen ter was a hard-working, honest, domcstio old mau whose (lightest ambition was tet give each of his boys a steady trade, "that they might never need to take to shifty ways to earn a meal." For Lucy, of course, he hoped for something better. His wife was a thrifty, Scotch-Irish woman, who had lived in one house at service for fifteen years before her marriage, and could com mand a high salary at any time now as housekeeper. "Girls in the old country she said, "were set to work from the time they could walk. They did not need to drudge so here. There was chances for them in a free country." She never passed a rich man's daughter, delicately dressed, that she did not think of these chances," chances that numbered not only easy living and refinement, equipages, velvets and diamonds. Education placed all men on a level. Her mothers heart was sore and ten der. Why should not her little girl enter into that high unknown world of luxury from which she had been shut out? God had made no life so full of blessings that it ought not to be possible to Luoy with her loving blue eyes and wonderful bright hair. It was quite true that God had made no life of happy womanhood which was not possible to the child. She had a practical, nimble intellect, was frank, earnest, affec tionate; blushes and tears came quickly, signs of a delicate nature and tender con science, befiting to a servant as a queen, both ol them being God's children. Ono would have said the girl was born to be in time a pure maiden, a loving wile, a faith ful mother. She went to school years after her broth ers were at work, but learned little more than to read and write; w hatever ability she had assuredly did not lie in the path of book knowledge; the boys bought her. a cheap piano at auction, on which she strum med a lew street airs. People who noticed the girls readiness and winning manner, told her mother it was time she was mak ing some provision for her, aud offered to take her into their houses as a servant. But menial work was a certainty which to Lucv's vague chances was an insult. Even drudgery at home was spared her that the might run with be school companions, or read the cheap paper of the day. Gradual ly the fine delaoy faded out of her face; her voice grew loud ; the quiok step dragged lazily ; it became a matter of course for her t) watch her old father work for her while she sat id It. At last the turn came; the elder brothers married; the old man and his wife died ; a deformed brother kept the house with Luoy, but it was necessary that she bhould earn her own living. There were half a dozen homes open to her, where she would have had light work which would have fitted her for duties when she married, high wages, and the pro tection and seclusiou of a refined Christian family, but this girl, whose Master was born in a stable, was indignant at being asked to take the place of a servant. She went into a mill. The wages were good; she had her ambition. Velvets and dia monds made the lady. She could at least flaunt on Terry and".Milton gold. She had the imagination of other young girls the zest for love, adventure. No knights or gentlemen came about the mills, or lovers to the house, but there was the chance compli ment from young men on the streets; the en counter on the st reet oar going home at night. The story is told. There came a day when the deformed brother, who had watch ed over her since she was a baby with a sorer tenderness because no other woman could be near or dear to him, cursed her and drove her from the door. She went gladly. The street life suited her now ; for the change in the girl jid not begin in the dreis or face or voice, it worked out within. Year by year her train ing had corrupted soul and brain. It mattered little when the symptoms of de cay showed themselves to the world. For years she had tasted the street life. Last week it ended. In the bright sunlight A bloated, filthy woman crept out of the pris on van into the stone archway of the eity prison, and the iron gates with their heavy clang shut on her, not to open for two years. "Lucy , sentenced for grand lareeny." Whether when they open, her ruined body will be there to drag itself out into the sun light again, matters little. It may live until old age. But Lucy, honest, unselfish, mire in thought, died long ago. If it had beeu only to sleep with her mother on yonder hillside, we might have made the grassgreen above her, knowing that the child would come again. But fhe is still living, went down into a crave from which there is no place of resurrection, though wc seek it carefully and with tears. Perhaps it is a story without a moral at least it has none, if mothers do not find it out for themselves. 2TIf the Northern papers would take more notice of the terrible crimes committed hi their own (cction, and talk les alut the South, tie y uiiht lav come claim tocmitencv.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1872, edition 1
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