The Democrat.
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ron TJ1K CHAULUTTK DiCJiOCKAT-j
Speculations as to the Cause and Effect of
the Panic . -Our
people arc beating about thrin to
Jearu tlie cau.-e or causes of the recent dis
astrous state of affairs. Iu my opinion the
whole trouble began in Calilorma, where
hungry politician arouse., the peoples pre
judices, and on the wave of anti-railroad
- -pionopoly, wye waited into office.
' ' " A newspaper man iu Cincinnati, urged on
by,adesir lor "Grange" popularity, mi
"earthed some irregularities in the Pacific
Kailroad Company. Now, capital, which
scents danger from afar, and iw most eoward
lv, beheld, in the onslaught on the Railroad
Company by the great State of California,
.tliat in this republican government, the
people were inimical to the interests their
.money was being invested in; hence Euro
. jpean capitalists stopped buying Kailroad
rfiecuritier until the danger would either de
,vclope itself or blow over. Jay Cooke, ihe
eminent banker aud the recognized confi
4 .denlial agent of the United Stales Treasury,
, .happened at that lime to hold a very large
amount of Kailroad seen ritieH which could
,not be disposed of for the reasons first as
signed ; heuce he was compelled to suspend.
Our people were so unprepared lor such a
, ; allure by a house of so much prominence;
and bo closely allied in the past to the U. S.
Treasury, that they Jost confidence in houses
of less prominence, and they commenced a
. run on them for their deposits, until the
; .Strongest houses were forced to succumb to
the sudden and unexpected attack. Confi-
dence beinr destroyed in all money circles,
ithe.bankmg interest, which h built in p u t
t ill pon the confidence of its depositors, was
forced to call in its loans and to prepare to
n .meet the demands of those whose confidence
i sbad been shaken. When the banks stopped
.discounting, that they might payoff their
. depositors, business men could not continue
tlhe purchase of the farmers products, ex
. cept for sight acceptances, being thus de
prived of the jiiilege of holding a single
ulay.
The rapidity with which cotton, for iu
Mauce, wan realized on, caused :t feeling of
insecurity at the centres, which was felt
across the Atlantic with like results. Ad
ded to this, manufacturers could get no
bank accommodations, and the market con
iinning to decline, they felt it was safest to
pursue a masterly inactivity. The result
is, the employees, numbering thousands, are
thrown out of employment, and having here
tofore formed a large class of consumers,
have thus per force been compelled to sus
pend purchases, producing in their commu
rities a perfect stagnation of business, re
.snitinir in manv instances in heavy failures
,of those who had them for their customers
.and to whom they were in arrears. The
merchant having no purchasers for farmers
products, refuses to buy them, and are forced
,tO take what they can get ; ami supply and
.demand asserts the mastery with most tell
ing effect.
With this preamble, I now proceed to
moralize a little. We the people of the old
Atlantic States are so close to the ocean
that we may say that our products can be
put on the steamers at neie sonr, hence
we should have no war with the Railroads.
Jf we do not cultivate corn iu our lowlands
between the two rivers, there will be a large
:body of valuable land idle; and if we fight
the battles of the Western corn States
through the Grange it will be worse than
idle for us to attempt the production of
.corn and meat with them competing with
us one of the consequences of low freights.
If we make war against our merchants, we
will drive off the capital sent here to move
our crops. The fact is, society is ordered so
that it succeeds best by mutual helps ami
tconfidence, and not by warring, the one in
terest against another. We are mutually
.dependent. The rich man is dependent
upon the mechanic and the laborer, while
the mechanic is dependent on the inonie i
roan for pay for his labor. So the farmer is
dependent upon the factor who buys his
products, and the factor upon the manufac
turer in his turn.
Now, Ro long as each one of these compo
nent parts" of society perform their several
functions without attempting to break down
the other, confidence will keep a sufficiency
.of jnoney in circulation for healthy business
.operations, and the great guage of market
cejitres, supply and demand, will regulate
.the price of farmers products. For there is
toomnch money seeking investment inor
dinary times to admit of an article of com
merce being ho tight by collusion at much
below its market vain?.
IJence, my deductions are then that these
"reformers," whether they are the poor
operatives who draw their money from the
Saviugs Bank and thereby stop the accom
modations to their employers, or t he i 1 ranger
anti-Railroad monopolist, Arc, who destroy
ed the confidence of European capitalists in
Railroad securities will ti i I is to their in
terest it future to let the law- of trade con
trol the great commercial inter sis of the
world. In attempting to bring down the
price of one sewing machine for his wife,
the farmer may destroy those good people
who used : to pay more than 12 cents for
cotton. The cow kicked over the lamp at
Chicago and behold the result, a city in
ashes. Verbam sat. Farmer.
TUe, writer of theabeve bone of thy Inst fanner
uj Western North Carolina
The In-iialation' of Chloroform.
Boston, Nov. 21. The jury of doctors in
tho case of Mrs. Mary F. Cri, who died
from the effects of chloroform administered
.by Dr. Eastman, returned a verdict this
jnornyig ngt censuring him. The jury cau
tion the public against the inhalation ' of o
dangerous an agent as chloroform for the
production of insensibility to pain. They
are of the opinion that the inhalation of
sulphuric ether is safe, while the inhalation
of chloroform alone or mixed is always at
tended jvith danger.
Bfc
tT The (Georgia papers publish a card
from the Hon. J. I Benjamin, stating that
the story about the twelve million dollars
A-state coming to Mrs. Campbell and Mrs.
Chambers is an absurd iablefrom beinniii"
to end.
t Z?& A dispatch report nays that the
Northern Factories which have suspended
are about to resume opera lions. '
Tna Cuban Difficulty.
Important JVetc frpia f Spain. -
Madeid, Nov. 28. The situation is grave.
On the 19th Gen. Sickles, by order of Pres
ident Grant, delivered a formal ultimatum
to President Castellar, demanding prompt
and vigorous repaiation for the insult to
the flag ami the restoration of the Virgiuius !
prisoners and indemnity to the families of the
murdered and the punishment of the mur-j
derers, and also a guarantee against future j
outrages in Cuba. '1 he demand was couched
in a kind and sympathetic tone, but no al
ternative was given. Gen. Sickles was also
instructed to say that if Castellar did not
comply with the demand in a week he should
ask tor his passport and leave Madrid with
the legation. The time expires to-day, and
no ar.swer has been received. Everything
at the legation is packed up ready for im-j
mediate departure. Sickles lias no hope
that the ultimatum will be complied with
and telegraphed to Paris yesterday to have
all his official correspondence that might be
there, kept for a few days. Gen. Sickles,
in conversation, says he does not see how
war can be avoided, as Castellar can give
no assurance that the order will be obeyed
in Cuba. Public feeling is also opposed to
concessions. Unless Castellar responds this
evening, Gen. Sickles leaves immediately.
All t lie American ships in the Mediteiran
ian 'have been ordered to Key West in the
event of Gen. Sickles' leav ing.
The JJrilish Minister will probably pro
tect the archives and the American residents.
President Castellar is personally anxious to
accept the British Minister's good offices to
effect a compromise, but there is uo hope
to-night.
New York, Nov. 27. At a Cuban Junta
meeting yesterday it was announced that a
private letter from Santiago stated that 20
men who had embraced the Catholic faith,
did so on condition that their lives should
be spared. They were however shot. A
letter from Havana says that Gen. Burriell
has issued a circular to the Lieutenant Gov
ernors and Captains of the Eastern Depart
ment, callinix on them to aid in crushing the
rebellion by arresting all persons suspected
of complicity wi.h the insurgents, w ho soon,
he says, with all help cut off by sea and
land, will perish like w ild beasts as they
deserve.
The Demand of the U. S. on Spain.
A dispatch from Washington City says:
The following is the copy of the so-called
"diplomatic memorandum." It will be
seen that it gives the demands more fully
and specifies the guarantee required by the
fifth clause :
First The formal delivery of the Vir
giuius to officers of our government in a
port of the United States.
Second The release and restoration to
our protection of the surviving captives
Third A money indemnity to the heirs
of all tak- ti from on board the Virgiuius
and put to death.
Fourth The trial and punishment of
General liurriol and all other responsible
officers.
.Fifth The immediate and unconditional
abolition of slavery in Cuba and the source
of all the pending difficulty and complaints.
The following is a statement of the com
plaints against Spain by the United Stales:
The overhauling of the Linked States
schooner Lizzie Major on the 26th of March,
1868, upon the high seas, by a Spanish
frigate, and taking two passengers from on
board to Cuba.
TJie seizure on the 21st Jan., 1869, of the
United Slates steamer Colonel Lloyd As
pinwall, w hile in use as a United Stales des
patch boat, by the Spanish man-of-war Her
nau Cortes and her detention for ninety
eight days. Spain paid the owners $19,
702.50 in gold. Outrages to the flag uu
atoned. The seizure of the United States schooner
Mary Lowell by the Spanish war steamer
Andalusia iu British waters, March loth,
lb(9.
Attack upon and stabbing of Messrs.
Johnson and Foster, citizens of the United
States, in the streets of Havana, Feb. 6th,
1870, by a Spanish mob for the ''crime" of
wearing blue neckties. The murder of the
German citizen Green wald.jat the same time
lor being in their company and on suspicion
of being an American.
Insult to the American flag in the outrage
upon United States Consul Phillips, ni
March, 1870, at Santiago de Cuba, by a
Spanish mob, and forcing him to fly. The
confiscation of Consul Phillips' estates.
Murder at Santiago de Cuba of the sea
men Speakman and Wyeth, citizens of ihe
United States, who were shipwrecked on the
Cuban coast ami guilty of no crime.
Embargo and confiscation of the property
and estates of American citizens in Cuba
under Valmaseda's proclamation in April,
1871.
Inhuman proclamation of Valmaseda in
April, 1871, ordering every male over fif
teen years of age in Cuba found away from
his habitation, and not having a sufficient
motive therefor, to be shot.
Diabolical proclamation of Valmaseda in
April, 1871, that every unoccupied habita
tion and every houe not flying a white
flag; should be reduced to ashes.
Execution of the eight boy students at
Havana in Nov., 2 S71, by ord'ers of a court
martial, under the bloodthirsty dictation of
the Spanish volunteers, for an imaginary in
sult, to a Spaniard's grave.
Condemnation of the American citizen,
Dr. Houard, in Dec, 1871, to imprisonment
on false charges and sending him to Spain
in chains.
Summary arrests and imprisonments of
American citizens, military executions with
out Mivtext, arbitrary embargoes of proper
ty and other acts done by the Spanish au
thorities in Cuba to the "persons and pro
perty of citizens of the United Stales iu
violation of the Treaty of 1795.
The butchery of the wounded and prison
ers of war and mutilation of the dead in en
counters with the Cuban forces.
The repeated murders of Cuban women
and children suspected of sympathy with
the Cuban forces.
Seizure of the United States steamer Vir
giuius, on the 31st of October, 1873, upon
the high seas, taking her to Santiago de
Cuba, and there butchering the citizens of
the United Stales and others under the pro
tection of our flag found on board her.
- t North Carolina News Items.
Feperal Coubt. The United States
Circuit Court commenced its session in
Kaleigh on Monday, November 24th
Judges Brooks and Bond presiding. A
number of cases against defendants under
the Enforcement Acts of Congress, submit
ted to a verdict of guilty on tlie counts for
conspiracy in the several indictments
against them, the judgments were suspend
ed on payment of costs. Tins disposes of
most of the so-called Ku-Klux cases before
the Court. A number of sci fa cases were
discharged upon a payment of penny and
costs. Raleigh Xews.
J" The consecration of the ltev. Theo
dore B. Lyman, D. D., to be assistant
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church
in the Diocese of North Carolina, will take
place iu Christ church, Raleigh, on the 11th
of December
The Fair Grounds at Goldsboro,
and all the buildings, were sold under fore
closure of mortgage at $3,500. The mort
gagees are the purchasers, as was general
ly expected. This ends the career of the
Farmers' and Mechanics' Association. The
property cost tho Society about $16,000 a
fair illustration of "hard times" and scarci
ty of money. Goldsboro Messenger
ISsT Five policemen a captain, sergeant
ami three privates went into a saloon a
few nights since to net a drink. . It was
found out by the Mayor, who arraigned
them on the charge of a violation of one of
the city ordinances. The officers plead
guilty and submitted the case. The cap
tain was required to pay a fine of $25, the
sergeant $20, and the three privates paid
$10 each, making iu all $75. WU. Post.
Fihk. We regret to learn the sad intel
ligence that Col. Wm. C. Smith, of New
Forest ville, has again suffered a terrible
loss of property. His store, at the above
named place, caught accidentally Thursday
night week, and consumed eighteen thou
sand pounds of seed cotton, which was
stored therein, along with a large stock of
groceries. We are not advised as to the
extent of this loss, but judge it to be heavy.
Yadeaboro Jlertdd.
The next
session of the N. C. An
nual Conference, Methodist Protestant
Church, will be held at Friendship, nine
miles west of Lexington, commencing on
Wednesday the third of December.
We hear that the proposition to
change the present system of electing Su
perior Court Judges is being discussed at
Kaleigh. "It is proposed to elect them
again by the State at large, and to require
a change of circuits. Goldsboro MessetiQer.
The North Carolina Centennial. .
The Raleigh News says: WTe are in favor
of the North Carolina Centennial, not only
because it is a patriotic enterprise and is
intended to honor the memory of ourances
tral heroes of the Revolution, not only be
cause it commemorates an epoch in the his
tory of the State which set the ball of the
American Revolution in motion, but be
cause we believe such an exposition of the
resources and wealth of the State as the oc
casion is intended to be, will result in incal
culable good in stimulating our energies,
awakening our State pride, enkindling a
laudable spirit of competition between the
different sections, and above all in exhibit
ing the rich productions and capabilities of
North Carolina, of which the outside world
has so limited a knowledge and of which
even many of our own people are not fully
aware.
If the plan of the North Carolina Centen
nial is carried out in the proper spirit, it
will be of immense service to the State in
advertising her advantages to other States
and to foreign nations. Therefore, not
only patriotism, but self-interest as well,
will be consulted in the inauguration of
measures looking to a Grand North Caro
lina Exposition at
day of May, 1S75.
Charlotte on the 20th
Romance of Crime.
The New York Herald of Tuesday, says:
"Yesterday afternoon, at about 1:30 o'clock,
Win. J. Sharkey, the condemned murderer
of Bob Dunn escaped from the Tombs. In
this age, when . a wreath of romance is wov
en for the brow of almost every crime, it is
affecting to discover that picturesqueness
is not wanting to the environment ola felon
awaiting death upon the gallows. Yester
day morning at ten o'clock a girl named
Maggie Jourdan called to see Sharkey, and
was admitted, going out again at once!
At 12:30 o'clock a woman, calling herself
the wife of Wes. Allen, was admitted for
the same purpose, and on attempting to
come out, two hours after, was detained be
cause she claimed to have lost the pass it
would have been necessary for her to give
up before stepping outside. Meanwhile, at
1:30 o'clock half an hour after Maggie
Jourdan had left, and an hour before the
other woman attempted to do so a person,
dressed in the guise of a woman and wear
ing a green veil, passed through the four
doors and along the corridor, which inter
vened between 'Sharkey's cell and liberty,
and, making rapid progress toward Elm
stieet, entered a car belonging to the
Bleecker street line. This individual was
Wm. J. Sharkey. The four doors through
which he had to pass were locked, and'at
the hour when the escape was made the cor
ridor was traversed hy many people. Mrs.
Allen's attempt to go out without n, pass
was the occasion (so run? the tale) of suspi
cion being awakened and of search bein
made. It was then that Sharkey's cell
was found vacant, and his moustache, fresh
ly shaved off, lying with the lather on it
upon a shelf. The fact that the door of the
cell in which Sharkey was confined was al
ways kept locked, except when temporarily
opened to allow the passage of food, and
that all communication between him and
his visitors took place through the move
less bars, only heightens the suspicion of
collusion.
A man who hal a red-headed sweet-'
heart addressed her as "Sweet Auburn I
loveliest of the plain." Sweet Auburn rot I
mad about it
She obientpd to liainrr i
"Pin.'yen though da'd j
i among the loveliest of them.
The N. 0. Insane Asylum.
We have received a copy of the Report
of the Directors and Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum for the year ending Oct.
81st, 1873.
We publish the following extracts from
the Report :
"The total number of admissions since
the opening of the Asylum on the 22d day
of February, 1456, is 1,043 ; the total number
of discharges for the same time is 801 ; of
whom 262 were cured ; 95 improved ; 170
unimproved; 274 died; leaving now uuder
treatment 242.
Upon the whole number of admissions
ihe per ceutage of discharges has been
77; of cured, 25 per cent; of improved,
9 per cent; of unimproved 16 per cent ; of
deaths 26 per ceut.
Upon the whole number of discharges,
the per centage has been, 33; of improv
ed, 12; of unimproved 21 per cent; of
deaths, 34 per cent.
At the close of my last report there were
in the Asylum 119 males and 114 females.
Of the numerous applications for admission,
we have been able lo make room for only 33
males and 17 females. The whole number
under treatment during the year was 152
males and 131 females, making a total of
283
There has been 28 males and 13 females
discharged during the year; of these 12
males and 6 females wer cured; 6 males
and 1 female improved; 2 males and 1
female in a stationary condition; and 8 males
and five females died."
Upon the number of admissions during
the year, the per centage of discharges was
82; cf cures, 36; of improved, 14; of unim
proved, 6; of deaths, 26.
Here is a summary of calculations made:
"1st. The cures upon admission 36 per
cent.
2nd. The cures upon discharge of 44 per
cent.
3rd. The deaths upon the number under
treatment of 4 per cent.
Of the admissions during the year, the
cause of disease is reported to have been
mental in 8 cases, physical in 24, and un
known in 18. The form was mania iu 31
cases; epileptic mania in 4; melancholy in
9, and dementia iu 6.
Of those discharged improved the sup
posed cause was physical in every case
The duration before admission averaged
13 months. The time under treatment was
less than one year iu two cases, and from
two to nearly six years in the others. Of
the unimproved discharges the cause was
physical in one case and unknown in two.
The form was mania iu all. The duration
before admission 10 months in one case, un
known in one, and 5 years in one. The
time in the Asylum from 14 to 15 years.
Of the deaths the cause of insanity was
physicial in 5 cases, mental in 4, and un
known iu 4. The form of the mental dis
ease was mania in 9 cases, imbecility in 1,
epileptic mania in 2, and dementia in 1."
One remarkable and melancholy feature
of insanity in this State is perceptable upon
the perusal of the foregoing tabular state
ments. The overwhelming preponderance
of chronic mental disease, of those under
treatment here, as well as the applications
for admission on file over the acute cases,
present suggestions of a serious character.
Perhaps not more than ten per cent of our
present household, and a smaller proportion
even of ihe several hundred applications
now pending, the history of whose cases
have been forwarded and placed on tile,
can, with any confidence be pronounced
curable."
"During the year 263 applications, made
or renewed by friends or county authorities,
have been refused tor want of room."
While insanity acute and recent, is known
to be as a general rule curable, when crouic
it becomes of the most incurable of all
diseases at all amenable to treatment. Any
attempt on the part of the State to save
money by failing to provide for the early
treatment of all its insane, or individuals
and families to delay till the necessity be
comes urgeut, is poor economy and worse
philanthropy. This mistaken policy has
already filled the land with a class of de
pendent and incurable sufferers who are a
burden to themselves, a terror to their fam
ilies, and an expense lo the public, and
whom nothing can relieve for the present
but death, or diminish for the future, but
ample accommodations and timely treat
ment." According to the last census there are
779 insane in the State, which is about 1 to
every 1,300 of our population ; of this 242
are here, while 537 are scattered through
out the State in jails, poor-houses and pri
vate families."
It appears to us that these statistics are
of sufficient public interest to justify the
space we have given in copying them.
The fiscal year began 'with an indebted
ness of $7,000 upon the previous year's re
port. There will be a deficiency of $5,000
oru $6,000. The female patients made 3,168
articles of clothing during the year, and
mended 5,034.
REDUCTION OF PRICES.
At MeacAam's, Hoots and Shoes are Re
duced 20 per cent.
S. B. MEACHAM, in the First National Bank
building, is offering Boots and Shoes at lower rates
than ever heretofore.
Call and examine his Goods and low prices.
Nov. 24, 1873.
Gents' Fine Boots.
Call and see the assortment of cheap and good
Boots and Shoes at
S. B. ME.VCHAM'S.
yoT. 24, 1873. McAden'a Building.
Ladies and Childrens'
Gaiters, Shoes and Boots in great variety, at
S. B. MEACllAM'S
Jsov. 24, 1873. Store opposite Centra Hotel.
Snow Flake Flour.
Just received a fine lot of Snow Flake Flour, at
J. Mclaughlin & son's.
Nov. 17, 1873.
Breech Loading Guns.
Every one visiting Charlotte. durin? the Fair.
should call and examine our stock of iroods. esne-
ifiSfe $2$$ PL
WALTER BREM & CO.,
Nov. 24,1873.
Central Ilotel Building.
Hon. A. H. Stepnens.
What lie thinks about the Cuban Question.
From the Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel. "
The opinions of public men, ami especial
ly those of members of Congress, upon the
all-absorbing Cuban question, are looked
for with great eagerness by the public.
Yesterday our reporter called upon Hon.
A. H. Stephens, Representative to Congress
from this (the eighth Georgia) district, who
is stopping in Augusta ior a short time be
fore leaving for Washington City and is
the guest of Mr S. Marcus, for the purpose
of obtaining his views upon the prevailing
topic. We found him suffering from a se
vere headache, but, nevertheless, leadily
disposed to converse.
Reporter What do you think about this
Cuban affair, Mr Stephens?
Mr Stephens Well, I am frank to say
that I am fr Cuba immediately, if not
sooner. I consider the Virgiuius affair the
greatest outrage of modern times ; there is
nothing at all analagous to it except, per
haps, that upon a vessel, the El Dorado I
think it was, during Pierce's administration
in 1854. I wanted ihe Administration then
to take possession of Cuba.
Reporter Do yon think there will be any
war with Spain arising out of the complica
tions? Mr Stephens I do not. I think Spain
will offer every apology, and place herself
in the position of the lame man who is un
able to leave his house, ami whose dogs
jump over his fence and rend his neighbor's
sheep. She will simply say I am unable to
restrain the volunteers; yu must do with
them as you please. I am in favor of sus
pending the neutrality laws. If this were
done so large a force of Americans would
land upon the Island ot Cuba in a few days
that all opposition would be overawed and
a peaceful acquisition of it secured. These
Spanish volunteers in Cuba show by their
recent acts thai they are nothing more than
pirates, and they should be punished accor
dingly. Reporter Won't the. United States lose
considerably by the stoppage of import du
ties on Cuban products iu case oi the ac
quisition of the Island ?
MrStephens Of course the import duties
will cease upon this country's taking pos
session of Cuba, but the revenue from the
Island will be far greater then than now,
especially it anything like the tariff in force
by the Spanish Government is kept up.
The revenue to the latter trom this Island
was twenty-live millions of dollars annually
before I lie war.
Reporter If the United States acquires
Cuba, the products of the latter will of
course be cheaper in this country ?
Mr Stephens Yes. And I am in favor
of cheap segars and cheap sugar. If Cuba
was onee ours, its resources would be de
veloped lo an immense extent, and its pro
duction largely increased.
Mr Stephens went on to say that the
movement for taking possession of Cuba at
this time, and in view of the recent uupar
alelled outrages, was desirable for more
reasons ihau one. One of the most impor
tant was thai it would lurnish a common
ground for all the people of the Union to
r.eet upon, reconcile party differences aud
level down sectional animosities.
The fact of the business is, he said, the
United States has been holding Cuba down
while Spain killed her.
Reporter It is probable that Congress
will take the matter in hand immediately
upon assembling ?
Mr Stephens Yes. Perhaps no less than
fifty resolutions will be offered upon that
and the currency question the first day.
Reporter Will not the Louisiana matter
also excite much attention ?
Mr Stephens I have no idea that it will.
Mr Stephens then made some general re
marks on the Virgiuius outrage, which he
condemned in the most unmeasured terms.
He was unqualified iu his sentiments iu favor
of this Government taking possession of
Cuba, wha'ever might be the course adopt
ed for so doing.
The Negro Element in Cuba.
Its Hearing upon, the Question of Inde
pendence. The population of Cuba is about 1,500,
000 ol whom about 370,000 are slaves, and
nearly 300,000 free blacks. The latter
have been increased iu numbers by the
policy ol both contending parties, of free
ing tlie blacks who come over from the
enemy. The estimated value of ihe slaves
is $300,000,000. Cuba exports to the
amount of $100,000,000 a year, the great
bulk of which is the product of slave labor.
The field labor and factory work is the pro
duction of the principal staple, sugar, is of
a character, according to popular belief iu
Cuba, that can be done only by the ne
groes. The great problem of Cuban inde
pendence will be (as mated by the Chicago
Tribune,) how the slaves may be liberated
without ruining the prosperity of the coun
try how to avoid the disastrous results ol
abolition that ensued in San Domingo
when ihe French Republicans liberated the
slaves; in the English West India Islands,
when Great Britain inaugurated a still
more liberal policy by paying the planters
20,000,000 indemnity ; ami in the South
ern States of America when the slaves were
freed by the sword. San Domingo has re
lapsed into an almost primitive state oi bar
barism. Can the Cuban slaves be freed
without breaking down the prosperity of
the country, or bringing on a war of races,
and, if o, hpw ? This is the question
which must be solved with the help of past
experience.
The insurgents have made emancipation
one of their watchwords, and their forces
are so largely composed of negroes that if
successful they would be compelled to free
the remainder. On the other hand, the
asino h,spaguol, which controls the actions
f the volunteers, is oppoed to the aboli
tion of slavery in Cuba.
Rome. Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy,
in the speech he delivered iu person to the
Parliament, on last Saturday week, said:
"It had been shown that Rome might be
come the Caoital without encroaching on
the independence of the Pope, or the exer
cise of his spiritual functions, or the rela
tions of the Catholic world. We will re
spect his religious sentiments and his liber-
but will not permit attacks upon the
nation aud its institutions."
Mecklenburg Presbyterv
At New Hope, Gaitan County, jy. C, 23d
Tliis was a pleasant meeting lhew
was hue, the people received VtiF
most cordially,-howing thev hnY
gotten how to treat the Presbv1
though there had not been a m 1'
that sort there for twenty-six vw?ll,,g
Chapman opened the meeting in . Dr-
Linus wav. and it was vprr ..n: 8 'Hi
ighlful to sit in the largj conaS4 de"
hear the splendid singm. an0d ejJJj d
in the so emu services. Brother ElPale
Bided in his own peculiar way but 1 fIV
humor sometimes suffered the Pr k
to run over him a little. resbyttry
The Elder representing New tT
sented a very eiicourairiui' st.n ..t P1
religion, and expressed the hone tK..
vival of
of the family altar mifrtT re"
htheChurchei The P-
th rou or
er Kennedy, made himself busy in iool;
after the accommodations of the m,mj!"g
and providing religious services for hisl
pie. He seemed to be greatly delighted
have the Presbytery enjoy the hcSpiSiJ?
oi his good people. It is an agriiullQr7l
community, ami we have not wen fin
corn and cotton anywhere. Thi
-South Fork" runs through the colw
tiov a streairt which affords the finm
water power in this State. The Air-Line
Railroad also runs through the tn
gallon putting it in dai y commnnicstm
with Charlotte and the beautiful ip-cuUn
try of South Carolina. Some of the W
business men iu Charlotte were raised i
this section of the country Pei-aimi
Dates, Hollands, Stowes, Reids ami others!
We would love lo say a good many things
about what we saw and heardhow much
tlu-ywK incn am) busies in New Hni
can do to build up their Church ail
st lengthen the hands of Pastor and Session
Ac. CorX. G Presbyterian. '
To Our Credit Customers.
Your Notes and Accounts were due on the first
day of November, 1873, and wu must ask that you
come forward and settle the same accordin' to
promise, as we are in need of funds; having soldi
large amount of Fertilizers on credit, for which we
were compelled to incur liabilities for a considera
ble sum, and which liabilities are now due. ia
consequence of this we insist upon pkompt pat
mext from you as it is expected of us.
We are compelled to have MONEY or ITS
EQUIVALENT to pay our debts, and should your
Notes Im? found in other hands, you must not blame
us, as we have accommodated you to the time agrrtd
upon. BUItliOUGUS & SPRINGS
Nov. 17, 1873.
Diroct from Importers.
The subscribers are now receiving and hTe fa
stor-.? tlie following line of goods direct from Im
porters, and to those at ail skeptical we will show
the Bonded Warehouse receipts:
'& Casks Bunnmdv Port, Ex Larkspoer,
'6 " Malaga Wine, - Baltic,
Pipe Jamaic Rum, " Mullen,
10 Gallons Ramsiy Scotch Whisky, Mullen,
1J Pipe Crown Fish Gin, Ex Maas,
2 Cases Florio Port,
2 - iruet Castellon & Co., Cognac,
2 " E Simpson & Cos Bitters,
2 Baskets Kong Wine, Pints.
To connoisseurs we can offer something choice, it
W. II II. HOUSTON & C0S,
Nov. 17, 1873. Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C
Superior Court Mecklenburg County.
Tne Fir.it National Eank of Charlttc,N.C., Plain-
tilf, against James Pagan, Defendant.
SIDIMOS.
State of North Carolina: 'To tie Sheriff of Mtdkn
burg Vovnty Greeting :
You are hereby commanded In the 'name of tlie
State to summon James Pagan to appear at the next
term of ihe Superior Court of the County of Meck
lenburg, at the Court House in Charlotte, ou the
Eighth Monday after the Fourth Monday in March,
1874, then and there to answer the complaint of the
First National Bank of Charlotte, N. C, PlaintuT,
in this suit. And you are further commanded to
notify the said James Pagan that if he fails to an
swer the said complaint, within the time specified,
the said Plaintiff will take judgment against him for
Seventeen llandrod Djlurs with interest tliereoa
from December 1, 1872, and for all cot-tsand charge
in this suit incurred.
Witness, E. A. Osborne, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Mecklenburg county, at office in Charlotte,
this the 20th day of November, A. D., 1873.
E. A. OSBORNE,
1100 6w Clerk Superior Court.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
The First National Bank of Charlotte, Plaintiff, tu
James Pagan, Defendant.
NOTICE.
The above named Defendant will take aouca
that in the above entitled action a Warrant of
tachment has been issued returnable to the Superior
Court of said county on the 8th Monday after the
4th Monday in Mai ch, 1874, and that said actionj
brought t recover the sum of Seventeen Hundred
($1,700) Dollars due to Plaintiff from Defendant by
Note. VANCE & BUB WELL,
1 100 4w Attorneys for PlaintuX
State of North Carolina. Gaston CountT.
Svjwior Court, Spring Term, 1874.
C. L. Claw son c. Sutton Gold Mining Company.
ATTACHMENT.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, Uwi
the Defendant iu the above entitled action i
foreign corporation, and has goods and chatteut in
the coanty of Gastou, State of North Carolina, ana
that uu Attachment has been issued against uif
feudani for the sum of Twenty-Seven Hundred and
summons issued therein and delivered to the bnenn
of said county, returnable to Spring Term, 184, w
.s ' . jV irirr. "not found..
l.oi.t i Vnf ,i i.Snl. ... ...,-A I... iTim ,lllf)l IOUDO ,
it is tiier, fore ordered, that publication be XDMet
for six weeks, in the Charlotte Democrat, a news ,
paper published iu the City of Charlotte,
notifyiug said Defendant of the issuing of the sum- -mons
aud warrant of attachment in this wn re
turnable to said Court on the 6th Monday after we .
4th Monday in March, 1874, and let said Drfendae
take notice that if he fail to answer ibecomp
of the Plaintiff, at said lime and place, j""
will be taken against bira for Twenty-seven Hun
dred and bix y-four Dollars and Ninety-five cen,
with intereht thereon from the 15th day of Jt7
lb73, and the costs of this action, and the PPfJ;'
ievied upon will be condemned to the satislacuw
of the same. ...
Witness, E. U. Withers, Clerk of the Superior
Court for said county, at office in Dallas, Uua
24th day of October, A. D., 1873. TT.a
E. IL WITHERS,
Clerk Superior Court Gaston coowj--
Nov. 22, 1873 6wpd
CHINA HALL,
Charlotte, N. C.
The largest and greatest n
tv of
" China, Crockery,
GLASS WAUEAW
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS
generally, ever offered to w
public in this market,
ceived and now ready for insP'-
I'n"a
tions, first door above the Court House.
Wood and Willow Ware-
Tubs, Buckets, Churns, Cocoa Dippers. BJL'
Sugar Boxes, Bread Trays, Rolling Puis. ra 3
Boards, Wash Boards, &c. :nvited
The public, and especially the ladies, are u
to call and examine the stock. . rf
Not. 17,1823. JAMES HART