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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1873.
TWENTY-SECOND VOLUMENUMBER 1 102.
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Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
H on hand a large and well selected stock of PUKE
DUUdS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family
Medicines, Paints, Oils, . Varnishes, Dye Stuff's,
Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
K efl at the very lowest prices.
Jan 1, 1872.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in IJrown's building, up stairs, opposite the
Clwirlotte Hotel.
Oct 26. 1HT0.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, C.
Ilruk Office corner of 5th and Tryon Streets.
Residence on College Street.
M arch 1 U 1ST2.
Alexander & Bland,
1) E x TISTS.
Office hours from 8 A. M. to C P. M.
Office in Brown's Building, opposite the Charlotte
potwl.
' August 4, 1873.
W. U. nOFKMAN. ISAIAH SIMPSON.
HOFFMAN & SIMPSON,
Dentist, s
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Respectfully inform the citizens of Charlotte and
the public, that they have associated themselves
logetlier in the practice of Dentistry. Their aim
w ill be to perform all operations relating to the pro
fession in the most skillful manner aud highest de
jrirc of excellence.
'IVeth extracted without pain by the useof Nitrous
4xid: Gas. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Office on Trade Street, in A. R. Nesbit. & Rro's
new building. Jan. 15, 1873.
Saddles, Harness, &c.
We respectfully inform our patrons that we shall
continue the manufacture of SADDLERY and
HARNESS sit our old stand, next door to Steu-
Iw.ni. I .il,.r A-
We shall ill ways keep one of the most extensive
Mocks in the South, which we will sell at prices to
iTiit. To Wholesale Buyers we say that we will
duplicate any bill in our line bought North.
Ve shall always keep a hirge stock of well known
fcrmuls of Hemlock Sole, Oak tanned, Kipand Upper
Leather on hand, at prices sis low as any in the City.
Hides and Bark Wanted,
For which we pay the highest prices in CASH.
C2T3IU. WM. E. SHAW has charge of the Es
tablishment, and will be pleased to see his friends.
March 3, 1873 ly hCillFF & BRO.
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
Cii.vnr.niTK, N. C.
Consignments of Cotton solicited, on which we
will make liberal advances to be sold here, or if
shippers desire will ship to our friends at New York
or Liverpool direct. Commissions and storage on
moderate terms.
August 10, 1873.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
This well-known House having been newly fur
nished and relit ted in every department, is now open
for the iiceonimodati n of the Traveling public.
Omnibiisses at the Depot on arrival of Trains.
Jan. l, 1873. II. C. ECCLES.
W. F. COOK,
Trade Street, on North Carolina Ilailroad,
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and sill kinds of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
liT All orders promptly attended to.
Jan. 22, 1S72.
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
ARTHUR L. BUTT, Aktist.
Studio ocer Merchants and Farmers Hank,
Charlotte, N. C.
I shall be pleased to show specimens of my
work at my studio, to any who are interested in Art.
1 paint Portraits from Life or Photographs. Per
sons whose friends have died can get si Portrait of
them if they have a Photograph. I can accommo
date persons at a distance if they will send a Photo
graph with directions, &c.
ARTHUR L. BUTT,
Feb. 3, 1873. Charlotte, N. C.
GUN SMITH SHOP.
W. B. TAYLOR,
Next to Elias fc Coten's Dry Goods Store,
Informs the public that he has just received a new
ftockof Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Gun Material, Locks,
Kys, &c, fcc.
Please call and examine my stock before pur
chasing elsewhere.
Repairing of all sorts in my line
done promptly aud satisfaction guaranteed.
W. B. TAYLOR,
Oct. C, 1873 tf Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
RICHARD MOORE,
WIIOlJiSALK DEALER IX
Stoves, Tin Ware, Zinc, Copper, &
Near the Court House,
C II A ULOTTE, X . C .
C-The best patterns of COOKING STOVES
always on hand.
&pt 8. 1873
4mpd
DR. S. B. HIGGINS,
Homoeopathic Physician,
Tryon Street, Third Boor from Fifth,
Respectfully offers his services to the citizens of
Charlotte and vicinity. Female complaints and
diseases of children a specialty. Neuralgia, Rheu
matism, Liver Complaints and Chronic Diseases
radically cured. ' Chills and Fever cured without
delay or no charge made.
Oct. 20, 1873 3m "
Charles T. Sherman, Judge for the
Northern District of Ohio, against. whom
grave charges rested, which were made the
subject of investigation by the House Com
mittees of Ways and Means and Judiciary,
in connection with his impeachment, has re
signed his office, and the President lias ap
pointed Martin Welker, of Ohio, to the vacancy.
: LAND FOR SALE.
I offer for sale two Tracts of LAND containing
175 Acres, situated in Providence and Sharon Towi
ships. Eighty Acres of said Land is in cultivation,
the balance native forest. The Land is equal to
the best in the county, and lies on the waters of
McAlpin's Creek. 9 miles from Charlotte. Title
goml. For terms apply to , ' .
Nor. 24, 1873 8wpd D. P. LEE, Agent.
SALE OP LAND.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, I will sell at Public Auction,
on Saturday Dec. 13, 1873, at 11a. ni., at Randal
burg Post Oflice in said county, the following
described Tracts of Land belonging to the heirs of
Joseph Knox dee'd.
The home place, containing about 200 acres, (a
larger part thereof subject to the dower of the
widow of dee'd.)
The Simril place, about 90 acres, joining Thos.
Simril and others, (about 38 acres thereof subject
to dower.)
The "Black Jack" tract, about 100 acres, joining
the land of Ez kiel Caruthers' heirs and others.
One tract of about 12 acres, near Pleasant Hill
Church, joining Wm. Porter and others.
The Siler tract, about 71 acres, joining Logan
Hoover and others.
Full information in regard to the above land can
be had of the undersigned.
Terms 12 months credit, purchaser to give bond
with approved security.
ALEX. GRIER, Com.
Nov. 10, 1873. 5w
Valuable Land for Sale.
"By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, the undesigned as Commis
sioner will sell at the Court House in Charlotte, on
Thursday, the 11th day of December next, Two
valuable Tracts of LAND in Mecklenburg county,
on the waters of Reedy Creek, belonging to the
estate of Miss Eliza Pharr, dee'd. One Tract of 104
Acres, adjoining the Lands of Wm. A. lohnr-ton,
Mrs. Dorcas Kimmons and others, and one Tract of
44 Acres, adjoining the Lands of Lee Dulin stnd
otners.
Nine months crsxlit, with interest from date, will
be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved
security, and title reserved until purchase money is
paid. WM. MAXWELL,
Nov. 10, 1873 5w Commissioner.
WOLFE. BARRINGER & CO.
We respectfully invite the attention of our friends
and the public generally to our new stock of
Fall and Winter Goods,
The largest and cheapest stock of Jeans., Tweeds,
Satim-ts, Cloths and Fancy Ciissimeres, we have
ever had.
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS FURNISH IX G GOODS,
HATS, CAPS, SHOES, TRUNKS & VALICES.
Hardware ! Hardware ! !
Carpenter's Tools, Blacksmith's Tools, Builder's
Material and Shelf Hardware of every description,
cheap at WOLFE, BAKKINGER & CO'S.
Sept. 39, 1873.
ELIAS & COHEN
Have now in Store, and are daily receiving through
one of the firm now in the Northern markets, the
largest and best selected stock of
DRY GOODS,
Ready-Made Clothing,
BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS,
YANKEE NOTIONS, CUTLERY,
And a general assortment of Merchandise suited for
The Wholesale and Retail Trade,
All purchased from first hands and which will be
sold sit prices that will astonish buyers. A call is
only necessary to be convinced. No charge for
showing Goods.
Terms made to suit purchasers. Country Pro
duce taken in exchange
For Bargains call and see
ELIAS & COHEN,
Oct. 13, 1873. Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
PRACTICE ECONOMY.
BUY A NEW IMPROVED
Home Shuttle Sewing Machine.
Only costs about one-half of the "so-called" Stan
dard Machines. More of them sold this year in
North Carolina than all others combined. It run9
sis light, is as easy to Iejrn on as any other, and I
can show that it will do the same range of work
with similar attachments that any other in this
market will do. Warranted for five years.
Csill on or address D. G. MAXWELL,
Charlotte, N. C, General Agent
for North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
July 28, 1873.
R. M. MILLER & SONS
Agexts for the Celkbuated Premium
Milburn Wagon.
A LARGE LOT NOW ON HAND.
For durability and style of finish unexcelled.
Call and see them at our Ware Rooms, corner of
College and 4th Streets, 2d story.
Sept. 8, 1873.
J. S. PHILLIPS,
Merchant Tailor and Clothier,
Offers to the public the finest and best assorted
Stock of Goods for
Men's Wear
Ever brought to this market, including
CLOTHS, CASSIMERS, VESTINGS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Gents Furnishing Goods,
HATS, CAPS, &c, &c.
Having had Fourteen Years experience in buying
for this market, besides being a Practical Tailor, I
feel satisfied of my ability to give entire satisfaction
as to Goods and prices.
E2jT Call and examine goods and prices.
btore under Central Hotel.
Sept. 29, 1873. J. S. PHILLIPS.
Again
We announce a neat and pleasant amusement for
the Winter evenings, PARLOR CROQUET, com
plete for $5 and $3 per sett, at TIDDY'S.
ALSO, a large lot of new NOVELS, fresh from
the publishers, at TEDDY'S.
Our School Book stock is now complete. We
don't deem it necessary to go into detail, but simply
announce that our stock is full. Call and see
Nov. 17, 1S73. TIDDY & BRO.
In What Sense Southern Women are "Re
constructed." It is necessary that we recognize the in
evitable. Carlyle says women are always
slow to. do it ami I suppose that is what
President Davis meant in his late compli
ment to Southern women. It is a nice
question, though, how tar this tenacity of
purpose or of opinion ought to go. Where
principles of truth and honor are involved
Llet us lory in an unshaken firmness aud
cling totne traditions otour clime, our own
dear sunny South. But let us distinguish
between our principles and our prejudices.
It is our highest duty to cherish the one.
Let us ascertain and-fix- them. - But our
.prejudices- are not to be handed' down and
perpetuated. I keep mine, I confess, hang
ing up in a closet like a parcel of old dress
es which I can no longer wear, but which I
si ill have an affection lor. I open the door
now and then and take a private view of
the collection. Some times I array myself
in one or the other they are no longer
comfortable, but I cannot make way with
them. All the same I should be sorry to
see my daughteror any of 1113 young friends
with any of them on.
Air. Davis was quite right in giving the
impression that Southern women are not
"reconstructed" in the usual sense of that
word. They do not torget, and some few
of them I am afraid have never forgiven.
But he has certainly erred if he thought, or
intended to make others think, that our wo
men did not fairly and honestly surrender
when our men did ; did not believe that
our men did -the best possible there was
left them to do in surrendering ; have not
fairly met, and by this time vanquished the
difficulties of the situation ; and do not
again, as they once did, pray for God's
blessing on the whole country. I am sure
they do. I thiuk too well of them to think
otherwise.
The great problem of Republicanism is
now being worked out in these United
States. No country and no age has seen
it attempted under conditions so favorable.
We hear much said of leaders, good and
bad of late there has been a cry that we
have no leaders no great men to rally
round our giants are all dead. If the peo
ple will be true to each other we have
nothing to fear either from bad great men,
or from the lack of good great men. If the
rich and the poor, the capitalists and the
laborers, the farmers and the manufactur
ers, the thinkers and the actors have a cor
dial uuderstandiug with each other we
shall get alon. This is not the era of
great men we must acknowledge, and yet
the country is making great strides. It is
a time of growth, and I believe one cause
ot it is the up-turning of old forms, and in
termingling of new elements which the sec
ond great Revolution has brought about.
Changes so violent elderly people accept
with pain and grief, but I want the young
er generation to grow into them cheerfully
and find their account in so doing. jllrs.
Cornelia P. Spencer in N. C. Presbyterian.
Consult Your Interest!
G RA ND OPENING I
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
The immense increase of our business has induced
us to open out a larger stock than we have ever be
fore presented to the Merchants and buyers general
ly of North and South Carolina.
Our Stock of Staple Goods,
Such as Prints, Bleached and Brown Shirtings, Sea
Island Cotton, Plaids, Osnaburgs, Ginghams, and
Domestic Goods generally, will be unsurpassed.
Ready-made Clothing.
Our stock of Ready-made Clothing is the largest
and will be sold at prices that defy competition.
Our Retail Department
Will present many new and attractive features and
will be complete with everything kept in a first
class Retail Store.
Call soon and examine for yourselves.
McMURRAY & DAVIS,
West Trade Street, between Tryon and College.
Sept. 15, 1873.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
I take pleasure in announcing that I have just re
turned from New York and while there spared no
time or pains in selecting one of the finest and latest
styles of
Custom-made Clothing
Ever brought to Charlotte, and can only say that I
will sell this Fall aud Winter
Goods at Lower Prices
Than any other house in Charlotte, as my facilities
are such while I am receiving my goods direct from
the house which I am connected with in New York,
and thereby avoiding the immense profits of the
manufacturers, and also the jobbers which other
dealers must pay.
My stock consists of the very latest styles of
MENS, PQYS AND YOUTHS CLOTHING,
Gents Furnishing Goods,
HATS. CAPS, etc.
I most respectfully ask a call to examine my
stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
E. SHRIER,
Sept. 23, 1873. Temple of Fashion.
NOTICE.
As we have rented the Store Room recentl y occu-
Eied by Grier & Alexander, (next door to Wilson &
lack's Drug Store,) we inform the public that we
have a good assortment of Family Groceries, Cotton
Ties, Bagging, fca ; also a good stock of Thomas
ville Shoes; all of which we will sell on reasonable
terms for Cash or barter.
Our friends and the public generally are respect
fully invited to give us a call, and judge for them
selves SIMS & ALEXANDER.
Sept 1, 1873 4m
OATES BROTHERS,
COTTON BUYERS
General
Commission
Merchants,
Are now ready for business. Consignments of
Cotton, Gr in, Flour, fcc, solicited. Cotton re
ceived and sold or stored on accommodating terms.
We have storage room for 800 to 1,000 bales. Where
parties desire it, we are prepared to ship their Cot
ton to New York without additional charge by us.
Referkxcb M. P. Pegram, Cashier 1st National
Bank of Charlotte. J. E. OATES,
Sept 8, 1873. J. M. OATES.
i: Agricultural Fairs Reviewed.
I A writer iu the Rochester (N. Y.) Rural
Home, makes the following proper remarks
against gambling at Agricultural Fairs:
It is a doubtful question in the minds of
many thinking men whether our ajjricultu
ral societies, as they are generally constitu
ted at the present time, are productive of
any essential good to the cause of agricul
ture; and still more doubtful whether they
are not productive of more evil than good
to the community at large. That such so
cieties, when conducted in the interests of
that pursuit which they ostensibly pre
sent, are of public interest, no one will
question ; but - when they are1 perverted J
mio an exniouion 01 mat wnico nas no con
nection or relation to agriculture or any
other productive industry, the utility of
such societies becomes a matter of much
doubt. -
It is true that agriculture, and also hor
ticulture and the mechanic aits, are repre
sented at these exhibitions, but they seem
more an attachment, than the prime aud
moving interest in view. This fact is read
ily proven when we compare the amount of
premiums offered for the encouragement of
the industrial pursnits with those offered
in the interest of gaming. In the premium
list of the Monroe County Society for the
last annual fair, we see offered for horses
in the aggregate of all grades for utility,
the sum of $320, arid for style and speed,
the sum of $1,370, or more than four times
the amount for style and speed to that for
general utility. Then for the best thorough-bred
animal we see offered the pre
mium of $20, and for the fastest trotting
nag $200, for the best field of wheat, not
less than five acres, is offered $10, and for
the second fastest horse, $150; for the best
show1 of agricultural implements, manufac
tured by the exhibitor, a gold medal (or
gold watch), and for the fastest horse that
has never beat 2:35, $150; aud so we may
goon through the whole schedule of pre
miums and see the principal carried out,
that style and speed are far more import
ant than things of utility.
And these we take as a fair illustration
ot the encouragement offered in premiums
for agriculture, as compared with that ot
horse-racing, in many of our county socie
ties. But it is said we must offer liberal
premiums to horsemen, or more properly
horsejockeys, in order to bring in the crowd
to replenish our treasury. Must we have
no regard to the moral influences which this
encouragement to horse-racinjj creates?
Must our treasury be replenished to the
sacrifice of principle and the violation of
statute law? Must every interest and the
love of good order in the community be
prostituted to financial success? It ought
not to be. I know it is claimed bymany
that no bad influence arises from these
trials in horse-trotting, lint tell me, if y
can, how many young men have been led
into bail associations and corrupt habits by
having a fast horse to try his speed on the
course with jockeys ? How many have
been led on from the race-course to the
drinking saloon, and then on to ruin by the
associations here formed and the aspirations
here created ?
And I would ask, does not the encourage
ment here offered for horse racing, tend to
popularize gaming, and lead our young
men to throw off restraints upon dishonesty
and induce them to look to such pursuits to
gain money rather than to earn it in a le
gitimate way? But you say there is no
harm in driving a fast horse more than a
slow one. No, nor in playing billiards
than croquet, but when there is a premium
or a wager at stake it becomes a violation
of law and leads to other bad practices aris
ing from associations "connected with a love
of gaming. We understand also that a
gambling stand has been rented on the
grounds during the fair, for a consideration
and that by men who are looked to as ex
amples in morals. Can such things be jus
tified or defended by the lovers of good or
der? And does it not show the tendency
of letting down from one kind of gaming to
another worse?"
No gambling or games of chance ought
to be permitted on Fair Grounds an)' where.
jJdT Rev. Stovell Brown, of England,
who attended the Evangelical Alliance in
New York, and who is a Baptist of distinc
tion, in a recent speech at home, said that
in the United States the Churches had too
much love for quartette choirs, too little
congregational singing, not enough Bible
exposition from the pulpits, and altogether
too many Doctors of Divinity." This is
excellent criticism. We give it our unqual
ified endorsement. And yet our own peo
ple cannot discover after a life time ot ex
perience what in seen at a glance by an ob
servant and intelligent foreigner.
God will. Provide. A poor widow
and her little child were sitting together in
great want, both feeling the pinches of
hunger, and the child looked up in the
mot her's face and said :
''Mother, God won't starve us, will he?"
"No, my .child," said the mother, "I do
not think he will." -
"But, mother," said the child, "If he doe,
we will still praise him as long as we live;
won't we, mother?"
May those who are gray-headed be able
to say what the child said, and carry it out.
w57 Children's rights pure air, whole
some food, abundant sleep, suitable clotlP
ing, liberty to make a noiae, and a modicum
of pocket money.
There is no time, perhaps, when a
woman so thoroughly commands the res
pect of a raan" as when she stops on the
sidewalk to tie he shoe.
JSP Queen Victoria, though the head of
the Episcopal Church, while on a recent
visit to Dundee, Scotland, partook of the
communion iu a Presbyterian Church.
The Case of Mrs. Surratt.
Reply of JZc-lVesident Johnson to Judge
Holt.
Ex-President Johnson has addressed a
communication to the Washington Chron
icle, in reply to that of Judge Holt, pub
lished in the same paper in August last, on
the subject of the execution of Mrs. Surratt
as one of the assassins of President Lincoln.
Mr. Johnson says : - M
"Eight years have elapsed since the
American people were called on to mourn
the death of Mr. Lincoln, whose unselfish
devotion to the Union, and genuine 5 sym
pathy with the masses have made his name
a household word, not 6n7ynt!leort1i,
but in the once rebellious South.
During this long interval Judge Holt
has remained silent, and only at this late
day attempts to meet the charges made, as
he declares in his letter to the Secretary ot
War, soon after the execution of Mary E.
Surratt, that ho withheld from the President,
when presenting the record of her trial, a
petition signed by five members of the
court, recommending, in consideration of
her age and sex, a commutation of her death
sentence to imprisonment for life in the
penitentiary. ( Having at iast gathered
what ho terms the proofs of his innocence,
he oilers them lor the consideration of the
War Department, and at the same time
seeks consolation in the fact - that notwith
standing the allegation made against him
the President ordered no court for his trial,
had no charges preferred, and made no
open accusation, but to the close of his ad
ministration continued with him the same
official relations as before, without giving
the reasons which at that time would, iu all
probability, have operated against any de
velopment of the facts in this case. The
question suggests itself why Judge Holt,
in this attack upon his official integrity, did
not himself demand a court of inquiry. All
his wituesses were then living, the circum
stances attending the execution ot the con
spirators were fresh in the public mind ; his
reputation was at stake, and must have
been as dear to him then as now ; . yet he
sought no vindication, but has preferred to
wait until the memory of friends, dimmed
by years, could be made to give him the
benefit of its doubts and uncertainties.
Weil versed in the law, he has evidently
weighed the advantages which delay would
give him ; skilled in sophistry, he nses to
the best advantage all that he considers
proved by his friends, aud even construe
my forbearance as evidence in his favor."
After reviewing the evidence adduced by
Judge -Holt, Mr. Johnson says: "In his
search for testimony Judge Holt succeeded
in discovering only one witness who said
he saw the record of the case, with the pe
tition attached, in the President's oflice.
The witness is Hon. James Speed, then At
torney General, who is undoubtedly mis
taken in his statements; for, as already
shown, the findings and sentences of the
Court were submitted on the 5th ot July
he and I beiug alone were then and there
approved by the Executive, aud taken by
the Judge Advocate-General to the War
Department, where, on the same afternoon,
the order to carry them into effect was
issued. Mr. Speed doubtless saw the record,
but it must have been in the Department
of War, not in the Executive Office. In
this connection Mr. Harlan's letter has
significance and value, tor in referring to
an informal discussion by Cabinet mem
bers upon the subject, at which he thinks
Mr Speed was present, he positively states
that neither at that time, nor at any other,
was any part of the record of the trial, the
decision of the Court, or the recommenda
tion for clemency read in his presence.
The record of the Court was submitted
to me by Judge licit in the afternoon of
the 5th day ot July, 1865. Instead of en
tering the Executive Mansion by the usual
way, he gained admission by the private or
iamily entrance to the Executive Office.
Tlie examination of the papers took place
in the library, and he and I alone were
present. The sentences of the Court in the
cases of Harold, Atzerodt and Payne were
considered iu the order named, and then
the sentence in the case of Mrs, Surratt.
Iu acting upon her case, no recommendation
for a commutation of her punishment was
mentioned or submitted, to me ; but the
question of her sex, which had already been
adverted to and discussed in newspaper
columns, presented itself, and was comment
ed upon, both by Judge Holt and myself,
with peculiar force and solemnity. He
urged that the fact that the criminal was a
woman was in itself no excuse or palliation ;
that when a woman "unsexed herself," and
entered the arena of crime, it was rather
an aggravation than a mitigation of the of
fence; that the law was not made to pun
ish men only, but all, without regard to sex,
who violated its provisions. That to dis
criminate iu favor of Mrs. Surratt, and
against Harold, Atzerodt and Payne, who
were sentenced by the same court, and at
the same time, to suffer the penalty of
death, would be to offers premium to the
female sex to engage in crime, and become
the principal actors in its commission. That
since the rebellion began in some portions
of the country females had been prominent
in aiding and abetting traitors,, and he
thought the time had come when it was ab
solutely necessary, in a case so clearly and
conclusively established, to set an example
which would have a salutary influence. lie
was not only iu favor of the approval of the
sentence, but its execution at the earliest
practicable day. Upon the termination of
our consultation Judge Holt wrote the or
der approving the sentence' of the Court.
I affixed my name to it, and rolling up the
papers lie look his leave, carrying the re
cord with him, and departing as he had
come, through the family or private en
trance. From the above statement it will be
noted the papers were not submitted iu the
usual way by the Secretary of War. brit
brought to the President by '.the Judge Ad
vocate General, under of course, the instruc
tions of Mr. Stanton. Thb doubtless was
lone to save time, and hasten the execution,
and evinces the spirit which animated.
Jndge Holt during the entire proceeding?.
Who can doubt that if his name and that
of Judge Bingham had been attached totho
petition, signed by five members of the
Court, and the prayer had been brought to
the attention of the'President, such aii ap
plication would have been duly. weighed by
the Executive before final action in the
Mr Johnson says inr conclusion: It be
'"SAV'IfilrtajoJtbatif the petition .
was attached to original, record before it
was sribhiitted to the President, it is not to
be found in the prirlted record authorizotl
by Jndge Holt, and certified to' by Col.
Burlett, Special Judge Advocate of the
Commission, the question arises which of
the two is authenticated and genuine? If
the record in possession of the Judge Advo
cate General is true, that is false which ho
has given to the public. If, on the other
hand, the record published with his official
sanction is true, then that in his bureau is
false necessarily. Judge Holt is at liberty
to accept either alternative, and to' escape
as he may the inevitable conclusion that no
did not only fail to submit the' petition to
the President, but suppressed and withheld
it from the official history of the most im
portant trial in the annals of the nation.
No doubt J udge Holt meanly and sneak
ingly kept from Mr Johnson the petition of
the Court for a change of the sentence of
Mrs. Surratt, but we think Johnson, Holt,
and the whole Cabinet are equally ..blame-
able for the murder of the poor Woman.'
Johnson did not have the courage to resist
the clamor of the strong side. , , . ' .
Who is a Gentleman ? .
A gentleman is a person not merely: ao
quainted with certain forms and etiquette
of life, easy and self-possessed in society,
able to speak and act and move, in the,
world without awkwardness, and free, from
habits which are vulgar aud in bad taste.
A gentleman is something beyond this;
that which lies at the root of every Chri
tian virtue. It is the thoughtful desire of
doing in every instance what others should
do unto him. He is constantly thinking,
not indeed how he may give pleasure to
others for the mere sense ot pleasing, but
how he may avoid hurting their feeling.
When he is in society he scrupulously as
certains the position and relations of every
one with whom he comes jn contact, that
he may give to each his due honor, his pro
per position. He studies how he may
avoid touching in" conversation upon any
subject which may needlessly hurt their
feelings how he may abstain from any. al
lusions which may call up a disagreeable of.
offensive association. A gentleman never
alludes to, never even appears conscious of
any persons' defect, bodily deformity, infe
riority of talent, of rank, of reputation in
the person in whose society he is placed.
He never assumes any superiority to him
self, never ridicules, never sneers, never
boasts, never makes a display of his own
power, or rank, or advantages such as is
implied in habits, or tiicks, or inclinations
which may be offensive to others.
Sleeplessness and the Remedy.
The best anodyne, says Hall's Journal of
Health, is a liberal amount of muscular ac
tivity out of doors every day. Persons
who sit around the fire and lounge on the
sofa, or read or sew a great part ot the day,
need not expect sound sleep; only the labor
ing man can taste it iu all its sweetness.
Many fail to sleep at night because they
will persist in sleeping iu the day time. It
is just as impossible to healthfully force
more sleep on the system than the propor
tion of exercise requires, as to force the
stomach to digest more food than the body
requires. Ilather than court sleep by in-,
dustiious activities, many persons resort to
medicine, and every new drug which is
heralded as a promoter of sleep becomes at
once immensely popular, even though it if
known to possess dangerous qualities..
Chloral hydrate has had a great run, and
even young men are known to be purchas
ing it at the drug stores, to be used in pro-;
motiug sleep; it should never be taken un
less advised by the family physician, for
the medical journals are constantly publish
ing cases where serious harm and even fatal
results attend its habitual use.
A Da xftEitous Papeu. The green paper
used to wrap about lozenges, sold in shops,
railroad cars and 011 street corners, has long
been suspected to contain arsenic, and with
the view of ascertaining the fact by analy
sis we recently purchased a roll of lozenges
covered wjth this paper. A qualitative ex
amination of the paper afforded all the
characteristic reactions for arsenic and cop
per. The wrapper contained twenty square
inches of paper. Of tin's sixteen were taken- ,
for qualitative aialyia. The result of the ;
examination showed that this portion cou:
taiued 15.16 grains, or 2 34 grains of metnl
ic arsenic. This is equivalent to 2.94 grains '
in'the whole of the 'V rapper, a quantity suf
ficient to destroy lifeTin an adult person r
Children in all parts of, the country are al- ;
lowed to purchase the lozenges covered with, ?
this poisonous paper, and the rolls are often,
put into the hands of infants as a ptaythiugVV
As everything goes into the mouths of yoiHi,
children, it is easy to see Jthat no'iiiore'dai
gerous substance can pass into a family than '
these packages of confectionary. It is quite"
probable that instances of poisoning have'
occurred from this cause, which have been '
of a serious or fatal character. There should
be laws prohibiting the ue of poisonons
papers for any purpose.- Journal of Chen-istry.