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v j&fir- '''!io!'' Wia4fM"mofx' oUQlW"-y If. J. YATES, Editob akd Pbopbiktoe. Term s of 8ubtenption$2. QO, in; advance."-. CHARLOTTE, N. GMDAYy J.ULY 8, 1881. TWENTY-NlNTn YOLUME NUEIBER 14tl. I TH E " Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BY ' ' ; WILLI A 31 J. T ATES, Editor at d Proprietor: ' Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar for six- months. Sub$cription$ must be paid in advance. o ' " Entered at the Post Office irf Charlotte, N. C, as second class postal matter, according to the rules of the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., CHARLOTTE, N. C, Office enmer 5th and Tryon Streets,) Tender h'19 professional services to the public, as a practical Surgeon. Willadvisetreator.operatejA all the airlere: t departments of Surgery. March 5, 1881 ly Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent, Medicine, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, -which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1,1879. DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and .Pharmacist, . Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, White Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 28, 1.879. J. P. McCombs, M. D., offers his professional services .tq the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. t Jan. 1, 1873. DR.' J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C. All calls promptly '.answered) day and night. Office over Traders' National Bank Residence opposite W . R. Myers.' ' an. 18, 1878. - dr: Mi ApMand : Denti s t, ' CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. , . . .' : '. . . DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM. CHARLOTTE, N. & Practice limited to the EYE, EAR-AND THROAT. March 18, 1881 " ' ly , 4. BUUWEIX. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, . - : r CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office adjoining Court House. Nov. 5, 1880. ; , : T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, Qppotite the Court Uou$e, Chabxotte, N. C.,) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. , .. . , ... May 28, 1880. y WILSON ;& BURWEIiL, Whole bale and Retail Druggists, Trade Street. Chablottb, N. C.,. Have a large and complete Stock of everything per taining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct. 8. 1880, , . ... , HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Watoi-dealers1 and Jewelers; Charlotte, N. C, Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches. Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. Tnly 1, 87g, -. :. . . . SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups, .Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Glass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale ard Retail trade. All are in vited to tryua from , the smallest to the largest buyers. : Jan. 17, 1880. ... clatjqtoin; - ;u Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, ' Provisions, &c, College Steeet, Chabxottb, N. C, Sells Qrpceries at lowest rates for Cash, . and buys Country Produce at . '.- highest market price. Cotton and other country Produce sold on cpmmis8ion and prompt returns made, fcfly. 1,1880, - ' , JJARmSON WATTS, COTTON ''B'U'YE R, Corner Trade and College Sts.t up Stairs, .: ,. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct 34. 1880, ; ly ; DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, D o n t i 8 1 , . Office over L. R. Wriston & Co.'s Drug Store. am working at prices to suit the times, ior aso. With 25 years' experience. 1 guarantee eaure attraction, -.fan. 18, 1M8 Johr. VanLandiQgham, Cotton Buyer ; .ad General Cox imission Merchant In Sanders & Blackwood's Building, North College St., Charlotte, N. C. March 26. 183Q. . Tongue, Eyes.and Ears. ' V, A EHYME 61X 'UJTDBED . TEARS OLD. Guard, my child, thy tongue, . f, , That it speak no wroDg ; Let no evil word pass o'er it ; ' ' Set the watch, of truth before it.,,t ? That it speak no wrong. , Guard, my chpdy.'tby tongue '." , Guard, my child, thine eyes ; Pry ingjU not .wise; . .''r .,,, , Let them look on what is right ; . From all evil turn their sight j Prying ianot wise. . ; r v Guard, my child, thine eyes. Guard, my child j thine ears : . lutweu wurus win sear. Let no evil word come in That would cause the soul to sin. Wicked words will sear. Guard; my child, thine ear. Ear and eye and tongue,' ' Guard while thou art young ; For, alas ! these busy three Can unruly members be. Guard, while' thou art young, Ear and eye and tongue. WANTED, A Lady to teach a Primary School at Davidson College, N. U. Reference required. Apply to W. P. WILLIAMS, W. A; MOCK, or J. D. BROWN. July 1,1881. Z. B. VANCE. W. H. BALLET. .; VANCE & BAILEY, Attorneys and Counsellors, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice in the Supreme Court of .the United States, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Federal Courts, and Counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan and Davidson. ; ' tW Office, two doors East of Independence Square. ' . . June 3,1881 dm..,., ! 'Attention Farmers t'H' ' , Call at Kyle & Hammond's Hardware House and examine their "Dexter Corn Shelters' and "Feed Cutters" the latest and best out. Also, new style adjustable Iron Foot Plow Stocks, a great improve ment on those sold in this market last season. .- We have a heavy Stock of Steel Plows, Clevises Single Trees, Steel and Iron Harrow Teeth, Heel Screws, Grass Rods, &c, which we can and will sell to the Farmers at prices lower than they can possibly afford to make them. Jan. 1.1881. ,' KYLE & HAMMOND. 'ICodical Notiro. From this day I offer to prescrible, f ree of charge, for such persons as will come to my residence, in the Fox Row of buildings, from 4 to 6 o'clock, P. M., using Electricity when needed. R. VAMPILL, M. D., Physician and Electrician. Charlotte, July 1, 1881 2wpd . . .. JAS. P. IRWIN, At toe old Post-office Stand, Near the Court LHouset Oilers to the public, at lowest prices, a fine stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Including various grades of Flour, .Sugar and Mo lasses, Corn Meal, Bacon and Hams.' A fine selec tion of Teas, Coffees and Spices. ' . Choice Soda Biscuits and Family Crackers. ' . i Canned Goods, Jellies, Pickles, &c, &c Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos and Cigars. Just received choice Buckwheat Flour. Just received, finest quality of Oatmeal. Also, 10 pound Kitts of best MaokereL Also Bran, Mill Feed, Corn and Peas always on hand. ; ' - ' . ; Deep Rock - Mineral Water; from, the Spring at Oswego, New York, on draught at :, July 1,1881. ; , r v .; Drugstore. Ginger Ale On d0)ght and in hoitles, at Dn. T. C. SMITH'S Drug Store. July 1, 1881. CONFECTIONERIES, GROCERIES, &c. ;. : Cakes and Bread. C. S. HOLTON. at the Rising Sun Store, oppo site the Old Market, still keeps a large assortment of Confectioneries,, dec., and a good selection 01 choice Family .Groceries- all of the freshest .aad best quality. . . . . .. Br6ad and Cakes. Ilia Bread is considered superior by all who use it, and his assortment of Cakes' is fine. . "; ... . ' :i r. . : : tW Wedding Cakes and Cakes for Parties pre pared in the best stile at short notice. Give me a trial when you need anything in my Ime. . . ... - C. 8. HOLTON. Jan. 14, 1881..- .. . .. . - OUs! Oils!! ; . r -Machine. Engine. Straits. Lard, Kerosene, Safely and Linseed Oils, for sale in quantities to suit cua-, tomers. ask lor prices. , May 20, '81. ' L. R. WRISTON & CO. Stick Gum, : : j " For catching flies, sold by Ibe bottle. , can make your own fly paper,1 Cliefip aqd sure to catch them, la aaiiy use ai v ! . Db. T. C. SMITH'S July 1,1881.. Drugstore. . Hydroline,, (Hydrated Oil,) the great Enedian . remedy for de bility. J! or sale by . June 24. 1881. WILSON & BURWELL. NOTICE. North Carolina Railroad Company, J Company Shops, N. C, June 22d, 18gl. f . The Annual Meetiag of te Stockholders of the North Carolina Railroad Company will be held in Goldsboro on Thursday.' July 14th, 1881.- Stock. holders desirine to attend can set passes for them selves and immediate members of their families by making application to me. stating to what station they wish them sent. Application should be made at an earlv dav. as the pasees have to be procured from the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company. P. B. RUFF4J, Secretary. 80 3w j TheOaa Day s Eest..; '.,,; t ot Of course I do not mean that a mid will not produce" more in a week "by 'Working seven days -'than by ;! working 'sixr clays. But I very much doubt' Whether, at ; the end of the year, he will generally haVe pfb- dueed more by working seven days a week,' than by working bIx days a week ' and I firmly believe that at the end of twenty years he will have produced less by work ing seven days a week than by working six days a week. 'The natural' difference 'be tween Campania and Spitzburgen is trifling when compared with the difference-be tween a country inhabited by men of fall bodily and mental vigor, and a 'country in habited by men sunk in bodily and mental decrepitude"-Thetefere it' is - that' we are not ipoorer. but richer, because we have through many ages rested from our labor one day in- seven. That day is : not lost. While industry is suspended, while the plough lies in the furrow, while the ex change is silent, while no smoke ascends from the factory, a process is going on quite as important to the wealth of the na tion as any process which is performed on more busy days. Man, the machine ol machines the machine compared with which all the contrivances of the Watts and Arkwrights are worthless is repairing and winding up, so that he returns to his labor on the Monday with clearer intellect, with livelier spirits, with renewed corporeal vigor. Macaulay. : :' Bad Manners. v..- It is bad manners, and it shows a lack of sense, to talk in a loud tone of voice, in public conveyance, about one'sf purely per sonal affairs. On a street car, or Oh a rail way train the passengers are often called to hear ; some person- who; might; ' otherwise pass for a well-bred gentleman5 or" lady tell of his or her' doings of ; the '.day;5 and plans for the future,' in tones that penetrate to every portion of the conveyance,fand must be listened to. Private' and house hold matters are shouted into ' all ears.' Facts that might be given with' propriety to an intimate acquaintance, but which the public have no business with, are bruited abroad ; and commonly more or less gossip is included which ought not to have been given any where.. This is bad man ners, in that it forces the speaker . unpleas antly on the attention of the other passen gers, and practically, monopolizes the listen ing powers of all; also, in that it makes public much that an inate modesty would shrink from disclosing to every ear.' And it argues a lack of sense, according to the proverD mat. "tne less water ther J u a bottle, the more noise It mases in coming out." & S. Times. tST A French aristocrat, who was one day passing along the boulevard, was ap proached by a little beggar who asked pit- eously; "Give me a penny, please, only one penny ; 1 haven't had any dinner." "Nor have I," murmured the aristocrat, "Well, then, make it two cents and , we'll go and dm? together." A New York "paper fiays that in that city crying ate'ddiiigs has gone out of fashion. In Chicag6rthe father of the bride does the . crying when he comes to settle the bills. ".. Rubber Belting:. A complete Stock of Rubber Belting, Rubber and Hemp Packing. Also, all sizes and kinds of Rope at bottom prices. ' ' Nov. 1. 1880. KYLE & HAMMOND. : OUR SPRING STOCK- x Is now coming in daily, and by thl 15th of March will be complete:! It will be unusually large' and attractive. We have a nice line of Clothing Shoes and Hats A large' 'Stock of ' ' ',,.. DRESS G O ODS WHITE. G 0 OPS, Pant Goods, Shibtings & Shbetixos. -. Drive up to our front door, get out and come in, and make our house your headquarters when you visit the City. J i ' it--.' : - : . .--' 1 . ALEXANDER & HARRIS. , : March 11 1881 , . ; ; ; Foster " Kid Gloves, ' ; y. . . Patented June 13th. 1876.1 ' ' Tlie finest, most convenient and best fitting Glove sold.- -A foil -line just received. ISverjr pair" war ranted. . , ' .'.-. V , r ALEXANDER & HARRIS. , March 11. 1881. . . Z3T Dr. F. Scarr has made us Wholesale and Re tail Agents for his Fruit Preserving Powder and Chill Pills. All orders filled promptly.- May 20. '81. L. R. WRISTON & CO. AT RIGLER'S- Candies Both Plain and Fancy. - s We claim that we have as good if not better than you will find elsewhere, and at prices as low if not lower man you can Duy tae same tn tne city. f - -v'"' r.;1. : viT;8 ? ' ' '' Nuts, Raisins, Citronand Chirrantfl, and Seedless Raisins for -ybttr Christmas' Cake.- - j - The best aasartTOiBnt of Plain and Fancy Crackers ever brought 10 toe cuy - i. : ; .: a - CANNED GOODS of all descriptions: rt -i Here is the place to buy your CAKES AND BREAD, as we make a specialty of Cakes. Come , Respectf ulJy, : ' ' ' ' ' " D. M. RIOLER. ;A, A. GASTON V Stoves, Tin-Ware lit And House Furnishing Goods. ' : : ,-i i ( , CHARLOTTE, N. C. -He keeps the largest stock of . Stoves and Tin Ware ever offered in .this market. 1100 reward will be paid to any party that ever sold a larger r heavier Stove than the ".Barley Shear."- 1 have sold the "Barley Sheaf " for eleven- years. j Call at my Store under; Central Hotel building, Uia WXaUiUIC U1J BlUCJL. ..;r rgn Tinand Sheet-Iron Ware manufactured to order, and au isepamng promptly executed. ; . . ' , - . A. A. GASTON. Feb. 1,1878. ; .... . . r 'Ahttnil-A sPast:; and Present ' ' " 1 f -There is a good deal of harmless, prattle 1 . i . t . v auuui. vuq: superior neaim,ine8ireqgui,ftna tht wbdQm of oar ; great-grandCatherai and great-grandmothers. It is a common thing to hear old people talking about, the .'erood old times and the higher.mental :and physi- cai aouuy 01 tnose woo uvea.-iqqa; ago. While we have great:, respect .for-the. pld folks, hying and dead, we ( must r rvot- shut our,eyes to. the reality.." The truth is that people live longer now than ever they; did. The medical profession knows1 more now tha ever it did; and, we could, put- into tne. held to-day a bigger aimy of ceuten- arians than our grandfathers' could in the good t bid ; day a' when "they ; were;; youngs vigorous than' the old people of times past. Our people are'growing larger and stronger. It is not so very many years sii.ee the American woman was a slight, delicate creature ;, now she is tall and portly. The number of singularly tall and well propor tioned young men and women to be seen in the streets of any city to-day as'oniah the old fellows who remember the boys and girls of forty or fifty ; years ago. Some persons imagine that this increase. in size is confined to tb.9 children of our foreiguborn citizens; but this is a great mistake, for the increased growth is general "Certainly the mixture ol races may have something to do with it, but, whatever be the cause,' it is a fact plainly to be seen by any ob server. ' - ' - ' ', The greatest known feats of physical strength and endurance are recorded to the credit of the young " men of this age and indeed it is hardly too mucbto assert that the greatest runners, the greatest walkers, the greatest jumpers'the 'gTVatest swim m6rs,u.ihe greatest oarsmen, ! the ' greatest weigh tr.Iifters,' the f'g greatest boxers, the greatest fencers, and the heaviest m'en that ever lived are among the' living' to-day. There seems" to !be: a universal increase in the growth of hu manity. The height, the chest measure ment, and the weight of the soldiersof the immense armies of Europe of the- present time are at least as great" as they were among the picked mfen' pf much smaller Eu ropean armies of fifty years; past, clearly showing that the average man of today is as big and as strong as the ' picked man of long ago. ? The facts stire ins in the face that the grown up sons and daughters : of the old people of this country are as, a rule bigger and stronger than their fathers and mothers were.;- An ordinary sized English man finds considerable difficulty in queez- '"a t:n. :7i. . : - r-f Norman conquerors of his country; but what could one of our Western farmers do withit? Certainly he could pick, it up and look at it, but that is all. , We have great respect for the memory of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers as well as for our grandmothers and j great grandmothers, but we cannot afford to de lude ourselves with ideas and notions that facts and figures set aside. u People are in clined to overestimate the measure, of wis dom and ability of the grand old fellows of days gpne by. It is an amiable fault but still a fault; because the truth is not so. Raleigh 'Visitor. ' ' . ..' '.-, .:' , . The Washington Monument -A correspondent of the - Goldsboro Mes senger says; that the Monument which is now being erected to the memory of Uen. .Washington at Washington City is now 200 feet in height.- " It has grown thirty feet in stature since the work began in the Spring. It is hoped that forty-five feet will be added between this time and the suspen sion of operations for cold weather. r ,The stones are precisely two" feet thick, but of unequal lengths. There is now in New York a stone intended for the monument the present of the King of Slam.! When the work of inscription is completed, the marble will be forwarded.- The monument is to be, when completed, 550 feet in height. It will be far taller and more imposing than the Bunker Hill monument, near Boston, or the fine Washington monument in Mt. Ver non Square, Baltimore..- Indeed, it will be higher than either the Pyramids of Cheops, in Egypt, the. great church and. dome of St. Peter's, Rome, of St. Paul's, London, er the newly completed but venerated Cathedral ot Colognehigher than; any! other struc ture which : commemorates the labor, ' the patience, the aspiration of man. . It is now the one' object in Washington which can be seen : from every portion of the city and from a great distance beyond. To stand at its base and look np the irregular surface of the mighty shaft, one feels that its altitude is already enough. ; Double, its j present stature and then add one-eighth ot the same; surely the stupendous .mass will some day oh. no. the architects pronounce it safe for ages. Vnd yet its location is not very lar irom ine low marge oime river. - - , . f; The In ternatipnal; Telegraph Com pany, has been incorporated in New York, wiui a capital 01 io,wu,uyu, ana wm pe. organized , in a. short time, . itxe prime movers in the enterprise are . understood to be ' generally ; residents of . the , Southern States. . The new company. propose to build Unes. from Washington jto jiqrfolk, Kicli mond,' Atlanta and Macon, as far south as Savannah.' durine the present . year, and jpossibly to Mobile. ; The capital has been already subscribed, and the company ex5 pect to begin work as soon a the organiza tion has been completed. c ; The Attorney-General has rendered an opinion, that a cadet at West Point, dropped or turned back when "found" de ficient in any of r his studies, cannot be re instated by the President or Secretary of y ar. , Ane aecision promises to pus an, enu io the demoralizing practice under which family and political influence at Washing ton has been invoked to change, the result of examinations' at West'Point. H ;" . T: ojr; Wroni' Names. : : ? . ."Ppa what, kind of wood do they make lead pencils of?"; asked Charlie, Gf eaves, as uc iookeup irom the paper upon which he was-arawing an ontiwe map. , . ,.Vif ,rjfrpm;..th5e wood of the red cedar,' re plied Mr,, Greaves, as ha took a seat near FJofida,iT It, is first thoroughly seasoned, sawed into strjps, dried; again, then cut to ine proper; t size 4or; pencils. They are grooved by machinery, the leads are glued into the grooves, and the other , half of the wood glued, on. It js a little odd that. though. we call ;them lead, pencils, there is not a particle pi led in them." . . ' . . Master Charlie looked keenlv at :hia father under a -suspicion that he was quiz- .?,VYby papa, I can see the lead he 'af firmed. . "And what else makes it mark f " "lied lead is an oxide of lead, white lead is a carbonate of lead, but the black lead used in pencils is neither a metal nor a compound of metal. It is plumbago or graphite, one of the forms of carbon. The graphite is ground fine, calcined and mixed with pure' clayj then baked in a crucible. The different portions of graphite and clay Eruuuuu . iub various graves 01 pencus. eads intended for very fine work, such as architectural drawings, are reheated after the baking, and immersed ,in melted wax orsueL"r r "Red cedar must be a very light wood." surmised Charlie, as he balanced his pencil on his finger.. "Where does rosewood get its name' from ?. Its color is not rose color." VOIder persons than yon have been puz zled over this matter," replied Mr. Greaves. "When the tree is first cut the fresh wood possesses a very strong rose-like fragrance. Hence the name was suggested by the odor and not by the color.', , . ;,r. . - . . Vy here are the trees found r.' "In South America, and in the East In dies, and neighboring islands. Some of the trees grow so large that planks four feet broad and ten feet Ion? are cut from them. These broad planks are principally used to make " the .' tops of piano fortes, i When growing in the forest the rose tree is re markable for its beauty." l ' - ! Why Persona Snore. f. Dr. Lewis H Sayre, of Fifth avenue, was asked why, people snore.' " ' ' "liecauee they don't shut their mouths," he said. ' "What is snoring?" , "Welli it's common enough," said Dr. plained that snoring is a noise made in the posterior part of the mouth and nasal fossa; during the moments ol inspiration. "When a man is fatigued," he said, "and his self-control is unusually relaxed in sleep, he is apt to let his lower jaw drop down. No man was ever seen or heard to snore with his mouth 'shut! ' The moral is obvious. The soft palate flaps like ' a sheet in the wind, and the near neighbors of the snoring sleeper are correspondingly disturbed. The Indians never snore. " They think it a dis grace. '; An Indian believes that if he snores when he is young he will grow up to be even less handsome at maturity than nature originally intended. His vanity, therefore, is enough to make a savage sleep in a pro per position." A well known physician whose practice has been largely in cases of affection of the respiratory system, was asked whether snoring is a disease. - 1 "Not so much a disease as a bad habit," he said ;, "but I am frequently called upon to prescribe for its cure." :uan it oe curear , . "Easily.1? , . : J...' , . , "Why doelderly or corpulent people com monly snore ?" ! . "Because , -their systems are generally more - relaxed in sleep. 1 and ' their mouths then fall Open. " Any one will be likely to snore if he sleeps with his mouth open, and tao one, will if he shuts it." .. '. "How can the habit be cured ?" "First, you must give a person a chance to breathe through the nose, and then make him do so.: : If there is any obstruction in the nasal J passage, that- must be removed by treatment.-" lnett if a snorer can't keep his mouth shut by foree of will his jaw must be tied np. A harness for the lower jaw is'sometimes employed ' in bad cases of inonnsr. " A skull cap worn upon tne neaa serves to hold, a system of straps nnder the chin; and keep the mouth shut until the patient can form a habit of sleeping on his side, or with ms head sufficiently elevated to hold his jaw. . - . f' "Is it an easy matter to hold one's jaw when asleep V l- ' "Hardly more so than when awake." "Why is snoring, then, so common if it is so easily enred r" "Because catarrhal troubles are so com mon, "which prevent free inspiration through the nostrils. In sleeping cars and in hotels one frequently hears the resonant snore, be- - , . 1 1 11 A cause people in inose piaces uouauv go w sleep tired out. An old doctor used to ad vocate sleeping on the face to guard against :... 1 ' ' ' ' " BSF The. receipts, of the cereal crops of the United States, as made up by the cenh bus, show that the production of wheat, rye, oats, corn, buckwheat . and Parley lor tne year 1880 was 2,14,602,881 bushels, against l,387,295;523 in 1870, ana i,xx,uy,oio in I860, showing an increase of 96 per cent in the last decade. The wheat ' crop m 1880 was 459.591.105 bushels, and of corn 1,773, 106,576. North Carolina produced in 1860 38,080,355 bushels; in 1870, 24,909,900; and in 1980, 35,511,187. ..1. f a,, w ? : Tha government has spent $250, 000 in inteslierating the locust, army worm and'grasshopperf and the . only result thus far " reported is that iiooe of them wear spectacles. . --,"'-' Old-Time Political, Fends. rr By John W. Forney in Philadelphia Progress. . ?The disputes of party leaders for the last three-quarters of a century ,in the old States ; would make a wonderful, vojume, lut those of New York would surpass all others.'. '. As I recur to the bitter contest between. Burr and Hamilton, I find how many others have flowed from that . early example, and ' how strangely history repeats itself. . There , was a period, in the history, of New .York, . filled with ; duels produced by these 'con flicts. ( From 1297o ISOlanJtfrbni 1801 ; to 1804, the utmost violence marked; the Eolitics of New york. : Not, phly-inktjut ; lood was i reel y shed , by both' parti.es. ; I , count a.dozen seriohs duels-in that interval , of eight years. - JejrWaJs" were Alexander Hamilton and Aaronarr,bitloig.iefore ,! the first was killed by the bullet of the lat- ter, there were other fatal affairs." , Iq 1798" Mr. Henderson killed Mr.. Jones in,;New' York city, for writing a political s.quib.. Jefferson' and Burr were both' Democrats, . and in 1800 both received the same number of votes for President, and some of the Federalists, eager to defeat their ablest foe, Jefferson, were disposed to throwVth'eir electoral votes for Burr, but Alexander Hamilton, the Federal leader, bitterly . op-.' posed that alternative, and no doubt his opposition to that scheme led to his death ' at the hands of Burr,; less than four 'years after. ; "I trust,'', wrote Hamilton. "New England will not so far lose its bead as to. fall into this snare. There is no doubt that upon every permanent and virtuous " calcu lation Jefferson is to be preferred.' He is . by far not so dangerous a man. and he has pretensions to character. : As to Burr, there is nothing in his favor. ' His private character is hot defended by his most par-: tial friends. He is bankrupt beyond re demption, except ' by ; the plunder of his! country." And Jefferson was elected pyer 13urr. 1 hen began the, reign of the Demo crats in New York, and other duels. First, , the death of Philip Hamilton, the eldest son of the great financier, Alexander Hamil ton, in 1802, in a political . duel with a Democrat named Eacker ; then the quarrel between Uheetbam, the Jenerson editor, and Coleman, the Hamilton editor, which resulted in the duel which ended in Cole man's death. This was followed by : the fierce conflict between De Witt Clinton, af terwards Governor of New York, a Feder alist, and. John Swartwout, a Democrat, and a friend of Burr. They fired five shots and . Swartwout was terribly wounded. This followed by a challenge irom De Witt UlintOn to JSenator.Day ton otHewJ ersey, duel between Robert Swartwout, in which. Richard Riker was severely wounded. Matters were shaping for the mortal com bat between Burr and Hamilton. Jeffer son was nominated for re-election as Presi dent in 1804, but Burr was defeated for Vice-President, and; Gov.,Clinton selected as the Democratic , candidate in his place. Indignant at this new. outrage on his pride, and failing to get the regular Democratic nomination for Governor of " New York, Burr ran as stump candidate for that office against Morgan Lewis, regular Democratic candidate. Hamilton? was fierce in his hos tility to Burr, and Burr was badly defeated in the same year that saw Jefferson chosen - President a second .time. J. here is no doubt that from this moment Burr resolved to fight Hamilton. .The. latter had been unsparing in his assaults , upon his rival, and Burr, hearing of these comments, sent him a challenge, and,; refused all i compro mise but an abject apology. ' This was re fused by Hamilton, and. on the 11th?-of July, 1804, they: fought atl Weehawken, near New York, and. Hamilton waa killed, leaving a widow . and - 'seven children, : his beautiful daughter, - Angelica, v! made a maniac by the fearful tragedy! t-M ' Such is the skeleton ot H ewe X ork pon tics over - three-quarters of a century . ago. The future, if less tragical, has not ' been less quarrelsome.- Both parties bave' been almost equally afflicted r by f able and am bit 10ns rivals. Ueorge : Ulmton,. ie vv ill Clinton, Governeur Morris,T the Living stons, thei Van Rensselaers, the Hoffmans, the Wrights,, the Van Bnrens, the 1 Dickin sohi; the Sewards, Weeds, Talmadges, the Jays, and the Alarcys . nave been orn potn 1 r i r a.' i . 1 n.Aut:. siaes 01 various iicuoos in iu icuiwi mv( Federal, W hig, Anti m asonic, and; Republi can parties.' In ? later years we nave jx&a the "Hunkers,?: and : MBarnburners,Vf the "Harda" and Softs" in the Democratic, and the'Radicals" and "Half Breeds'? mr the Federal and Republican parties. J3ut in all this lapse of time there has been but one Roscoe Conkling.; He is the cap sheaf of the pyramid f . self-admirers ; , the , em peror of empirics ftbe tzar: of .coxcombs; the hih priest of the Hidalgos. 5 He is like the Irishman who was put in a bucket and hung in a deep well. -i ?ITtS tormentors would neither let him down or pull him np. "So, by the mother of Moses,' said Pat,. s"I will get the best of them," and he cut the rope ! ? 6" There is, a, brand of cigarettes in which enervating drugs are said to bemused to a frightful' extent.? Millions "of ; these cigarettes are sold annually." One house sells on an average of five hnndred thou sand a-day, and the promts of the iproprie tor of the brand are said to be a third of a million dollars a year. ' Valerian and a tincture of opium are extensively rpsed in the manufacture of cigarettes,3 and- also in l T. Secretary Blaine aid to: an inter? viewer a few - days aince .that 2 there . were more than .1,000,000 applicationa for office on file in the varioaa departments at, Wash ington, : According to : "Spofford'a Ameri can Almanac" the total Republicanvote of the country at the last election was 050. It would therefore appear that Secre tary Blaine's statement that one in every four of the Republicans of . the United States is an active office-seeker n , J.. Txvmtmfrmmsr. mum jaiw
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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