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iio saaiaoni Gome: PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 7, b. McDowell; x Devoted to the vindication of the truth of Aouthern History, to the preservation nf Southern Characteristics, to the develop ment of Southern Resources, under the ehans0 relations of the Labor System, and to the advancement of Southern Interests in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and the Mechanic Arts. i o ' ; TKBM8 OP BOUTHKXN BOX! : One eoDT. one year, in advance. : $2.00 Five eopies, one year, : : : lo-0 Ten eepies, one year, : : 20.W The remittances in "every case must be by Jhask, F. O, Order, or Kegisterea amercer. To Advkbtisers. The Southern Some, having now the largest circulation of any paper west of Raleigh, affords a fine adver tising medium. Terms moderate. CHARLOTTE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1879. .F. BREVARD MoDOWELL, Editob. Ovsb six hundred bills and resolutions "have been introduced in the House daring its present session, and the time for its s ij?T .. mx by !a- ?o near at '-r. .. ; -n'.t. , c -.'tain that 'i iil in their Bat few passage turuuga ooiu biawwtiu have as yet finally passed both Houses. One ' of the great troubles arise from the fact there are but few men in that ; body experienced in legislation who can ehape the policy and control its action. The body is large- 1 - . J . l l l l l : . J j vuujpoeeu ui jariuera wuo uitb uui lit tie experience in drawing np bills or framing resolutions, yet all feel that their names must appear in print in the daily interest of the people. Another obstacle to success in business arises from i prac tice quiet common. After a bill has been discussed and final action taken, to move for a reconsideration of the same, which is generally granted as an act of courtesy to the mover, and tben laid on the table, to be called up again for another discus sion. - - The retrenchment bill of Mr Graham, which, if adopted, will reduce the expen- tke most important measure introduced, has made bat little progress. Tbe Sen ate has reduced the salary of tbe Govern or to $3,000, the Treasurer to $2,J750, making him Treasurer of all charitabln and Dtinal inatitntinnii- Tha StKratin vf r - -- j State is allowed a salary and fees to the amount of $2,000 and no clerk; the Audi tor $1,750 without a clerk. Suon- salaries were considered amnlv anffiniant in th T -j w- " iltia nf fin h mnn m.a Hatmin MnkA.J Graham, Bregg and other officials in tbe Capitol with one or two darkies to wait on them, bat now it requires, ssys the Star, some eight negroes to make a half di sen fires, sweep out their rooms and bring their ponderous mails. Times-have sadly changed since then, to which we must return as liviig is as cheap now as then. Tbe bill introduced by Mr Nicholson, of Iredell, to compromise the State debt, has made bat little picgrees, and it is doubt ful if our legislators will have nerve enough to pais the bill, It ought to pass or some measure looking to a final settle ment of tbis vexing question, which will remain as a festering sore on the body politic till settled, and operate as an ob stacle to the introduction of immigrants with means to fill up our waste places now so urgently demanded, as our population is too few to fully develop -our resources.. The dread of a heavy tax will deter men of means ltom coming. If that question was settled, tben the situation could be understood, and tbe way would be opened. The bill ml reduced by 8 B Alexander, in regard to the working of our public roads, toncbts a subject of vast importance to tbe country. The main feature of the bill proposes the eltction of a supervisor of -public icbdb by each township, who shall have control of tbe whole business, giving him loll power to bave the roads properly woiked. This sntject is involv ed in great difficulty, especially in adopt ing some feasible plan to accomplish, tbe end in view without incurring too much expenses. Taxation will be objectiooable,as the people ccmplain they are too heavy. If a man is indicted for not keeping tbe rosd in good condition, tbey who have the woik to do will be the persons who set in judgment on tbe trial, and finding the supervisor guilty, brings additional ined the bill in all its details to see bow it will meet the difficulties that lie in the way cf its effectiveness. Something ought to be done in tbe way of a new departure on road working, is generally felt, but what ' that should be, is a difficult problem, es pecially in a country so sparcely settled. : In msny sections the bad places could be made permanently geod by the use of rocks in great abundance close by, bat in other sections where there are no rocks and but littln timber, the question arises 'what can be done, for to ditch and raise ... ... t. the centre will not remedy tbe evil, as - - the wagons in wet times will cat them op. Tbe bill of Mr Alexander may meet tbe trouble. t Time will test it if it , becomes 'the law. The subject of protection to sheep hus bandry is slso a subject of vast impor tance to the whole state, which involves tbe qaestion of a tax on dogs. ' The peo ple generally admit something ought to be done, yet our Soloes are afraid to . touch the question lest it might endanger their return to tbe Legislature, as there rt BOffiO. wou wuuiu Keep paca of dogs, even if they should destroy every sheep in the State. Yet if such a law was once enactud, the good senso of tbe people admitting its justice would soon - equieeee in it. Many enqaii ies are made, - vrbet wilt the Legislature do to bring re lief to tbe people. Too much should not be expected, as wise laws are all that are needed, and relief must come from econo my and industry at home in haabiodry, aod developing tbe resources within oar own control, which is summed up in two ver'ces of poetry repeated by Gen Leach ia a closing speech at the Fair in Char lotte in November last : "Meat In the smoke-house, "W heat in the mill. Cotton in the gin-noose. Potatoes in tke hill. ' Corn in the crib, Money in the pocket, A baby in the cradle, And a pretty wife to rock it." mt e Cor gr ess has passed the bill introduced to obstruct the emigration of the China men to the United States, and the bill now awaits the signature of the President, which he no doubt would veto if he was not influenced by an apprehension that it would iojare the prospects of tbe Repub lican party. It ia evidently in face of our commercial treaty with that nation, and in opposition to the doctrine advanced by tbe Republicans, "eqaal rights and privi leges to all mankind, without regard to race or color." It was thrown np to Blaine, the bloody shirt man, that be was always on the side of the negro against the white man in the South, but in tbis case he was with the white man against the Chinaman, for no other reason than because the same policy would be dama ging to the interest of the Republicans in the election about to take place in Califor nia. This alone is enough to brand him as a vile demagogue without political in tegrity. , Ma; Joseph A Eogelhard, Secretary of State, died ia Raleigh on last Saturday evening, aged 47 years. He had a dis ease Bimilar to Bright's disease of the kidney. There has certainly been a fear fal fatality among the prominent men living in Raleigh this winter. Bat Moore, Seaton Gales, D M Carter, Jno S Wil liams, and Mtj Engelhard, have all died within a period 'of about two months. . Old Ben Sutler intimated in Congress a few days ago, that he might favor pen sioning Confederate as well as Federal soldiers. It sounds odd to hear him speaking of peace and good will. Col. Saunders, late Editor of tbe Ra leigh Observer, has been appointed, by the Governor, to tbe office of Secretary of State, made vacant by tbe death of Mr Engelhard. True, Oil King- This is the best and truest editorial the New York un has written for a long time. -Read it. The anomaly and gross injustie of the test oath for jurors in tbe Federal courts of the Sout'i are illustrated in a conspicuous example. TbomaB Settle, of North Carolina, wbo presided over the Philadelphia convention which nomina ted Grant for a second term, was a rank secessionist and a . violent , Confederate soldier to tbe extent of bis power to do barm to tbe Union cause. Like Holdeo and some other scalawags, who had a keen sceut fcr the spoils, and knew on wbioh side their bread was best buttered, be became a 'republican by profession, and he was quite willing to become any thing else that would pay. Grant converted him into a Judge for the District Court of Florida, where he performs the same sort of service that Bond does in South Carolina and Billings does in Louisiana. They all belong to tbe tribe of unscrupulous partisans, and are anxious to perform any service that may tend to improve tbe prospects of the Republican organization. Just u6w they are engaged in a crusade against white men charged with violating the election laws, snd convicted on the testimony of negroes to whom perjury is a recreation and a reward. Settle in bis court excludes intelligence, moral worth, culture, and social standing from tbe juries, because tbe men who represent those qualifications cannot take the ironclad oath, which is one of tbe re maining features of Republican intoler ance, when that party adopted the pre scriptive forms and features of Crom well's policy in England and applied it to the United Spates. And what is most re markable in tbis connection is that the Judge who most offensively enforces the exclusion from tbe juries could not take tne oath himself if called in as a juror. New York Sun. A Vcto for tbc Chimsss Bi&L. Washington, February 16 Information from bo i a tbe S.ate Department and tbe White House, but coming in different di rections, itdicates that the president now purposes veioeing tbe Chinese bill, which goes to him to morrow for hi signature. He is strongly In favor ui some modification of tbe treaty so as to reduce. the immigration of Chinese, but is equally as decided in his objeotion to doing tbis by means of legislation sucb as is proposed by the bill that passed tbe Senate yesterday. He thinks that the treaty should be modified by treaty stip ulations and not by arbitrary legislation. The Chinese minister, Coin Lao Pin, speaking of the bill, said that if his peo pie could not emigrate to this country, be did not know where tbey could' go, unless it was to Ireland, 'for there,' said ho, 'the IriBh are not in control of af fairs.' A Dklicatk Qcsstioh The constitu tion of the State of Delaware, provides that ''no member of congress, nor peison holding any office .under tbe United States, shall exercise tbe office of Gover nor," and the question has been raised whether a lawyer, being nominally, and sometimes in reality an officer of tbe court, and so regarded in every State ex cent South Carolina.- is not disquali fied from holding the tffioe of Governor of Delaware, under tbe constitution. The New York Journal of Commerce, while admitting that a lawyer may be said to btfHhus disqualified, doubts if suoh was the intention of tbe disqualifying claase, says it knows of no case in whioh it baa been judicially construed. Ministers of the gospel, it may be mentioned, . are ex cluded from civil offloe id Delaware. Over two thousand democrats, . folly entitled to vote, were shown last week; to have been arrested and cst into jail, in New York, by Davenport, at the last election, in defiance of law. The admin istration will of coarse give Davenport a Consulship. ' " I Col Brown's Spsech- - When the bill to charter tbe extension of tbe R & A A R to Caariotte was on its second readn g, Mr Brown of Mecklea burg, said : . Mr Speaker: When I introduced this bill to charier the extension of the Ral tigh and Augusta Air-Line, Iron some point on its line to Cbarlolte, tbere wa no opposition to it. When it was first considered by ibe committee on internal improvements,, tbre was a very lull meeting of the committee, and tbe chair man was unanimously instructed to re commend that the bill should pass. But that was done before oertain railroad of ficials came to this oity. I hope I shall not be forced to the conclusion that what is said in regard to the very great influ ence certain railroad men have, is tiae. I tell the members of this Houee that wnat I say io them is true, and I ask them to reflect seriously before tbey vote to defeat a measure to build a railroad through an entirely new and undevelop ed portion of the State, that does not aBk, one dollar ot an appropriatiou or aid from tbe State io any way. All the bill asks is simply a charter to extend tbe R & A A L R to. Charlotte, where it can itet an outlet and a fair competition for the freights of Westarn North Carolina. And wbo is to be benefitted by this com petition? I ask every member of this House to consider tbe question seriously before he votes against this bill. Wbo, I ask again, is to be benefitted by tbe ex tension of the R & A A LI I'wlli teil you, gentlemen. The bard working larmer, the laborer and the mechanic. Wnat are the tacts in regard to our rail roads. They are controlled by a monop oly, a combination. Every road running into tbis State is under its control except tbe R & A A L, and a combination has been formed and a pool made against the shippers, tbe producers, tbe farmers, merchants and meobanios. Tbe prod a oers are the sufferers by tbis combination pool and monopoly, and that is tbe rea son why tbis combination is fighting the extension ot this road, it knows it will open up a new route and give the people another competing line to the seacoast. Why shoma the people of one portion of our State, pay tribute to those of an other? Mr Speaker, you might as well try to change the current of the great Mississippi as to try to force trade out of its channel. It will seek tbe best market let that be Wilmington, or Charlotte, Raleigh, Norfolk or Charleston. The county which have the honor to represent, together with its citizens, have nearly one mi. lion of dollars, invested in railroads. Tuerefore we bave a right to speak in favor of free railroad charters Let capitalists baud road wherever tbey will, it they will only do so with their own money. Why does tbe it A A u ass tor an extension of its coarter, when it connects with the C C Railroad at Hamlet ? 1 want every member of ibis HuUHe to con sider tbis question seriously, for it is a very serious matter. It is because of this combination aod pool against ship pers. Tbe C C Railroad, on account ol oaving gone into combination or pool with other railroads, refuses to have any connection or business intercourse with tbe K & A Air-Liine Kail Jttoad. So, at least, I bave been informed. It refuses to extend to it the common courtesies and exchange of freights on a fair and equitable b-tsis. What redress has tbe ft & A Air.Line got, after building a road trum Kaleigu to Hamlet, costing miilioua ot dollars, oat to -extond their road to some point where tbey can get an outlet? Aod what are tbe facts in regard to the country wbten tms proposed line will open np. It will go turough the coun ties ox Moore, Montgomery and Stanley. This is tbe only hope to have a railroad tbrougb this section ol the country, ana you will deprive them of it simply be cause the OUaK opposes it. 1 have a very grave doubt about its injuring Wil mington. 1 do not see bow it can, for 1 know that their meichants are enterpri sing and energetic, aud tbey have oeci dectly the advantage of any other sea port town or ei ty in being near Charlotte by one bait tbe distance ; and I assure my Wilmington friends, there is no gen tleman in tnis House that wishes tbem greater success than I do,and I regret ex ceedingly to seemingly oppose them, for I do not leel in my bean that I do. I think it is all a delusion of theirs, but u I am against tbem, it is io the interest oi tbe prooucer, the class which deserves protection at our bands. Mr Speaker, I know it to be a fact, that tbe merchants of Wadesboro bave been forced to pat on a wagon train from that place to Oueraw, ana tbe cotton, at ter being hauled from Wadesboro to Che raw goes from tbere to Charleston, S C. What difference does it make to the mer chants ot Wilmington whether tbe pro duce of the counties of Anson, Union and Richmond, of tbis Stale, and Lancaster ana Caesteifield of South Carolina, go to Charleston or Norfolk ? It seems that Wilmington cannot get it, as tbe freights are so high, they can wagon it for less than they cau ship it over tbe C C R H. And J appeal to the gentleman from A. un to know if bis merchants bave not been hauling tbejr cot top jn wagons to Uheraw, because it would net tbem more to wgift it to Onrw aod tup it JnM tbere to Charleston, S U, than it woa.d to ship it to Wt'OUugton. . That ought to convince our friends lijat they Cannot force trade to tbeir city. Trade win seek the best market, and It ought io, and the producers (tne farmers) should bave tbe advantage of the best market, wherever that is, and gentlemen of this Houee, it is oar duty to give it to them, it has only been a short i time ago, tbat the merchauta of Monroe had to wagon tueir cotton to Chanoite. And why ? 1 will tell you. Because the Carolina Cen tral Railroad was trying to i force tbe shipment ot it to Wilmington, and Char lotte being a better market at : that time, the merchants could, get a better prioo for their produce io Cnarlotte, after pay ing tbe price of wagoning it. I have seen what was called the Monroe opposi tion wsgoo train pome into Charlotte, consisting of from twenty to thirty wag ons at one time. And it prested more excitement tban anything I have, ever known to occur in onr city. Jbe very idea of wagons running' io opposition to railroads, is an evidence that there is edmelbmg wrong somewhere. The friends ol OO tiU are, fighting tbe ex tension of this road, when at tbe same time they have applied to tbis ; Legisla ture to grant tbem a charter to extend tbeir road from 'Lincoln ton to Hickory, when they know that their, branch or ex tension will ran parallel with the roau now' building, known as the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge, from Lmcolnton to Newton, aod wiu tap the Western N C R R at Hickory, and will, at least di vide the freights with it from that point. As to a N C B R system, that is all a de lusion, as there is no such thing, that idea having exploded long since. Wby does Wiimiotftoo oppose the ex tension cf the R& A Air Line to Char ioite ? Tbe reason given for the opposi tion is that it will divert trade that should go to Wilmington to Norfolk Bat there is another side to this question aud what Wilmington appreaends from competition is already a reality, and it has been brought about by the pooling of the freights from Charlotte. The C U R R has entirely cut off Wilmington from all participation in tbe cotton trade east, south and west of Cnarlotte, the per Cnnt tbe COBB receives by virtue of tbe pool, pays the road much better tban if they took the cotton to Wilming ton. Then w hat do we aee ? That her valuable cotton trade is being carried to Riohmood. Norfolk and Charleston oan not be denied, because the C C R R is receiving more money from the poo) while its freight cars are standing idle than if tbey were busy, while cotton and other produce is gon g to other ports when it should be going to Wilmington. Aud this has all been brought abont by this combination and pool. . I do not see how any member can vote against grant icg this charter,' bow be cau reconcile it to bis conscience to do so. Tor the Southern Home. HOMES OF THE SIGNERS OF THE MECKLENB VRQ DECLABA TION. H0MK 07 G-S. After more than a ;Ar of un- dutiful treaitit-vU - -, j?r- stiran, Mecklenburg is ilii & ' Lo.uii.ul tu-ty. Although scarred and ' seamed with washed out gullies although deformed with exhausted old fields,! where the red day "galls' look like the blood stains of a battle field she is slill beautiful with tbe beautyof softly sweeping hills and placid meadows, majestic foreBts and' rippling streams. Thomas Spratt,as far as we can as certain, was tbe first white settler in Meck leuburg, aud be must have had an eye for natural beauty, for be placed himself up on a plateau overlooking a country like 'the garden of tbe Lord, like tbe land of jSgypt as thou corneal unto Zoar.'' Toe country between tbe Yadkin aod the Oa tawba was tben an unbroken forest with an occasional oasis of grass covered and flower gemmed prairie. He came from Conogogee, Pennsylvania, and settled first on Rocky River, but found his Indian neighbors so troublesome tbat he left tbat point and located near ' where the oldest graveyard in the neighborhood of Char lotte is now seen, it is just beyond the fork in tbe public road about a mile southeast of Cnarlotte. ' Oae branch of the fork leads to Monroe and tbe other is the old Camden road by which Lord Cornwallis approached Caariotte in 1780 TbomaB Spratt bequeathed bis home stead and immediately adjoining lands to bis son-in-law, tbe subject of this sketch. Gen Polk. MrsPoik's csme was Susan (or Susanna) Spratt She bad five sisters and two brothers. Her sister Jane Spratt, married Col Thomas Neil who commanded tbe expedition against tbe Cherokee Indians in 1776 Martha Spratl's name may be teen in our county records, in a deed by hich 'she received from her father, - Tbonias Spratt, a' tract of land lying on the rqd we still call the Indian trail. Ann' Spratt married John (or Jack) Baruet,- an is said to have oeen the first white child born west of the Yadkin. Foote gives her name as Mary Burnet, but I cf zhs Spratt sisters man i Bsris, t pcause in tbe Spratt graveyard :m se-y tl double tomb stone of William and --'Mury Bjrt; Mi Ann Barnet is buried is the trne grave yard, seven miles south of Charlotte, on tbe Nation ford road. Her tombstone is also a double one, but Strange to say, tbe panel left for her husband's name is a blank. He was a man ot distinction and wealth and raised the first company of riflemen in the county. The tombstones of tbat period were - all of native grey stone. She died in 1801. aged 83, and was therefore born in , 1718. Mrs Mary Barnet's epitaph shows her to bave ben born in 1719, and to bave died in 1764. tged forty five years. Foote states tbat Tuomas Spratt's own grave is in the same graveyard as tbat containing - these graves of William and Mary I Barnet, and I bave no doubt be is 1 correct, but I could hot find bis grave. His descendants, ' who are numerous 1 and influential, ought to place a stone there to o immemorate his memory, even if they cannot find the ex act spot. Tbe bouse which ' now stands on the Spratt homestead was built by Gen Thos Gilchrist Polk, the great grandson of Tnos Spratt. It was occupied for many years by Maj Benj-tmin Morrow, and now belongs to Mr - Joseph P McLaughlin, of Cnarlotte. Tne house is vacant, but it is a fine, comfortable mansion, with-a large handsomely ornamented parlor,' and tbe only wonder is, that so good a house, and so charming a pi ce should ba left without an occupant. The spring is one of -the largest and finest io the coonty and it is one of tbe few places where do modern ' well" has superseded tbe healtbfal spring. I think tbe superior health of - our ances tors was owing to two causes. The use of npring water and of houses where a fresh c-tream of air flowed straight through the "ball" (tbe family sitting room) from from door to h&ek. Ah, l'as Jphghtfal old ixoaaaovwherf. 1 ust: i o my grand aunts and nncie in t- scTy .0f childhood. The hal e'.;, grandfetberB was a large square room, with one door opening out iuto a long piszz and anoth er into the greenest of ; grassy, smoothly grassy bask yards. . What modem parlor compares wita that spaaions, breezy state ly old salon. The old fashioned roses sent their perfumes through the open doors, and tbe son light quivered through tbe eatalpa and Abyssinia trees and fell across the floor. The tall ; old. German dock ticked io the ooraer and told off tbe flight of the happy hours, and the tall old sideboard and tall old mantle piece and beaafet, all looked in keeping with each ether. We do not know - exactly what sort of a house old General Thomas Polk lived io, as tbe present house was built by his grandson, but I am sure it must have had one of those old ball parlors, where tbe old gentleman habitually eat, and all who came were welcome Many emigrants passed through Charlotte in those days and sometimes gentlemen of education and refinement were seep driving wagons containing their families, going farther West and South. Gen Polk's sons were William, James, Esjjkial, wbo was lost at sea, and "devil" OnarUe. Qcp evening the latter was wending bis way home from Charlotte, when be encountered a wgon on the hiirjuat fceyond the creek, east of tofn.il Te . wagoner askedthe yoang man if he could teil nip where he could buy some thread. ;Qh , yes,', an sweied Charlie, whose evil genius was al ways ready to prompt him to some mis chiet l)Q joa large bouse on the hilL "es," Said the unsuspecting wagoner taming nil eyes in the direction indicated. "Well, an old baker lives there, nd will be very glad lo sell yon some bread." The traveller thanked the youth, bitched bw team, and walked np to the bouse and into Gen P old gentleman sat in all bis d'gnity i'.ffrad bis shilling and demanded some bread. The General stared for a moment at bia would be customer, and then con ceding tbat it wa a deliberate insult, drew Sis sword and made a furious attack upon him. The mn was unarmed and bad to ran. but seeing that be had been made the v-Ctim of a praCticar joke, be shonted back, as be cleared the door, tbat if he caught the lad who played him this trick, he woald thrash bim within an men of bis life. When Charlie appeared, hi father told him what the wagoner had aid, shrewdly suspecting that this delec table boy of bis was the lad referred to. Charlie ate hii sapper and then proceed ed to interview the angry wagoner. He found bim camped at tbe foot of tbe bill and grimly eating his snpper of bacon and black coffee, without any. bread. "I am told tbat you threatened to thrash me," be began, "and I have come to give yon an irv of doincr so. if v6n can." Toe V wagoner survejed the laughing lad and replied, "x hope you win nave ponteueee enough to allow a man to finish his sap per." "Ob yes," said Charlie, "don't hurry I beg; take your own time.M Toe wagoner went on eating, and when done, raised up coolly and said, "Now I am ready for you." The fight proved him as skillful a pugilist as even the notorious devil Charlie, and be made good bis word, thrashing him until he cried "quarter." As Gen Polk's revolutionary and politi cal history is well fceown, I need not re cord tbe important part he played as a statesman and patriot. My readers will be more amused by hearing the floating stories told of bim and his family. One more, however, will take up sufficient space. He rode a white horse named Pa tience, as well known around Charlotte, as Gen Lee's old "wbitey," in his Virginia neighborhood. Oae day be returned from bis daily ride to tbe village in a state ol great indignation. He told bis wife that a man bad been robbed in tbe county, on the public highway, and in broad day light He was angry at tbe robber and still more angry at the man who bad sub mitted to the robbery. "The cowardly poltroon," he exclaimed, "to allow himsell to be robbfcd in a civilized country, and in broad daylight. I woald like to see any man or set of men try to rob me." Char lie listened and bis eyes twinkled, bat be said nothing. There was a small pair of brightly polished brass candlesticks on bis mother s mautel-piece, and he pocketed one of these and went out. Gen Polk was to ride to his mill tbat afternoon, the mill now known as Bissell's, and as ie neared a thicket of bushes, a brigand spiacg out, caught the bridle of Patience hand ma Je the usual demand, '-Your money or your life. Tbe old gentleman looked at tbe fierce looking roboer, and tben at tbe mouth of the pistol, (tbe brass candle stick,) si near bis breast aod his heart failed bim. ' ' U a armed as be was, be con eluded that discretion was the better part of valor, and drawing out his purse hand ed it to the supposed villain. When be returned home, he was so silen and de pressed that bis wife concluded that he was sick, but b said he was quite well. When bis daughters joined the family cir cle, tbey too were struck with the gloomj fxpression of his fac6 and became uneasy. Luvely, affectionate women tbey were said to have been. Peggy, afterwards Mrs Governor Nat. Alexander, Patsy, called for her. aunt Martha Spratt, after wards Mrs Dr Ephraim Brevard, aod Polly, Mrs Brown. Toey crowded around their father begging, to know ; what waa the matter! He could not resist their tender anxiety, and he confessed tbat be had, been robbed. Charlie's laugh and the restoration of the parse revealed tbe cul prit. Bat the old gentleman bad reached the conclusion tbat "forbearance had now ceased to be a virtue," and ' bis wrath was fearful. It is said that the boy bad to leave home in consequence and remain absent for a length of time. The ' Polk estate was immense; the farms now owued by Mrs Torrence, Mr McLaughlin, Mr John Wolfe and numer ous others, were comprised within its lim its. The Spratt estate was still larger, as it is supposed, the Barnet place, where Mrs Susan B Smart lived, was within its boundaries. It is saVeu miles south of Charlotte. Tbe B iroet bouse was said to bave been three stories high, but all built of logs.. Nothing remains to' mark tbe site but an old cherry tree, which meas are 7 feet 4 inches in circumference, 18 inches from the ground. u ic. i. The Despair cf Sounded Indians- FoaT Robinson, February 12In ac. coroance with orders from the Secretary of War, Colonel Peter D Vroom, com manding the post here, has sent thirty three squaws and twenty two children, widows and orphans of the late Chey enne desperadoes, ' to the Pine Ridge Agency to be turned over to Red Cloud's people Tue order to do this, received from General Crook, says that it is done in deference to Red Cloud's request. The departure of .beselbelpjess and tiied people, covered with wdands and gaunt with hunger, was elfeoted. quietly, and in the most hnmane manner,' under the per sonal supervison of Col vroom, who pro vided five wagons for tbe purpose, with canvass enougo to cover tbem, and ra none for five day juamoy-w tmp( Red Cloud, on White . Clay Creek, 65 miie distant. . , ! " AH parsed ' over quietly until they reached the lower camp, where Colonel Vroom had, Wild fl'-fl, . Ojd grow, Left Haud, and the! other" remaining bucks, numbering fifteen, in irons. Here the speflg buffi id description. Lieut Q W Podd, wno Is in i efcarge ot the' Indian bCouts, and has gre.at inguenoe among the Indians, was awgiijng the arrival ot the train to add tbe remaining women aud children tbere ot gioux extraction, when atl of a sudden, among the Chey eubes who were not to go tbere was, t up the most terrific hideous wailing and gesticulations. ! Afore most among tbm on the. little hillock back a few rods from the camp, heaping imprecations, was the neoate-lilje' tbrmt Wild Hog's wife, tbe sister of .American . Horse, Witl ean nd shriveled arms, her rags flounting in the wind, stood this female demon, by br Side stood half a dozed more, present log a picture hardly paralleled in mod ern times. Lieat Dodd immediately or dered a fullf hd riid sarc into; the 'se crets of the 'sqaalfid. (odges, occupied by tne desolate and groveling "inmates. First and foremost the , arch witch was looked to, and Jfo piegh a friendly Sioqx scout, was asked to go and disarm her Striking her breast Yjolently with' btth hands, and exhibiting a perfectly diabolio alattitude.it was discovered wheo she wa approached, that in One hand she had a half of a sharp pointed scissors, and Jo the other, a, 16r of vrhcl) only the mid dle proog remained, sharpened like a miniat are stdetto. ' Disat medf she as taken to a tent near by, where it was learned that abe had' endeavored short time previous to kill one of her children, and had stampad oa mil the others, some of Whom, said tbey were airaiu ot lives. . After the wife was taken care of some of the soldiers looked after -Wild Hog, wbo was found lying 4n bis lodge bathed in blood aud insensible. A closer inspec tion showed several stab wouodi from a ,barp insunment near " the sternum and below tbe region ol toe are believed at this writing, to be self ii.fl.cted, bat the half blade of scissors taken from the wife of 4 Wild Hog' would indicate tbat tbis terrible woman in a secret moment bad dealt the death blow to her warrior chief, rather than see bim taken in irona to Leavenworth, where ki manv and ahookinsr crimes would be sure to bring him to the halter, which is . w i a? the only thing the Indian tears. South Carolina News. The next term of court for York coun ty, S C, will begin tbe 4th Monday in March, and at that term, tne case o m man who killed Mr P M Murray, will come on for trial. Information has been received here tbat the State court in Sampler, has sen tenced to the -penitentiary for life, two colored men who bad burned the barn of another colored man for the reason tbat be was a democrat. There were four colored men on tbe jary wbioh convicted the prisoners, three of whom wererepub licans. - In this city, on the 19th inst, Mr A Wallace, of Rutherford ton, and Miss Mag gie MPaggett. Near Brevard Station, February 13tb, by the Rev Mr Chester, Mr Robt. Rein hart . to Mips Laura Pegram, daughter of E L Pegram. At Meadowside, on ibe 14th ' inst, by the Rev J Rumple, Mr Matthew John Crawford, superintendent of the Salisbu ry gas company, and late of London, England, and Miss Eliza Rappitt, of Lon don, England., 1 ""''r In Rowan county, at Enoch ville, by tbe Rev Mr Trexler, Mr A-A Wallace and Miss Lilly Isenbour; at the same rime and place Mr Silas Rogers and Mibb Emma Rodgers, all of Cabarrus. s lo Cabarrus county, township No 4, on tbe 6th inst. by Rev J S Heilig. Mr W H Henly aud Miss N Laura Wilkinson. In this county, Clear Creek township, February 13"th, by J W Hood. Bq, Mr M B Wallace and Miss Rosa Dulin. At Hantersville, on the 13th inst, by Rrv W W Orr, Mr J R Hunter and Miss Bell Walker, all of Hantersville. Near Wright's 'Ferry, Februniy 7tb. Mr William Bailey, aged about 60 years. In Cabarrus county, February 19. h, ol pneumonia, near Rooky river Church, after a few hours illness, Miss Maggi Harris, daughter of S W and Martha Harris, aged 18 years. Near Dido, Tarrant county, Texas, Feb ruary 5tb, of heart disease, Mr A T Can sler, formerly of Lincoln county, N C. , lo Gaston county, January 20.b, Mrs Isabella Clonineer, wife of Mr Moses Clonioger, aged 69 years and 11 months Oa the 21st of October last, Miss Jane Kirk, in the 61st fear of her age.' !b Mbbtttiatmtut. MULTUM JN PAR TO. BRADSHAW & CO., REPAIRERS and dealers in standard 8ewlng Machines, such as the Wheeler Wilson, Domestic, Stewart, Weed, Ac Send for circulars and get our rock -bo t tom prices. -.. -. t, feb21 NOTICE rPHE Mecklenburg Riflemen will meet at 1 Hugir Creek Church, on Saturday, the 1st of March, at lo o'clock, a m, for Inspec tion and drill. Every member will be pres ent in uoiform withKgun; and those who bave made application for membership will please meet at that time.' fc21 J M DAVIS, Capt. Chemicals for Composting. QUKER-PHOSfH ATE ' OF LIME O Sulphate of Ammonia, " Nitrate of Soda; ' Land Plaster, and Nitrate of Potash s A , These chemicals we warrant of the very best, and those who, wish : to buy will find it to their advantage to give u a call, feb21 Li B WRIsToN A CO. ! HAiturw, Art., ' : Creneral , Commission merchant. TEALKR in cotton, tobacco, grain ' flour, U meal; bacon, pork, lard, fruits.' butter, Ugs. poultry and country produce general ly. Orders and consignments solicited. 4 f Strict personal attention given to ali ship ments, and returns made as soon as sold Cash orders promptly attended to, and ailed at the lowest market priees. ' Egg crates" to eel or rent. Write for prices and shipping tag. Give me a call and trial, . i . m . , , J L HARDJN, Ag't, feb2l Trade Street. CharlottN ?fi. Tot Hal T DY virtue of a mortgage held by the ra- m j ubib nLiuuai dhuk, regiaterea in book 12 page 137, in the Registers office of this county, 1 1 will sell for i8h,"on ;M0Si DAYv uie 24thilay of March, at the Coort House tlQQr, in Charlotte, at 12 o'clock Ml the valuable Flooring ad Gfist MUls, iq Charlotte, bnnvn h fka m um. invl said miiia krs situated b the A.r. and O. Kailroad and the A3, and A Air lilne R. R. wiiu rg capacity for gilndiDg corn, and wheat 'i he property is a vtrv didrAbi J is Brown, Attorney, , febglids CO-PAETNEHSUIP. eAVJNO formed partnership with ,'W. J Jb Xjidell. for ta miiiirnrni.A ... - ' - t. uuv.vwiav3 14 VA sale of his enirinoB jyn t hana stock of plows aud implemeuts to the Co- t -."vvio, wuere ui y lurmer custom era can find a full line of A very plows, Ac. i. nave a ama.lt nnmiur .r K...r. , n hnti jwhleh 1 wish to close out and fc , very low prices. My atock in future Will hnnJ.r - i in ' mills' complete,'- cotton gins and presses, threshers and separators. i'. r"e wishing any of the above men. Uoneu articles wui do well to see me before ?cu , , 4 AMES F. JOHNSTON. Ianaretba' Caraen Heeds, j , mU8 Seeds, rknown to all kitchen afad Market ttard of any on the market w offer to the trade at u Inn nr i 'cm . . Z . oa omer o3eas are sot a rand havinir been aaiinn.1 v .au T-1 dretha that all seeds from their House have panada unoer tneir personal inspection, Ve ao not hesitate to tnt a nfflr th. guaranteeing a satisfactory return la every mate nAa w H- . . J .: . . VBK care ,is given, in planting, Ac, JWe h,ave a descriptive Cata logue for every man In the cdifnty Call1 and secure one, or Send In your name and Post ufflce and we will send one by mail. ; - -, , Am. dC L U, - HOME MESSRS. MAYER 4 R088 l4Antfl- I waa saII . tons of Fish Guana b&lirtof!10 W Tider Wg? any F&RH Messrs Mayer & Ross,. The Acidulated Phn,nj..,. from y ou in 187s, gave me emirSUrch4 tion. I am certain uiy cotton vIbih 5tisffc where I used tbe Guano. yi!ided Yours, Respect'ly, P 0 FRQC80R . Messrs Mayer A Ross, ,. Gents: As to the results of the St. boueht of you last seaunn t w Am yield was about double on aameUn?y no acia was used, l shall want th d this season. Truly," yours 8tB Messrs. Mayer & Ross, Gents: The Fuh Guano you A ffAVA nria nnt.i to oaricir..nt: . side by side with three other 8tanH,.?54 anoB. '1 he Fish being ahead. m.Wi "4 profit of sixty per cental exD6M more this year. Yours, 4C Messrs Mayer A Ross,, Gentlemen I used the AcidulatedPK phate bought of you last season f? Guano paid me fully Three Hundttd 15! cant.' Yours. Ac. W -R Florekce WAlu .! Maver A Ross. - ; , Gentlemen: I used two sacks Slono with the usQal proportions of cotton tef and stable manure, on three acresUgtu!: son, and made over 5,000 lbs se cottTT The same land in 1877 without theTS' only yielded 2,600 lbs of seed cotton Messrs. Mayer A Ross, " : Gents: I was well pleased with th J suits of. tbe! three tons of , AcidnlatM Phosphate, bought of you lat? On one piece of ground where th thai phate had plenty of litter to ' act-iipottM made skven 500 lbs bales of cotton'n acres. i,-t, ... . '. . , . SAM'liBBBBVintU Messrs ' Mayer A Ross, ; ' ' Gents: It affords me pleasure to add mr fputimnnv to th mprita nf Acidulated Phosphate I have usejl It fu three years, aud 1 have never used auv fN uiiici wuitu gave umv oeuer satlBISCUoa, , R. Boston WaUiAcb. A full stock of the above Guanos mi Acids on hand; this season, at low fieurw. vifeb21 ; , HA.YEB ROSi. ESTABLISHED 1848. HORNER'S FSfimiZIl SAffi With which mmy farmer can nk - ... hit own fertlllun, CHEMICALS And other materials for making HOME FERTILIZERS. Marlaie Potaxh, Kalnlt, Salabate Soda, Plaster, Porarlau eaano, Oil Tltrlel, Nitrate Soda, Dried Blool, lllMaolreS Sooth Carolina. DtoelvcS Kaw Baat, Ac, St. A full (apply of PUBB Matorimb almrt 'oa hand and for aale at toweat market prkci. - VlWfflnlu At. hmn. fnonimil.tuui u. mm w uwt., inn imoFiaanoa varaiag fnTiBr, ...... -" - uimuuHMwuinuiinn . t. . i. . ..." . . HORNER'S Pure Slaughter House 10 WE-DUST AJV DISSOLVED BONE, , GUARANTEED THE "Best m America," AMMONIATED Raw Bone Snperphospliate AIV1 COJTCEIVTBATED SUPERPHOSPHATE FOR ALICROPS, SEWP FOR CIRCULAR, Joslma rTArTiAr - Ji..Af!o.. Cor. Bowl j's Wharf and Wood St., QAXTisroBf:, are. v. feb2l N E W f A D VEETISEM ENTS. . T A f ' FT K1 R Ci WANTED. to to 1 Hi IV lAlutvO f200 per month during h Spring and Summer. .For fall particulars addieM ' . J C AlcCURDY & CO, ,.' J ii;-s .s: fc- . PhiladelDlilAP. DIPHTHERIA!! tivelx rjreventthi terrible disease, and wiH pot"Hj cure nine cases in ten. InlorroaUon that will " many aves sent tree tar mail. Don't delay moma rrevantionis better than cure. Soldovery wherer ; " 1 r S JOHNSON c CO, BanKoT, Main iUA 'WONDERFDIi fltEMBDY. Voir Women 4nd Chlldre - 'Females Buffering- from pain and weakn '"I? rive great comfort and strength from tne ue : J" soii'B Capcina. Porous PJaater. Where cbHdren a mens they should receare, Tbia 'article contain", inedical elements such aa is found in no oUiarteawt' Im . 1. . . . . t a , l .nnnlnA UUlVI' kiio Miinuirui, -it is xar superior m fia plasters; electrical appliances an-t other exterai dies. It relieves pain at once, strengthens Wtt cjj "vrwaava yiaia7tD t sxa aavrt j v" ' - t . - - ana jaa Weak Baic. tthauinatism, Kidneys Wjffip all local aches and pains it is also the 0e where other plasters will not eren relieve. remedy," Ask tog Bnson' Oapolne nothroaruga n ATD ALL DISORDERS OW tVt Throat and Lungs, : PERMANENTLY 0URBD. DR f A SLOCUM-S" 5BEAT BEMBD v-r.u ,itP3ircfliNE ; Uken in conjnncion with hi x . Compound Emulsion of aau nypopnusiii " 2 SitlME AO SODA. 4 FREE BOTTLE irt each Buffering' applicant sending thei gt, Express address io Dr T A Slooom, 181 efebf 4 New York.-- '' u ...... ; ' ATTENTION, FARMERS- WE'have a' Urge stock of J' rU, Clevises, Heel Screws. fffiS, tiingle Trees, Bteel and Iron flfftne fwai etcVhichwican and wi Llnv era at prices much lower than uboj a bly afford to make thwai. ,rvroSl novl KYIjE & HAMMV-
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 21, 1879, edition 1
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