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VOXjiXJ3M:E3 "7- 0X3C-.ILIOBI"I,XBiEj? INT. C, JXTITE: 15, 18S8. THOMAS J, HOI-TON, Emtos & PaomnoB. , TEUMS: , Vorlh-Ctroliat Whig will l afforded loeub. ,.s.ra at TWO DOLLARS in advance, TWO nitlLAR AND f iri Y CENTS if payment be . for three month! i .nd TIM EE DOLLARS end h Nopp.r will be diawu. ItSUtd nin" " j ,,,ti.ooMh fcditor. - - - A,lvf .etneate tnertltj One Dollar per aquare j (16 tines r . t '( t.p.,.0. .--,, n nd iU eenle fpr each cont.uuei.ee. urt sd. ,l!.e.nnts and Sli.ri.Ts S.lce charged S per , ,j,l.er (nd I deduction of 33, per eeut.will L ue.de fro Kg"'1" P. edeertieersby ?r. rear. Adv.rtUejoaooi. ineairl.d Bwnbly or ii.iirlf. t ll pe iuer lor '"' "oatl. Ijntlily 71 cciile per aquare fur arhliu.e. Prreone when eroding In their adverliaemeiils -, . ,nrk the number .f me-rt.mie tjeeirsd nr will be inacrtod until forbid ind charged e. cu.dingly. jJ-PeelnMeter. ar. authorised to act agenta. BELTSr BELTS!! IlKIYrS... IrtM lit UIM Ufll Cwiiipkturt it jk.'urr.' I'rUtl I cakii pum.es 2 luck. , 191 eta. pr foot. ... 14 " . 17 Si i i t - i " 7 - 3H 10 - jj " u -'47!r""r.r.r.::.''.!!::9a - irf-AMI.LS Bl.LTS manufactured to order mi ilvrt "tice. (OA'.VCrVO IN1SE of all ... for water. o. ne'tv (ifaue, aruercd Utrui Jim imt al.rrr. U KltCa of all ili-.cripliont at AS ecnta l'K"""t J. 1J. P. 1MIONE. .Vj 31, I'-S'l. 'Jlf Uvrp oar liito in '1'iiitr. f1IIE eitit-ua f lliarlotia and ewrroundmg X "Hlry are again rennnaru inai lira auoacri Wr ii afr-rd at all tinv-e I" r.pir and Una Pi ,n, ,n Mcl,4eaaa in Ilia brat nnaaiblo manner. I auuid am aajr that an old inauuim nt Jan be ' aiwion iinwroveawenuj aiuohad ; but he ta prepar ed ,, -y Uiat an old inatrumenl which will J aa. l.'j r.i-iin at all, can be made to emit aa good, tiid iK.ct a tune, aa Ilia aan toaUunicut ever e .( ahrn nrw. He . laiende keeping eonaUnlly on hand, m:v 1MANOS fim t' mil celebrated rnaaufaetuiera in tne I. ailed ritm, which will be auld at manfacturar'a anera with fieieht ad.tr. lri;d riaix received in part fj for new onea, cr-ilillng to their valu. Mr al.i inlcude keeping conatantljr on band, at roi.H hind inatramenU to eell or to root. A l peraon having old inairutnen'a, and era da. tit. ui ..I tT'lnig Ibam, mat Uo well have them rrr"d and kept eapoerd lo aale an line market. If Repair Khp and Ware Rwea at the Muaicel 11.11, uu.aUira, over tba China Hall. ASA OKOUGE. ria-Ul.. J.a. 13. IHif. 6-lj g Teas! Teas!! he aksortmknt or (;iH)i) tas! I .n il u.f . rup.i.tiiii; of II ea-.n, Voune llixm. l - prrut. bunpV-wdrr, Kngllah lireakfaat, and ai.u etbe nmUra, for aala at ii. m. pniTniAnus family Vrug .Viare. J Hcinoval. rvir t.ib r,lr informa hia fueuila and the 1 poWie generally, tht ho ha rrmnved lna f-ii-.j in u.e u.ii al-inii il M .ra aV ftfrrlv, under I. s Willi, ma' Hlore, on Tiarlo alrcet. where he. it prep-ired to attend to all orttcra in hie line. Jlc hje tull a fer arliclei on band aueh aa Golden Cook, Golden Star, Planter's and Pre in lam COOU STOYIeS, ui variety of riKi.oit stovi:s. Alio, (nod ortmFtit of AD r.f tttitrh I will mil cl.tvp ( ASM or Cnn I). II. ISYKKLT. Jwall.lBiS. 43lf Try It! Try It! l,.MIkLy-twtelrffd r.stractof Dl'tTIU toe tieat meUicina til Uia world f.r the ciaaa M-aara it propoeee tu treat, 'i'ry It. r a-le at ruiciiAUDs duug housk. II Dyc-StuOs, Dye-StulTs! ri'llt -ry beat nf line clues of arlicka, en. M a. ting in part of Solution nf T, Kairaei "i I. parie-d, och.neal, Madiier, A e., n.y be pur cli.acd low at IMllTCIIAKIlS Vrmf Stmt, liwim't I'orwer, Varnishes, Varnishes ! VI.AHt;K atoek nnw un h.nd eona.elmg of iJciimr, t'o,.l, ( oack Itody, Furniture, Ja. .'in. Ac., HI,,, I, will be anld fur t Altll luwef ".u eny uliier houae in f'harlotte. Hv. ii. m. I'unriiAKD. Uaoraale anal H'lmd Droie'tt, law.n'a 1 mini 'oiHlifion Powders! IMI MKKt andnthrra intrrcal, H in NTIM'K, are aeaured that theaa preparatiuns era un u'P'eaed aa liunltli.f iving reined lea la llnreva, t 'tile, t,i a Kllllia u( ,,nr, fur aale at PIlIiaiAUDfc H uraul and iVWa.I lif Stmr, lawm't t oaieia. I Utiiifi; nnd atirKroii''a witRr, Of the Aral quality, at I'rtrivuAKivs imva store. Kr.nuisoN LKinnu, IMPOBTCRI or lIksi Linens, Hosiery, EmOroideties, kc, KO. Ul MEETLVJ STREET, nrrtMiiTB iiaym hikxit, t'llACI.KSTOM, H. V. 1- KgHlllsoN. LlUt HA tflBLNO. ftJ-NEW FIRM. 1 nun f BlIIE undersigned having entered into Cepart JB. nerehip fur the purpoa. of carrying on the Confectionary, Bakery, Fruit, - AND Retail Grocery Business n.. I.... in .1.. .ii,... .1,. r iharloll and surrounding country to their New (Stand on Tradr Stmt, between Brt.i.'a and Frank. , authall', at Sprat II Denial's old Stm.rl, wbere thry would b. ple.d U, . .11 thair friend. ... j aeuuauiUncta. -r I aeiuaiiiUncta. MOODY & NISliET 4et.ti ' Ftkntry t. I(U8. II. IJ. Williams & Co., . . i aitaa.a.s aa.a. miu ni.i A RE now receiving a large atoek lOU UM1 risen from petticoat to jacketd and XY. and will have weekly add,.,,..,. troWicrs ,, fI 0tI1 jackets and Uowaera to aa il.eir aalee may require. I Ley j ' ' . .,11 ..II to Ui. l.ul...lc trad, .ticoataaud pautalooua, witboul.ny utter ex- a email coiiimianin. : Our TttmtitCA!HrCOL7RYVKODLCE. Wa occupy tle well knowi atand recently oc cupied hy T. M. Farrow. J" HIIDl.liS atleuocd to pruniptly and a. low aa if preeenl. II. IJ. WILLIAMS k CO , Trait Strut. 3 dooi. Jivm tkt Itrat leraer. flariorte. Jaa. SJf, I8i8. 4711 T. II. WiEaM & CO., WHOLESALE and RETAIL LEALERS DiiY goods. ii.iitnu Ai:r,HAis.v iioi:s, M (Itl utti:, ..r. y.aoary. IK'.H. 47lf Variety Store. EVnel. rA.fV,..t inn.i rtnc PiMiif c A 1 1.11 VUI11V.V. liUIKll 1C. j 1 1 Ull.?j , Ac, Ac. fB'HE aubacrilr fi-epeeirory informa the citi. M aeue of t harlotte and aorroanriing cnan'ry, tiial he haa on hand and la conatantly receiving fluui Nw Yolk, Confectionaries, Fruits, FA C Y ; HOC Kll I US, CI fa A IIS TOIi.Wei'O, SL'I'F. TOYS. II.io'k-mI liiwlriiiiirnlw, run: moiimw nounv no it si:, YrlarllH di ft, tlpe.n, hiilr. It ' k.ki.id. A Itliel Can't of etery vaneiy. J. D. I'ALMKR. Dtc. IS, IHJ7. F.8. lln e Btcu'Ct! the eenireanl a rir't rate h.kee, I am prepared u, tunw.li au;ri"r . AhlJJ el altoel notice. Il.irara! II oi .' Ah Infalhllt Jitmr.ly far HOUSES f afaN Hie receipt of One IMiet. I will if lo ' WJ i prra., a receipt or a remedy ..r Mora- e whil' eorii ring front lfc.lta or t.rnba. 1'hia re. . meriy ba never been kiioan to ...il in tne worat ! .mi. i- relief. Kvrrv man wi.o baa a le al-.ould alw.ya have Una receipt by them, 'l lie niaieriel, of it Inch the n,eOn-inr it rumpuoed can be procured by any per eon at all tiuiea. If Una reniec'y fule alien g.ten aa I di rect, the money oil! be rrlnnnid. Adtiriaa uie at taiecl.eboru'. Ouilluid en.. N. V. JOHN W. 15AKKK. p. Ii, 'fi-. J'Jti Country 3Ierchants A If K reeicifuiiv invited to eill J nor wlioltenle .rn-a of eaetee llltlt.." a MLI. IMA put up in anv airle l nrtler.uy I'll I U II. Ml I), Vtupgiti and .4ajArrerv, law ia. t'oasra 7Vfi I'.ttr SyriHgen, Jl'ST received at VKiTCIUUD'S. Till I.IVIIt 1 V U. 0 II A T 0 It ! rnr.pAiiKu nv Pit hank-rp, ompndc4 entlrrlj from CUIS, Iu on k r rim nrT rt B'tATiir in i.ivhi mv ni l(J - te.n tt4 lislilir. ll.alt tfl. u ft ( III Kar flf. InrsMTT f ,bftt lllf. swraul tMtt Pali a.r,dXtaC ftasw, feysttM e i Tim l.lwaxr ta ef itt. f'iK'l-tSl retruUttrt (af ft 1.-f rW lK r'...m mm it. fr. -ibr.lt tatB.AHW(Atlsiaa4 Mtr rws. mtt M fait. It. anal (h, r., !. aunVrs Hi rmaa4 M OtKM-ib esT Ifaeliaaj I ta tw I La djuty Fan tl dwaaas atl that or- mn. ot IK ft. nV later tJf haw sr,4 n lit In tf Ilea nf awf lhn lli ! ' ?ons,e, U Itirt sfBva re-n-e w . fc W aui4t (he. ouuij dra.gte.ta ia ft.ch It ! lhta W 1rawlha(ilarajlt " W UtMt fbrlald ftn Mrvr frwefi tXsjrt baa th leAvrr i sm- A pUInf , ) y it brwti. Th-aa rm -try tit tlaaarMl. Wtay aa-h.uaef. r....ivatg ftftarka ir s anf, "MltaC l brllor. pre H. i,, Hr inwtitiir. a tejn ft rHav) 'Wa taMBftrh Otata (Mb 4m lhu atojor - rvtnli.c. MKhl- H) p4-.a fii U ohtrtr(ioai r l.W.e J1 . I.a i bl.ii Mrtrlteea, aij a e'P"U.r . imfhittrra. a a- ' rti n. ila. a-,1 a lha ,,"- (h aSte m eaaSI ri-a all., a I,.., n.I.-h .,r- I lna hiTIa lahan r- ' .l.nneller ,aaa.at all aaJ ',(u' S'.rt el ( hi-unle lll.r- lb. er pain j aalai, a. acaiat rem,4 la Itio pay, Ity aariilna Ike linr, hill Krvee, Sll ethet nae If are giving their aaaiiliauai treelmeitev lit lie faivor. ar- nil a), r In month a. lilt the lnvt gornlatr, aad ataitllnva h,,h IfMjctltrr. THE LIVER IN VIGOR ATOR let a, itMIIir MKIH' tl IMW 1 .. a,. la Sail, nrf ar'S l-lvrr ill .1 blf h aia Ibr iaall nf a lilarttae.l l.lver. I-Aa. k A .11 On II A I VAhnteattle ..Tenia I I. K.. Vnrk V Hf Tl I , . ., l... . II II II. .net. rul.Jel. .,a,.t,M cb S a llekcM Haltluauia. And ai,,, ai-, v P.SCAUK k CO, Charlotte, aV C BONUS for tie ritvrrt, l Ymp'fty, t'OR SALE IiEKK. ancjoas. From Harper's Magazine. OUR SONS. Probably in every age, tinea tut time of P"". vuau. sua eves trouble witu tneir wilful Hon, tbe world ban been Supposed to le Dear it! end on account of tbs DuuglltilieSS 0f l0y. We confess that, for ourselves, in mowtllU of wrslh ,t ,lie in,pUb peeTiitjt . .or of torrow at tbe precocioua auckeduesa I f noted epcciuieni of American bojbood, I we have lometiuiet been tempted to ibat Jauppoiiiou, and certain!; we coald not iiiucl. wonder if xouug America lurnielieu more younir Inrael autplied. l ci tbe world buH ..,.; , I ..,! of,.. ,... titiction of llie line of w&.-oiiliim auccesoion. Tbat mccesion will probably be kept up iu this bennepbere, and bere, as of old, tbe folly- of joutb will in due time be subdued bj tbe wiadoui of age. All tbe more earn eatly, because of our good Lope for the ulti mate welfare of our country, we are dis posed to look carefully and seriously at rhe teodencie of our aon.i, desirous at once of discovering their peculiar teinputioim. Some time tgo we wrote upon tbe welfare of our dnublera, not without response from many pareuts and friend, and tl.ie preecut article aims at tho aame practical purpose in tbe education of tbe family. Our daughters are coushlulioLa'ly more marked by aeniibility, and our aoua are more marked by willfulness. Tbe cone quetice is that we are more anxious what will happen to our daughters, arid what w ill happen liom our tons the daughter's n- ," eipoatng her to recet.el.anu, and the sou's willfulness exposing bitu to do harm. We are not wiae lo quarrel witb Nature, and we tuurt expect that boys will be more noisy anrt mischievous than girls; nay, we may count it a good sigo of a lad's force of character if there is a good share of aggressive, fuo-loviug pluck in bis com positiuu. Well tuanagid, his auimal spirita will give bitu all the more uiauly loyalty, and, when true to the right cause, be will be ail the more true because so much living sap has cone up into the fruit of bis obedi ence. Yet what is more sad tban force of aiil per vu ted to base uses, and tbe strength r ,.,.,.l.nnH .,.V ... il,. .r. . nf V.. j lu.ita or &ebdib pasaiona I W hat ia more sad tbau the aigbt presented every day iu louratreeta the scores of precocious matii- kios with the worst vices of men written ever fealurea almost iufantiir- iu th-.ir mould boys w bo are hardly old enough lo be be lyot.d their umbers' watch, now cwa;gering with ail the airs of eiperienced Mood, and polluting the air cf Ood'a heaven with the vocabulary of hell I Wheresucb nioustrous . (nnnA rr.n i . ilm ., r .: r ,1 ' - , r " r -r sge ana auiuority ! now many a stripling among us seems to think '.V the very first proof of manly spirit to break the liviue jaw which gives (he home its blessedness and tbe state its security, sud to be proud to show that he is above all such obsolete notions as giving bonor to father or mother! Wc shaii be sorry to believe tbat Ameri can boys are worse than others ; jet it is very clear to us (hst they are titmaed lo jnouie temptations peculiar to themselves, iyu iuii iuc uaiurai niiuuiueas oi uujuuuu, is here much exaggerated by our social habits and institutions. The American boy partakes by nature, of course, of the tem per of bis Kng!ih cousins, who-e blood, in the main, be has in his veins ; yet how dif fereM are the habits of the to parties! Tbe Knglieb boy is encouraged uny, com pelled lo remain a boy ; aud Lis place at bom,-, at school, at play, and at church, is such as to footer the proper spirit of boy hood. He is made constantly to f ; c 1 that he is under di-ciplioe; and when apparent ly most free from constraint, and let out to play, upon the play-grouud lie is etill bound by the Ii a cf the game, aud there is some thing iu the. rough sport that at once gives wholesome vrnt to his exuberant spirit and subdues his dogged individuality into some thing like loyal allegiance. The American boy, on the other band, is accustomed lo bear a'l authority challenged, not only by reprobate oul'as but by radical theorists ; and very often, bef ire the training of the nursery it complete or the lessons of the school are half mastered, he is either in fancy or in fact put upon some form of money, getting that tempts him, if it does not force him, to be his own master. lie is not en couraged to be a boy cither in pUy or in earnest. At school every trait of morbid precocity is bailed too often as proof of genius, and the wholesome mirth of the play ground is proscribed as childi.-b and useless. The more manly sports have been in many quarters neglected for exciting books and shows, and iu some cases tho novel and tbe theatre have carried the day over the good old cricket and foot ball. Tbe restless will, that ought to be calmed and consolidated into manly force by brave exercise, is allowed lo wear aud fret itself into a petulant willfuluess ; and thus the natural delicacy of the Aiucrioaa constitu tion is exaggerated by a perverse training. Tbe normal check for nervous nensitivetiesa is muscular excteUe, and by au bour'a stout motion in the open air the uerves calm their fever, aud tbe healthful balance of life is restored. Our school-boys are too often strangers lo this yrauJ secret of nature, aud mauy of those most overtasked witb atudy try to balance the weariness of the desk by iu-door excitements quite it exhausting. It would delight us to aee a aerious and de termined uiovemcut sweep through the country iu favor of tho revival of the old faabionud manly sports, and we auticipate more good from them tbau from auy efl oris in behalf cf balls and theatres', with their suffoculiug atmosphere, glaring lights, aud wasting ficitcliieut. We bava sometimes beort '" into very grave spprebcusious for tbe moral p. rity as well aa tbe pbysioal health of our boys, on aooouut of the neg lect of tbe robust sports that at once ououpy tba time tod vent the animal spirits. The moment the constitution becomes nervous and excitable a morbid sensitirene-s tak ing the place of a wholesome m-Jrcular acti vity there is a fearful cxposuroto prurient enticements, and monstrous abuies are, we fear, the frequent nrjd tbe fatal consequence. Wo are eouGdent tbat early rising, cold wa-1 ter, and the brave old play-gr umh are . quite as much needed as more faithful 1 schools and churches to better the future of. jour sons. For our own pari, wi like far' ( better the natural rudeness of boy-hood i than an unnatural delirecy ; and itcffeudsi j us far Ices to see a youth a lit .le rough to ; manners, witb a alight tendem. to use bis 6ts loo freely, than to see hi J.' y-r seden tary, with a faicness and cjtUiabiiiiy that , may indicate overitudy and may tempt morbid indulgences. I he lest cure for I boyish rudenesa is to give due play to" boy jieb strength, and tbe out door cure, under I heaven's own air aud suuhine, is more likely to rid tbe exuberant plant of its rank juices than any hot house training. Our schools and colleges are ruled too much up on the bot-bed principle, and tie pale faces in the halls and recitation-rooms .are, to shrewd observers, sigus of destroyers of health far less noble than the classic page or the midnight lamp. Few persons, we j believe, study too much, hut most scholars study unwisely; aud with more of tbe right sort of plsy there would be more of the right sort of work, and farle-s of the vices' , that hauut languid muscles and o' crwrougbt nerves. This tendency among our yoith is much 'exaggerated by their too freq ietit habits of diet, especially by the ue of tobacco. Per Uonally we abominate the use of that weed in any shape, sud it seetui to us the filthiest j of all habits for men to stuff their mouths, aud stain their teeth, aud swell their tx : pectorations to the nausea of l- holders with this yellow narcotic; and iltluigli at little of the aroma of a good cigar may not be ofiVtirive even to delicate noitrils, the whole atmosphere of a regular smoker is a nuis ance, and his clothes are steeped iu a fetid exhalation that, to sensitive olfactories, dis mally announces bis arrival before he enter! the room, liut for boy smokers sud cbewers we have no vestige of patnnce or tolera tion ; and the sight beyond ill others mo-t j ridiculous, were it not so patiful, is that of :a little juvenile, hardly oil enough to go out without bis mother, puffirv huge volumes of smoke from a nmn-irou, cigar, aud. iu his pale face and affected svagjer, present ing iu himself those two tea fui and frequent traits of our Young Ameri.'a the union of puny health with braggart indolence. We , had a strong specimen of this union at an I academic assembly in tSis city not long since, where the exercises were oftpn rudely . interrupted by a score or two "of nrecoeious i stripling-, who solaced themselvis in the intervals of their stampedes by simulating their courege with plugs cf tchae-o, in the nbence of other stimulus Tie worthy President rebuked them ; and a tound Bog ging would have been oi more Luu their . due. ; The first crisis in the career of our sons is probably at school, where they tnu-t run 'the gauntlet between two rank" f tempers , the pattern good boys, who -iuve them selves, mind and body, to the reeling spirit of emulation; and, on the otby hand, the ' great company of idlers, whose trjaucy and nii-cliii f inakinj sometimes hav s chiyal ; rous fascination to young blood beyond the , aitraetions of the more, u, mure o jk-worms. He may consider himself a favcred father ; whose son escapes the ordeal villi health unbroken and principles iutac., at,d who bids adieu to bis school days with good I scholarship not purchased by ff 1 l- tiess of , limb, and a good constitution, i-idebted for its robu-tuesa to better sport tbao robbing hen roosts or giving bloody no-es. We need not cuter iuto the private history .of college life, or say what ho-ts of trials and temptations every coI!egi;i) iuj-i con . qner or subdue, for comparatively small .class of our youth enter college ; nu l.inore- over, it is the lot of the great multitude of our sons who are iu stores ar I ciunting i rooms lo he exposed to mniy of the same dangers as reset such students, so that it is best to say a word especially cf those who j are in training for buiin--s. The life of clerks and young salesmen in on: cities i a curious and unwritten cliupte r of our Ameri can life, and few volumes would he more instructive than m catalogue of ti e hundred thousand youth in this city wlic are under some form of business trainisg, an 1 looking forward to a lime of iud-'yen ience and competence. It would be somrtiu es patheti cally and sometimes repulsively interesting to know how much compensation these young men receive for their labor or attendance, and how much money they spend yearly, and for what purposes. The account would vary from touching instances of self sac rificing frugality to monstrous cases of prodi gality, fraud, and diipatiott. How poor boys live, and how rich hoys live, it would be well for us to know well for us also to see that poor boys, or so regarded, mysteri ously spend sometimes uinri money thin tbe sons of our merchant princes. It would be important to ascertain whether it is not true that, as a general rule, tiie young men of our citiea are very exacting in their ex penses, and if the cost of k-'epiug a dashing youth io dress, amusements, etc., would not be amply sufficient to inainta n an old-fashioned family iu comfortable Irugality. We have been told, on good authority, that our merchants object to taking the sous of their owu associates in gentility into their count ing-rooms, on account of their self-indut geuce and prodigality; and that something ol tbe aame preference for foreign service is appeariug in merchandise hicb is already an established fact in our housekeeping. Some leading firms give the preference de cidedly to English, French, or Cierman as sistants in the!- counting houses, aud are weary of trying to teach dainty young geutle meu the importance, of learning bow to take care of themselves, as a more iuiportaut ac complishment thau to drive a fast horse or parade tbe newest fashions of a coat or bat Tbe whole field of dissipation bere opens upon us, and grave questions arise as to the obviius di.-pc.ition to provide pleasures be yond the domestic circle, especially to sop ir ate young cio from tbeir fitting feminine associates, and gather them together by I moderate business with tbe babits of bouse themselves in clubs, where man only rules,1 bold simplicity that were thought fifty years or else drive them to dens of iufamy, whero j ago not unworthy the family of a prosperous woman is seen only in her degradation. The merchant and a distinguished lawyer, liure whole subject of elub-life, in its various ! comes in a potent element in the welfare of forms, needs to be studied seriously, and ; our sous tbe present condition of house we shall probably be startled at the vast-; hold life, aud t lie standard of expectation ness of the ar, ingemeuts for keeping young! among those who are to be tbeir wives, if men by themselves, too often to their dia-' any wives they are to have. It is a very advantage. Not only the establishment ( serious question whom our son shall marry, known as clubs, aud tome of which are and it is a aerious question to him eveu if wholly reputable but many ebtabli.-.fcments he never marries at all; for, as our nature not thus kuown, and bearing very innocent is constituted, a young niau thinks much of names, would swell the list. The engine- pleasing his female friends, and his staudard bouses sometimes fan worse fires than those of manly conduct and iudepeude.nl position which their brave chatiipioua extinguish; is largely decided by tbe reigntug feminine and we have heard of little coteries of youth code of cxpectslioD. Now there are cer in cities and villages hiring rooms (each tainly very grave difficulties iu reconciling coterie for its own uses) iu order to have the average promise of any moderate husi free access to the games and liquors that ness with the average standard of house parental rule and feminine delicacy do not hold expenditure; and the qie-stion which How under the household roof. The ex animation of such errors would bring new blessings upon tne Mercantile Library, and other like associations, that hand yoau men together for their good, and call the in from their homes for a season, only to send them back better sous, brothers, aud lovers. We are in advance of our subject, we are aware, iu these remark", since we have been deal ing more with the schooling and apprentice ship of our eons thau with tbeir direct busi ness career. At school, however, and often long be fore the youth enters his teens the seend crisis of his career casts its ominous shadow before, and the American hoy is culled to think, perhaps to decide, upon the business ; aud his outlay thus estimated rises into that he shall pur.ue. Here is a great and i figures somewhat ftrmidahle. Dot take the fearful question, and one that, in some res- most modest standard of city gentility as pects, is becoming more embarrassing in the iour guide, and Mr. Punch's three hundred changes of fortune and the revolutions in . pounds sink into insignificance. No man social ideas. 'J he old idea was that a boy, ought to pay more than one quarter of his should, if there were no reason for the con- j income fur rent ; and what kind of a house trary cour.se, follow his father's calling, and will oue quarter of fifteeu hundred dollars be farmer, mechajip, merchant, lawyer, or : procure in a city like ours? Niy. how hard w hat not, accordit g to the paternal prece-, it is to procure, for thrice three hutidred dol dent. 15ut now the tendency is quite other- lars, a house witb whit are called the mod-wt-e, and it is the general di-position of our eru couvcniynccs ' Then there i? the niat young people to press vjiictirii (as they con- j ter of servants; and tho most moderate sider it) iuto the occupations that demand standard cf gentility in our towns insists the least manual labor, and seem to offer upon baving at least one servant, while our the greatest prestige of w hat is called gen- city habits prescribe from two to five or six tility. The coneqicnce is, that farming : servants, tbu ttnudard number being three and the mechanic arts have losi much of in well-to do families. Wc are willing to their old attractiveness to the sons of farm- j astonish tUe more luxurious portiou of our ers aud mechanics, and the ranks of trade readers by confessing at once that we write and the professions arc over-locked with as- more for the common lot than for the favor pirants. The number of youth in our citiea cd few, aud that tbe boys for whoc future who are seekiug some kiud of employment we are most solicitous nrc those who are in thai allows them to have a delicate hacd, 1 our publio schools, and who rcptcsent the aud we.ir kid gloves aud polished boots, is ! average coudiliou of the American peop'e. enormous, and furnishes a fearful number ! t.if our u.iilioDi of school boy", thousands of recruits to the army o! vice and crim!. ' are de..tintd t fame or fortune ; but such is What the cause of the disinclination to the ' not the general lo!, aud not only tho largest manual arts is, it is not always easy to say ; but the most important cuss can uui be u aud certainly, in the nature of thing8, there 1 pectcd to rise above the necessity of frugal is far more demand for intellect, and far, jiviu', while iu the out-set the greater pro more exercise of manly power, in tilling the portion of the few who rise to wealth are soil or building bouses and ships thau in obliged tj practice great frugality. We seliiug ai'ks or calicoes behind the vout.tcr. i may consider it, then, the almost universal It would be a great gain if teu thjusaud coudition of our sous that they ought to bc-c'.i-rks could at once go into the fields and giu life iu a very modest way, aud if they woik-shops, where they are wanted, and marry as early as the best wisdom aud uio leave their places to teu thousand young wo- i rality dictate they must at once put do'-vu men. w ho have nothing to do but to make I their foot against the prevalent social osten their r.-:.or fingers the hopeless rivals of thetatiou. The first years of married life do suwiug-machititt, and to anticipate the un- much to decide the whele future of the certain time w hen some young man, not yet ', family ; aud if a man fiuds himself commit ablc to pay for bis owu board and clothes, 1 td to a style of ex,euditure beyoud hi shall venture upon the enterprise of tubing i means be is embarrassed, and enfeebled, and a wife less thrilty than himself. It is part- j di-pirited at the very time alien ho ought iy from the false feminine notions of gen- j to he gi.ir.ing courage, health, aud means 4ility ejb.'it much of the rising aversion to t for the sober years that are coming. Here, manual labor springs, aud much harm tonus ! surely, is a most viial point in the welf.re of from the frequent preference of the daiuty j our avus the need of such su adjustment swain of the couuter over the far abler; of our household habits as to bring reason worker at tho plow or plane by sentimental ; ally early marriage w'rbin the tu irk of maidens, who have studied out their ideas moderate expenditure. The boarding-house of the gentleti.au from t ashy novels nnd i and tbe hotel are the too ready rescrt iu tiot from the good old IJible aud its noble this teed ; but while their frugality to the standard of the gentle heart. purse is more than doubtful, their waste of ll would be very interesting arid instruc- I heart and min i is beyond all questiou, and live if we could have a census of the boys our American life is often wouudod to the who annually leave the public school", with j vital- by the coujeq jent breaking down of a full statement of their purposes for the : dmusiio quietude, privacy, and industry, future. It would be found, we think, far i Tho true antidote must be found in nipler more illustrative of aiu ambition than of , and more republican methods of housxkeep republicau industry aud simplicity. It might j ing, that ehnll secure due comfort and re appear that, with all our theoretic assertion fjnrmcnt without wreck of health and com cf the dignity of labor, now bar? on earth petence. Neat homes for small families are are the son? of tne laboring effses so de- : the very first want in our towns and citiea ; sirous of escaping their father' lot aa bere, 'and with tbeir rise we need tbe growth, es and nowhere are there so many aspirants pe(.ialv on tho part of our young would), for djiuty gentility as here. Undoubtedly ; 0f ,uore reasonable notions of social res the changes that have lately taken place in 1 prCubiUty. As society now i, our young the po"t;inu of labor has had much ta do wouleu form their standard of expectation with the tendeucy to overcrowd trade and Up01l exceptional cases; aud evn if they the professions. Hosts if foreigners now : j0 uot eSpCCt to bavo decidedly rich hus throng our work-slrps, and underbid natives bands, they arj not content to look forward in prices, and ofien scandtlite them by tJ the moderate iucomo that most kinds of protligacy. But the same iuundatioti threat- r,.(,lllar industry bring. A little plain fig ens tuapy fo-tns of trade. In many towns urmg might, perhaps, be of great use to the aud cities the retail business is f ist falling thousands of tnper-hn red, uarrow chested, into the hands of foreigners, and the number lj- checked girls who have selected their of Irish scd German grocers is becoming hu-hands fioni the pages cf trashy novels, enormous, while many branches of dry-;am) reAigned at least, in tbeir dreams goods traffic are in the bands ol Jews. W e their maiden liberty to "Ome dashing Al bolieve that any practical rn.au who will ' p)0nso for a viila, s carriage, and all the at compare the promise of trade now with its . ivndaut elegances. Perhaps those who are promise thirty or forty years ago, can give themselves penniless are sometimes mo-t a picture as starilnrg as true of the present ; m-iing of fortune, and leant disposed to trials of all young a-pirants to fortune as proon the hsrd livelihood which they by compared wiih tha truls of the old times. ; experience know too well. Plain figures There is alwaya, of course, an opening for fr jm tjlc arithmetic might be more sugges sagaoity and rne-rgy, hut with the increase tjl0 tbau the tropes of romance. The of facilities the difficulties of success have .simplest statements of the avcr.ige yield of al-o increased ; and tbe young American i it,du..trioaa labor aud enterprise would as wl;n starts iu the raco of fortune with the t0IJj,,u Iuanv of our ambitious republican fond d n am of a golden goal, finds bimse.f , n,sjd,.,t and their often mare ambitious betaeeu two nets of trials, one of w horn ! mammas, more thau the trumpet of judg snatch after tho small priies uud the other j ,eiil, an d it would be seeu that the stand after the high pni.-s. He fiuds the retail j arj 0f dependence, is generally based upon t.usiuess crowneu witn a nost oi loreiguer, ho cau lite ou next to nothing and under sell fair competitors; and, on the other ! hand, the strung bol.'s of wholesale traffic ate held bv. mighty monopolists, who are as formidable fiom their marl le or irou rehouse pirants wituoui inenus or I fortune, as the MulnkoJ, with its guns aud soldiery, would bj to a squad of assailants without guns or iutreuchments to back them j iu their advance. Witb the increase in the difficulties of do I log a successful business there is uo cones- l poudiii" diminution iu (tie aemauns oi iiw- , surelv no correspoudinc iucreasu in jib social alioviatious of ill success. So-1 dollars salary would briug at this time more jU.cty is coustautly beoomiug more exacting, candidates for a tolerable clerkship, demand 'and be is a bold man who dares to begin a ing eontidctable gifts of address and peu- Mr. l'uiioh jocu'iirly discusses, " Cat! a man marry on three hundred pounds a year!'' is wiih many of our young men far from a joking mutter. Many famili.-, indeed, do live on less thau three bundled pounds a year in America, and many must live on three hundred dollars a year, if -they live at all. liut the cases of frugal living most frequently adduced among people of com foi table homes are from country life, where many articles that co-t high iu the city ore regarded as costing no more thin oir and water, beii g treated almost as much like gifts of nature. Let-a fair money price be set to the potatoes, corn, milk, eggs, apples, pork, etc., consumed by tbe plain tanner. , exceptional luck, aud not upou regular in- dustry. Begin with the returns of conimou labor, which gives the unit from which cal culation should start.- A hard-working man, ; UJt m.,trr of a regular trade, is highly J favored, either in $ity or country, if be earns, ou au average ot working uays, a dollar a day, or three, hundred dollars a year; while au accomplished iiieehauio, not master of a shop, is favored if be gains bulf a dollar a day more, or four huudred aud fifty dollars a year, throughout all times aud ail weather. A capable clerk can not ex pect duiing bis first year of service uiucb ! more ; and probably an offer of five hundred manship, tbau the advertiser eouid examine in a week. Tbe smaller kinds of retail business yield very seanty incomes and these, too, are very precarious, especially iu tbe dry-goods trade; so that while they tempt showy tastes they impose very close limitations of expense. Tbe professions tbat require scholastic education offer a fev I pecuniary prises, but present a very low I average reward. A good teacher r highlv j favored who ia sure of Mr. Punch's- three ' hundred pounds a year ; and in the country : towns half that sum is ofleu eagerly wel comed. Lawyers aud doctors do not gen j erally at trot nam their bread aud rent, ami 1 must trust to some collateral resources front I pareuts or wives, or teaching or writing, to keep soul and body together. Our clergy in the country towns do not avenge more I tbau six hundred dollars a year; and thu fe7 who, iu cities, have salaries of four, live, or even six thousaud dollars, are bur dened by a rate of conventional expenditure tbat keeps them often without a dollar of surplus. Leaving out of account a very few lawyers, and still fewer physicians, the otily class of men who can expect large in comes fioui their business are successful merchants ; and il is to them that we may justly ascribe the origin of the prevalent standard of social Ostentation. Our sue cuoaful merchants are our millionaires, or else tho.se who expend tho innome of millions of doMars without any corresponding capi tal. The litter, probably, have done more than ar.y other class to corrupt our republi can principles, and our most frequent and dangerous prodigality may be ascribed to the great number of merchants who are doing a large business mainly on credit, and whoreculate their expenses upon the stan dard of their mo-t lucrative years. They do not mean to be e xtravagout or dishonest for we regard our merchants as generally quite honorable in their purpo-.es hut they are too often uoder a fatal hallucination by mistaking the exception for the rule, and learning their sad error iu the fatal years of revulsion and shipwreck. Tho great ma jority of businesses can claim but very mod erate gains iu the average balances of a twenty years' operation ; and he may be set down as a very fortunate man, iu any busi-' ness, who for twenty years supports his family modestly, educates his children well, pays his debts, aud lays up a thousuud dol lars ycatly. Such a moderate accumula tion may, to many, set in contemptible, but there are thousands who have called it ooti temptible who would think themselves vast ly favored now if they could pay their debts , aud call a single thousand dollars their own. ! Theasober truth is that we are wrong iu our whole standard of .oeial expectation, j end that etp nn.jhr In span nil. i-f-e tt tho I simple facts, nnd tr .iu our sons lo adjust their methods by the rule and not. by the lexeeption. We are well ie.ru that young i blood does not relish restrain, and that il is far harder to stop a fast youth from ruuning the wrong way than it is to pu-h biiu for ward in the right way. It is precisely for this very reason that we hope for a better day for our Young America, whether it walks in petticoats or pantaloons. We do not believe much in mere negations, and young people are not much bettered by be ing scolded a':d kept down. The way to improve tberu is to carry the war into tbe enemy's country, and enlist the warmth of young blood in tho hold and aggressive af firmation of the true republican principles in their sober sense, honest frugality, stout industry, and manly independence. We hope to see the Iruu Young America rising from our schools, homes, and churches and supplanting the hideous carricatures that no. ? so often pass for tbe real likeness. We hope to see hosts of young men among us who are more proud of frugal habits sus tained by bonest and intelligent labor, tbau of prodigality pampered by cambling, ad venture, or etislaving debt. We hope to see hosts of young women w ho are more eager to be wives of worthy young fellows whom they can love and help on in tho world by i.'ood economy an I wouiauly atfeclionuleoene) than to sell themselves to churlishness or decrepitude, and sacrifice heart and sou. lt luxury and pretension. The education that shall traiu such young men aud young wo rn n will be quite startling to our regiments of street and parlor geutry w ho pride them selves on their elegance and uslessness ; but it will bo found in the cud that the best refinement, as vtell us the best sense, is with the new movement, and true taste will ri.-a as vulgar ostentation and laziness fall. We look auiiously for llie coming of this better time and its coming will inaugurate a new day for our sons, by giving them the true motive for their work and the true compa nionship for their household. Our Ameri ca has many questions to settle, but none is wore importaut than this : Wheti shall our sons seek tbe true honor in tbe best useful ness, and wh'en thai! tbe power of woman blp them in the seekiug ! We might choose many samples of Auierican skill and enter prise to prove our progress in civilii ition, but the best proof must be the best speci men of our standard American life. Tho fastest ship, tbe best reaping machine, the most perfect photograph, the most deadly revolver, or tha most voluble t'ougressman, would be poor trifles to send to soTie great World's Fair compared with the model re publican home iu which a worthy youth and maideu fruiu our public schools have mated hearts and hand.-, aud found all ihe substan tial blessings of life, with Heaven's smile, in the reward of pstieut and honorable iuius try. whether more or less tbant'uree hun dred pouuds a year. Heavy Losses A recapitulation of the damage done by the recent hail storm in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. X , mates the loss to be 5150,000. Over S8 , 000 bushel" of wheat were destroyed, with in a length of tco aud breadth of three miles. Tni AsTtf iTATrr Ex.-aasiva iTe-tr Lord Hots, iu a uote to the " livening Jr'osi.1' denies n.akiog the prediction of ex cessive beat this summer sitribu'ed to him I by the " Litoeriok Reporter ' Tn 'ong I thermometers ordered for the excessive beat will ba a drug, w eipcct Uil. i.'V'5'"
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 15, 1858, edition 1
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