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Stye Sorbite bsmer. SVSaOBIPTJOW daily, one v"! Ci"!") i 0 Sir Xonthi: . - JHJ nrm VonU 2 00 Out JtffrfiYJfc ...... i 75 WttMy, (iu eomty) m admno .y....'...S2 00 Out ttUmtv, postpaid,.. 2 10 SixXmO 1 00 0T liberal Seduciiontjor CUO .? ) . i'8 I i Has been ttoroBsWy npf))m , 1 mWand wtthtM latest rtyUs of Tyy, nfl mry manner- of Job. Prtnttaf-an :aoW; begone tm neatness, siMan eheat lah at short notice. TTT7 , r V - - v BLANKS, BILL-KKiiA aatH-f - ijTTroagAi)e.:lBP3. TAGS, KICKIPTS, POSTXBS,, PE0GSAlDB3,fiANDBatS, pamphlets. carRorTT.Ata. eaten; w. VOL. XX.f () NO. 3,373. CHARLOTTE j If f&, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1879. rtWfttn for The bbserrofttaMfBl pow- I tl if fTlliL' L ATTK ACTION ! t ? The Host AttractiFe Store! (5004 lifting, &c KliLMLi, New Arrivals of Dress Goods, COSSETS, INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, ,.:3 The Most Beautiful Goods St- ? ' -AND TH LARGEST RETAIL STOCK In Western Norti Carolina. The Largest and Beft Stocked artment ,Iu North Carolina. EVEEYBODY lntltevto;illl and.f at. LEXANDE 4 HARRIS. Dec. 14. IP CO 9 3 And many other attractive Goods for .-"V. ;i"r-.Af CHRISTMAS. Bemember.TOa can always flntr-tbe largest and best selected lines of Dress Fringes. Buttons. Sat ins In plain and stripes, Passementerie Trimming ana xanan nna in me ciiy. ; A large and handsome stock of R&NQY HOSIEItY For LaHe4,'M'ssea and Gents.' : ' ' .5 ! VW special attaUoa to tbefaJo u 1 100 t loaks and Dolnia ns? TacominericBoay,' whlh ?Hre Jift sell at!very low pilces for cash. 'A handsoine8to3k ot Impor ted .H;:Hiho.;y.:i f.nj;'i ; a-is St ftflO W00L"T!DIES. Sowetrjlng new. Give U3 a call. , t -- i . ; The Beat ftMfce Old Year. I em fll alone hi W ehairiberi Alone In a chamber of death. or the dear1 eid Year Is dying: . TI can feeljils last cold breath. i --i t can almost hear the foots psl i- : ? w . Of spirits around the warn,- Hear the beckoning whisper Toalte Um awy i the tomb. H6w'iartiy, tloogh'swntty the moments ot his life are passing away; He cannot snne upon as Oa the coming New Year's day; But, ah! wHfie be forgottenj ' 1 . In the years th? will toil around Win w hear his old name spokenl f; And not start tit swest old sounds? : 1 0 TC"Wlli wesit fetoe relight' dreaming , f . .Ot the hopes of a year past and gone? . , Hopes which were long ago shattered,: " I B.e we dreamed of tbeJew Year's dawn? -, , Or will other more pleasant memories Hrtflg a Mile to the careworn face, ' As some lormg word well epoken . Ah! no, elfia'pi woJWin,:!'T'J ' ' V' As through life's rough paths we go, .- i Bright 'memories will cluster around hfni, un. Iotfiifutogledwlth some of dark woe P For many dear loved ones have left us, , memltrs:yearsineveT ending?'", i.''', ; ., 9jWhere; sorrow orvdeath never 6pmB. Tp..6 thecntof the year tfoaJitf cbmurr0 "Who of us will be here then?-. Xha grave may ope to receive us - - Ere on eaith we meet asaln. But harkr did you hear that whisner: i Kill, nnwi A than Amity Hal. N. ttlsfiDisl Old-Teat ls'i CLJlec. 31. 1879. lead. Re.efK,ctfi'1lj,1 Dec. 17. T. L. SEIGLE & CO., . -Tryon Street, 45 Years Before' the Public. , : - TH E CENUINE v: DR. C. ItlcL ANES CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSFBPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE. f a v wis Mam S1 5 0) CO 5a ft-. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. PAIN in the right side, under the ') edge of the ribs, increases on pres- -sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side ; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the arm. The stom ach is affected with loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels in general are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sen sation in the back part. There is gen- . erally a considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. A slight, v. dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of weariness -and debility ; he is easily startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he com plains of a prickly sensation of the skin ; his spirits are low ; and although he is satisfied that exercise would be ' beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude, enough to try it. 4 In fact, he. distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the f disease, but cases Jiave, occurred : where few of, tbern existed, yet exam ination of the body, after death, has shown the liver to have been extent sively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C.-McLane's Liver Pills, in CAiSES o Ague and Fever, when r Taken witfl Quinine, are productive of " the most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would advise all who are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, and as a simple ' purgative, they are un equaled. BEWAfiE OF IMITATIOKS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pills. The genuine McLane's Liver Pills bear the signatures of C.McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrappers. Insist upon Tiaving "the genuine Dr.: C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name JUcLane, spelled differently but! same pronunciation. , , ( . i . ., t, , 1 J. T. .ANTHONY, lee, Coal & Lumber. Northern Daring Jost received my supply of Coal for the ensuing season, I am prepared to fill all orders at shortest notice. My stock Is the largest ever offered, on, this Market and embraces all the vartous klnda tor Families'. Foundries' and Smiths' use. tenons, iWho .iiavf .iormeny oougnt uvu, other Markets tn ait load lota would consult their Interest by giving me a leall before ordering else where, bpeclal eontfaota. lor orders in cargo ana er load iota. ..'.,.., t i-.-fT A I lee on hand thiB,rounr, Trom' ttrst of Pcto4 ber until Arat1 of. Mar next. My cart will not nut on Sundays, but' will Supply double quantities Ofl Saturday. ' crc-.K. - J I shall also eonUnne the Lumber business . and keep fuU stockOTandtpgeUiexjrtULjAthes Miingle. 4c.: . - --: Bills cut to order en, slrortest notice, of any qtmllty desirad; also Osttntateo furnished on applh eniUm n niue, corner of Trade st and N. C. K. B2 fX KJ.. 5 AfiD.IOC.COUflTEES. ' TO THE TfiADE: The rive busfnesi men of the) Oay art startlns these oantrs. We are the orJeH nuton and Headaoaitersi , Wo have the only twoj "etnsive 6 and 10c. Jobbing Houses In the U. a end for Catalogue and partJcalara."waa , '" U'i'i.:4yj c..iii'J fi.ti ui A-' 2t0 202 Banflolt Chauncy Street, Bos! kept 24-deod3m h Street, Chicago, on, 20 28l 4v i,vi , -iff vrr.-t iv'MJtnBfii imkj AUitu a stoat DacKDone is .as essenuai to pnvsii health as to polltlral consistency. For weakness; nt th hnrk and disorders of the liver and kld4 neys, the tonic and moderate tMetette acta on of tha Bitters is tne one inins neearuu uememoer mum the stomach is tbe mainstay ofi every other argan. and that by Invigorating the digestion with this nnmaration: tbe SDtnai' column ana an us aepeni dencies are strengthened. ' 'Lt-'aL-.J f For Hostetters Almanac ior lssuappiy marug" glts and dealers generally. vec i.-im. WITCHES AND W1ZZIIDS. HIIDDL&AUE SPlKITUAIS.Vi; i . i- Tbe Saperatifioii of the Forefathers. Some of tUe Folly of Five Centur'iew Popular Science HoDthJy. , , " The doctrine of human intercourse with invisible beings or spirits is as old as superstition, and has its fashions, or, rather, it takes on different phases ac cording to the degrees of ignorance and stupidity that Characterize society. It was one thing fn Greece and Rome, and a very different thing in the middle ages. In the former there was a mythologic -machinery of godsend goddesses, who meddled actively with terrestrial affairs, .both in peace and war. This was the dignified sort of spiritualism that is em balmed in classical literature, and whdeh continues to form the cornerstone of a "college education." 1 The spiritualism f the middle ages took a very different shape. It was more intense, realistic, practical, and vulgar more earnest, and, we are bound to say, more honest. The spirits were brought to bear, so to speak, more inti mately upon common life. Theline.be tween good and bad spirits was more sharply drawn ; they were angels, or de mons, ever working mischief or bene fit to mankind. The art of evoking spirits became a kind of craft under the names of divination, magic, sorcery, enchantment, rieeromancy, and witch craft. In the modern survival of these old practices of evoking spirits we get very different results. The ghosts be lieve to-.be called. u .by, manipulation tire of a more harmless teharacter; and th object seems tp be rather tq get the spirits but, than wTget anything out of them. They are summoned more as a matter of curiosity, and for the solemn amusement of credulous and vacant minds. Science has worked a great change in relation to this subject It has drawn the teeth or mediseyal ghostology. Though it has not extirpated the belief in spirits, it has greatly transformed and subdued it, so that it is no longer the scourge and curse of society that it was in the pre-scientific ages. We are apt to forget what we owe to science in this respect, and the horrors that mod ern society has escaped ' by getting rid of the grosser and more malignant forms of belief in, ghostly supersensu ous and diabolic agency. But fully to appreciate our advantages it is neces sary, once in a while, to turn back and contemplate the condition of things in the ages of ignoranee, when meii were given over to theterrors of vicious and cruel superstitions. An admirable book has been lately published, which pre sents a vivid picture of the general state of mind and society a few centu ries ago in Western Europe, resulting from the current belief in supernatural agencies, and we propose to cull a few statements from its pages in illustra tion of the subject ; The author first finds the theological root of his subject. During the middle ages it was held that all power or force was spiritual, that it came from a spir itual source Irom Gou and was com municated to the earth by spiritual agents or angels. No inevitable causation was admitted. - Th laws of nature were the precepts in accordance with which the angels executed the will of God. Sometimes he suspended their agency, aeting everywhere himself, or he delegated unusual power to them, when their operations were known as miracles. Hence a knowledge of na ture was at this time chiefly, a knowl edge Of the angels. Lucifer, the high est of these angels, rebelled against God. The contest ended with the over throw of the rebels and bis followers; but God, calm in the consciousness of his omnipotence, determined that Luci fer, now changed by his rebellion into a spirit wholly evil, should enjoy liberty of action within certain limits. The activitv of the fallen spirit consists henceforth in incessant warfare againstLLiriliea-receiyjed.,the God. Man is tempted and falls, lhe earth is divided into antagonistic king doms, those of good and evil. Over one reigns God.andhis angels of ligh", oves theothef the flevil -and his min ions. Such was the dualistic concept ception of the middle ages, and to it may be traced the magic of the Church, the astrology, alchemy, and sorcery pf the learned, as well as the diabolical forms of -witchcraft believed in by the common people. ' The Church exercising its watch care for man, surrounded him from the cradle to the grave by the safeguards of magic. Thus, soon after the birth of the child the priest rnust'beTeady to sprinkle it vitti holyatei, which has teen, purified . from, the ; pollutioniof the demons by prayer and cqnjuratiori; and so strong was the impiessidn that the child, begofcten in sin and by nature Lucifer's property, that certain consci entious servantsrof the Church attempt ed to devise some, means by.i which i the saving. waterj!might bffureBffiiv into contact with the. child before ifoairthe Uolywater' wnen 'dr'uny'by the sick and, irVrm; an tjpgpd ; if sprinkled upon the field ft promoted f ertuitr, ana givea u)raomesHcanimai S'ays Thomas Aquinas? ;otHi" nsj &d ia of faith th&lffltfJtffll&Otffr&ifi v'$i ma diice Windstorms, and rain of fire f ron) heaven. The ateesphere is a Dattie field between an eels aud-devils. The latter worlHlie cofistEftf rnf dty of man the former Ms amtflrdration; and the conseauenceisrthat changeableness of weather wiucbi threatens Grsfrustrate the hopes of husbandry. And, when Lucifer is able to bestow even upon nian--so;erers and wizards the pow er to destroy thO fields, the vineyards, and dwellngs of man by rain, hail, and Jightningt is it to be wondered at if the Chureli,! hich is man's protection against t"devil, and whose especial calling iHs to fight him, should in this sphere also be his counterpoise, and should seek, from the treasury of its , divine power, means adequate to frus- i l T l I. , l - 1 i - wn tram iiis jianiospuerie miscniei r xo these means.: belong the church-bells, provided they have been duly conse crat&l and baptized. The aspiring steeples, arbund which cluster the low dwellings s of meny are; to be likened, when the bells in them are ringing, to the ben spreading. its protecting wings oVBlftshfeken'sVif6r the tones of the consecrated metal repelthe demons and ayer8torin and lightning." ;j i. piling iprotracted drought it was the uaom fqr the priests to make interces sion Wd inaugurate jain-processions, and U is narrated that, iiLthe year 1240, in.iLvittiqh Jare rain-prfVeeesion s fail je4, tinies,Bd produce any .efftect, .Ibcauseuin) the supplication Mjall saints, XJod'ft mothes bad rbeen forgot ten.''. iA- ;new j procession ; was formed, "due respect was shown her Majesty, and the rairi imrqediately came down witbjsucft viofeBOe that the devout pro cession was disoersed. ' i k Tf'ttre fields:w$re' visited by destruc- xive-Tseccs, tDenurcn- naa remedies --ag$n$t teitt ; ' jjUad, ' commanded tfflem' in the natrierOf 1$6a to depart ; and, if they did not obey, regular processes were instituted against them, which ended in" their exlcb.mmunication by the Churbh. In th6 year 1474 the May bug committed great depredations! fn the neighborhood of Berne. v The authorities of the city sought relief against the "scourge from the Bisnop of Lausanne, who issued a letter of excom munication, which was solemnly ' read by a priest in the churchyard of Berne. The letter began thus : "Tnod irrational, imperfect icreature, thou May-bugj thou whose kind was never inclosed in Noah's ark; in the name of my gra cious lord the Bishop of Lausanne, by the power of the glorified Trinity through the merits of Jesus Christ, and by the obedience you owe the Holy Church, I command you, May-bugs, all in common and each one in particular, to depart from all places where nour ishment for man and cattle germinates and grows." The letter -ends with a summons to the insects to present themselves at Wivelsburg on the sixth day thereafter, at one o'clock, if they do not disappear before that time, and as sume the responsibility before the court of the gracious lord or Lausannne! Ar rangements were made beforehand for a legal trial ; the accused, of course, was to have a lawyer, and the Bishop devised the plan of . summoning from hell the infamous $ne-named Perrodet, who had died a few years before. But, in spite of many summonses, neither Perrodet nor the May-bugs deigned to appear, and finallytbe episcopal tribu nal gave its verdict of excommunica tion in the name of the-Holy Trinity "to you accursed vermin, that are called May-bugs, and which cannot even be counted among the animals." The gov ernment ordered the authorities of the afflicted district to report concerning the effects of the measure; but a chron icle of the timeAreports that "no effect was observed, because of our sins." The most serupulous attention to le gal forms was given to the: frequently recurring processes against May-bugs, grasshoppers, worms, and other nox ious vermin, for an'y neglect of these forms was supposed to deprive a judg ment of its magical power. The ques tion whether they were subject to a spiritual or legal tribunal was much ag itated, but without being definitely set tled. A civil prosecution of the field rats in the Tyrol, i5l9-'20, proves that some times such suits were decided by secular tribunals. The peasant, Simon Fliss, made com plaint to the judge, William of Hass lingen, that the field-rats were commit ting great depredations in his; parish. The court then appointed Hans Grineb ner advocate for the accused, and the plaintiff chose as his advocate Schwarz Minig. Numerous witnesses establish ed the fact that the rats had committed great destruction, and the decision was rendered against them in the following terms : "After accusation and defense, after statement and contradiction, and after due consideration of all that per tains to justice, it is by this sentence de termined that those noxious animals which are called field-rats must, within two weeks after the promulgation of this judgment, depart and far ever re main far aloof from the fields and the meadows of Stilf. But if one or seve ral of the animals are pregnant, or un able on account of their youth to fol low, then shall they enjoy, during fur ther two weeks, safety and protection from everybody, and after these two weeks depart" , Nothing was too absurd nothing too superstitious, for the credulity o this period. The consecrated machinery was so various and complete that, if one explanation did not serve the pur pose of the Church, another could usu ally be found. One. question,. however, did not readilvfiad an answer, namely: How are the divine miracles tx be dis tinguished from the infernal ones ? At tempts of the acutest scholastics failed to establish a rule of definite separa tion; for the two '"kinds of miracles were revealed under identical forms, and Satan could transform himself in to an angel of light The grossest doc- sanction. of- the Church, and" fchus was laid the founds tiotvof thaWabyrinth of superstitions among the people in the darkness of hicti hunty groped for a thousand years, n ine miracies wonsea Dy me apostles of thd 'Church had their source in divine agencies, then those perform ed by its opponents must have been in-, stigatedpby thedevil. The white mag ic stood opposed to the black, and the idea of a eonsciOus league between man and the devil became a well-established dogma. In the fifteenth century there came a terrible crisis. This was preceded by the trial of the Templars and by seve- ral local witch-processes with subse--, quent executions,. until finally, Decern--ber 5th, 1484fc Uie bull of Pope Innocent XIII. appeared. This, with its compan ion, a boo called "The Witch-hammer' brought the evil to a climax. Some, idea of this bull may be gathered from the following extract The Pope begins by asserting that, as the guardian of) souls, he must; exercise due care in pro-' moting,rthei -grqwth. of i tbCatholip j. '; faith. adtiv4id lieEesy- fsi from th&X.u. UUUUUl. jUUb, " UUll 111 11 UGB, lliia LtUV Af J ) witnpui; ,; protounofi gnvi -,,-wac i x nave j learned recently that persons of beta ses,'foigMpirg their own eternal weM fare anderMfeii&mJjiaktti mix with devilai with incubi and succui 7 a .1 . ii A - oi. anu injure oy wucn-son&s. coniura- prof tions, and other shameful practices, reVf of women, "the young of animals, the harvests of the fields.1 the "eraoes 'of Ahe tnac iney aiso aestroyrsuuocate an ant nihilate menWomen, sheep aM-atleL vlH'efards; orchards, meadows; dnd the like; visit men, women, cattle and oth (Conclnded on fourth page.) 115 'f bodsaod IPoonds of vepcoots, ULSTERS1ND UtSTEREiiSjl "to 'v;: !:f , w ii,:. PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER POUND, PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER POUND. PRICE THREE DOLLARS PER POUND PRICE FOUR DOLLARS PER POUND. PRICE FIVE DOLLARS PER POUND. 1 "Warm, Heavy Overcoat, Something Better, . Better Still, -Stfll Better, - -Quite Handsome, A Stunner, -Very Desirable, -Excelsior, - - S 3 50 4 50 5 00 7 50 9 00 id oo 15 oo 18.00 i X.i )ini;i ! ,i v. t i )l JR. D. LATTA & BROTHER ARE DOING IT. Now, dont buy an Overcoat this winter without seeing ours. We have forty and more styles that will fit your body and snlt your person. Anowlni Ave minutes to try on each different style, twould take over three hours; just a moment to look at each would take quite an hour. , why not then oowdlreei to our store? If you get one and it don't JOST please your wife, or "her mother, or your mother, your sister, your brother, your son, .your aaaghteKj rpur friend, either male or female, send it back to na unlniared. and we will cheerfully refund lust the amount you paid. No customers take saiy hanoBa la KM restless," the enterprising Clothiers of Charlotte, square-dealing Overcoat House of the "sleepless,'' the decl4 X, P. LATTA ft BBO., Opera Bouse Block. 0 YEECOAf S In large quantities, best styles and Jpwjest prices, &, ; ;i ..fioii mo. . ; . L. BERWANGrER & BRO'S. , : .1 .,,-,:..) A new and fresh line of Boys' Clothing, Just) received at ; L. BERW ANGER k Broken Suits at half their value, at , , , .ir;:- t ' L. BERWANGER & BRO'S. 500 Pairs of all wool Job Pants at $20, $3.00 and $30, worth $5X) a pair, at; L. BERWANGER &.BRO'S; )AH 'Ul J; Only First-Class Goods Sold in Our Housd, The enterprise of manufacturing our Fine Clothing ourselves, makes our house beyond any doubt; ; . THE MOST RELIABLE CLOTHING HOUSE IN THIS MARKET. We invite the public to call and see for themselves. , . , : ....... . : :: ' Eespectfully, " i ' Fine Clothiers and Tailors. CS ILd O IES. AND FANCY AETICLE JUST RECEIVED. S! LADIES ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO INSPECT OUR (THIS SEASON) WITTKOWSK ARRIVAL OF If GOODS. flE IrilEillESiiflHUlS M FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS, BUT PACTS ARE FACTS. The Liveliest Place in Town is PRINCES' CORNER ! mm ot f ie f MJf i ! And when you want to save dollars in buying CLOTHING, come to Springs; Corner, where you will get mo and best for your money, We believe in " ' LARGE SALES AND LITTLE PROFITS. NOW IS THE TIME TQ BUT Men's and Boy's Clothing, at Springs Corner. COME AND BKS 1 ''' W. KAUFMAN & COM Cheapest and Best uotning uouse, . , Nov. 14. Comer of Trade and Tryon .Street. ;o 'jvwn -Mil in P.SCHTFi. J.SC1TXFF. Ivi tCan attention to. their stoeto I Barley, Sago. Tapioca, uu Hacarora, uracaea w neai, eat lea. tarn humlinf whlaH goods in our line as low as eaa be bought ih any N.B. We have a splendid Wagon Tar tnthe GROCERS, f I 'Mil c.'i'V'.'.'i-ii-l .lll'ZiiiU.hi '. FANnVND HRAVY GROCER; wTrt ftnfit PAa4' CAantMUii- STivorih Scracts. ' PotteU' Miti. Craiin 'Cneese, C . . - . " t lTa. . . n.j..j ui a. .l:-i. . t . r f Zlr . IT 7 k." - rt -ITI -..rii, Kill' A mil- MhUk sW ln1a8deweSloa Uctwtel- Our Uae of Teas and Coffees wunotbs oxoeUadto thyettSR: rofT llR . II . r n rww nnf-J-. N 11 ( I If II V L ' L . Ul .1.1 II ' 1 ... ' rnia h. I1IIIH.III. , m wu aaa iu yot, uu it x (net. vermwoui tu line ot uann oaoiastie PUk-i acslaL attanttoa to oar Fatsot Prooass I our. a r.i A ; ; uJi'.l ii) r market 'city and county conumeirs UjBad( ttW.thel Wefts to capita mvmMlMflmmi !HIF&!0tteS Havltfgbec'otne in the firm Of bCTTJFF oc uoiku, l respeciiiuiiy ntt vuruiiuiv luviwt uiy v iin tomers to call and see me when they want goo4a in my line THO. Uttlxa. Uctober fojiB7. I.
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