North Carolina Newspapers

PIC ON THE S2 per annum - IN ADVANCE. CII ARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS TIIE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.- WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET W. 3. YAJIS, EniTon aki Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1861. TENTH VOLUME NUMBER 489. "Published every Tu day,5) W ILL! A M J. YATES, HDITOK AND P ItOPIU CTOR . -O- a r 1 hi advance, wi lii.i 3 H hi: lis jtf.ef the expirtiliou of the year. 5 2 00 :.ai' 2 ;U i J i)) A :: V s-on seti Urn us ve Xiift" suli -eribers. ,,; ,1 ;.v tiio advance sub-cription (io) will xiii copy i ti - tor one year. j U C: ibe :.n i o-h'-is who mnv wi, h to send I i cast uo -o i.y ai-til, ur iiok. :Ul be paid for in -r amiseript f.-ibid. and i. smith. ,ltloiu ;cii 'iMiiM-lor at I,:tir, CLlAili.O i 'i E, N C, Will attend prompt!; and fili-fmfl to collecting and remittitur ail . -laiia intrusted to his care. S.u-i-iai .tttPiiti-m ive:i to the writing of Dveds, Con- V-V l I'.ffS. "C. 1 irin h' ir? of btjsincsn. may be fou Court lhus- O:'io No. 1, adjoining the clerk may be found in the s office. a:i!i.i! v i;. is,;i J. A. FOX, Attorney ct Cli A lA )TTE, N. C. GKXEUAL VOl.l.ECl ISC AC F.ST. Office over the Dm,; St re, Irwin's corner. January 1, lS.il. tf Win. J. Kerr, . . . - a a 9 T OilARLOTTE, X. C, -.r.v.-tive in the ''ounty and Superior Courts of Me.-kie.ibu:-g. I'aiou and t'.ibartu ouuiies. (tice ia th iiravlt-y building opposite Kerr's Hotel. J.uiuarv 24, IS'il y ROBERT (j.SlPJN, 31. D.. A I Oflc X: 'I Irwin's corner, CilAHLUTTE, N. C. Jatiuarr, K-oil. 11. W. BKCKWITli Ha? constantly ou hand WATCHES. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &CM Of the b-st English and AmerieaD m anufacturei s. Gall ami examine his sto-. k before ptirehafing elsewhere. Watoh crystals 1 L in fur 23 cvnts each. January, lsOl j & John T. Butler, Practical Watch and Clock TSakcr, Jew e;li'r, &: .. OrrosiTE Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, N. C. (Late with R. W. Heckwith.) rin XV ate !!, tl-li & ,FiiT liy, of'vry description, llepaired and Warranti'd fur 12 O.-t !-6'. v G, WILKINSON & CO., dealers in Watolie su U sji Xi -r- 1 9 v. 1 Xilvvv A: pSatcs! Ware SZQ& ANI FANCY GOODS, No. 5, Granite Fange, 0:r.fsi5e tke Mansion Ibu. ft I A II LOT TE. N. O At'rut: in given to Ue Srpten.ber la, 1SC0 a::-ii:g Watches V .1 Jl New upply of i v Mi- it U i! v. V) -Xl -l.r.V : :-. .-es beu.p :s iweivf-.-rt i Cli-t, X! li . !v ' s iiie ffsr- -a.ifi : i"-rson.N - r.ii'.-d t.) i-Si- W recei ve ;n v . . : e . 1 . e:"--i.'a ii . .-..ly repaired and will R. W. BECK WITH. ;tcMio:i. Nv. 15i30 tf Charlolk' X, S. i'. Eiai2ri;ad. On at; I after the First d v oC October. THROUGH EX 'MESS FREIGHT TRAiSS will run Daily between j f-h:tr!.)tte aa.i t'liarb.'.-toti. without t iwnssh ipnie:;! . thus I er .i!il:'i g freights to reach Ch.irlotte in 5 days or less j fr j.n NVw York, aud in one day ftotn Charleston, and V-C I'lTf 1. I Also. THRtH'GIl Tlf'KETS will be sold from Char- J 1 : to Ch.irle-tou at s 50. and to New York, via ! Cltariesiu!? S;r.-:!H-rs. at J;:', aad ' rrrsa. The fer- i chants a ! public are invited to try t h is cheap and i expeditious ro:ite for freights iind passr':-M rs. A. li Vi.xViTX, ! Oct 2. IS'JO. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent. ! UK. 1j. EI. AiXJkj i charlotte, n. c, j r- ;h puldic generally. ud the citizens of j , icniarlv, that he has resumed the ; 'V.n: M e c i; i . Pr.uti st.tnd. Silver. - o!' i: 1 ISTR and may be tound at his old ' tie is prepared to set Artiuciai it em on oi.i. Vulcanite, or on the Chcopla-tic process, as patients m.iv desire md Hll Teeth with (JolJ, Tin. ' Aiuai.tm or Os Artiticial. He is a!? prepared to perforin an v operation belong- iag to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas i to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends 1 y-ui may take that for granted. J February 5, 1S01 r,,,,., , uv , TTr.T 0 , A , KO0PMANN & PHELPS have recened a handsome art;nC:U of SPRING GOODS, consisting ia part of : '' DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, J t which ther invite partiralar attention. North Carolina 31 U I UAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Tli is Company the oldest and most reliable in the StiUe. insures white persons lor a term of years or (iinin? ( oiitini.uiice ot life, on moderate term." Slaves insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their ruarkt; value. For in.-uranc" api tv to Til iS. W." DEWEY, Apt., Jan 8. 1 sr,l ly at Branch Bank N. C. Ta lit well's itb-euee in the Practice Purine rnv Military set vice of this . Stat.-, in X:i I ies ol' i he j Weil. Ua.i 'f.. I All n-i -.:. ni.i. 5ub-.-rii.ers and others desii dug cop- ' wi rk. alii obtain them of Mrs. Cant- "! i ' b; i; tu rue. by note or otlierwi?e. are v Li r. 1 will I t id her rei eiot an d l-iiii''ni to Price !' riivi t ion will in' tn.i.jf f the al.ove $.r..(i0 A dc due ub buv to si'll act' in. tu t h UPWARD CANTWLLL. Juiv :;o, ist;i. m i ui-.i r Nor' X)is??solin.l ion. The fi i m of FILLINGS. :-l" !. 1 N & w di. folved by limitation on the 1st Jauiiary. lhui. TiiO bu-iucss will be continued under the name and style of FI LLINGS & Si'KINGS, and they hope. b integrity ai:d strict attention to luisiis. to merit the same patrotn.e heretofore liberally bestowed by their humeroui! friends and customers. The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of busine.-s. for the future compel us to shorten our time of credit from twelve to six mouths to prompt paying customers Done others need ask it. All peroi,s ii.debud to the old fin of Fulling?. Springs "o., must come forward anil nmke immediate settleuient . as it is absolutely necessary that t!i'' busi ness be fpemily closed up. "A word to the weis .-uili-cieut." Jan 15, ls'ol. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A, X. M. TAYLOR ESPKCTFl'LLY informs his fti-nds and the pub JLL; lie g -ii -raliy, that he has added to his extensive stock of uves and Tin Ware, a la 1 ge u nd complete sto.-k of lift: o are. consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paniul, prun ing, grafting, tc-nnou. back, compass, w-bb. and butch er SAW'M braces and bits. Draw Knives, (.'iosseb. Angers. Gimlets. Hannners, Hatch' is, and Axe.-: i lit .-., jdasiering. aii'i pointing Trowels: S.tw-setters. .-ei. w -pb.tes. Stocks aud dies. Planes of ail kind.-.. Sj .'!: shaves, Stiei-blade bevel and try Square-: Spit it L' -: Pocket Levels. Spirit level Vials, boring mai !.:.'-. Gougers. ai:d in fact everthinga mechanic w.iiij-. 1 great variety and at Very low prices, at TA'il.'l;'S Hardware S'.nre and Tin-ware Pepot, opposite the siou liuiir-e. Chailotte, X. G. May 2'.', b-'Oo. tf Blacismith's Tools. Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and fdide Ham mers. Buttieocs, Far.-iers" Knives. Sirew-phite. Stoc ks and ities. blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs. Kasj ers and Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cbncli Nails, borax: Iron of all .-izes. both of northern ruui coiiinry aianufa.'-t ure; east, jdow, blister aud jpring Steel; if., for tale cry chean at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House: Ludlow'3 Celsbratei Self-Sealing Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR HariUvare Store, ojiposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers. Plows. Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Folks, Axes, Picks. Matlockj. Grubbing Hoes, Truce Chains, W;.gou Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, w it h handles: Gra in Cradles; grain, M-.-i-s and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks. Wagon boxes: lloilow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 iralioii. each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettle. Sheep Shear.'", ie.. at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite t Ji e Mansion House. Tin and Japanned Ware, A l-irge as-oitiveut; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate. Babbit metal, ic. Stoves, t'ne largest Stoek. of all sires, at TAYLOR'.S Hardware, Stove and Tin w are depot, opjiosi'.e Mansion Ilotisi Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, on the Mh .ay of September, 1800, aNigro hov ab.nt 18 or 20 years of age. ( black.) about 5 feet 0 r IE' 12I1. L' .-ays his name is JIM. and that he belouor to Ji li-hr Wi :'!,v of Ga ton countv: that his til' : -r '.me hf m.V( d t" r. v. nwi'.T Ti xas eatly last Spring, at which. : 1 m him. Jim appears very cull: I'l SCIM'CI ni:nnnb-a?e anything about hi 5 master or home with any i r. ' d! itr.-ncf. lie has a scar on hi The ownei r.gi lot'- hi; o-er. m.oie ov a cutting Kinn . is rce'i'V-' ed to !"ii.-e. aud tat; forward, p rove pr'.per'y. , otherwise hi pay !-v-w'i'l! i- 10 !i y a way to law. i --pi-.se d of a cCord '. Oct. 0. iPo". tf W. W. GRIER. Sheriff rrrER r. da vis. tr. 11. riARDki DAVIS A- HAHDKi:. IPotoivjlDiirC) "7ci. REFER TO lion. D VV Courts. Gen. II W Haywood. Raleigh. N.C. Feb IP, lsol Cm-pil. Ail kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS; "-i,v"j also, a luautiful asso-tmen? of NEW STYLE CAGES. Tho.e wishing a lfil fine Songster, will find it at J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. Nov 20. IStlO. Notice. PriiM ond nTtor line rlnv Hst of January. 1861.1 we j will he pleasf d to sell our old fiiends and customers, i and the re.-t of mankind, for rali. cafcli only, anT nrt;de in .ur lii.e of business that we may have or i1;',. i Anv pels.. n s-Miding or coming for Goods rf'er t,,s (p,u.. without money, will pleat-e excuse im ni- ! stead of iiiling their order, we ltirniin this n.H-e-t isfment. ss u-r are at them "!: f rr, i;ir .,."., sin ;le nrUr ! on rrr-'il. r?" And those mdeOtect to n are rec,ut eu . ... ,1. money. "Alt wn.i.i.w.? January 1. lFn tf NEGRO FOl! SALE. I will sell for ca.-h at the Court House aoor in 1 nar- r lotte on Saturday the 9th of November next, it Negro Rov named JIM He is to be so d as a runaw ay to h ; ian J .1. .e He say3'(liat tin ic ilip nrnr-pi Tv rif . ,, ' ' nh Worthy, and is about 22 ! years of age. W. tr. CRIER, Sheriff. Sapt IT, ia$l. Clje 'IB r h t r r ii Brmornit CHARLOTTE, N. C. Ei? Hereafter we intend to charge advertising rates for all obituaries of over ten lines in length, tributes of respect, and for announcing candidates for oEce to be paid in advance Wno AUK wk riuiiTiNO? The term "Yan kee" ought no longer to be applied to the enemy j ' ,K " a lorm ls jusi 10 me ngniing men on too i other side, nor to ourselves. We are, in point of - , . . " ... ' .. .1 f 1 . - .1 ii'ti, inriotiy linn 1 1 u ly . iiiviiueu uy a i jii 1 1 ipeji u nr H13-. 'J I. at army is ltitide up of Irishmen and fJermans. with a small proportion of Yankees. Whilst the Yankee Government deprecates bit terly the sympathy of European Governments with the S uth. its own m.-iiti reliance is Euro pom soldiers The j 1 -doners just hmiio-ht in are el iefiv of this class. f we call tlum Yaiikees we to t only commit an error in fact, hut give the Yankees credit for fighting their own battles. We have just whipped an Irish atid German army, whose bravest leader was a depraved Englishman; and it is an army of foreign mercenaries w hich stiK remains for us to whip on the borders of the Potomac. Jiici monrf D:.patch. Mil Rattist Convention. The Annual Conven tion of the Baptist denomination in this State will commence its sessions in Raleigh on the-loth of November. t:,.-. it.. :.....i.i i,.. i." "Why is L row 11 tugar selling here in tliis State :it 171 Cents per lb., when it is selling at New Orleans at ii cents, uud in Memphis at ilj cents per lb.? WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers wiii i; ..d it to their advantage to call at the CHAU L'i'iL S i iiA.M M ILLS before seilirg. J-M.'y I. is.il tf JNO. WILKES. HEf?a?S. I h;-.ve now on hand and am constantly receiving 'src ijuautilies of Hides, which I will exchange for S. M. HOWELL, Gt-pd Charlotte, N. C. ( ct.-.ber S. 1 S 1 ; 1 Ju.'t received, a fresh lot of genuine Lorilard's-High Toast Scutch Saulf. Cheap at PALMEli'S VARIETY STOKE. Sept -24, 1801 RFNAWAY from where we had them hired, near Chester, in June lat, oar three negro men. iz: Bill. Giles and Henry. Bill and Giles we bought the 14th of last November at the estate sale of Ed. Leach, on Broad River, in York District. They being brothers and having rela tions in the neighborhood where we purchased them, it is more than likely they have made their way back to their old neighborhood. Hill is about 2j years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, will weigh 150 or 100 pounds; is very black; rather sharp faced, speaks quick when spoken to. Gibs his brother, is about 24 years old: 5 feet V inches high; will weigh 16u lbs., is very black, and walks with his head up and feet turned out in front. Henry, we purchased Jan. 1, of Col. C. Rives on the Catawba river. He is 28 years old, well set. 5 feet 10 inches high, and will weigh 175 pounds; has a heavy brow and speaks slowly: has some character as a rnti awe.y. May go to Charleston or Wa.-hingtoti oily, it is hard telling where he will go as he is a gentleman of travel. They all ran off about the garue time. We will pay f 7T reward for the 3 men; or $25 a piece for either of them delivered in anyja.il so that we can get ihcwi. Then boy? may attempt to make their wav North m some others from this dace have at tempted. PRIDE k DUNOVANT. Chester. S. C, July 3', 1F61 tf $25 ESUTCARI- SAML. ROTHS':iIILI) having absconded from this place, not c riplying with his contract, the above re paid will be given for his arrest and confinement till I am heaid from. Said Rothschild was detained i:i Charleston. S. C. on the D-lh inst.. was released and !"ft CharieT( 11 on the 17th iu-t. for parts unknown. It is sufiptrd lo re he will make his wav to Louisville, Kv . or S.aanr ah, Ga. WM TRELOAR 'Charlotte. N. C. Sept 24, 18-31 PKCCLAMATIGN BY HIS EXCELLENCY, HENRY T. CLARK, GOV ERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Executive Department, ) Raleigh. Oct. 3d. lfcol. Tn pursuance of the power given me by the 'f'th section of the Constitution, and br and with the ad- ! dec of tLe Council of State. I do hereby prohibit the exportation beyond the Emits of this State, of ali bacon, pork. beef, leather, men's shoes, woolen goods. jeans, lindseys and blankets except throuph the outers j of the proper officers ot trie Uuntecterate oot erumeiii. or of the State Government. The order of the 13ih 11 It. is hereby revoked. The Adjutant General is directed to employ all necessary means to carry into f;;ll effect this order. Done at the" city 01 Raleigh. tbi3(d day of October, A. D., 1SG1. II FN RY T. CLARK. (),-t 3 4t Governor Ex-ofilcio. JVolice to the hTiffs of the d;finnt Cocntks of iVorth-CaroIina. j All Blankets and Clothing which may be received by J u. tHit directly to the several Companies 1 u-MpIi n-ciit. from your county ana wncn ourowDi 1 ou v on Companies are supplied, you will then forward any ! balance on hand to the Quartermaster in Rah igh. You j i will nut up all articles intcr.cea icryour v ommoi 111 ; fiiri.f." hox.'S. airectea 10 in w..i iun.-m v;itt! the Company ana me iveg nm-u. imiun " 1 .1 . L. f '., i.- I .. m m A on .hem; and you will have the contents 01 each box :-. i il-oi (ii! it. V. hentvet the tympanies are oa duty in your reiph- J r,.r;,, 0 ,j; vol, ftre authorized to deliver the articles to : t: -c tv . ;V.kiig -he receipt of the Captain for thtm. which : ;- r vou""uii! t-,;ward to this office. j o . ; H. ,n. J. DEVEREUX, A. Q. M. I QUARTERMASTER S OFFICE. j October 3d, 1861. j Auv t eron or persons who may be riesirons of j taking Contracts for making Clothes for the Army of NorthVarolina. can obtain terms, ic, on application a -11 1 r ....-1 r a m 1 . nj 1 h I at this ot'.ice i.oouswni oe iimi n.v parties, in quantities sufheunt to eir.tne single J-oin- , nnies wnu n can oe mace up turn v , i od. and ,hl mone.T wiil be Paid to the parties re- rf - ivinr - the Goods, on the return of the manufac tured , articles. Parties mav furmsft tne totn. w uica m u paid for bv the Stat. J- DIVB MUX, A. Q. X. 0-tHr 8, 1151. ... t i t M? V- THE STORY OP A MORMON WOMAN. M. Reniy, in his Journey to Great Salt Lake City," just published in London, tells tlu3 story of life in Utah : On our reaching the borders of the Jordan, not far from the city walls, we perceived two women sitting on a heap of. Indian corn-stalks, who ap peared to he plunged in the bitterest grief. They were a mother and a daughter. The mother, the widow of a near relative of Joseph the prophet, had been married some time to a priest whom we had once not with on a distant mission. She was nn KngFsh woman, and, independent of an education little u-nal in the class to which she belonged, she was endowed with all those qualities which make her countrywomen so respectable. Her daughter, Mary, the only child of her first mar riage, was a young person from sixteen to eighteen ems of age. as intelligent as she was pretty; it was impossible to grow tired of observing in her face that graceful blending of beauty and inno ((i.tewl ith ii. spires in every man of feeling a iTsfc:lt:i tidmiiafion. After pressing these women i toil us the cause of their suffering, they made the following statement: In the spring previous, the missionary returned home, after having been preaching to the savages for the space of three years. lie was received with open arms, as he had every right to expect. However, it did not appear to him that the sacri fice of his long ubseiice was sufficiently compen sated by the affection of a woman w ho could not hear him child ran, and he requested and obtained from the presidency a revelation authorizing him to marry a second w ife. So far no one had reason to complain, since all this was in conformity with the mariners of the place and according to law. But (lie missionary took it into his head to ask the hand of his step-daughter, Mary.- The poor child refused, at first very timidly and gently, in hope that her step-fat her would not insist upon it. Hut he torment d his wife to use her authority over the child, to make her consent to the mar riage; but as her mot tier-heart utterly rejected this 1 fuce, she did nothing, and the consequence was dissensions in the family. The supreme authority of Erigham was invoked ; but th-1 pontiff, whose good feeling on this occasion is worthy of praise, re I used to do anything more than give his advice Neither menaces, nor caresses, nor counsel, had any efket upon the girl; whose rioblt? instincts re volted at the idea of her -becoming her mother's rival, and who, moreover, was pa.-s ouate'y in five with a man who had solemnly promised to marry her, and her alone. The missionary found at last that there was no making head against so de termined a will, and, out of spite, went and se lected a woman from amongst the waiting women attached to the harem of II. U- Kimball. But a new storm was on the point of bursting. The second wile was no s-ooner installed in the conju gal dwelling than she found out that she was only a make shift. Calling to her aid every artifice which hatred could suggest, she succeeded in cap tivating her husband's heart, and the latter had so far forgotten himself n?, on the very morning of the day on which we met these weeping women, to maltreat them so grossly as to compel them to abandon the roof they had assisted in build ing and ornamented in the fruits of their industry. They made no one responsible for their misfor tunes; they inveighed neither against heaven, nor their religion, nor the new wife, nor the mission ary. 'J hey prayed God tj forgive this man his blind violence, and to read in their hearts the goodfeelings which animated them. AMUSING INCIDENT. Puring the first excitement in one of the great Northern cities, af ter the taking of Fort Sumter, the vigilance committees were eagerly searching for Secessionists. One of these committees, con sisting of a band of four braves, came to the office of a certain Dr B , asking him why he had not a flag hanging out, and demanding of him to show his colors. The Doctor, an easy man of the world, told tfieni, "Gentlemen, if you come to me on business, or even to pay me a friendly visit, you are welcome at any of my leisure hours; but don't talk to me on political subject.-, else 1 shall regret having to receive you imp lit.ly, and shall even tually very poiiuly show you the door.'" Where upon the lour braves left him, threatening to re turn and make the -d d Sesscsher" show his colors. 'J he next day, at the Doctor's regular 1 'li c e hours, a baud of eight came demanding of him to Immediately place the Stars and Stripes ovti his Gee. or something else would be fchown to him. 'J lie I mctor, sitting in his ow n easy chair, smoking his cigar, very coolly replied : " My pood niMi, It t n.e siate to you all, once more, what I said to some of you yesterday, that I will not per mit any one to meddle with mv doings; and more. that w hen you j crist in troubling me I shall rid n yseif of you. I am a man who has seen bat ties and faced death more than once. I do not fear death. 1 have neither wife nor child ; nor father, mother, or sistt r: but am an exile from my home and want to be a free man, and before 1 will be overpowered by a mob I would rather throw this burning cigar in that keg of powder you see there ui;der mv desk; and by the almighty! I will do it now." The words were scarcely out of the Doctor's mouth before the whole b'liid was seen making their way down Etairs as quick as their pet'estrials and the narrow staircase would permit, and never exhibited their faces there again. A short while after, Dr. B. related to-a visiting friend the whole nfiair; and the question being asked. " Doctor, bow if the band had taken your word for blowing them up, what would have be- ! come of you V '"Go and examine the keg," he j said. His friend did so, and found an empty keg turned uptude down, and on t lie bottom about a quarter of a pound 01 powaer, which, as the Doc tor said, would have answered more than trace to disperse all the mobs of the city. my father's wiil, when he ordered my eldest I brother to divide the house with me; and, by St. j Patrick, be did it, for he took tho inside himself, and gave me the outside." ''Keep your dog away from me to a butcher boy. " Darn the dog," boy, " hVs alwayi afttr pappiei!" replied the j AN INTERESTING INCIDENT. j The Petersburg Express contains the following: ; It is our privilege to relate a pleasing incident j that occurred in the family of one of our most esteemed and popular citizens. I wo or three nights ago a soldier, all the way from Texas, wearied in body, haggard in the expression of his face, and with garments torn and worn, knocked at the door of the above-mentioned gentleman, who was at the time engaged in dispensing his well known hospitalities to a number of friends. The Texan soldier is of Irish descent, ami of course well versed in the " rich brogue" of tnat .nation. One of the visitors answered the summons at the door, who, after the usual "good evening," was greeted with, "And is the gentleman of the house in, sir?" "Yes," was the reply, "I will send him to you." The " gentleman of the house" j soon appeared. "Geo 1 evening to your 'onor, and can you give a poor soldier a bit of lodging for the night?" The "gentleman" was sorry lie could not his house was full of Company. " What, and do you refuse a pojr soldier a uiglit's lodging ?" But the gentleman's " house was too full every room and every bed would be occu pied," and he was compelled, though reluctantly, to refuse a second time. However, he could not see the soldier leave his premises with uo pros pects of obtaining shelter for the night; so he kindly handed him a Sum of money for the pur pose. But the soldier persisted in his beseeeh ings yet longer. A lounge or three chairs or even the passage floor would auswer. Finally, the gentleman's name was asked and given. The soldier seemed surprised on hearing it. He paused, scratched his head, and stated. "Atid hev ye not a sou in Texas?" he asked, u. the same time mentioning the name of the person to whom he referred. The "gintleman" remarked that be did, and that was his name. The soldier had known him there for several years; he was his most intimate friend and constant adviser; he had been with him through thick and thiu, night and day, in sickness and in health, in adveisity and piosperity, in joy and in sadness ; in fact, he knew all about him and Could tell all about him. 'I he old " gintlomanV heart relented; he must hear about his beloved son, and he therefore invi ted the soldier from dark passage to the brilliantly lighted parlor, where in lively conversation sit the family and the company. He paused at the en trance and g;iZed around, and the company gazed at him. Suddenly a faint scream was heard, and one of the ladies, a daughter of the " giutleuum of the house," rushed towards the soldier, the had recognized in him her long absent brother. Here we drop tie curtain. Hie soldier had gone fo his father's house and kept his name silent, while he was so disguised in appearance as almost to defy recognition. It was a playful trick he had con cocted and performed to his entire satisfaction, and the surprise of the whole family can better be imagined than described. He bad Les n absent ab-ent from Virginia for several yens, and re turned in one of the Texas companies a few days since to fight our battles. From the Fajetteville Observer. TO KEEP SWEET POTATOES. As the time is drawing near for housing sweet potatoes and as there is frequently great loss in cuired by rotting, I annex two methods of putting them up, one of which, if the directions be fol lowed, is certain to keep them well, and the other is said to be equally as good. 1st method.- Haul some dead dry wood (pine preferable) and make a platform some eight to ten ieet square and two or three logs thick; then throw on sand, sufficient to go among your potatoes, or a foot or so deep anyway; then apply fire to the wood. As the wood burns, the sand will become dry and run down through the wood. (The pi jt ioi m should be made on large sticks of wood so as to give room underneath for the sand as it runs down.) After your wood has burned down and sand become thoroughly dry, rake it out. Then prepare to kill your potatoes in this place that was burnt (after letting the ground cool.) Pile them down in a conical pile of not more than thirty to forty bushels to the hill Then stand up boards around and dirt them after the common method to the depth of live or six inches, leaving a stnali vent at the top. Then take off yonr sand ar.d .our in at the top of the hill until the vent is quite filled up. "Then close and let remain until wanted for planting. T here should be no straw put about them as it will keep them too Warm. Sand not kilndricd will do as well provided it is diy. lut it will not do if not thoroughly dry causing the potatoes to beat and soon to rot. Hillia tho potatoes on the ground where burnt is peilt ruble, as the fire dries the ground to a considerable depth. They should receive an airing after dig ging, only enough to dry oil the dampness there fore a lew hours sun is all that is needed. Early potatoes keep better than late ones, as they are not to full ol fcap as those planted late and are likewise tougher and more hardy. Potatoes ac cidentally broken and thus put away will look almost as fresh the next Spring as if fresh done. I have tried this plan and found it far superior to all others. .ia meirioa. xiac cottrn ecta anc lay 10 your j barn huor six inches thick; then pi;C on your prOtoes; then cover with cotton reed six inches, aud the work is done. have . never tried this plan tut if it do ais well as it has Lecn recommend ed to do, none will beat it, ar.d as it i3 cheaper atid It t& trouble would be preferable on that ac count. I can't cay whether the barn must be tight or open, for thus putting away; pre h ably either would answer. A little expt-'iiaenting would soon decide the time. I would say though if yi u had a tight barn and wero finding that your potatoes were likely to get too warm, you could leave the windows open and thus bring about the desired charge. I will remark here that pr.tatoeatbsuli not bedus; ; until the vittes are completely tilled or until the f weather turns somewhat cold. If there be danger j of frost biting the ends of the potatoes, that can ! be prevented by throwing & little dirt on top of j the hill. Many potatoes are loet by digging too . early, bo they are dag before the ground freezes it will do, or even a light skim would not hurt. B. xrsox. . Tb? aneruy's los at the battl of Lceabnrg la killtd, ' wanndi ad prUonen, ic id to b at&r 2,C09. CHARLEY MASON'S WATCHWORD. One frosty morning in autumn, as Mr Jones, the carpenter, was going with bis men to work in the town of Ashby, he met just at the entranoe of the town a pale-faced, thinly clothed boy, who, after looking at him earnestly for a moment, asked; "Are you a carpenter, aud do you wish an ap prentice?" . .-. . "Well, I don't know; what's your name my lad," paid the carpenter, with a kind smile. "Charley Mason," was the answer.., . "And where is your home, Master Charley," coutinued Mr Jones. . Big tears came into the boy's, bright, black eyes and his voice trembled as he said: "I have jio home, my father aud mother both died before I can remember." Mr Jones thought of his own dear boyi; and he placed' his hand kindly on Charley's head, saying, "Poor boy, whlre have you lived?' "With my uncle, but 1 left his house last night determined to starve before I would be longer dependent on a man who grudges his doad broth er's chili the bread he ate," and Charley's eyes burned with a strange light. The good carpenter wiped away the tears from his eyes with the back ol his hand, and asked: "Do you think you can learn to bo a carpenterf" "I think am try" said Charley, proudly drawing himself up. "Ah! I like that; and if that is to bo your watchword I think you and 1 can get on nicely: but I suppose you've had no breakfast," coutinued Mr Jouc, "so we must send Tom back to show you the house, where you will stay till we come home to dinner, and then we'll talk a little about your being a carpenter." Tom, a little coloured boy, who did errands for ?dr Jones, readily went back with Charley, ta king himself the little bundle tied up in an old blue handkerchief, which contained all Charloy's earthly possessions. Mrs. Jones proved as kind as her, husband, and the poor, tired, hungry boy was soon enjoying a bountiful breakfast. When Mr Jones came home he had a long talk with Charley, who finally became his apprentice. He was to work four years for his food and clothes, having besides the privilege of attending school lour months in each year. "That isn't much time for learning, said Char ley to himself that night, "but I guess I can get a cliauce to learn something out of school; any hotv, lean try." And he did try, and succeoded so well that Mr Jones said to him at the close of the Cr-t winter, "well, Charley, the master says you are one of the bet scholars in school, and he thinks we'll make something of you by and by, with tha-t watchword of yours: but, my . boy, do you think that you will like work as well as study?" "No, sir; but I'll work that I may study," was the answer. All through the spring, the summer and the autumn, Charley worked, earnestly, faithfully, and at the close of each day, tired as he was, be always contrived to get u little time for study. "Say, Charley," t-aid Willie Jones one night, "all the boys say you are a dull prig; whht makes you so eober? Why don't you come out of an evening and not stay moped up iu the house with a book all the time?" . ' "I must study;" said Charley gravely. I dial! want to zo to college by and by." . "O, poh !. poh !" laughed Willie, "that's a good one; why father can't send any one of us to col lege, and how are you ever going, when you don't have anybody to help you?" "Perhaps I never can, but "I can try.'" "I don't wonder father calls it your watchword; but do you ever expect to know enough to go to college?" "Yes, if I live," said Charley seriously. "But what does a carpenter want to go to col lege for?" persisted Willie; "I dou't see any use io it." "Willie," said Charley, "you mustn't ask me any more questions; but I'll tell you I don't al ways mean to be a carpenter." ' Week after week, month after month, year af ter year, (barley Mason kept on his course; neTer idle, never unfaithful; he yet worked as though he had some higher object in view, and night af ter niirht found him bending over his books, heed less of the sport which the boys tried to make biro join. The f.iur years coiiie to an end, and Mr Jones now pave him wages for his labors, saying, "I know you'll be worth two common hands to me, Charley." and so he wai, working and studying, now harder than ever, fir he was fust reaching the point at which he aimed. It was well known now that Charley had decid ed to be a minister; and that he was now at work to earn money to asist him in his studies. About the time that his term ns apprentice expired, Mf Jones contracted to build a church in Ashby, and of course Charley was employed upon it. One day while they were at work on the roof, Willi Jones called out : "Say, (.'barley, arybo-ly would think you, et prcted to preach in this church,, by the way yott put on thojA tdiinglos." . " '.Strar .-y-r things than that have happened," pail Charley, quietly". A laugh from the work men, and then thy incident was forgotten. Charley achieved bin darling plan of entering coil?""; ih.jujih it doi;g so, he overcame, many an obticle at which even stouter hearts would have quailed, but he said' "God helps those thit help themselves, and 'I can try." . His coll'.ge life was a hard one, for he was still dependent ou hi own exertions, and it would make your heart ache to hear of his privations, y?t he never complained,- but kept earnestly to his cne purpose, and nobly ' has he accomplished it. ; ' ' : : ' This day Charley .Mason is pastor cf the eot grecation who worship in the vefy church h helped to build. Remember his watchword, boys; remember that with God's blessing upon enrnet. faithful, untiring efforts, yoa may too be come like him, good and useful men. . - Gen. Beauregard's report of the battle cf th 2Lst July has been received at the War Depart ment. ', It is quite lengthy, with voluminous ac companying'. reports. Some days will probably elapse before copies can be obtained for publication It is stated that there are now in the U. S. Narj nine captains, fourteen commanders, and thirty seven lieutenants from the 1 seeded States.