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" 7 - - - TSSSS! . OFPIOE OX THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET $4 Per Annum IN ADVANCE. CHARACTER IS AS IJIPOBTANT -TO STATES AS IT IS .TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY. OF ; THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY-OP THE OTHER 1 W jj "YATISS. Editor and Propreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, ATRIL 17, 1866. FOURTEENTH VOLCMEN U M B E II 713. . . . . : "3 ; -I .' - ' ' ? ' J ; - . t 1 ? ! THE WBSTSBHBMOia&T (Published every Tncsday,o) V BY WILLIAM r. YATES, csiroa asd pnopuiKTOR. r,0(EK(Mg9 $ 4 PEIi ANNUM, in advance. jty Transient advertisements must be paid for in Advance. Obituary notices arc charged advertia injr ratea. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript fir specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged for each insertion, unles the aMverti'Sement is in serted 2 month? or more. - - MEDICAL CARD. DRS. GIBBON & McCOMBS, having associated thcmgelresia the practice of Medicine and Surgery, respectfully tender their professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. Prom a lnrge experience in private as well as Field and Hospital practice, they feel justified in proposing: to pay special attention to the practice of Surgery in all its branches. Office in Granite How, up stairs, opposite the Mansion House. ROBERT GIBBON, if. D. Dec 11, 18G5 J. P. McCOMBS, M. D. FULLINGS 6l SPRINGS Have removed their CLOTHING and MERCHANT TAILORING STORE, to No. 4 Granite Row, lately occupied by J. S. Phillips. We are offering our stock of " . . RCADY-JIADC CLOTHING., nt cost for cah. Our former friends and patrons will do wel to supply themselves at once. 'e will keep at all times a good supply of Cloths, Cassimers and Vestinga, which will be made to order in the best style and manner. We will keep also a good stock of Hats, Shirts, Drawers and other furnishing Goods. FULLINCS & SPRINGS. Jan 20, 18CG lIiltc!iioii & Springs, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Agents of the most reliable IJi SUIZUYCE COlll't-VIES in the United States. He ou the SAFE SIDE and insure your property against loss or damage by fire. Also, INSLBE YOUR LIFE for the benefit of your wife and children. CISKS taken at moderate rates. Cull on Hutchison k Sprir.gs, No. 4, Granite Row. K. NYE HUTCHISON, J. M. SPRINGS, March 5, 18M " Agents. NEW STORE AND NEW FIRM. TATLOtt, McLAUlinLIN & CO., Having formed a Copartnership, respectfully inform the public that they have opened a Stoic in Bryce's building, a few doors below the Mansion Douse corner, where they keep on hand a good assortment of which they will sell at low figures for Cash, or ex change for Cotintrr Produce of all kinds. . TAYLOR & DUNCAN; j. Mclaughlin, c. H. JJLMS. Jan 22, I860 3m Sleiihoiisc & .Ylncaiilay CO M MISSION M E RC II A N TS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, and 66 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Prompt personal attention Jo the sale of cotton, cotton yarns, naval stores, ic ,-aiul the purchase of merchandise generally. Refkuekcks John Wilkes and T II Brem, Esq'rs, Charlotte, N C ; Jordan Worable Ksq, Raleigh, N C; O G Parsley k Co, Wilmington? N C ; D Paul k Co, and Robt, Mure & Co, Charleston, SC.; Wilcox & Hand, Augusta, Oa.; Dunlop, Moncure k Co, Rich mond, V a ; Taunalull, Mcllwanc k Co, N Y ; Par tridge, Wells & Co New York. February 26, 1806. The Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable packages, specie, b;nk notes, bonds, kc, for all parts of the South and Southwest, iu connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 59 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, where orders to call for good to be forwarded South will receive prompt attentiou. Merchandise and valuables delivered to Harnden'a, Ku?l?y '-, American and United States Express Coin panic?, for the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt dispatch. For particulars, rates of freight, kc, kc, apply at the office of the Southern Express Company, 59 Broadway. II. B. PLANT. Dec 18, 1E0:. President. HYMN BOOKS of all klndsT i. Presbyterian. Methodist (Southern.) Baptist Psalmody. Lutheran Hymns. Note Boolid of different kinds. 3. The Hymn Books are of every variety, from very cheap to the most costly styles. R. N. TIDDY & CO., New Book Store, next to Scarr's Drug Srore, March 5, 1S66 3m Charlotte, N. G. A general assortment, Feb 5, 1866 always on hand, at SCARR'S DRUG STORE. ROOT fc SHOE SHOP. The subscriber informs ! the public that he is engaged in mak inir BOOTS k SHOES, in the Brick Store formerly occupied by Messrs. Stephens Jt Schutt, tt few doors above the Metho dist Church. His work is WARRANTED to be of the hest.muterial and workmanship. REPAIRING doue with neatness and dispatch. Feb. 2J, lSrtG. Sin E. II. WHITE. State of w. aioIiuaCKavclaiid Co. Court of iV-,: ,y yuartrr- Seisian, Ftb. Term, XSGG. Sidney II. Elliott et al vs. U. W Logan et a!. Pctitiou for reprobate of Frank W. Cabaniss'. Will. It appearing to the .satisfaction of the Court that Sandford Cabaniss and Oexirc Cabaniss, two of the defendants iu this cause, reside beyond the limit of this State, it is therefore ordered that publication be made for six successive weeks iu the WostAm 1 Democrat, notifying the defendants of the Cling of : this petition, and that they be and appear at the ! nevt Terra of this court to be held for the county of I Cleaveland at the Court House in Shelby, on "the j first Mondar ia Mav. 1866. or the same will be taken 1 pro confesso and heard exparte as to them. - J Witness S Williams, Clerk of our said court at ; .. . . I iCJmce, the first .Mondav m reoruary, iouo. .9-61 adv. ?1 WJLLIAMS, Clerk, i SCALE OP DEPRECIATION. Adopted by the Legislature of N. Carolina. Scale of depreciation of Confederate Currency, the gold dollar Lexn'g the unit and meamtre ef value, from A"o. 1, 1861, to May I, 1865. Moktiis. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. January ....7 $1.20 $3.00 $21.00 $50.00 February ...... 1.30 3.00 Sl.OO 50.00 March ...... 1 50 4.00 23.00 60.00 April 1.50 5.00 20.00 100.00 May .' "1.50 1.50 19.00 J. June 1 50 6.50 18.00 July 1.50 9.00 21.00 August 1.50 14.00 23.00 September ...... 2.00 14.00 25.00 October 2.00 14 GO 26.00 November $1.10 2.50 15.00 30.00 December-.... 1.15 2.50 20.00 .... Dec. 1 to 10th inclusire ... . 35.00 Dec. 10 to 20th inclusive - 42. 0 Dec. 1st to 31st inclusive - 49.00 ......... Bank or Charlotte, IV. C. The Stockholders of this Bank will convene at the Banking-house, in Charlott?, on Thursday the 19th of April, 1866. A fall representation, either in person or by proxy, is desired. W. A. WILLIAMS, Jlati 26, 1866. 4t Acting Casher. C II I IV A , CROCKERY AND GLASS-WARE, At China Hall, Next door to the Court House. We have just received a splendid assortment con sisting of China Gilt-Band Tea Setts, Plates, Cups and Saucers, Bowls, Mugs, ham and steak Dishep, Tea Pots. Sugar Bowls. Creamers, Tumblers, Gob lets, Decanters, Preserve Stands, kc. Also, a good assortment of Knives and Forks, Spoons, Castor3, Seives, cocoa-Dippers, Roling Pins, and numerous other house-keeping articles, which will be sold low for cash. JAMES II ARTY & CO. March 12, 1866 2mpd clover si: i:i. A large supply of Fresh Clover Seed, received and for sale by Feb 26, I860. BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO. IKON APVD CASTINGS. 30.000 -lbs. wrought and rolled" Iron, Castings, kc, for sale for cash or barter for corn, oats, peas, cotiou yarn, and cloth of different kinds. My Blast Furnace is now in operation and I am prepared to fill orders for Machinery, Cooking Ware, &c. Terms cash. ' I want to employ some good hollow-ware Mould ers and some good Miners. . I wish .to make con tracts for the cutting of 5,000 cords wood; also for coaling.- Apply soon at mv Furnace six miles East of Lincolnton, N. C. J. W. DERR. February 12, 1866 Ornpd THE EtilJITAIIL.E L.IFE ASSURANCE SOCIKTY 'OF THE UNITED STATES. Accumulated Fund 2,000,000- Annual In come 81,000,000. PURELY MUTUAL ANNUAL CASU DIVIDENDS. ' At the request.of their numerous Policy-hoLders, this Societj have determined to .declare their divi dends annually in cash. The first dividend will be declared Ftb 1, 1807. The last dividend declared on the quinqtienuial plan reduced the premiums in some cases more than 50 per cent, or doubled' the Policy during the next dividend period. It is be lievej for the future that no company in tbi3 coun try will be able to present greater advantages in its dividends'to persons assuring thau this Society,- as total expenditure to cash premium received was, by the last New York Insurance Report, less than that of any of the older Americirn Life Insurance companies. The ofiicers of this society desire to present to the public for their consideration fiv"e modes of di viding surplus premiums or profits, some of which were never before-granted to Policy-holders by any Life Company, and present advantages obvious to all: 1st. The dividends may be "applied to the put chase of additional assurance for a term of years. 2d. Dividends may be applied to reduce the pre mium coming due next. At the last dividend, upon a similar plan, premiums were reduced oue-half.up-oh. some policies. 3d. The'dividend may be applied to provi? for the payment of premiums nt the latter end of life, so that the assured may be guaranteed against fur ther payments on attaining a certain age, each suc cessive dividend gradually reducwix l,e time during which the premiums must continue to be paid, so that at last, with the same success as heretofore, a paid up policy will be secured by quite a moderate number of premiums. To illustrate A man assur ing at 25ears old wouW, on the basis of our last dividend, be secured by this application of dividend against any payment after 45 and probably at an earlier age and thereafter receive an annual divi dend in cash. "4th. Dividends may be applied to the purchase of a certain addition to the poiicy, payable with it. 5th. Dividends may be applied to the reduction of all future premiums during the continuance of the policy. Hereafter dividends on the first annual premium may be used as cash in the paj-ment of the second annual premium, and so on thereafter, the dividend" on each piemium may be applied to the payment of the next succeeding premium. Policy-holders' in most other companies must wait four or five years before any advantage can be derived from dividends. Call at No. 4," Granite Row, and get books and papers for further information. HUTCHISON k SPRINGS, Agent. For N. Carolina, S. Carolina and Georgia, Feb 26, 1863. Charlotte,'. C. HUGHES & DILL. Commission & Shipping Merchants, NEW BERN, N. C. Consignmeuts of Cotton, NaTal Stores and Tobac co will receive our prompt attention. We have a weekly line of Steamers from Newberr. and Morehcad City, which sail from Newbern every Friday and from Morehead City every Saturday at 4 P. SI. T. i. nCGHES, yKWfcKHX. G. W. DILL. MOREHEAD CITY'. August I, 'V65 tf Southern -Express Company. The Southern Express Company has opened com munication witn ail -orineru ana v csiern estates, a"i nw prepared to lorwara ireight, Money and ; valuable Packages safely and prompfly. Messen- i gers leave, Charlotte daily, connecting at RaJeighj with Adams' Express Company, and at Richmond with Adams' and Harndeu's Express Companies. Letters will be forwarded by this Company to all points South and i'orth having no mail facilities. ' m. n nir r rcnip . . - . v. ujL.i-.L.m 11., .tjjfui. i Charlotte, Jupe )9,-l&C5 - tf I NEWS ITEMS. Tfie Freedmen. Col. Clinton A. Cilley of the Freedmen's Bureau," thus addressed the freedmen of Salisbury the other day, as we learn from the ' Old North State." He inform ed them that the President of the United Slates had issued a proclamation announcing the rebel lion at an end, and that peace was restored, which proclamation ipso facto restored the writ of habeas corpus; that for the future" they would be under the control of the State government, and they would only be tried in the State courts for all offences, and that they would have to seek their remedy for all injuries done them, as through the same. He also expressed the opin ion to them, as we learn, that our courts would do them justice, in which opinion we concur. The promptness of Col. Cilley in taking this step shows how ready he is to carry out the in- ; tentions of the government, whether its meas ures meet with his decided approval or not, and is deserving of the highest commendation. Heavy Bain and SnovT Storm. For two or three weeks previously, the weather in this region was mild and summer like, until last Saturday evening-, when the sky was overcast with clouds and rain began to descend, continu ing without intermission all day Sunday, chang ing to snow at night, which fell to the depth of 'three or four inches. This was on the 8th of April. We suppose that the fruit is all killed, if not, the trees that were in bloom, and the gardens have fared b&dlyiJStatesviUe American 10th inst. All the fruit is not killed in this section, by a good deal " Considerable damage has recently result ed to property in the southern part of this coun ty by carelessness in parties ma naging-fires in clearing up new grounds. Much 'fencing and out-buildings have been destroyed,- and in one instance the . whole of one gentleman s (Mr Ben Teal's) buildings dwelling, out houses, &c, were consumed. These losses fall heavy upon our citizens in that portion of thi county, as they were just beginning to recuperate some what from losses inflicted 'upon them by the Federal troops when passing through that sec tion in the early part of last year. Wadesboro Argus. , Highway Robbery.- We learn thaMr Giles Christian, - of Montgomery county, was robbed on -Sunday night, by three men, near Cheraw, of $325. Mr C. had been down in South Carolina on a trading trip, and had just disposed of a lot of mules, etc., and was- on his return home. When four miles out from Che raw, on the Bockingham road, and while water ing his horses at a branch, three men, as men tioned above, with revolvers drawn and dressed in Federal uniform, sprang from the bushes near the side of the road, one of them seizing the horses and the other ' two pulling, him from his buggy, one holding him while the oth er rifled him of the amount mentioned above. Wadesboro Argus. Lincoln and Johnson. Ward Beecher, in his lecture on "Reconstruction,"-draws the fol lowing comparison ajxd contrast: ' '"The kind and patient Mr. Lincoln was cud geled and whacked by Congress, and he bor it with a patient .spirit, reminding bim of some horses, who merely act when cudgeled, as though it was to brush flies off. When thev commenced whacking Mr. Johnson, they found a pair of heels through the dash-board, and they left the wagon and took to trees and busUcs, crying "beast, brute," but since the'n they had cudgeled more careiully. General T.'D. Singleton, of Illinois, formerly a vulueteer Peace Commissioner, isn Washing ton, advocating the repudiation of the national debt. lie talkTs of getting up a mutiny in New York to start the ball. BLANKS FOR SALE AT WESTERN DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Conveyance Deeds, just printed on superior paper, Marriage. License, Jndentu res. Atpearance Bonds, Sheriff's Deeds, Writs, co. and sup. courj, Warrants, Jury Tickets, Scira Facias Writs, Witness Tickets, ' Forthcoming Bonds, Constables' bail Bonds, Guardian Bonds, Ca Sa Bonds, Attachments, Ejectments, Fi Fas; or Executions, Subpoenas, county court. Promissory Notes Capias ad Satisfaciendum, (tor clerks) Commissions to take Depositions. Equity Writs and Witness Tickets. Z. B. VAXCK. C. DOWD. E. D. JOHNSTON. VANCE, DOWD 6c JOHNSTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Charlotte, N. C, Having associated Anemselves together, will prac tice ia the Courts of .Mecklenbure, Iredell, Catawba, Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus and Union, and.m the Federal and Supreme Courts. . 'Claims collected anvwhere in the'State. April 2, 18G0 "tf Notice to. Planters. COTTON SEED. The subscriber has 500 bushels of prime tjotfon Seed for sle. They are believed 1o be entirely sound. Gall at my residence in Steel Cr6'1! or aa" dress me at Pineville P. O., Mecklenburg county, N. C. JOHN M. POT1S. April 2, 1866. -3tpd IVOTJCE. Notice is hereby given , that application wHI be made for re-issue of Certificates of Stock of the W., C. k R. Railroad Company, Western division- the originals having been lost for Certificates No. 22 and 70, assigned by M S Merrill to B S Guion and Jasper Stowe j for Certificate No. 276 to John F. Hoke, and for Certificate No. 46 to R A Brevard. JOHN F. HOKE, Attorney. April 2, 1866 - 4t ' Cotlon Seed, For sale best article at II. B. WILLIAMS'. March 12th. ' ; - ; Corn Iflcal, 150 Bushels, for sale by II. B. WILLIAMS. . March VHh " . DEATH OP PRESIDENTS. V George Washington, died at Mount Vernon on the 14th day of December, 1799, in the 68th year of his age. Death came suddenly to bim so suddenly that the tidings of his 'sickness and bis decease simultaneously reached the Halls of Congress. r - Joh Adams came to the "end of all living" at hia residence in Quincey, Mass., on the 4th of July, 1826, realizing what day it was, and rejoicing in it.- ". He gradually - and quietly ex- i'pired at the patriarchal age of fourscore years and ten. . " ,. ; Thomas Jefferson, by an. extraordinary coinci dence, breathed his last at Monticello, on the same day that his venerebla compatriot Adams died; the jubilee of American Independence. He, had reached the advanced age of eighty three. ' -. James Madison, the "man of. Constitution," and one of the wisest statesmen our country ever produced, peacefully closed his earthly ca reer at Montpelier, Va , on the 28th of June, lodb, in his eighty-stxth year. - James Monroe died iu the city of New York, on the 4th day of July, 1831, in his eightieth year. He was a pure patriot, aild the last of the Presidents who served in the eventful days of the Revolution having been a. Colonel in the Continental army.. He particularly enjoy ed the confidence of Washington, and the period cf bis wise and peaceful administration was characterized as "the era f good feeling." John Quinsy ; Adams expired in the Capital at Washington, on the 23d day of February, 1848; literally dying in his country's service, at the age of eighty-one. - To the last he was of the class of life's busy men; and identified as he had been from boyhood with the public? service, it. was solemnly striking and appropriate that the halls of the national council should hear his dying words. Ho ;.was struck with paralysis while in his seat in the House of Representa tives. . Andrew Jackson died at the Hermitage, near Nashville, on the 8th of June, 1845, in his seventy-ninth year. He must have been a great man, indeed, who could cluster the affections of a whole people around' him as th'is" distinguish ed soldier and patriot did. His popularity had no parallel but' that of Washington. Martin Van Buren died at his birth place, Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., on the 24th of July, 1S62, in his eightieth year. His administration from 1837 to1841," was a pf riod marked by great financial distress throughout the country, which was charged by his political opponents upon the policy he pursued in man aging the public finances through' the agency, of the independent treasury. ,. He failed of re nomination the second lerin, however, on ac count of his opposition .o the annexation of Texas. He was an hones;, man. William Henry Harrison died on the 4th of April, 1841, exactly one month after Jmnnau guration, aged sixty-eight. lie was the first President who died in effice, and at the Execu tive Mansion. He had gained a deep hold, up on the people's heart, and rib one living at that time can ever forgct the profound and universal expression of sympathy which his death occa sioned. John Tyler, elected Vice President, and who succeeded General Harrison for the remaiuder of bis term, renounced his allegiance to the United States in 1861, and died the following year in Richmond, Va , in his seventy-second year; being at the time a Senator of Virginia, io the Confederate Congress, then in session at Richmond. He was a good man. ' James Knox Polk died at his home in Ten- nSsee, on the -15th of June 1849, only three months alter the expiration of his term ot office, and in his fifty-fourth year. . He was a man of unquestionable ability and talent, and achieved the highest lionor his country could bestow, at a much, earlier age than any of his predecessors. Zacbary Taylor died on the 9th of July, 1850, when he had been but sixteen months in office, called forth the deepest expressions of a; nation s grief; and everywhere .the full heart of the.peopje was touched beyond what adeqaate words could utter. He died at the Presidential Mansion in his sixty-sixth year. . ' The circumstances attending the death of Abraham Lincoln, are too fresh "in tho minds of the public to need repitition; 1 be present Chief 3Jagistrato of the United States is the seventeenth in succession. ."Of the sixteen former ones, but three now survive Millard Fillmore, Franlliu Pieice and James Buchanan. " . The Vaults of the" Bank of France. The walls of these vaults are of a stupendous thickness. On descending the steps leading to their entrance, the first obstacle we find is an iron door, locked with thiec keys, one of which is in the hands of the Governor of the Bank; the second is kept by thecashier, and the third by the censor, so that this door cannot be open ed without the simultaneous consent of 1 5i.es e three functionaries. We thus gain access to the first compartment containing funds for current use. The safe kept here is so curiously con structed, that if you do not know the secret of its construction, the slightest touch anywhere will set a noise-alarm agoing loud enough to startle all the inmates of the establishment. The next compartment is circular and called the serree; it cannot, be entered withont the seme ceremonial, and is fitted up with fire-proof shelves. It contains all the important deeds, notes and papers belonging to the Bank, also the deposits of private persons. After the serree come the vaults properly co-called, the' entrance to which is closed by an iron door, seenred by several . combination lock; it'turrs on central pivots, like Italian doors. It gives access to a wall hole containing a winding stair case, admitting but one person at a time, and leading to subterraoean galleries four hundred and twenty metres in length. - These are filled with iron casks containinglsingots and coin and labelled according to their . contents. By way ot additional security,-, the" wall-bole might be fiiledup with clay, and the vaults with water, it a moment's notice, if the safety of the treas ure were menaced j.n the slightest degree. V THE GREAT SLA.UGET.TER. tzome ueminiscences of the devolution in or. - " . '. Domingo. - " The citv of Care Francias. or as it is renerallv called, ."The Cape' was, during" the colonial limes, probably the most elegant city in Ameri ca.' It was surpassed in size by several others, it is true, as it never contained more than forty thousand inhabitants; but, while in population it eoald not vie with Mexico'or Lima, neither of those prond capitals could , com pare with it in high civilization. Its theatres and churches were magnificent, and its society most iotelligenr and rehned. Ihe hoases of many of its great merchants were palaces, and its whole appear ance was that of a city of wealthy nobles. It was the boast of the Queen of the Antilles, and was proudly called by its inhabitants the "Paris of America' ." Toussaiot, at the head, of twenty-four thou-J sand negroes, -began his march upon the Cape There were many ships in'the harbor, and nunx bers of the inhabitants took passage in theuj for America ot whom many came to Norfolk, New. York, and other cities io America. A multitude took refuge also in Cuba and the oth er islands of tne West Indies. A large portion, however, staid behind, thinking that the access to the city was so difficult and so easily defend ed that they could remain in safety. The road by which the negroes advanced wound round the base of a mountain, and at every turn were blockhouses, well provided with cannon and small arms. The negroes, never theless, pressed forward and reached the city at last, alter they had lost half of their number. The infuriated savages entered the'town, and for hours there was hand-to-hand fighting in the streets. Finally the French were entirely over powered by superior numbers. . The army was quartered upon the wretched inhabitants, and their behavior was such as might have been expected from barbarians in their position without control. Murders were perpetrated at their pleasure, and violeuce and rapine were of constant occurrence. ." Toussaint bad resolved to butcher the whole population, but he did not at once carry out his bloody plans. . He preferred to kill the French by piece meal. Wishing to torment the hated whites, he ordered a certain number of the prin cipal inhabitants, male and female, ; to be taken every morning down to the beach in front of the cityand there beheaded. Every day these executions horrified . the survivors, who were each expecting to be led to. death on tho inor- row.' The headless "bodies of the victims were cast into the sea, and we have been informed by an eye-witness that the places where the poor wretches had been slaughtered were mark ed along the beach for hundreds of yards by the dark brown spots where their, blood had been absorbed by the sand. - What must have been ihe feelings of this doomed population! Every day they saw their number rapidly diminishing; escape was now impossible, and each man expected his turn to be dragged down to the beach and'slaughtered. The savage general, haying amused himself for many days in this manner, at last caused the murders to cease, for a time. This; however, brought no hopes to the survivors; they saw their fate was at hand, and looked forward with certainty to a general massacre. -They awaited their doom in silence. " For days no one was seen iu the streets, and no noise was heard save f the shrieks of some one whom the savages were r murdcrinu in the houses At last the dreadful day came. On a given sigpal' the brutal soldiers' were- turned upon the city, which was fired at once in' a hundred places, and as the .people tried to escape from their burning dwellings, they were slaughtered. Amid all the bloody scenes recorded in history, there is none more bloody than this. Out of several thousand inhabitants, but very few es caped; all the rest were butchered. Our informant was then . a young man, and his life was saved iu this manner: " A negro general told -him that the massacre was to take place the next day, and by some means conveyed him a few miles from town,' where be hid him in a cave, whence he had a full view of the burning city. y Another was saved by one of our own citizens, whom we well remember to have seen in our youth Captain Quarles. The brave Captain commanded a vessel which was in the 'harbor just before the massacre took place. A French gentleman told him that be expected tbey would all be murdered. The gallant Captain replied: "Come with me, I will save you." They locked arms, and as they were going down to the beach, Dessalines rode up and angrily asked the Captain whom he bad with him? Our chivalrous old friend answered : "Do you touch him if you dare! Ianvan American, sir!" and he marched him off in . triumph to bis boat. . Another, a boy of two years old, was saved by a faithful negro by being hid in a- hole dug in the ground, where he fed the little fellow till the massacre was qvqa -The negro then watch ed his chance, carried him to another port, and got him cn board an American vessel. An infant was saved a few days before the massacre by a British officer. He went to visit a lady jn the city, who told htm that they all expected to be massacred; bat she implored him to 'save her daughter," then a few months old. He took the little creature, wrapped it in a roll of carpeting, put the roll ou a sailor's shoulders, and went io the beach. His boat L was waiting,- and put off "for hia ship. - Tbey had moved but a few yards from the landing, when the child cried. The'sentioel fired, but luckily missed them. The babe was left at one of the West India islands, whence it was carried to Baltimore. The liyie girl was adopted by a childless lady, of great wealth, and grew, up one ot the leaders ot iashion in the Monomeota City; She died about twenty years ago, beloved and honored by all who knew her. There may hare- been others who escaped, l . . . e , r . but we never heard of any, and our informant it v it i. t 4 .i t. would probably have. known it, had others been . i r j-iw-T- - ' saved. Aorfoli: trginian. - -..- Z tSf lt is thought that 8500.000 will be real- ized from the Southern Relief Fair jast held ; esteemed than if aba , k new- how to " daoce, sicj. , at Baltimore. , ; , - ; 4i "..?f lZ$?rt.n& droUcs- v-:v y -'.'h r '.-rifa-;, Gift Enterprise SwiNDLERS.Notwith standing the frequent' exposures which thes swindlers have received in the public 'press. they appear to flourish aa heretofore, bearing out the old adage that "as long as there ara fools irr the T -world there will be knavei Scarcely a day passes that mayor Hoffman does not receive communications complaining of the swindlers who operate these "enterprises." Th victims invariably reside out of town.1 It is al most incredible that people, can be fodnd foolish enough" to believe that by sending a certain sum of nioney Jto a particular address, they will re ceive in exchange an article of twioe ' the ralu'e of the cash remitted.' Yet the number of peo ple who actually' have faith in tins appears, to be on the increase. 'The law ia powerless ip the matter, for in .order to convict the swindlers it would be necessary to prove a negative.- Io the meantime, .they are reaping a rich harvest from those who actually believe that a circular offer icg something for nothing ia sett in good faith. New York Times. - . ; . " .' , -' Texas. The, cotton is up and promising. Silk cotton approximating to Sea. Island has been largely planted. Corn depressed, bat wheat admirable, and the crop promises to be the largest ever reaped. There h'aa . been im mense exports of cattle, and the people talk on ly of agriculture and trade, and are indifferent about politics. . , . , ., Danqer8 op Hasty Burial In a debate io the French Senate on the - petition setting forth the danger of burying those, who are not dead by hasty interments, Cardinel Don net, Archbishop ot iiordeaux, recited three cases of living persons supposed to be dead, whom da ring his experience as a priest bo had' saved from burial. In two cases there was complete -restoration of life---one of the persons rescued, a lady of distinguished family, is now a happy ' wife and motber:. A fourth case, told by.the archbishop, accounts for his long sustained at tention to the subject. Ho said ; :". , '", Ia the summer of 1826, on a close and snltrj; day, in a church which was. excessively crowd ed, a young priest who was io the act of preach ing was suddenly seized with giddiness ia the pulpit. The words ? he uttered became indis tinct, he soon lost the power of speech, and sunk down on the floor. He was' takea out of. the church and carried home.' .All was thought to be over. Some hoars after the funeial belt was tolled, and the usual .preparations made for the interment. His eyesight was gone, bat if ho could see nothing like the young lady I have. ' alluded to he could hear, and I need not say that what reached his eats was not calculated to ; reassure him. The doctor came, ezmiutd bini and pronounced hirr dead; aad after the usual inquiries as to his age and the place of his birth,-' etc., gave permission ""for his interment next moruing. l'he venerable bishop in whose cath-. edral the young priest was preaching when be was seized with the fit came to his bedside to re-, cite the De Profundi. The boy was measured for the coffin.' ' : i . '' ', s Night came on, and you will easily feel how inexpressible was the anguish of the living be ing in such a situation. At - last, " amid the voices murmuring around him, he distinguished . that of one whom he had known from infanoy. 1 hat voice produced a marvellous effect and sa perhuman effort. Of . what followed I need say . no more than that tho seemingly dead mao stood next day in the same pulpit.; That youog priest, gentlemen, is the same young man who is now speaking before you, and who more than forty years after that event, implores those Io authority not merely to watch vigilantly over tho careful execution of the legal prescriptions' with regard to'interments, but to . enact fresh ones in-order to prevent the recurrence of irre-; paraole misfortunes." ; : , " ;? -j. - What Young People Should K wow. . The best inheritance wbjch parents caa give their children is the ability to help, and take care of themselves. This is better thao a hun dred thousand dollars apiece. ' In any trouble . or difficulty, they have two excellent servant in the 6hape of two hands. Those who can do nothing, and have to be waited Upon, are help- -less and easily disheartened in the misfortaoea of life; those who are active and hardy, meet', troubles with a cheerful face, and eaoily pur mount them. Let young people, therefore letra to do as m&ny things as possible.. . : . . . Every boy should know how, sooner or later; ; ; To dress bin self, black' his own boots, cat his brother's hair, wind a watch; sew on a button, make a bed, and keep the clothes io order. To harness a horse, grease a wagon and harness a . team. To carve fowls and meat, and wait on a.': table. To milk the cow9, shear the sheep and dress a veal or mutton. To reckon money and keep accounts correctly, '.and according to book- v -keeping rules. To write a neat and appropriate briefly expressed business letter in a good band,. fold and subscribe it properly, and -write con- . tracts. To plow, ow grain and grass, drive a '" mowing machine, build a. neat stack and pitch hay.: To put up a package, build a fire", mend a broken stool, whitewash a wall anl regulate clock. . ; ,. . Every igir! should know how fo'sew and knit, to mend clothes neatly, to . make beds, to dress " ber own hair. To wash the disbcp and sweep v the carpet3, to make good bread and 'rrfqjnV; plain cookiog,.to keep her room, . drawers' sod , closets in order, to work a sewing machine." -.To- make good butter and cheese, to make : dress and children's cl thc. To write, fold and sub-, scribe letters properly, to keep accounts' and calculate interest. To nure the'nick effectusl--"-h. and' not fo faint at the liigbt of 'blood, to be V i ready to render efficient aidto those io trouble, i- j n. ?" T I T h "! - f tertatn visttorin .the absence or stcknea. of her ', P1, . er' - - -, .7- r . - - : V - ' ' i A young Iaay who can do, all these tbiogs .. b. . . i - j a well, and who h always ready to render aid to , . . " ... , , . ' . i - the afflicted and mitigate the perplexities of ;., . . . ., T r t those arouAd her, will bring more comfort to ' others and happiness to herself, snd be more
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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