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V " - ' .' - - , . " . : ' in E2 -v x. y-v ,v y. . - i i - in in in i'ii i . C CD 23 ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET $3 Per Annum WT A flF A VTJIIJI CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE JOSE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER- W YATISS, Editor and Pbopreitor CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1866. FOITRTEENTD TOLCME N 0 JI B E R 720. 4' f i-tt If WfiSTfiBH DEfflOOMT (o)Pubiishcd every Tucsday,Q) BY ' WILLIAM J. YATES, KBITOR AMD PROPRIETOR. OlTElES89 -$3 PER ANNUM, in advance. $2 for eix months. Transient adrertiseraents must be paid for in vlvance. Obituary notices are charged adrertis in rates. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f r a specific time, will be inserted nutil forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged for each insertion, unles the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. MEDICAL CARD. DRS. GIBBOX & McCOilBS, having associated themselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, respectfully tender their professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. From a large 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 Graulte Row, up stairs, opposite the Mansion Iloue. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. D?c 11, 18G3 J. P. McCOMBS, XI. D. FULLINGS &. SPRINGS Have removed theirttCLOTlIING and MERCHANT TAILORING STORE, to No. 4 Granite Row, lately occupied by J. S. Phillips. We are offering our stock of KCADY.UADE CLOTHING at cost for ca?h. Our former friends and patrons will do wel to supply themselves at once. We will keep at ull times a good supply of Cloths, 6'assimers and Vestings. which will be made to order in the best style and manner. We will keep ilso a good stock of Hats, Shirts, Drawers aud other furnishing Goods. FULLINGS k SPRINGS. Jan 29, 18G6 Hutchison A: Springs, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Agents of the most reliable MJ SVRtJVCE Ctf.TiM'ilrMES in the ITuited States. He on the iiAt'E SIDE and insure jour property agrtiivst loss or damage by fire. Also, IXSUUE YOUR LIFE for the beuefitjof your wife and children. RISKS taken at moderate rates. Cull on Hutchison & Springs. No. 4. Granite Row. E. NYE HUTCHISON, J. M. SPRINGS, March 5, 18(56 Agents. The Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, Aic, for all parts of the South and Southwest, in connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their ageucy at 59 liROADWAY, NEW YORK, where orders to call for goods to be forwarded South will receive prompt attention. Merchandise and valuables delivered to Harnden's, Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com panies, for the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt dispatch. For particulars, rates of freight, &c. ic, apply at the office of the Southern Express Company, 59 Itroadway. II. B. PLANT, Dec 18, 1865. President. THE KfilFiT A It L. K I, I V ti ASSURANCE SOCIETY. OF THE UX1TED STATES. Accumulated Fund S2,00u,000 Annual In come 81,U00,V00. PURELY MUTUAL. ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS. At the request of their numerous Policy-holders, this Society have determined to declare their divi dends aunually in cash. The first dividend will be declared Feb I, 18G7. The last dividend declared on the quinquennial plan reduced the premiums in some cases more lhau 50 pet cent, or doubled the Policy during the next dividend period. It is be lieved for the future that no company in this coun try will be able to present greater advantages in its dividends to persons assuring than 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 American Life Insurance companies. The officers of this "society desire to present to the public for their consideration five modes of di vidiug surplus premiums or profits, "some of which were sever before granted to Policy-holders by any Life Company, and present advantages obvious to all: Jst. The dividends maybe applied to the pur chase of additional assurance for a term of years. 24, DiriJends may be applied to reduce the pre mium coming due next. At the last dividend, upon a similar plan, premiums were reduced one-half up on soma policies. 3d. The dividend may be applied to provide for the payment of premiums at 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 reducint the 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 nuiiiber of premiums. To illustrate A man assur ing at 5 years old would, on the basis of our last dividend, b-i secured by this application of dividend against any payment after 43 and probably at an earlier age aud thereafter receive an uunual divi. dend in cash. 4lh. Dividends maybe applied !o the purchase of a certain addition to the ioiicv. navable with it. 5ih! Dividends my be applied to Ihe reduction of all future premiums during the continuauce of the policy. . . . . ' ' " llerenfter dividends on the first annual" premium may be used as cash in the pay-mem of the second annual premium, and so on thereafter, the dividend un each pieminm may be applied to the payment of the next succeeding premium. ' Policy-holders in most other companies must wail fur or five years before auy advantage can be derived from dividends. Call at No. 4, Granite Row, and get books and papers for further informmion. HUTCHISON & SPRINGS, Agents. ' For N Carolina. S. Carolina and Georgia, Feb 26, 18Go. . Charlotte, N. C. 'JOHN VOGEL, PRACTICAL TAILOR, Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu facture gentlemen's clothing a the latest style and At short notice. His best exertions will be given to render satisfaction to. those who patronize him. ;Bho? opposite Kerr'a .Hotel, next door to Brcwa jStitt'a store. January 1,1 S6g. STATE ITEMS. . The Supreme Coubt. The Supreme Court of North Carolina, will commence its primmer term id Raleigh on Monday, the 14th of Jane. Causes will be called by circuits, as here tofore arranged, bat no special day given. Ap plicants for. license, both classes, will be exam ined ou Monday. An Unnatubal Nephew. In 1857, Mrs. Margaret Strange, of this city and relict of the late Hon.. Robt. Strange, sent to her nephew, Samuel II. Kerfoot, in Chicago, $3,500 to in vest for her. He borrowed it himself, giving bis bond secured by mortgage for its re-payment. At the end of the war, Mrs. Strange having died in the early part of it. her adminis trator, the bond being long everdue, filed a bill to foreclose the mortgage. The affectionate nephew pleaded that Mrs. Strange was up to the time of her death an active supporter of the "rebellion," and that the administrator had been a "rebel" On demurrer, the plea was over ruled, and judgment given for Mrs Strange's executor for 36,000. Raleigh Sentinel. The nephew is a patriotic man, and like other northern patriots, he wante'd to make his patriotism pay ! Eulogy on Mb Badoeb. -Tho Hon. Wiq A. Graham has. at the request of the members of the bar of Wake County, consented to deliver in Raleigh an eulogy on the late Hon. George E. Badger. The time is left open for future arrangement,- -probably the second or third week of the next session of the Supreme Court. J. JTI. SANDI2IIS & CO., (2d door from Democrat Office, Trade Street,) ARE constantly receiving additions to their large stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Plantation Hardware andMIouse Keeping Utensils. Their assortment consists in part of the following articles, viz : SUGARS. Brown, Clarified, Granulated, Crushed and Powdered. COFFEES. Rio, Laguira, Java and Maracaibo. TEAS. Black, Green, Canvas-Back, aud Extra Curious Young Hyson. SYRUPS. Boston Drip, extra fine; Baltimore . Amber. Chesapeake, East India (old fashioned). Con federate. CHEESE. Sweet Cream, English Dairy, and Pine Apple. .WOODEN AND WII.LOW WARE. Tubs. Painted Buckets, Horse Buckets. Willow Buckets, brass-buoprd Pails. Flour Buckets, Spice Boxes, Spice Mills and Wash Boards, Sifters, Cottagew Reticules, Cake Cloths aud Knife Baskets; Cloth, Shoe and Dust ing Brushes; Hearth aud large Brooms. CROCKERY. &C Basins and Urns, Bowls, Cups and Saucers, Creamers, Dishes, Pitchers, Cruets, Goblets, Jelly Stands, Mugs, Preserve Dishes. Stone Jars, Crocks and Jugs, all sizes. SHOES ' AND LEATHER. Hemlock Sole Leather. Kip Skins, large; Ladies and Gents' Shoes, Boots aud Slippers. HARDWARE AND FARMING IMPLE MENTS. Axes. Grub Hoes. Weed Hoes, Grain Scythes and Snaths, Forks. Spades and Shovels, Hatch ets, Garden Rakes aud Hoes, Blacksmiths' Bellows, Anvils. Hammers, Vises, Cut Nails, Finishing Brads, Carpet aud Gimp Tacks, Andirons. Shovels and Tougs, Pots, Kettles, Ovens and Spiders, Pad and Cottage Locks, Horse Shoes and Nails. TIN AND WHITE METAL. Coffee and Tea Pots, Pans. Cups, Buckets, Spoons, Ladles, Skim mers, &c. &c. . VARIETIES. Catsups, Jellies, Pickles in Jars and Barrels, American aud French Candies, Race Ginger, Mace, Mustard, Nutmegs. Pepper and Alspice in grains and ground. Raisins tirst quality; Bi Carb of Soda, Sal Aeratus, Soaps of all kinds, Concentrated Ley; Stearic. Adamantine, Tallow and Sperm Candles; Blue Stone, Blueing, Borax, Copperas. Ink, Indigo, Madder, Matches. Percussion Caps, Powder. Shot, Salt, Salt Petre, Drake's Plantation Bitters." Together with a great variety of other necessary and useful articles all of which we are selling at " whole sale aud retail. RF" Always on hand Flour, Meal, Corn, Bacon, Lard aud Butter. J. M. SANDERS CO. May 14. 1566. . .. ENC0UKAGIAG TO FARMERS. If you want to save money go to BARRINGER, WOLFE A CO's to buy your Goods of every kind. M. L. BARRINGER, - S. C. WOLFE, April 9th MARSHAL E. ALEXANDER. LIN10LNT0N FEMALE SEMMAIIY, L1NCOLNTON, N. C. The Fall Session, 1866, beginning June 4th, will continue 20 weeks. Competent teachers will assist the Principal in, the several departments. Rate in U. S. currency, in advance .-Board, ex clusive of lights, $80 ; regulaf tuition $15 to $25 ; Piano lessons $25; Guitar lessons $20; use of Piano $5; use of Guitar $3. A liberal patronage is respectfully solicited. Address, - REV. S. LANDER. A. M., May 7, 1866 2mpd Principal. Cotton Grins, MANCrACTCBED BT W. G. CLE .VONS, BROWN & CO COLUMBUS, GA. We have returned the manufacture of Cotton Gins 01 this city, and will be prepared to 611 orders by 1st Juue next. As we shall not be, as heretofore, represented by traveling agents, parlies wishing oar Gins, will confer a favorer sending in their orders at au early day. ' As owing to the demand, we shall be unable to keep a stock in the bands of our local agents, as-it was cur practice before the war. All busiuess transactions being now reduced to cath, our sales will be made on the basis of ready pay. Our Gins are too well knewn to require any spe cial notice or commendation; we believe thev ar unrivalled in points of excellence which go to make up a superior machine, namely: Speed, light draught and good lampie. Our DOUBLE-CYLINDER GINS will be found superior to the single cylinder, when parlies have steam or good water power, to give them the neces sary speed. In all cases when this can be done, we recommend them in preference to the sinrle cvlin dor. If, however, indifferent or insufficient power ii used, thev will not do as well as the siuzle Gin. Messrs. DkROSSETT CO., Wilmiugton, N. C, are our general agents for the State of North Caro lina. W. G. CLE.MONS. BROWN & CO. Columbus, Ga., 24lh April, 1866 . . We will rive momnt attention to orders for the ; above celebrated Gins from any part of the State The price is Gve dollars ($3) per daw at the Facto ry, and five dollars for each Gin will only be charg ed to purchasers for transportation to this point. DbROSSETT k GO. Wilmington, N. C, May 7, 1866 Jm TAX ON COTTON. From the New York World. The ruinous tax of five cents a pound pro posed to be laid on cotton, tho main product of Southern industry, affords a good illustration" of the working of the new American principle of taxation without representation. If the Synth were fully represented in Congress, it would be still in the power of the other sections of the country to levy this enormous tax, ifr after debate, it should be judged expedient The Cotton States are a minority ; the other States, a large majority. To say nothing of the princi ple for which our fathers 'fought for in ths Rev olution, the South is entitled to be heard on this question, on the Bame principle which accords to the most atrocious criminal the right to be heard by counsel in bis own defense. To con demn even the vilest felon unheard, is deemed, among all civilized peoples, an unwarrantable oppression.' If his defense is not good, the court or jury are at liberty to place their own value upon it. But to refuse to hear it, to listen to witnesses and counsel against the prisoner, and admit none in bis defense, shocks every senti ment of equity. If five cents a pound on cotton were ever so properatax.it ought , not to be laid till the representatives of the people who are to pay it, have an opportunity to present the views of their constituents. They are entitled to this equity, even if we regard the South as criminal, and the proposed tax as a penalty. But as co equal members of -the Union, as joint heirs with us of the American Revolution, their claim to be represented in a government which taxes them, stands un 'higher ground. Five cents a pound on cotton is the most bur densome and oppressive tax ever proposed to be laid jo this country. It is half of the average price of cotton, on the plantations, in ordinary years. It is as bad ss a tax of forty cents a bushel on wheat. Why should Southern agri culture be so much more heavily taxed than Western ? The proposed tax on a pound of cotton is just the same as the tax on a ton of coal. 1 he South, unlike the Pennsylvania coal interest, has no Thad. Stevens to domineer over Congress, and press the interests of bis consti tuents A people who cannot be heard by rep resentatives with sufficient local knowledge to understand their affairs, are sure to be oppressed iu the distribution of public burdens. ' The two industrial interests which suffered most severely by the war, were cotton-growing and navigation both among the main pillars of the national prosperity. We destroyed cotton-culture by the blocLtfde ; and the South, in revenge, drove our shipping from the ocean by her remorseless . privsteers. Eich party to the war Btruck the most crippling blow possible at the interests of the other. But the moment the war ended, and the country became again one, it. was for the interest of both parties that these great branches of the national industry should be speedily revived. But What would be said of Congress, if, in the broken and crippled con dition of the navigation interest, it should bur den it with tonnage duties more enormou. than were ever before heard of in any part of the world ? It would be like laving a double task on a sick laborer during the first days of his convalescence. But the navigation interest, having representatives in Congress, is saved from any such oppression ; while the more im portant and far more crippled cotton interest, having no representatives, is to be' so burdened and weakened that it will probably never revive Already, in apprehension of the tax, the South is beginning to deliberate whether it will not abandon the crop. "HANGMAN'S DAY." A correspondent calls our attention to what he stigmatizes as an absurd custom which exists in this country, which is to 'hang -criminals al ways on Friday. He thinks that it must have originated in a spirit of piety, and notices the fact that criminals are not executed on Sunday because it would be a desecration of the day. He asks "why they select Friday, which is the holiest day, next to Sunday, as it is the diy on which our Redeemer suffered for us?" He says, "is it not a glaring absurdity to select the very day in which -the just was put to death as one upon which to put criminals to death ?" These ideas are peculiar, and we do not intend to advocate them as being proper in considering the question ; but we think, nevertheless, that the choice of-Friday for public executions serves to perpetual the superstition that "Fridays are unlucky." It was in some such idea that Friday was selected as "hangman's dayi" and the. par ticular selection of that day of the week far the manifestation of the decrees of justice, which 6hould be alike on all days, is a concession to a weak minded prejudice, which enlightened statemen should discourage. In this State exe cutions did not take place on Fridays until of late years. Before the Revolution and up to the execution of Richard Smyth, in this city, in 1816, Tuesdays were generally appropriated to executions, and Smyth was hanged on a Satur day. But Mince that time Friday has generally been chosen for executions in Pennsylvania We are glad to say, that although in most of the States Friday is the popular "hangman's day," it is not eo in all. In New Jersey Saturday seems to have ben chosen by late Governors, and thei; wis an execution on that day in that State a few weeks ago. Philadelphia Inquirer. LA1D FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale a tract of Land ly iner on the head-waters of Rockv River, two miles and a half north-east of Davidson College, contain in? feieht hundred Acres, well adauted to the cnl tore of cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, Ac. On 'be plantation is a neat painted Dwelling and all other necessary out-buildings, and the place is well watered. t will take nleasnre ra showinar the Land to any person wishing to purchase. Call sooa and obtain a bargain of the best Land in Sonth Iredell. V GEO. W. STINSON. - May 14, 1966 tf Jnst Received, Ladies' and Misses' Hats, Straw and Neopolitan Bonnets, Bonnet Ribbon. Ac, very cheap, at - May 28,1866. McL?OP STEELE'S. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. From "The Land .we Love," (Gen. Hill's Magazine) we copy the following: "At Malvern Hill a certain division drove the gunners away from a series of guns,' but was too weak to hold its ground. The division commander, believing that a single additional regiment would enable him to bold the guns, rode to where he saw a body of men not under his command lying down awaiting orders, and briefly explained to them the state of things, aod called for volunteers. A young man, with a chin aa smooth as a girl's, stepped out and said: -I am here with a portion of the Twen tieth North Carolina regiment; we all volunteer; vie are ready to go anywhere and to perform any duty " That young man was Col. Henry K. Burgwyn, and we feel confident that he ex pressed not merely the sentiment of his own heroic regiment, but of all the regiments then in service from bis State. . Colonel J5 was at that time a Lieutenant-Colonel, aod bis extreme youth was thought to be an objection to bis pro motion when a vacancy occurred. But upon this incident bein; mentioned to Mr Davis, the promotion ws made. A South Carolina officer furnishes a tributp to a North Carolina soldier, which . we. .must give in our own words, as his paper has unfor tunately been misplaced. ... At the first battle of Frcdericksburgb, Ran som's North' Carolina brigade was ordered to re-enforce Cobb at the celebrated stone -wall, which Burnside, like Fremont and Shields, tried to capture, arjd with the same success As soon as the brigade appeared, more than a division of the enemy opened a terrific fire up on it, and the batteries on the other side rained their shot and shell' with the most deadly pre cision. The men were pushed with all rapidity to the precipice back of the wall, and then, without a moment's hesitation, they sprang down it to find shelter behind the wall. But a dignified mountaineer of the Twenty-fifth North Carolina regiment (Rutledge'a') refused to run at all, and walked forward. with the most leisurely indifference. His hat blew off. He went back and picked it up. His knapsack, probably hit by a ball, felljoff; he stooped down re-adjuste.d it, and went on. lie was now the solitary target for more than a thousand rifles; but this did not quicken his pace. When he reached the precipice, he determined not to risk the leap, preferring to slide down gently. He did slide down,, but it was as a dead man he reached the bottom. He was buried that night, and there was not an inch of . his body which was rfot pierced, by a ball." . m m THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA. A Columbia correspondent of the New York Evening Post writes to that p'aper that one W. B. Nash made an affidavit that he saw the South Carolina Railroad Depot burning and some cotton fired, before Gen. Sherman's army entered the city; upon which the whole horde of-radical papers have opened their mouths, de nouncing Gen. Hampton as the incendiary who destroyed his own beautiful city. To show the utter falsity of these statements, we culled upon W. B. Nash, and received from him the following affidavit, which demolishes the testimony of the Post. The conversation he had with a Dr. Ruff, connected with the Freed men's Bureau, and he distinctly and em phatically said that he told this officer that Gen. Sherman burned the city of Columbia; that his men set fire to his own bouse, which, with the assistance of friends was extinguished. Beverly was perfectly indignant at the use made of his - . MB name, ana at tne mutilation ot his mere state- pjent and the'falsehood that he had. made an affidavit. Here is now his solemn declaration under oath : State of South Carolind, Richland District. Personally appeared before me W. B. Nash, who, being duly sworn, says that he never made an affidavit in relation to the burning of Colum bia; that he made a statement of the blowing up of the depot, by accident, and that, a few bales of cotton were burned by private parties, to an officer connected with tho Freedmen's Bureau. Deponent further 6tates that General Sherman, or men acting under his permission, burned the city of Columbia; and that General Hampton had nothiog to do with the nefarious transaction. W. Ji. Nash. Sworn to before me, this 21st day of May, A. D , 18G6. W. B. Johnston,. Magistrate. We hope that our conservative exchanges the New York Herald, News, World and Metro politan Recoid will place this affidavit of our fellow-citizen, W. B. Nash, on record. Beverly is known and respected in Columbia as a truth ful man, and from the first time we 6aw this charge against him we believed it ws false. His affidavit proves this. Columbia Phoenix. Alexander H. Stephens on the Situa tion. A letter from Alexander H. Stephens, dated Crawfordsville, Ga , 15th inst., says: "I found all things in Washington, upon the whole, in as good condition, if not better, than T t run. tori T have not. from the beginning. . - , t i looked -for anything from this Congress. My-T only hope for the country is in the next fall elections at the North. Should the President's policy be sustained in these, ail may yet be well. If nor, to me, the prospect for the future of this country, North and Sonth, is gloomy indeed. But from what I saw and heard at Washington my hopes for a change next fall were greatly Stimulated. I am still hopeful in this view, but far from being sanguine. . Constitutional liberty will, in my opinion, in a great measure depend upon the result." ' . t-From a report prepared by the New York chamber of commerce, it appears thar the total number of vessels captured by Confederate privateers was two hundred and eighty-three, their tonnage being 132,307. Tha estimated value of Teasels and cargoes was $25,546,000. Some of these were bonded and released, leav- !ing22 millions eight thousand and eight hun dred dollars as the ysJoe of propertj actually ' destroyed . ,. . MARRIED THE WRONG LADY. Love is a very uncertain thing, and it is not very safe to be too certain of the symptoms un til fbey are unmistakable. Vienna has been stirred up lately by the comical result of a strange love story. It seems that in the bouse of one Herr Kuhne, a teacher of languages, Dr. Kaunt,ayoung physician, happened to make the acquaintance of a young lady, burdened with pome property and thirty years of age. The lady being unmarried, evinced some inter est in the young but. rather abashed doctor. She made love to him; iu fact, very strongly, and persuaded him to visit her at her house. But, alas! he loved another lady. ' One evening, while conversing with him, she said: . "With your favorable idea of matrimony, may I ask if you ver thought of marrying, yourself?" Dr Kant sighed; and his eyes resting on the ground, hesitatingly muttered in reply: "I have already thought of marrying, and made my choice, but" ' ' "But?" the lady hastily interposed "But," he continued, the lady is rich, very rich, and I am poor. I am afraid 1 could hard ly aspire to her hand; and rattier than allow myself to be taxed with sordid designs, I will bury my passion in my breast, and leave it un avowed forever." At an early hour the following day, however, she betook herself to a solicitor, and in legal form declared her wish to present and hand over as his property the sum of 150,000 guild ere (15,000) to Dr. Kant. When the docu ment had been signed, countersigned, and duly completed, she sat down in the .office, and, in closing it in an elegant envelope, added the fol lowing note : "Dear Sir: I have much pleasure in inclosing a paper which I hope wi'l remove the obstacle in the way of your marriage Believe me, &e. "Alice Martini' Dr. Kant for he, and no other, was the in dividual addressed was the happiest man in the world on receiving this generous epistle: Repairing at once to the parents of Fraulien Fiachel, the lady of his love, he proposed for and received the hand of a girl who had long been flattered by his delicate thought and un moved attentions. His reply to Alice Martini, besides conveying his siheerest thanks, con tained two cartes de visite, linked together by the significant rose colored ribbon. - Miss Mar tini forthwith sued the happy bridegroom for restitution, but as no promise of marriage had been made, the case was, by two successive courts, decided against her. Troubles op a Noted Woman. The New York papers give a sad account of the fate of the once celebrated Mrs Eaton, whose influence, in the days of Andrew Jackson, was sufficient to cause a rupture in his Cabinet, and to pro duce alienation of kindly relations between JsCk son and Mi Calhoun', and other me tubers ot his Cabinet, which materially altered the prospects for life of half a dozen eminent statesmen. Mrs. Eaton has for many years resided in New York, in the possession and enjoyment f a fortune of. two hundred thousand dolls'S. There resided with her two grand-children; one of whom was a young woman of great personal attractions. It was the misfortune of this yirl to form the acquaintance of a needy Italian' dancing-master, who, ingratiating himself with the young woman, was received upon an inti mate footing in the family of Mrs. Eaton ' As certaining that the grandmother was a lady of large fortune he paid his addresses to Mrs. Eaton, with so much success that she became his wife, and placed bcr whole fortune in his hands. He then succeeded in winning the affec tions of the grand - dusghter, and having. con verted the whole of Mrs. Eaton's fortune into exchange he fled to Europe last week with the grand-daughter, leaving a letter in which he coolly informs his impoverished wife that if she will "keep quiet" he will allow her twenty dol lars "a week for the rest of her lifo." As the provisions ot no extradition reach this infamous case the wretch will escape' punishment. Miscegenation and Puritan Philan thropy. The Troy (New York) Whig tells the following story : Some time since there was a family in Sand gate, Vermont, with a sable black man as hus band, from fifty to fifty fire years old, and a white woman some teu or fifteen years younger as a wife, with four children, three of whom were white and the fourth a mo hit to, the issue of this white and black married couple. The woman had been the wife of a white soldier who was killed in battle, aud the three children were the offspring, of -'this marriage. . The woman was in bad health and in the first stage of consumption.. The family became a town charge and had to be supported at the ex pense of the people of Sandgate. The cute Saadgatiaus concluded however, not long to bear the load of the support, and they accord ingly forwarded this black and white family to Chicago, where, having no means of support, they became a public charge on the poor fund of that city. ... - The Chicago authorities inquired into the facts about this farailv. and learning the nature of the present sent them by the Sandgate offi cials, they immediately started the family oacx to the place from whence they came, paying their railroad fare heooe. This, family arrived in Troy on Saturday night, after the train had gone North, and having no place to stayrand no sufficient means to pay a hotel bill, they ap plied to the Second Polio Station house for lodgings and shelter until they could take their denarture bv ' next morning's : early Northern train. ." V- ' " . - . " '. The request was granted, and they were guests at the Hotel de Police all day yesterday. The woman is ia feeble health aod evidently has the consumption. This whole affair is little creditable to the humanitarians of Sandgate, who seem to prefer sending their contributions to the freed men of the South, rather than, to expend them, in taking cars 6 the colored poor At their own floor. THE BANKRUPT BILL. The new bankrupt bill, which has passed th Hons- of Representatives, and which it is be lieved will be sanctioned by the Senate, pro vides that the district and eireuh court bar jurisdiction; that any person owing debts over three hundred dollars filing a petition of inabili ty to pay and willingness to surrender bis es tate, shall be adjudged - a bankrupt,, and a war rant issued for the sheriff to poesess till so as signee is appointed; the duties of asstgneea are defined. It provides for examination before courr of the distribution of the estate, creditors , to share pro rata without preference, ' except wages lo clerks and operatives under fifty dollars a month. The order in dividend is: first, tht costs of the courts; second, ' debts to the State -and State assessments; third, wages;, fourth, . debts .having priority by law. . It provides also for discharge from all debts after compliance, and provides punishment for fraud. Seven days confession of judgment and fourteen for commercial paper, shall be an act of bankruptcy. No petition is to be filed before the first of No- yember next. . .. REPORT FROM BRAZIL. " We have had the pleasure of congratulating Dr. J. McF Gaston upon his safe arrival 'from Brazil. The result of h'is exploration of that country will soon be given to the public io aa extended report, which is now in course of pub lication. The Doctor will letnove, with his- . family to Brazil in the course of a few months. He corroborates in every respect the report of Mes-srs.'Meriwether and Shaw of Edgefield, s . portion of which was published in our last issue. His general opinion of the advantages offered' by the soil, climate and productions of Brazil is highly encouraging to those contemplating emi gration. The soil is exceedingly fertile, the climate healthy, and productions varied and vuable. . Inthe provinoe of St. Paul, where he designs locating, lands of the best quality can be purchased for twenty-two cents per acre, oo a credit of five years without interest. The -water is freestone, and unailoyed by minerals. An industrious emigrant can comfortably sup port himself by his own labor during the first tear and lay up something handsome. " The method of agriculture, in Brazil ia of an exceed ingly rude and primitive character. The crops of corn, cotton, coffee, sugar &o , are planted and worked by the hoe alone The average . yield of com is from thirty to fifty bushels suet -one thousand to twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton to the acre. Tropical fruits of every description grow spontaneously and in great abundance. The better clashes of society are intelligent, eourtenu- and refined, and Dr. Gas ton met everywhere the utmost kindness and hospitality. The authorities are anxious to secure a large immigration aod every facility; will be afforded strangers to examine the coco try and make settlements. No restrictions are imposed on religion or education. Taxes are light, and the policy of the government exceedU ir.gly liberal and enlightened. CheterS. C'. Standard. mm Am . , WATCH-MAKING. The American Watch Co. of Waltham Mams Every one knows that the mechanism of (he best manufactories ot this country is uo- ' equaled 'in any other part of the world. Th genius of American mechanics produced tbr cotton gin, the machanical reaper aud mower, sewing machine, and last but nut leant, the won derful machinery ot the American Watch com pany of Walt ham. This company was estsb- . lished in 1850, .and has grown in proportions which entitle it to a first rank among the man ufacturing enterprises of the New World. It' employs between 900 snd 1,000 an izans of su perior t-kill and character, and a large thriving town has giown up in its vicinity. The factory covers over three. acrts f ground, snd ss so il lustration of its extent, we may mention that it is supplied with more than 60 miles of irocr pipes and produces, an aggregate of nearly 75,- . iflA . I n a f uvu waicnca per annum jne lounaers oi mis company believed that the same delicate me chanical process which had produced such re, marksbly perfect' results in larger machines, might be applied with even greater advantage to the production of the watch. The forsirMk time pieces are made principally by hand, and except when of high cost an imperfect article, often out of repair, and of little value is the re sult. Abroad,' these mysterious and infinitesi mal organs which, when aggregated, produce the watch, are the fruit of slow and toilsome manual processes, lo the results, there must ot course be lack of that perfect uniformity whren is rndispensible for correct time keepiog. The constituent parts of the American watch, on the other hand are fashioned by the most delicate and accurate machinery Wheels, pin ions, springs, screws, absolutely uniform ia weight, circumference dimensions, sod io every possible particular, are turned out in myrids by uneering .fingers of steel, and their proper ad justment by skillful workmen have given the. company its high reputation. Mas.' Jtrr. Davis. A Washington corres pondent writes ss follows under date' of Msj 26th: ' ' , "Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who arrived here oa Thursday last, has been aod is the guest of Dr. Miller, on F street, where she has been the re ciDient of numerous callers, among tbem many of the most distinguished men oi toe oouniry, and many of the old residents of this city. Mrs. Davis had an interview with the President last night, and urged many things for tbe comfort aod health of ber buaband. She was informed tbst already an order bad been issued directing that Mr. Davis have the freedom ef the-Fort within the walls, and -that care would be taken that everything necessary for his comfort aod physical health should be furnished As to the removal of Mr. Davis to another place of impris onment,; that would be lefti for the present, en. tirely'to tbe suggestion of the Surgeon in" atten dance upon. him. . Another account states that she never request. ft the removal of Mr Datis to toother j!aee.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 5, 1866, edition 1
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