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MW milt liit OFFICE 0"V THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS t6 INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER $3 Per Annum IN ADVANCE,.,, W JT YAFSS, Editor and Propeeitor. CHARLOTTE, N. ., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, VL86G. FOURTEENTH VOLUME N UMBER 720. Ft r-f. i.i . tviy the l Till (Published every Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AXD PROPRIETOR. " ' "IJiJSj, $3 PER ANNUM, in advance. S 2 for six months. Transient advertisements must be paid for in viyance. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rate3. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript fira specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. I I"'r square of lOMines or les will be charged fur each in-ertion, unles the advertisement is in serted 2 month? or more. MEfDICAL CARD. DUS. GlIiUUN & McCOMUS, having associated themselves in the practice of Mcdiciue ai:d tiurgery, respectfully tender I heir professional services to the citizens of ('harlot te and surrouudincoutitry. From a large experience in private as well as 1'ield and Hospital practice, they feel justified in proposing to pay special attention to the practice of Surgery in all its branches. Office in (Jranite flow, up stairs, opposite the Mansion House. ROBERT OIBBON, M- D. Dec 11. !8C5 J. P. McCOMIJS, M. D. FULLINGS SPRINGS Have removed their CLOTIMXt; and MERCHANT T.ILORIX(i JSTbliK, to No. -1 (Jranite Row.Jatelr occupied by J. 3. Phillips. We are stock of oUering our KCADIVTIADE CLOTHING at cost for cash. ' Our former friends and patrons will do wcl to supply themselves at once. s'e will kerp at all times a good supply of Cloths, f'as.-imers and Vestings, which will be made to -rd.cr in the best style and manner, We will keep also a good stock of Hats, .Shirts, Drawers and other furnishing Goods. FULLINGS & SPRINGS. Jan 2I, 1 fi.CC, fSnlciiio!i As Springs, CHARLOTTE, N. C, A -cuts of the most reliable SffIllJtCE COXH9tYtllS in the United States. 15e on the SAFE SIDE and insure your property . againt lss or thiuiage hy tire. Also, INSURE YOUR LIFE for the benefit of yur wife and childicn. RISKS taken at moderate rates. Uall on Hutchison k Spii..s.r;!, No. 4. Granite Row. j;. nye Hutchison, J. M. SPRINGS, March li:C, Agents. The Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, Ac, for all parts of ihc South :in.l Southwest, in van nect ion with ADA MS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 50 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, where orders to call for "goods to be forwarded South will receive prompt attention. Merchandise and valuables delivered toILirnden"sv Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com- panics, for the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt dispatch. For particulars, rates of freight, &c. &c, apply at the olliee of the Southern Express Compauv, 50 Broadway. II. I!. PLANT, Dec ltf, 18. '..". President. tbbk E-:triTAitiii: .mtu OF THE US IT ED STATES. Accumulated Fund Sl0U0,000 Annual In come 1,000,000. PURELY MUTUAL ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS. At the request of their numerous Policy-holders, this Society iiave determined to declare their uivi , deads annually in cash. The first dividend will be. declared Feb I, 1S07. The last dividend declared on the quinquennial plan reduced the premiums in some c.ises more than oOei 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 prescnr greater advantages in its dividends to persoitt assui i.ig than this Society, as total exoendituie 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 tfiis society desire to present to the public for their consideration live modes of di viding surplus premiums or profits, some of which were never before granted to Policy-holders by ;ny Life Company, and present advantages obvious to ali; lit. The 0.1 vi. tends may tie applied to the PUM 'Jd. Dividends may be applied to reduce the pre mium coming d.ie nest. At the last dividend, upon a similar plan, premiums w ere reduced one-half up on M!M1'.' poll. i. S. :'. The dividend may be applied to provide for the payment of premiums at the latter end of life, so that t!:e assured may be guaranteed against fur ther payments (111 attaining a certain age, each suc cessive dividend gradually reducing the time during which the premiums must continue to be paid, so that M last, with t he 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 25 years old would, on the basis of our last dividend, be secured by this application of dividend ngainst any payment after 45 and probably at an earlier age and thereafter receive an annual divi. dead in cash. 4th. Dividends may be applied to the purchase of a certain addition to the poii.y. payable with it. 5th. Dividends mav be npplieiUo the reduction of a'.l future premiums during the continuance of the policy. Hereafter dividends on the first anntial premium may !e used as c..-h in the payment of 'the second annual premium, and so on thereafter, the dividend on each pieiuiuin mayc applied to the payment f the next suecvedini premium. Policy-holders in most other companies must wait four or five years before any advant.pre can be derived from dividends. Call at No -1. t;r.nnite Row, and get books and papers for further iufoimation. HI TCHISON Jt SPRINGS. Agents. For X Vcb 2G. Carolina. S. Carolina and Georcia, Charlotte, N. C. Tailoring. JOHN YOG el, PRACTICAL TAILOR, Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte'and .-urroundiug country, that he is prepared to ruanu factnrejentlemch's clothiu in the latest style and at short notice. His best exertions will be piven to r.n,tr cnt;f:irtinn to those who patronize him. Shop opposite Kerr's Hotel, pext door to Brown X .t,tts store Januarv I, 1?CC. AND Millinery and Straw Goods, AT H IIOLLSALC & RETAIL. We would respectfully inform the trade that we have opened A braiicll Of OUr Charle.slOn HoUSe AT CHARLOTTE, N. C, In the Carson Building, opposite the National Ex press Office, where can be found a large stock of SILK, FUR, WOOL and STRAW GOODS. A LS O, IT! I L L 1 1 E RY GOODS, consisting of Ladies', Men's and Children's IiOX NE.TS and II ATS -of the latest styles; Also, FLOWERS and RIBBONS, All of which wc olTcr at wholesale or retail at as ear low prices a as such Goods can be purchased in New Yoik or Charleston. ry We have a Lady of experience to super intend ti e .11MLL,IY Hit Y IH M'tMtTlMEjrT who will order at the shortest notice. trim the Goods to WILLIAMS & COVERT, Carson Building, Charlotte, N. C. tf May 21, ISoG Oroceries. J. ill. SANDEISS cV CO., (2d door from Democrat Office, Trade Street,) AKE constantly receiving additions to their large stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provision Plantation Hardware and House Keeping Utensils. Their assortment consists in part of the following articles, viz : . SUGARS. Brown, Clarified, Granulated. Crushed and Powdered; COFFEES. Kio, Lnguira, Java and Maraeaibo. TEAS. lack, Green, Canvas-liack, and Extia Cuiious Young Hyson. SYRUPS Boston Drip, extra fine; r.altimore Amber. Chesapeake, East India (old fashioned), Con federate. CHEESS, Sweet Cream, English Dairy, and Pine Apple. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Tubs. Painted Ilucki ts, Horse Buckets. "Willow Buckets, brass-hooped Pails. Flour Buckets, Spice Boxes, Spice M'dls and Wa.-h Boards, Sifters, Cottage Reticules, Cake Cloths and Knife Baskets; Cloth, Shoe and Dust ing Brushes; Hearth and large Brooms. CROCKERY. &C Basins and Urns, Bcrwls, Cups and Saucers. Creamers, Dishes, Pitchers, Cruets, Goblets, Jelly Stands, Mugs, Preserve Dishes, Stone Jars, Crocks and Jngs, all sizes. SHOES AND LEATHER. Hemlock Sole Leather. Kip Skins, large; Ladies and -Gcuts' Shoesj Boots and Slippers. HARDWARE AND FARMING IMPLE MENTS. Axes. Grub Hoes. Weed Hoes, Grain Scythes and Snaths, Forkff Spades and Shovels, Hatch ets, Garden Kk-s and Hoes, Blacksmiths' Bellows, Anvils. Hammers, Vises, Cut Kails Finishing Brads, Carpet and Gimp Tacks, Andirons. Shovels and Tongs, Pots, "Kettles, Ovens 'and Spiders, Pad and Cottage Locks, Horse Shoes and Kails. TIN AND WHITE METAL. Coffee and Tea Pots, Pans. Cups, Buckets, Spoons, Ladles, Skim mers, cv. c. &c. VARIETIES. Catsups-, Jellies, Pickles in Jars and Bain Is, 'American and French Candies, IJace Ginger, Mace, Mustard, Nutmegs. Pepper and Alspi.ce in grains "and ground. lai.-ins first quality; Bi Carb of Soda, Sal Aeratus, Soaps of all Jtinds, Concentrated .Ley; Steal ic-Adainantiue, Tallow and Sperm Candles; Blue Stou, Blueing, Borax, Copperas. Ink, Indigo, Madd. r. Matches. Percussion Caps Powder, Shot, Salt, Salt Pctre, Drake's Plantation Bitters. Together with a gVcat variety of other necessary and useful articles all of which we are selling at whole sale and retail. , : Always on Land, Flour, Meal, Corn, Bacon, Lard and 13 utter. J. M. SANDERS t CO. May 14. J.'.GU EXCOUIUGIKti TO FARMERS. If you want to save money go to DARK1XGLR, WOLFE &.CO's to buy vour Goods of every kind. M. L. BA RUING ER, S. C. WOLFE, April Qth MARSHAL E. ALEXANDER. LIMOLVrON FEMALE SEMllVARYj LINCOLN TON, N. C The Fall Session, 18, beginning June 4th, -w ill continue 20 weeks. Competent teachers will assist the Principal in the several. departments. Rates in U. S. currency, in advn"t Board, ex clusive of lights. $f0 ; r'guJar.tuijioD $15 to $25 ; Piano lessons $25; Guir lessons $io ; use of Piano $5; use of Guitar $3. K - A liberal patronage is reepWtfiiUv solicited. Address, REV. S. LA'NOKR. A M., May I S0J imp Tirincipitl. Cotton Grins, J1AXUFACTI ICp? KY j w. g: clemons, brown & co., i COLCMBUS, G A. i W'e have lesumed the manufacture of Cotton Gins in tliis city, and w.ill be prepared to till orders by ' 1st June uexf. As we thall not be, Its heretofore, j represented by traveling agents, parties wishing our j Gins, will confer a favor by sending in their orders ; at an early day. As owinjr to the demand, we shall ' be unable to keep a stoek in the hands of our local agent?, as it wfts our practice before the war. Afl business transactions being now reduced to cash, ; our sales will be made on theYiasis of ready pay. Our Gins are too well known to require any spe- cial notice or commendation; we beiiee they ar9 ! unrivalled in points of excellence w hich go to make ; up a superior machine, namely : Sjned, liyht draught ' and good sample. ! Our M)Ul!Li: CYLINDER GINS will be found ' superior to the single cylinder, when parties have i steam or good water power, to giveiheni the neces : sary speed. In ail cases when this can be done, we iccotum. nd them in preference to the .'ingle cylin der. If, however, indifferent or insufficient power is ned. thev will n do as well as the .-ingle Gin. Messrs. DkROSSETT kr CO., Wilmington, X. C, are our general ageuts for the State of North Caro- 0na. W. G. CLEMONS, BROWN & CO. Columbus, Ga., 24th April, 1-86C ! Wc will give prompt uttention to orders for the ; above celebrated Gins from any part of the State The mice is five dollars. (i?5) per Saw at the Facto ry, Had five dollars for each Gin will only becharg- j ca.to , urciiasers ior ira-uPon , ... r .-,, ,n1 HISTORY OP A REMARKABLE WOMAN. Fersonal Reminiscence? of JJrs Fa ton II010 a Cabinet teas Dissolved jJuurganani's Financiering Secrets, &c. Ftom the New York Tribune. The'recent remarkable elopement of an Italian adventurer (who seven, years ago weeded t lie I widow of General Eaton) with the granddaugh- I rf nf I. io ia i 4 a nrnktai' o to c i t ti n 111 ftliltf- a sensation in ical and iashiunable circles both in this city and in Washington. It bas also revived the public interest iu the unfortunate wife, who at one time may have been said to have controlled the fate of the country, or at leasj to Lave beei th chief cause of a change in some of its most im portant political relations. It will be, therefore, appropriate at this present time to give a resume J, of the leading facts to the biography of the ! party iu this singular case with whom the pub- i lie are naturally most concerned namely, j Madame Dournunaui, formerly widely known as I .Mrs. General Luton. j The lather of this lady was a gentleman of I wealth and position, and the lady herself was ! possessed of grtat personal attractions, remains j or winch are visible even to this uay. ehe was well educated, and. was gilted with a singular fascination of manner; while not the least im portant element. in her character was a strength of willr a power of fixed determination, which has sustaiued her throughout all the vicissitudes of her eventful career. In the height of her triumph as a belle at Washington she married a' member of the Timberlake family, who was a purser in the United States navy. . The nuptials were celcLratd with eclat, and the father of 4he bride presented her with a well-furnished house (which in after days passed into the hands of the Italian drawing master Duurganani). 13y her first husband the lady had several children Purser Timberlake, was an intimate personal friend of General L'atou 'and is said to have felt a piesentiment that his life was not destined to be of great duration, and also to have expressed the hope that, in the case of his deeease, his widow would unite herself to his friend After ihe death of Timberlake, General Eaton, iu due course of time, forwarded an epistle to the widow, expressing his sentiments of admiration for her, having, as he cxprtssed it,-'known her and ap preciated her alike as a daughter, Wife, and widow, and desiring permission to visit her. The permission was granted, and Mrs. Timberlake became Mrs General Eaton. - ller second husband enjoying relations of the .closest intimacy with I'resident Jackson, bis wife in consequence assumed a high position among the female, notabilities of tiie national capital. She was received in the kiudest man ner by the President, and w is soon numbered among the circle of his mot prized acquain tances, while her husband's position as Minister of War still fuither tended to enhance alike her notoriety aud her influence. According to the usual law which governs success in this world, Mrs. Eaton did not escape scandal Humor busied itself with her name, and President -Jackson himself did not fail to receive his share of social gossip. The opposition newspapers of the day could not afford to dispense with any such excellent opportunity for sensational items, and the stories winch "liriKeu ib wrong 1 the I'resident and Mrs. Eaton began to assume a political significance. Calhoun, at that time Vice-President and I'resident of the Senate, was bitterly opposed to the policy and person of General Jackson, and haviou failed to share the national confidence in his superior by attacks on the management of the Senjiinole war, looked around him for more available material. The Eaton scandal was ac cordingly skillfully, though delicately, mani pulated by him, and was "brought into practical shape. With the truth.- or falsehood of- the scandal itself we have naught to do ; neither is it our province to undertake to decide what real credence Mr Calhoun in his own-mind attached to the report. Suffice it to record the facts. Mr Calhoun, through the "female element" in Washington, and especially by his influence with the wives of the various members of the (iibine', so arranged it thatJMrs General Eaton was socially ignored by the ladies of the Cabinet cncie tnus increasing me scanaai, ana caning j to its internal personal dissensions the unfavor I ablo attention of the nation. President Jackson, i perceiving this, wrote in his direct way concern ing the matter to Mr Calhoun, who replied oy a very diplomatic note, stating that the quarrel was emphatically a "ladies quarrel," with which then could not successfully interfere ; that "the lavts of the ladies were like the laws of the Medcs and Persians, and admitted neither of argument or amendment;" with much inore in a similar strain. On'the receipt of this epistle TJeneral Jackson determined at onc to act. He accordingly etnt for Mr Van Bui en, then Sec retary of -State, his political favorite, and, ex- I plaioiogis tievr'a, requested him, as a personal lavor, 10 $eia in his resignation. 3Jr van Buren at once complied with the rather singu lar request, and of course Lis resignation. was immediately followed by tfcat of tach aid every jjietnber f the Cabinet. .' . ' It is stated that at one stage of the proceed ings the President was willing to coEttprouifoe with the enemies of Mrs Eaton ; wtthdrifciriBg any claim of his to the 2r"'"f social recogov, tion of the lady, desiring only her puttie recog nition "at receptions and greit occasions. But as this compromise was rejected, he acted as we I have above stated And thus m. n(,nprJ i.jio v,v .solution ; Eaton proved the direct cause of the of a Cabinet, i l)irectly subsequent to this event the Presi dent who never forsook a friend, accredited General Eaton as United States Minister to Madrid, and in a brief period his wH'e, directing : her social talents to the Old orld, became ecame almost as noted there as she had already rendered idered iherself in the New. She visited. Loudon, and : Paris, and finally setting at Madrid, established herself as a decided favorite. '. General Eaton died, and his widow.became : the possessor of his large estate. She also as - med the cuardianshio offour orfie grand- t .. . v ninrr;.iTi Alcselv j connected with the Randolph' family cf Virginia One'of these grandchildren occupies a post in ! the marine service' of the United States. An- other, and the youngest, is a clerk in the retail establishment of A T Stewart iu this city: An- "tier nas marrieu a coionei in me army, wmic stie lourth is one or the unfortunate-victims, oj me art ot the Italian Uourganani. ; this section many dames or damsels wbVwould This Italian adventurer came to this country i uudertake such a journey, -even though they destitute of friends or means earned a scanty j weic sure of finding the goal of hvuienial happi uvelihood as a. vender of images then became, j nes at the end of it : ' wuipj unuwoii Willi a iuuu uaiiieu luanui, u - dancing master; removed to Hashingtop.be came professionally acquainted with'two of the grandchildren of Mr Eaton, who attended his dancing schools; by their instrumentality formed the acquaintance of Mrs Eaton (she being sixty years of age and he ,twenty), ascertained her wealth, married her for 'her money in spite of social and public opposition, obtained the sole possession and control of her estate, betrayed her grandchild (his own grand-daughter by adoption), sojd secretly, by means of a general power of attorney and his wife's unlimited trust and love, all the property of his wife, pocketed the proceeds, sold out privately his nominal business (straw goods, etc "), and leaving behind him a cold and cruel letter, departed last Wed- I nesday in the steamer to Europe, accompanied uy nis granu-uaughter, who by hts means Jias been reudered but too well sktfied in sin and deceit. A more heartless, dastardly case of compli cated crime has seldom been recorded. Since the departure of the chief actor in this strange tragedy, various new facts have been brought to light. It has been ascertained that" Bour- ganant. though according to his statement "alone in the world," has two brothers residing iu this city or vicinity, one of whom is a man of some means. ' The existence of these relatives has been successfully concealed from his wife and adopted family for a period of seven years, and has only been discovered by accident. It seems that the Italian has not only robbed his wife of her all, but has also collected some two thousand dollars belonging to the grand daugh-. ter, his victim, so that iu reality the villian has absolutely deprived the two women wholly de pendent upon him of every dollar that they possess in this world. The amount of money with which he has decamped will exceed, it is ascertained, forty thousand dollars in gold. In brief, a. case exemplifying more love, more scoundrelism, more generosity and more baseness, more blind trust and more utter profligacy, in gratitude and worthlessness, has Seldom or never been made public. Skillful lawyers have been engaged by the friends of the deserted wife U ascertain if the law can have any hold upon the fugitive; but we fear that he has escaped all chance of justice. In its moral aspect alike, and its social, whether we con'sider the crime's themselves, or Mi e historical status of some of the parties, the Bourganani-Eaton caso seems destined to rank among "the causes celebrees " COOKERY SCIENTIFICALLY TREATED. Professor Blot, a famous authority in culina ry matters, has been giving illustrated lectures on cooker', in Boston, where his subject and manner of treating it attracts much attention He cooked on the stage the dishes of- which he discoursed. From a report of his third lecture, published in the Boston Post, we extract some general observations which will be found inter esting aud useful by the ladies : Au omelet may be made more flaky by being set in the oven a soon as done. Never bring fat lo the fable. Potatoes, when cut into thin slips like a pen cil, make them potatoes Francaise. The quicker broth cools the longer it will keep. ' . Many people mistake rich food for high-seasoned food, llich food is healthy; high season ed food is unhealthy. Rich food is not stimu lating; hot food is stimulating. In summer make broth every other day. In baking meat, no matter what kind, always put in some Lroth. The top of an oven is al ways the warmest. To prevent from burning, grese a paper with butter, and put on the top of the article baking. This will keep the top of the meat or bread as ' moist as the bottom, The paper prevents the steam from rising. You need only to baste the paper occasionally. Some meats require less time to bake than oth ers. Pork and veal, to be healthy, should al ways be overdone. Speaking of the trichinae in meat,"the Pro fessor said that if the meat isx overcooked there was no danger from it. Many, people have eat en diseased meat without injury. A whole brigade of the French army, iu 1793 audit was an historical fact was led on disease'd meat for four or five months; and at the end of that time the men were apparently as healthy as those of other brigades wffo ate wholesome meat The fact of it wss the diseased meat was overcooked, and the men 'did not know- the difference. . The Professor could not recommend diseased meat, but the object of referring to the eubje-ct was simply to show tht importance, sometimes, cd OTercooking meat. Atr the close of the lectura the ladies carae forward to the platform, and, with spoon, test ed some of the Professor's cooking. It was evident that they relished, as on the tsro pre Yious occasions, toe result ot his casirononncai - Ip" . . 7. . T M,itn anlj 'Iha nTt (luiliira will flPIIVer- i ,r . . . - , ....... v 1.- 1 ... J u vw: j. w . . . w. u(U ..... 1 un )- s L iiwiiira will 1 i.c ii 1 1. 1 j ed ofv Yv ednescts? next, at it &Jock, a. m. - : 3 ' 1 ' 29. t. .k.. n. ,,f frKudmcn '"-..r" m--,.: k- .i.'iTi.wi Kr.fo. r,nrn. ment in 1863, has proved a failure The col- onists, four hundred and fifty-three lumber, k,. ,L Stat: nn,t r.nrti u-hn rr.t nn -hm rA niF petitioning Congress to reimburse them the .v r. fc-- r. rM,..,;n,. i yr. .0. ..imLnrcn tkem it,. atnounts expended in bringing the negroes baeJt ctc Their little bili is only eighty thousu3 dollars I j 1 he Iac Doctor Seymour was asked if he con s.uerea iign&iacmg baa ior consumption. .oi -at all; it is whet It It res 'Oa. A Wise ana j w5tt7 ' GOOD PLUCK. j A correspondent, writing all the way from j Texas, tells of the devotion of a tonne Southern , wjIe who accouipaniej her husband on foot ; lrom South Caroliua to the Lone Star State, and thought There are not in ; "Some months after the close of the war a gentleman overtook a well dressed Confederate soldier, with a knapsack on his back, accompa nied by a pretty, ueat-looking girl, of apparent ly about eighteen years of uge, with a buodle in her hand. The soldier stopped to ask some di rection about the road. The gentleman found that he was a Confedtrate soldier returning home wish h'p wife, and invited them home. with him to dinner, as vhe lived near. The soldier, a fine-looking Texan, told his story. His home was on the Nueces. lie had cijjeied the army at the first of the war, leaving a widowed moth er a'nd little sister home. lie 'belonged to Johnson's army, and had gone through all the varied fortunes of a soldier, been once wounded and twice a prisoner at Camp. Chase. Iu one of his various wanderings, he had met and fal len in love with the daughter of a widow in the Northern part of South Carolina, whose hus band had fallen at the battle of Manassas. The widow, from competence, found herself reduced almost to want. When the war closed, our sol dier went to the house of his intended mother-in-law, and for a month worked with all his might, mending feuces and putting the farm in the best order.he could. Then thinking it time to see about his old mother in Southern Texas of whom he bad not heard one word for over two years, he prepared to return home, but it was hard to leave his sweetheart, not kuowing when he could make money enough to come for her. .But she settled the matter bysaying she was going with - him. So one morning theyj ........ T 1 l l r . were marrieu, ana started ior yjxas on foot, with their knapsacks on their backs and with out a single cent of money. "But," said the bride, "we found people very kind, we made friends all along the road; we were never turn ed .off at night; we always got plenty to eat, and people would often make us little presents of money. We would frequently overtake a wag oner, who would give us a ride as far as he was going our way. When I got" to my husband's home I shall have travelled two thousand five hundred miles, and most of it on foot. I would not take anything ia" the world for my trip, I b,ave found everybody so kind and good" - The young husband looked into her bright young face and smiled as though he thought he saw there the reason every one was so kind. "But were you not afraid to come so far with a wild Texan?" some oue asked. "Oh, no!" was the tsuiHing reply; ''I always liked the Texaos, they are 5uch brave, good soldiers " . "You have indeed proved that you liked one of them." After dinner the gentleman "had his carriage brought round and carried them a day's journey homeward. As I shook hands with the bride, I wished her a pleasant journey. "Oh, never fear for that," she answered, "I am almost home a hundred miles or two isn't much; t am as happy as a king," and they drove off, the happiest couple I ever saw. May Heav en bless them. Now isn't she a heroine, and do you think there are many more like her? I will close my letter by saying threecheers for the Tcxian sol dier and his South Carolina bride. TEUTONIC ANGUISH. - We all .remember that a steamer, the Lady Elgin was some time agb lost .on a- trip from Chicago to Milwaukee, and about three hundred persons on board were drowned. The first te port' was' that all Irad perished; but several es caped, and returned to their homes after an ab sence of from one to three days. There lived at Milwaukee at that time a burly German, f named Triheister Dots winger, who rejoiced in a three-cornered lager beer saloon, an tight-tquare vrow, and an oval-factd cherub of eighteen summers, boy by naiurechneider Dotswinger by name, and graceful aS a young bologna sau sage in all its pristine bloom. . Schneider, coaxed his two derivatives to go on the ill-fated steamer. News came ttiat she was lost. The anguish stricken Teuton, in a paroxysm of grief, called on a friend to inquire about his boy. IJc'was informed that all were lost, and, cf Course, his boy was a goner, lie seat ed himself on a pile of books and thus h-ld forth: "Mein Gutt mein Gott, Mr Bumroy,-'lis always shust so as it never vash since it vash so, and 1 knows em!- I have So mooch droobles die day. as never vash since 1 make ttart mit mine lager peer grocery. It is phust so al) der time, aud I feels bo pad af down here mit mine pelly. Let us go und make ume lager peer . druiK, ana 1 ueiis you pout uat ccnneiuer wnai shost now lost me in ter Lady Ilelshin." flis friend accompanied the grief-stricken one to a saloon where lager was held forth, and j over a glass of beverage he thus continued: "Now, Mr'Bumroy, mine heart be aus ka ppielt (played out ) I make so mooch loves ver dat Schneider as vot no man never makes for his troy. I'se had so mooch trooble mit him doo. Yen he vos un fine leedle poy, fat t-hust - j , , ! ike un leedle pig, he had so much worms ash , J " . . - . ; no nov never had. und it takes more as zwel i , r ? P . " 1 . e ! barrels of goot lager peer to get dat poy out of m i.. - t- . uer worms. j. UKC xornc ifjic vni mi jjuut- . ! rou ! - t ! "Und dec, mine friend, he makes ter leedle j ! mecsles, und goonies out all over in und solid. 1 leedle spohts shust like un papy vot is freckled oever -vasn, una u com . . . t 1. und it coi me more as aoo toi l - ,rm tv 1 4ia -O dat Schneider away from dotn-' nkles. Und I makes tlav mit him on der ! vioor urT3.jhTencrt inn spnanttirrg mm as never 3L t 1 a" vash and de " makes uch grow, und goes nnt tr dcir Jbe vaots to bust like nonody, ; t?cr it dots his poorY&Mer'a he art (;'Batcb goot to vateh " him as1 voo "iH" safft " Take some to vateh hitEM.yoo ! mon nr. Mr llnmrwrf ''fc j ."Und den fae-&ak pe notinks. j.Und he gets so pig; in his leedlo stumach like j his'fadder! Und shust' like his madder doo. lie was shus; such a poy as never vash. Und he makes himself grow big, und ho drinks Bj much lager peer as bis ladder, und is so much help in mine grocery. He draws peer so goot as I does, und I sits all der times seeing Schnei der draw peer, und I smokes my pipe to shleep all ter vile. Und now I veela fo pad dswnt here! Take some raore peer, Mynheer Bum roy! "Und now dat Schneider vasgone make him self drown on ter Lady Ilelshin 1 He Tash to goot boy as never vash, und 1 must get odder little Schneide chust like him. I dell you, Mynheer Bumroy, I never mako myself , veel eo pad since dat poy was notinkl'J - Just then the door opened and in came Schneider, a living witness fresh from thjs disas ter, brought up on the cars. - "Oh, mein (Jolt, there comes dat Schneider!" Jumping up. "Oh, Schneider,, you tattim ras- ' c l, kiss your fadder! Gooui to your poor lad der's arms!" They embrace. Now take some liger peer mid your fadder Go kiss your mad der, you ta tutu rascal ! Hero, kiss your faddar, . you vot drowns in der Lady Ilelshin; uoii Tea ncit yon goes mit the Lady Ilelshin to ride you sthay hero und sell lager peer, und lets your poor faddes go have funs not by a tamru sight! Oh, how I makes love dat poy! I'd rather find fifty dollars in gold as drown him mit ter steamboat!" FRENCH MARRIAGES. A correspondent of the New York Evening' Gazette, writting from Paris, gives us -another picture of "society" which will be instructive : "French marriage ought to interest us from, its novelty; it is so entirely different from everything with which wc ore familiar. The interested uia'rriages in America are accompanied with love, at least on one side. The heiress loves thd fortune-hunter to whom she gives her hand ; the. maiden is loved -by the rich man 1 who purchases her consent. In America it never is a cold, commercial bargain ; it is al ways leavened with lovo. It ij absolutely, different here. People con tribute lace, cashmere shawls, horses, houses carriages, public securities, railway bonds, pro-. misory notes everything but love, to marriage. Nobody ever thinks of inquiring on the subject of love. Tli investigations made begin and end with the real and personal estate. Acquain-' tance itself is disregarded if the real, and per sonal estate, are satisfactory. They think hew the parties have all their life before them to become acquainted. As notaries occupy in business very much the same position that' priests do in religion, being the business con lessors of everybody, most marriage's are nego tiated by the notaries. You have a marriage able' daughter. You go to him und tell biui you wi&n a husband. You say,what you- will giv her on her marriage, what linen she has, (a wife is commonJy expected to bring lust hus band linen enough to 'last a lifetime) and what money sho will receive on your death. You further inform him what money you require Irom'her husband, and the form of contract you wish ; shall the wife's whole estate be secured to her, or shall the husband's and wife's estate go to the survivor, or shall they hold both estates in common ? . The notary examines his clients to sec it any of them have a son likely to suit your conditions. If Ik? has none, he wakes in quirics of other notaries unfi! at last Ccelcbg is discovered, lie is introduced to the father-in-law i futuro :if ho suits, hje is soon introduced to the daughter; in a fortnight they are mar Tied. You see, it is entirely a matter of dollar and fents. The heart has no vot in the debate. Can you wonder that so many husbands and wjves are separated, and that conjugal infidelity is to common litre ? This abominable pyrtem and - the pission for display which now fevers all classes in France, are ruining the women of this country. I detect a sensible cJiange in the women here during my residence. They are colder, more heartless, physically weaker" than they were twenty years ago 1 thought it might be a mere fancy on. my part, but the investigations on the subject which I have made show- that the medical pro fession are unanimously 'agreed on this subject. They declare the French women are degene rating. . They are losing the feminine character entirely. They are becoming nervous creature), to Whom excitement is indispereable, and who, consequently, loathe everything like domestio and quiet. "Women, iu this country, take a much more active part in the "husband's affairs than they do with you This is one reason why French trade is so iuTerior. A woman cannot bo taught business. Their supct facial minds aro arrested Uy the trifles of tra.de and cannot penetrate its. (esence. Observe widows, who manage their departed husbands' estate ; it is possible to in troduce greater stupidity and obstinacy into, trangactiofJ7 PrutST Marrying. The churchly habits of Home are suflcring serious invasions in Italy. Five priests were married, within a mjnth, one being Franciscan Monk, and it is said that such marriages are to go on increasing. The Pone will, no doubt, put his foot down boavily on such irregular proceedings. A footman,- proud of his grammar, ushered into the drawing-room a Mr Foote and bis two daughters, with this introduction : "Mr Foote, and t"co Misses Feet." 1. 1 1 -.t j. .t. . j lauy was askeu, mu uiutt ur, why bhv chose to live a single life. She naivety replied : "Because I am not able to support a husband." ir.oubie old bachelor, and who seemingly . . a ' ;K m.;..S. reioices in "a female despotism, temperea by puddings.". maiden lady, not remarkatlo for either t . L J f . beauty, jouhj or goou vcmr, came ior aavico ' to Mr Arnold as to now sue should get rid or a 1 troublesome suitor. "O, Mary, marry him I" i was the advice. 'Nay, I would see hiui hanged first." "No, madlm, marry Lim,'a9 I said to you, and 1 assure you it will pot be Iqh bciorft I he hang? himeclf i
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 12, 1866, edition 1
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