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WM. J. YATES, Editor and Propeeitob.
CHARLOTTE, Ni GM -TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, I860..
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BY ' .
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOB AMD PROPRIETOR. "5 .
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. $2 for six months. ,:
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serted 2 months or more.-
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The next session commences oo the 1st of October,
1866, and continues until 30th June, 1867.
The session is divided into two Terms of Twenty
weeks each ; the one commencing the 1st October,
18GS, and the other the 15th February, 187.
Jfrpente per .Term of Twenty week
Board, including' every expense, except
washing, $105 00
Tuition in Collegiate Department 25 -00
" Primary 44 20 00
Mugic, Modern Languages, Drawing and Pninting
taught by compelent and thorough Instructors at
usual prices. A
For circular and catalougue containing full par
ticulars, address
REV. R. BURWELL & SON, Principals,
July 9, 18GG. Charlotte, N. C.
CORIV IUILI, and SAW HILL.
The undersigned has in successful operation at
his Steam Mills, 4 miles South of Charlotte, a mill
for griuding Corn at which be can grind 150
bushels per day. Will be pleased to see his friends.
Send yonr Corn. .
Orders for Lumber 'will also receive prompt at
tention. P. S. WHISXANT.
Sept 3, 18C6. lmpd
Z. B. YAKCE.. . '. . C. DOTTD. E. I. JOHNSTON.
VANCE, DO WD & JOHNSTON,
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N- C ,
Having associated tuemselvcs together, will prac
tice in the Court of Mecklenburg, Iredell, Catawba,
Davidson, Itowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts.
Claims collected anywhere in the State.
April 2, 1866 " tf
MEDICAL CARD.
DRS. GIBBON k McCOMBS, having associated
themselves in the practice oT 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 brandies.
' Oilice in Granite Row, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Dec 11, 18G5 J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
fgJT" All persons against whom I have claims,
(some ol them half as old as myself ) and who do
not intend to take the benefit of the Stay Law, (so
called,) will do me a favor and themselves a credit
by calling on me at Wm. Boyd & Co's store, and re
newing their paper, and paying as much as the in
terest, it no more, as I am in want of the monev.
JAS. II. CAJt&'OX.
July 16, 1866 tf -:
The Southern Express Company,
For the transportation of merchandise, valuable
packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, kc, for all parts
of the South and Southwest, in connection with
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY,
have established their agency at 59 BROADWAY,
NEW YOltK, wli.re orders to call for goods to be
forwarded South will receive prompt attention.
Merchandise and valuables delivered to Ilarnden's,
Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com
panies, far the Southern Express Company, will re
ceive prompt dispatch.
For particulars, rates of freight, &e. Ac, apply at
the oflice of the- Southern Express Company, 59
Broadway. II. B. PLANT,
Dec 13, 18tJ"). President.
JOHN VOGEL,
PRACTICAL TAILOR,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and
surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu
facture gentlemen's clothing iu the latest style and
at short notice. His best exertions will" be given to
render satisfaction to those who patronize him.
Shop opposite Kerr's Hotel, next door to Brown &
Stitt's store.
January 1, 1S86. -
Slate of IVorth Carolina.
390 KEWAHD. .
JL Proclamation ly Ills Excellency, JONATHAN
Worth, Governor vfXrih Carolina.
Whkkk as. it 'has been represented to me that
JOHN' H. ALLEN, late of the county of Mecklen
burg, in said State, stands charged with the murder
of one Titus, a" freedman, late of said County of
Mecklenburg, aud that the. said Allen Is a fugitive
from justice and has escaped beyoml the limit of
this Suite .
Now, TuERtcroRE, in order that the said Allen
may be arrested and brought to trial, for said al
leged raurd r, I, Jonathan- WoKiuGoveruor of said
State, do issue this tnv Proclamation, offering the
reward of TiiilEE HUNDRED DOLLARS for his
apprehcusion and delivery to the Sheriff oL Meck
lenburg conn'y. .
In witness whereof, IIU Excellency,
S L lJoua,ll:,n Worth, Governor of said State,
I " . bus hereto set his Land and caused th
v ' Great Seal of the State to be affixed.
Done, at the City of Raleigh, this the 25th day of
ugust A. D., ISiiC.
AJ
JONATHAN WORTH. .
By the Governor ?
Wm. H. Baulky, Private Secretary.
DEScntPTiox :,. John II. Allen is represented to be
about 32 years chli- five foot nine inches tifch,
strongly built, aud has light hair and blue tye3.
Scpt3, It6t5. V Tt -
jiist Keceivcd. v .
100 Sacks- Livferpool Salt,
300 bushels Corn, " ' -
1500 libs.; Hemlock Leather, .
50 Sacks Family Flour of J B Stewart's make.
For sale by - . HAMMOND & McLACGHLIN.
Sept 17, J86(. ; . . .. - .- ' '
LIFE SAVED BY WHIPPING.
Many years , ago two men were traveling in
odc of the .Northwestern States, in the depth of
winter, on horse-back. . It was a long, time since
they bad passed any human habitation, when
one of the men became so benumbed with, cold
that he told his comparion that he could not sit
on his horse and could not go any farther.
t They both dismounted in the midst of some
Very, large pine trees. ' As soon as they . were on
theirJect, the other traveler commenced apply
ing his horsewhip to the numb -one. This of
course warmed him up in more senses than one.
lie ran after hid compaoioo, who to avoid him
also ran ronnd OTestrfv4iresr pine trees about ten
feet in diameter. After thus exercising for a
few minutes, they were soon both able to pursue
their journey. A good, whipping perhaps 6aved
the man's life.
Many years ago in one of the Western coun
ties of North Carolina; an Irishman got lost in
the woods. He bad a little dog,and after floun
dering about a long time, and could not find his
way out, he finally took up his little dog and
whipped him severely, and hit him a few strokes
alter be let hiui go. True to bis natural in
stincts the dog ran in the nearest direction to
wards home, and the Irishman, following him,
was extricated, from his -difficulty.
' NOTICE,-;
By virtue of a decree of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, obtained at July Term, last, we
will, as Administrators, of C J Wilson, dee'd, sell at
Public Auction, at the Court House in the city of
Charlotte, on Mondav the 22d day of October next,
r. valuable Tract of LAXD, lying on the waters of
McDowell s Creek, adjoining the Lands of Hopewell
Copper Mine, Thomas &1 Kerns, - David Allen and
others, known as the McKnight place, containing
about Two Hundred and Fifty Acres. Sold on a
credit of twelve months, the purchaser giving bond
with approved security.
- ALBERT WILSON, ...
J. M. -WILSON-,
Sept 10, 18GG " 6t . -
VALUABLE II3Afj ESTATE
For aic.
My farm containing 175 acres, lying two miles
east from Charlotte, on the Lawyer's Road, in a
good neighborhood. About one half of this tract is
wood-land. The improvements consist of a double
Log-Cabin, Barn, ke , a Well of excellent water,
anil an orchard of selected fruit on the premises.
Posession given 1st January, 1867, and permission
given to sow small grtin this FalL
Also, a small brick Dwelling House in Charlotte
containing 5 rooms," located near the Depot and
convenient to business.
Also a large brick two story Store room at David
son College, 110 by 30 feet, handsomely finished
and centrally located, with a counting room and
cellar attached, and a small frame Dwelling House
and Well of water on the premises.
Any or all of these properties will be sold on
terms to suit the times, and must be sold.
. JAS. H. CARSON.
Jly 23, 1866. . tf
Wagon and Team,
To hire or sell. Apply to W. BOYD.
Sept 3, 1866. tf
J. T. BUTTLER,
WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER,
CilARLOTTG, H.'C,
Has just received the finest Stock of GOODS ever
olfercd in this market, consisting of
WATCHES.
Fine Gold Hunting American and English Watches
of the best makers. Ladies fine Gold Hunting Ge
neva Watches; tine Silver American, English and
Swiss Watches. Watches of all sorts and all sizes,
from Five Dollars to Three Hundred.
CLOCKS,
I have some of the best, which I. will sell at prices
to please anv one.
JEWELRY.
1 would say to the ladies, come and see for your
selves, the finest Stock ever o tiered in this city, con
sisting of fine Jet Sets ; fine Gold and.Euamel Sets;
Cue Coral Sets; Locket Pins, Ear-rings, kc.
SILVER WARE. ;
Silver Tea and Table Spoons, Forks and Thimbles ;
plated Tea and Table Spoons, Forks, Butter-Knives
and Cups, Castors, &c. -SPECTACLES.
Fine Gold, Silver, Steel, &c , to suit all ages.
Guns, Pistols and Cartridges, and Musical In
strtiments. - . . -
The above Goods I will sell cheaper than you can
buy them in New York or elsewhere.
The highest price paid for -
. OLD GOLQ AND SILVER.
Watch Glasses only 25 cents.
Please accept my sincere thanks for. your kind
and liberal patronage to me since my return from
the army.
Sept 17, 1866. - J. T. BUTLER,
Dr. J. iTl. Davidson,
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and the surrounding country.
Sept 10, 1866. '
HEAD THIS TOR YOURSELF.
We are receiving our FALL and WINTER
GOODS, and we ask the public to call and see our
Stock of
.DKY'GO ODS ,
consisting of Detains, Fallords, Poplins, black and
colored Silks, Prints, bleached and brown Domestic
Drills, Cotton Flannel, Bird Eye Draper, Table Lin
neus, and iu fact everything that the public need.
CENTS' GOODS!
Fine. Cloths, Cnssuneres, black and colored Ker
seys, Jeans," Shirting's, Shirt Fronts, Collars, tc.
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
of the best style and- fashions well made.
HAT S .
Ladies' Hats, in the laies-t sjle, Tatk Huts, Scft '
Side, Sailors, and every style ol the seasorr.
HARDWARE.
Locks, Hinges, Screws, Chissels, Hammers, Plains
and Bits, Brace and Uits, Boring Machines with ,
Bits, Anvils, Vises, Bellows, aud iu fact everything
in the Hardware line.
: GROCERIES. -
Sar, .coffee, molasses, cheese, candles, Foap,
Sptce, pepper, ginger, ar.dall Kinas ot Groceries of
the best I'uali'v.
SHOES.
We ask every body U' they-want good Shoea lo t
give us a call. . , ' -.4
As for prices we only ask s fsir show. It is to. :
cur interest to deal fair, and our principle to do
right. Call and see for yourselves. - We thank the
publie for past atrouage, anddesire a continuation t
of the same. " " ". '" j
.,rft 1?, 1806. ' BARltlSGER, WOLF & CO. '
- MILITARY" ORDER. ;:
The following General Order, which applies
to North and South Carolina, has been issued
by the Commandant of this Military Division,
and we publish it for thy information of the'
public : " ; ' .
" . :I1dq es, Pep t op the couth, ,
' . Charleston, S C., Sept. 1st, 1866. j
I. . Organizations of whites or colored persons
"t - i l l.- 1 i
oeanng arms, or lnienaea to ve armea, not uc
looeiog to the military -or naval 'forces of, the
United States, are unauthorized, and will not be
allowed to assemble,, parade, patrol, '.drill, make
arrest3..pr,exercise any aot uonty lhisrD
be construed., to prohibit, the lawful enrollment
of the militia. : ..
II. Armed bands of outlaws known as ''Reg
ulators," engaged in acts of hostility against the
United States forces, or in depredations and out
rages upon the persons and property of well dis
posed citizens, will be deemed and treated as
guerrillas, by Commanding Officers, and when
captured, will be summarilly punished according
to the circumstances of the case, pursuant to
General Order No. 90, War Department, Adju
tant General's OSee, Washington, May 11th,
1865. Commanding Officers of Posts are au
thorized, when these Banditti cannot be dis
persed by means of the regular garrisons,-to ac
cept the services of such citizens as may be
willing to assist in capturing tho-offenders and
their accomplices.
III. Associations, or assemblages, composed
of persons who served in the rebel forces,, hav
ing for their object the perpetuation of any
military or civil organization engaged in the
rebellion, or the commemoration of any of the
acts of the insurgents prior to the final surren
der, will not be permitted. This prohibition
will not be enforced against any society formed
for a charitable purpose, which shall in good
faith confine its action to the relief of the poor.
IV. All flags, ' ordnance, arms, equipments
and other materials of war used by the insur
gents during the rebellion, excepting' only the
side arms and private property of officers re
served to them by the terms of surrender, to
gether with all official records, books, papers
and correspondence relating to the rebel forces
and agents and their operations, are the pro
perty of the United States, and will be turned
over to the nearest Post Commander, who .will
receipt for the same.
. By command of
Major Gen. D. E. Sickles.
How to Avoid the Three Cent Tax. If
our planters would only take advantage of the
"protection" which the lladical Congress has
unwittingly offered them, they would ask that
the present internal reveuue tax on cotton be
continued in its present terms for ten or fifteen
years, with collection districts, just as they are
now, or at least not enlarged. This tax is not
to be charged unless the cotton leaves the col
lection district. Now if they will manufacture
the cotton within the collection district, the
manufactured goods will pay no more tax for
manufacturing than Butler's Lowell neighbors
pay, while the three cents on the raw material
may be wholly saved to the home producer and
manufacturers. If the Bads had thought of it,
they never would have given so much protec
tion to the South. Let us make hay while the
sun shines. N. O. Picayune.
' How to Do Ur Shirt Bosoms. We
have often heard, Bays the Norfolk Virginian,
ladies express a desire to know by what process
the fine gloss observable on new" linen shirt
bosoms &c.,' is produced, and in order to grati
fy them we submit the following receipt for
making gum Arabic starch : Take two oz. fine
white gum Arabic powder; put it into a pitcher,
and pour on it a pint or more of boiling water
' according to the degree of strength you de
sire and then having covered it, let it set all
night; in the morning pour carefully from the
dregs into a clean bottle, cork it, and keep it
for use. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred
into a pint of starch made in the usual manner,
will give to either white of. printed lawns a look
of newness when nothing else can restore them
after washing. Much diluted, it is also good
for thin muslin and bobinet.
Just Received,
' 40 Bales Gunny Bagging, '
100 Quoils Rope,
500 Sacks Liverpool Salt. For sale by
STEXHOUSE, SIACACLAY & CO.
September 24, 1866.
STEXHOUSE & 31 HAUL AY,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Charlotte, N. C, and 66 Pearl St , New Fork.
. Prompt personal attention to the sale of cotton,
cotton yarns, naval stores, &c, and the purchase of
merchandise generally. T .-- '
References John Wilkes and T H Brem, EsqVs,
Charlotte, NC; Jordan Wotnble, Esq, Raleigh, N
C; OG Parsley & Co, Wilmington, N C; D Paul&
Co, and Robt Mure k Co, Charleston, S C; "Wilcox
& Hand, Augusta, Ga ; Duntop, Moncure k Co,
Richmond, Va; Tannahill, Mellwaue k Co, NY;
Partridge, Wells & Co, New York. . '
Aug 15, I860. -
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Change of Time.
On and after Sunday, September 23d, 1.866, Trains
will run as follows :
- - . 'GOING EAST.'
" ": 3ail Train. Accommodation.
Leave Charlotte 9 40PM - '4"30 A M
Salisbury 12 01 8 40 "
' Greensboro- 2 50 A M 1 00 ;4
Raleigh .8.00, " 9 00 P M
Arrive at GoMsboro 10 43 . " . . . 1 09 All
;' 'GOING WEST. "
' T -' - '-tv Mail Train. . Accommodation.
Leave GoMsboro ,150 PM . 1 30 AM.
Rakigh - 5 00 " , 6 20
Greensbdro V 9 '35 " 2 2? P-M
" Salisbury .12 53 A. to 6 50 " r
Arrive at ghartotte , 3-10 10 50 " -r-
tMiI Train runs daily... Accommrdation Train
Ans. not run on Sunday. Mail connects withC k S
CUE for the South," and with R'tDR R nd R k 1
G Tt It for the North. Also with the W & n fttsa
the AtNC R Rs. ' - ' - 1 ' . -
, . - E. WILKES, Eng. & Sup't.
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.;SUPFEEIWQ IN THE SOUTH.
Tbefbllowiog which we' copy from the Mont-
rgorof.ry Advertiser of the 16th; - tells a story
wnicnr we tear, has many parallels throughout
the Knnf h
-f 'About two or three weeks ago, in a house
near the fair ground, a-woman "was found dead
on the floor. - She had fallen from the bed and
must liave died during the night. 'Around her
lay lier four little daughters, the oldest one
about twelve years of age. Day -break revealed,
to-themtheir mother's dead body lying on the
floor. - But this was not all; these little girls
eg.around ber were dying, yes, dying for the
.want of bread and attention. In this fix they
were brought by someone, in a little cartx to
Bishop Cobb's home for orphans. . They were
brought there on Friday. v Their mother was
buried by some one In the country. When
these little girls came to , tho home, they were
the picture of misery and want, and not scarce
ly a rag on. to bide their nakedness; emaciated
and sallow, they looked like living skeletons,
and they were crying for bread. The baby,
about three years, of age, died on Saturday.
The poor little thing was too near gone for any
human aid to do her any good. She ' begged
for bread until she died. . .. ,
Another one named Lizzie, about seven or
eight years of age, died on Wednesday." - She
was a pretty, sweet little girl, but reduced to a
mere skeleton. She begged those aroundjier
to give her some meat and bread to the last.
Mr Tichnor'read the burial service over their
remains, and they were laid in a narrow little
grave by the side of their mother. The other
two are still at the home. . It was - thought at
first that they would die too, but the oldest one
is a bright, sweet little girl, is improving under
the kind nursing of Mrs. Cleveland, and it is
probable she will get well. Her account of the
suffering they underwent is enough to melt the
hardest heart to tears how they cried for bread,
and could not get it; that they bad been draw
ing rations, but" when they all got "down sick
they sent their ticket by a negro woman, but
that the ticket was torn up, and the answer was,
"no more rations"; and how their poor sick
mother, the evening before she died, with tears
streaming down her cheeks, pressed them to
her bosom; and much more, which, this little
girl told me in a straight forward manner, and
which had truth stamped upon. what she said.
The other little girl, named Mary, about nine
years of age, is still very low, and it is doubtful
whether she will ever get well, though she has
improved some since she has been at the home.
She at first begged every one who came near her
to give her some meat and bread, as she had
been literally starving... 7,
These are the plain facts as they are. They
need no embellishment.- A .mother and two
little daughters dying,, in a few days of each
other; from want, and two others found in a dy
ings state, and all this for the want of bread and
:ance. -, The wife of a soldier who died in
the Confederate army, and those little girls bis
children. Her name was Mrs, Brooks, and she
came from Randolph county. If any one doubts
these facts, by going to the home for orphans,
they can find out about them.
TnE Trade or New York with the
South. The New York Herald says: New
lork is now in the height of the fall business
with the Southern States. Several thousand
merchants from the larger cities South are here,
and our hotels are crowded to overflowing with
them. . The sight of so many homespun suits
and slouch hats on Broadway reminds the prac
ticed New York eye of the prosperous ante hel
ium era. The lines of steamers and sailing pack
ets running South are crowded with goods.f
They are generally filled up with freight within
twenty-four hours afterthey commence loading.
The Charleston, Mobile, Wilmington, ,New Or-
leaos and Galveston lines find themselves run -
down with business. -
Since the resumption of peaceful intercourse
with' the South, merchants from that section
have found little difficulty iu procuring time on
their payments. Individuals coming here last
year, exhibiting a fair record for integrity, and
business capacity, and offering to pay up as far
as in their power . on their old liabilities, were
met in the most liberal spirit by New York mer
chants, and were given credit on all the goods
they required. With few exceptions they have
met their payments promptly. . The usual time
given has been about four months. This fall,
however, and within the past-ten days, circum
stances have arisen which have occasioned great
anxiety to large merchants, and which may have
the effect of eeiiously curtailing credits. The
ability of the Southern merchant to meet his
notes four moDths hence depends greatly upon
the condition of the coming cotton crop, about
which there is now so much doubt. . - -.
. This ia the way Mrs, Smith advertised her
husband: ; ..
"Lost, Strayed, or Stolen. An individual
whom I, in an urgent moment of loneliness, was
thoughtless enough to adspt as my husband.
He is a good looking and feeble individual,
knowing enough, however, to Come ia "when it
rains, unless some good looking girl offers him
the shelter of her umbrella; answers totheame
of Jim; was last seen in company, with Julia
Harris, walking with hh arm around her waist
up the plankroad, looking more like , a fool, if
possible, than ever. ' Anybody wh6 will catch
the poor fellow and bring him 'carefully 'back,'
so that I can chastise him for running away will
be invittd to tea by xUaky a-cjihu.
. . . , a . TV ' " t
Massacre of ' Catholic 'Missionaries. Ac- :
count3have been received in" Paris of the may- j
tyrdom of cine Trench "Catholic inisiioaaries in j
the Cofea at Asia". One other escaped over the f
ironiieroi mat coumry, Rug nnw'
wandering in the" mountains. 3 ..j , .
seed xviiea:iv:; -
200-Bushels of very ije White, SEED WHEAT3,
from Maryland. 100 Bushels May Wheat.all o;
the very, beat quality.; For sale by . , , , - r
STENnOUSE, MACAHLAY k CO. j
Scjt 24, 186(J. - '- " "" " ' .
I SOUTH CAROLINA BAILROADS. .
Thi several EailroadCompanies in thi State,
and alj persons who have complaints to make of
excessive or . unequal charges,; or violation of
tneir cnarters -by said, rpaday will take notice
.that the following joint jesolation of the Gen
eral, Assembly, wag adopted at the last session ":
Resolved, That a Special Commission, con
sisting of two members of the Senate, and one
from each Congressional District in the House,
be appointed to investigate' and v report to this
General Assembly at its next regular session,
the complaints made, of r excessive and unequal
charges by the different Railroad Companies of
this btate,and to inquire if, and in" what'man
ner, they have violated their respective charters.
That the said Commission have power to sum
mon sueh witnesses', and to require the produc
tion of such books and papers, as may be neces
sary, and also to inquire and report what chatters
are subject' to amendment, and in those cases
-where amendments are practicable what changes
should be made to protect' the interests of the
public. v : ' . .
The Commission appointed under the forego
ing resolution, hereby call upon all persons hav
ing knowledge of material facts relating to the
matters embraced in said resolution, to forward
statements duly authenticated to the several
members of the Commission as hereinafter in
dicated. - -.
Complaints and charges relating to the Green
ville and Columbia Railroad, the Blue Ridge
Railroad, the Laurens Railroad, the Spartan
burg and Union Railroad, may be forwarded to
G F Townes, at Greenville C. H., or to W S
Grisham,at Walhalla. '. .
Charges and Complaints relating to the South
Carolina Railroad may be forwarded to M C
Butler, Edgefield C. H., or R S Duryea at
Charleston. r .
Those relating to the Charlotte and South
Carolina Railroad, and the Kiug's Mountain
Railroad, may be sent to B W Ball, at Laurens
c II. . : . ; ; .
Those relating to the Wilmington & Man
chester Railroad, and the Cheraw and Darling
ton Raikoad, may be sent to Harris Covington,
at Bennettsville.
Those relating to the North Eastern Railroad
and Charleston and Savannah Railroad, to R S
Duryea, at Charleston. '
. The Commission will meet at Columbia, on
Friday, the 23d day of November next, to make
up their report; at which time: any persons in
terested may appear before them, and furnish
such information as may be considered necessary,
relative to the matters under consideration.
. G. F. TOWNES,
Chairman Senate Committee.
, M. C. BUTLER,
Chairman House Committee.
, Fifty Years in an Iron Cage. There is
now living at Buckland, Massachusetts, a maniac
named Josiab Spaulding, who has been confined
in an iron cage for over fifty years, and for more
than thirty years has not stood erect, till he has
become so deformed that it is impossible to
straighten his limbs by. manual force. Ho re
fuses to be clothed, and will not suffer anything
to remain on him, and js only kept warm in
winter by warming the room in which his cage
is placed. ,
. His human nature seems to have totally de
serted him ; he is only a being of senseless ex
istence. His father, Rev. Jostah Spaulding,
was the first minister that settled at Rockland,
and this, bis only son, was the only survivor of
a premature triplet birth. During his boyhood
and youth he was indulged to the fullest extent,
and though an extremely- dull and backward
scholar, finally applied for admission to Williams
College, after the continued efforts and persua
sion of h is parents and leachers.
Jie was unsuccessful in bis application, and
commenced a district school, which the symp
toms of insanitycompelled him to giye up. ".. His
madness manifested itself in attempting to mur
der his father and mother, and was chained for
the safety of his family. .After months of rub-
Eing the links of his tetters against each other,
he succeeded in freeing himself, when his first
aet was to attempt to murder his sister. Since
then he has inhabited the cage in which he is
now kept, and his insanity has been growing
more and more, hopeless, until it is now utterly
incurable. .. " ; .
A good-for-nothing- looking wretch was
brought up, charged with drunkenness. It was
a clear case- ' The testimony showed that he
bad been on a spree for a week. He was asked
what he had to say for himself.
. "Well-yer Honor' said be, "me and my old
woman never did live easy together." "
'That's co excuse for getting drunk," said
the court. , - - -
"You're right yer Honor, and so it ain't. We
used to fight like cats and dogs together' -
"Drinking only made it worse," . put in the
court. . ' , ' " .( A ,V ' ,
"Thafs true;, she discouraged the life out of
me and kept me poor, until last week, when"
"Well, what did she do last week?" . -
"She died, yer Honor." -v
"And you have been. drank ever since?"
. "Yes, jer Honor: I never could bear pros
penty' , .. . .; - , . -, . "
A Lessox , for. Lazv Wives. One day,-
sturdy peasant was at - work in the field - amid
storm and rain, and went home in the evening,
tired and . drenched to the skin. - His loving wife
said : "My dear, itias been raining so bard that
I could not fetch - water, to -1 . have not been
-able to make you any dinner. As you are wet
through, I shall be obliged to you to feteh me a
couple cf buckets of water; 'you cannot get any
wetter." " The argument Was striking: 'he, there
fore, took two buckets and fetched ome water
fats.. 4 A mntl'-'-wt.uL m. m i. 4. C j. AAM.'.i -In.nt.l A '
ttmce. " On feaching- his house be found bis' wife'
comfortably seated by; the" fire .there'Tiftirig otie
bucket after another, bo-pourd the contents over
bis kind, considerate partner". Nof wrfe'aaid
he;you are quite as wet as;I arn,sov you'raay as
well fetch water-for Tourserf; you ' can't et ' any
wetter." " : ' " V ' " " '
AJPBAIP OF THE ITCn." . .
. Pete Whetstone, of Arkansas, was once trav
eling on horseback through the. interior of. the
State, and called one evenicg, to stay all tight,
at a little log house near, the road where enter
tainment and po&tofSce. were kept.-: Two, other
strangers were there and the mail rider rode up .
jost about dark. Supper. being over, the mail
carrier and the' three? gentlemen were invited
into a umall room furnished with a good fire and
two beds which were to accommodate thefour
tersons for the night. The mail carrier was a
ittle shabby, dirtylooking wretch, .with whom
none of tho -gentlemen Jiked the idea of sleep-
ng., r-eie u nesxono- eyea mm. iose(j. as na ,
asked : ; ( -v -. t
. Where do you. sleep, to-night, my ladf" -
' .'Til thleep with yott, I reckon," lisped Iho
youth, "or one o' them other fellers, I doa't cart
which,' - -. . -. ; -X..
; The other two gentlemen took the hint, sod
occupied one of the beds together immediately,
leaving the other bed and the confab to be en
joyed by Pete and the mail boy together as best
they -could. . .Pete and the., boy commenced
hauling off their du,ds, and Pete getting in bed
first, and wishing to get rid of sleeping with the
boy, remarked very earnestly r , .
"My friend, I'll tell you beforehand I've, got
the itch, and you'd better not get in herd with
me, for the disease is catching.'.
The boy, who was just getting in bed, too,
drawled out very coolly , - -
"Wol 1 reckon that don't make a bit o' dif
ference. I've had it now these seven years,"
and into the bed he hitched, along with Pete,
who pitched oat ia as great a harry as if he had
waked up a hornet's nest in the bed.
The other gentlemen reared, - and the mail
boy, who had got peaceable possession of the
bed to himself drawled oat - .-..' .
t "Why, yoa mast be a thet darned fools;
mam and dad's got the eatch a heap wurth than
I is, and they thlep in that bed last night when
they were here at the quiltin,"
The other two strangers were now jn'a worse
predicament than Pete had been, and, bouncing
from their nest like the old house had been on,
fire, stripped, shook their olothes, pat them oa
again ordered their horses, and, though it was
nearly ten o'clock, they all three left and rode
several miles to the next town before they slept,
leaving the imperturbable mail carrier . to tho
bliss of scratching and sleeping alone.
. . - ..-
The Law. Two Dutchmen, who bailt and
used in common a small bridge .over a stream
which ran through their . farms, bad a dispute
concerning some repairs which it required, and
one of them positively refused to boar any por
tion of the expense necessary to the purchase of
a plank. . Finally, the aggrieved party went to
a neighboring- lawyer, and plaoing ten dollars
in bis hand, said:
"I'll give you all dish moneys if you'll mako
Hans do justice mit de bridge." - ' -
"How much will it cost to repair it?" asked
the honest lawyer. v 1 - " ' ."
"Not more than five dollar," replied the
Dutchman., . . .
"Very well," said the lawyer, . pocketing one
of the notes and giving him the other; "take
this and go get the bridge repaired; 'tis the
best course you can take."
"Yaas," said the Dutohman, slowly, "ysss,
dat ish more better as to quarrel mit Hans;"
but as he wont along home ho shook his head
frequently, as if uoable, after all, to see quits
clearly how her had gained anything by going
to law. - ' - "
3" One of the greatest absorbent of gasses
is charcoal. Of some kinds of gas it will absorb
90 times its volume. This was strongly illus
trated some time since, by a blacksmith, who
bad a pile of it lying exposed not far from his
shop. . A. poor old horse, just ready to die wss
feeding about in the vicinity, of it, and finally
Jay down and died on the side of it. Perceiving
no bad smell to . arise from, the carcass, the
blacksmith did not remove it, bat let it decay
where it was. But when he came to burn the
coal he discovered that all the gas that arose
from the decaying animal matter, had been taken
up by. bU fuel and was by the fire driven oat
again, rendering bis shop, insupportable.'
Pet Birds. Caged birds are tha source of
much pleasure, and while . they give great hap
piness if . they are kept in good healthy condi
tion, feem to enjoy life nearly if net quite aa
well as their mates in the bash or the wild wood
especially if, either from the laok of memory
or from blissful ignorance, the eaged birds do
not know what pleasure they lose. "Where
ignorsnce h ' bliss, 'tis foil to be wise.', Ooa
of the drawbacks to the happiness of birds, and
to the pleasure of keeping them, is lice, and
having recently learned of a ssfe and sore way
of. removing them,' we give it to onr readers.
The Michigan Farmer says: '
; "Lay a piece of canton or cotton flannel over
the cage at night,' several nights in , suoeessiou,
taking it off at daylight. Multitudes of them
will be found upon it, whieh are easily, killed.
After a few days all will be removed. . A-case
ia which this was very saecessful has jost beej
brought to our notice, from a pair of bob-o-links;
hundreds of. these parasites were removed ia
this way." " , - ' v '
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This Sidb Up- We saw Jako nailing up a
box the other day containing some articles which
he. intended sending by express.- iFrorfl the
nature f the contents we knew it wss essential
that the box should not be inverted oo-the pas
sage, so we ventured the suggestion to Jake to
place the much abused "This side np, etc.Voon
spicuously upon tho cover. A few days after we
saw Jake. ":- ,- ' "
"Heard from yoor goods, Jake y did they get
tier safely ?"- r - v . r . f .
"Every one broke V replied Jake, sullenly j
"lost the whole lot ! ' Hang the Express com
pany !" - "'" ' ' - ' - - "' " -r ' "v
, . "Did yoa pat on 'this side np as I told yoar
V"Ys I did"; -an? far fear they shouldn't see
it on the kiver I put it oa the bottom, tew
weoo'foand 'era J" " " - . ;
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