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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23,:
FIFTEENTa VOLUME-N U JJ DE BTl0.3
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TO iTtlLwEs, $3 PER. 'ANNUM,-in advance.
. $ 2 for six tnoaths. ; '
Transient advertisements must -be paid for
in tUvance. Obituary notices are charged advertis
ing rales. , ; .,. .
Advertisements not , marked on the manuscript
f r a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
ch urged accordingly.
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$1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charpcd
for eaeb insertion, unless the advertisement is in
serted 2 months or more. . (
CHARLOTTE FEMALE ;7 INSTITUTE,
C1IARI.OTTE, N. (.
The next scssioncommence? ou the 1st of October,
and coutinue3 until 30th' June, 18t7.
The session is divided into two Terms of Twenty
w e ks each ; the one commencing the 1st October,
IfcGtf, nd the oiher the 15th February, 1 8G7.
, Exptnte per Term of Twenty weeks :
IJo.trd, including every expense, except
washing, $105 00
Tuition in Collegiate Department 25 00
" Primary. " . , 20 00
Music, Modern Languages, Drawing and Painting
tM'jghtby competeLt aud thorough Instruclors at
u-u.il prices. , .
For circular aud catalougue containing full par
ticulars, address
RKV. R. BUR WELL & SON, Principals,
JulyO, 1SU0. Charlotte, X. C.
PRODUCE BO U GUT AND HOLD.
HAMMOND & McLAUGHLIX,
In the Bryce Building on Trade Street,
Are constantly receiving and keep on hand for sale
a general assortment of
Gr-X"OOOX"OJ3,
such as Salt, Iron, Leather,, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses,
Sheeting," Bale Yarn, Liquors of all kinds, Ac , &c,
which they will sell at moderate prices for Cash or
exchange for country Produce of every description.
II. B.' HAMMOND,
Sept 17, 18GC.
j. Mclaughlin.
HIGHLY DESIRABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
Wishing to change my business, I will sell 250
Acres of LAND in and adjoining the Town of Char
lotte, (40 acres in corporation). On the Tract there
is a gooc Mill-site, 22 feet fall, with a first rate Dam
recently built, and race dug, and all the large tim
bers for a Mill House on the ground. The Tract
can be divided. It is worth the attention of any
one wishing a paying propert-, or as an investment.
Auy information can be had by applying to the sub
scriber. W." F. PUIFEtt.
Sept 10, !8G6. - . tf . -
On Coiisixiinieiir,
400 Bushels white Corn, 250 bushels Meal, 14 boxes
ordinary Tobacco, at t , . .
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & COS., !
Sept 10, 18o"ti Opposite 1st National Bank.
z. n. taxck. c. oowo; - ,R. i. johxhton.
VANCE, DOWD 6c JOHNSTON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N. C t j 4
Having associated themselves together, will prac
tkv in she Courts of Mecklenbursr. Iredell, Caiawta,
Davidson, Uowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the
Federal aud Supreme Courts.
Claims collected anywhere in the State.
April 2, 1866 " tf
MEDICAL CARD.
DltS. GIBBON & McCOMBS, 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
riurery in ail its branches. -
Office in Granite Row, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Dec 11. 18o5 J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.
The Southern Express Company,
Fur the transportation of merchandise, valuable
packages, specie, bank note, bonds, &e, for all parts
iif ihe Souih and Southwest, in connection with
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY:
irive established their -agency at 59 BROADWAY.
NEW VOKK, where orders to call for goods to be
forwarded South will receive prompt attention.
Merchandise and valuables deli vered to Ilarnden's,
Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com
panies. f.r the Southern Expres Company, will re
ceive prompt dispatch.
For particulars, rates of freight, Ac. c, apply at
l he 'office of the Southern Expreis Company, 59
JSroadwar. II. B. PLANT,
Dec. 18, 1865. -T President.
JOHN YOG EL,
PRACTICAL-TAILOR,
Respectfully informs the cilitens. of Charlotte and
surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu
facture gentlemen's clothing in the latest style and
r.t short notice. His besrexerlions will be given to
render satisfaction to those .who patronize him.
Sho; opposite Kerr's Hotel, uext door to Brown &
Stitt's store. . . .
January 1, 1866.
CQ-Pnrtnership, Xotice.f .
MR. R MACOOXALd" is this day (Jaiy 1st)
Admitted a partner in the business of oar House at
Charlotte. N.C., which will be continued tinder the
irm of STENHOUfcE. MACAU LAY & CO.
. STEN HOUSE & M AC AULA Y.
July IR,
James Hirer Insurance Comuauy,
IIOWARDSVILLE, VA. -
CHARTERED CAPITAL, 1,500,000.
U. W. DOY.NING, A'jent, Charlotte, N. C.
This old, tried, and solvent company deals liber
ally, pays prompIy, and asks patronage. See below,
to which many others similar coubJ be added:
-Richmond, Va:, Feb. 15, 1866.
"In the month of December, 1865, we had Cotton
burned which was insured In the Jawes Rver Com
pany, and its part of loss, aisonnting to" one thous
and seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and
ihirtv three ceuts, was paid promptly. as soon as
proof, Ac . was roTwarfle, and over Ito montis
before it vras due underthe policy- Such prompt
ness merits patronage. , A. StoKS 3( Co.
April 2,
Whom to Makuy. Some young men . marry
dimples some ears; some noses: the contest,
! however, generally lies between the eyes and' the
hair. , J he mouth, too, is occasionally married; the
chin not so often, though, should we ever be so
unfortunate as to marry at all, we think our pre
ference would be the eyes and a soft, melodious
voice combined, for when is a man more happy
than. when seated by the-sylph-like form of some
fair demoiselle, he, on looking up, jneets a pair of
dark or lieht blue, orbs c-azinor fondly on him!
Then, he feels he could wilt away( with, pleasure.
in connection with the tender look he hears the
soft and tender strains lowly murmuring their
sweet accordance of friendship and probably
something more. He that would have a wife
must marry a woman. If he can meet with
one of equal social position, like education, similar
disposition, kindred sympathies, aud habits con
genial to his own, let him marry, but let him
beware of marrying a curl or a neck, however
swan-like, or a voice, however melodious. Young
ladies do also make some queer matches, and
unite themselves to a pair of big whiskers, or a
love of a moustache especially . the mousetail
pattern.
Wagon.
and
Team,
W. BOYD.
To hire or sell.
Sept 3, 186.
Apply to
tf
J. T. BUTTLER,
WATCH . AND CLOCK MAKER,
CHARLOTTE, IV. C,
Has just received the finest Stock of GOODS ever
offered in this market, consisting of
WATCHES.
Fine Gold Hunting American and English Watches
of the best makers. Ladies fine Gold II uni iug Ge
neva Watches ; fine Silver American, English and
Swiss Watches. Watches of all sorts and all sizes,
from Five Dollars to Thre Hundred.
CLOCKS.
I have, some of the best, which I will sell at prices
to please anv one.
JEWELRY.
I would say to the ladies come and see for your
selves, the finest Stock ever offered in this city, con
sisting of fine Jet Sets ; fine Gold and Enamel Sets;
fine Coral Sets; Locket Pins, Ear-rings, &c.
SILVER WARE.
Silver Tea and Table Spoons, Forks and Thimbles ;
plated Tea and Table Spoons, Forks. Butter-Knives
and Cups, Castors, Ac.
SPECTACLES.
Fine Gold, Silver, Steel, &c, to suit all ages.
Guns, Pistols and Cartridges, and Musical In
struments. The above Goods I will sell cheaper than you can
buy them in New York or elsewhere.
The highest price paid for
. . OLD GOLD AND SILVER.
Watch Glasses only 25 cents.
Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind
and liberal patronage to me siuce my return from
the army.
Sept 17, 1866. J. T. BUTLER.
Dr. J. JY1. JDnviilsoii,
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, and the surrounding country.
Sept 10, 1866.
READ THIS FOR YOURSELF.
JSn&'7V GOODS. .
Wc are receiving our FALL and WINTER
GOODS, and we ask the public to call and see our
Stock of , .
DRY GOODS,
consisting of Detains, Fattords, Poplins, black nnd
colored Silks, Prints, bleached and brown Domestic
Drills, Cotton Flaiinet, Bird Eye Diaper, Table Lin
nens, and in fact everything that the public need.
(JESTS' GOODS.
Fine Cloths, Casslmeres, black'and colored Ker
seys, Jeans, Shirtings, Shirt Fronts, Collars, &c.
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
of the beet style and fashions well made.
HATS.
Ladies' Hats, in the latest syle, Park Hats, Sea
Side, Sailors, and every style of the season.
HARDWARE.
Locks, Hinges, Screws. Chissels, Hammers, Plains
and Bits, Brace and Bits, Boring Machines with
Bits, Anvils, Vises, Bellows, aud in fact everything
iu the Hardware line.
GROCERIES.
Sugar, coffee, molasses, cheese, candles, soap,
spice, pepper, ginger, and all kinds of Groceries of
the best quality.
SHOES.
We ask every body if they want good Shoes to
give us a call.
As for prices we only ask a fair show. It is to
our interest to deaU fair, and our principle to do
right. Call" and see for yourselves. We thank tue
public for past patronage, and desire a continuation
of the same. -
Sept 17, I8G6. BARRIXGKR, WOLF k CO.
STEAUOUSE & AL1CAULAY,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Charlotte, JV. C., und 66 I tai l St , Ktw York
Prompt personal attention to the sale of cotton,
cotton yarns, navtil stores, &c, and the purchase of
merchandise generally.
IvEKtitK.vCKS John vVilkes and T II Brem, Esj'rg,
Charlotte; X C; Jordan Womble, Emj, 'Raleigh, X
C;OG Parsley & Co. Wilmington. X C; D Paul &
Co, and Robt Mure & Co, Charleston, S C ; Wilcox
& Hand, Augusta, Ga ; DuHop, Mbncure h Co,
Richmond, Ya ; TannnhitI, Met 1 w ane k Co, X Y ;
Partridge, Wells& Co, Xew Yoik.
Aug 15, 18CG.
AT
IVlcLEOa Sc STKEL'S.
We are now receiving and opening our
FALL AND WINTER STOCK,
which has been selected with' great care. The lib
eral patronage received from our friends and the
public generally has induced us to purchase a more
extensive Stock this I all than at any previous time.
We hope to merit coot auction ot tuetr kind tavors.
Our Stock embraces many of the most, drsirable
styles of :
Ladies' Dress Goods,
black and colored Cloths, Cloaks, Shawls,, White
Goods, Embroideries, Triminiugs, Ribbons, Xotions,
Hosiery, Gloves, Straw Goods. Furs, Gents' Fur
nishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots aud Shoes, Hollow
and Willow Ware, Hardware, -
Groceries and Crockery,
Our Stock will compare favorably with any in the
market. We respectfully ask an . examination of
the same.
:,Qrt'!, 13 ?.' " ' "
CROPS OP THE WORLD.
At the commencement of the present year the
i most buoyant hopes were entertained that the
I harvests ut home and abroad would prove most
) abundant and favorable. "This anticipation was
j reasonable, as the termination of a great war in
; this country had restored a million and a half
i of men to the pursuits of peace, and Europe, at
that time, was not even menaced by that short
i and decisive war which has been attended with
such extraordinary results. It is now very well
ascertained that the cereal crops of Europe and
America will fall very far short of the anticipa
tions of the public.' The wheat crop of this
country is, at the South, an utter failure, and in
the West and North, not as large as usual. It
is "now a well ascertained fact that widely ex
tending droughts and other unforeseen misfor
tuoes have also dwarfed the corn crop North
and South. In this countrv, therefore, the next
year will not be one of cheap bread.
In glancing over recent files of the European
and English papers, we find the most depressing
and gloomy statements as to the probability of
universal scarcity of breadstuffs abroad. . The
London Saturday Bevicw of the 22d of Septem
ber says, "that, after the almost continuous rams
of the past few weeks, the most hopeful cannot
oxpect the result of the grain harvest of 1866
in England lo be favorable." When it is re
collected that the harvest commences in Eng
land during the last week in July, and usually
ends about the middle of August, we can well
conceive that almost "Continuous raios" for two
or three weeks prior to the 22d of September,
have greatly damaged the outlying wheat in a
damp climate like that of England.
Turning from Great Britain to the principal
grain-producing portions of Europe, we fiud the
accounts of the wheat harvest not cheering. In
Russia the crop is a good one.. In Prussia the
wheat is in bad condition. In Holland and Bel
gium the crops are so poor that they will import
and not export wheat. The districts of country
which have Trieste for a shipping port have bad
crops, where there was abundance last 3'ear. . In
the north of . Europe there is . hardly wheat
enough for home wants. In France the .wheat
crop was secured much eailier than in England,
and we have very accurate information as to the
supply in that country. So short is the crop
there that the English agricultural journals say
"we have to dread France as a competitor in
purchasing the surplus of countries that Eng
land had looked to for supplies." Last year
France sent to England nearly a million and a
half quarters of wheat, and nearly two millions
sacks of flour. Now England will not only be
deprived of that supply, but will find France an
active competitor in all the markets of Europe.
In their report upon the prospects of a surplus
in North America, the English journals report
crops of wheat as very good in Canada and Cal
ifornia, but short from a fifth to a tenth in the
Atlantic States. Richmond Times.
Xo doubt there will be bread enough in the land.
A Woxderfi'l Old Ladt.TIic Macon (Ga.)
Telegraj)li says an old lady named Martha Car
son, aged one hundred and three years, six
months and three days, died lately in Bib coun
ty, Ga. She had cut three sets of teeth, the last
being' small and like a squirrel's., She never
took an active close of medicine in her life. Up
to within six years she would walk two or three
miles with the greatest ease. About eight years
ago her sight failed, but when she cut her last set
of teeth, about two 3 ears since, it improved very
much. She was born in North Carolina, but
has lived in Georgia for sixty, years. Her oldest
son, William, died in Louisiana a few months ago,
at the age of cightv-one or eightv-two 3ears.
She had eleven children, five of whom are now
alive.
OSBOUNE, BARK.KGER & OSBORNEi
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
J. W, OS BO EXE. RCFUS BARRINGEIt. R. D. OSBORNE.
One of the firm may always be found at their
Office, near the Court House.
Charlotte, Oct 15, 1866. lrapd
VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT
FOR SALE.'
I OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE, 1IY
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT
on the East street, in the Town of Statesville, situa
ted a few hundred yards from the Public Square.
Possession can be had by the 1st day of January
uext. The Dwelling House is 40 by 32 feet, 5 rooms
below and 4 fire-places, 4 rooms above and 2 fire
places, a piazza in front and back of the dwelling; 4
good kitchens with brick chimneys and fire-places,
a flour room, loom honse; wheat house, and a good
smoke house all in good repair a well of excellent
water, milk boose aud wash house, a carriage and
ice hoase, a large s;aHe with 2 large sheds, corn
crib and first rait cow shed with 6 stalls and a room
to set the milk paii in; calf stall and hog pen at
tached; a good garden, clover and cow lot.
Alo, . Acres of Laud,
well improvfcd, attached, for truck patches.
More desirable property has not been ofTcred in
tbisr towa for sale.
J. W. STOCKTOX.
Smesville, Oct 15, 1866 4t r -
Seed Rye,
UAjJUOXD k
For sale by
Oct 1, 1S66
McLAUGHLIX.
State of Rortli Carolina. Union Co.
In Equity To lull Term, 1866.'
William H Simpson, Administrator of WiHiam Ring
staff, against Hilliard J Wolfe and others.
It appearing in ihiscase to the satisfaction of the
Court that D. Ma-ion Rose and Sarah his wife, de
fenduts, reside beyond the limits of this State so
that process cannot be personally served upon them,
it is iberefore ordered by the Court that publica
tion be made, for six weeks saccessively, in the
Western Democret, commanding them to be and ap
pear at the next term of this "Court, to be held for
the county of Union, at the Court House In Monroe,
on -the 8th XJouday after the 4tU Monday in August,
180$, then and there to answer, plead or demur, or
judgment pro confesso, will be entered against Lb era-
Witness, Thomas D. Winchester, Clerk and Master
of said Coarjat office in Sonroe, the 4tb day of
October, 1866. ; V- - ' :
, K . - T. D. WINXUgSTEg, C. it. E.
.?rH?' .l. dv.'$10 ..' -r , .-. . 5. . -1
.:' -MAKUFACTUBES. "
The North has been made rich by its superi
or skill and enterprise atd by its happy system
of divid'rng the labor of its DeoDle. This, added
fto the indomitable energy of the Northern peo-
y, una ueen me cniei source 01 its wealtb.
Ibis has been accomplished by the labor of
white men;- colored societyi every where, when
reduced to free labor, being greater consumers
than producers." - -'
The South must now profit by this example.
Our colored population, under proper direction,
can accomplish more for themselves and more
for the country in agricultural pursuits' than at
any thing-else. " As laborers, as planters and
farmers, they can become more truly indepen
dent as a class, than at any thiog else. As me
chanics, or domestic servants, some few of them
may get along respectably, but it is poly as til
lers of the soil that any large number of them
cart hope long-even to obtain the necessaries of
life. But industry, frugality and a determina
tion. to become superior laborers in agriculture,
will make tnem comfortable and independent in
a few years. 1 This,' therefore, is their1 proper
vocation. Experience has proven that few of
them can make skillful 'mechanics,' or merchants,
"or manufacturers or miners These seem to'be
special vocations for the white race. '
If we had the capital in the Statc and we
thiuk it might be obtained in sdine way, we
should strongly urge the immediate establish
ment of large factories of various kinds, espe
cially in every town in the State with 2,500 in
habitants. In this City we ought to have two
or three, and so it should be in Fayetteville,
Wilmington, Newbern, Charlotte, and other
places. We regard W. II: Willard, Esq , as a
public benefactor, for his efforts in inaugurating
a factory in this City for the manufacture of
colored cotton goods, such as stripes, plaids,
gingham, and possibly prints or calicoes at a fu
ture day. We learn that the lot has been pur
chased, and in a few days, the machinery will
be procured to commence the work. The plan
is to work the factory by steam. ' The spinning
will be done elsewhere. No money will be ex
pended for building houses and tenements for
the employees, as they will be drawn from the
city, and the location of tbe factory will be such
as to enable the operatives to live at their own
homes. Thus a number of females, who fiud it
difficult to make a living, will be furnished with
remunerative employment. - Would that we had
two such factories, employing "5Q0 employees
each, in this City, Fayetteville, Wilmington,
Newbern and Charlotte as an experiment.
The profit of such Factories to the stockhold
ers is unquestionable. The statistics of the
Georgia and Northern factories show this to be
the most renumerative investment that can be,
made. Besides this, they furnish a comfortable
support to large numbers of the indigent persons
who find it difficult to make a living. Let us
have the Factories a-going Raleigh Sentinel.
'
EARTHQUAKES.
The extremely rare occurrence of an earth
quake at Paris gives some interest to the fol
lowing general view of the most remaikable
phenomena of the kind, nearly 7,000 in number,
recorded in history since the year 288 B. c. JJp
to this day it has been found impossible to prove
any periodical recurrence of earthquakes xn any
country. Among the violent commotions of our
earth's crust recorded . by tbe earlier writers we
may mention one in the year 33 of our era in
Palestine, by which 30,000 persons lost their
lives ; a series of others in the year 446, and
which lasted six months, causing immense ruin
all over Europe. In the year 494 the towns of
Laodioea, Hierapoles, Tripoli, and Agafhicum
were overthrown. In 684 upwards of "500,000
acres of land, comprised within the province of
Josa, in Japan, disappeared in consequence of
an earthquake. In 842 France was sorely tried
under seismic influence; in 1021 it made itself
felt throughout Germany; and in 10S9 all over
England, which was often visited by the phe
nomenon, as for instance in 1158, when the
Thames suddenly fell so low that 'people could
cross it on stepping stones; in 1179, when, the
ground all about Durham was seen to swell, and
then sink down again with a loud noise, after
forming several. ponds ; and in 1185, when Lin
coln Cathedral and various edifices in other
parts of England were overthrown. The year
1348 was calamitous throughout Europe from
the same cause ; in 1580 the county of Kent
was devastated by an - earthquake, the bells of
Westminster Abbey felt its influence, several of
the houses in the neighborhood were thrown
down, the sk3r being clear all the time. On the
19th and 20th March, 1750, the phenomenon
occurred with such violence, that thousands of
the inhabitants of London quitted their dwell
ings and encamped o.utside the town. . Italy has
always been -subject to earthquakes ; those of
1626f when 30 towns and villages were des
troyed in the kjngdora of Naples ; of 1692, when
49 towns and villages, including 972 churches
and convents, were overthrown in Sicily, causing
tbe death of 93,000 persons ; of 1720, when
part of Palermo was laid in ruirrs ; of 1733, io
Calabria and Sicily, when the shocks continued
for nearly nine months ; and in 1857 in the
province of Basiiicata, will long be remembered
as awful calamities.. The greet earthquake at
Lisbon is too well known to deserve any partic
ular description. Turning to the New World,
we there find- appalling instances of terrestrial
commotion. In 1797 Riobamba, Tacunga, and
Ilambato were levelled to the ground. The soil
opened under men's feet, and whole caravans
were swallowed up, and so were houses ; whole
avenues were shifted from one spot to another,
without the trees being in the lea&t torn op or
damaged:. In 1822 Chili was severely visited,
and an upheaval of 100.000 square miles of j
ground to a height of 7 feet wan the result. On
the 22d of March, 1859, the town of Quito was
transformed into a mass of ruins, and upwards of j
3.000 persons lost their Uvea. Lima was visited !
in the same way 00 the 22d of April, 1860 ; and j
00 that occasion also lives wer. lost and pro
perty destroyed to a large amount, -Galiynemi
Specie prices io Texas wheat SI per bush el, 1
porn .50 cts; befJ2 per iead, and perk 6 cts. !
THE KEQEO INSURRECTION NEAR!
MEMPHIS
From the Memphis Avalanche, October 9C
- . J? or some time past the planters livioj; on and
about the Burgett plantation have been watch
lul or tbe conduct and .manoeuvres of -the ne
groes about , them, who, our informant Btatcs,
number somewhere in the vicinitv of five hon-
area, as many as three or tour times have
they (the planters) been warned by their friends
1 a
nerc to waicu tneir every act, as it was known
that they had. purchased arms and ammunition
in, this city, and had unwittingly hinted at their
murderous designs. On Tuesday last number
ot; tbe negroes arrived here, and, obtaining a
keg 01 powder and a couple of bags of shot, left
bat same evening on the Natoma for the plan
tation. A mile or two this side of the. planta
tion the , negroes went . ashore , and instantly
started for a little trading boat lying about three
hundred yards below.. Here they found six
rifles - offered for sale, They purchased, these
articles also, aud, with. the ammunition, buried
them io the woods.
On Friday evening, while the negroes were
weighing cotton, the suspicions of the overseer
were aroused by hearing them interlope the text
"Dixie'' with the words VOns will be wine to
morrow," and "to-morrow;" "We'll have fan,"
&c. lie said nothing,, but when the time ar
rived dismissed the negroes from their labor
and repaired as quickly as possible to his own
quarters, where he found the owners of the
plantation, the brothers Burgett.- He related
to them what had occurred, and suggested the
propriety of immediately taking such measures
of defence as in their judgment was necessary
to preserve the lives of all the white people
about the place. In the meantime tbey had
learned that on the following day the negroes
intended to attack them in the field. They then
determined on devising . plans which they
thought would entirely circumvent those of the
negroes and obviate tbe necessity of shedding
blood. With this end in view, they started next
morning for the field, two of the party riding off
toward the. road, two riding in the rear of the
plantation. The brothers Isaac and Henry took
the road, each being armed with a shot gun and
a revolver. Tbey had not advanced far before
they were met by a body of about fifty negroes,
who ordered them off their mule's, accompany
ing the order-with rapid, and indiserimiuRte
firing. . , . , .
Fortunately none of the shots had any effect.
Mr Isaac Burgett quickly alighted from his an
imal, and raising his gun to his shoulder,, fired,
killing the leader of the crowd and wounding
two others. Iiis brother, Mr Henry Burgett,
had by this time got in the rear of the scoun
drels, and, together vith the other two gentle- i
men, who, it will be remembered, had started in
another direction, poured a volley into their!
ranks, which had the effect of scattering them
in all directions. It was here that the other 1
ucgro was killed and two more wounded. By j
this time some ten or twelve white men gathered
around the place and quickly succeeded in ar
resting and placing under guard the entire
gang. Forty new rifles, thirty-five revolvers, a
keg of powder aud two large bags of shot were j
captured. In about an hour after the capture, I
two more squads of negroes were discovered
about half a mile off. but immediately dispersed
in confusion upon hearing of the disastrous
defeat of their infamous brother-plotters and as
sassins. .
An examination afterwards of about twenty of
the negroes showed plainly that it was concocted
by heads far more capable of doing , mischief
than those of the ignorant, deluded negroes,
but the planners lacked tbe courage of executing
their damnable plans This part of the work
they left to a negro named Bill Dickinson, who
assumed tbe leadership, and who, as is stated
above, was killed. This outbreak which was to
result in the murder of all the whites in the
neighborhood, to be followed by an indiscriruin-.
ate plundering, was planned and originated here
in Memphis. There can be no question about
it. The ammunition and arms for them were
purchased by white men in Memphis. This is
the testimony of the negroes. They say, too,
thaE they were forced into the insurrection by
the negro leaders, who told them that if they
would but once take possession of tbe planta
tions, their friends in Memphis and at the North
would stand by them.
The result of such teaching is plain. It is to
incite the negro, with his low brutal nature, to
murder, rapine and bloodshed.' What can be
plainer? We answer, nothing; and in this oc
currence tbe world is furnished with another
illustration of it- True it is that in comparison
with the Jamaica outbreak it is but insignifi
cant But the same, principle is involved
though on a smaller scale. A desire to possess
the lands undisturbed; a desire to rid them
selves of white rulers, or have such rulers as
they themselves would choose. Who could (ell
where it would end, had it been successful in
the beginning, and with the numerous bands of
negroes coming up as reinforcements? The
matter should be thoroughly investigated, and
the investigation should begin in Memphis.
Foreign Items. The .London Times com
pliments Lord Stanley '8 speech at the Cable
banquet, which was, it says, designed to satisfy
the U. S. that our relations with that coan try is
safe in its hands. It suggests that his Lordship
should take in hand tbe differences relating to
the Alabama claims, which it is persoSded can
be set at rest if the necesssary temper and judg
ment can be brought to bear. r.
it is stated that tbe recent wet weather io
England has destroyed a very large wheat crop.
The Windsor Arsenal has been leveled lo t he
ground ) y an explosion of gun cotton. .No
lives lost.
A most terrible fire occurred in Quebec last
week, in . St. Rocks and St. Stephens suburbs.
Fifteen hundred bouses were" destroyed, four
men' killed, one soldier blown up, and one officer
wounded. - I'"" - - "'.."' ' "' " " '
... About 3,000 ahecp bav just been started
from Vermont for Virginia. They will foot it
at ihe rate of tea miles per day, and get their
living 00 the road. "i
SYSTEMATIC CHILD . MURDER ..UT
Jb liAIiCE.
A subject of deep interest is now, being dis
sssed at the Academy of Medicine to which
cos
I have already alluded namely, the frightful
mortality among French children according , to
the fashion of the country . pat out ,to noise. '
Every year 20,000 babies are sent . oat of Paris
under the care of peasant , nurses, and of, that
number 5,000 00 an average are retarned,to
their mothers, the other 15,000 having died of
cold, starvation and bad treatment. JSince 1840
it has been calculated that in the neighborhood
of Pans alone 300,000 of these nurslings' have
died in the hands of their foster mothers. . Why
Ebould such barbarous murders be allowed to
depopulate the country? . It is entirely owing
to the bad management of the bureaux de nour
rices, over which; Government has not till now
exercised a proper amount of survelUncs. .These
officers receive Indiscriminately every woman
who applies at them for employment A fright
ful trade' is carried on by speculators of the
lowest class, denominated meneur$t. who enroll
country women in their pay, convey them to
Paris in" carts justly cal!ed "purgatories," obtain
for them babies whose mothers have applied at
the offices for a nurse for. their child, ajnd con
vey them and tbe children back to tbe country.
The horrors that take place during the journey
to Paris and back in the vehicle of tyeneu rare
of so startling a nature that one could hardly
believe them to be true were it not for tbe un
doubted proofs which have been laid before. the
Academy of Medicine. Thus the. country wo
men make no scruple in exchanging the babies
entrusted to them, and several among them un
dertake to nurse two or three children at a time.
"I have teen," exclaimed Mr Chevalier, ad
dressing 'the Academy, "one woman professing
to nurse seven infants, and yet she herself had
neither milk nor a cow." Fed with bad broth,
exposed to every species of dirt and neglect, the
miserable infant sickens and dies. The nurse,
however, writes to its mother that her baby is
prospering, that it had grown out of its clothes,
and required a fresh supply. The mother nat- -
orally spends her month s wages in supplyma
her child's wants, and goes on paying its board
for months after it has been lying in the village
cemetery. A considerable number of nurses
come annually to Paris' and carry back a sup
ply of children and not one .has ever beeo
known to bring a child back to the capital. Io
their charge, the children simply appear and dis
appear, vr iirocnard cited in ms speecn tout
Academy two communes of the Lure et Loire
Department, where tbe nurslings invariably die.
It appears there are women among the nurses -whose
reputation is well known, and, horreteo
referent, these nurses are specially sought for,,
by certain ill-famed houses. . Entrusting a new
born mfaut to one of them is tantamount to in
fanticide. " Dr Brochard read several copies of
the lying letters written by nurses to tbe chil
dren s parents, describing in p&luetia language
the rosy cheeks and increasing charm of Iheir
infants dead weeks before tbe epistle was iodi-
ted. Ihd doctor also gave several. curious de
tails of the annual pilgrimage to St. Criard, io
tbe department of La Perche. St. Criard, he.
it remarked, is the real name of the place, and .
not a calembourg. Ou a given day, late in au-.
tnmn, it is the custom of The country to bring
every infant in the vicinity before the painted
image of the saint, there to do, him homage.
The said statue ' happens to be in a chapel at'
tbe top of a steep hill, exposed to all ihe winds.
of heaven. The country itself is bleak and the
climate peculiarly cold at any time of tbe year. ,
Natuarlly, this long pilgrimage at the worst
season of the year to the top of a great height
proves fatal to all the delicate infants who are
carried 'in the procession, and the amount of
deaths from bronchitis which ensue in tbe course
of the week following is something incredible.
These horrible facts are highly discreditable io
the mayors of tbe various villages where these
infants are nursed. Naturally, if 1. le Maire,
instead of cultivating his apnoots and peaches
and gaining prizes at agricultural shows for his
fat pigs, were to look sharp after tbe extraordi
nary number of little graves in his village cetn-'
etery, and insist 00 medical reports as the cause
thereof being laid before him, infant mortality
would rapidly diminish. Messieurs les Mai res
wilt probably read this opinion from the pensof
their re.pective prefects, expressed in a some
what startling form, ss once the French Gov
eminent takes up a subject it does not trifle with '
it, and undoubtedly possesses ihe rare glftof
making itself obeyed. Parti Corrciponatnt oj .
the London Star. ' . ' . . .'
A Curious Exhibition. A forthcoming
exhibition of wet nurses is announced in thl .
paperp. . The points to bo -considered will be
tbe amount and quality of the milk, the age and ,'
temperament of the nurse, the kinds of food used
by them,' &e. ' Experiments will be made to de
monstrate to what degree malt liquors or spirit
uous liquors partaken of by the nurse impreg
nate the milk; also, whether a passionate or
fretful temper of the nurse is conveyed to the
nursing child. ' Tbe exhibition promises to be'
a very curious, interesting and instructive affair.
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There is much goodness io the world, al
though at a superficial glanee one is disposed to
doubt it. What is bad is noised abroad, echoed
back Irom side to side,' and newspapers and tha
social circle, find -much to say about it; whilst -what
is good goes at best, like sunshine, quietly
through the world, r-' ." !
One Kind ; Kis8BroBB ws Pabt. A;
friend relate tha following : A young lady,
having par chased t.n assortment of musie at a
musifl store, 00 returning to her carriage recol-
lected a piece sbe nad aegieciea 10 ouy. -vir,
t.'ul fih. on re entenog tbe store. "tnere is one
thintr wbieb 1 had forgotten."
- And what is that ?u asked the youo musie -seller.
""It is, sir, One Kind' Kiss Before we.'
Part" She meant th song of that name. The
gay yotith, vaulting 'instantaneously-over the
counter, tainted the fair stratger.' He lost his
heart and his situation, and his doubtless gone
for a r "soldier boy" with tbe Feniaba.-jyTowr-'
pmery MniL ' ; '' "
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