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fra specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
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MEGKLENfiURG FEMALE COLLEGE
AX CUAKLOTTL', I. C.
Rev. A. G. STACY, A. SI., President,
Assisted by accomplished Instructors in all the De
partments. The buildings and grounds known as, tbe N. C
Military Institute, located in Charlotte, having been
secured for a terni of years for the purpose of a
Female College, the Institution will be opened ad
such January 29th, 1807. . .. .
The first School year will be of irregular dura
tion. It will comprise one long Session of Twenty
six weeks.
This Se3?icn, or scholastic year, will be divided
into two Terms of Thirteen weeks, each.
Hales per Term, payable in advance in lawful currency
of the United States : " '
Hoard with light?, $G0 00-
Tuition Collegiate Department, 16 50
Tuition Primary Department, $11 00 to 13 00
KX.TUA3 :
Music on Piano or Guitar, 32 Lessons, $20 00
Latin, Creek, Fieuch, German, etc., each, 8 00
Painting, Drawing, Embroidery, etc., at fair rates.
Pupils, will furnish sheets, pillows-cases, toyvcls,
table-napkins, and counterpane.
The tandard of Scholarship will be high, and the
instruction thorough.
The building is eligibly situated with more than
twenty acres of Jand attached, the premises being
delightfully adorned with native oaks. Ample
means of exercise and recreation will be thus af
forded. For Circular apply to
A. G. STACY,
Dec 17, 18G6 ' Charlotte, N. C.
I. B. VANCE.
C. DOWD.
VANCE & DOWD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N.,C,
Having associated themselves together, will prac
tice in the Courts of Mecklenburg. Iredell, Catawba,
Dividion, Rowan, Cabarrus and Lnion, and in the
Federal and Supreme Cuits.
Claims collected anywhere in the State.
April 2, ItiCtS tf
HIGHLY DESIRABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
Wishing to change my business, Twiil sell 250
Acres of LAND in aud adjoining the Town of Char
lotte, (40 acres in corporation): On the Tract there
is a goou Mill-site, '22 feet fall, with a first rate Dam
recently built, and race dug, and all the large lim
bers for a Millllouse oh the ground. The Tract
can be divhled, ' vIi Is wot th the attention of any
one wishing a paying property, or as an investment.
Any information can be had by applying to the sub
scriber. F. PHIFEIl.
Sept 10, 1 806. If "
JOHN VOGEL, .
PRACTICAL TAILOR,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and
surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu
facture gentlemen's clothing in the latest styleaud
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 I, 1S66.
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We take this method of informing our friends and
the public, that we have moved to the large and
commodious Stare" Room' formerly occupied by
KAIINWEILER & BRO., where we will continue to
tarry, oa the General Mercantile Business in all its
v.irious branches, and would respectfully call atten
tion to our var iety and st yles of Uods. unsurpussed
by any other House in the State, which we offer at
exceedingly low prices.
CLOAKS ! CLOAKS!!
French black and colored Cloth Sacques, Basques
aud CircularsSilk Sacques and Basques..
. RICH DRESS GOODS.
We have now in store one of the largest Stocks
of fine Dress Goods ever offered in Charlotte. " Our
Stock consists in part of all Wool DeLaines, Em
press Cloths, Poplins, Poplioettes, Alpaccas, Lus
tres, together with a general assortment of all the
low priced DorrTestics, DeLaines, Prints, kc , ic.
GLOVES AND HOSIERY.
Best Kid Gloves in all colors. Ladies' fleeced
lined Silk, Lbie, Bulir and Woolen Gloves. Merino
Gluves. Superior Euglish Hoiiery tor Ladies, anil
Misses', all of which arc equal to any ever offered in J
this city. . .. -
WHITE GOODS
Of every description Table Cloths and Table Lin
nen. Towels, Toweling, Knapkins, &c, &c.
CLOTHING
Of every description. Frock and Sack" Coats, Cassi
mere Suits, Coats, Pants and Vests, aud a complete
Jine of
RENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Boots, Sboe3 and Hats, all of which we offer at
enormously low prices at Wholesale and Retail. -
. NEW AND CHOICE GOODS
J0f every description received every week, and sold !
at prices warranted to prove satisfactory to pur-I
jchasers. We take great pleasure in showing oar
Goods to those who will favor us with a call. !
; A. WEILL & CO., 4
Kahnweiler & Bro's Old Stand, Trade St. !
NOTICE.
' We take pleasure ia announcing to the Ladies
4ha we will attach to our.House early In the Spring
a first class French Millinery Ivstabushment, of which
due notice will be given. A. WEILL s. CO.
Nov 26, 1866. :Z T'C
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SONG for the Piano, by Fancie Downing, just
received at. the. new Book Store. - ,
Also, GODEYS" LADIES BOOK for February, at
the new Book Store. .
Jin 2I,13G7. . TFDDV & BRO.
.Pant Coas.r-If oor people are wise, or will
be guided by experience, often a costly teacher,
they will not. fail to plant for an abundant sup
ply of corn this season. How nmch better off
would the whole South have been, had but half
(he land, plaoted io cotton last season, been
planted; in corn. A full corn crop, besides se
curing, plenty and - independence, would touch
the Western Radical's pocket-nerve the only
sensitive part of the animal. The South this
year Srill pay to Sherman's burners and. robbers,
many millions of dollars for their surplus corn,
whfetotherwise "would be used as fuel. . Will
the - South forever continue in a course that
profits not, but impoverishes themselves and
enriches her deadliest enemies ? Well may she
be charged with the blindest ignorance,' by those
who reap all the reward of her labors Cheraw
Gazette.
" GARDEN SEEDS.
Just' received at the Corner Drug Store, a large
and fine assortment of
Buist's Genuine Garden Seeds, .
Consisting of every variety grown in this climate.
Warranted. Good and Reliable.
For sale, Wholesale and Retail by
Feb 4, 18U7.
J. H. lIoADEN.
. I la n tin Pot aloes.
20 3ARRELS NORTHERN IRISH POTATOES,
expected daily, for sale at the Corner Drug Store.
Feb 4, 1807. , ' J. II. McADEN.
HOUSES, LOTS AND LAND SALE.
LLXOLTO., W. C.
. A good opportunity to purchase Houses and Lots
in the Town of Lincolnton, N C, and valuable Land
conveniently situated withinlj miles of the Town.
' As Executor of ' the late Mrs E. Schenck, I will
sell in Lincolnton, N. C, onThursday the 7th day
of March, 1867, if not previously disposed of at
private sales the following valuable property, viz r
The undivided iuteicst of the Estate of Mrs
Schenck in the improved Lot (No. 3) v hereon I now
live, together with my own interest in the same, in
cluding the entire interest of the whole.
This Lot. is very well improved, having upon it a
large and substantial Brick Building containing 12
large and comfortable Rooms 10 with fire-places
aud four large rooms iu the Basement 2 with fire
places. This House is situated in the business part
of tbe Town only a few .doors from the Court
House. It was erected for a Public Hotel, but is
well adapted to the wants of a private family, or
may be used as a Bearding House. Stables, Corn
cribs, Smoke-house, Kitchen, &e., all in good repair.
Also, one unimproved Lot, No. 44. This Lot is
under a good fence, and is in i:ne cultivating order.
Also, One Hundred and Tbirty-bne Aeres'tffLand,
lying on the South-fork of the Catawba River, with
in H miles of Town. A good part of this Land is
well timbered the balance is in fine condition for
cultivation. On the premises is an excellent Or
chard and a fine site for a residence. . . ,
Also, Cattle and Farming Implements.
A. A. McLEAN, Executor.
jggy At the same place and time, I will sell ray
own LOT, No. 33, surrounded by a good fence, and
in excellent condition for cultivation. There is a
capital Spring of good water on this Lot.
.Also, One Hundred and Thirty-two Acres of Land
adjoining the above mentioned tract of Mrs Schenck.
There is a good Kitchen, a good Blacksmith Shop, a
fine Orchard, a capital Spring of good Water, and a
large Meadow on the premises.
Terms made known on day of sale.
'"Feb 4, 1837 4w - A. A. McLKAN.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as Administrator of Miss Eliza
B. Lowrie, deceased, notice is hereby given to all
persons indebted to her Estate to make payment to
me, and all persons having claims agaiust the said
Estate are notified to present ihem properly authen
ticated within the time prescribed by law, of this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
ROBERT GIBBON, .
Feb 4, 18G7 lm Administrator.
GROCERIES.
Having purchased the interest of JAS. H. CAR
SOX, iu tbe late firm of W. BOYD & CO., I shall
continue the ' " "
Family Grocery Business '
at the Old Stand in the Springs Building, one door
above Hutchi on. Burroughs & Co.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage bestowed
on the Old Firm, I would solicit a continuance of
the same. My motto shall be, Quick Sales and
Short Profits, with fair dealings.
Old friends as well as new customers will find a
general and full assortment of Family Groceries at
low prices.
Qomo one, come all, and if you do! not wish, to
buy, yon' may find a comfortable seat by a good fire.
In addition to the "Family Grocery Business, 1 buy
and sell on Commission,
Cotton, Grain, Flour, Tobacco, Cot
ton Yarn, Bacon, Fertilizers, &c.,
to which pVnetual attention and prompt returns are
given.
Orders or Consignments solicited. My business
will be conducted exclusively for Cash, as profits in
my line of Trade are too small to sell on credit.
From a long experience in business as well as 9
general knowledge of Transportation, I hope to give
tntiie satisfaction and share a liberal patronage.
Feb 4, 1807. W. BOYD.
lust Received,.
A superior article of country -FAMILY FLOUR,
Corn Meal, Grits, Durham's Smoking Tobacco, a
fine assortment of Chewing Tobacco, Genuine Loril
larJSnufT, a prime article of Sugar and Coffee
. For sale by, W.BOYD.
Feb 4, 1867. - . : , .
Col ton Yarn .
Several Bales COTTON YARN, just received from
Rocky River Factory. I bave sold this Yarn for
two years. "It gives entire satisfaction. Persons
cannot do better than by calling on
Feb 4, 1867. -. . W.BOYD.
-'Administrator's Sale.
On Monday the 25th of February, I will sell at the
rpsidence of the late Joha M. Springs, all his House
hold and Kitch'enCTnThitnfe. ' -V
: ALEXANDER, Admr.
. Feb. 4.J86T;.' " ' " .
Has removed his Officeand Residence to the.house
lately occupied by Mr David Elias, ? next to the
Charlotte Hotel. - - - "- "
January tjSST f 3m':7f " -'V
HIDES
BOUGIJr AND SOliD JSY .
V S. M. HOWELL, ;
Near the Post Office, CHARLOTTE, iV". C i
September ISCp'" .
MUNIFICENT DONATION
For Educating the Destitute of the South.
Geo. Peabody (an American, but who lives
in England) addresses a letter to R C Winthrop
of Mass , -Hon H Fish of N. Y., Rt Rev Cbas
P Mcllwaine of Ohio, Gen U S Grant, Hon VV
C Riues of Va , Hon Jno H Clifford of Masa.,
Hon Wm Aiken of South Carolina, WJI Evans,
Esq , N. Y., Hon W A Graham, N. O , Chaa
McAlister, Pa., G W Biggs, Esq , Washington,
Samuel Wttmore, N. Y-, E AsBradford,, La,
Geo N Eaton, JJd., and GP.' Russell ot Mass.,
in which he says: "with my advancing years
my attachment to my native land ; has but be
come more devoted." He, gives to" the gentle
men addressed a million of dollars in trust, the
income to be used for tbe, promotion and encour
agement of the intellectual, moral or industrial
education of the young in the more desolate
portions of the South and Southwestern States.
Besides this income, he authorizes them to use
forty per cent, of the principal within two years.
In addition ' he places in their hands Planter's
Bank bonds of Mississippi," amounting with in
terest, to eleven hundred thousand dollars, the
proceeds to be added to and used for the pur
poses of the trust.
He leaves the details with "the trustees re
questing that Mr Winthrop be made Chairman.
Gov. Hunt and Bishop Meljvaine Vice Chair
men. The trust has been accepted and an or
ganization already effected, of which Mr Win
throp is chairman Committees of Finance and
Enquiry were appointed, and it is the intention
of the Trustees to .commence as soon as possible.
Mr Peabody is now in Washington, and a
dispatch sajs :
President Johnson called upon George Pea
body, as a private citizen, and in tbe course of
conversation, paid that - gentleman a high -complement
for his magnificent gift in behalf of the
educational interests of the South. Peabody,
replying, said he had some knowledge of official
cares bearing upon the Executive, and appre
ciated his efforts to restore tbe lately rebellious
States to'their full relations to the Federal Gov
ernment. Alluding to his residence in Eng
land, he said there wa3 more friendly feeling
among the people and Government of that
country than heretofore..
Cuffee's Brilliant Idea. -A week or
ten days ago a stalwart darkey applied to the
county clerk' for a lioense to marry, which was
promptly issued in due form by our affable clerk,
arrdJfrgbowed- himself "out hat in'hand, the
happiest darkey'alive.
The circumstance had been forgotten by the
clerk, when yesterday in walked the same dar
key, with his hat under bis arm, when the fol
lowing conversation oeourred :
Nig "Mr Clerk, rou taeniber 'bout dem
licenses?"
Clerk "What license?"
Nig ''Why dem what jou give me for to
marry ?" . . , .
Clerk "No I remember nothing of the kind
Did 1 issue you license to marry?"
Nig "Dat's if; Boss. Dat'sit."
Clerk "Well, what do you want?"
Nig Why Irse tried dat .'oman and don't
like her. I jist wants you to rub out her name
in de license, and put in a nudder one."
Clerk "Why you rascal didn't you marry
the woman whose name I. put on the license?"
Nig "Of course I did; but you see I keeps
de license in my pocket all the time, so's I could
change dem rf dat one didn't suit and she don't
suit worf a cent !" -
When the "man and brother" was assured
that nothing could be done for him he retired
very much disgusted with "de Tanker way
marryin' folks."- Cairo Democrat.
GOOD NEUS FROM B. & L.,
At Corner Store under Mansion House.
We are now prepared to sell all goods at cost, in
order to make room for Spring Stock.
Calicoes, Shirtings, Delains,
Poplins, Alptccas, French Merinos,
Hoopskirts, Breakfast Shawls, Nubias,
Cassimcres, Sattinets, Jeans, Kerseys, Ac.
Also a full stock of Ready-made Clothing, and a
large assortment of Boots, Shoes, Hats, kc. All we
ask is a CALL, we will make prices satisfactory.
BUXBAUM k LANG,
Corner Store, under Mansion House.
Feb 4, 1867.
Garden Seeds.
The largest and most complete Stock ever brought
to this market, from the celebrated Houses of
LANDRETH,
THORBURN and
: -. . ; BDIST.
For sale at
SCAHR'S DRUG STORE.
Feb. 4, 1867.
- : TO REAT, -
A very desirable residence with all necessary out
buildings and a large garden attached.
Apply to , . M.,L. WRISTON,
" at Hutchison, Burroughs & Co'a.
Feb 4, 1867. ; ' ' ' " ,
Next Door to the Court House.
FRESH GROCERIES FEB. 1st, 1867
Just received an elegant article of Molasses,
Cheese, C Coffee Sugar, Crushed Sugar,- Rio Coffee,
TeaCandles, Soap, Staich, Pepper. Ginger, Spice,
Soda, Table Salt, Mustard, Ginger Preserves, Snuff,
Tobacco, Ac . kc.
Also, a" good assortment of Dry Goods, Crockery,
Hardware and Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Hats and
Caps, Wood aud Willow Wrare, Jkc.,-&c.
Store under Baumgarten't Photograph Gallery,
newly established. , - . - -
' JAMES HARTY & CO.
Charlotte, N. C, Feb 4, 1867. . . . . , .
A NEW : : " .
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
The subscribers having united themselves under
the style-of 1105INSQN GRAHAM, for the pur
pose of coadcctiBip tbe 'Tailoring Basines,-neftr!y
opposite tbe National Bank, flatter themselves tbt
from tbtir long experience ic tbe business they will
be able 4o give general satisfaction, and - thereby
merit and .receive a liberal patronage. ,' J
CTJTTINQ attended to promptly, and done in
tbe best style. We warrant all our work. . .
. ' R. M. ROBINSON,
4eb, 1SC7-V- - l "; A. GRAHAM.
INSIDE VIEW OP A DISSECTING
- " ' ROOM. .
A New York reporter , has recently . taken a
few notes in a medical college, where he found
hundreds of young men, and a few women, fit
ting themselves for the business of prescribing
for Mall the ills that flesh is heir to." The fol
lowing, relative to the dissecting room, will be
found interesting: , ' ;
In the evening, the medical students -who
are earnest enough to seek, by. hard work, to
obtain a knowledge of their profession resort
to the dissecting, rooms, of which there are
several, located in different parts of the city. -Tbe
largest and finest of them is located in the
upper part a? a college building, where twenty
five or thirty tables are ranged between half a
dozen -rows of bright gas lights.. Around the
sides of the rooms forty or more closets are
numbered and set apart for the use of students,
who change their clothing whenever they en
gage in the work of dissection. . The tables ire
about six feet long by eighteen inches wide,
and three feet six inches, high, one end being
inclined for.' drainage purposes. Under direc
tion of the college faculty, "subjeetsi. e dead
bodies are procured and brought to this room,
which, although thoroughly ventilated, smells
very much like a slaughter-house, which it re
sembles in some respects.' Headless, legless and
armless bodies occupy some of the tables. : On
others, untouched , bodies await the disposition
of the "demonstrator," , who apportions it ac
cording to the demand; one student asking for
a head and neck, another taking the trunk; one
gets an arm or leg; in short, the body is divided
according to the inclination' or desire of the dif
ferent dissectors to pursue their investigations
of certain portions of the human anatomy. It
is a ghastly sight to witness a score'of dead
bodies, or as many portions thereof, lying. in all
stages of dissection,- stiff-aod stark, surrounded
by young men clad in butcher's overalls, and
armed with small scalpels, with which they cut
away flesh, fat, or muscular fibre, while follow
ing up veins or arteries to their connection with
vital parts; or searching into the structure of
heart, longs or kidneys, according to the bent
of their studies. Upon one table lay the un
covered form of a woman, but a few hours dead.
Near by, the inanimate body of a muscular
man, and farther on the corpse of a pretty little
child, with flaxen cuils, was being cut up for
the benefit of living children; two students
working together upon this small "subject,"
which they treated somewhat tenderly.r With
open books before them, hee-yoeng-iDet deftly
ply their sharp steel instruments, the incised
flesh being held open by small hooks chained
together in a manner that enables the operator
to obtain an untrammeled working space upon
that part of the body which he is investigating.
When these subjects are first brought to the
dissecting room, an attendant injects into the j
veins a preparation of plaster, colored with Ver
million. This brings out distinctly alLminute
courses through which the bipod passes, aod
materially aids the student in tracing their direc
tion and function, besides hardening and pre
serving, to some extent, the subject. Periodi
cally, a "Demonstrator of Anatomy'makes his
appearance in -the' dissecting roomj and d is-1
courses learnedly upon some portion of anatomy
laid bare before the class, whose scalpels arc laid
down and tables are deserted, while they crowd
around the Professor during the delivery of his
lecture In this manner the medical students
are practically taught much that other people
only hear of, or read about. It is not, there-J
fore, surprising-that they soon becomo accus:
tomed to scenes which, at first eight of the dis
secting room, curdled the blood in their veins.
This familiarity with the dead, and the hand
ling of different portions of a body, very soon
becomes attractive work to some of the students,
who composedly eat their luncheon while sitting
alongside of one corpse and surrounded by
many others. Undue levity is frowned upon by
the Professors and gentlemen in attendance;
but, nevertheless, at times some fun-loving
youngster perpetrates a joke which ia quite out I
of place in the dissecting room.
As a general rule the remains are treated as
respectfully as the pursuit of . science permits,
and when a "subject" has been sufficiently dis
sected, the flesh and bones are gathered up and
disposed of for proper burial. From two days
to two weeks is sometimes occupied in the dis
posal of the body, although it not unfrcquently
happens that a head, an arm, or a leg, is retain
ed for a month or more, during which time
some student is engaged, for several hours daily,
investigating its structure. When the work of
one day is left over, to be continued on the fol
lowing day, it is usually covered with oiled silk,
or wrapped in a cloth, for-the purpose of ex
cluding the atmosphere, which would decom
pose the "subject." During the winter season,
such precautions are not so frequently resorted
to. Io cold weather the. bodies are better kept
uncovered; therefore, each student, . when he
leaves hts "dissection," merely pins upon tbe
flesh n piece of paper bearing his name.
The Tariff Bill A Gross Outrage on
the Country The manner in which Congress
is pilling on increased and additional duties in
the Tariff "bill , now.under, consideration shows
that the public interest aod sound principles of
legislation are utterly ignored. Every manu
facturing interest, large and small, has its repre
sentative or advocate in Congies and propo-:
sitions to give protect ion to all sorts of things"
are admitted. without hesitation or examination.
Never before was there uch loose and reckless
legislation. - Washington is full .of lobby-men,
working up and pushing through the new.Tariff.
bill, and they, have it all their own " way.
Whether this-biU will increase the revenue or
not remains to be seen;" for the .duties are in
some cases almost high enougrrto beprohibito
ry. . But we did cot want an increase of revenue;
it is too large now. We cannot characterize
this tariff in any other way than ia a gross out-
rage upon', the country, upon the mass of tbe
people, both North and South. " We fear, how
aver, there is no remedy till 'the country wakes
up to see the iniquity of aueh partial and ruin
ous legislation. N. Y. Uerald.
y, how it is doe. ;T
Fernaps it may not be uninteresting. to know
how robberies are committed in the saloons and
other places of public resort in the large North
ern cities. . ... . ..
- I will cite one or two cases which came be
fore the Couuty Court during its last term.
One case was that of three girls who were con
victed of conspiracy to cheat and defraud one
Joseph Frits, a Prussian. Joseph told his
story about as follows : MMy came is Coseph
Fre-e-tz. I arrif in town from Plumas 3ounty
mit fourteen hunder dollar, vich I carry in mine
coat pocket. I think-I vill take a glass of peer,
so I goes into a cellar and sees dem tree girls, 1
says 'I dakes a glass of peer.' One of 'em says
to me, 'aint you goin to dreat?' and 1 says 'yes,
I don't mind!' so I dreats em. Den we calls for
more peer, and I pays for it, and after we had
drink lots of peer,. Maria says, - let's have some
jampane; so 1 calls for jampaoe and we drinks
four or five pottles at five dollars a pottle; den I
was leetle tight; ; Cecelia eays to me, Freetx,
Maria ia iu love mit you, and will marry you.'
'Veil,' says I, 'dat is goot, I likes her and wants
to get married; den I oiks Maria if she will
marry me, and she say 'yes but she has got no
clothes to be married in. So I gets a carriage,
and takes Maria, Cecelia and Julia, and we go
to some. stores, and I buy wedding dresses for
Maria, and dresses for Cecelia and Julia to stand
up mit us ven we is married. Den we goes to
a house on Broadway, and de girls order more
jampaoe, and keeps ordering jampane, and I
pays for it, vive dollars and ten dollars a pottle.
Bimeby I want to go away, and the girls say,
'take one more drink,' and I takes one more
glass of jampane, and I don't know no mor un
til I wakes up and finds my . moneys all gone,
and 1 am locked into the room. I jumps out of
the window and goes to the Geef of Police and
dells him, and that is all I knows" The evi
dence in this case . showed that j Fritz was
wheedled out of some 800 worth of presents,
which were solicited on the ground ,that Maria
was to marry him. . The girls are all serving
out terms of imprisonment in the county jail.
"ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE." s
Yesterday evening we were made acquainted
with the facts of a caso which fully represents
the vicissitudes of life, and illustrates in unmis
takable characters the old adage "that the way
of tbe transgressor is hard." Several years
since John Lefevre, a resident of Erie, Pennsyl
vania, died, leaving his little daughter Jane an
orphan, and entirely destitute ot both friends
and money. ' A family by the name of Ratigan,
living in the immediate vicinity of the house
occupied by Lefevre at the time of his death,
became interested in the girl, and finally took
pity upon her helplessness and adopted her,
She soon forgot her bereavement and became
very much attached to her new parents." Years
passed and the girl grew to womanhood, comely
and dutiful, and was the pride of the household.
Her company was much sought after by tbe
young people of her acquaintance, and io conse
quence she visited her friends and was with
them a large portion of her lime. In an un
guarded moment she was tempted with many
fair promises made by a young man, and yield
ing she fell. Shortly after tbe Ratigans moved
to this city and rented a house on Orleans street,
where they are now living. The evidences of
the girl's guilt began to manifest themselves,
aud finding it useless to longer attempt conceal
ment she last Sunday morning confessed her
guilt to her. adopted mother,' who, enraged at
what the girl had done, turned her out of doors.
Jane begged and plead to be received back, but
the mother was firm in her course, and she was
forced to seek shelter elsewhere She applied
at several places for admittance, , but., was re
pulsed, and finally, weary at heart, and with a
consciousness of her guilt opprfssing her beyond
endurance, she wandered to Windsor, and sub
sequently toward Sandwich. Night came on,
and fearing to ak for shelter lest she should
again be turned from tbe door, she sank down
by the road side and wept herself to sleep. The
wind howled around her and played among her
hair, the snow fell upon her and gradaally cov
ered her as with a blanket, but she heeded it not.
Sho was fat losing consciousness and strength
in death. Morning came, and with it assistance
to the fallen girl. A gentleman passing by saw
a portion of her dress above tbe snow, and upon
making an investigation discovered Jane with
life nearly extinct. , Ho at once took her jn his
sleigh and carried her to Sandwich, where sho
was placed under the care of a kind family; but
her exposure was too much for her, and on yes
terday she died. Her adopted parents in this
city were notified, but they refused to own her
or to bury the body, which was accordingly
taken care of by tbe authorities of Sandwich.
i'hicago Post. -
And these arc some of the people who call the
Southern people brutes and barbarians ! No
Southerner would treat a negro as that poor
white girl was treated. V
.
A Romantic Lover A romantic story is
told of an Englishman who sought J he. band of
a very charming lady, with whom he was pas
sionately in love. : As he had reason to believe
she loved him, he entreated her to know the
reason why 'she refused her consent to their
union. The lady, subdued by ln9 constancy, told
htm that her only motive for refusing him was,
that having by an accident lost her leg, it had
been replaced by a wooden one, and she feared
that sooner or later this circo instance x. would
chill his iffection for her. This she declared to
be her onty motive. ..The lover - protested that
would never make him change hi love; but she
persisted io refusing lo marry him, JFired with
love, and determined tbat nothing' should ob
struct his design, he, under the pretext of go
ing on" a distant voyage, left the lady, and has
tened to Paris, wbpr e lie had one of bis own legs
amputated. When he bad recovered,- he re
turned to London, went to the lady, aod told her
that'now there Was no obstacle to their anion,
for he was equally mutilated with herself, Thei
lady, conquered by suen a prooi or aueciwn at
.last consented io jnarrj him.
JOSH BILLINGS ON COURTSHIP.
Courtin ia a luxry.it is ice water, it ia . the pla
pell of the sole. The man who has never cour- '
ted" lies lived in vain. . He hea been a blind man
among landscapes, be bes been a deff man in the
land of hand organs and by the aide of murmuria
canals. ( . Court in is like two little springs of water
that starts out from under a rock at the -foot of
the mountain and runs down hill, - side by aide,
singin, dancin, tpatterin each other, edyin, and
frothiri, and kaskadio, now hidin under tbe back-,
now full of shadder, byemby they jine, and then
go slow. , I m iri.favor of long courtin J it gives
the parties a chance to , find each others f trump
cards. It is good exercise, and is just as innocent "
as 5 merino lambs. .' . -,r - - -. v '.-. A
" ; Courtin ia like strawberries and cream ; wants
to be did ulow, and then you have got tbe flavor.
I have seen folks get acquainted, fall in lov e get
married, settle down and get to '.work in - three
weeks from date. - , -.
This is the way that some folks . larn 'a . trade,
and akoun ts for the great number of allmity meaa
Medianics and poor jobs they torn out. . '
Perhaps it is best . L should . state sunl good ad
vice to young rben who are about to court: with
a view to matrimony, as it was.
. In the first place, young men, you want to get
yure system awl right, then find a young woman
who is willing to be courted on tbe square. . v
The next tbing is to find out how old she f,
which you can do by asking lier, and she will a
she h 19 years old, and this you will find will
not be far out of tbe wa. , . !
The next thing is to begin moderate, sa one
in every nile in the week for the fust six months,
increasing, the dose as the pashent seems to re
quired; ...v.- '.. y
1 It is a fust rate way to court the girl's mother
a little on the start, for there is J thing a woman
never despises, and that is, a little good eourlin, if
it is done on the square. . ? vi ; - ;.
After the first year you will begin to4 ;Iike tbe
biziness. ' '-' " r :
There is one thing I always advise, that is not
to swop fotygrapbs oftener than wunit ever -ld-daze
unless you forget bow, the gal looks. . . ,
Ockasionally you want to look sorry "and draw
in your wind as tho you had a pain;(this will set
the gal tu teezin you ly find out what ail yon. t
Even in meetins are a good thing to tend.; It
will keep yure religion in tunc, and if yure - gal,
happens to be there, bi accident, the can ask yon -to
go home with her. , ..--' .-'., '
Az a general thing, I wood'nt brapj on other,
girls'much when I was courtin. It, might look,
as though you knu tew much. , t , ,
If yu court throe weeks in. this wa, all the lime
on the square, if you don't 6a it is the sleekest
lime of yure life, you can go to the cheap store,
and get measured for a plug hat at my expense'
and pay for it. - -
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"THE GRAY MARE IS THE BETTER
: HOBSE." , r . - '
The application of this proverb is well known,'
but not so well the story upon which' it is
founded. A gentleman, who bad seen the
world, one day, gave his eldest son a-span of.
horses, a chariot, and a basket of eggs. ; "Do
you," said he to the boy, "travel upon tbe high'
road until you come to the first house in which '
is a married couple. Ifyou find tbat the hus
band is tbe master there, give. him one of the
horses If, on the contrary,- the: wife), is thi
ruler, give hcr.an egg. Return at once if yon
part with a horse, but do not come back to long
as you keep both horses and there is an egg re- -maining".
, .. , , . .- --. , v
Away went the boy full ofl is mission, and '
just beyond tbe borders of his father's estate,'
lo ! a modest cottage. He, alighted from his
cbarioY and knocked at the.door. The good,
wife opened it for him and courtesUd . ,V ;
"Is vour husband at hone V'- . . j V
"No;" but she .would call him from the bay
field... "' .r .-t ... -
In he came wiping, his-browa,T. Tbe yoong '
man told them his errand., ' 1 ,
"Why," says, the wife, bridling and ' rolling
the cornerof her apron, '."''I always do as Jobii '
wants "me to do;' he. is. my master ain't toil !
Johnj" . . Jv-.;.;
"Then," said the boy, "I am to give, yon ir
horse; which will you take f" ; , ;
;I think," said John, "as how that bay geld
ing seems to be the obe ai would suit me the
bestr... - ; ,; -.-:--;.' y
''If we have a choice, husband," said the wife -'I
think the gray mare will suit us best." ' ;
. "No," replied John, "the bay for me; be 1s
tbe more square in tront, and his legs sre better."
?Now," said the wife, "I don't think so; tbe
gray mare is the better. horse; and I shall -never '
be contented unless I get that one." '.. J.,.'.;.,
"Well," said John, "If your mind irset on It, 7
I'll give up; .we'll take tbe gray mare."- ;
Ibankyou," said the boy; 'allow me to give, "
you an egg from this basket, it is a nice fresh '
one, and you can bcii it bard or" soft, in your
wife will allow.'?; :y: . . -Jr-T" . - 7
Tbe rest of the story; yon may imagine; the '
young man came borne with both horses, but not
an egg remained in the basket. 'r ' .
Ekoraviso by MacmirEBr -We liave' fe
ccired, from J. C. Gueirant and B. J. . Field, ot
Leaksville, N. CLa. rery -nice littfe-specimen
of engraving by tbeir .machine, patented DeCi 18,
1860. -Tbey inform ha that their machine will
do all kind of engraving: that it can " engrave '
the "Declaration of Iirdepehdcncon i. circle 1
of one'quarter of an inch diameter, and tbat it
can be read distinctly with 'a magnifyinggbuav--
The machine is ndapted to engraving the toeides-.'
of finger rings and all other aurfices. We hopo'
shortly ta publUh-an illustrated description of
this iDgetius machine. A merican Artizan. ' ;
-i SrSpeaking of tilter, reminds us of story
of a certain famous Massachusetts judge- Once
upon a time, as herode up to the door of coun- .
try inn, be saw tbejandlady's daughter jump over .
.the fence.V'V '" ' " ' i'
po that again, Sally, and IU marron,w hf ' '
said.-. '.;-. " :-r'y
, ..The girl again leaped the fence. "The juige'
was as good as bis word, and a" year from that .;
day married the light-heeled Sail. He in" ''
doubtless a good judge of ankle.