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WIL LI AM; Jl, .Y AT ES, ;,; ,: XDITOB A5D PROPUHTOR. ,, ' 3 PER ANNUM, in advanT?! -?'-'- .?,- ? o " t "r -'""-? 5 ".Transient advertieemcuta .must be paid for iirdvancel "Obiluarj notices are charged advertis ing rates. - i - Advertisements not marked on tbe manuscript fra specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. . . $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged for each insertion, uuless the advertisement i in serted 2 months or more. - . 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. E5 1SOl O T7" JE3 133 - 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 j . - - - i -- - J - .- ., T I, - Twf. ' - ; 5'TIie Kore Bird." ' j r 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. - - . v. "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.