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W3I J YATESj Editor and Propreitor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1867.
FIFTEENTH VOLI; JIEN D'Sl it 'j It 'VffflU
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(QPublislied every Taesday,(o)
BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROPBIKTOB.
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$ 2 for six months.
t&' Transient advertisements mnst be paid for
in vivance. Obituary notices are charged advertis
ing rates.
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for a gpeeific time, will be inserted uutil forbid, and
charged accordingly.
$! per qire of 10 lines or le?s will be charged
for each insertion, unless the advertisement is in
serted 2 months or more.
New Banking Ecuse.
BREMZER, KELLOGG & PETERS,
Hankers :md Brokers,
Trade Street, Springs' Building.)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Bessizer, Kkllogo k Co., )
Green. buro, N. C.
. Xold.. Silver, Bullioj, Southern Bank Notes, sight
and time Exchange, Stocks, Bonds and Conpons
BOUGHT AND SOLD
Jf Deposits received, subject to sight check3,
as with the Banks, and
Six per cent Interest allowed.
Particular attention given to the purchase and
6 ale of (Juf l, Silver. Bullion, and Southern Batrk
Note. n commission.
Collections made on all accessible points.
ggy- Business paper discounted, and Honey
loaned on collaterals.
Hkfkuences - Gov Z B.' Vance, Charlotte ; Jesse
II. Lindsay, U re-en bro.
March' II, I8ti7 Gin
l. S. VA.NCK.
C. DOWD.
VANCE &. DOWD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N- C ,
Having associated tlx m.-elves together, will prac
tice in the Courts of Mec kleuburtr. Iredell. Catawba,
D.tvidjon, lionan. Cabarrus and Union, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts.
t'laiuiii collected anywhere in the State.
April. 2, lUCti . .. " tf . ,
Millinrry and Ladies Fancy Goods.
MUS. E FL'LLlXtJS isollering her Stock of Bon
nets, Hats, Uibboiis, Feathers, &c, at greatly reduced
juices. Ladies are invited to call and examine these
Goodj ;t nil henr jiices.
Dec If, ISbtf. ;
AND ALL NEW GOODS.
1'S.SRST &1AXVELL
Are now opening in the David Parks Store House,
on Tryoii street, a complete assort mvni of CUNFEC
TfOXEUIES. GBOCEKIES and NOTIONS, and we
invite the public io call and see our stock, it having
been purchased by one of the firm in New York,
with great care.' Having had considerable experi
ence in business, we feel assured that we Will be
able to give satisfaction to all, and hope, by strict
attention to business, to , merit a liberal ..hare of
public patronage. Our stock consi.-ts . in part of
Bio iiint Java ' Colfce, Cheese, Tea, Crushed. Pow
dered and Browu Sugir. Molasses, Soda, Pepper,
Spice. Soap, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs. Ginger,
Cah Jlrs, Powder. Shot, Cap?. Chewing and Smoking
Tobacco. Loiiiard's SuuB", Matches, Shoe Blacking
and Brnhe.
Freuch aud Commoii Candies,
Raisins, Currants. Citron, Jellies. Prunes, Ginger
Preserve" Flavoring Extracts, Perfumery, Keiciuips,
Sauces, iSaydines,. Crackers, Fresh Fruit ia cans.
Figs, Oranges, Cocoanitts, Almonds Brazil Nuts,
Filberts. Pecan. English Wuhiu's, Dolls, .Marbles,
India 'Rubber Balls. Batjos, Violins; also, Banjo,
Violin and Guitar Strings, and many oilier articles
too numerous to mention, all of which are for sale
low for cash or barter.
A. R. NESB1T,
Feb 11, 18G7. D. G. MAXWELL.
lnst EScrcvivrcl.
At KOOPMANN'S STORE, a fine lot of D. R. Leak's
celebrated C HEAVING TOBACCO, froai the highest
to the lowest grade.
Also, a large lot of L0RILL ARD'S SCOTCH
SNUFF, in small Madders and packages.
The iraile supplied.
Alarch 4, 1807.
Pickles. Preserves, Jellies, Mustard, tlorse Radish,
Powdered (linger and Cinnamon. Ginger Preserves,
Macaroni, Hermetically sealed Meats and Fnti's,
Salmon, Lobsters, Oysters, Clams. Sardines. Pine
Apples. Peaches, Strawberries. Salad Oil. .Catsups.
Soda Powders, Vinegar, Killikiuick Smokit.g To
bacco. Havana Segars, Tobacco and Snuff, Chest
nuts, Green an t Dried Apples, Raisins, Fishing
ilooks nd Tackle, Violin and Guitar Strings.
WINES AND BRANDIES.
Champaiue. Peniarim Sherry, old Newton Ma
deira, old Port, Catauba, Rhine. Jas. Hennessee
Cognac Brandy, vintage of 1858, Marc Renault
double refitted rectified Whiskeys, old Bourbon. Rye,
Wheat, pure Coin and Mouonsbela Whiskeys,
Holland Gin and Schiedam Schnapps. Bitters, St.
Croix and Jamaica Bum. Cordials and Lemon and
other Syrupg, Loudon Porter, A. Guiness : Sor.s'
jcxx Brown S'.otit, Dublin, M tur & Sou's sparkling
Edinburgh Ale, Glass Bottles, Flasks and Demijohns
of all M7.es to the Trade.
Old Corn and live Whiskey bj the barrel, to the
trade at small pfubt.
Visitors and residents in Charlotte purchasing
Any of the above for medical put poses, cau get
pure article by calling on
Feb 13, 1867. J. D PALMER.'
WHO WAMS A PIAXO?
Several Patrona of the Concord Female Colleee !
. 1 . i O.I
save requesieu my am in securing
dioocl Pianos
For their use. .. This has , induced me to makf ar
raugemcDls with some of the best mauuhu turers
wliicb euable me lo turoish in.lrumenrs of the f.rt
eluiiAl reduced prices. 1 cb save each fuirchasvr
from to lt0. Piice lists of tlve man fact urers
will be ? eut to those who desire them, to aid them
in making selections.
When selections f hall have been made the money
can.be scot to meat my. expense, by- the Southern
Ex press. -anti a Piano iB bo-shipped to the Depot
the purchaser may designate. Each Piano sold will
be fully, warrauted. . Address tne at. Siatesvillej
K. C - - . v, 4 -.J. II. M. CALDWELL.
May 7, 1866 j -
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1 t GOOD PRECEPTS.
Io an. address to 'the Parents and the Public of
'Virptma.ifrnH-hy (Jen II: E. Lee, "John D.
Mim.r hu II. L. Dalmev, in lehajf of the Eh-
catiortal AssfH-iatioir of that State, we find the
fo'Iuwinir which we com in end to the reader's
perusal;
An essential part of thp education of youth is
to teach them to serve themselves, and to impress
"ujKiii them (lie fact that nothing good can be
acquired in this world without lalHr;,and that
the very necessaries and comforts of life must he
procured Iy earnest and regular exertion. Thfy
should alo he taught to know that after having
been rearel and educated by their parents, they
should not expect them to provide further for them,
and that their future su!istence ami advancement
muvt dejend ujwin" themselves. Parents some
times commit the mistake of allowing their chil
dren, after having reached the period of life when
they ought to be engaged in a livelihood, to
rely upon them for support. This encourages
them for injuriovis idleness, and destroys their
spirit of self-dej!idetiee, which is necessary for
their advancement in life, and causes them to ap
pear so unreasonable as to depend upon them
after having arrived at an age when they should
think and act for themselves.
'The choice of a profession is not of so much
consequence as the manner in which it is pursued.
If habits of self control and self-denial have been
acquired during the season of education, the great
object lias been accomplished Diligence and
integrity in any useful pursuit of life will be sure
to secure prosperity and fame, and success will
result ftom engaging in that business in which the
generality of mankind are interested."
j?jt- EiEr.3zixiX3-
"Home, Sweet Home !
There's no place like Heme !"
I am happy to inform my old friends of Charlotte
and the surrounding country, that I have again re
turned and resumed my old business among tliem,
and am Tullv piepared to offer them the
CHEAPEST STOIK OF GOODS
To be found at any other estaolishuteut in the city.
Having recently lived in the Northern States, and
with my old experience in the PURCHASE OF
GOODS, 1 am not prepared to say I will gtll "below
ccst." or at a reduction tin (he original cost, or "at
and below New Yotk prices." but that I will sell as
CHEAP, IF NOT CHEAPER,
Than any other House, and at a SMALL PROFIT.
As my stock was purchased for Cash, consequent ly
I can afford to dispose of articles at, a slight advance.
I have now in Store, and am constantly receiving',
a choice assortment of
X-"5T GOODS,
Ladies' Trimmings f the Latest Styles,
Linen Table Damask, Linen Diaper, and all kiuds of
Flannel, Ca'scoes,
brown" and bleached Sheetings, . black and colored
Alp;o-cas. Liidies' and Gentleman's
FURNISHING- GOODS, &c, &c.
C-ill and tecure Bargains.
II. M. PHELPS,
March 11, 1867. Opposite the Court House.
lit v i: is i E s i g ti ch; b u is s i :
I am just receiving an excellent. Stock of choice
Family Groceries, which'will be sold at reasonable
prices for Cash. Wholesale dealers can be fullv
supplied. Also, a large supply of
HARDWARE,
which I will sell at a Small Profit. Merchants and
others, who -wish to secure Bargains, will consult
their own interest by calling on me before purchas
ing elsewhere. . ... H. M. PHELPS,. x
March II, 18C7. Opposite the Court House.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I take this opportunity of thanking my former
friends for their liberal patronage, aud hope by sell
ing cheap, to secure a continuance of their favors.
March 11, 1807. H. M. PHELPS.
I.'C.V.T2Y E3 W2.AI.TS1!
To make Money is to save it ! Therefore you ought
to purchase, .your . ' -
Boots. Shoes and Hats for
LADIES, MC3 Aftl BOYS, FROM
H . ' iTI P U E I. P S , .
who is selling at prices which is pronounced by
judges to be great bargains. Remember the place.
11. M. PHELPS,
March 11, 18G7. Opposite the Court House.
G.U.SO SEEDS.
Just received at the Corner Drug Store, a large
and fine assortment of
Duist's Genuine Garden Seeds,
Consisting of every variety grown in this climate.
Warranted Good and Reliable.
For sale, Wholesale and Retail by
Feb 4, 1867. J. H. McADEN.
- Planting Potatoes.
20 BARRELS NORTHERN IRISH POTATOES,
expected daily, for sale at the Corner Drug Store.
Feb 4, 1807. J. H. McADEX.
It M MILLSR,
late of Lancastir Dist.. S
. W. J. BLACK,
Charlotte, N. C.
HH-SjE.S & CLACK,
CHARLOTTE, N. C ,
Can be foind at the well known CoMon Store of R
M. Oatcs &. Co., where they expect to keep constant
ly on hand alt kinds of
Grailti, In'avy Groceries & Provision,
at wholesale and retail. Orders from a distance for
Grain, will be promptly filled:
They will also buy and sell all articles ia their
line on Commission.
Gonsigumeuta solicited. The be3t of references
given.
Feb 11, 1867. tf
D. G. WORTH- , ' N. Q. DA KIEL.
WORTH & DAINIEE,
Shipping ft Commission Jltrcliants,
VIL3i LVtVl O.V, N. C.
Dealers in Bagging Rope, Ties, Lime. Plaster,
Cement, Hair, Gein.ine Peruvian Guauo di-reci from
Government Agents. - " -.
Salt, Hay and H kindg of Coal. '
: Ageuis tor Bangh's Raw Bone'Super Phosphate
of Lime. . . . . -
Agents for tie Philadelphia Southern Mail Steam
ship line. .v i . r .,.v. .tv. r ?
Agents for Goodjpeed's weekly Steamship line
from New. York.v - . ' r v. , ...... i
Agents for Jonas Smith fc Co's line of New York
tail ptcJtets. ' ' 1 Feb 1 8, 1 867 Cm
STATE NEWS.
Trouble in-Wilkks County Last week,
a band often of twelve outlaws, headed by;
i desperado who eays he bails from Maryland,
with any number of aliases, and all but himself
citizens of Wilkes, made a raid through a por
tion of that county, taking horses; mules,
watches, brandy, and other property: ar.d com-
pelling by force good citizens whom they hap-
pcnd to meet to . go with them. I hey met a
man and his sister in the road with a team, took
the animals, and then hung the man to a limb
i until he was nearly dead, when they cut him
down and carried him to their camp a prisoner.
During the night, he watched , his opportunity
and made his escape, aud collecting some dozen
citizens, attacked the desperadoes in their camp,
captutiog a half dozen, the others making their
escape.- Four of these have been admitted to
bail, and three, including the leader, are con
fined in the Jail at Wiikesboro'.
Thtse men say that their friends are numer
ous and that they can be released at any time.
They say that there is no law to punish them
now, and that those who arrested them shall
suffer lor it. From the statements made by
these outlaws, their organization is extensive,
and they have plenty of arms and ammunition.
They profess to be "loyal Uuion men." States
vile Amtu-ican. " " -
"The YAKBORouon House J. , M. Blair,
E?q , late of the Exchange Hotel, having leased
the Yarborough House, assumes control of that
establish ment to-day " It is Mr Blair's purpose to
make prompt and extensive improvements. He
will throw all of his well known energy into the
management, and will doubtless make the Scar
borough inlciior to no Hotel iu. the South,
Every man in life has his specialty, and Blair's
greatly specialty is "how to keep a Hotel'
lialtith Sentinel.
There is an Iron Foundry near Ashville,
where all the ordinary articles for culinary use
are cast, equal to any that are purchased abroad.
The Buncombe farmers arc setting a
good example to their brethren throughout the
State. They hold monthly meetings.' The
News and-' Farmer giving an account of their
last meeting,' says: "Desultory discussions on
manures:, &heep raising, care of horses, grape
culture, &Q, were engaged in by each member.
Unlike tm'St Socictus, there was no speech
making, tut it was a social meeting of Farmers
lor a conversational interchange of opinions," to
which each member contributed."
The Newbern Commercial gives an ac
count of a monster hog killed in Craven Coun
ty The animal yielded 876 pounds uett pork,
and was two yeays and 5 mouths old.
.
The followiog is the conclusion of an epitaph
on a tombstone in East Tennessee : "She lived
a life of virtue; and died of the cholera morbus,
caused by eating green fruit, in the full hope
of a blessed immortality, at the early age of
twenty-four years, seven months and sixteen
days. Header, go thou and do likewise."
A Scotcliman went to a lawyer once for advice,
and detailed the circumstances of the case.
Have you.tolu me the facts precisely as they oc
curred ' said the lawyer. "O, ay, sir," rejoined
Ite, "I thought it best to tell ye the truth; you
cau put lies into it yourself!"
mm i'
A lady being asked to waltz, gave the follow
ing sciifrible and appropriate answer ; No I
thank you sir, I have hugging enough at home
CiTY TAXES.
All persons res'ding in the City of Charlotte, or
owning taxable properly, or doing business therein
on the first day of February, 1H67, me hereby noti
fied to make return of their taxable property, polls,
merchandize or other subjects made taxable by the
city, on or before the last day of March, 18U7.
Parties failing to make returns within the time
specified will be liable to double tax. Returns will
he received at the First Nationnl Bank of Charlotte,
up to the last day of March, 1867, between the hours
of 10" a. m. and 5 p. m.
TliOS. W. DEWEY,
March 4, 1867 At City Clerk.
At I?3eI.cocl Steele's,
Graniteville Brown Sheetings and Drill, Alamance
Checks,. Plaids and Drills-fa! colors low for cash.
Also, a fine assortment of English Hollow Ware.
March 11, I8ti7. .
Lime, Corn, &c.
Thomastown Lime, Corn and Flour, for gale at
the lowest price at the Charlotte k S. G. Railroad
Depot.
Feb 25, 1867. W. W. PEGRAM.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
A Eibcral Oiler.
We keep on hand a large supply of Fertilizers
such as Peruvian and Pacific Guano, Raw-Bone
Phosphate and Super Phosphate of Lime, and Gj'p"
sum which we offer to Farmers on reasonable
terni3.
We will supply responsible parties for one-half
cash, and wait for the balance until the crop is made-
We also keep a large suppy ef Bacon, Corn and
Seed Oats, afwholesale.
J. Y. BRYCE & CO.
Charlotte, Feb. 25, 1867. tf - . '
Anticipating the arrival of their Spring Stock in s
! few days, will offer the remaining portion of their
WINTER CLOTHING and DRY GOODS" at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES..
Dark Calicoes, some at 12 cents. Good Calicoes
at 15 cents, at '
March I J, 1867.- ELI AS k COHEN'S.
ALCTIOA'EEII and ACEOT.
S A., STUART resrietfully inform? the cititens
-of Charlotte and the public generally that he will
give his. personal attention to Auction Sales and
the settlement of Accounts, or any business of that
kiod lhat may require bis services. He 'will visit
the country wben desired and act as Auctioneer or
attend 4o any business in the cifyas an Agent.
He can be. found at I be Garner Drug Stare of .Dr.
McAdeo, or at the residence of Mr Babe.
Pl.ni.lit!' R Tnil fmm Chfl rtiitt-. On the
Salisbury ruad. Coffins of !) kir.ds mi? be obtained
' hand ready-made, ' - - - - ' j
Feb 25, 186T, . ; A, 8TDAJJT.I
THE BANKRUPT LAW ITS OFFICES
;We find in the Baltimore Sun "a faithful
sjoopsis of the operations of the Bankrupt law
recently passed by Congress, and soon to be put
io operation:
- MThe law provides for the appointment in
each, congressional district of the United States
of one or more officers called Registers in Bank
ruptcy. These officers are to be selected by the
Chief, J ustice of the United States. - Their
business will be to act as deputies of the distiict
judge in all matters relating to bankrupt estates
Their compensation will be derived from fees
and itinerant charge upon a scale to be fixed
by the Supreme Court of the United StaTts. It
is calculated that the office wilt, in no case, be
worth less than one thousand dollars per annum,
and ia the principal- towns and commercial
centres will be very lucrative. ' Some idea may
be formed of the importance and value of the
office, when it is remembered that the bankrupt
act practically supersedes the insolvent laws of
all the States. So that at the least the fees of
each register will, in number, equal the aggre
gate of all the fees in insolvency of all the State
courts h bia congressional district, and as the
rate of lees iu bankruptcy may fairly be assumed,
according to the ratio of fees in the federal
courts, to be four times the rate of like services
in the State courts,-it will ' at once be seen that
the office is a nice little pioviion. - The nomin
ations for these places rest with the Chief Jus
tice of tie Supreme Court, exclusively, and not
with the district judges. -
The law embraces not only the bankruptcy
of indiviiuals aud partnerships, but, by the 37th
section, the provisions of the law are extended
over all moneyed, business or commercial cor
porations and joint stock companies AM these
bodies, like individuals, may be forced into
bankruptcy, at the instance of any - of their
creditors, whenever they shall evade the service
of legal process, or shall conceal or remove any
of their property to avoid its beings attached,
taken, or acquctteredon legal process, or shall
make any assignment, gift, sale, conveyance, or
transfer of their estate, property, rights or credit?,
either within the United States or elsewhere,
with iutent to delay, defraud or bio'der their
creditors, or when, being bankrupt or insolvent,
or in contemplation of bankruptcy of in.olvency,
they shall make" any - payment, gift, grant, sale,
conveyance, or transfer of money or other pro
perty, estate, rights or credits, or give any war
rant to confess a judgment or procure or suffer
their property to be taken on legal proctss, with
iuteut to give a preference. to one or more credi
tors, or to any persons, liable for them as en
dor.-ers, sureties or otherwise, or with any intent
to defeat or delay the operation of the bankrupt
law, or who, being a banker, merchant or trader,
has fraudulently stopped or suspended, aud not
resumed payment of Lis commercial paper with
in fourteen days. When such person or corpor
atiou is declared ' bankrupt, the asigoee may
recover back the money or property so paid,
conveyed, sold or assigned contrary to the act,
and the creditor participating iu the fraud is ex
cluded from all dividends out of the bankrupt
estate. . ,
These provisions against dishonest dealings
by individuals and corporations seem to be very
comprehensive and complete, and to make every
reasonable provision against the corrupt practices
of trade,' which have done so much to confound
the guilty with the unfortunate. Hereafter it
will be impossible for corporation, bank or indi
vidual to stop or suspend payment, and defy
creditors.' At the expiration of fourteen days
dishonored commercial paper mut be met, or
the bankrupt assignee will prevent the perpetra
tion of further'miscliitf, the wasting of assets,
and will take from the too-wiiling friend who
has been accessory to false credit, all the collat
erals with which he has hedged round his own
safety at the expense of others'
A Washington paper says :
"Chief Justice Chase is already overwhelmed
by applications for appointments as registers
under the bankrupt act. He will not appoiot
any one until af'er the . meeting of the Supreme
Court in April i.ext. Where several counties
are embraced io one Congressional district, one
register will .probably be selected for each
county, "and none will be appointed except law
yers who stand at the head of their profession, -and
all will be rigidly examined, as these por
tions are regarded aa of much importance as that
of United States district judge, and the tees will
be fixed by the Supreme Court so that the best
attorneys can afford to attend lo it. Where
there are any number of persons who desire to
take the benefit of the law, the position of reg
ister will be very profitable."
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
Agents for sale of Pacific Guano,
" " " Pure Bone Flour,
' Baugb's Phosphate.
Genuine Peruvian Gnano and Pore Ground Plaster.
Rockland Lime, Catawba Lime.
A full assortment always on hand. .
FARMERS!
Call and see onr new Steel Cotton Plows, Steel
Cotton Sweeps, Wrought Iron Cotton Scrapers,'
Eagle Plows, Cast Iron CorL Plowr, Cultivators,
Corn Sbellers and Straw Cutlers.
3,000 Lbs choice Dried Apples,
25 Sacks f AMlLY" PLoUX, "
11SO Sacks SPUING OATS,
On Consignment. ; ' -
iiCTCIJlSOX, BURROUGHS k CO.
Charlotte, March 11, 1867.
Statu of S. Carolina, 91eckleubnrr co.
: ' " : In Equity. -
J. W."Mo-row, Administrator of J. R. DanTeJ and Tt.
E. Daniel vs". Cbaa. E. Spratt and W m. a.1 iMniei.
Petition for Sale of Real Estate. : " ' '
, It appearing upem affidavit-that Wm. S. Daniel,
one of the dt-fndaats in . this case, reside beyond
the limits" of this State, notice is hereby given for
said delendaut to apparat the next Court of Eqaitj ,
to b held for' Mecklenbarg county, at the , court
LonWlin'CbarJotle, on fhl 4th Monday in 'April
next, 6q and' tbera to pleaa, aajwer of armor io
plainiiff' bill, otherwise ,b fame will be lakea a
confessed and decree made ajcoraingiy
WItpesa, Albert U. ,n liitamon, ners nu ussier Pf,j
in Eqaity for said cbanty: a eEce'ixi CharIotte,"lhTa -
ttifdtj of Mifcb'AfD ;186f.-: ; ' VVw ft -!t
. W-6w. A. (2 WJLLIJUI5U, U, 9. ' r leog.u bv
THE WIFE OF HENBY CLAY.
. BY JAMES PARTON.' .
Lucretia Hart, bo was lor more tlitn half
century the wife of Henry Clay, was boro at
Hagaretown, in Maryland, in the year 1781.-
While sho was still a child, her father. Col
Thomas Hart, emigrated to Lexington, ia Ken
tucky, which was then a village consisting of a
few log huts. In 1797, when she was sixteen
years of age, there were but fifty families resid
ing in Lexington; and, of all that beautiful and
fertile country surrounding the town, but a small
part was yet in cultivation. Primeval forests
-could be seen iu every direction; panthers, bears,
wolves, wild turkeys and deer were frequently
shot within half a mile of the rude leig court
house. It was at this frontier town, peopled,
however, by polite families from Maryland and
Virginia, that Lucretia Hart passed the years of
her youth and eat ly womanhood.
It could - not be expected that amid such
scenes, she would acquire the arts of the draw
ing room, or' much of the knowledge which is
stored io books; she did acquire, however, an
abundance of such knowledge and skill as her
situation required. Few women have ever un
derstood better the management of a plantation
thsn Lucretia Hart.
The country' was rapidly filling up. In No
vember, 1797, among the emigrants who arrived
from Virginia, was Henry Clay, then nearly
twenty-one years of age, and one of the most
brilliant young men of his native' State. The
son of a Baptist pieacher, he had in his boyhood
found employment in Kichmondwhere, attract
ing the notice of ah eminent judge, ho had been
assisted by him in studying the law. Although
much courted in the polite 6ueiefyof Kiohmond,
and though his talents were eminent and ac
knowledged, there were too' many old lawyers in:
the place to admit of the speedy rise of a young
man who had nothing but his talents to recom
mend him. - So, on getting his license to prac
tice, Henry Clay, emigrated to the new State of
Kentucky, at.d burr gout his tin sign at Lexing
ton. He was so poor that be had riot the means
of paying his weekly board, and he used in after
years to say, that he thought he should be per
fectly comfortable if he could make a hundred
pounds a year.
His facinating manners, his courtly address,
and his ready conversation' made him imme
diately a favorite with the people of Lexington,
and be toon had the pleasure of receiving a
fifteen shilling fee. He ruhed into a practice
which brought him a reputatioo ' and money far
beyond his expectations.
It was inevitable that this attractive youth
should find himself at home in the amiable
family of Col.' Hart, whose hospitable mansion
was the center ofthe best society of Lexington.
When Mr Chy had resided but a year and a
half in his new Kentucky home, he offered his
hand to one of the young ladies of the house,
Lucretia, who accepted it, and they were m;ir
ried in April, 179. AbOut the same time" Mr
Clay became the possessor of a beautif plan
tation of about six hundred acres, situated a
mile and a half out of town. It was one of the
finest farms in the State, and it was the posses
sion of this estate which enabled Mr Clay to
spend so many years of his life in the public
service without impoverishing himself.
Of very little use, however, would this pUnta
tiott have been to a statesman who spent half the
year in Washington, if it had not had a mistress
capable of conducting its affairs with vigor and
judgment. If the services of Henty Clay were
beneficial to his country, then his country should
f remember with gratitude that it was his wife
who really gave him the leisure and indepen
dence which enabled him to be a public servant.
During his long absencrs at the eat of govern-,
in cut, the directed the slavcs.'managed the crups
and conducted the dairy. Even as late as 1 83,
when Mr Clay was at the height of hts celebrity,
his wife used to supply the ptincipa! hotel of
Lexington with thirty gallons of milk every
mo:iiirig. An extensive green house was under
her care; the clothing of fifty five slaves devolved
principally upon her; not a g;illon of milk, nor a
pound ot butter, nor any of the vegetables from
the garden went to market without her super
vision. She was the first up in the mornii g and
the last to bed at u:ght, and no body of t-laves
in "the State were better cared for than hera.
Besides tliix, she preside d gracefully at the table
of her husband, and knew how to accommodate
herself to all his guests, whether in high or low
degree.
Do you remember, reader, that interesting
passa'ge in one of Mr Clay's early speeches,, io
which he draws a pleasing picture of a Western
farmer's home ? 1 have no doubt that when lie
drew it he had his own plantation in his mind,
although be modestly substituted the name of
one of his neighbors.
There it was that the statesman's wife, not
only gave him ieisure, but supplied him with
arguments; for Just such a wife was Mrs Clay,
and just so proud was she to take a stranger into
her neat dairy, into her store house, and point
out her household treasures. For many years
Mr Clai'a whole wardrobe was composed of ma
terial spun and woven either by his wife's own
hands," or under her directions.
At the present day some "ladies cohaider.it a
great hardship to be the mother of only a few
children. -I was myself acquainted a it h a lady
who bad six childreo, and kept servant for
each child; and, notwithstanding this assistance,
she considered herself one of the most laborious
of women. With absolutely nothing to'cfo, she
ft-It herself crushed with care and toil." How
different it waa with the mothers of the olden
timet Thowife of Henry 'Clay, besides per
forming the arduous" duties I have mentioned;
4 became the mother of eleven children, six
daughters and five socs Two of hrr daughters
died in infancy, and two others" at fhe age of
fonTteen." The r'wnri'toa'iriin'? daughters viH
t bctnarried, and to be mothers, but died early
. . . j 2 ' . - . Je
""d life to the .inexpressible .grief
of their parents'.
But these were not all the doieslic afBiction
1 . MM .-V MM IT ' J' ' 1
ot Tirana sirs-uiay. Tneir oldest son, in c-
nce of ari accidental injury, fosf his reason.
w ay a p proa eliing manhood, and became at
t .--,;-tr--r''- i.v-..'.- -ijli.j-
move I i o to an asylumwhere, with few short
intervals, he resided for twenty year. 1 Occa-sioo-dlv,
wben he appeared more rational and
quiet than usua!r he would be brought home;
for it was Exceedingly painfor to Mrs. Clay to
banish the afflicted oUild from her bouse. W
have a letter from one of the sons to hia father,
which shows how much the family endured be
fore they would consent to removal : ' -V
"Theodore endaoerre'd.' the lives of all in the
house with him.' -lie Twas worse than he 'etet
had been. " To look at bloi was enough fo'tnett
the heart. His health wasting' away, Ms face
pale and "emaciated. M The ,dy exhausted io
forminsr suspicions of pilots" a od conspiracies,
the night in useless and terrible alarms. Let
me say with a full knowledge of what I owe to
you aud to my mother, that wo should allow the
beot physicians to operate with the most subtle
and distressing disorder. "When he was ia the
hospital before, ' his health was re established,
and his mind certainly improved. Let u then
curb oar feelings, and not destroy our brother
and our child by mistimed affection. '
. The young man continues at great length, to
argue the point with bU parenti, and to excuse
the sending away of the maniao daring their
absence. ; . .v:,"
Mr Clay's second soo, opoo attaining man
hood, entered into the manufacture of hempen
goods. The fourth soq, Uenry Clay, Jr , grad
uated second, in his class. at -West Toint, arid
fell at the battle of Buena Vista. .: : The .'two
younger bods embraced'the profession: of the
1-W . '. ' . v. -j- - i ;. -;' . U ;-
. Occasionally, during thejoug public, life of
Henry Clay, his wfe accompanied : bins to
Washington; and, during the four years of his
holdinr the office of Secretary ' of State, ondot
John Quincy Adams, she passed, much of her
time at the capital. She waa living there when
her husband .fought .his .xelebratcd . duel with
John Ilandolph, and although more lhao a week
elapsed between the challenge -and, the encoun
ter, aud the secret waa known to many, persons;
she remained ignorant of it to the last. - One
of the pesoos who. knew what was . impending
was Col. Bentonr -of Missouri.- : The.-ecceo trio
llandolph came into bis room one.day, and ab
ruptly satel , : ; ; -:i ' . . ;'
"Are you a blood relation to Mrs.: Clay?" 1 J
Ml am," said CoU Jinton. :.- M- .-
Randolph then said that that put an end to
a request which he wished to' make of him,
which waa that he should be his second in a
duel with Henry Clay. 5 - Col. Beiiton, -in hia
Memoirs, gives us a glimpse of the family scene
the evening before the duel; 'after all efforts to
prevent the meeting had proved fruitless. -It'
is a brief but most pathetic passage!'4 " '
"It was Friday evening," he siys, "or rather
night, when I went to see Mr' Clay for the last
time before the dael The family-were in the
parlor, company present,' and some of it fayed
late. The youngest child went to sleep on jthe
sofa; Mrs. Clay was, as always since the death
of her daughter, the picture: of desolation',4 but
calm, conversible, and without the 'slightest ap
parent consciousness of the impending event."
At half pa-t fmr tho aext; .day the, duel oc
ctirn d; so that Mis Clay nevtT., heard of the
hostile meeting until the beard. that jthad been
bloodless. . . -. . '
The daughters, to whose death Col. Benton .
alludes, died in circuuistancfs peculiarly dis--trcssing
to their . parents" Both had reached
the interesting age of fourteen,' and. were moat
tenderly beloved by all tle circle ,of tjieif rela:
iioni and friends. . Lucretia died at home, ia
1823, when both of her parents were at Asb
land to watch her dying bed aodf follow her to ,
the rave. Klin left Ahlaud with her parent;
in the sprinsr of 1825, wheo her f-ther was re
moving to Was hi ni: tofi to taku the post of Sec
rotary of State. They had gone as far es Cio-
einoati when the was taken sick, but, after rest
ing a day or two was able to resume her journey.
Soon, however, new symptoms .appeared,: and
Mr CIay.wa8 obliged to leave li family and
proceed to Washington alone.. .Nine days after,
the intelligence reached him, that the .was jjo -morev
The next day the southern mail brought
news still more dM resting; that his daughter.
Suaan aged twenty, the wife of a gentleman re
siding at New. Orleans, bad suddenly died. -'?'
It ih iiiipoi-Kible to convejr in language an ad .
equate conception of the grief caused to both,
the parent by these, sudden and. repeated be.,
reavemeota ,,3Ir-. Clay, as Col. Benton re- ,
marks, was for years' the picture tt desolation.
Her husband, on one occasion, when addressing
a jury, chanced to use. the phrase, "vicissitude
ol human life," in allusion to the domcstio
afflictions of his client., As h e said these words,
a torrent of painful recollections rushed opoaj
his mind, and he was so overpowered with emo- .
tion as to be obliged to it down. one pre- ,
seut could account for the scene, until Mr Clay,
in apologizing for the. interrnption, diwloied.
its cause, when the whole court , was d'usolved
in tears. "
Mrs. Clay Jived with her husband in happy'
married life for the space-o( fifty -4 bree- jearj.
She had not the , consolation : of witnetMng.bcr.,
husband's dying' moments. "She was at Ash-,
land when her huTantl . died it! . Wasbington,',
Juno ihe 2$tht 182; ja'ri'd the chief: solace of..
his last days was' receiving mCnute, aeeoaota of ,
his family at home. Accompanied by a com- .
raitfee of the Senate, the body of t her departed
statesman was' borne to his Chdmeneax Lexiog-..
ton, and placed "in the pribcipal. apartment of
the hoaoe,' where' tne funeral sole ranit tea were,
performed wheoce it waa .conveyed to the cent
etery' followed "bj a great c obcejttrse of pcople..
Irs Clay 8nrived her hasban J aeveral
yeant. and bcrr-rerbains boir,epj9e .by the aida....
of his in the family Tfult. r;,The. family estitf .;;
ia still in the jsesiIonl of one of her sons. 3rtt
.... ., -r-; Z:',--L. ;
In a prominerit church, atoIftdianapoUj,.thej
execution of a fine piece of most e, waa appladid- -ed
with: cLpjiog of; hands and.-atatsping-of -tit.
..." :-". iJ''ts-'V '.' I
' lTptf need a little fln, ahtr ulphy
sician f o a maiden auenL:" ''! I do, waa tb.
l eote teplyrn wait till! get a ho bend." v .