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wan j. yates; Editor and propreitor. I CHARLOTTE, N. C, T UES D AY, APRIL 23, 1867. fifteenth tolusien u u b e r 764.
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THE
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BY: 1
WILLIAM J. YATES,
- EDITOR AKD PROPRIETOB.
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in advance. .Obitnary notices are charged advertis
ing rates. , - .
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for a specific time, will be inserted uutilforbjd, and
charged accordingly.'
$1 per square of 10 lines or le?s.will be charged
for each insertion, unless the advertisement is in
serted 2 months or more.
huimoid & Mclaughlin,
Have in Store and for sale, on reasonable terras for
cash or in exchange for Produce, a large stock of
, G-rocerios,
Mess Pork, Beef Hams, Bacon and Lard,
Bagging, Rope, Nail3, Iron, Salt,
Farming Implements, Leather, fcc, -'Molasses,
(eome very fine Georgia Syrup,)
Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Rice, &c.
A large lot of Cheese and Crackers,
Corn, Flour and Meal,
Yarns, Sheetings and Shirtings.
ha.mmond & Mclaughlin,
Trade Street, Bryce'a Building.
March 25, 1867.
COOKING STOVES,
OF THE NEATEST AND MOST SUPERIOR PATTERN.
XX. X3 "ST X3 DEL Xj "3T5
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C,
Has fur -ale "Spear's m,lttll-Dust Cooking
STOJSS' which, for every variety of cooking
and great economy in f'lelj cannot be surpassed by
any Stove heretofore used. '
Everybody who haj used one of these Stoves
testify that, for. convenience in cooking, durability
,and cleanliness, they are far preferable to aH'olher
patterns. Call and see them.
D. H. BYERLY has also on hand a good as
sortment of Tin, Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such
articles as are necessary for house-keeping.
JSf TIN-WARK made to order at short notice
on reasonable terms.
RCPAIKIiG promptly executed.
I) II. BYERLY,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
March 25, 18C7. - - -
Z. B. VANCE. C. D0WD.
VANCE &, DOWD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N. C ,
Having associated ihemselvestogether, will prac
tice in the Courts of Mecklenburir, Iredell, Catawba,
Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts.
Claims collected anywhere in the State.
April 2, 18CU ' t f - .-
Millinery and Ladies Fancy Goods.
MRS. E FULLINGS is olTering her Stock of Bon
nets, Hats, Ribbons, Feathers, &c, at greatly reduced
prices. Ladies are invited to call and eiamine these
Goods and hear prices.
. Dec 1C, 18GG.
JTtit Kcccived.
At K00rM.VS"S STORE, a fine lot of D. R. Leak's
celebrated CHEWING TOBACCO, from the highest
to the lowest grade.
AI.o, a l.ngft lot of LORILLARD'S SCOTCH
SNUFF, in sjnall bladders and packages.
The trade supplied.
March 4, 18(37. "
IM,CY KOC2:i5IES.
Pickles. Preserves, Jellies, Mustard, Horse Radish,
Towdered Ginger and Ciunainon, (linger Preserves,
Macaroni, Hermetically sealed Meats and Fruits,
Salmon, Lobsters, Oysters, Clams. Sardines, Pine
Apples, Peaches. Strawberries, balad Oil, Catsups.
Soda Powders, Vinegar, Killikiniek Smokir.p To
baerot HavKiia Segars. Tobacco and Snntf, - Chest
nuts, Green nn.i Dried Apples, Raisius. Fishing
liooks and Tackle, Violin and Guitar Strings.
WINES AND BRANDIES.
Champaine, Pctnartin Sherry, old Newton Ma
deira, old Fort, (atawba, Rhine. Jas. Hennessee
Cognac Brandy, .vintage of 185S, Marc Renault
double refined rectified Whiskeys, old Bourbon, Rye,
Wheat, pure Corn and Monongahela Whiskeys,
Holland Gin and Schiedam Schnapps, Bitters, St.
Croix and Jumaiea Rum, Cordials and Lemon and
other Svrups, London Porter, A. Guineas & Sons'
xxx Brown Stout, Dublin, Muir k Son's sparkling
Edinburgh Ale, Glass Bottles, Flasks and Demijohns
of all sizes to the Trade.
Old Corn and Rye Whiskey by the barrel, to the
tnide at small profit.
Visitors and residents in Charlotte purchasing
any of the above for medical purposes, can get a
pure article b-calling on
Feb IS, 1S67. J. D. PALMER.
WHO HWS A PIANO?
Several Patrons of the Concord Female College
have requested my ait in securing
Good Pianos
For their use. This has induced me to mak ar
rangements with some of the best manufacturers
which enable me to furnish instruments of the first
f"" hi reduced prices. I can save each purchaser
from S40 to $lot). Price lists of the manfaclurers
will be sent to those who desire them, to aid them
in making selections.
When selections shall have been made the money
can be sent to me at my : expense, by the Southern
Express, and a Piano .will be shipped to the Depot
the purchaser may designate. Each Piano sold will
oe tauy warranted. Address me at Statesville,
2T. C.
J. M. 31. CALDWELL.
May 7, 1866
AUCTIONEER and AGENT.
S A. SXl Alir respectfully informs the citizens
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
kind that may require his services. He will visit
the country when desired and act as Auctioneer or
altid lo-nr business in the city as an Agent. '
He can be found at th Corner Drug: Store of Dr
UcAden, cr at the residence of Mr Rabe.
COFFINS.
At my Plantation, 8 miles from Charlotte, on the
Salisbury road, Coffins of all kinds may be obtained !
at short .notice.. A cood supply is always kept on i
nana ready-n-aae.
Feb 25, 1867. S. A. STUART.
-FASHIONS, -FASHIONS!
ROBISON & G It A II A M,
Having received their Spring Fashions are now
ready to reconstruct the appearance of their custom
rrs accordingly." . t ; 'f a
Groceriej! Groceries!!
I have in Store, and am receiving daily, ,
20,000 lbs. choice Bacon hams, shoulders and sides,
2,000 lbs. superior Leaf Lard,
20 barrels Mackerel Nos. 1, 2 and 3,
1 ,500 lbs. Coffee, Rio and Java, a very choice article,
3,000 lbs Sugar all grades,
1,500 gallons Molasses Porto Rico, New Orleans,
and other grades,
Together with a well assorted Stock of
FANCY GROCERIES,
Consisting in part of
Pickles, Canned Oysters, Sardines,
Crackere, Genuine Havana Segarg,
. Tobacco, smoking and chewing; Lorillard Snuff,
. Pepper, Spice, Soda, Starch, Soap, Candles,
Pure Cider Vinegar, Powder, Shot, Caps,
Sieves, Backets, Brooms, Blacking, 4c, &c,
With almost every article usually kept in a Family
Grocery, w hich 1 will sell low down for cash, whole
sale and retail, at my store, two doors below Brem,
Brown & Co's Hardware Store, and nearly opposite
the old Charlotte Hotel.
Give me a call ; all I ask is a fair trial.
March 25, 1867. A. H. TATE.
Just Received,
In Store and will be sold wholesale or retail, Rio
and Laguayra Coffee, of superior quality; Sugar;
Imperial and Gunpowder Tea, best in market; Mo
lasses; Adamantine Candles, by the box; a prime
article of Carolina Rice, new crop; Bacon Sides;
Leaf Lard; Sugar cured Hams; a fresh lot of Garden
Seed, just in time; Northern Potatoes, good rich
Mercer, Pink Eye and Snow Ball; the celebrated
Parlor Match, by the box, dozen or gross; Durham's
Smoking Tobacco, by the pound or sack; Cotton
Yarn; Chewing Tobacco; various qualities; Loril
lard Snuff, always on hand; 500 bushels prime
bread Corn: 300 bushels best Seed Oats; Pepper;
Spice; Ginger; Soda; Starch: Hemlock Leather, as
cheap as any; Brads; Steel Hoes; Chopping Axes;
Trace Chains; Scythe and Cradle Blades; Curry
Combs; Brushes; Coffee Mills; Rifle Powder; Blast
ing Powder; Shot and Caps; a fine assortment of
Xails from the best factories in the United States, so
called; Whim Rope; Well Rope; Men's Brogans,
with various other articles.
Remember my motto, quick sales, short profits
and fair dealings. "
Still at the old stand in Springs' building.
Look out for the Deer Skin and walk in.
fiT Terms CASH.
March 18, 1867; W. BOYD.
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, Ac, &C
X . BL TT ,
Respectfully informs the public that he has a large
stock of Dry Goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes, in
great variety, wh:ch he will sell on reasonable terms.
RAGS WANTED.
I want to purchase 200,000 pounds of clean cotton
and linen Rags. Highest cash price paid.
D, BLUM,
April 8, 18G7 3m Opposite Court House.
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
Agents for sale of Pacific Guano,
w . pure rjone Flour,
" " " " Baugh's Phosphate.
Genuine Peruvian Guano and Pure Ground Plaster.
Rockland Lime, Catawba Lime.
A fall assortment always on hand.
FARMERS!
Call and see our new Steel Cotton Plows, Steel
Cotton Sweeps, Wrought Iron Cotton Scrapers,
Eagle Plows', Cast Iron Corn Plows, Cultivators,
Corn Shelters and Straw Cutters.
3,000 Lbs choice Dried Apples,
25 Sacks FAMILY FLOUR,
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.
Charlotte, March 11, 1867.
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS OF THE
TJ X TP -L IO X-i
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Cali Capital $3,000,000.
AiiBictal Income $2,000,000.
The Policy Holder shares in the profits of the
Company. The CASH dividend for 18C6 is Thirty
(30) per cent. Now is the time to secure a Policy
and thereby make a sure and certain provision for
your family.
Call for Circulars and Policies.
ACCIDENTAL POLICIES, in the Travel
ler's Insurance Company of Hartford, issued.
FIRE Insurance Companies of known and indis
putable responsibility represented by u3.
E. NYE HUTCHISON. J. C. BUBROUGHS. B. X. SPRINGS.
March 25, ISCT
XX. M- FHEIjPS.
"Home, Sweet Home!
There's no place like Home !"
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 them,
and am fully prepared to offer them the
CHEAPEST STOCK OF GOODS
To be found at any other estaolishment 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 sell "below
cost," or at a reduction on the original cost, or "at
and below New York prices," but that I will sell as
CHEAP, IF NOT CHEAPER,
Than any other House, aud at a SMALL PROFIT.
As my stock was purchased for Cah, consequently
I can afford to dispose of articles at a slight advance.
I have now in Store, and am constantly receiving,
a choice assortment of
Ladies' Trimmings of the Latest Sh ies,
Linen Table Damask, Linen Diaper, and all krnds of
Flannels, Calicoes,
brown and bleached Sheetings, black and colored
Alpaccas, Ladies' and Gentleman's
. FURNISHING GOODS, &c 6cc.
Call and secure Bargains.
H. M. PHELPS,
March 11,' 1867. Opposite the Court House.
THE VARBROIIGII HOUSE,
RALEIGH, IV. C.
. I have the pleasure of announcing to my frier. ds,
and the traveling public, that I have leased he
YARBROUGn HOUSE for a term of years. The
house will be repainted and furnished with new and
elegant furniture at once.
1 return sincere thanks to ray patrons for their
very kind and liberal patronage, received while in
charge of the Exchange Hotel in this city.
I promise that the Yarbroogh House shall have
no superior in the South.
' -April 1, 186T. lmpd ' J.M.BLAIR.
GENERALS OP THE CONFEDERATE
STATES ARMY FROM N. CAROLINA
We bave been famished, savs tbe Wilming
ton Journal, with tbe following list of General
officers from this State. We think it is quite
complete, and will prove interesting to many
The counties refer to those in which they were
born. North Carolina is proud of her jewels :
General Braxton Brass, of Warren; Lt. Gen.
Leonidas Polk, of Wake, killed at Missionary
Ridge: Lt Gen Tneophilus Hofmes, ot bamp
Bonj Lt Gen D H Hill, of SoutU Carolina, a
citizen of Mecklenburg.
Maj Gen W D Pender; of Edgecombe, died
of wounds received at Gettysburg; Maj Gen
Robert Ransom, of Warren; Maj Gen W W
Loring, of New Hanover; Maj Gen C M Wil
cox, of Greene; Major Gen R F Hoke, of Lin
coln, wounded at Fredericksburg; Maj Gen S
D Ramseur, of Lincoln, killed in the Valley ol
Virginia; Maj Gen Grimes, of Beaufort.
Brig Gen L O'B Branch, of Halifax, killed
at Sharpsburg; Brig Gen G B Andersoo, of
Orange, died of wounds received at Sharpsburg;
Brig Gen J J Pettigrew, of Tyrrell, killed at
railing Waters; Brig Gen James B Gordon, of
Y likes, killed near Richmond, Va; Brig Gen
Junius Daniel, of Halifax, killed at Spotsylva
nia C H ; Brig Gon Richard C Gatlin, of Le
noir; Brig Gen L S Baker, of Hertford, wound
ed at Culpepper C H ; Brig Gen M W Ran
som, of Warren; Brig Gen Gabriel Raines, of
Craven; - Brig Gen James G Martin, of Pasquo
tank; Brig Gen A M Scales, of Rockingham,
wounded at Gettysburg; Brig Gen T L Cling
rnan, of Buncombe, wounded at Petersburg;
Brig Gen J II Lane, of Virginia, citizen of
Cabarrus, wounded at Cold Harbor; Brig Gen
Rufus Barringer, of Cabarrus, wounded at
Petersburg; Brig Gen R B Vance, of Bun
combe; Brig Gen W W Kirkland, of Orange,
wounded at Bethcsda Church; Brig Gen Wm
McRae, of New Hanover; Brig Gen Robert D
Johnson, of Lincoln, wounded at Spotsylvania;
Brig Gen W R Cox, wounded at Chancellors
ville; Brig Gen W G Lewis, of Edgecombe,
wounded at Farmville.
Besides these, Brig Gens J II Cook, of Vir
ginia, Alfred Iverson, of Georgia, were inden
tified with North Carolina troops, the former
particularly endearing himself to the State.
Jonah wrote to his father after the whale first
swallowed him, staling that he had found a good
opening for a young man just going into business;
but afterwards wrote for money to bring him home
stating that he had been sucked in.
It is stated by some wiseacre that the heart of
a man weighs about nine ounces, that of a woman
about eight. As the age increases, a mail's heart
grows heavier, and the woman's lighter some
girls lose theirs at sixteen.
JUST RECEIVED AT
C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE,
A large and well selected Stock of
SPRING AND SUiTliflER GOODS.
DRY GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
sold low for cash.
TRIMMINGS Our stock of Trimmings is com
plete, and was selected with care.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCY GOODS.
HOOP SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts
the most popular Skirt now worn all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, of the best
article. Ladies" and Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kinds.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes and gaiters, of the best Philadaphia make.
Also, Men's and Boy's shoes and hats.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that
she has spared no pains in selecting her stock of
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satisfied that she
can piease an wno win iavor ner wun a can.
Bonnets and Hats made and trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable terms and shortest notice.
Dresses Cut, Fitted, Trimmed and made, on reason
able terms and at short notice.
Our terms are strictly Cash. Our motto is, small
profit, and just dealing to all.
April 1, 1867.
EDWARD FULLINGS
Is now offering his fine Stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING
Below New York cost. I am compelled to sacrifice
my Goods to raise funds. Persons dcirous of ob
taining good Clothing at remarkably 'low figures,
will find it to their advantage to call before pur
chasing and be convinced.
I am prepared to make up to order my superior
stock of Cloths and. Cassimeres iithe latest st.vle,
and at greatly reduced prices: and to offer my fine
assortment of
Hals aud Furnhhing Goods
At and below cost.
N. B. All persons indebted, either by note or ac
count, to "Pollings & Co.," "Fnllings, Springs k
Co.," or "Fallings k Springs," will please come for
ward and settle.
8- Don't mistake the place, No. 4, Granite
Row, one door below the Southern Express Office,
and directly opposite the Mansion House.
January 21, 1867.
" 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, 1867. J. H. McADEN.
Planting Potatoes.
20 BARRELS NORTHERN IRISH POTATOES,"
expected daily, for sale at the Corner Drug Store.
Feb 4, 1867. J. H. McADEN.
Garden Seeds.
The largest and most complete Stock ever brought
to this market, from the celebrated Houses of
LANDRETH,
THORBURN and
BUIST.
; For sale at
- . SCAUR'S DRUG STORE.
Feb. 4, 1867.
SMALL FARMS FOR IMMIGRANTS.
tt is becoming the settled conviction of many
of pur planters that, for a long time to come,
large plantations will not be available as a source
of profit: There are two great d iff cul ties in the
way labor and capital. The planter, now that
be has wages to pay to his bands, in order to
make, his operations remunerative will have to
resort to fertilizers, in order to make one acre
yield what he formerly obtained from four or
hve of his half-exhausted land, , when laborers
were plenty and " provisions cheap, --Row eaa
any one now make money on worn-out land,
aftef paying from 810 to 15 per month' to hired
hands, without a liberal expenditure for ferti
lizers: And these, like everything else in tbe
country, are expensive at first cost, which cost
is largely increased by transportation.
In this way the amount of money necessary
to improve 'a large plantation would be tm
men&e, and in our present impoverished state it
is beyond the means of most of our planters.
We have information that by the use of pro
per measures abundance of laborers may be ob
tained in England and on the continent of
Europe. The agent of the Virginia Immigra
tion Society is now in Liverpool, endeavoring to
direct emigrants towards the Southern States,
and to influence them in making settlements
araoDg us. It is found that of the thousands
who weekly land on our shores, nearly . all of
them, expect, sooner or later, to obtain land for
themselves. Many of them, it is true, for the
present, must be hirelings, but with the hope of
eventually becoming owners or real estate.
It will be a great encouragement to immigra
tion that this inducement shall be offered; and
they may become the tenants of lands either . for
a term of years or ia fee simple, as they may be
able. Our large plantations must be divided
into small farms, and sold or leased for a terra
of years. Settlers, then, as proprietors of the
soil, will have a greater interest in the yield
than as laborers, and coming from a country
where every foot of land is made available,
where the soil is taxed to its utmost capacity,
they will understand the . various methods of
making and using fertilizers, and soon the worn
out plantation would become various thrifty lit
tle farms. Where, one bale of cotton is now
made three would be raised and corn , and
bacon would be more plentiful and cheaper
Indeed, all the products of our country would
be rapidly increased, and thus a new impetus
would be given to commerce, multiplying our
lines of railroads and steamers, and giving new
life and vigor to all channels of trade.
It is quite evident that a great many cleared
acres of land in Virginia and' North Carolina
are now lying idle, without the necessary tillers
of the soil. Even if labor was plentiful at a
reasonable rate of wages, still, in tbeir present
condition, the cultivation of these lands would
not be remunerate. But if inducements are
held out to the immigrant that he may at once
or prospectively become a landed proprietor,
not only will our uncultivated lands be speedily
disposed of, but a change would soon become
apparent in the quality and quantity ot their
products. Lands would increase in value, and be
everywhere in demand Norfolk Day Book.
WHAT
A GENTLEMAN MAY
DO
WITH HIS HANDS.
There is a vast deal of idleness in the South.
A large number of our people are trying to live
by their wits: a large number are only nominally
engaged in business, lounging and dawdling
through each week; a large number are roam
ing loose, waiting for something to turn up.
We doubt if one-half of our population are en
gaged in real bard work. The absolute neces
saries of life cost so little in a temperate climate
where land is abundant and rich, and tbe popu
lation sparse, that it is not difficult to live on
half work. The production of the South, we
doubt not, if all the muscle and brain in the
South were fully taxed and the labor properly
directed, could be just about doubled.
There are young men pretending to practice
law or physic, young men instructing a half
dozen pupils, young men selling a few yards of
ribbon per day, young men who have no busi
ness there at college all of whom ought to be
differently occupied. There are young men
clerking in hotels and banking companies where
there is not full employment for them. There
are young ladies by scores engaged in reading
novels, or entertaiuing beaux. There are all
sorts of agencies ten thousand shifts to live,
no matter how, so that it is not by tnanuel la
bor. In a word the market of head work is
glutted in the South while the hammer, the
plane, the trowel, tbe hoe, the axe are crying
for 6talwart arms to grasp them.
The idea is that a trade is not just tbe thing
for a young man who considers himself as good
as anybody. It is thought a better thing to be
a jack-leg lawyer or to murder people with a
doctor's diploma, or to weigh butter than to
build a house or make a sewing-machine or con-
struct a stcam-etjgme. The agent of some
body's vegetable pills is thought a more elligi
ble match for your daughter than an intelligent
man who prints a ' newspaper. or a book. So it
is a foolish and often-fatal pride makes thous
ands shrink from the mechanic arb; and those
very mer. who by a life of honest industry have
secured a high position in the community and a
respectable competence for their families, turn
'their backs upon their 'occupations, and trim
their sons out for something that will not soil
their white hands. ' , ,
Farming" in thi Smith ia the moKt- nrnlific
source of idleness. In all directions you meet
not very handsomely dressed young gentlemen
on hoise baclc who inform von that thv are
"farming." It is a vague, floating term, that ( regiment of soldiers going, from Pittsburgh to,
means, perhaps, strictly that tbey live in tbe Harrieburg in a special train. , Between John
country and, may be, overlook a hand apiece, j stown and the summit tbey were delayed by a
Tbey have a traditional idea that the farmer; freight-train off the track, or a part of its cars
must confine himself to head work. -They sit I off. This they learned at one of the stations,
cn the fence until an early dinner watching a ! and remained thereuntil tbey should be in
one horse plough and artlessly think that they 1 formed that the track was clear. It was in the
belong to tbe great agricultural fraternity. The 1 o'gbt, aad most of the thousand men on tbe
first thing you know, one of these young fellows train were asleep, unconscioua of their danger,
gets married and has to borrow a . clean shirt i Four beavily-loaded coal-cars . belonging to th
to go to his wedding. We shall not prosper in train ahead had," by accident, become detached,
the South until all these folks go to work, not j d began tbe descent of the heavy grade at a
jntjl labor with tbe Lands is properly estimated. peed which toon beeama terribje. The en
THE HEROES OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.
BY PRESIDENT TUTTLE, OF WABASH COLLEGE.
A true manhood cannot be develoned without
the discipline of responsibility. Let. the nurse
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carry tbe child, instead of teaching him to walk,
and he will become an overgrown child, but
never a man. He is a wise parent who lays a
proper and genuine responsibility on iiis child,
and incites him to meet it. . , ; . .. .
It is no new remark that, persons are trans
formed by the responsibilities they hava to dis
charge. A delicate and., untried girl suddenly
ripens into an extraordinary womanhood, through
the agency of sickness or death in the family
laying on her heavy burdens to be borne. It
may be that she is now the comforter of the
sick mother, and as a mother to the younger
children. Hence tie change; a little while ago
a timid girl, but now a courageous woman. In
1862 a young man frm Columbus, Ohio, was
commissioned as a lieutenant in a regiment then
at Camp Chace. He was small in person and
almost effeminate in appearance; so much so
that it affected me to see him go very much as
would the sight of a boy of fifteen, lie was
with his regiment in several severe engagements
in Kentucky, was at Cumberland Gap, retreated
under Morgan to tbe Ohio, and was afterward
in severe service on the.' Mississippi. He bad
become a captaio, and the remark was made by
those who were with him that he had become a
man not so mush in stature as in mien, word,
and act. He lost his . life at ,Poit Gibson, and
bis men kissed his manly face as fondly as they
would a child's. It was responsibility that
wrought the change. j -;;
It may be an admission of weakness, and yet
I confess to a high admiration of a class of men
to whom a vast burden of responsibility in the
ciatter of human life is constantly entrusted : I
refer to our railroad engineers. The locomotive
in itself is a marvel of ingenuity and power
Compact, perfect in form and adaptation, indis
pensable to the wants of civilization, it is one of
the finest instruments. The man who controls
these thirty tons of organized iron which we call
a locomotive must secure both self-respect and
self-confidence. I have sometimes stood beside
the track when a train has come flying along,
and have observed with boundless admiration
the man on whose vigilance, skill, and pluck the
safety of that train so largely ; depended. -Jlia
left hand on the lever, his right on the reversing
lever if that be its name his body bent for
ward eagerly, and his eye keenly scrutinizing
the track ahead, lest the tremendous momentum
of his train, meeting with some obstacle, should
dash itself in an instant into a horrible wrecks
How, now, can a man be weighed down with
such responsibility and not be a stronger and
more, self reliant man?
Some years ago, with a party, it was my for
tune to be on the Erie Railroad when the en
gineers engaged in a general strike. I sided
with the engineers, believing them to be
wronged. At the Susquehanna station we found
a large body of engineers, more than I had ever
seen together at one time. They were not noisy,
nor braggart, nor tipsy; but I then said, what I
now believe," that they were the finest body of
operatives I ever saw. Intelligent, bold, strong,
each the manager of such a wonderful machine,
they found at least one ardent admirer that day.
Some of the most remarkable exhibitions of
courage have been made by men of this class.
A few years ago my friend - Orsbone, who has
driven the locomotive for the mail traia on tbe
Morris & Essex Railroad for twenty years" at
least, with faultless faithfulness, was once de
layed by snow on the track for several hours,
but received explicit orders from the superin
tendent not that splendid officer who has lately
resigned his office on that road "to go ahead,"
for the road was clear, no other train was on tbe
track. After satisfying himself that he bad not
misunderstood the order, hj left the summit tn
a steep down grade, and, in rounding a sharp
curve, came on a train that was ascending the
satae grade under full bead of steam. In an
instant he whistled down the brakes ana re
versed his engine. The noble thing, under such
a tremendous strain, asf fully aware of the
daogor, obeyed, and threw itself back to avert
the catastrophe. Meanwhile the other engineer
bad done tbe same thing with his locomotive ;
but it was possible only to mod fy the shock.
Together rushed those two panting and reluctant
giants, their joint weight not less than sixty
tons, with tbe gathered momentum of their fol
lowing trains. They rose like two furious ani
mals in fight, standing on end, and in a trice the
two splendid machines were a wreck. Tbe cars
behind them were also badly crushed. Orsbone
did not leap from his . engine : but, never
moving his hands from the levers which con
trolled it, he stood as resolute as a rock at his
post until the shock came, and then, quick as
thought, adjusted his valves to allow the steam
to escape without an explosion. Our war can
furnish no clearer proof of the finest courage
than that. !
At the crossing of the Morris & -scx Rail
way and the Orange turnpike may be seen a
flagman with one leg. The other he Lost in tbe
wreck I have just described. Had be had Ore
bone's nerve to face danger, he would have
escaped also unhurt. Poor fellow! the man
who issued the presumptuous blunder that day
tried to buy him off' from prosecuting the com
pany for the sum of one hundred dollar -an
offer which poor "Bob's" wife met with this
query : "Mr , would you Fell one of your
legs for a hundred dollars?"
During the war an incident occurred on tbe
Pennsylvania Central, which was related to me
by ao eve-witDcss. My mtormant was witn a
gineer of tbe special train heard th roar of tht
descending oars and surmised what was t ho
matter. - In an instant be ordered his engine to
be detached from the train, and put on steam to
meet the runaway cars if possible, to break their
force and save his train. His locomotive was a
large freight, and he had moved several rods
ahead when the coal-cars struck hico like a
thunderbolt, and crushed bis englo back on
the traio; but: his heroic eourage ha6 vstvl
many lives. His engine was utterly demolished,
and many of his ears were also crushed; bat to
bad he broken the force ot the shock that no
lives ware lost. Tbe man's name was 8tory,
and his grateful beneficiaries presented him soma
elegant silver-plate, with ' tk deed itself and
their names engraved on them. When asked
why he did not abandon bis traio, ho replied,
'Quick as lightning, I thought I bad better dio
than to have those runaway oars ent eleao
through my train, destroying hundreds I" ' It
was a heroic answer. '
Let me relate one more inoident In the same
line. That part of the Marietta & Cincinnati
Railroad between Athens and the Ohio river
was formerly made famous by the number of its
long and high trestle-bridges. With few ex
ceptions, these are now filled up, and the road
is becoming one of the best. ' At one time the
company were in great straits,' and many of their
operatives were unpaid. Some of the men were
desperate, and, as the fact ' proved, dangerous.
On a certain evening, a train was approaching
one of these high trestle-bridges.' - It was known
tbat the. directors of the road were aboard, and
some villain had determined to throw the whole
traio from that bridge. - The engineer, letting
his train move at the ordinary speed, suddenly
discovered that a rail had been displaced on the
bridge. He seemed to know instinctively that
the momentum was too great to save' the whole
train; and: be signaled - the brakes down and
reversed his engine, to stop, if possible, the cars
before reaching the chasm. Then, opening the
throttle-valve, his engine sprang '. forward so
violently as to break the connection with the
train, and dashed to tbe awful-leap. The1 bold
man, as this was going on, ran out of his window
on the engine and opened bis escape-valve.
Whilst standing there the engioe went Over
with him; and, marvelous to relate, be, falling
under, the huge weight; was preserved from
being crushed by the engine-bell at bis side.
Tbe train, for the rescue of which he had exhib
ited such incredible pluck, stopped just soon
enough to escape the horrible leap after tbo en
gine. This bold roan's name I have not heard'
but he recovered from his wounds, and- is still
ao honored employee of the company.
We glorify our heroes of the battle-field and
the sea; we stand all agog with amazed admira
tion if some foolish man or more foolish woman
ascends Mt. Blanc just for the name of the feat:
we talk about Alexander and Bucephalusand
Caesar i a the. boat in tbe tempest; why may not
my humble pen glorify tbe heroes of tbe loco
motive engine, who exhibit as noble and praise
worthy a daring as any heroes in other fields f .
And they do this in the constant service of tho
thousands of families who every hour of the
twenty-four are represented on the railways of
the world. Alt honor to the heroes of the en
gine, and "ten thousand times ten thousand1' if
they could, would respond "Amen." ' ; '" '
Macaulay has a stanza in his "Horatlus" which
shows what Rome did for one of its bumble bat
bold benefactors : -
"They gave bitn.of the corn-land, "
That was of the public right, '
As much as two strong' oxen '
Could plow from morn till night;
And tbey made him a molten image, . .
And set it np on high, "
And there it stands unto Ibis day
To witness if I lie." ?
MISERIES OF TIGHT LACING. 7
The Northwestern Christian Advocate makes
out a case against light-lacing, as follows: - '
While we are. growing very sensible indeed in
tbe matter of dress, in the way of boots, bstmo
ral skirts; warm stockings and high necks, wa
are degenerating in some other matters, quits as
important. 1 be corset i not ft necessary part
of a woman a wardrobe; and alas! when a woman
does begin to wear corsets, she will wear them too 1
small, and will tug at tbe laces till the breath be
comes short, and she feels it necessary to refrain '
from anything like a comfortable meal. ' We say
nothing against a well shaped corset, worn -loose
ly, but there lies the difficulty, .A loose corset
injures the appearance, instead of improving it,
and people wear corsets that they may nave small .
waists. All we can say is, don't squeeze, what ever
you do. You may have small w-.Uta, but
you are exposing yourself to a dozen mUfortunes -which
are as bad as a large waist. First yon will",
surely have dyspepsia, and grow yellow and cross, .
and unhappy; secondly, your hands will grow red;,
thirdly, your nose; fourthly vou . will be unable ..
to walk a mile at once; fifthly, dinner will be ft
misery; sixthly, your shoulder-blad will increase
in size and altitude; seventhly, your eyes will grow
weak; eighthly, you will break down at thirty, or -thereatout',
and be a 6ickly old; woman from that
time forth. . If these truths do not frighten women ' -from
tight corsets, perhaps the iefbrronlion that'
gentlemen do not admire what dressmakers call ft :.
pretty figure'. so much' as a. natural one," rasr ,
have iome influence. 7 - . :
M Who's there F said Robinsoo,on cold winter '
night, disturbed in, bis repose by soma one knock
ing at the'street door. ' ' 7 ' : . 7." ,
UA friend," was 'tbeVnssrer .7 .', 1 77,
"What do you wantT ; ' 77' ' r
toWanC to stay here all nigbtl . " ' , ' y
"Queer tost of yours," ain't it f Bui ) stay, by
nil
i means, was toe tenevQient r
- A five year- old girl tells what she ''saw ' at
4meetin'1 thusly : "Mother I have heard such a'
smart minister. He stamped and pounded and
made each a noise; and by and by be got sq mad
became out of the pulpit and shook his fistattho
folks, and there wasn't any one dared to tro - up
andfight him.w ; . - - ' ' ' ; r'
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indicative mood, -present tense, third person; sin
gular number, and agrees with all the cirU
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