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OF
SPEING GOODS
Fine white
received at
and colored Marst'illos Quilts, just
BAUKLNGEIl, WULFE & COS.
Ladies' French Dimitry Skirts, India Twilled
Long Ciolh, Linen I)re3 (Joods, Extra Fine Lace
Collars and Culls, Valencine Lace, Cleuy Lace,
Black Silk Guper Lace. Call and examine our New
Goods. RAURINGER, WOLFE & CO.
Irish Linen of an extra quality ; Bleached
Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
Black Challey for Mourning Dresses, English
Crape and English f.rnpe Veils, at
BAliKINGEil, WOLFE & COS.
April 15, I8G7.
JUST RECEIVED AT
M. QUERY'S NEV STORE,
c.
A large and well selected Stock of
8PUI.U AXD SUJJ.3:U tiOODS.
DRV GOOD., at extremely low .rices.
WHITE GOODS, a full asscntmeut, which will be
Sold low for cash.
TRIMMINGS Our stock of Trinuningr is com
plete, and was svlected with care.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCY GOODS.
HOOP SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts
the most popular Skirt uow worn all izes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors and sizrs. of the best
article Ladies' and Children's .Milts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FANS' AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kind.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
Ehoes and gaiters, of the best Philadelphia make.
Also, Men's and Boy's shoes and hats.
lMCXXiXiXDi3'3SIS7."Sr.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that
the has spared no pains in selecting her toek of
Millinery and Trimming'; and having had a long
experience in the business lVels satisfied that she
tan please all who will favor her with a call.
Bonnets anil Hats made and trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable terms and shortest notice.
Dre.se? 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 I, 1807.
MIX Ei WA I T E SD.
A Chance to Make Money,
The subscriber wiil purchase Bones at 50 cents
per hundred, delivered at Concord Factory, or at
any Railroad Depot between Charlotte and Greens
boro. Cash paid on delivery.
Those who will accumulate Bones in quantities
at any point on the Railroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. 11. E. McDON A LD,
April 1, 18G7 tf Concord, N C.
" NORTH CAROLiNA
Military and Polygenic Academy.
A Great School of Millicmulicnl . I'ltyxicl Sciences,
together with Laiigutigrf, Litratue, J'olilical Econ
omy, jc.
The 2d Session of the 9th Academic year begins
July 1st, l-.7.
Diplomas conferred upon graduates jn the Regular
Course.
A Special Course of Engineering, Architecture
and Drawing is ollVred to thos-e who wish to qualify
themselves for Surveyors, Civil Engineers, &c.,
which they may follow throughout, or in part, to
the exclusion of studies unnecessary to their purpose.
A Commercial Course given to those who wish to
prepare themselves for business life.
No Military duties except enough drill for healthy
exercise. Expenses moderate, location healthy.
For Circulars containing full particulars address,
Gbn'l II. E. COLSTON, Supt.
May 27, 18G7 0v Hillsborough, X. C.
COOKflXitt STOVES,
Or THE NEATEST AND MiST Sl'PKUIOK PATTERN.
XX. 33 "ST XE3 a Xa "2",
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C,
Has for sale "Spear's .nti-2ittst Cooking
JS TO F-E"." which, for eveiy variety ef cooking
find great economy in fuel, cauaot be surpassed by
Any Stove heretofore used.
Everybody who has used one of these Stoves
testify that, for convenience in cookinsr, dniability
ftud cleanliness, they are far preferable to all other
patterns. Call and see thetu.
D. H. BYEHLY lias also on hand a good as
Eonmeut of Tin, Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such
urticles as are necessary for house-keeping.
t&r TIN'-WAUE made to order at ihort notice
pn reasonable terms.
JtSgr RIPAIU17.G proniTMlv executed,
I ' IL BYEHLY,.
Springs'
Building, Charlotte, X. C.
March 25, I SG7
NEW GOODS! XGW GOODS!
S . B . .13 E A C E2 n ,
Is now receiving and opening his Spring stock of
DRY GOODS,
Comprising every nrtuie wauled by the people, t
V-rrKt fr Paah iinil einrA llto frri.-H j .. 1 ... . 1
I keep constantly on hand all kinds of goods, viz
Dry Goods, a general assortment.
Vankee Xotious, "
Hats and Caps,
Boats and ?hoes,
Wooden Ware,
k
.1
Leather of all kinds,
- Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, tc.
Groceries of all Kinds,
Consisting of Bacon, Lard, Hams, Sugar, Coffee,
Fish, Flour, Meal, Pickles, &c , ic.
I will sell any of thr above very low. All I wish
is a call from any one before purchasing.. My motto
jjs, quick S'Ues and short profits
Auil 29, 1HC7. S. U. MEACHAM.
THE COTTON TRADE.
The New York Shipping and Commercial
List of the 15th June, publishes the following
in reference to the Cotton trade :
"Such English authorities "as are noted for
keeping careful and precise accounts of the
movements of Cotton, together with the future
prospects of the trade, are unanimous in the
opinion that Cotton has about touched bottom ;
that the point has been reached at which con-
I suniers, in J.ngla.pd and on the continent, can
Il i 1 i l. 1 . C J
ouy ireeiy ana wont to a moaeraie prom, anu
hence, that there is now a legitimate foundation
for ijeaituy business. On the other hand, the
J . ....
, supply is so ample (80,000 bales of all kinds at
Liverpool Juuc 1,) aud the absence ol spcula-
tion eo marked, that no itnportaut advance is
looked for, recent indications pointing to II a 11 J
pence as the natural price, at present, l'or Middling
American. Owing to the low figure at which
the stock in this country has been reduced
through the free shipments of last winter and
f-pring, English spinners have apparently made
up their minds that from July 1st to December
1st they can, practically speaking, receive
fcarcely any cotton from this side the Atlantic,
but they do not argue Iroru this probability that
any material advance in price U likely to follow.
They are clearly of opinion that the import of
the India staple will increase in the same de
gree that the arrivals of the American fall off,
and thus, with the stock kept pretty full till
Jate in the Autumn, little change in price will
probably take place, aside lroui the possible
widening of the margin which at present exists
Letwccu Surats and American.
ILsisac, Cores. Ac.
Thomastown Lime. Corn and Flour, for sale at
the lowest price at the Charlotte St S. C. Railroad
Depot.
Feb 25,' 1867. W. W. TEG RAM.
And npwnrds, at the
PEIOTOCiKAI'IlIC GU.LKKY
Over Jas. llarty & Co's Store, nest to the Court
House.
Call and pet a superb likeness of yourself and
family, at low rates according to style and linish.
Copes taken of old I'ict ures in a superior manner.
Satisfaction guarantied at tlie Gallerj- of
11. i;au.igartent,
May 6, 18G7. Next to Court House
GROCERIES
11 a 31 m 0 n d & Mclaughlin
Have just received a large assortment of Groceries,
which they oiler for sale at reduced prices. Their
Stock consists, in part, of the following articles :
40 Sacks prime Rio CofFee,
30
Barrels Sugar all grade?,
Hog. heads Supar 3 ellow,
Barrels Molasses assorted grades,
Hogsheads Molasses Cuba,
Harrels Potomac Shad,
Half barrels Potomac Shad.
5
25
5
10
10
10 Quaiter Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Half " Family Mackerel,
10 Quarter " "
4o Kits, No 1 and 2, "
100 Sacks Liverpool Salt.
50 Boxes fine English Dairy Cheese,
50 " Adamantine Candles,
50 ' assorted Slick Candy,
23 " Laer Raisin?,
Fine Lot of Bacon X. C. and Western,
" " Flour, (Torn and Corn Meal,
Codfish and Irish Potatoes,
Hemlock Leather. Iron and Nails all sizes,
Bale Vain and Shirting,
Fresh Cove Oysters, Sardines and Pickles,
Sauces, Flavoring Extracts, Soda Crackers, &c.
And every other article usually found in a Gro
cery and Prevision Store.
We invite the attention of country merchants and
others to our stock, and solicit an examination.
Hammond & Mclaughlin.
May 27, 18G7 tf
Si:l. of -V. ai oln:, igccklciilii8g Co.
Court of J'leaf .5 (Quarter Snsi-ions April Term, 1S67.
M. L. Wriston, agent, vs. A. E. Collier.
Attachment Levied on 1 Ilou?e and Lot in the City
of Charlotte.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendant, J. E. Collier, resides beyond the
limits of this State, on motion it is ordered by the
court that publication be made, for six weeks in the
Western Democrat, notifying the said defendant to
be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quar
ter Sessions, to be held for the county of Mecklen
burg, at the Court House in Charlotte, on the 2d
Monday in July next, then and there to answer,
plead or replevy, or judgment final will be taken
against him and properly levied U2on condemned
to plaintitrs use.
Witness, William Maxwell, Clerk of our said court
at office, the 2d Monday in April, A. D . 18G7.
70-Hw " WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
Stale of . Carol inn, MecKlenburg Co.
Court of 1'leas y Quarter Sessions April Term, 18G7.
Wm. M. P.ailv, Administrator of James Alexander,
deceased, vs. the Htirs at Law of James Alex
ander, deceast d.
Petition to Sell Real Estate.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that
J. M. Thorn and wife I.ahcIIa, one of the defendants i
in this case, reside beyond ihe limits of this S:ate, !
it is therefore, on motion, ordered by the court that j
publication be made, for six successive weeks, in j
the Western Democrat, notifying the said defendant I
of the filing of this petition, and that unless they
appear at the next term of this court to be held for
the county of Mecklenburg, at the court house in
Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in July next, and an
swer the petition, the same will be taken pro ton
fciso and heard expat tee as to them.
Wit ness, William Maxwell. Clerk of our said court
at oilice, the 2d Monday in April. 17.
70-G.v WJl MAXWELL. Clerk.
State of'.V Cai olina, jIcck .cubing Co j
Court of ritJS $ Quarter Sessions .4r7 Term, 1S67 i
Wm. P. Robinson vs. John H. Allen. !
Attachment Levied on 100 bushels Corn, 2.000 lbs.
Fodder and Hay. 700 lbs. Seed Cotton, 1 Rifle Gun !
and a lot of Shucks. j
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that j
the defendant in this case resides beyond the limits j
of this Stale, on ruotiou it is orderid by the court j
that publication be made, for six weeks in the j
Western Democrat, notifying the said defendant to j
j hf and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quar 1
J ter Sessioas, to be held for the county of Mecklen- j
burg, at the court house in Charlotte, on the 2d j
j Monday in July next, then and thers to answer,
plead or replevy, or judgment final i!l be taken j
j against him, and the property levied on condemned
: to plaintiffs H.e. !
Witness, William Maxwell, Clerk of tur said ceart
at office, the 2d Monday In April, A. D., 1867.
T0-6w VM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
From the N. Y. Evening Post (Radical.)
THE JULY MEETING OF CONGRESS
General Sickles has sent in his resignation,
and asked for a court of inquiry. It is very
probable that Geneaal Grant will tell him to re
main at his post and obey the orders which may
be sent him. That is the duty of an officer of
the army, and not to
resign
his post when he
discovers that he has made a mistake
A letter from a well informed correspondent
in Washington, himself a Republican, and what
i is called a "radical," revoald some of the motives
which inspire some of those who cry aloud for
a meeting of Congress in July. It is not the
Reconstruction act which they are so anxiou
about, but the tariff and the impeachment of
the President. .
The high tariff men are not yet satisfied.
They were badly beaten and bitterly disappoint
ed at the last session; they are now ip haste to
complete the ruin of the country, and mean to
use Congress, if they bring about & July meet
ing, to still further increase the import duties,
and put the American people entirely at the
mercy of wealthy manufacturing monopolists.
One hundred and twenty per cent is not enough
tor tneui; and tuey long tor two nunurea per
cent; and the thought of profit makes them
eager and fierce.
So, too, the disappointed movers of the im
peachment are eager for another chance. The
long secret investigation by the House Judi
ciary committee failed to revesl any facts upon
which to ground an impeachment of the Presi
dent; that was the decision of the committee,
which sat during mauy. months. But Ashley
and Butler will not be denied; they want an
other chance; they hope to get up a popular ex
citement about Mr Staubcrry's opinion; and up
on that carry their point.
The people ought to know that these are some
of the
motives which influence some men in de-
manding a meeting of Congress in July. As
j for any others the Reconstruction Act so far
j appears to work well; the Tribune itself admits
j that it is fairly and squarely accepted by the
; people of the Southern States. It says :
"The Southern people accepted the Military
bill manfully, and have endeavored to act under
its provisions. Instead of apathy, and wrath,
and discontent, wo have found them eager and
painstaking in their efforts to reorganize their
political system under the Military bill. If the
work is arrested, they are not to blame; and we
have no right to increase the conditions imposed
last March."
Registration is going on in the Southern
States. Peace and order prevail there. Speech
is so free that Senator Wilson says he has every
where been kindly received and patiently heard,
and when Mr Ktlley was disturbed by what
General Swayne officially calls "an unpremedi
tated" riot, his political opponents the next day
puLlicly united io a request to him to repeat
his speech, and themselves, over their names,
guarantied him sale from interruption. The
commanding generals are authorized to do jus
tice in their own courts if the local courts re
fuse, or if they think it best to act by the mili
tary courts. Thus security to life and property
is abundantly provided for.
What, then, is the use of tinkering the Re
construction act? What is to be gained by it?
Political schemers and grumblers, north and
south, may hope to gain, but the people can on
ly lose.
1 --
Blackberries. The grocers and country
merchants evory where will buy dried black
beriics, dried cherries and dried fruit generally.
Exchange.
We hope some merchant in Charlotte will
make arrangements to buy and ship blackberries.
BEXTISTKY.
DR. WM E. CARR, late of Wilmington, having
located in Charlotte, is prepared to attend promptly
to all calls relating to his profession. Having had
seventec n years experience in the practice of Den
tistry, he is satisfied that he can please all who may
give him a call.
All woik done with reference to neatness, dura
bility and dispatch. Office over Barringer, Wolfe
& Co's, where he can be found at all hours of the
day. All work warranted to give entire satisfac
faction. Teeth filled and extracted without pain.
June 10, 167. 6m
.fUST RECEIVED
AT
XTTilJsoxi. Bros.,
Embroidered Bareges, Striped Mozatubiques, Plain
Mozambique?, Lawns, Striped Poplins, and a good
assortment of Prints.
May 6, 18t7.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE ELEPHANT !
If not just walk down to
PRESSON 6l GRAY'S
Family Grocery and Proyisiou Store,
Where they are daily receiving fresh supplies of
Groceries of every description, and buy .your sup
plies while the Horse and Wagon is standing before
the door ready to convey your purchases to your
house anywhere within the corporate limits, free of
charge. R. M. PRESSON.
June 10, 1867. N. GRAY.
J. E.
STEN HOUSE,
New York
ALLAN M A CAUL AY,
Charlotte, N. C.
STENHOUSE & MACAULAY,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
42 Slonc Street, tew York.
Prompt personal attention given to the sale of
Cotton, Cotton Yarns, Naval Stores, &c.f and the
purchase of Merchandise generally.
Consignments solicited.
June 10, 1867.
Grocery
and Provision Store.
Under the Mansion
House, opposite
the Springs
Building.
I have on band, and will constantly keep, Corn
Meal, Flour, Bacon, Lard, and Country Produce
generally- - -
Also, Sugar, Coffee, Crackers, Mol-sses, and in
fact everything Id the Grocery line a family may
need. -
I Lave also a fine lot of Northern Potatoes and
some very fine No. 1 Mackerel.
I will sell as cheap as the cheapest. Try mi.
2- The highest market price will be paid for
country produce of all kinds,
Feb 18, 1867. 6a. A. BERRYHILL.
THB DUTY OP THB HOUR.
It is a promising sign of the times that in all
portions of the Union independent journals are
1 presenting the question of reconstruction to busi
ness men, and urging them to look at it from the
standpoint of national and individual prosperity,
and not mere party success In a late number of
the Boston Herald we find the following, which
is too good to be overlooked :
"If the time has not yet come when the Amer
ican people can attend to their material interests,
we are at loss to know when it will come. Two
years of peace Lave been spent in experiment up-
uu me political reconstruction ot tue ooiitnern
States, and the people of the South nor seem to
be proceeding with commendabla promptness in
carrying out the plan prepared by Congress for
their admission into the Union. They may safe
ly be left to themselves an(J the officers of the Gov
ernment charged with superintending the reor
ganization of society in that section, and the at
tention of the masses of the people,- both North
and South, can be directed to the material inter
ests of the country that have been so long neg
lected. So far as the people are . concerned we
are satisfied thai they are ready to take this com
mon sense view of the question. They have had
enough of contention and strife to last them for
a generation. They have had enough of debt
and taxation to satisfy their wildest aspirations
in that direction. They are sick and tired of the
warfare thathas been waged on abstract questions.
They know ell enough that our material inter
ests have been allowed to suffer, and the country
languishes under the oppressive burdens that im
practicable men have piled upon it. They now
want a chance to use their capital and devote
their labor to the, reparation of the damages sus
tained iu the war. Why should they not be al
lowed to attend to their own - affairs, and by the
exercise of an enlightened self-interest, go on de
veloping the resources of the country aud accu
mulating wealth to lighten the burdens under
which we labor ? The schemes of politicians are
all that prevent this desirable consummation.
The couutry languishes for the want of practical
statesmen in place of political mountebanks who
have wormed their way into, office. The great
question now to be met in this country is the
financial question; but every body knows that
Congress takes hold of that question last and de
votes to it the least of its time. The condition of
the currency, the rate of taxation, and the redemp
tion of the mortgaged wealth of the country from
the hands of its creditors, aie subjects that have
never yet been handled as though they had any
thing to do with the material prosperity of the
country. Business men see that trade and pro
duction languish, that money is scarce, though
the currency has been expanded to twice its nor
mal volume, ;;ud that these two evils are driving
business out of the country and retarding the de
velopment of our lesources. If we go on in this
way, how shall we escape bankruptcy and ruin ?
We confess that the prospect is dark, and that it
is growing darker every day while . we continue
on our present course. We see no hope except
in the good sense of the people, who are grow
ing restive under burdens, and who already man
ifest a disposition to inquire what benefit they
are to receive for the lavish expenditure of their
money;"
WAR OP RACES.
The war of races into which venal demagogues
are seducing the colored people of the South,
presents one feature which should engage the
attention of those who are thus cruelly victimized.
Let not any temporary or-local strength deceive
the black people, aud engage them in such a
couflict; for in a very few years they will le re
duced everywhere to a helpless minority. Gov
ernor Brown, of Georgia, well explains this in a
late speech, thus :
'You should remember, that as soon as this
political question is settled a large number of
people from other States of the Union and other
countries will come here, and settle among us.
Nearly all who como will be white men. This
will cause our race to increase in numbers much
faster than yours. Look, for instance, at some
of the North western States where twenty-five
years ago the country was a wilderness, and now
the State has half a million or a million of inhab
itants. They have not been raised there. The
great mass has poured in from other places wbere
the population was too thick, and filled up the
country and made a great State in a few years.
But you must recollect there are very few black
people among them. So our territory will be
filled up after a time with a large population
You will then be greatly in the minority. You
can look .nly to the natural increase of your race,
and not to increase from abroad. Doubtless you
have noticed since you are free that you are not
increasing as fast as )'ou did before. You see
few 3Toung children of your race. There are
causes for this that I need not now explain. I
titnply call your attention to the fact. It follows
then that with a quarrel between us, or a war of
nces, you would be-mostly injured, by it. Mark
this, and when any man, whether from the North
or South, whether white or black, encourages
you to quarrel with us, or to make war upon us,
recollect he is neither your fiiend nor our friend,
nor the fiiend of the country, but he is control
led by selfishness and has . some bad object to
accomplish."
Distinguished Confederates Abroad.
Forney writes from London, May 2Gth, to his
Chronicie :
''John C. Breckenridgc .3 frequently seen at
the Laogham Hotel, where I am stopping, wo
fully chaDged in appearance. Judah P. Ben
jimin is a practitioner at the London bar, and,
unlike Breckenridge, does not entertain the
slightest hope of being restored to his rights.-
He is also said to be the American editor of
the London Telegraph, and the writer of the
articles that now delight the Tory readers of
that paper eulogistic of Jefferson Davis snd the
''Lost Cuse." The well known George N:
Sanders is also so journing in London, and has
just passed through the. courts of bankruptcy
tor certain individual obligations. The violent
Lewis P. Wig-all, of Texas, also herer is collec
ting the lists of those who invested in the cele
brated cotton loans of the Confederate Gorern-
t stent, and in its other securities.
. If EW PROCESS , s
Or Making Tar, Fitch and Turpentine from
Pine Wood. x
The following account from the New Orleans
Crescent of a new process of manufacturing tar,
turpentine, and rosin, will be of interest :
By invitation of the parties connected with
the new works on St. Peter street, foh distilling
pine wood, we visited them a few days since,
and, thinking it a matter of no little importance
to oar citizens, especially those who reside at a
distance, we have concluded to give them the
benefit of oar investigation. The works we saw
re capable only of distilling one cord per day,
being erected merely to show the process and
the amount of products that could be realized
from a given quantity of wood. " They were in
full operation when we arrived, and we will
briefly state what we saw and learned from the
owner of the patents, "who was present :
The retort which contained the wood is en
closed with brick, the top and bottom being
alone exposed. From a pipe connected with
the bottom of the retort, a stream of pitch was
constantly exuding,' while from a condenser con
nected by a larger pipe with the top of the re
tort, the crude turpentine and, pyroligenous
acids were running in quite a largo stream.
These allowed to settle in a receiver, separate
themselves, and the turpentine is drawn off and
introduced into a still. From a condenser con
nected with the still, the clear, pure spirits of
turpentine was collected in a receiver . ready for
market. A good article of rosin was also taken
from the still. We never saw a finer article of
turpentine, and among the numbar present was
an old manufacturer, who pronounced the pro
cess a complete success, and that there was no
doubt it would entirely supercede . the old way
of manufacturing. After all the crude material
has passed from the retort to the condenser, the
connection between the two is closed the fire
increased and the wood charred.
The whole thing is simple and yet complete,
and we should judge the works could be had at
a small expense. The patentee informed us
that he has already disposed of quite a number
of rights, and that the parties purchasing were
busily engaged in putting up their works, and
would soon have them in full operation. This
we were glad to learn, as everything of the kind
adds to the future wealth of the South, and we
confidently believe that as soon as it is general
ly known this will become a great and impor
tant branch of business wherever there is any
pine wood to be found. We annex - a list, as
given us, of the average yield by it from one
cord of our fat pine wood: twenty -five gallons
spirits turpentine, one hundred gallons pyroli
genous acid, one barrel rosiu, one barrel pitch,
two barrels tar, fifty bushels charcoal.
PLAIN AS MUD.
Two aged, innocent and good natured "cullud
citizens" met near a street corner a few days
since, when the following dialogue ensued :
Clem "I say, Mr J ulius, has you requestered
yet?"
Julius "No, de doctors said I'se taken nuf
already."
Clem "No, Mr Julius, I dosent mean some
thing to eat, 1 mean do you hab your name writ
down, so you can vote."
Julius "Oh, no, I'se corrupted from reques
ters, I is."
Clem "Dats funny. Why Mr Julius I'se
known you for a long time an fur as I know, I
titik jouse qualified. Cant you swar to sport
the constitushuo of the nited States V ,
Julius "Course I kin, but dats de part dat
makes me so ccrnuberous; and furder, wat de
debbil dey wants us to sport de censtitushun ob
de. nited States, when dey keep telling us dat de
constitushuo ob dc nited States gwine sport us.
kin hardly sport myself, dats it."
Clem "Den Mr Julius, you'll be lef out in
de cole, and de other members of the sit ty wont
recognize you, dat dey wont."
Julius "As for dat, eben when I support de
constitushun I wont be any better; why if my
old boss would see me he would'nt recognize me.
Look at my close, is the constitushuo gwine to
issue wittlcs and close and tend us when we sick
like we had before the war."
Cleiu " Wheo de leotion is over den jou ean
git what you wants if you yotc wid ; de aciety."
Julius "What I gwine to do to eat in de
meantime 7 Oh no, Mr Clem,- I'se
gwine to
lono till I
work and let all dat
a a
congloberation
see wnat gwine on.
Clem -"Mr Julius, if you jine de society,
jou can get eberything to read and get paid for
reading; besides, I heard a white gemmao say
the oder day that if we vote right, de govern
ment would gib us our wittlcs for our close."
Julius (thoughtfully) ''Git my wittles for
my close I My wittles for my close. Yes, yes,
my wittles for my close. Can t he gib me my
close for my wittles; now explain dat, will you."
Clem "Why didn't you hear de reason at de
meet in last Saturday. De government . can't
tell how many dare is ob ns till we all vote de
right way; f o as to tell how much to send. Be
sides, didn't the speaker tell you on dat occasion
why de government freed us?"
Julius "I disremember particular de re
marks." . .
Clem "Well didn't he say dat de exigency
ob de coouberous expostulary in de inclemency
ob de satisfaction is de obstructionary quense
cobse ob de disruption in - phylax management
ob de government. Dat de sociability ob de
season will collapse and agitate wid de hensnoot
in de centre of de ker foodies, il'de colored citi
zen don't recuperate in oonubril spear, and
vibrate wid de agitation and de salubrity of de
brain. Darfore quenseconily, de government
will expomitate de conslemity ob de vehicle ob
de Union, and. cause dc peiliminary to de per
judy ob de collud citizens, and den-
Julius ' Well if dat de case I'se gwine to
jine wid you right off." , V - '
- Jefferson Davis was bora in Todd conntv, Ken
tucky, and was sixlv vears old on the 3d- ;dav of
m w T 4 1
Jqne, )
POR COURTING- v
The following good . advio on the above jb
ject is from the pen of John Quill, who seems to
have had rather a blissful experience in relation
to such matters : ;
1. Never go courting the girls parents.' Yda'd
better edge up to the charmer herself at once ;
for you can't marry her if you don't try, ualesa
she wants you, and you may be able to even if
the old folks are hard on you. ' ' !
2. By all means get the girl's ma down on
you as much as possible. If tht old lady, is
always blowing against' you, tht Httla dear be
gins to take your part, and can't help' loriog
you. 1 did tbis way, and my present mother-in-law
used to throw brooms and washboards at
me, and teach the dog to bite me in the trovsers
as 1 climbed over the fenoe. She's got over it
now, and lives t my house without paying
board. If remorse festers in her soul io conse
quence of her conduct, however, I haven't
noticed it yet.
' 3. If you see any other fellows nrowHoe about
always euchre them if you can. If you see one
of them buying tickets for the opera, go right
up and make an engagement with the girl, and
get your , tickets afterwards; and; when they
visit the house always act as if you were at homo
and they were only visitors, and never leavo
first. I always did this, and have frequency
sat until daybreak, while the fair one snored
away 00 the sofa. You can't bluff me. No,
sir, ha I ha ! I guess not. , I would shave ' been
there yet if the fellow had stayed. . , '
4. If the old man has worldly wealth, express
a dislike to greenbacks, and a hankering after
love in a small house. ' ,
5. Wheo you inquire if she will have jou,
don't fall on your knees it's ridiculous, besides
being rough on trousers. Just take her hand
and speak out like a man. ; . A
G. When you are engaged, don't go off like
an old jackass, and begin buying teaspoons, and
wash boilers, and candles. Its very unwise nd
excites comment. Why I recollect I was so
glad that I went right off and purchased a baby
jumper and a gum ring. It was a long while
ere those things were necessary, and the baby
jumper had shrunk so that when We pot the
first of the little Quills into it, it suddenly jerked
up, and came frightfully near battering the de
voted child's brains out against the ceiling,
while the gum ring, having been kept in box
with cock roach poison, threw the baby into fits,
and he (it was a boy) bad spaims io the crib
for four days. . ".
7. If a girl refuses you don't give it up, but
try it again. Because two negatives make aa
affirmative in grammar; however, don't con
sider yourself accepted when a girl jilts you
twice. I asked one female forty-one times, and
at last she got to expect it whenever I came,'
and sometimes would holler out "No 1" from the
top of the stairs before I got fairly io the bouse.
8 Kiss all the little children io a house, even,
if they are dirty and do smear m6lasses caody,
in your hair. Let the boy play horse with you
and make a fool of you generally. It is a trump
card if you play it right.
9. And finally, if there are. two sisters, and
the old one is jealous, get some one to choke her
off while you go io for the younger. I did that".
once, and used to get my friends to ask the
senior girl out every evening; but she found me
out and used to arrange hair Dins in the sofa
cushions before she went out, so that it was ex'
tremely uncomfortable. , .
:
Awards to Americans at thc Pabw Expo
6ITION. The State Department has information,
through Cotnmi.xsioner Beckwith, that of 524.
United States exhibitors at Pari, 262 have re
ceived prizes, viz : 4 Grand prizes, 17 Gold, 03
Silver and 103 Bronze medals. Seventy-nine ex
hibitors received honorable mention.
Defaced Greenbacks. We have several
times notified the public, that torn or defaced
greenbacks and fractional corrcnoy, will not he
received at tho National Banks, only at a heavy '
disoount. We received a 91 bill from a friend
which has a picoe torn off at one corner,. about
the size of a quarter of a dollar, whiob . will no$
pass for any thing on our Btreets, and for which .
we can only get 85 or 00 cents at the Bank.
This is no fault of the Banks, but in accordance
with instructions from Washington City. But '
for all we can see, it is a direct fraud upon the '
people T Bills which have boles io them or.
small pieces torn from tbem, are all discouoted,
at a loss. ' The Banks require the bills to be
returned to them perfect, with all the parts at
tached, or they discount tbem st a loss.
The Difference Mr John Hannah, who
has been for thirty-one years keeper of the Hock -Lighthouse,
at the entrance to the Mersey, and. '
must, therefore, have had many opportunities
for judging, says that the body of a drowned
woman always rises with the face, upward, and
floats on the back. The body of a man rises .
with the back upward, and floats with the face ".
downward. . ' ' ; '
Hon. Geo. C. Gorham, who has been nomfo
ated by the republicans for Governor of Califor
oia, was twenty years ago a newspaper carrier
in New London, Conn., getting bis schooling
and paying bis way by his own exertions. He
has been an editor and a lawyer, and is at pre
sent clerk of the Supreme Court of California. '
A Text Not in the Bible. Her. J. I), '
Fulton "preached a sermon" in Boston last San.
day, from the text "What shall be dooe- with
Jefferson Davis ?" It is soaroely neoessary to 1
say that a minister so false to Lis God, : was
false also to usao; and instead of .enforcing the"
charities which distinguish Christiana from '
savsges, howled for blood like a wolf. .
Sensible Judge Aldricb, of South Caro . -lios,
who had been invited to address the freed:.
mepj declines doiog eo, before the crops are laid
by. He says 'fauch meetioga, jjow, will do iali
calculable mischief will interrupt all the farm
work and may endanger ine crop. . )Yhen the
erotvs are laid bvllie Dromises to make them a
w '
speech. We hope bis advice will be followed.
RULES