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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1867.
SIXTEENTH VOLUMENUMBER 180.
(QPublished every Tucsday,Q)
BY
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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Ll:S. WIIITK LKAD, at McAden's
Corner Drug Store.
300 (iallon3 Linseed Oil, at McAden's Corner
Druj Store.
3 Barrels Spirits Turpentine, at McAden's Drug:
Store.
NO. 1 Coach and Copal Varnishes, cheap, at
McAden's Dm" Store.
FINB Lubricating, Lard and Sperm Oil, at Mc
Aden's Corner Druir Store
lirijrht Illuminating Kerosene Oil, cheap, at Mc
Aden's Corner Drug Store.
Tanners' Strait's and Banks' Oil, ttt the lowest
market price, at McAden's Corner Ir;i Store.
May 20, l.stiT.
a i. a n u i; s t a c k:
or
SJPiaiHSTG- G OO us
Fine white and colored Marseilles Quilts, just
received at BAUUINd Kit, WOLFE & CO S.
BsaT Ladies' French Dimitry Skirts, India Twilled
Long Cloth. Linen Dress (Joods, Extra Fine Lace
Collars and CufFs. Valencine Lace, Cleny Lace,
Black Silk Guper Lace Call and examine our New
Goods. BAUKIXGKR, WOLFE & CO.
Cfciy Irish Linen of an extra quality; Bleached
Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
Black Clmlley for Mourning Dresses, English
Crape and English Crapu Veils, at
BAIiUlNUEIt, WOLFE k GO'S.
April 15, 18G7.
JUST RECEIVED AT
C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE,
A large and well selected Stock of
si'RiXG A" su.iajas:!! WOODS.
DUV GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, :i fu'I assortment, which will be
sold low for carh.
TRIMMINGS Our stock of Trimming; is com
plete, and was selected with care.
A full assortment of VANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCV GOODS.
HOOB SKIRTS Bradley's I.iis TraiJ Skirts
the most popula r Skirl now worn all sizes Ladies,
chiMren and Misses.
KID (i LOVES all colors and sizes, of the best
article Ladies' and Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best iialit v.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kind?.
SHOES Ladies'. Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes ami gaiters, of the best Philadaphia make.
Also, Men's and Boy's hocs and hats.
3MC X XjXjiX 3ST 313
MRS. QUERY would inform her fiiends that
she lias spared no pains in selecting her stock of
Millinery and T: homing.-: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satislied that she
can please all who will favor her with a call.
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 I, 1 817 .
R.ES WAKTEI.
A Chance to Make Money,
The subscriber will purchase Bones at 50 cents
per hundred, delivered at Concord Factory, or at
any Railroad Depot between Charlotte arid Greens
boro. Cash paid on delivery.
Those who will accumulate Bones in quantities
at an)- point on the Railroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. It. E. McDONALD,
April 1, 18ti7 tf Concord, N C.
NEW STOCK OF ftOODS.
The Hndersigned has just returned from the
Northern cities with a good Stock of
x o o o i i o js .
and various other articles, consisting principally of
Java CotlVe, Rio Coffee of superior quality none
better; Black, Green and Imperial Teas; New Or
leans and other Molasse: Bacon Sides, Sugar Cured
plains, Fresh Mackerel, Pickled Shad, Soap, Candles,
Pepper. Spice, Ginger, Soda, White Wine and Apple
Vinegar, Willow Ware, Buckets of all kinds, Tubs
Brooms. Churns, Kegs, Ilaif-Bushels, &o.
Lorillasd Snutf best quality ; Soda. Ginger and
Egg Crackers ; a fine lot of Brtfjati Shoes extra
Ei.cs ; Liverpool Salt, and best Carolina Rice.
Xj oat Ix ox.
White Oak Tanned fine article; large lot of
good and good damaged Hemlock ; French Calf
Skins; Fpper and Harness Leather.
White Leai!, Powder, Shot and Percussion Caps,
nil si.es; Whim Rope, Well Rope, Bed Cord, Cotton
.Cards cheap, Scyihc Blades, Pad Locks, Blacking,
Matches, Cotton Yarn, Durham's Smoking Tobacco,
Chewing Tobacco; Crushed. Pulverized, While and
Jlrown Sugars, and a tine assortment of best Nails.
I have selected this Stock with great care, and
,rannot be undersold. Give me a call before pur
chasing elsewhere. Remember mv Motto,
Quick Sales, Short Profits
and fair dealings with all. Wheat, Flour, Corn
Bacon and Lard taken in exchange tor Goods.
Fiiends, recommending Frcedmen to me, mav be
assured that they will be dealt with fairlv, both as
to weight and change no objection to all goods
being weighed that go from this establishment.
Profits are short, and terms necessarily CASH.
I also buy and sell on commission all kinds of
Produce. Orders and consignments Solicited.
W. BOVD.
Charlotte, N. C, June 24, 1867.
JIST RECEIVED"
AT
Wilson Bros.,
i'mhroidercd Bareges, Striped Mozambique., Plain
Moanil.i.j;i;s, Law.is, Striped Poplins, nnd a good
-i-soitmetit of Piinti.
May .;, l,;7.
HOG CHOLERA.
This destructive disease Las broken oat and
is making sad havoc among the swine in many
parts of Western North Carolina. We have ex
amined our large stock of remedies to select one
that will be at once available, and at the same
time reliable, so far as our practical experience
has tested it. The following preventive we
have seen tried 'with success, but, as in all pre
ventives, we do not warrant it to prove effica
cious in every case. It, however, never failed
in the cases that came under our personal ob
servation :
"My neighbors' hog?, with which mine run
daily, took the cholera, and I think an average
of half of them died. As soon as I discovered
they had it, 1 got some Bluestone and prepared
a stand of water in a convenient place, making
it smartly bluish. Into this I threw my corn,
in the ear, and let it soak about twelve hours,
then gave it to my hogs. I occasionally added
a little more water and Bluestone, and kept it
up as long as the cholera prevailed. The result
was, not one of my hogs took the disease.
Ashville Arc.ics.
l.I.TIF., plaster,
A larre supply always on hand, and for sale on
most favorable terms, by
WORTH & DANIEL.
Wilmington, N. C.
Monthly receipts of fresh Lime from Maine.
July 15, 1867 Cm
15 11 B C K S ! BRICKS!!
Important to Builders.
The undersigned would respectfully announce to
the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country
.hat he has completed his arrrangements for man
ufacturing and supplying to this market BRICKS of
a superior quality, fur building purposes. Orders
will be filled at moderate prices, and a liberal dis
count made to those contracting for a large quan
tity. For further particulars call on Capt. Asa George,
or Messrs. Hutchison, Burroughs & Co., at whose
store samples will be kept.
E. P. GEORGE.
May 20, 1867. 3m
DEXTISTL'IV.
DR. WM'. E. CARU, late of Wilmington, having
located in Charlotte, is prepared to attend promptly
to all calls relating to his profession. Having had
seventeen years experience in the practice of Den
tistry, he is satisfied that he can please all who may
give him a call.
All work done w ith reference to neatness, dura
bility and dispatch. Oflice over Barringer, Wolfe
& Co's, where he can be found at all hours of the
day. All work warranted to give entire eatisfac
faction. Teeth liiled and extracted without pain.
June 10, ltfo7. (Jm
Teeth Extracted Without Pain,
BY A NEW REMEDY.
DR. JNO. II. WAYT is prepared to administer
the "JI'ilrOHS OJtide Gas" in extracting
Teeth. This agent has been successfully used in
thousands of cases in the principal cities, without
the slightest danger.
Freedom from pain or danger guaranteed.
Oflice No. 5, Granite Row.
Charlotte, June 17, 1807. 3ru
P1CTUKES AT SO CERTS
And upwards, at the
PHOTOGRAPHIC mA LLCKY
Over Jas. Ilarty & Co's Store, next to the Court
House.
Call and get a superb likeness of yourself and
family, at low rates according to style and finish.
Copies taken of old Pictures in a superior manner.
Satisfaction guarantied at the Gallery of
II. I5AU.M GARTEN,
May 6, 18G7. Next to Court House
GROCERIES.
n a )i 3i on 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 pr ime Rio Coffee,
30 Barrels Sugar all grades,
5 Hogsheads Sugar yellow,
23 Barrels Molasses assorted grades,
5 Hogsheads Molasses Cuba,
10 Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Half Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Quarter Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Half " Family Mackerel,
10 Quarter " " " "
40 Kits, No 1 nnd 2, "
100 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
50 Boxes line English Dairy Cheese,
50 " Adamantine Candles,
SO " assortej Stick Candy,
23 " Layer Raisins,
Fine Lot of Bacon N. C. and Western,
" " Flour, Corn and Corn Meal,
Codfish and Irish Potatoes,
Hemlock Leather. Iron and Nails all sizes,
Bale Yarn and Shirting,
Fresh Cove Oysters, Sardines and Pickles,
Sauces, Flavoring Extracts, Soda Crackers, Slc.
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, arid solicit an examination.
iiammond & McLaughlin.
May 27, 1SG7 tf .
E I. I A S & C O E3 E IV
Invite the attention of Wholesale and Retail buyers
to their extensive and magnificent stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
Consisting in part of Foreign and Domestic
Dry Ooocis,
Boots and Shoes, Hals and Caps,
Hardware, Cuttlery,
NOTIONS,
G- r ocorios,
Ami a general assortment of Merchandize suitable
for the Trade, all of which has been carefully se
lected, and will be sold, "not less than cost," but
truly at VERY SMALL PROFITS.
An examination of our Goods and Prices will
satisfy our old customers and the general public that
they can SA V MO-YET by calling to see
ELIAS & COHEN.
EDWAiSD J. BSAEE cV SOA,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
ROOKS A.HD STATIONERY,
Have removed to No. !6, Murray street, a few doors
from Broadway, where they are prepared to supply
their Southern friends and the public Booksellers,
Merchants. Teach.-rs, Professional Gentlemen, and
others with all articles in their line, at the most
reasonable cash pi ices. Address
E. J. HALT! Jc SON,
May C, 1 307. K Murray street, New York.
BY REQUEST.
From the Pittsburg Daily Post.
HELPER'S SECOND CRISIS-
It will be recollected that a few years before
the commencement of active hostilities between
the North and South, when it was obvious to all
reflecting minds that Abolition
agitators
had
made the "irrepressible conflict" certain, and
inevitable, there appeared a book, made famous
at the time, called "Helper's Crisis." or as the
j author, Ilinton Rowan Helper, entitled it, "The
Impending Crisis of the South the chief ob
ject of which appeared to be to precipitate the
Abolition war, and the book was extensively
distributed with that intent by Abolition Con
gressmen. Helper, its author, was lauded to
the skies for his work, and in due time he after
wards received his reward, as Consul to JBuenos
Ay res. Helper, is naturally a kind hearted, in
telligent, hospitable gentleman, very fond of
reading, and writing, and wonderfully given to
the collection and elimination of statistical in
formation of all sorts. His works do not prove
him to be a twenty-inch, or even a fifteen-inch
calibre gun; but he is a repeater, shoots rapidly,
has talents, and is generally well disposed.
Doubtless he made an excellent Consul, and he
married a charming and beautiful lady of Buenos
Ayres, showing that he has excellent taste. In
fact, his writings prove him to be a gentleman
of quick perceptions, slightly tinged with ego
tism, just enough to render them piquant and
racy; though they are occasionally seasoned with
anathema.
Probably if "the impending crisis" had not
been given to the American public the civil war
vould still have been commenced, carried on
and concluded, just the same. But it is hard
to tell. Possibly if that work had not been
published, slavery might still be the normal
condition of the Southern negroes, and peace
the present state of our country. We think,
however, that the chie( work had been done by
Northern Abolitionists long before Mr Helper
made his appearance in the aforesaid book
"Impending Crisis."
The war is now over; and a hollow peace is
left to us by our Radical Republican rulers,
acting under the still lingering remnant of the
political Abolitionists' counsels. But Mr Helper
has been, it seems, a close watcher of the signs
of the times. He is still a Republican; but he
has sense enough to perceive, very clearly, that
the black Republicans have gone too far ; that
in fact, to speak politely, they have run the
negro into the ground. So again, after matters
are pretty well fixed, he comes to the rescue
with another book, which he entitles "No Joque,"
"a question for a Continent."
We have looked through this work. It is
certainly very unique, and gives evidence of a
great deal of literary labor. It i3 largely, or
mainly, a compilation or series of extracts from
various well known writers on the subject of the
negro race and of the relation of the two races,
white and negro, in the United States ; inter
spersed with sundry rather sweeping views of
his own, some of which are worthy of attention.
The headings of the eleven chapters into
which the 479 pages are divided, will convey
some idea of the manner in which Mr Helper
has treated the subject. "1. The negro anthro
pologically considered; an inferior fellow done
for. 2. Black; a thing of ugliness, disease and
death. 3. White; a thing of life, health and
beauty. 4. The servile baseness and beggary
of the blacks. 5. Removal?; banishments; ex
pulsions; exterminations. G. A score of Bible
lessons in arts of annihilating effete races. 7.
The United States of America; a white man
power. 8. Thirteen kindred pages from the
"Impending crisis of the South." 9. White
celebrities, and black nobodies. 10. Spanish
and Portugese America. 11. The future of
nations.
Mr Helper confirms precisely that which
every man who has ever investigated the subject
has been led to conclude namely, that the
r.egro race is hopelessly inferior to the white
race, and can never remain in the midst of
whites upon an equality. This is one fair point
in his book. Mr Helper is, we think, right in
his impression, that the great body of the white
people in the United States do cot desire and do
not intend to have, negroes hung permanently
round their necks by rabid black Republican
Congressmen. Whether he can succeed in es
tablishing a white Republican party in opposi
tion to the black Republican party, we know
not. Neither do we care. Quite independently
of Mr Helper, or of any others who took an
active part in bringing about our dreadful civil
war, fhc party of law and order in this Union is
destined to prevail. But Mr Helper's new book
may enlighten some of the Radical black Re
publican?, who may willingly listen to the man
who helped them into the Abolition war, Then
they might not listen to Democratic warnings.
We, as Democrats, are opposed to desecrating
the proper white supremacy in the United States
by a debasing admixture of black voters, who
cannot possibly do good to any body, and will
unquestionably do harm; but we are not enemies,
or haters of the negro race. We desire neither
to iniure or exterminate them, but to let them
remain under white Government. Mr Helper ;
announces actual hatred of the race, and urges j
their extermination, at all hazards. j
We cannot perceive any thing in the book j
concerning the negro race that is new to us. j
The Tost has repeatedly published the substance ;
of the same thing; and we believe our readers
understand well enough that there is a Radical j
and impassable gulf between the two races. The j
black Radicals of Congress have temporarily j
bridged over this gulf, with forced military negro
votes deposited from the tips of Northern Radi- j
cal bayonets; but what of that ? Our people !
have suffered worse abuses, and recovered; and 1
thev will recover from this Congressional negro
phobia; even without the help of Helper.
We are curious to see what etfect this black
political torpedo will have in the Radical black
Republican camp. There is so much unanswer
able truth in the book, mixed with so many crude
suggestions, and embracing so many topics, that
it Ts likely to be quite a bone. Mr Helper ap
pears to be also a very rampant anti-Catholic,
and is quite as ready apparently, for a crusade
against Catholics, as he is now against the poor
negroes who are more sinned against than sin
ning. We have often told the negroes that their
worst enemies are the political Abolitionists.
They will find it true.
Let us conclude with an extract from "iVb
joque," page 86;
"What must we do with these wrong-headed
and unnatural white lovers of the negro these
wayward and dissentious authors and accessories
of the black Congress ? We must cease to vote
for them. We must no longer encourage them
in their unmenlonous aspirations for politica
preferment We must withdraw them entirely
from the high offices which they are so grossly
dishonoring. Soundly rebuking them for their
folly, we must remand them to private life, and
there leave them unnoticed, free to rave and rant
at their pleasure, but with no power to harm the
btate.
Buyers and Sellers of N. C. Bonds. At
the suggestion of a friend, (says the Raleigh
Sentinel,) we give tho following hints to the pub
lie, who may be interested in N. C. Bonds :
UN. C. Bonds" siraplv, without any remark, in
the language of the Stock exchange Brokers,
means old N. C. Bonds, with coupons attached
from July 1st. 1861.
"New bonds" means bonds issued since the
war, with coupons attached from 1st. July 18G6,
inclusive, i. e. three coupons of $30 each.
"Bonds ex-coupons" means old bonds, with
couponds attached from July 1, 1866, inclusive,
l. e. three coupons.
If either coupon is lacking, it is counted worth
830, not its market value.
We caution our readers against buying coupon
State bonds, which have been registered in the
State lreasury, unless those bonds have been
properly re-transferred to bearer. Otherwise, they
are not negotiable by delivery.
We are informed that, during the war some
State bonds, the property of the late Gen. Branch,
of Unas Baucom, and others, were stolen, as al
leged, by Federal soldiers, and are now in cir
culation. All bonds of this class are estopped
and are not negotiable on delivery, and as the
Public Treasurer has bpen duly notified not to
pay them, the purchasers of them will find them
selves deceived.
Those bonds on which writing has been erased,
should be avoided, unless the Public Treasurer
is consulted and pronounces them all right.
These suggestions are important, to avoid error
and loss.
Gambling. The World says that in New
York reside about four hundred and fifty men
who earn their livelihood 6oIely by decoying
fools to faro. On the average, the ropers-in of
the metropolis earn about $30 per week each,
or, to speak accurately, about S1G00 per annum.
Some weeks a professional may clear many hun
dreds of dollars, again for weeks he may receive
no commissions whatever; but computing the
losses and gains of the seasons, his yearly profits
may be estimated at the figures just given.
Taking these as a basis, it is calculated that about
720,000, or nearly three-quarters of a million
of dollars per annum (about 2000 per diem,)
passes into the pockets of the ropers-in, merely
as their commissions on the losses of their vic
tims, which must amount, on the average, to
about three times these figures, or over 82,000,
000 per annum lost unfairly at play through the
instrumentality of agents. One of tho largest
operations- in roping-in occurred about three
months since, the victim being a Southern mer
chant, sojourning at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
His loss at faro, as played on Prince street,
amounted to over S6000; his friend, a billiard
sharp and roper-in, receiving 2821 money
down as commission. In a somewhat similar
case the roper-in was himself cheated by his
principal, who paid him but 300 the one-tenth
of his commission. A circus actor, a heavy out
side operator, recently enticed 4200 from the
pockets of a countryman into the coffers of a
faro bank up town. These are specimens of a
night's work among the unwary.
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Canning! Fruits. As the season of fruit is
passing, anything that will enable it to be suc
cessfully canned at a small expense will very
much prolong the season. Only those who have
tried it know the satisfaction derived from eat
ing a dish of strawberries or peaches in mid-winter
as fresh as when gathered. The annexed
method of canning fruit was furnished at the
New York Farmers' club by Mi Powers, of Os
wego county, New York :
"I will suppose your fruit and glass cans all
ready. I prefer cans with glass covers. I scald
the fruit in a large tin pan with juice or water
to cover it. Put half a tea cup of cold water into
every can, and fill up with hot water. Put the
covers and rubbers also into hot water. Now
empty a can and fill up with hot fruit, and then
another Let them stand open till the hand can
be held upon them without burning. As soon
as filled cut writing paper the size of the can,
one for each, and when cool slip one over tho
fruit entirely, and fill up the can on the top of
the paper with boiling juice, and seal at once.
Ladies, try this way; the fruit will never mould,
and keep any time, if you don't eat it. The
papers keep the fruit from rising to the top of
the liquid. There is no use of setting cans into
water to heat them, or of putting them into
quilted bags; it is too troublesome. I let the
truit shrink, and then fill up to the cover as close
as possible."
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Members of tub Convention Not to
Take the Oath. The Dispatch is undoubt
edly correct. We have read the new bill very
carefully, and arrived at the same conclusion.
Members of the Convention are not State offi
cers, nor are they appointees of the '-district
commanders," but tbey are the people, con
vened in their sovereign capacity. Lynchburg
Virginian.
Babies resemble wheat in many respects.
Firstly neither are good for much until tbey ar
rive at maturity. Secondly both are bred in the j
house, and are also the flower of the family j
Thirdly both have to be cradled. fourthly
both are generally well thrashed before they
are done with.
WAR INCIDENTS.
From the Southern Opinion.
The couuties of Virginia bordering upon the
Potomac furnished some of the most gallant, as
well as most desperate men of the war. Splen
did horsemen, quick with the pistol, they nata-
rally attached themselves to Colonel Mosby
and supported the cause of hu "Confederacy
throughout the war. After the surrender of
the army of Northern Virginia, followed by that
of Mosby s command, there still remained in
arms three men who bad sworn never to sur
render. These men were Nicholas Carter, or
"Nick Carter, as he was better known,
Lake and Charles McDonald. After the sur
render 18G5, they were outlawed by the Fede
ral military authorities, and a prico set upon
their heads. They took to the mountains, and
led a wandering life, mounted and armed, ap
pearing at different points in Loudoun and
Prince William. Nick was an outlaw by all the
laws of civilized life. He was charged with the
murder of a negro man and woman in cold blood;
also a United States Quartermaster, whom he
met upon the public highway. McDonald had
personal wrongs to avenge. His sister was car
ried off from her home at Charlestown, and im
prisoned in the old Capitol at Washington,
where she died. From that time, which was
during the war, McDonald sworo never to take
another prisoner nor spare an enemy, no matter
under what circumstances he met him. For
every one killed by his own hand, he notched
his pistol, and when our informant encountered
the avenger, his weapon was covered with death
tokens.
One day the trio stopped at the residence of
Captain Charles Berkeley, near Aldie, in Lou
doun. Lake was at the spring near the house,
washing, when a company of Federal cavalry
rode up, surrounding him, and inquired for Nick
Carter. Lake was caught. Answering evasive
ly, he was notified to consider himself a prisoner;
and in this condition, without a coat, he was
marched forward towards the house where he
knew Nick was enjoying a siesta after the nights
ride. How to get into tho house and alarm
him before it was too late, was a question that
involved life and death, with the chances ten to
one in favor of death. He made an apology for
his coat, and was allowed to go on ahead and get
the garment. Reaching the porch he rushed
in, shut and held the door, exclaiming to Car
ter, who was lying upon the sofa, boots off and
arms beside him, "Get up, Carter, here are the
Yankees!" Carter was seldom caught napping,
but this time he was fairly caught. Springing
up he shouted, "Fight them!" and handed a
revolver to Lake, who held the door, while he
flourished the other. The Yankees now crowd
ed into the hall, confident of their game, and
threw the weight of their bodies against the
door that yielded inch by inch. "Must I let
them in?" gasped Lake, whose strength was
giving way. "No!" said Carter; "wait a second,"
and he fired through the door. "Now give
way!'"" And the door was thrown wide open.
Both Carter and Lake, who had fallen back a
few feet, met the throng with a terrific volley
of revolver shots, that killed and placed hors
du combat a half dozen Yankees, then sprang
over them and escaped, Carter in his stocking
feet.
One day McDonald, who had grown desperate
and reckless, rode his horse into Middleburg
alone, and got on the porch of the public house.
The citizens urged him to flight, as a company
of cavalry was then in town looking for Carter,
Lake and himself. McDonald never budged,
but taking out his revolver and counting the
capped nipples of the chambers, said, "1 have
five loads here for the Yankees and one for my
self. Let them come!" He sat there until his
pursuers came around the corner, when he
sprang up like a demon possessed with the fury
of a legion of devils, and mounting bis horse,
charged at speed upon a full company, firing as
he advanced, killing and dismounting several.
Reserving one barrel for an emergency, Mo
Donald then wheeled his horse and spurred him
towards the mountains. But fate was in his
path. A hog ran from a hedge between tho
forelegs of his horse, and horse and reckless
rider rolled to the earth together. His pur
suers closed upon him, firing, but anxious rather
to take him alive than dead. McDonald raised
himself, uttered a shout of defiance, placed the
muzzle of the pistol to his head and blew out
his brains with the loaded barrel reserved for
the emergency he had foreseen.
Carter subsequently left the country; so did
Lake, and the last "Rebels" of the war were
extirpated.
Remarkable Instance of Brotherly
Love. There has been a good deal of quiet
fun enjoyed by the favored few who have been
let into a brotherly transaction which has lately
come to light in this city. It appears that a
young and fascinating lady from New York
lately made a visit to Petersburg, and her charms
so overcame the too susceptible heart of a young
merchant living here, that he proposed to her
and was accepted. Having no parents to con
sult, he naturally sought confidence in his
brother. The brother, like a brother, told him
the lady was not fit to be bis wife, and advised
him to break off the match. The next day the
lady was informed that "circumstances" over
which he had no control, etc , etc., forbade the
consummation of his hopes now, and she was
advised to go back to New York. At a more
propitious season he would join her, and tbey
would be betrothed in regular order. So she
departed, leaving behind at least one sad heart.
A few days after the departure of the "fair one"
the brother of the too susceptible 6waio made
some excuse for a visit to Gotham, and retimed
a short time ago, intorming his father's son that
he was engaged to be married. Inquiry brought
out the fact that the lady of his heart was none
other than the discarded damsel who had made
such an impression on his tender heart.
The sequel can be imagined a family row, a
big rumpus, and the dissolution of a business
firm. Whether the new partnership will be an
improvement on the old one, remain to be seen.
- Petersburg Express.
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
Let not the husband who has made the most
ample, ay, and splendid provision for the wifo
of his choice supposo that theso things alone,
will make her home a happy one. No; no. It
is a law of female mind that she can bear almost
anything only to be neglected. Wealth and
splendor in her esteem can make poor amends
for the lack of devotion to heron the part of
him for whom she severed the ties that bound
her to father, mother, homo and kindred dear.
She must be loved, she ought to be, or, like tho
tender plant excluded from sun and air, she
will pine, and languish and die. This tho stern
er sex are too apt to overlook or forget. Henco
it is not without reason that husbands are again
and again exhorted to love their wives. It is
here they are most in danger of failingdo
most fail.
"There is no sdfiering more acute," says an
able and popular writer, "than that felt by an
affectionate and sensitive mind, mourning over
the violation of nuptial tows. This suffering is
not confined to the unhappy woman in the dwel
ling of poverty, who, at the midnight boar,
trembles as she bears the approaching footsteps
of her drunken husband. You may go into
many an elegantly furnished abode, and find tho
broken-hearted wife and mother, surrounded by.
every external comfort, and yet, in solitude and
silence and tears. There is nothing that will
compensate for the neglect of those we love."
I have seen, says a quaint writer, the accom
plished wife, before twenty moons had waned,
since she changed her name, sitting lone and
solitary as the sparrow on the housetop. Per
haps ber health was now eo delicate that tho
nourishing and cherishing care of her partner
was almost necessary to her existence, but ho
was gone away to some political literary, or per
haps some dissipated club. He returns per
chance at midnight, breathing the fumes of rum,
and steaming with the smoke of segars.
"You call him a brute who breaks his wife's
head, do you? And now what kind of a mon
ster shall 1 call him who breaks ber heart I
How many a wife sits cheerless and unhappy at
home through all the hours of the evening and
even of the night, while her faithless husband
is seeking enjoyment abroad. How painful
must bo her reflections on thus finding her fond
est anticipations blasted, and the fireside at
which she hoped to bo blessed with sympathy
and society deserted and desolate. That man
deserves not the generous affections of a wife
who will not invite ber love by the respect and
honor of personal attention. It is not a few
gaudy trinkets and occasional freaks of fondness
that can give your wife a happy heart, and make
her a happy homo. There must be real, sub
stantial kindness, the unequivocal evidenoeof
ove for the society and joys of home.
Thus much on tho duty of husbands to render
home what it should ever bo to those who have
embarked themselves and their all for life, with
them.
"And has tho wife nothing to do, is thcro
nothing she can do to make her home a scene of
attraction to tho husband of ber choice ?" Much
lias she to do, much can she do, and much must
she bo found doing, or she may lay her accounts
with failing in the enjoyment of that peace and
comfort and happiness she might otherwise
reasonably anticipate. "How often is a wife left
to mourn over alienated affections she has mado
no effort to cherish and strengthen. She thinks
because her husband onco loved her, he ought
always to love her, and she neglects theso at- -
tcntions which first enchained bis heart. Many
a wife is thus the cause of her own neglect and
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sorrow, mat woman deserves not a nusoandt
generous love, who will not greet him with
smiles as he returns from tho labors of the day;
who will not try to chain mm to bis home by
the sweet enchantment of a cheerful room, and
a cheerful face. "There is not one man," savs
Abbott, "in a thousand so unfeeling as to with
stand such an influence, and break away from
such a home." Where he is found so doiner.
instead of reciprocating the fond endearments
of a loving and tender wife, let him have his ap-
propnate tiue; can mm not a man, Lot a mon
ster.
A Father Killed by his Son. A brutal
murder case occurred at Peoria, Iowa, on Tues
day morning, 23d ult. It seems that an old man
by the name of hllis Jones had deeded away all
of his property to his sons, with the condition
that they should support him the rest of hie life.
On Tuesday morning a quarrel arose between
the father and a son, 10 years old, about a most
trivial matter. During the altercation the son
drew a pistol and shot his father in the left side,
inflicting a wound which caused his death in sis
or eight hours. Public opinion in that neigh
borhood seems to incline to the belief that tho
affair was a premeditated one, eoneoctod by the
brothers, and that the boy who committed tho
act was merely made the tool of the older bat
mure cowardly ones.
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A Little Girl Lot in the Wood$ Three
Nights and Two Days. On tho evening of tho
30th of June, a little daughter of Mr John L.
Hahn, aged eight years, who resides at Hickory
II ill, in this county suddenly disappeared. It
was at first supposed that the had gone into tho
woods to pick tarries; but upon a reasonable
time elapsing, and not making her appearance,
tho family lecame alarmed, and search was in
stituted. When found, she had wandered in tho
woods for three nights and two days, and waa
twelve miles from home.
She seems to have become completely bewil
dered, and, when found, had some blackberries
still remaining in her pocket. She says that
during one night, while lost, there was an awful
thunder storm, and that two dogs hounds
came to her in the woods and slept with her,
keeping ber warm until daylight, when they
departed. She tells also of having seen an
animal, which, from her description, must bare
been a wolf! She was found by Mr West
Hackney, although it appeals she was seen
during' the time by several other persons, who
were under the impression that sho belonged to
some of the neighboring farm houses,--r
ton (Jo.) Tribune.
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