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wm. j. yates, eoixo, amd PHoPKniTon. j CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1867. sixteenth volume k u si b e 783;. 7
THE
VSTBK DSffiQCKAT
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BY
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serted 2 months or more.
MRS. L. A. NORRYCE,
Would kindly solicit the patronage of the citizens
of Charlotte, and inform them that she is now pre
pared to do all kinds of
si;i:i)Li: work,
Plain, Ornamental ind Fancy.
Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made.
A. New System of Culling and Fitting
Three afternoons in each week devoted to teach
ing little girls Ornamental, Fancy Embroidery,
Braiding and all kinds of Needle Work.
Mrs. N. is compelled to make her support by her
Needle and close industry.
Feeling truly giau ful for the great kindness shown
by the community of Charlotte for the past year she
has been with them, she would ber a continuance
of the same. Will be found in the new house next
to Mr Allen Cruse's residence.
July 22, 17.
A L. A II G K S T O K
OK
SPEING&OO L)S
Fine white and colored Marseille? Quilt?, just
received at BAIilUNGEU, WOLFE S CO S.
Ladies' Frenc h Dimitry Skirts, India Twilled
Long Cloth, Linen Dress Goods, Extra Fine Lace
Collars and Gulfs, Vnleiuine Lace, Cleny Lace,
Black Silk Guper Lace Call and examine our New
Goods. BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO.
'J65y Irish Linen of an extra quality ; Bleached
Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
Black Challey for Mourning Dresses, English
Crnpe and English Crapw Veils, at
HARBINGER, WOLFE & CO'S.
April 15, 18C7.
JUST RECEIVED AT
C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE,
A large and well selected Stock of
SPRING AII SUMMKlfc WOODS.
DRY GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
6old low for cash.
TRIMMINGS Our siock of Trimmings is com
plete, and was selected with care.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCY GOODS.
HOOP SKI RTS Bradley's Paris Tn.il Skirts
the most popular Skirt now worn all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, of the best
article Ladies" aud Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kit,d..
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes and gaiters, of the best IMiiladaphia make.
Also, Men's and Boy's shoes and hats.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that
she has spared no ptiins in selecting her ftock of
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satisfied 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 , I8t57.
.I3.E3 WASTES),
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 and Greens
boro. Cash paid on delivery.
Those who will accumulate Bones in quantities
nt any point on the Railroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. R. E. McDONALD,
April 1, 1807 tf Concord, N C.
NEW STOCK OF OOI5.
The Hiidersigned has just returned from tht
Northern cities with a good Stock of
and various other articles, consisting principally of
Java Colfee, Rio Cofletj of superior quality none
better; Black, Greeu and Imperial Teas; New Or
leans and ather Molassc,-; Bacon Sides, Sugar Cured
Hams, Fresh Mackerel, Pickled Shad, Soap, Candles,
i'epper, Spice, Ginger, Soda, White Wiue and Applu
Vinegar. Willow Ware, Biu-.kets of all kinds, Tubs,
;Broo:ns, Churns. Kegs, Half-Bushels. &c.
Lotillard Snuff best quality ; Soda, Ginger and
"Egg Crackers ; a fine lot of Biogan Shoes extra
sizes ; Liverpool Salt, an 1 best Carolina Rice.
Xj c a t ll O r .
White Oak Tanned fine article ;. large lot of
good and good damaged Hemlock ; French Calf
Sk"H? ; rpp'-r and Harness Lea'her.
White Lead, Powder. Shot and Percussion Caps,
all sizes; Whim U.j.e, Well Rope, Bed Cord, Cotton
Cards cheap, Scythe Blades, Pad Locks. Blacking,
Matches, Cotton Yam, Durham's Smoking Tohacco,
Chewing Tobacco: Crushed, Pulverized, White and
Brown Sugars, and a fine ujsortm'ent of best Nails.
1 have selected this Stock with great care, and
cannot be undersold. Give me a call before pur
chasing elsewhere. Remember my Motto,
Quick Sales, Short Profits
ind fair dealings with ail. Wheat, Flour, Corn,
15aea and Lard taken in exchange for Goods.
Friends, recoinmen ji? g Freednicn to me, niav be
Assured that they will bo dealt with fairly, both as
to weight and change no objection to all goods
ieing weighed that go from this establishment.
Profits are short, and terms necessarily CASH.
I also buy and seil on commission all kinds of
produce. -Orders and consignments solicited.
W. BOYD.
Charlotte, N. C, June 24, 1S67.
JUST KECEHTED
AT
Wilson I23x053.,
Embroidered Bareges, Striped Moznmbiqnes, Plain
Mozambiijucs, Lawns, Striped .Poplins, nod a good
assortment of Prints. .
May fi, l-;T. " ...
SfatC I'Jtf. Carolina, Mecklenburg CO.
Court, of Pleas $ Quarter Sessions July Term, 18G7.
J. R. Kirkpatrick vs. S. C Bojce. :
Attachment Arthur Grier and S. A. Bojee snm-
mooed as Garnishees.
Tt appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendant in this case is a non-resident of this
State, it in therefore ordered by the court that pub-
i;.-mmn k. iroi in thft Wpstorn
Democrat, a newspaper published in the city of
Charlotte, notifying said defendant to be and appear
at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to
be held for the county of Mecklenburg, at the court
house in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in October
next, then and there to answer, plead or replevy, or
judgment final will be entered against him, and the
effects in the hands of Garnishees condemned to
plaintiff's use.
Witness, Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said Court at
office in Charlotte, the 2d Monday of July, A. D.,
1867.
82-Gw WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
State oi iV Carolina, Mecklenburg co.
Court of 1'lcas Sf Quatler Sessions July 1'erm, 18C7.
Charles Junker vs. The Blakesly Mining Compai.y.
Attachment levied on three Mules.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendants iu this case reside beyond the limits
of this Sta'e, it is ordered by the court that publi
cation be made, for six weeks, in the Western Dem
ocrat, notifying the said defendants to be and appear
at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to
be held for Jhe county of Mecklenburg, at the court
house in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in October
next, then and there to answer, plead or replevy, or
judgment final will be taken ngainst them, and, the
property levied upon condemned to satisfy plaintiff's
debt.
Witness, Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said Court at
office, the 2d Monday in July, A. D., 1867.
82-6w - WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
State oflV Carolina, Mecklenburg co.
Court of Picas j- Quarter Sessions July Ttrm, 1867.
J. B. Alexander, Executor of R. D Alexander, dee'd,
vs. the Heirs at Law of R. D Alexander, dee'd.
Petition for settlement of R. D. Alexander's Estate.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
W. B. Fewell and wife Agnes, defendants in this
case, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is
therefore ordered by the court that publication be
made for six weeks in the Western Democrat, noti
fying said defendants to be and appear nt 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 October next, then and there to
plead, answer or demur to the petition, or judgment,
pro confesso, will be taken and the same heard ex
partee as to them.
Witness, Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said court
at office in Charlotte the 2d Monday in July, A. D.,
18C7.
82-Cw WM. MAXWELL, Cleik.
FARMERS! READ TIIIS.
As the season is approaching for Seeding Wheat
we would call your attention to our large and
varied stock of FERTILIZERS now being received.
Peruvian Guano,
Pacific Guano,
Baugh's Super Phosphate,
Zeli's Super Phosphate,
Kettlewell's Manipulated Guano,
Lime, Plaster and Cement.
As the demand will be great, we advise our Far
mers to call early and lay in their supply.
Certificates as to the genuineness of these articles
will be exhibited and published hereafter.
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
Aug. 19, 18t7. Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
The Southern Fertilizing Company,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Are now receiving and preparing their Fall stock of
FERTILIZERS, and offer for sale in unlimited
quantities
Crushed Peruvian Guano,
selected from the purest cargoes imported, war
ranted pure and of the highest standard;
Fhowplio Peruvian &OI! Dominion,
prepared under the supervision of Professor William
Gilham for the Wheat crop, combining a large per
centage of the Phosphates, with an adequate amount
of Ammonia ;
FRESH GROUND PLASTER.
Orders solicited.
JOHN ENDERS, President.
Office No. 104 Fourteenth street, Richmond.
fiSTJOHN A. YOUNG, Agent, Charlotte, N. C.
Rock Islaxd Maxlfactcrikg Co.,
Charlotte, N. C, Aug, 15, 18G7
r.
1 have been using the most approved Fertilizers
upon my Farm for many years. Upon my Wheat,
Corn and Cotton crop this year, 1 used the "Old
Dominion Fertilizer," . and cheerfully testify to its
merits, by asserting that I have never used any tint
gave as much satisfaction. ' " . ,i . '!
JOHN A. YOUNG.
Aug. 19, !867. 2im
Aduiini&li'alor's Sale.
Having taken Special Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Maj. Z A. Grier, dee'd, and having
obtained an order to that effect, I shall expose to
Public Sale, FOR CASH, at the late residence of
the deceased, on Thursday, 5th day of September,
18G7, the following articles of personal property
belonging to ?aid Estate, viz :
200 1Su!ic!s of Wheal,
150 bushels of Corn, 2 fine yonng Mules, 8 or 10
head of Milch Cowsand Beef Cattle in line condition;
20 neaa of fitocK uogs; a Jot ot wool ana uinneu
Cotton
Sale to open at II o'clock, a. m.
THOS. GRiER, Administrator
Angus! 10, 18G7 3w
20,000 WORTH or
GOLD and SILVER WANTED.
Has just returned from the North with a splendid
Stock of
FINK WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware,
T,w rniron.l Tuderv MearOiaum and Brier
Sorou '. and Pistol! U. "dhfch ,
warranted superior to anything ever uetore intro-
duced into Ihia market, and which will le sold at ' ci,;ieQ his rights and to restore our State to her aeau Qe aocior 10 account ior ms warn 01 uc-twenty-five
percent less than the same class of nnsition in the Union ' i cess, informed the friends that it had a conges-
the State! MUbli'""nsot j T The present position of the loyalists of the j tiw chili and that the blood was just fluttering
ES? Particular attention will be raid to the re
pairing of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c.
Those indebted to me will please close up their
j accounts, or I will be forced to put them in the
hands of au officer for collection. '
CALL AND
A tig. l!, 18G7.
SEE THE CUCKOO.
JOU.N T. BUTLER.
j For the Writern Democrat.
i THE LOYAL. CITIZENS OP MECK-
LENBUEG, N. C.
Mr. EDITOR: Will you have the kindness
tQ allow m through the cojuain3 0f the Denio-
j crat tQ TC3ent to the pubHc a few thoughts
. '. , . .. ,
! "lative to the past and the present in regard to
i the loval citizens of Mecklenburg county, lnis
1 desire to do, not as an exhibition of egotism,
hut with an earnest desire to secure the interests
and advance the prosperity of the country, and?
as a tribute ef respect due to those who, during
the Confederate reign, were denounced as traitors
for their adherence to the government founded,
by their grandfathers.
In regard to the past :
1. We regard ourselves as having been very
uncharitably misrepresented in reference to the
motives by which we were actuated in oar ad
hesion to the Federal Government. That the
secession policy was illegal and treasonable we
firmly believed. We regarded the passing of
the secession ordinance without the ratification
of the people, after the legal voters of North
Carolina had declared by a decided majority, on
the 28th of February, 1SG1, that It should not
be done, as an assumption of a power by the
Legislature and the Convention never delegated
to them by the Constiiution or the people, and
an indignity offered to the citizens of North Caro
lina to which they never should have submitted.
We also believed that secession would inevitably
end in abolition and ruin. If any one should
now doubt the correctness of this statement we
can refer them to numbers of persons to whom
the writer of this article expressed this senti
ment in the beginning of the" Confederate strug
gle. That we should be denounced as aboli
tionists when we were opposing the policy which
we firmly believed would accomplish that end
wilhout the possibility of evasioD, we regarded
as decidedly uncharitable.
The difference between our Confederate
friends and ourselves we think may be embraced
in the following statement : They believed that
secession would secure the interests of the
country and perpetuate the institution of slavery.
We believed that secession would accomplish tho
ruin of the country and abolish slavery. We are
not disposed to doubt the sincerity of our Con
federate friends in their Confederate faith, and
we hope they will have the kindness to award
to us that charity which should arise from a con
sciousness of our sincerity in our belief.
The Union men of Mecklenburg were as
ardent in their desires to promote the interests
of our common country as were those who made
the most inflaniatory speeches to secure the dis
ruption of the government.
2. Whei the Confederate struggle was past
and had failed, we believed that the interests
of the country imperatively demanded that all
those who had participated in the rebellion,
however great their talents or prominent their
position, should retire from all official positions
and give their 'aid and influence to the most
prominent and patriotic loyalists to enable them
to accomplish the reconslruction of the govern
ment on terms as equitable and honorable to all
as could be obtained. But we regret that at
this time there was as great a contrariety in our
sentiments as was during the Confederate strug
gle. The Union men were regarded with distrust
and scorn, while the original secessionists and
half loyalists were fawning upon the military
authorities for favor and position.
In the elections which were held under tho
reconstruction policy of President Johnson, can
didates were selected who had actively partici
pated in the rebellion and sustained because of
their military services, to the exclusion of those
who were known to have been firm in their ad
hesion to the Federal Government. According
to the best information which we cn obtain
from the speeches made by prominent members
of Congress, if loyal citizens had been elected to
fill the offices in the State government and as
members of Congress that organization would
have been sustained by Congress and our diffi
culties relative to that subject would have been
at an end. But we regret that these things were
not so. That some of the loyal citizens of the
country may have spoken injudiciously in those
times which tried Confederate souls; we will not
controvert. But in consideration of the treat
ment which they had received during the Con
federate, reign they may not have been entitled
to so much censure, as the recollection of the
want of Confederate charity may have goaded
tbem to impertinent independence when the
Con feds were hid low.
But we come to the present :
1. We regret exceedingly that to a consider
able extent the same estrangement of thoughts
and words exist between the loyal and the rebs
which existed during and immediately after the
Confederate day; and while some few of the
loyalists may favor extreme measures, the rebs
would rather vote for a darkey than a Union
man. .uremren oi oom parties, win you perum
1 ma t0 ajdrcS3 VoU kindly, respectfully,
affee
! tionatelv. V5at beneGt can arise to ourselves
tionately
or our common country from those extreme
sentiments and unkind words ? Will it not be
bitterness in the end ? Is not this our govern
ment and country, tho inheritance wlncn our
fathers have transmitted to our care ? Shall we
prove truant to our trust ? Can we not cast the
vail of charity over all the errors of the past and
unite to elevate this our own, our native land
to her proline giory i j nc interest, oi an per-
on and nartics are inserarablv connected, ex-
. i 9 nt - . . , ii
ccpt it may be a few designing political dema-
eooues who may desire to luxuiite upon the
,
oppression and miseries of
others. The con-
sideration which should engage the mmfl oi
i every patriot b, who will be Qualified, under
the mind of!
our rresent circumstances, to secure to every
; South is particularly anomalous. The law ot the
! land require that they. shall be elected to nn tne
I official positions ot thc government, wnuc uen.
L E. Sickles informs the chairman cf the Judi-'j
, ciary Committee in Congress that but very few
j of them are nt to bold office. We regret that
isueh a sentiment has been so conspicuously pre-
sented to thc world, and wc are disposed to hopc
that there may have been some misunderstand
ing upon the part'of Gen. Sickles relative to the
numbers and intelligence of tho loyalists. In
regard to the more elevated judicial offices we
shall not say much. The legal fraternity are
competent to defend themselves; but some of the
members of the bar, whose talents would do
honor to any position in the State or of the
United States, we know to have been decidedly
opposed to the secession policy; but we cannot
say that they may not have sc far participated
in the rebellion that tbey could not conscien
tiously take the required oath.'. But in regard
to the county judiciaries, executive and legisla
tive offices, we believe that these could be as
creditably filled from the . loyal class as those
offices were filled before tho rebellion. We may
admit, without hesitation, that comparatively
few of this class has formerly occupied official
positions; but as the diamond is valuable though
buried in the sand, and would display its worth
and brilliancy if elevated from its humble posi
tion and freed from the incumbrance of foreign
bodies, so many of the loyal citizens of the South
if elevated from their humble retirement and
freed from the incumbrance of odious Confed-
crate epunets wnicn nave been uuriea upon
them, and cling to them as the slime of the
snail, would display a brilliancy of talents and
genuineness of patriotism worthy of the grand
sons of the sires of the revolution of 1770, which
otherwise may forever lie buried useless and un
known. There may have- been different considerations
conducive to the sentiment that very few of the
loyalists arc fit to hold office. The first of which
I will mention is the Confederate policy. This
I think may be clearly exhibited by an extract
from a speech which I heard made in the Court
House in Charlotte in the Spring of 1SG6. The
speaker in referring to the want of confidence
exhibited by the loyalists in regard to tho Con
federate professions of loyalty to tho Federal
Government, said in reference to the incredu
lous crowd : "We can do this we can place
our heels upon their necks and grind them down
and keep them down we can do it and we will
do it." In consideration of this grinding policy
we regard it probable that the Coafeds may
have impressed the military authorities that
none but themselves have the talents and
patriotism to restore the rebel States to their
former position in the Union. And we admit,
without hesitation, that if a loyal citizen should
come to the rescue of his country his progress
would be very slow, his movements very tardy
while a thousand Confederate heels were grind
ing on his neck to put him down and keep him
down. But will the rebs have the kindness to
allow me respectfully to request them to change
the position of their heels and to raise them
from tho necks of the loyalists who were con
scientious in their principles and ardently de
sired the good of their country, and to place
their heels on the necks of those who got up
the fight and produced so much misery and
calamity.
There may have been another consideration
which may have been productive of the senti
ment that very few of the loyal citizens of the
South arc fit to hold office. The few professed
loyalists who have formed tho acquaintance of
the military authorities and gained their confi
dence may have contributed to the sentiment
that none but them aud a few of their friends
are qualified for any official position. Of the
circumstances which may have contributed to
this sentiment I will refer to the following :
1. Two of tho registers of Mecklenburg
county are filling other official positions within
the gift of the Federal Government, one of
whom, not a native of North Carolina, is col
lecting the internal revenue rax; the other, not
a native of Mecklenburg, is, according to the
newspapers, acting as postmaster and is said by
some to have two or three other official appoint
ments, while numbers of others equally well
qualified to fill those offices have never Lad an
office offered to them. From the profouud def
erence which has uniformly been exhibited by
the military authorities for the civil laws, we
are satisfied that they would make no order or
appointment to conflict with those laws unless
the laws were in conflict with the federal laws
by which they are governed. We would re
spectfully ask them if acting as register, while
the person is collecting the iutcrnal revenue tax
or acting as postmaster conflicts with the com
piod principle that a person can hold but one
office at the same time. Do not a
register
oath and obligations imply official dignity.
2. It is reported that since the end of the
Confederate struggle there have been persons
recommended to the military authorities for
offices which those persona were neither legally
nor morally qualified to fill. I cannot aver
personally lor the correctness of ibis report, and
will therefore pass it over with this superficial
notice, although it is said it can be substantiated
without difficulty. .
While then we entertain sentiments of the
most profound deference for the military author
ities, we are compelled to believe that the loyal
ists of the South have been decidedly misrepre
sented to them, cither by the rebs or the pro
fessed fawning loyalists, 60 that the military
official have but an imperfect knowledge cither
or the numbers or intelligenca or the loyal
citizens.
I know not how to present the sentiments
j - - - r
ssed loyalists better than to suppose that they
which 1 entertain relative to some oi our pro
. Cave
io illustrate
have taken a political congestive
chill.
eases of this character I will give,
accoruing io me nest oi mj recontcuou, u uj.cii
vB mw v,.. v. v.v-.
brethren was called to, treat ,n one of the ad-
0QUjDe oi a case wnicn one or - our meuini j
Jv""" r
t wiu UG uu, u.gu. Uu. :
r -
i , -
hemorrhage. Those hemorrhages
may some-
astringents,
limes ne rp.srraiona ov tivuiics ur
but if the bleeding vessel can be louna,-taken
j j f - - C- 'I
ap and a ligature applied to it the case is "safe
solar a3 that" yeecl is i concerned, and there is
i- . .. t . n-.: . t.:.ffr" " r r--
come hope that by judicious, management a
healthy reaction may take place after a time
and the patient may be saved. From the polit
ical symptoms of the day wo are d rsposed to
infer that some of our professed loyalists are bo
fearful that there maye a fatal exudation of
the vital current of Federal patronage and Fed
eral funds from their lovely persons and friends
that they have taken a most alarming political
congestive chill. They and their attendants
have for some months past been dancing about
before the darkies with their styptics and as
tringents to ensure no fatal hemorrhage while in
the recommendation of registers. Care has been
given to notice the pulse of the congestive pa
tients, and upon tho slightest indication that
any artery was pulsating in the wrong direction,
which would indicate danger to the congestive
patients, that artery has been taken up and
secured by a ligature, hoping that if they can
only keep tho vital current fluttering around tho
heart until the next cleotions, by the judicious
application of mustard and any amount of good
brandy, a healthy reaction may take place and
the patients may come forth new men without
the slightest apprehension of danger afterwards.
But without a judicious change of treatmont we
fear that before the lirht shall eminate from the
election ballot those patients will be politically
as dead as was the little case to which we have
referred as an illustrative before the dawn of
morn.
3. But the last consideration to which I will
refer, which may have conduced to the senti
ment that very few of the loyalists are fit to hold
office is the diffidence of the loyal class in pre
senting themselves to the military officials.
Thac we have been represented by the Con
feds as green and mean we know. What in
fluence those representations may hare had upon
the military authorities we know not. That we
have been denounced by some of the copper
head Journals as the mean men of tho South
we know, but we know not what influence those
denunciations may have had upon those officials
now in command in the South, and we know
not but similar representations may have been
made by some of the professed loyalists who
have the confidence of the military authorities.
In consideration of these facts we know not but
when we present ourselves before those military
officials and announce that we are of tho loyal
class they may regard us as one of the mean men
of the South. Considerations of this character
are superlatively depressing to any one of intel
ligence and refinement.
The result of the call for registers I trust may
satisfy the public that whenever there is a call
for persous to fill offices with good pay there
will bo a cheerful response upon the part of the
people, and that by a judicious selection from
among the applicants, all the offices necessary
to the administration of the Government may
be creditably filled by those who can take the
required oath. Sextus.
From the Wilmington Journal.
ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
The U3e of this kind of manure has grown so
rapidly within a short time as to threaten the
more material interest of the farmer with injury.
I do not disapprove of the use of them as aux
iliaries and under proper conditions, but I do
believe that the practice of dosing land repeat
edly with these powerful stimulants, has a ten
dency to injure it permanently. Some writer
in your paper a few weeks back, was regreting
the impossibility of farmers analyzing their own
soils, and being thereby able to select just what
his soil needed, with even more accuracy than
a doctor would tell his patient what medicines
and what diet would give him strength. This
would simplify matters wonderfully; but the
fact is, that all this knowledge is unnecessary;
and for tho best interest of the farmer the fer
tilizers are equally so.
Practically all the soil of tLis region of North
Carolina is of the same chemical composition
It is all deficient in one element which is essen
tial to productiveness, and that clement iilime.
If we supply f liis, the soil is permanently im
proved with proper culture. Geologist have
long noticed the difference in the two soctions
which they have named respectively the moun
tain and tidewater districts, and they find their
dividing line at the rocky falls in the rivers.
The region above presents throughout features
of uniformity, but differing from the region be
low. There we find a broken country, hills in
creasing in height till we reach the mountains.
The growth is of such trees as yield the great
est, amount of potash, oak, hickory, dogwood,
kc. The soil Is greatly mixed with rock.
This land is generally more fertile than ours,
for the reason that from the gradual disintegra
tion of the rock9, all containing a certain per
cent of lime, through the agency of frost this
essential element is supplied to the soil. The
soil cf the lower region is altogether different.
Here there is no rock of any consequence. The
soH is sandy, the face of the country level, and
the growth almost entirely of pine. TUi soil
is acid. Whoever will taste the pine leaf will
readily test its acid quality. A thousand cords
of pine wood will not yield as many grains of
potash." This. is true of the gum, bay, laurel
and sasafras. See the great fertility of locali
ties where there is an outcropping of marl as at
Ilocky Point, in this , county. Lime i$ no
manure. All tliat can be hoped from its use is
to correct the acid of the soil and allow the Da
tura! strength to be applied to the production
of valuable crops. And if this can be done,
where under the sun is there a finer Boil? Cer
tainly, if we csn control the pine producing
p0SPer and direct it to the production of profi
, iaDie crc,pS we nave thc Tery Dcst oi iana. 1
Lav0 mQU that I would like to communicate
table crops, we have .the very best of land. I
0n 11113 suoject, uut i nave aireaay extended
this paper too long,
proval, more anon.
xi mis meets year ap
J. S. D.
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New Ilanoyer county, N. C.
' 1 M
Two thou5and dollars worth of bottled Con-
j gress water ia sold daily at Saratoga, and about
r an equal Talueof something - stronger, The
J sales of Irquors at one bar.
,
.oyer S12,0y0 on' which the u profit' was 59 psr
I v ii'lU'Jio U I UUU lt.1, last D.A7U,
were
cent. "
DIG TREES.- v
It is popularly supposed that California has
the biggest trees in the world, but Professor Swal
low, of the Missouri Geological Surrey j claim
the distinction for his own State. lie gives tho
following actual measurement ofbigtreeain South
east Missouri: 'Tho largest is a sycamore in
Mississippi County, sixty-five feet high, which,
two feet above the ground, measures forty-throe
feet in circumference. Another sycamore ia
Howard County is thirty-eightacd a half feet ia
diameter. A cypress in Cape Girardeau County,
at a distance of one foot above the ground, meas
ures twenty-nino feet in circumference.' A cot-"
ton wood in Mississippi County measures thirty
feet around at a distance of six feet ' above tho
ground. A pocan in the same county U eighteen
feet in circumference. A black walnut in Ben-i
ton county measures twonty-two feet in circum-.
ference. A white oak in Howard County istweo-tr-six
feet in circumference. A tulip tree (pop-'
lar) in Cape Girardeau county m thirty fact m '
circumference. There is a tupelo in Stoddard
county thirty feet in circumference. There is a
liackberry in Howard county eleven . feet in cir
cumference. A Spanish oak in New Madrid
county twenty-six feet in circumference. A white
ash in Mississippi county is sixteen feet in cir
cumference. A honey locust in Howard county
is thirteen feet round. Thore is a willow in
Pemiscot county that has grown to the size of
twenty-four feot in circumference and one hun
dred feet in height Mississippi county boasts of
a cocenrma rnn ryticr list inn. . k n . .1 .
measures nine foet in circumference.. There is a .
persimmon in this same county nine foet.- in cir ,
cumferenco. Ia Mississippi county papaws grow
tc a circumference of three feot and grape vines
and trumpet creepers to a circumference of eigh
teen to twenty-two inches."
TRICKS OF A JTJaaLEB.
The far-famed Robert Heller, who Is now de
lighting crowds by his weird performances, can
not be satisfied with his legitimate triamphs be
fore an audience, but occasionally does a neat
thing for his own amusement, very much to tho -
A short time since, while passing an itinerant , i
xrnAV AT priAon rmv uirtna Mr II a)Ioi en rl.tnntff
paused and inquired:
"How do you sell eggs, auntie?" , .
"Peta eggs," was the response, "dey am a
picayune apiece fresh, too, de last one of fern; .
biled 'en myself, and know's dey's fust rate."'
"Well. I'll trv 'em." said the magician, m ha
' .
laid down a bit of fractional currency. - "Haifa .
you pepper and salt?"
"Yes, sir, dere dey is, said tho table tales
woman, watching her customer with intense in
terest. Leisurely drawing out a neat little pen-knife,
Mr Heller proceeded very quietly to cut tho
egg exactly' in half, when suddenly a bright
new twenty-five-cent piece was diacotered Ijtng
cuiucuucu iu tnu vol. Houaicutiy aa vrisut u
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when it came from the mint Very coolly the
great magician transferred the coin to his vest
pocket, and taking up another, inquired :
"And how much do you ask for this egg?"
"De Lord bres3 my soul? Dat egg! De
fact am, boss, dis egg is worth a dime, shuah1 .
"All right, was the response: "here a tho
dime. Now give me the egg."
Separating it with an exact precision that the -colored
lady watched eagerly, a quarter eagle
urn a moat, narnfiill rdntml nnt rt th maIm f
the egg, and placed in the vest pocket of the -.
operator, as before. The old woman was than 1 '
derstruck, as well she might have been, and her
customer had to ask her Drice for the third
"prj
two or three times beforo he could obtain a replJ '
"Dar's no use talking raara'r," said the bewil
dered old darkey, ' I can't let you hab dat ear ;
egg, nohow, for less dan a quarter. I declare to
the Lord I can't."
"Very good," said Heller, whose imperturbable
features were as solemn as an undertaker, "there
is your quarter and here is the egg. All right."
As be opened the last egg a brace of five-dollar
gold pieces were discovered snugly deposited
in the very heart of the yolk, and jingling them
j - - q - --- " VF W 1
coolly remarked: . -. '
'Very good eggs, indeed. I rather Jike them;
and while l am about it, I believe I will buy a -dozen.
What is the price?" . -. , :. .1,
r BSV rrl?rt !" Rfrn.amil thn n tn a ?nA AartnV, In. ,
' J Y v ..... 4.WUfrVf'
01 Uara. . i ou couldn t buy dem ; eggs, mars'r,'
for all de money you'a got. Nol dat you couldn't.
Pse gwine to take dem egge all home. I U: and
uiik money ia uem eggs au 0 longs 10 me. it
docs dat. Couldn't sell no mora of dem egga, t
nohow." '
Amid the roar of the spectators, the benighted
1 .1 1 1 1.1 - .
African siancu to ncr aomicu to "amain dem
egg," but with what success we are unable to '
relate. , . , .
A Slight Misundtrstandivo. An old Dutch
farmer had a handsome daughter, maraed Min
nie, who lately joined the Church, against which
the old farmer was somewhat prejudiced. The
young minister under whose instrumentality
Miss Minr.ie was converted, visiting her frequcn-'
tly, excitod im suspicion that all was not right 1
According!', ho visited tha church on Sunday 1
eight and seated himself, unobserved, among the
consrejiation.
ooon alter taking his seat, the minister. wh
!.:.. . r r-;.i xr n. . m
u pn-M;itm iruju Laiuci y , 20, repeated in a
loud voice the words of his text, "MeneVroene,
tekel upharsin," upon which the old farmer
Dran? to his feet. ne'neA tha a(TrirhiiA mrl hxr
a - t
the arm, aod hurried her out of tho meeting
house. Having reached the church yard, he
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g;ive ven 10 nis ieenngs in ineso woras:
'i Knows dare was sometning wrong, anc now
I sell ware to 'em " ; i - ''''' - '
, 'Why, father, what do you mean!" replied the
bewildered and innocent girl. .-'
"Didn't 1," shouted the old roan, striking hit
fists together, and stamping with his foot, Mdklnt
I hear the minuter call out to you, 'Minnie, Min
nie, tickle de parson V
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T J .i.i 17 '
lit is Dkaicu vutti Atusa ieicsie, a uaiuornia
llnllt.Tnno JVtllinmsiat Ylim gtnmm V.amt tmitU ll (
intention of traveling Niagra Falls oa t rope, a
Ia Dlondin. If she succeeds she will be made 1
maid; if falling, a maid of the mLfacjJ.