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W3I. J. YATES, Editor and Propreitor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1867.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME N UMBER 788.
THE
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Published every Tuesday ,Q)
BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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$ 2 for six months.
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HqF Transient advertisements mtist be paid for
in tdvance. Obituary notices are tliarged advertis
ing rates.
Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
for a specific time, will be iustrtei until forbid, and
charged accordingly.
$1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged
for each insertion, unless the advertisement is in
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
NEEDLE WORK,
Plain, Ornamental nd Fancy.
Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made.
A New Systrm of fulling and Fitting.
Three afternoons in each week devoted to teach
ing little girls Ornamental, Fancy Kmbroidery,
Braiding and all kinds of Needle Work. -
Mrs N. is compelled to make her support by her
Needle and close industry.
Feeling truly grateful for the great kindness shown
by the community of Charlotte for the past year she
ha? been with them, she would beg a continuance
of the same. Will be found in the" new house next
to Mr Allen Cruse'ri residence.
July 22, 1867.
A LA II J K JST C K
SPEIKG GOO US
Fin white and colored Marseilles Quilts, just
received at DARKIXOER, WOLFE & CU'S.
fcS?- Ladies' French Dimitry Skirls, India Twilled
Long tloth. Linen Dress Goods. Extra Fine Lace
Collars and t'utt's, Valencine Lace, deny Lace,
KUck rfilk CJuper Luce C:ill nnd examine our New
Goods. HARKING Ell, WOLFE k CO
ggy" Irish Linen of an extra quality ; Bleached
Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
Black Challey for Mourning Dresses, English
Crape and English :ij Veils, at
BAIMMNGCR, WOLFE & CO S.
April 15, I8G7.
JUST RECEIVED AT
C. M. QUERY'S NEW SPORE,
A large nnd well selected Stock of
SPRING ANI SU.UJIKIK GOODS.
DUV GOODS, at extremely low pi ices
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
sold low for cash.
TUIMM1X(JS Our stock of Trimmings is com
plete, and was Selected with care.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCY GOODS
HOOP SKI KTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts
the most popular Skirt ov worn all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors nnd sizes, of the best
article Ladies" aud Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best qualit v.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kinds.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' .boots,
-noes an I gaiters, of the best Philadelphia make.
lso, Men's and Boy's hoes and hats.
mx3lXjXISj-:2E5:e3l-x
MRS. QU1D1JY would inform her friend? that
sh lias spared no paitis in selecting her stock nf
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
experience in the bosiiicss feels satisfied that she
can please all who will favor her with a call.
Bonnets and Hats made ami trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable term? and shortest notice.
Dres-e? 'ut, Fit ted. 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. 18-J7.
A Chance to Make Money,
The subscriber will purchase Bones at 50 cents
per hundred, delivered at Concord Factory, or at
ar.v Railroad Depot between Charlotte and Greens
boro Cash paid on delivery. .'
Those who will accumulate Bones in quantities
at any puinl on the Railroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. U. E. Me DONALD,
April 1,1807 tf Concord. X C.
CWA.! &. E1ARU1SS,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Commence Strket, Norfolk,- Va.,
Will attend promptly to sales of Cotton, Graiu,
Lumber, Tobacco, Naval Stores, fcc., and purchase
of Supplies. Will forward Cotton to Europe FREE
of forwarding C1IAIIGE.
D G. L'owixi), R J. Harriss,
Washington co., X. C. Late of Halifax, N. C.
Refers to Capt. W. E. Stittaud Hon. Z. B Vance,
of Charlotte ; and Hon. W. X. H. Smith of Hertford
cou my.
August 2G, 1 807 6m
J . JB . II V T U 11 fc CO.,
COTTO.V FACTORS
AND
Produce Commission Merchants,
COIIXER of UIGII ASD WATER STREETS,
PORTSMOUTH, VA.,
Will sell in the markets of Xorfolk and Portsmouth,
Liverpool or London, Cotton, Tobacco, Naval Stores.
Dried Fruit and all marketable Produce.
Liberal advancements made on actual shipments,
nd personal attention paid to purchase of mer
it h;tn.ie. - J
Autrust 19. 18G7 3m
Charlotte Marble Yard !
I hve this day sold ibe Stock of the Charlotte
Maible Yard to JAMES TIDDV, who will in the :
future conduct the business, and is cordially recoin- !
mended to my customers of the last ten rears. 1
RICHARD X. TIDDY. !
Charlotte, N. C, July 1st, lbC-7.
. JAMKS TIDDY,
DEALER IN MARBLE AND
Manufacturer ol Monuments, Slabs, Headstones, 4c, I
CHAKLOTTE, X. C.
Orders will receive prompt attention. j
All persons indebted to the Charlotte Marble Yard j
will please come forward and make immediate pay- ;
ment, as further, indulgence cannot be given. i
July
I P07.
- I
Franklin When quite a youth Franklin
went to London, entered a printing office, and
inquired if he could get employment as a pi-infer?
Where are you from V inquired the man.
'America,' was the reply,
'Ah!' said the foreman, 'from America ! a lad
from America seeking employment as a printer!
W eli, do you really understand the art of print
ing? Can you set type?'
Franklin stepped to one of the cases, and in a
Ivery brief space et up the following passage
: from the first chapter ol the Gospel by St John:
I '.Nathaniel saith untolrru. can any good thing
come out of Nazareth? l'hilhp said unto him,
Come and see
It was done o quick, so accurately, and con
tained a delicate reproof so appropriate and
powerful, that it at once gave character and
standing with all in the office.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
Through the earnest solicitations of many friends
and my former patrons, I will resume, on the 1st
day of October, 1807, the exercises of Mount Verona
Academy, so pleasantly and conveniently situated
on the W., C. & R- Railroad in Gaston county, N C.
With many thanks for the liberal patronage hereto
fore extended to me. I hope to be remembered kindly
by my friends generally, and beg that they will lend
a helping hand in building up the School to its
former success and original prosperity.
Charges will be made from time of entrance, with
no deduction for loss of time except in cases of pro
tracted sickness, as follows :
Classics, $15; Higher English, $t0; Primary
Kngli.'h. $6, in specie or its equivalent in currency,
for 5 months.
References Win T Shipp, Esq., Dr. Jos. Graham
and John Springs Davidson, Esq , of Gaston county;
Drs. C L Hunter anil W B McLean of Lincoln; Jos.
Duncan, Esq , and Gen. R D Johnston, Charlotte, X.
C , and the patrons generally.
A. J. HARRISON, Instructor.
Sept 23. ISG7 3
Smith's Boot and Shoe Store,
CHARLOTTE, N. Q.,
NEXT DOOR TO DEWEY'S BANK.
R. 11. SMITH & CO. will furnish Mer
chants their Fall and Winter Stock of BOOTS and
SHOES
At IVew York Wholesale Prices
One of the firm has visited the Factories North,
and had a large stock of Goods made to order, wiih
a view of supplying Merchants in Western North
Carolina and Upper Districts in South C.uolina.
Having devoted our entire attention for many
vears to the
$13 OE TRADE,
We claim advantages in it, and will deal as liberally
a 3 possible with all.
Call soon, or send in your orders eaily.
Every article warranted as represented.
We have nlo a large -Stock of
Slioc Findings, Ln liter and Rubber
BELTIWG.
Sept. 9, 18G7. B. R. SMITH & CO.
FBCTUKES AT SO
And upwards, at the
PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY
Over Jas. Harty k Go'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 iu a superior manner.
Satisfaction guarantied at the Gallery of ,
II. BAUM GARTEN,
May 0, 1807. Next to Court House
GROCERIES.
HAMMOND & McLAUGOLIN
Have just received a large assortment of Groceries,
which they offer for sale at reduced prices. Their
Stock consists, in part, of the following articles :
. Iron cotton Ties,
40 Sacks prime Rio Coffee,
30 Barrels Sugar all grades,
5 Hog.-heads Sujar yellow,
25 Barrels Molasses assorted grade3,
5 Hogsheads Molasses Cuba,
10 Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Half Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Quai tcr Barrels Potomac Shad,
10 Half 4i Family Mackerel,
10 Quarter " " "
40 Kits, N'o 1 and 2, "
100 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
50 Boxes fine English Dairy Cheese,
50 " Adamantine Candles,
50 l' nssorteJ Slick Candy,
25 " 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 nnd Pickles,
Sauces, Flavoring Extracts, Soda Crackers, kc.
And every other article usually found in a Gro
cery and Prevision Store.
We invite the attention of conntry merchants and
others to our stock, and solicit an examination.
iiammond k Mclaughlin.
May 27, 1807 tf
1,000 Gallons Muscovado MoIase,
In Barrels and Ho-sbeuds. For sale by the pack
age at a low figure.
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS k CO.
September 1C, 1807.
i tie:, PLASTGR,
A large supply always on hand, and for sale on
most favorable terms, by
' WORTH k DANIEL"
Wilmington, N. C.
Monthly receipts of fresh Lime from Maine,
July 15, 1867
Cm
co.coi:d ills.
' Having opened a House in Charlotte, near the
Post Office, for the sale of our own manufactured
good we invite th attention of merchants and
others to ou. YARN'S, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS,
OSNABERGS, .CARPET CHAIN, STOCKING
YARN'S, 4c , 4c.
CtaT Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. We
Hell low for Cash.
j. Mcdonald 4 sons,
Angust 12, 1S67. Concord, N. C.
FAMILY FLOUR. j
Persons desiriug a fine article of Family Flonr ;
delivered at their t.ouses, can be accommodated if
they will leave their names,
store of
September 9, I3G7,
witb the cash, at the J
W. BOYD.
A HANDFUL OP SAND.
To the explorer, traveller, at J investigator
of Nature's secrets, 'Sand" is a page per
chauce a volume io the world's history. Every
tiny rill and rivulet which pours its waters
through ravine and valley, to lose itself at last
in soruo passing river, brings with it, slowly but
surely, grain by grain, specimens of the rocks
and deposits over which its waters have for ages
worn their w?y. Each winter flood and sum
mer storm lends its aid to'break down, disinte
grate, and drift away the detritus brought down
by the ever fretting, ever wearing, influence of
ruontng water.
If you doubt as to the geological formation
of distant hills and inaccessible mountains, con
sult a handful of sand from the nearest brook
flowing from them, and much light will be
thrown on the subject by the investigation.
To examine sand, it has been my custom, after
washing and drying it, to lay a well-mixed por
tion, say of the size of a shilling, over a sheet
of clean white paper; to flatten out the pile un
til the particles are evenly distributed, and then
with my pocket lens to scan them carefully.
The boundless treasures so long buried in the
wide valleys of California might have remained
at rest and undiecuvered to this day had not
sand disclosed the golden secret, and thus it
was divulged. One Capt Sutter, an old soldier
of the American Republic, had settled in the
valley of the Sacramento, laid out a farm, built
a mill, and regularly established himself. It
was found that the "race" constructed to carry
off the water which had passed the wheel was
not deep enough for its purpose. It was there
fore decided that the whole water-power should
be turned on, aod allowed to rush through, and
deepen it. The pent-up' torrent not only did
the duty it was called on to perform, but over
flowed the batiks, carrying turf, sticks, stones,
and sand far over the meadows. As the water
drained off, and the sun shone out, the white
quartz particles glittered like a thousand dia
monds, and a handful was gathered by one of
the Captain s people, when the yellow grains
as well as white were discovered, examined, and
found to be gold How the human tide flowed
in endless throngs to the new El Dorado, and
how splendid cities sprang into being where, a
few months before, a herdsman's fire and a lean
woolfish-looking dog or two -were the onlj' signs
of occupation, need not be dwelt on here, as
they are matters of history. Iargraves, too,
tempted by the golden prospects held out in the
new lands, quitted Australia, and joined the
gold-seekers in California. There the rocks
and drifts struck hi in as being so much like
those which had left behind, that he, like Whit
tington, retraced his steps, visited the river-bed
near his own home, gathered sand which told
him the great gold secret, and unlocked the
vast coffers of the Antipodes. Many other
highly valuable alluvial gold and diamond wash
ings are dependent on, and have been discovered
by the drifting sand borne ever onward by the
giant strength of water. So vast and irresista
ble is that strength, that huge boulders which, j
when the river-bed is dry, the reeds withered j
and yellow, and the water-plants crumbled up
like parched tobacco leaves, look as though no
earthly power could stir them from their beds,
are rolled pell-mell over and against each other
by winter floods or "spates" of molten snow
that thunder down from distant mountains
Each of these water-worn blocks lends its
contribution to our "handful of sand " The
mineral veins andjquartz reefs traversed and in
tersected by the crushing mass are laid bare,
pulverized as by a mighty mill, and ground into
particles and fragments little more than sand.
These, with other atoms worn from the bed of
the torrent over which the abrading masses have
passed, are borne onward, and settle for a time,
according to their gravity and size, to be again
distributed, cariied onward, re-deposited, shaken
about, fretted, rounded,, and again crushed
Your veritable "rolling stone" gathers no moss,
indeed, but obtains, like many waifs aod strays
on the stream of life, a particularly smooth sur
face instead. Onward and ever onward jour
neys our sand, forming at times "bars" across
rivers and the mouths of harbors, eilting-up
lakes a process now going on in that of Geneva
blocking up channels, forming "sioks" for
whole rivers to disappear in, and, in fact doing
its part to bring about many of the changes
which the Earth's crust is always undergoing
On the burning desert and auongst the sterile
dunes, sand holds high festival; and well do I
know from painful experience, what a tyrant he
is, when whirling aloft like some huge pillar,
curling round in mazy, spiral, onward march,
the sand storm is upon us, and we bow our beads
in meek submission. Nature and Art.
HOTEL FOR BENT
On Wednesday, the Gth day of November next. I
will rent on the premises, in Charlotte, N. C , to the
highest bidder, for three years from the 1st of De
cember, the well known. Charlotte Hotel, so long
kept by Mj J B JCerr.
Charlotte is a prosperous and rapidly growing
city, with but one Hotel in the business part of it.
For many years two Hotels were well sustained,
until one man became lessee of both.
The public convenience and business, interest of
the city imperatively require that this House shall
be re-opened. The rents to be paid quarterly, and
secured by bond a&d security.
, - F. S Ds WOLFE,
- Adni'i of J. 13. Kerr, dee'd.
Sept. 23, 1S67. Cw
First Premium Seuiog. Machines,
495 Broadway, NEW YORK.
For sale by BREM, BROWN 4 CO.,
Sept. 30, 1S67 3mpd ' Charlotte.
Hill Stones lb r Sale.
Two pair French Burrs 3J feet, and one pair
Com Stones 4 feet diameter.
lo a lot of Mill Gearing , For sal" at '
ROCK ISLAND WOOLEN MILLS,
Sept. 30, 18G7 1m Charlotte, N. C,
STlimTTlNTfiMRf, "
Commission Merchants,
104 Front Street, WW YOU&.
Refer to J. L. .Brown,-' T. H. Brem aod W. J
Yates, Charlotte. N. C.
October I, JS7.
LETTEB FROM BISHOP ATKINSON.
Tunbridoe Wells, England, ")
September3, 1867. J
To the Editort of the Wilmington Journal :
Gentlemen: In compliance with your re-
3uest that I should write to you occasionally
uring my stay io Europe, and as a means of
satisfying the interest of my many personal
friends who read your paper and who desire to
know the state of my rather precarious health,
and the events of my tour, I use this first day of
entire leisure to accomplish these objects. 1
sailed from New York on the 10th of August,
in the "City of Baltimore," one of the Ionian
line of steamships This is a rival line to that
of Cunard, equal, probably, in the quality tf its
vessels, and in the speed and apparently the
safety of its voyages, for I was told by a gentle
man who is an underwriter at Lloyds, that the
insurance is the same on both. But there 4s
certainly greater luxury on the Cunard ships,
and with most persons, a more absolute feeling
of security, so successful has the career of these
been, and so admirable their discipline and their
equipments. On the other hand, the passage
money on the Inman line, going and returning,
is not much more than ball of that charged on
the Cunard, the former beiog 9175 in gold for
both trips, while the latter is $310. The ex
penses of these lines are so great that the charges
do not seem exorbitant. VVe used in the "City
of Baltimore" about 65 tons of coal a day, and
we bad about a hundred persons belonging
to the ship, including officers, crew, firemen and
stewards, all of whom receive liberal wages, so
as to secure the best hands. The Captain told
me that, he estimated the expense of the ship,
going to New York and returning, and including
her own wear and tear and that of her machin
ery, as being uot less than 10.000, or 850,000
let both lines do so large a business that the
Cunard proprietors have become very rich, and
the Inman's must be on the high road to the
same result, for they are continually enlarging
their operations.
We landed at Queeostown, after a voyage
which was, on the whole, very smooth, although
its monotony was relieved in a way very dis
agreeable to landsmen, by a storm of twelve
hours continuance. We preferred to land at
Queenstown, rather than at Liverpool, in order
to see something of the South of Ireland, and
especially of the far famed Lakes of Kilbirney.
We spent three days very pleasantly at Cork,
visiting one or two points of interest in the
neighborhood, among others the beautiful views
of Castle. Blarney, of whioh the principal glory
is that it was the last place in Ireland to sur
render to him, whom the Irish so deeply abhor,
Oliver Cromwell. It boasts, also, the possession
of the celebrated Blarney Stone, which, whoso
ever kisses, acquires the gift, so commou among
the Irish, of flattericg and cajoling any one they
wish to gaio over. The. interest of the place,
however, io my eyes, grew chiefly out of the
beauty of the scenery around it and its associa
tion with other days and other forms of life.
'The high-raised battlements and lofty towers,
Thick wall and moated gate ;"
the narrow slits in the walls, for arrow-shots to
be discharged against assailants ; the deep, dark
dungeons, for the confinement of criminals or
prisoners ; even the state rooms, in which secu
rity was so much more studied than comfort, all
indicated a condition of society altogether un
known among ourselves, except in romance or
poetry, and which even in Europe has for cen
turies passed away, never to return, for even
were there a recurrence of the same lawlessness
and violence, these safeguards would not be
again adopted, because they would be so utterly
powerless against modern implements of war.
I found the South of Ireland a much more
beautiful and prosperous cou u try than I ex
pected. The famine of 1847 was, in its results,
a great benefit to it. It caused an immense
emigration, and thereby diminished the supply
of labor and increased the wages of the laborers
They receive now eight or nine shillings a week
and their food a sum very little, to be sure,
but perhaps double what tbey earned before
that event. There is now a curious current and
counter-cunent of population moving between
Ireland and America Some f-ix hundred emi
grants sail every week from Queenstown and
nearly as many land there on their return home
There were some two hundred returning emi
grants, mostly Irish, in the ship I came over in
They are disappointed in their expectations,
find that with higher wages they have much
greater expenses and can save no money, dislike
the climate, it may be, or lose some member of
their family, become disheartened aod return
Others, on the contrary, in Ireland find work
slack, get encouraging letters and remittances
of money from friends in America and deter
mine to emigrate. The population in Ireland,
on the whole, continues to diminish. Cork, I
am told, b Jng, perhaps, an extreme case, has
sunk from one hundred and twenty thousand in
habitants to eighty thousand, yet the country
looks auythin but desolate. The fields are
fertile, beautifully cultivated, and very produc
tive; the residences of the gentry and merchants,
with their lawns and gardens surrounding them,
are studded all over the country, and would be
admired for their air of elegance, opulence aod
taste, in any region oi the world. The houses 1
of the peasants are dirty, but cot, on that ac- j
count, uncomfortable to them, and they are close j
and warm, while the people themselves look I
strong, healthy and cnecriui ; tne cniidren are
i-
numberless, as merry as crickets, and have such.
brilliant complexions that a W llaiington mother
would be alarmed for her offspring if she saw
them with so deep a color, fearing that it was
fever which produced it. The Irish peasants
are remarkable for good humor and courtesy, i
but especially for reverence towards the clegy, j
Certainly I have received in Dublin and Cork, j
although of course personally a stranger, and ;
only recognized as a clergyman by my dress, ten f
times as many profound Lows as I vas ever i
I-. -.1 : . l : l? ! -J f ? . t
tai'Jieu wuu iu Augi-iuu Muuic. uut uuk
deduction from the merits of the Irish peasants,
their warmest admirer must concede; that is,
that they are, of all the beggars in Christendom,
at least out of Italy, the most unabashed aod
importunate. Qa the thcr Lajud; if you like '
uauery ana Diessings, you get your money s
worm m that sort of currency.
One thine which strikes an Americin, espe
cially if he be from one of the Military Districts,
wnicn were formerly southern States, and travel
tnrougn England, Scotland or Ireland, is the
admirable condition of the roads. Accustomed,
as 1 am, to the roads in North Carolina, it made
a deeper impression on me Here the grades
are low, the road bed rises on each side to tba
middle, by a gentle curve, enough to carry off
the water, but not to effect sensibly the equili
brium of a carnage: the bed itself is made of
stones, broken into small pieces, so that it be
comes as nrm and almost as smooth as a wooden
floor; the rains merely moisten the surface, the
water running at once into the gutters, and the
horse consequently, in drawing, meets as little
resistance as is possible, unless the wheels ran
on iron rails. Horses consequently draw enor
mous freights with comparatively little effort.
I remember io Scotland being on a stage coach
with seventeen other passengers, inside and out,
and the driver and our luggage, and being drawn
by two horses at the rate of ten miles an hour,
without difficulty or inconvenience to them
Now. it is evident that not only are roads of
this sort very pleasant, but that they save an
immense deal of horse power, and what is much
more costly, human time and labor. In our
altered circumstances we can only prosper by
saving labor, and one necessary means of doing
this is to have good roads. But good roads are
not possible under our system of keeping them
in repair by the work of the laborers living on
or near them. They have no inducement to
make their portion good, for the next lot of
hands may destroy the benefit of their work by
leaving their part neglected. Here the roads
are let out to contractors, and the money is not
paid until the work is satisfactorily done, and
therefore it is done. If, as the Emperor of
France has lately said, good roads are a test of
civilization, Ireland, as well as England and
Scotland, would stand at the head of the nations,
while the good Old North State would find it
expedient to show her accustomed modesty and
withdraw fiom the contest altogether.
From Cork'we went by rail to the Lakes of
Kitlarney. These are three, connected, how
ever, by narrow channels, and the lower much
the 'arger, being about fives miles long and two
and a half broad. The scenery around these
lakes is not only the finest iu Ireland, but it is
generally considered the most varied and beauti
ful in the Kingdom. They lie deeply embedded
among high, precipitous mountains, sometimes
bare, sometimes covered with rich woods, while
occasionally beautiful valleys intervene, with
noble trees and herbage of that intense green
which gives its name to the Emerald Isle. On
their shores aod islets are ruins of castles and
monastic buildings, with many noble modern
houses and villas. One very strikiug ruin is
that of Muckross Abbey, in the chapel of which
lie buried some of the chieftains who, in former
agts, ruled over this part of Ireland. The
scenery around the Abbey shows the good taste
of the Monks, for it is of exquisite pastoral
beauty.
The Tore Waterfall is also much and justly
admired, and its solemn grandeur is greatly en
hanced by the majestic firs that hang over the
stream as it pursues its thunderous course to
wards the Lake.
From Killarney we came at once to England,
passing through Dublin without stoppiog, as I
had visited it last year.
Thomas Atkinson.
INDUSTRIAL PROSPECTS.
If the reader who has the curiosity to make
the experiment, will take a pair of Dividers, and
apply them to the map of North Carolina, as it
forms a part of that of the United States, by put
ting one prong on Cape Ilatteras, and the other
on the Western limit of Cherokee county, he will
find the span something more than equal to the
distance from lialeigh to Niagara Falls. This
simple measurement will bring to' the mind at
once a realization of the vast territory embraced
in the State limits; and if we reflect that North
Carolina extends from the sea shore, in about 34
deg , to and beyond the highest ridges and peaks
of the Alleghany range of mountains, we shall
the more easily appreciate the statements of
Naturalists, that its soil produces a greater varie
ty of plants than all the Northern States put
together. The North Eastern counties are almost
tropical in climate and productions; while the
middle and WYstern portions of the State, owing
to their elevation, are assimilated to the North
ern States. The tide of European immigration
will be directed this way in a few years, from
various causes. The abolition of slavery has re
moved an obstacle, the settlement of the North
west, and the occupation of the best lands will
weaken the inducements to go in that direction;
while the sparseness, the abundance of timber, the
cheapness and fertility, and the salubrity of the
climate of this Slate will become better known.
When we reflect that the European hives will
pour forth their swarms in greater numbers here
after than heretofore, aud that our own North
ern States will do likewise, owing to their supera
bundant populations, it is not too much to an
ticipate that the tide of immigrants will begin to
flow into Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee,
v u ,i it- i . me snip wimom pumping:
Noitn W est has experienced during the lat r "
twenty. The era of great prosperity, then, is at m "
hand. Towns, cities, manufactures and com- Hints to THE W is E. Never borrow to
merce wil! oon begin to spring up and the whole umbrella, if you can tray one you will eitier
aspect of Southern society will l changed. In , lwe or steal it. . -
twenty-five years, by which time the population Never be idle. Men bad better be sick' than
of the United States, within their present limits, f hwe nothing to do.
will amount to seventy, or seventy-five millions, I Have "dorgs" in these times, of course, and,
that of North Carolina ill not be less than two ! if a poor mau, have a plenty of children to play
millions, it may be two and a half millions; with them. It is such a pleasant wsy of com
and we may then expect to see cities of twenty- J milling suicide to have them est ypo np.
five to fifty thousand inhabitants, with railroads j Let your wife run the shebacg, and yott
permeating the State in all directions, witbVwidA ! curse the baby what else arc yoa fit for 7
diffusion of education, intelligence, aud even the ! If Ja 'e 0(t married, get so io double-quick
germ of a literature, which we can never have f time. It may save you from the stocks.
until we have built cities. lialeiyh ReyiUcr.
r -?r: ' - . r- young ladies who are accustomed .to read
An Eastern editor was lately shot in an affray. ! newspapers, are always observed to possess' win
Luckily, the ball came against a bundle of un-1 ning ways, most amiable dispositions, invariably
paid accounts io his pocket Gunoder cou'd . make good wives, aod always select good Jbn
jiot get through that, i fcands.
vt 1 1 u i ij unco vi iuui itrnrs euuii.1 iv nun ins
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Anything relating to this distinguished gen
tleman is always interesting and eagerly read by
our people. We give below an extract from a
letter written to the Episcopal Methodist by the
Rev. S. M Frost, of Goldsboro, N. C, who has
recently visited the ex-Chieftain, in Montreal,
Canada:
"Last Saturday evening, August 31st, 1867,
in company with a friend, we went to pay our
sincere respects to the ex-President of the late
Confederacy. IJe and his family are residing
here at present; and we found by good fortune
the name of the street and the number. We had
no difficulty in reaching the desired point; and
that, too, witbout having to explain to any-one.,
the object of our visit. Mr Davis is staying at
the house of a fiiend, who lives in a very pleas
ant part of the city. The dwelling is a three
story rock edifice, and presented a comfortable
though not very imposing appearance. The dis
tinguished chief received us with great kindness.
We were glad to see him looking so well. He
is quite thin io flesh but does not look pale and
emaciated, as we expected from what we had
seen its the papers. Thre j$ a good heslthy hue
upon his care-worn cheek, and his eves still
sparkle with life and vigor. The pure air and
delightful scenery of this romantic region have
doubtless had a very beneficial effect upon both.
body and mind. From present appearances we
think it not improbable that he may outlive
many of bis calumniators; and we trust that he
may yet live long, and die in peace, surrounded
by those who know bow to appreciate noble
qualities.
"VVe do not deem t proper to detail the coa-
versatton which passed; not because there was
anything contraband or disloyal uttered for
nothing of the kind escaped his lips; but because
the interview was one of a friendly character, and
sought on our part as an expression of friendly
regard and sympathy for hmi. Suffice it, to say.
that he inquired how we were getting along in
iNoitli Carolina, and manifested a good deal of in
terest in our welfare as a State. He also asked
ifter several of his own personal fiiends and ac
quaintances there, who bad done good service iu
the late struggle. lie expressed great pleasure
on learning that the good old Slate was weather- .
ing the storm so well, and paid a high compliment
to Gen Canby, our new military commandant of
District No. 2.
"lie also gave us a very interesting account of
politics in Canada, tracing back the different par
ties to their origin. In all this he showed how
well he understood the history of each party; and
we doubt whether there is a man in Canada who
comprehends more accurately the political situa
tion of ailatis here. Nature made uvv. a states
man. His sketch of the Catholic Church was
also very instructive. After giving us much val
uable information in regard to the past history
and present position of the Catholics in these
Provinces he then called our attention to some
excellent paintings in one of their churches. We
vim led this church after we left him. and found
that he was not only a great statesman and mili
tary chief, but that he also possessed a correct
aud refined ta.te, and was a good judge in mat
ters pertaining to the Fine Arts. We passed
something over a half hour in his company, and
we have seldom spent that much time more
pleasantly or profitably in the society of any one.
V hen we rose to leave, he expressed great kind
ness and thanked us for our visit. We assured
him that be still had many warm friends in North
Carolina, and especially in Goldboro whicb was
called the "hot bed of secession" in the late war.
Ou leaving the door, we could hardly reprns a
tear of sympathy for one in whose destiny the
world will ever feel a deep and painful interest.
PRAY AND PUMP."
In a seaman's prayer-meeting lately in New
York, one of the speakers thanked God that he
hud been a sailor. He bad been in some tight
places at sea, but he never hid his religion or
lost hi 4 confidence in God. He had learned to
call on God in trouble, and had not been disap
pointed. But the faith must be joined with
practice. Praying only, without using effjrt,
ia not enough.
'Wo were once," said he, "driven to great
straits in a gale. The wind blew a perfect hur
ricane, aod our ship sprung a leak It seemed
as if we must go to tbc bottom in a few minutes.
Our men worked hard at the pumps. Tbe wa
ter gained on U3 Death stared us in the faee.
I tail down below, and on my knees asked Jesus
to save us, and give me a token. I then opened
my Bible, lying before me, and Isa xli, 10, met
my eyes. . The words am these, and the first I
saw; 'Fear not thou, for I am witb thee, lie
not thou dismayed, fur I am thy God. I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I
will uphold thee with the right hand of my
lighteousness.
"That was enough. I ran on deck aod told
the men. I said, 'Men, wc sre going somewhere,
but we are not going down I reported to
theu what I had asked of the Lord, and how
be had answered me.
Now,' said I, 'men, pump and pray, and pray
and pump And they did it with a will. And
we pumped and prayed our vessel ioto Cork, as
I believe, in answer to prayer and promise
But what is the Uio of pray'mg with a leak ia
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