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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1867.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME N UMBER 790.
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Mrs. L. A. NORRYCE
Would kindly solicit the patronage of the citizens of
harlotte, and inform them that she is now prepared
to uo all kinds ot
Needle Work,
Plain, Ornamental and Fancy.
Gentd and Ladies underclothing beautifully made.
.Mrs X. is compelled to make her support by her
Needle and close industry.
Feeling truly grateful lor the great kindness shown
by the community of Charlotte for the past year she
lias been here, she would beg a continuance of the
same. She can be found in the new house next to
Mr Allen Cruse's residence.
NEW SYSTEM OF CUTTING AND FITTING.
Three afternoons in each week will be devoted to
teaching little girls Ornamental, Fancy Embroidery,
Braiding, and all kimfe of Needle Work.
July 22. 1 8;. tf
Charlotte Female Institute,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of
October, and will continue until 30th June, 1808.
OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS :
Rev. 11. Eurwell, Principal and Instructor in Men
tal and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics.
J no. P. IJurwell, A. M., Chemestry, Natural Phi
losophy and Ancient Languages.
Mrs. M. A. IJurwell, Knglish branches and Super
intendent Social duties.
Prof A. Rauniann, Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Prof. Jt. E. l'iguet, Drawing, Painting and Modern
Languages.
Miss Mary P.atte, English Branches and French.
Mrs Sally 0. White, English Branches.
Miss Mary F. l'enick. Music on Fiano and Guitar.
Miss Ella It. Carson, Music on Piano.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars address.
Rkv. It. BUR WELL & SON,
Charlotte, N. C.
September 23, 18(17.
Medical Card.
DKK. GIRBOX & McCOMBS, having
associated
th 'lusidves in tlie practice ot Medicine
and ursrerv.
resp-'ctluuy tender their professional .services to the
ciiiceiis ot 'harlotte and surrounding country.
1'rom a largo experience in private as well as
Fiel l and Hospital practice, they feel justified in
proposing to pay special attention to the practice of
Surgery in all its branches.
Otiice in Granite Row, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
ROBERT GIBBOX, M. D.
Dec 11, 18IW, J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.
MILLER & BLACK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Provisions & Produce,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Have now in Store and will keep constantly on hand
a full an I select stock of the above articles for sale;
ti which they respectfully invite the attention of
tl
r friends and the public generally.
It. M. MILLER.
W. J. BLACK.
September 23, 18f7.
English Blue Stone.
A fresh supply of this fine article for sale low
SCAUR S DRUG STORE.
at
Congress and
For sale at
Kissingen Waters,
Sl'ARR S DRUG STORE.
fcif Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Combs and
various articles of Perfumery, fresh supply, just rc
cvived at SCARR S DRUG STORE.
September 9. 1867.
COOKING STOVES,
OF THE NEATEST AND MOST SlI'ERiOR PATTERN.
1. 11. BYERLY, Springs' Building, Charlotte, N.
. has for sale "Spear's Anti-Dust Cooking Stoves,"
('.
which, for every variety of cooking and great econ
omy in fuel, cannot be surpassed by any Stove here
tofore used.
Everybody who has used one of these Stoves testify
that, lor convenience in cooking, durability and clean
liness, they are far preferable to all other patterns.
Call and see them.
1. II. BYERLY has also on hand a good assort
ment of Tin. Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such arti
cles as are necessary for house-keeping.
C-ajf TlX-WAKE made to order at short notice on
reasonable terms.
EzzT REPAIRING promptly executed.
D. II. BYERLY,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
March 2". 1807.
II. M. PHELPS.
'Home, Sweet Home!
There's no place like Home!"'
I" am happy to inform my old friends of Charlotte
and the surrounding couutry, that 1 . have again re
turned and resumed my old business among them,
and am fully prepared to offer them the
Cheapest Stock of Goods
To be found at any other establishment in the City.
Having recently lived in the Northern States, and
with my old experience in the purchase of Goods, 1
am not prepared to say I will sell "below cosfcj ' or at
a reduction on the original cost, or "at and below
Xew York prices," but that I will sell as Cheap, if
not Cheaper, than any other House, and at a small
profit. As my stock was purchased for Cash, conse
quently I can afford to dispose of articles at a slight
advance.
1 have now in Store, anJ. am constantly receiving,
a choice assortment of
Dry Goods,
Ladies' Trimnrngs of the latest styles, Linen Table
Damask, Linen Diaper, and all kinds of Flannels,
Calicoes, brown and bleached Sheetings, black and
.colored Alpaccjvs, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnish
ing Goods. &c. Jtc. . II. M. PHELPS,
March 11, 1807. Opposite the Court House.
GROVE ft & BAKER'S
Premium Sewing Machines,
49o Broadway, XEW YORK.
For sale by
Sept. SO, 18G7
BREM, BROWN & CO.,
Smpd Charlotte.
Mill Stones for ale.
Two pair French Burrs Z feet, and one pair Corn
-Stones -1 feet diameter.
Also a lot of Mill Gearing. For sale at
ROCK ISLAND WOOLEN MILLS,
Sept. 30, 18C7. lm Charlotte, N. Q,
South Carolina.
The Columbia (S. C) Chronicle Bays that
South Carolina has been bankrupted by the
bayonet not a dollar in the Treasury and
General Lanby has ordered the collection of all
taxes to be stopped, except so iar as relates to
taxes due to the iederal Government: Thefol
lowing is the official order :
Headq'rs 2d Military District,
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Charleston, S. C, Oct. 2, 18G7
Special Orders No. 108.
VIII. The Treasurer of the State of South
Carolina is hereby directed to pay all amounts
approved at these Headquarters, for salaries and
expenditures incurred in maintaining the quar
antine on the coast of South Carolina, established
by General Orders No. 3. Headquarters Second
Military District, current series, out of any funds
remaining unexpended in the treasury at the
time of the presentation thereof; and if there be
not sufficient funds at that time tor that purpose,
the payment shall be made out of the first funds
that shall be received in the treasury thereafter.
The amounts so expended will be charged
against the appropriation made by the Legisla
ture of South Carolina in December, 18G5, for
the Military Academy at Charleston, and the
appropriation made by the-'Xegislato're aforesaid
in December, 18GG, lor testing the constitution
ality and validity of the Acts of Congress, by
which the lands in Saint Helena and part of St.
Luke s J arish have been sold, as directed m
special Orders No. 135,. paragraph 11, current
" t .1 1 T 1
series, irom tnese Headquarters.
By command of Bvt Maj Gen Ed E, S Canby.
Louis V. Caziarc, Aid-de-Camp.
HOTEL FOR RENT.
On Wednesday, the Cth day of November next, I
will rent on the premises, in Charlotte, N. C, to the
highest bidder, for threes-ears from the first of De
cember, the well Jtnown Charlotte Hotel, so long kept
by Maj. J. i. Kerr.
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 interests of
he city imperatively require that this House shall
be re-opened. The rents to be paid quarterly, and
secured by bond and security.
F. S. DeWOLFE,
Adm'r of J. B. Kerr, dee'd.
Sept. 23, 1807. Gw
C. M. Query's New Store.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
A new f-toek of Fall and Winter Goods is now in
Store for sale at reasonable prices.
Ladies Dress Goods, llonnets, Trimmings, &c, of
all descriptions, in large quantities.
Shoes, Hoop Skirts, Gloves, Yankee Notions, and
Fancy Goods, in great variety.
Millinery.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that she
has spared no pains in selecting her stock of Milline
ry and Trimmings; and having had along 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.
October 14, 1SG7.
Groceries and Confectioneries.
NISBET & MAXWELL
Are now receiving and have in Store a large and
well selected stock of Groceries, Confectioneries and
Notions, to which we invite the attention of our
friends and the public generally. Thanking them
for their verjT liberal patronage heretofore bestowed,
we hope by strict personal attention to business to
merit a continued share of the same.
Call and examine our goods and prices before pur
chasing elsewhere, as we are determined to sell goods
in our line as cheap as any other house in the city.
Country Merchants will find it to their interest to
examine our Stock.
Sept. 16, 1807. NISBET & MAXWELL.
Sugar, Coffee and Molasses,
A full Stock of all grades, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Sole Leather.
1,000 pounds good Sole Leather for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars,
Of the best brands, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Pipes.
A large assortment of common and fanev Pipes, for
s:ile at NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Soap.
A large lot of Toilet and Bar Soap, for sale at
NIS3ET & MAXWELLS.
Toys and Yankee Notions,
A large assortment, for sale at
Sept. 23, 18G7. NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Gold Bullion.
Peculiar facilities enable us to purchase Bullion
at highest rates.
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 18G7. Trade Street.
Exchange on New York.
Drafts on New York and other Northern cities
furnished at par bv
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1867. Trade Street.
Bank Notes.
The highest prices paid for North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Virginia Bank Notes at
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1SG7. Trade Street.
Six per cent Interest.
Deposits received subject to sight checks and six
per cent interest allowed at
CITY BANK OF CIIARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1807. Trade Street.
Specie.
Gold and Silver Coin, Bonds, Stocks, Government
Securities and Mutilated Notes of all kinds, bought
on libera terms at
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1867. Trade Street.
ROBERT P. WARING,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Office, 3 doors West ,of Dewey's Bank, and opposite
Carson's new store.
September 2, 18G7.
Young Man Hugged Against his Will
A most ludicrous scene transpired in a place
not a thousand miles from the city of Louisville
one night last week, though a little annoying to
the parties immediately concerned, was yet so
innocent and funny that we cannot retrain from
giving the general outlines as follows, suppressing
names, of course :
Two sprightly and beautiful young ladies were
visiting their cousin, another sprightly and beau
tiful young lady, who like her cuests, was of
that happy age which turns everything into fun
and merriment. If the truth were told, we fear
we should have to record the fact that these
three misses were just a little fast. They were
fond of practical jokes, and were continually
playing" all sorts of pranks with each other. All
three occupied a room on the ground floor, and
huddled up together m one bed.
Two of the young ladies attended a party on
the night in question, and did not get home un
til half-past twelve o'clock at night. As it was
late they concluded not to disturb the household,
so they quietly stepped into their room through
the low open window.
In about half an hour after they had left for
the party, a young minister called at the house,
where they were staying and craved a night's
lodging, which, of course, was cheerfully granted.
As ministers always have the best of everything,
the old lady put him in the best room, and the
young lady (Fannie) who had not gone to the
party, was entrusted with the duty of sitting up
for the absent ones, and of informing them of
the change of rooms. She took up her post in
the parlor, and as the night was sultry, sleep
overcame her, and she departed on an excursion
to the land of dreams.
We will now turn to the young ladies who had
gone into their room through the window. By
the dim lights of the moon-beanis as they strug
gled through the curtains, the young ladies were
unable to descry the outline of Fannie (as they
supposed) ensconsed in the middle of the bed.
They saw more, to-wit : a pair of boots. The
truth flashed upon them at once. They saw it
all. Fannie had set the boots in the room to
give them a good scare. They put their heads
together and determined to turn the tables upon
her. Silently they disrobed and as steal thly as
cats they took their position on each side of the
unconscious parson, and laughing and screaming,
"Oh, what a man! Oh, what a man!" they gave
the poor bewildered minister such a promiscuous
hugging and tousling as few persons are able to
brag of in the course of a lifetime.
The noise of this proceeding a woke the old
lady, who was sleeping in an adjoining room.
She comprehended the situation in a moment,
and rushed to the room; she opened the door and
exclaimed : "Oh Lordy, gals, it is a man; it is
a man sure enough !
There was one prolonged, consolidated scream;
a flash of muslin through the door, and all was
over.
The best of the joke is, that the minister took
the whole thing in earnest. He would listen to
no apologies the old lady could make for the girls.
He would hear no excuse, but he solemnly fold
ed his clerical robes around him and silently
stole away. Louisville (Ay.) Courier.
The Way it Works.
The Bedford (Pa.) Gazette thus illustrates the
working of the law forcing negroes into the cars
with white men r
"A friend of ours relates that as he was travel
ing from Philadelphia to Huntingdon, a few
nights ago, he took a berth in a sleeping car,
and when about retiring, his attention was at
tracted 'by loud talking and scuffling on the
platform of the car. The ticket agent had re
fused to sell the darkey a ticket, and the colored
gentleman was trying to force his way into the
car without the requisite piece of stamped paste
board. A policeman came up, however, and
settled the business by telling 4he ticket agent
that, under the law, if he refused to sell the negro
a berth ticket on account of color, he would be
amenable to a fine of five hundred dollars and
subject to pa y a like sum to the neijro upon ac
tion for debt! This had the desired effect, and
the African was handed the coveted ticket. It
so happened, however, that but one berth was
vacant, and that was half of a double berth partly
occupied by a white man. The negro divested
himself of hat, boots, coat and vest, and proceeded
to appropriate his half of the double berth. -White
man, who had been dozing, turned around,
looked at the new comer, rubbed his eyes, looked
again, and then came such a kicking, tumbling,
sprawl'ng, and mixture of white and black gen
erally, as would have done any amalgamationist's
heart good. About this time the conductor ap
peared upon the scene, and the result was that
the negro, with ticket in hand, tumbled into bed,
whilst the white man, growling anathemas at the
party he himself had helped to place into power,
doggedly put on his clothes and went forward to
sit with wrenched back and cramped legs in the
ssensrer car. rununatiner on tne beauties oi
Radical legislation
Ex-Prf.sipext Pijerce. Franklin Pierce
was serenaded at Concord, N. II., on the 9th
inst., and in his speech sai4 in reference to late
Northern elections :
'-I warn you my friends, to n&te the fact that
these triumphs, whatever they may be, are no
party triumphs. The people have risen in their
majesty with a consciousness of their power, and,
disregarding party Vacs and party aspirations,
have been silently considering what belongs to
them, their children and their country.
I think the great battle has been fought and
won I
f If th ft results arft sipnifipjirtt in nothing:
else, they are in this: that the white race our
race, the German, Italian, i rench, Irish, tcoten
and Anglo Saxon, are still to be the controlling
power in this Continent!"
J5gf A .clerical writer says : "I have noticed
that where newspapers are taken by a family, the
children are always intelligent." And he never
told a plainer truth, if he has been preaching an
hundred years. Anything in the world that en
courages a child to read is invaluable as a part
of his education, provided it be decent reading.
Newspapers do often entice, hy the variety they
contain. Therefore-if you would promote the
intelligence of jour child, t ake newspapers.
Some Passages in the Life of a Brigadier
General
I am in possession of what the world generally
considers the highest favors of fortune. I have
risen to a distinguished rank in my profession
my wealth is more than commensurate with my
desires ; my friends, I may say without presump
tion, are zealously attached to me ; and all these
blessings are enhanced by the enjoyment of un
interrupted good health. Reputation and an
honorary addition to my name are the rewards of
my achievements. But alas ! there is always
something to mar our enjoyments "some fatal
remembrance, some sorrow that throws its bleak
shade alike over our joys and our woes" and by
one overwhelming evil all my blessings are ren
dered of no avail. When I look round me, and
see my fields rich with harvests, my lawns green
with verdure, and remember that they were ac
quired from a generous and grateful country, a
pang shoots through my heart, and I feel, with
the writhings of humiliation and remorse, that I
have not deserved its favors ; that I have raised
myself by a life of hypocrisy ; and, in short, that
these honors and riches, which were heaped upon
me as the rewards of my bravery and resolution,
have been bestowed upon a coward. Yes, on one
of the most nerveless and pussillanimous of hu
man beings.
My youth was the most miserable period of my
existence. My unresisting and easily intimidated
character made me the slave of any one who
chose to domineer over me. Many consultations
were held as to my future destination. My
father, a good, easy man, spoke in favor of the
church ; but my mother, who was a woman of
spirit, and whose father had been an officer of
considerable reputation, would hear of no other
profession for me but the army. Their differ
ence of opinion produced the result which might
naturally have been expected, namely, complete
submission on the part of my father ; and at last
it was decided that their only hope should gain
everlasting laurels as a soldier. This resolution
took me entirely by surprise. My dreams at
srht were of nothing but wounds and blood.
At length I found myself appointed to a lieuten
ancy in a regiment of infantry ; and my fears, as
the day of my departure approached, amounted
to agony. The trepidation of my mind on the
discharge of a pistol it is impossible to describe.
The day fixed for my joining the regiment at
ast came on, and my courage was, if possible,
diminished by every hour that passed. The in
troduction to my brother officers it is useless to
describe. Most of them were young and inex
perienced like myself ; but, unlike me, they were
all filled to overflowing with enthusiasm for the
service and anticipations of future glory.
As the town of
at which we were sta
tioned, is situated on a river, many parties were
of course formed for boating ; and, when the
weather grew warm, for bathing also. I have
always had a horror of the water ; but as I was
aware that accidents might occur, however care
fully guarded against, I lost no time in providing
myself with a sustaining belt. In spite, however,
of this precaution and I was assured it was
amply sufficient to support even two men in the
water I most sedulously avoided joining my
messmates in any of their excursions. One day,
when I was walking quietly by the side of the
river, I came on a branch of the stream, form
ing a large water-tank through the field ; and
over this, which was of considerable width, a
plank laid across acted as a bridge. As I was
carefully stepping along this rickety pathway, I
was arrested by the shouts of my regimental
friends, who were amusing themselves, as the
day was oppressively warm, by bathing in this
secluded part of the river. I stopped on the
plank and watched their motions for some time,
and I could not help envying them their cour
age in trusting themselves so carelessly as they
did in the very deepest part of the stream. Not
for all the wealth of California could I have pre
vailed on myself (guarded as I was with the sus
taining belt, which I constantly wore) to have
done the same. There was horror in the very
thought; and I was going to continue my walk
across the ditch, and retire from so dangerous a
vicinity, when I was thrilled by a cry of -igony
from the water beneath where I stood. I looked
down, and in the very mouth of the ditch of
which I have spoken, I saw Tom Wilson, the
liveliest and kindest-hearted of our set, evidently
in the greatest danger. lie had crept quietly
under the sedges at the side, in order to come
upon me by surprise ; but unluckily, on arriving
almost under the bridge, he was seized with the
cramp in both legs. He looked up to mo in the
greatest despair. " Save me, save me !" he cried
in an agony " Oh ! save me !" and sunk below
the water apparently quite exhausted. A thou
sand thoughts rushed into my brain ; I saw his
head and pale brow, after coming up for a mo
ment to go down a second time ; a dimness fell
upon my eyes, a faint ness came over lay spirit,
and, in the intensity of my apprehension, I lost
my balance, and fell into the hole where my poor
friend was struggling. A little recalled to my
recollection by the plunge, I grasped convulsively
at the nearest object, and, supported by my belt,
I made directly for the land. Instinctively I
clambered up the bank, still clinching the object
I had seized in the water. I just saw it was the
arm of poor Wilson, and that I had saved him !
when again my terrors overcame me, and I fainted.
When I recovered my senses, I was saluted
with shouts of ' Bravo, bravo 1" Slowly I opened
my eyes, and found myself surrounded by my
friends ; Wilson was still chafing my temples,
and calling me his deliverer, and pouring forth
the most profuse expressions of his gratitude.
Though still shuddering at my narrow escape, I
expressed in a few words my happiness at having
been the instrument of hi preservation ; but I
told him at the same time, with truth, that my
exertions had scarcely bc&n voluntary, and that
as I was quite unable to swim, it was only over
powering necessity which obliged me to plunge
into the river. The fame of this exploit sooa
spread through the somewhat contracted circle
of the town of ; my total ignorance of swim
ming enhanced the merit of my heroic contempt
of danger, and for a week or t wo I was quite the
Hon of the parties in the neighborhood.
I was now considered among my friends a
person whose courage was only equalled by his
modesty ; and an idea began to be spread that I
was so reckless of life, in the pursuit of fame,
that, undef the melancholy and quietness of a
Jacques, I concealed the spirit and ambition of
a Hotspur.
I 6h&ll not trouble you with the further details
of our residence at - nor need I describe to
you the terror which fell upon me with threefold
iorce irom tne hopes I had fondly indulged ot
security, when a dispatch came down for us to
join our brigade, which was just ordered away
with a naval expedition on the coast. I was
conscious of my own utter cowardice ; I was
aware that on the very first occasion of danger I
should disgrace myself. The mirth of my com
panions grated harshly on my ears. The night
before we expected to come to an anchor, my'
forebodings of evil would not allow me to rest in
my cot; I therefore went on deck, and lent des
pondingly against the mast. I had summoned to
my aid all that I had ever heard or read of heroic
achievement ; and having thus made up my mind
for the worst that could befall me, I sunk into a
state of calm and almost self-devotingr despair.
I was interrupted in my reverie by a voice at my
"fritz-James, it said, "what a glorious
moon i" lianguidiy 1 looked upward, and, see
ing Wilson's beaming face, said in a loW and
subsided whisper, " Yes, very."
" We snail have bloody work of it at all events,
and a glorious victory, whoever lives to see it.
We shall first have to stand the fire of all the
batteries in going ashore ; and after we land, we
shall be attacked by the whole army of the enemy
drawn up on the coast ; bullets will be as plenti
ful as peas in August, and our regiment will have
its full share, as we shall most likely be pushed
first to land.
"Indeed?" I said, as you may imagine, with
no diminution of my dislike to honorable service;
that arrangement strikes me to be very unfair.
The rest of the troops "
" Spoken like yourself ; you are always so kind
and considerate why, it may be their turn next
time, and they should not grumble if we step for
once before them into the field of glory."
" Oh I no, 1 have no doubt they don t envy
our situation in the least. For my own part, if
I were in their place "
" You would be in a devil of a passion at being
:ept behind ; but, however, I expect great things
rom you to-morrow. The eyes of the whole
regriment are upon you, and all of us expect
something quite out of the way.
" I hey will most probably not be disappointed,
I said with a bitter consciousness ; " I have no
doubt they will see many things to amaze them."
" How ? have you fixed on any plan ? That
you will distinguish yourself I have no doubt ;
but if in doing so, you require the assistance of
another, my sword, my life, which I owe to your
intrepidity, is at your service."
I grasped him by the arm, and said slowly
and distinctly: "By exposing myself! Mark
my works, and remember what I have told you."
Having made this confession, I let his arm
; and t.s I slowly turned away to hide my
agony and humiliation, instead of his eyes being
turned on me with the contempt 1 deserved, they
were fixed with a look of generous enthusiasm.
" For God's sake," he whispered, " do not ex
pose yourself too much ; but wherever you are,
I shall be at your side. God bless you ! good
night."
Day came at length, and land was descried at
the distance of less than twenty miles. Every
heart except my own bounded with animation ;
but alas ! with me the sensation was only one of
increased misery and despondence.
Two gunboats were placed in position to de
molish the battery, and cover the landing of the
troops. The noise of the cannon sunk me into
tenfold confusion; the smoke rcse in dense
wreaths, and under cover of the bombardment
the boats pushed to land. Of my own behavior
I can give you no account. Listening only to
the thunder of the artillery, thinking, I suppose,
of nothing, but in a state of complete torpor and
bewilderment, I took my station in the boat.
We soon found ourselves drawn up on the shore;
and a shout, which for a moment drowned the
roaring of the guns, showed the enthusiasm of
our men, and the success of our enterprise.
Mechanically I marched along with the others,
rushed up the hillock, and after a melee mingled
with many horrid sounds, half-maddened with
groans, shrieks, shoutings, and exclamations of
every tone and nature, I found myself alone.
How it occurred I have never been able to guess
but alone, on the hostile side of the hillock,
cut off from our own forces, the bravest might
have been excused for giving himself up for lost.
I saw no possibility of escape, unless by conceal
ing myself in the thicket to the right, and I ac
cordingly directed my course to the nearest
clump. The fate of the attack was not long
doubtful. The enemy began to waver, and in a
short time a complete route took place. Horses
in great numbers, wild and unmanageable, rushed
past me on every side. In momentary expecta
tion of being cleft by some retreating horseman,
or trodden to death by the hoofs of his charger,
I shrieked and hallowed, but luckily the enemy
were generally more frightened than myself.
In the despair of the moment, although from
my childhood in the utmost terror of trusting
myself on horseback, I determined, as the only
chance of avoiding being ridden over, to seize
some masterlcss charger, and trust to good for
tune for the rest. I luckily soon caught one as
it galloped past me, and climbed into the saddle.
In an instant the horse continued its flight, and
badly as at all times I rode, and half delirious as
I was with alarm, I rejoiced to see that its speed
would soon get me out of the crowd. Intently
anxious to preserve my seat, I clung with despe
rate energy to the mane, and unfortunately my
sword, which I still retained in my hand, was
jerked by the tossing of my career against my
face, and inflicted this ghastly wound, of which
you see the mark upon my brow. 3Iy horse
with untired speed continued his flight, and was
evidently gaining rapidly upon those who had
fled before. In particular, I saw I was following
exactly in the track of an old officer, evidently
of distinction, whr se horse gave tokens of fatigue.
The blood, I perceived, was trickling fronvsevc
ral wounds it had received, and I began to be
dreadfujjy alarmed that its rider, when I should
overtake him, would blow out my brains with
the pistols at his holsters. In this state I man
aged to catch hqjd of the reins, but alas! I found
that I had little power in reducing my. horse's
speed. Just, however, as I got up with the offi
cer I so much dreaded, l.auACcded in checking
my terrified animal, and assumed something ap
proaching to an upright seat.. The officer seeing
me at his side, and recognizing the United
States uniform, polled up his horse at the same
time. "The fortune of war is yours," he said;
"I yield myself, prisoner." Saying this, te
bowed, and presented me his sword. Bewildered
with the whole adventure, and scarcely belieying
the reality of my safety, I bowed in return, and
took advantage of the stop to which my horse
had come to turn him round in hopes of rejoining
our own forces. My prisoner, who was wounded
and fatigued, rode dejectedly at my side. I
confess I was under considerable alarm lest he
should retract his surrender, and perhaps turn
the tables upon his captor. But luckily he en
tertained no such idea. Our cavalry had gone
on in pursuit of tho main body of the fugitives,
and we still aw them, though at a great distance,
furiously engaged. On rounding the eminence,
still accompanied by my prisoner, we found our
selves in presence of our victorious force. The
joy of my companions was warmly and loudly
expressed, and I soon was observed by the Gen
eral, who happened at that moment to be passing
along the line. He called me to him, inquired
my name and rank and complimented me highly
on my behavior. My prisoner, in order, I sup
pose, to account for his own surrender, related
some wonderful instances of my valor; and his
rank being no less than Lieutenant-General of
the enemy, added no little reputation to my ex
ploit. The issue of this battle, so far as I am
concerned, is soon told. I was raised to a cap
taincy on the spot, and "sent home with the dis
patches. In the General's account of the en
gagement, the following passage occurs: "Allow
me also to recommend to your notice Captain
Clarence Fitz-James, the bearer of this dispatch.
Throughout the affair his conduct was the admi
ration of the whole army. Alone and surrounded
by the enemy, he dismounted a trooper, sprung
on his charger, and succeeded, in the face of his
own forces, in capturing and securing Lieuten-
ant-Gencral . I consider myself indebted
to his -eilm yet daring courage, for raising the
spirits of the troops to the highest pitch of en
thusiasm, and I regret it is not in my power to
bestow upon him a reward adequate to his trans
cendent merit."
Letter of General Wool.
General John E. Wool, in a letter addressed o
William E. Porte, of New Orleans, dated the
27th, concludes as follows :
"In conclusion, I have only to remark that I
have ever been the friend of the Union the
whole Union. I had no prejudices that would
prevent me frotn residing in one State as well as
in another. In the South as well as in the North,
in the West as well as in the East. I can truly
say that I knew but one country, and that was
the United States, and but one interest, and that
was the interest of the whole people. To pre
serve the one in tact and to protect the other has
ever been my aim and object. When my whole
conduct, both before, during the rebellion, and
and since, becomes known, it will be discovered
that I never considered it any part of my duty
to go beyond the requirements oftho Constitu
tion or the rules and articles of war. During
the rebellion the part I performed was not in
fluenced by vindictive or revengeful feeling.
My whole efforts were to restore the Union, and
to bring back the people within its folds with as
little severity as possible. Where I commanded,
I neither plundered the people nor permitted
those to do it who were under my command. I
never failed to restore to the rightful owner
plundered or stolen property. Experience had
taught me that.mercy tempered witn justice ot
ten accomplishes more than the sword.
Most truly yours, Joiin E. Wool,"
Extensive Foot Traveling. A 3Icl
bourne paper announces the arrival in that city
of Mr Christian Friedrick Schafer, a German
traveler, who came overland from Sydney, the
greatef part of the way on foot. Mr Schafer is
of dwarfish stature, from the effects of an injury
to the spine received in youth, but in spite of
this physical drawback he has, during the last
fifteen years, traveled over a great part of the
surface of the world, mostly as a pedestrian. He
has passed through every country in Europe,
through Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, North Africa.
and across the width of North America, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific on foot and alone. He
has in the course of his wanderings compiled a
large mass of observations on the customs and
character of the various DomilaiionS throuirh
which he has passed; carries a book of credentials,
in which his passports are attacnea, ana in wnicn
he has autographs of potentates, ambassadors,
generals, governors, consuls, mayors, and manda
rins, which, when his tour is completed, will be
an interesting collection. He proposes to make
a complete tour of these colonies, and to pass
through Eastern Asia (India and China), finish
ing his long rambling by a bold journey on foot
through Russian Tartary back to his home.
To keep Sweet Potatoes Over Winter.
The fanners in this region of country have
great difficulty in keeping sweet potatoes through
the winter. A 'Jerseyman,' who was partly
raised in a sweet potatoe 'patch,' informs us how
they keep their potatoes in Jersey. The Jersey,
men have long since discarded the different mo
des of packing in sand, leaves, saw-dost, or any
thing else. They simply dig their potatoes in a
dry sjiell, before frost, lay them out on the ground
to dry in the sun, and before tjie dew of evening
begins to fall, they haul out to the 'patch' the
boxes and barrels they propose to put the po
tatoes in, and lay them in carefully (handling
them all the while as carefully as eggs, so as not
bruise them). They then haul them to the
house and pile up the boxes and barrels in a
corner of the kitchen carefully, so as not to
bruise them; and if kept at the right tempcrture
through the winter, they are bound to keep,'if
you don't eat them.
A tall, keen-eyed man walked into a court
room during a progress of a trial. Stepping up
to one of the 'rings he requested that the prison
ers might be pointed out to him. The lawyer
he accosted being somewhat of a wag, pointed Iff
the j ury . The stranger surveyed them critically,
when turning to his informer, he , remarkef;
"Well they are a hard-looking set, ain't thev?
I know by their looks they ought to go to tne
State's prison, every one of them.