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WILLIAM J. YATKS, Editor and Proprietor.
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kept in for over one month. Notice? of marriages
and deaths published gratis. Obituary notices of
over five l.ncs in length charged for at advertising
rates.
Important Public Notice.
' MUST BE- SOLD .
We offer our immense .Stock of New Goods at less
than cost prices. Wc invite the attention of
Wholesale A: ISelail Kujrcrs.
.Special attention is called to our immense Stock of
Boots and Shoes,
The Jarpesf, best selected and cheapest in North Caro
lina. -V fpltndid assortment of
PRESS GOODS, CALICOES, &c.
AN IMMENSE AND ELEGANT
Variety of ;claiiiew. ail tale;
Shawls, lilankets. Nubias,
Hoods, (j'oves, Hosiery, Notions,
And everything in our line.
Gents and Boys Clothing, all grades and all prices
Jeans, Satinets. Ca-simcres, Broad Clot hs, Boots
and Siioes, L'uder Siiirts, Hosiery, fcc.
(IKOUEIUES, IIAKDWAJIE, DACGING
Aud KOl'K, (Jvc, &c, at prices that d-fy competition.
B?. Wholesale and Betail dealers will lind our
S'.ock the cheapest and larjrest in Charlotte.
If. & B. EMANUEL.
Tryon Street, next door to Mansion House.
o.vfM.oi- lKr-7. Sin
A.
A.
Afloat all Alone.
A.
'i o -ii;.' purchased the interest of .1. M. Sanders in the
iU; i:ilY AN i I'KOVISION BUSINESS,
i woul I respect fk-Ay ask the custom of my friends
m i th- public g.-iii-rally. And it' fair dealing be
wv.r.u aayUiin ia tiu party wish whom you do busi
ness, all 1 .:v!: 'a a sI:ou lug. My suvk conits of
vuch goods iis are usually found in the provision line.
S. V. HOUSTON.
April S2. 1m;7. Next door to Charlotte Hotel.
Charlotte Female Institute,
CilAULoTTi:, N. C.
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of
October, and will continue until oOth June, li-i.8.
OFFICERS AM) INSTKUCTOBS;
llev. B. Burwvll, Principal and Instructor in Men
tal nnd Moral Piolosopliy and Mathematics.
J no. B. Buruvll. A. M., Chcr.iestry, Natural Phi
losophy :ui l Ancient Lan-rungcs.
.Mrs. M. A. Btirwi ll, English branches and Super
intendent Social dut ies.
Prof A. liaiimann. Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Prof. II. E. 1'jguei, T)rawing. Painting and Modern
Languages.
Miss Mary Batte, English Branches and French.
Mrs Sally C. White, English Branches.
Miss Mary F. Penick. Music on Piano and Guitar.
Miss Ella It. t'ni'snn. Mnsif on IM:inn.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue l
containing lull particulars address.
Bkv. B. BUBWELL & SON,
Charlotte, N. C.
September 2:"5, 18G7.
Medical Card.
BUS. GIBBON & McCOMBS, having associated
themselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery,
respectfully tender their professional services to the
citizens of Charlotte nnd surrounding country.
From a large experience in private .as well as
Field and Hospital practice, they feel justified in
ro)osiug to pay special attention to the practice of
Surgery in all its branches.
Office in Granite Bow, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Dec 11, 18f..-) .). P. McCOMBS, M. 1).
MILLER & BLACK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu
Groceries, Provisions & Produce,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Trade Street, CHARLOTTE. X. C,
Have now in Store ami will keep constantly on hand
h f ill an I select stock of the above articles for sale;
to w iic!i th:y respectfully invite the attention of
t!;-'ir friends and the public generallv.
11. M. MILLER. W.J. BLACK.
September '23, 18o7.
English Blue Stone.
A fresh supply of this fine article for sale .low at
SCAUR S DRUG STORE.
Congress and Kissingen Waters,
For sale at
SCAUR'S DRUG STORE.
Ci?"" Hair Brushes. Tooth Brushes, Combs and
various articles of Perfumery, fresh supply, just re-A-'tfivci
i SC ARB'S DRUG STORE.
cpicuber .9. 18G7.
COOKING STOVES,
OF THE NEATEST AM) MOST SITEEIOR PATTEUV.
D. II. BYERLY, Springs" Building. Charlotte, N.
C, has for sale "Spear's Anti-Dust Cooking Stoves,"
vh'.ch, 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 Stoyes testify
that, for convenience in cooking, durability ami clean
liness, they are far preferable to all other patterns.
Call and see them.
D. II. BYERLY" has also on hand a good assort
ment of Tin, Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such arti
rie as are necessary for house keeping.
fcrajf" TIN-WARE made to order at short notice on
reasonable terms.
REPAIRING promptly executed.
I). II. BYERLY,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
M i roll 2o. 18(J7.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
Robert Shaw & Son,
Third Door ft
r, r r, i it t LLi in-
4k rrkVTV. lllA V.ll.liA 1 . . . .1
"Hve 11 large stock of Sad-
tiles and Harness on hand,
"jjii which thev offer to the
j? puotic at low prices.
... . '
.luuniig in me way oi
W' SADDLES, HARNESS,
Bridlfts. Martino-alp
COLLARS, &c, w ill l3 furnished or made to order.
As we are, regular niechanies, we think it will be
to the advantage of all to buy from us. Wc warrant
our work. .
fte. REPAIRING neatly executed at short notice
Mid on reasonable terms. R. SHAW.
W. K. SHAW.
A Good Speech at an Agricultural Pair.
Mr Watt, of Richmond, a gentleman of a se
rious caste of countenance, here arose and ad
dressed the meeting as follows : "Mr President,
it seems to me the great remedy for our evils is
plain. We must understand how to use the
means we have. If I have only a dollar it is
all I have. We have labor, and the best that
God ever gave. Our young men must go to work;
we must persuade them to go to work, and teach
them at whatever they strike, to let it be right;
teach them more bow to work than to gamble,
and drink, and steal. I have a man in mv eye
who when. Kichmond fell hud due him but eighty
dollars; he rented a farm for 8100, and bought
hiui a mule for $400, and the first year he made
$1,500, hiring no other labor than was necessa
ry for cutting, threshing, and getting up his
wheat. He now pas $1,000 for 100 acres of
land, and h:is sold $o,000 worth of wheat, having
almost paid his ren- :u raising vegetables, etc.,
etc.. and his profits are between 32,000 and 82.
500. Then, for our ycuug men to go about with
long faces, complaining of having nothing to do!"
Dan c! He Times.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE
S. 11. MEACIIAM,
Jcar tit? First National Hank of Charlotte.
I am now receiving from the Manufacturers North
the most complete assortment ever offered in this
market of Boots and Shoes.
I will sell by the case to Merchants at New York
prices.and to the lietail Trade 1 will sell as low as
any one.
I keep Miles' best Shoes for Ladies, Misses and
Children, and G'-ntlemen's Boots of all kinds
French Caif Skins, American Calf, Kip Skins and
Pole Leather of all kinds.
I feel thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed on me.
Be sure and look for the green Sign-board.
S. B. MEACIIAM,
Near the First National Bank
October 14. 1807.
Six per cent Interest.
Deposits received subject to sight checks and six
per cent interest allowed at
Oct. 7. 187. CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE.
Notary Public.
Notary Public for the City of Charlotte and Meck
lenburg counfv, applv at the
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
November 4. 18'i7. Trade Street
GOLD AND COPPER LAND
Tor Sale.
I offer for sale a tract of Land on Goose and Crook
ed Creeks, in Union county, containing Fourteen
Hundred Acres, on which are valuable Mineral
Mines. This traet is divided into three Plantations,
adjoining each other, and each has good improve
ments in the way of Dwelling, outhouses, &c.
The lands are in a high state of cultivation, and
inclosed with good fences. It is, apart from its value
tor gold and copper, well adapted to the cultivation
of Cotton, Wheat, Corn, ke.
ALSO, three other separate tracts containing
about Seven Hundred Acres, on the waters of Crook
ed and Duck Creeks, in said county. This Land is
peculiarly valuable for its gold veins three Mines
having already been opened and worked, producing
ore worth from one to ten dollars per bushel.
For further particulars, address me at Stevens"
Mill P. O., Union county, N. C, or call on me in
person. CYRUS Q. LEMMOND.
October 28, 1807 tf
Administrator's Sale.
As Administrator of William Ross, deceased, I
will sell at his late residence, on Tuesday the 3d day
of December next, and from day to day till finished,
all the personal property of said deceased, consisting
of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Sheep,
About 20 head of Pork Hogs, "0 head of Stock
Hogs, 3 Road Wagons and Harness, 1 Carriage and
Harness, 1 Buggy and Harness, Farming Implements,
Blacksmith Tools; Household aud Kitchen Furniture
(some fine Beds,) &e. &c.
Also, Corn, Fodder, Oats, Hay, Peas, Cotton Gin
and Threshing Machine.
Terms made known on dav of sale.
Nov. 4th. J. P. ROSS, Adm'r.
rUHTIIEll NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of Wm. Ross,
deceased, are notified to come forward and make set
tlement, and those having claims, must present them,
properly authenticatcel, within the time prescribed
by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. J. P. ROSS, Adm'r.
November 4, 1807. w
Ragged Money.
Torn and defaced Shinplasters, Greenbacks, and
National Bank Notes, bought at a vcrv reasonable
discount at the CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
November 4, 1807. Trade Street.
State of North Carolina, Union County.
Court of J'itas .j- (Juarter Seaa'on Oct. Term, 1807.
Green B Rushing and wife Penny et al vs. Joel
Rushing and wife Zilpha, Green Deese, Allen Deese,
James Hurne and wife Mary.
Petition for Partition of the real estate of Edmund
Deese, deceasad.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that
the detendauts Joel Rushing and Zilpha his wife,
Green Deese, James Borne and Mary his wife, and
Allen Deese, reside beyond the limits of this State,
it is ordered by the Court that publication be made
for six successive weeks iu the Western Democrat, a
paper published in the city of Charlotte, notifying
said absent defendants to be and appear at the next
Term of this Court, to be held for the county of Union,
at the Court House in Monroe, on the 1st Monday in
January next, then anil there to answer, plead or
demur to the allegations of said petition, or judgment
pro confesso will be taken .and the case stand for
hearing.
Witness, J. E. Irby, Clerk of our said Court, at
office, iu Monroe, the 1st Mou Jay in October, 1807.
i3-Ct (adv. $10.) J. E. JRBY, Clerk.
State of North Carolina, Gaston County.
Count! Court, Augutt -Session, 1807.
Mary A. Hand r. the Heirs at Law of J. R. Hand.
Petition for Dower.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that
Henry Williams and wife Margaret, defendants in
this case, are not inhabitantsof this St,;e,it is ordered
that publication be nuide for six weeks, successively,
in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in
the city of Charlotte, for the said Henry Williams and
wife Margaret to appear before the Justices of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions pf Gaston coun
ty, at the Conrw to be held tor said countv, at the
Court House iu Dallas, on the 4th oi NJovofn'ber inst.,
and make defence to the said suit, as in default there
of the petition will be taken pro confesso and heard
accordingly. "
Witness," Amzi Ford, Clerk of said Court, at Dallas
the 4th Monday f August. 1807. . : - r
-w ' AMZI FORD, C. C. C.
The Camanche Indians. ;
lloxo Oiry XiVfi, Dress . and Eat. ?
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer of the 20th
ult. we find the following interesting coinnrani
cation from, a writer who has passed many years
among the Indians in the far West :
The dwellings of the wild or roving tribes are
termed lodges, and consist generally of buffalo
hidvis, either finely tanned without the hair, as
with the Camanehes and others, or of raw hides
with reed mattings and various other material
as with some Osages. If hides are used, from
nine to twelve in number, on an average, are
placed upon a frame work of poles, bell-shaped.
Their interior arrangement is varied by the taste
aud the means for its gratification to the owner,
some being very conveniently and comfortably
arranged, with bunks or berths of reed matting
or hide stretched upon a frame around the walls,
while beneath are stowed the various articles of
the household or family property. The fire oc
cupies the centre, and the smoke fills the interior,
finally wreathing its way . upward and finding
exit at the top. Their lodges are not arranged
with that order and precision which character
ized the '-tented field" of our military life, but
are scattered here and there. When a marriage
occurs among the Camanehes a separate lodge is
erected in which to spend the honeymoon, after
which its occupants can return to the "paternal
homestead."
A single squ tw, however, is free to choose any
course iu life, and, whatever it may be, no dis
grace is attached thereto, and, however immoral,
it will not interfere with her prospects for mar
riage, in which event the past is overlooked and
becomes a blank, and she is received and respec
ted among the best. In fact, virtue among them
is lax, and only controlled by fear, while among.
Indians generally it is almost unknown and un
recognized. Truthfully I must say that modesty,
delicacy and refinement, and all the noble attri
butes which blend together manhood and wo
manhood, cement society, make life happy, purify
the wurld, make us true men and women, and fit
us for the sphere we occupy, are to them un
known. In fact, with years of study of the In
dian character, I have found but few, and those
isolated cases, wherein there existed qualities to
excite either admiration, esteem or respect, and
never to justify the romance found in the ema
nations from the pen of many writers of sickly
sentimentalism. Ueauty I never saw among any
mil blooded ''maidens of the prairie."
Ihe wild Indians subsist mainly upon buffalo
meat, having no flour, coffee, or sugar, except
such as is given them with their annuities, or as
an extra feast, as upon the occasion of a council,
or such tis they obtain by the exchange of their
robes aud furs, of which they take a great num
ber when buffalo are plenty. They hunt the
buffalo with bow and arrow, with which they
are very proficient, and so accurate that they
will send an arrow into a space as large as one's
hand at good pistol range, and strike a piece of
coin very frequently. With a bow, which your
correspondent could not bend sufficiently to shoot
with force, they will send an iron pointed arrow
entirely through a buffalo.
The dress of the Indians is somewhat varied,
many possessing some article of civilized costume,
while others are wholly clad in their native garb.
Thus, now and then one will disport a coat, some
time at once recherche and fashionable, swallow
tale and brass buttons, the pride and glory, in
days long past, of some votary of fashion, or the
well-known uniform of the ''boys in blue;" one
will display a hat of shape and fashion long un
known; aud so on through the wardrobe. But
their native dress rules the majority leggings
of heavy cloth or flannel, with . heavy fringe or
margin, often ornamented with little bells, beads,
etc., sometimes a shirt of their own make, or ob
tained with their annuities or by traffic, blanket
or robe around their body, moccasins of different
patterns in each tribe, and head bared to the sun
and storm.
The dress of the squaws differ little from the
above, except a skirt of calico or other light ma
terial in summer, and of heavv cloth of stroud-
mg 111 winter;
leggings the same as those of the
men, with additional ones of buckskin
tight-fit-
ting, like hose, and attached to the moccasin;
now and then some young squaws are finely
dressed and bedecked with finery and ornaments
of beads, and of silver brooches as large as a tea
saucer, riims iu their ears and on their finders,
etc.
The squaws do all the labor of the camp,
bringing wood and water, pitching and striking
the lodges when moving, packing and unpacking
the animals, curing the buffalo meat, which is
done by cutting into thin slices and drying, and
in fact doing all the out-door and in-door labor,
in addition to the ordinary duties of womanhood,
while the '"brave" is ''lord of all he
surveys,
otherwise
and reclines in stolid
unemployed.
indifference if
Store Booms for Rent.
I offer for Rent, privately, the STORE ROOM
now occupied by Brcin, Brown & Co. as a Hardware
Store newly fitted up and painted. And the Room
now occupied by Ellas & Cohen. Both Rooms have
large warehouses attached, and each Room is ninety
feet long with good dry basements, and a large lot in
rear, which makes the property very, desirable. .
They are the best Dry Goods stands in the c'.ij, so
say our oldest and most experienced merchants.
Rents moderate, and possession given the first of
January, 18G8.
J. L. BROWN, Agent
November 11, 1SC7. Sw
IMPORTANT SALE.
I will offer for sale, on Friday, the Gth of Decem
ber next, one Tract of Land, within half a mile of
Harrisburg Depot, containing 400 acres lying in
Cabarrus county, on the waters of Back and Footy
Creeks. On the premises are a good Dwelling-house
and all the out-houses necessary for a well regulated
farm ; a good Gin House, Screw, ic. ; a fine orchard,
not excelled by any in the county. I.will also sell
all my Household and Kitchen Furniture,, .Wheat,
Corn, Farming Tools, &e. Terms made known on
day of sale. ALEXANDER McKINLEY.
November 11, 1867 - 4wpd r-
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist;
cu4RL0TTEziJuV.ixyiSl
Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE
DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, iamily Mcddacted avay without mingling with the pure air
cinea, Painta, o YnuBhea, Dye Stuffs, Fane, and , inhaled, through metal channels, and made
Tn lt Articles whioli he 1a dtrminrd ta nell t the t - juiuuvu,
very lowest prices.
'.' Ma? 20. 187, ; " r. ,"s .'
42d Conference Methodist Prodestant Church.
T y 1 ' KlTTRELls, NOV.' 12, 1867.
" Allow me to presume that you would he grati
fied to receive a sketch of the operations of the
42d .session, of the annual Conference M. ;P.
Church, N. C. District. It closed on yesterday,
alter a season ot seven days, in great harmony.
. The following will show the result of its opera
tions. The committee have made the following
disposition ot laborers :
J. L. 3Iichaux, President.
Albemarle and Columbia Mission 11 H Wella.
Superintendent.
Tar River Circuit M C Heptinstall, Sup't
Roanoke Circuit J H Page, Superintendent,
Ihcs J Ugborn, Assistant.
Halifax Circuit C A Pickens.
Granville Circuit J H Gilbreath.
North Granville and West Tar River Mission
8 P J Harris.
Orange Circuit J R Ball, Superintendent,
A M .Low, Assistant.
Alamance Circuit A W Linebury, Snp't
y 7 f .. n n it ' r
Greensboro Circuit
O F Ilarris, Superin-
tendent
Guilford Circuit Not -supplied.
Randolph Circuit Wm 0 Kennett, Super
intendent.
Ashboro' Circu it J W Heath, Superintendent
Haw River Circuit A Gray, superintendent.
Yadkin Circuit A J Laughlin, Sup't.
Winston Circuit Thos II Pegram, Sup't.
Davidson Circuit F S Gladson, Sup't.
Monroe Circuit Not supplied.
Mecklenburg Circuit J L Swain, Sup't.
Catawba and Cleaveland Circuit Not sup
plied. Mocksville Circuit Geo E Hunt, Sup't.
Buncombe and Pigeon River Circuit J P
Ellor, Superintendent.
Paint Mountain Circuit N J Roberts, Sup't.
Green River Mission and McDowell Circuit
II W Peeples, Superintendent.
Stanly Jfission J S Dunn, Superintendent.
Tar River Mission Not supplied.
Sea Board and FayettevUle Mission Not sup
plied. John Harris, R W Pegram and Z C Linebury,
in the hands of the President.
Wm H Wells and J Deans, without appoint
ments at their own request.
J C Deans, superannuated.
The question of Union was again under con
sideration, whereupon brother Wni II Wells was
instructed to meet (as Commissioner,) the various
other Commissioners, in May next, at Macon, Ga.
You are aware that we assembled at Union
Chapel, in the vicinity of Kittrell's. We had
the pleasure of enjoying the hospitalities of Dr.
Blacknall, who is in charge of the Hotel. His
arrangements are such as to fully meet the wants
of his guests. He and his lady are all one could
desire.
The next annual Conference will meet at
Mount Pleasant, Greensboro' Circuit, embracing
the 1st Sabbath in December, 1868. C.
Scientific and Mechanical
A firm in Philadelphia have recently patented
a brick so shaped that when two are placed end
to end a circular space is left at the junction.
This circular space connecting from eourse to
course, a wall formed with them is, to a certain
extent, hollow, and admits of currents of air
through it, either heated or otherwise. Each
brick is nine inches square and three inches
thick, the size of two common bricks, so that
only half the usual number is required' to do a
rod of brickwork, and as they are laid with very
little more labor than a common brick, work may
be done at a considerable saving. A common
brick is used at the angle of each course.
A shower of rain as red as blood fell near Day
ton, Ohio, recently. It was so manifest that it
impregnated the clods of earth, many of which
were like ruddle. Several country people who
witnessed it were dreadfully alarmed, imagining
it to be some dreadful omen of coming misfor
tune, and very many who did not see it fall, came
in the course of the day to see the discolored soil.
It requires thirty thousand worms to produce
five pounds of silk. If at the present time a
million and a half pounds are imported annually
into Great Britain, it therefore requires nine
thousand millions of insects to supply the raw
silk for British manufacture.
It is a singular fact that steel dipped in the
juice of the nettle becomes flexible. A professor
who has made the medicinal properties of wild
plants his peculiar study, states that lint dipped
in nettle juice, and put to the nostril, has been
known to stay the bleeding of the nose when all
other remedies have failed ; and adds that four
teen or fifteen of the seeds ground into powder,
and taken daily, will cure the swelling in the
neck known by the name of goitre, without in any
way injuring the general health.
- An Englishman proposes to manufacture a
substitute for gold, which he terms '-British
gold," by mixing one part of a zinc alloy of iron
with four parts of copper and manganese; and a
substitute for silver, by mixing six parts of the
zinc alloy of iron with two of nickle and ten of
copper.
' Chloroform has been used with success as a
motive power in several steam engines now work
ing in Paris ; the vapor acts exactly like 6team,
and while it exerts power on one side of the
pkton, is condensed in the other. The alternate
vaporation and condensation can be continued
with very little waste of the chloroform, and a
much less quantity of fuel is necessary than in
an ordinary engine. Marine engines on this
principle are now being constructed , in Paris,
and should it succeed on a large scale, there can
be no doubt it can be extended to locomotives,
in which - case a great saving would result, not
only in coke, but in wear and tare, as locomotives
on "this principle would be less bulky and conse
quently of a less weight, while it would not be
necessary to load the tender to half the extent to
take fuel fbr the same distance.
A water-tight cement may be made by mixing
equal parts of red and" , white lead with sufficient
boiled linseed oil to make it of the proper "con
sistency -yh' 1 ; rn'-i) ? venf",
An' Engiishman'lias lately "patented 5ertaln
improvements in the construction of respirators,
so that the vitiated - or expired air may be con-
J to impart heat to th pure air by it parage
Northern Society. 4 " -
V. C. Barringer, Esq., of Concord, N. C,
writes from New York to the Union Kepublican
as iouows: , ' ,
'-There are some things here in the state of
society, which are like whited sepulchres beau
tiful outward but within are full of dead men's
bones and of all uncleanness. I was walking the
otner aay in Central l'ark with an acquaintance,
when a most magnificent turn-out passed as. the
whole thing, with the brilliant lady inside, be
tokening unbounded wealth. 1 asked who it
was ? "Madame Restell." "And who is Madame
Restell My acquaintance took out a "Herald"'
and pointed to a line, amid a thousand other ad
vertisements, "Madame Kestell's Pill for married
'women, unfailing at first interview, &c'' Thus
shamelessly does thisabortion-mongress practice
ner unnatural art, and so profitably, too, that she
rivals the beau monde of the metropolis. It
chanced the next morning that I met with an
able and elaborate paper read by Dr. Allan, of
Lowell, Mass., before a recent meeting of the
American Social Science Association at Boston,
which contains, glad news for all Yankee-haters.
He shows, by a large collection of statistics, a
steady decline in the productiveness of native
population of the North generally, and an equally
steady encroachment of the foreign element, by
birth or otherwise, upon the native. He shows,
moreover, that, if this process of decline goes on
uninterruptedly, in fifty or one hundred years the
Yankee stock must become extinct rather a
long time for some of us to wait for a consumma
tion so devoutly to be wished! He attributes
the falling off to two causes first, to the neglect
of physical exercise and a too exclusive cultiva
tion of the brain among women; and, secondly,
to the alarming practice of abortion, which, he
said, was never so common as in this country at
the present day. His paper elicited a lively
discussion, which is a fair sample of the habit
these Yankees have of tearing to pieces and ex
posing to public Ticw the social evils amongst
themselves. But I do not find that any of the
learned assembly touched the real philosophy of
this remarkable decrease of the native popula
tion. The more recent investigations of sociology
seem to reveal the law, that the general tendency
of civilization, in its highest form of material
comfort and intellectual culture, is to a diminu
tion in the generative powers of the race. The
old theory that the greater the means of subsis
tence and the higher the development of a people,
the more rapid the increase of population, is
abandoned; and social science is coming back to
the truth of the proverb "a poor man for chil
dren." The rule is, the more numerous the
marriages,
the fewer the births the fewer the
linn v,;i, TV
marriages
same thing may be expressed in another form;
that modern civilization tends to produce man,
not men. I could give illustrations without end.
Take France and England. In the former coun
try, marriage is early and general, and the aver
age material comfort and intelligence higher than
in any other part of Europe of the same extent ;
yet her population has been stationary for a gen
eration or two, and is likely to remain so forever,
unless some disturbing cause should intervene.
The births barely supply the deaths. In Eng
land, on the contrary, where the standard of
living and of mental culture among the mass is
low, the births have steadily and considerably
preponderated over the deaths; and it was the
example of England that Malthus had most in
his eye when he aunounced his startling and false
doctrine that, in the natural course of things.
population would outrun subsistence of which
there is no danger, unless and except where man
kind is kept most imbruted. He might have
found a contradiction in fecund England herself;
for of her various races, which produces the
fastest ? Not the hereditary nobility but the
lowest order rather, where filth and ignorance
abound. So, too, among the races of our own
Southern States where do we see the greatest
animal fertility? Among our former slaves, who
hardly recofrnized resrular marriagre at all, and
lived low, though plentifully enough, or among
the free-born, well-to-do, educated whites? "We
all know that they were outstripping us by a large
per cent in productiveness, when emancipation
took place. And hereafter, if We discover, as
we probably shall, a decrease in the birth rates
of our Africans, let us not hasten, therefore, to
argue general downward tendency of the race.
It may be evidence ot the very opposite tendency.
Now in the case of New England, whose natives,
we know, lead all the tribes of earth in physical
well being and mental cultivation, this great law
-this Providential arrangemettt may be de
veloping its first-fruits; which is a gradual de
cline, in population until it reaches a stationary
point, where it may remain for ages. I merely
suggest this view as explanatory of the pheno
menon in New England. I do not dispute the
appalling fact asserted by Dr. Allen in regard to
abortion. But we must remember that he is a
reformer on that subject, nor should we forget
the overzeal of reformers and the narrowness of
their philosophy.
Small Things. Small things in the hands
of Providence often deprive men of life in this
world. Pope Adrain lost his life by the sting
of a knaf. A distinguished Roman , counsellor
lost his life by a hair, which was in some milk
that he drank. The Emperor of France, Charles
V., was deprived of his life by eating a muslt-
room. Anacreon tne lainous ureet poei, wno
lived in the 6th century before Christ, was
choked by a gropexeed, in the act of drinking
wine at the age of 85 years. '
Philadelphia, Nov. 8. In the Presbyterian
Convention to-day a deputation from the Episco
pal Convention was recieved, consisting of Bish
ops McBvaine and Lee, Bev. S. II. Tyng, Jr.,
and Messrs Brunox and Cunningham. The
exercises were deeply interesting and pathetic.
Addresses ,were made by the members of the
deputation, and Were replied to by Bev. Dra.
Hodge and Stearns, H. P. Smith and George H.
Stewart, president. The . Apostles' Creed and
Lord's Prayer were recited in common. The
Convention adopted an address and adjourned.
Their have it solar Surgeon in New York. , He
cauterizes 'cancers and the like by concentrated
sunlight. ' 4 ' ' ' " Y.
Russia ia in favor of establishing the Pope at
Jerusalem, and making th Holy City his future
rceideooe.
; Honey. ,
The pleasures of poverty and the evil of lux
ury have always been favorite themes of the
poets and philosophers. While basking in the
sunshine of royalty, the poete have drawn the
most enchanting pictures of humble felicity. On
tables of gold, and in gardens which moved the
envy of sovereigns, the philosophers have written
eloquent declamations against the love of money.
But the melodious vene of the poet, end the
eloquent language of the philosopher, have been
exhausted in vain; their arguments have not in
duced one man to relinquish the riches which he
possessed and retire to voluntary poverty, or re
fuse to accept wealth when offered to him, from
a conviction of the greater happiness of a state of
indigence. , ' i
e have in history two celebrated examples
of poverty and riches. Diogenes dressed in rags,
lived in a tub, and affected to despise riches, but
he had been banished from his country for coin
ing false money. He was a man of the most
corrupt morals, and yielded himself without res
traint to the indulgence of his vicious passions.
Croesus lived in a splendid palace, -and was the
possessor of untold wealth. . His chief delight
was in literature, and he loved to surround him
self with men of learning and genius, whom he
attracted to his court by munificent presents.
iEsop, Anacharsis, and the Seven Wise Men of
Greece, found a safe asylum at the court of this
generous prince. There are few persons who
will not consider that Croesus, the rich and vir
tuous prince, was a more admirable character
than Diogenes, the poor and corrupt philosopher.
Lucullus is generally cited as an example of
the enervating influence of the possession of ex
traordinary wealth. This distinguished Roman .
was the rival of Pompey and Carsar in military
glory. After conquering the greater part of
Asia in a few brilliant campaigns, and enjoying
a magnificent triumph at Rome, Lucullus retired
from the cares and dangers of public life. . The
rest of his days was passed in the enjoyment of
all the elegant pleasures that wealth and taste
could procure. II is palaces, villas, gardens, and
baths, were the talk -and wonder of Rome. His
banquets were celebrated for their lavish profu
sion, and five thousand dollars were often expen
ded on a single supper. But Lucullus was pot .
content to be a mere man of pleasure. He had
asfciduously cultivated bis tasto for the liberal
studies, and was distinguished for his proficiency
in poetry, eloquence, and philosophy. His spa
cious libraries and galleries were the favourite
retreats of all the learned men of Rome. Here.
surrounded by the literary treasures and master
pieces of art, which the wealth and taste ot Lu
cullus had collected from every part of the world.
they spent whole days in literary studies and the
sweet interchange of thought. Lucullus him
self oftened mingled with them, to enjoy their
conversation, to assist them with his advice, and
to relieve their necessities. Truly a noble and
generous use of riches, and more worthy of ad
miration than all the bloody conquests of Alex
ander and Caesar.
The aqueducts, porticoes, baths, libraries, gal
leries of art, palaces, and other magnificent works
which astonish and enchant the traveller in Eu
rope, were erected with the wealth of generous
kings and princes. . Money in the hands ot such
men is like seed planted in a rich soil it brings
forth fruit abundantly. ,
Bulwer, in one of his late writings, says "Money
v. 1 t. ' il
is power. it is a tremendous power, it is tne
lever of Archimedes which moves the world.
He who wants money, wants everything. A
man may have the learning of Plato, the beauty
of Apollo, and the genius of Shakespeare, but if
he has not money, all else is counted as nothing.
Young ladies are taught by their prudent mam
mas not to show too much interest for the hand
some and agreeable, but poor, Mr Lackland, but
to lavish all their sweetest smiles upon the insi
pid and awkward, but wealthy, Mr Alcash. .In '
neglecting the poor, but talented and aspiring,
vouth, they are perhaps, neglecting one whoso
brow will be encircled with wreaths of undying
glory. Perhaps Goldsmith was lens thought of
in his day than some rich nobody, who lived and
died, and was soon forgotten, while the author
of the "V icar of Wakefield lives among the im
mortal spirits that were not born to die.
V hen the present Lmperor or t ranco was
living in poverty in London, he fell in love with
a lady of rank and beauty, and solicited her hand.
The lady, who looked upon him as a mero ad
venturer, rejected his suit; when he uttered this
prophetic remark : ' Jladani, you have refused
a crown.
American Bonds held in EuRorr. It
is estimated that there are six hundred million
American bonds now held in Europe, which are
thus specified : - -
United States Bonds $350,000,000
State and municipal do. 150,000,000
Railroad & other Stocks & Bond, 100,000,000
Oriental Legend. "Every man," an east
ern legend says, "has .two angels, one upon his
right shoulder and one upon his left." When :
he docs anything good, the angel on the right
shoulder writes it down and seals it, because what
is once well done is done forever. ' When he
does evil, the angel upon his left shoulder writes '
it down, but does not seal it. He waits until
midnight. If before that time the man bows
down his head and exclaims, "Gracious Allah!
I have sinned forgive inel" the sngel rubs it,-
out: but if not, at midnight he seals it, and the '
angel upon the right shoulder weeps."
The Royal Plate. It appears that the
gold and silver plate at Windsor Castle, for the '
Queen and the court, weighs nearly thirty tons,1
and that its value may be roughly estimated at , '
3,000,000. It is secured in stone chambers
with vaulted ceilings, which ;form part of the
original buildings, and are thoroughly, y roof .
against burglars: Among the plate is a single "
dish, not of silver gilt, but of solid ' gold, made ' .
by order of George IV., and representing all the
orders, both domestic and foreign, which that .
sovereign wore or was entitled to , wear ; it ia'cs "t
timated sit 8,000.' ' Grand and ' magnificent as :
the assort ment of plate is, our . readers will be
astonished to hear that very little of it is old or. .
curious, most of the plate used by former sover
eigns having been melted down and .remodelled J,
by Georgs IV,
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