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Important Public Notice.
MUST BE SOLD.
We offer our immense Stock of New Goods at less
than cost prices. We invite the attention of
Wholesale & Retail Buyers.
Special attention is called to our immense Stock of
JBoots and Shoes,
The largest, best selected and cheapest in North Caro
lina. A splendid assortment of
DRESS GOODS, CALICOES, &c.
AX IMMENSE AND ELEGANT
Variety of Delaine, all grades;
Shawl, Blankets, Nubias,
Hoods, Gloves, Hosiery, Notions,
And everything in our line.
Gents and Boys Clothing, all grades and all prices
Jeans, Satinets, Cassimercs, Itroad Cloths, Boots
and Shoes, Under Shirts, Hosiery, &c.
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BAGGING
And ROPE, &c, &c, at prices that defy competition.
Ojgk. Wholesale and Retail dealers will find our
Stock the cheapest and largest in Charlotte.
II. k B. EMANUEL,
Tryon Street, next door to Mansion House.
October 28, 1807. 3m
A.
A.
Afloat all Alone.
A.
Having purchased the interest of J. M. Sanders in the
GROCERY AND PROVISION BUSINESS,
I would respectfully ask the custom of my friends
and the public generally. And if fair dealing be
worth anything in the party with whom you do busi
ness, all I ask is a showing. My stock consists of
Buch goods as arc usually found in the provision Jinc.
S. F. HOUSTON,
April 22, 18G7. Next door to Charlotte Hotel.
Charlotte Female Institute,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of
October, and will continue until 150th June, 1SG8.
OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS:
Rev. It. Burwell, Principal and Instructor in Men
tal and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics.
Jno. B. Burwell, A. M., Chemcstry, Natural Phi
losophy and Ancient Languages.
Mrs. M. A. Burwell, English branches ami Super
intendent Social duties.
Prof A. Baumann, Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Prof. R. E. Piguct, Drawing, Painting and Modern
Languages.
Miss Mary Battc, English Branches and French.
Mrs Sally C. White, English Branches.
Miss Mary F. Peniek. Music on Piano and Guitar.
Miss Ella R. Carson, Music on Piano.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars address.
Rev. R. BURWELL & SON,
Charlotte, N. C.
September 2:, 18(57.
Medical Card.
DRS. GIBBON & McCOMBS, having associated
themselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery,
respectfully tender their professional services to the
citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country.
From a large experience in private as well as
Field and Hospital practice, they feci justified in
proposing to pay special attention to the practice of
Surgery in all its branches.
Office in Granite Row, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Dec 11, 18Gr J. P. McCOMBS, M. I).
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 and select stock of the above articles for sale:
to which they respectfully invite the attention of
their friends and the public generally.
It. M. MILLER. W. J. BLACK.
September 23, 18G7.
English Blue Stone.
A fresh supply of this fine article for sale low at
SCARR S DRUG STORE.
Congress and Kissingen Waters,
For sale at SCARR S DRUG STORE.
fiy Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Combs and
various articles of Perfumerv. fresh supply, just re
ceived at SCARR S DRUG STORE.
September 0. 18G7.
COOKING STOVES,
OF THK NEATEST AND MOST SUPERIOR PATTERN.
D. II. BYERLY, Springs' Building. Charlotte, N.
C, 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, for convenience in cooking, durability and clean
liness, they are far preferable to all other patterns.
Call and sec them.
D. II. BYERLY has also on hand a good assort
ment of Tin, Japan an! Sheet-Iron Ware such arti
cles as are necessary for house-keeping.
figy TIN-WARE made to order at short notice on
reasonable terms.
JgT REPAIRING promptly executed.
D. II. BYERLY,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
March 25, 186i
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
Robert Shaw & Son,
Third Door from the Mansion House,
t, , tr, 1 n n fn n r . .
, aboi fit i t u jjii i ln-
nave a large stock of Sad-
dies and Harness on hand,
which thev offer to the
' public at low prices.
i Anything in the way of
SADDLES, HARNESS,
Bridles, Martingales,
COLLARS, &c, will be furnished or made to order.
As wc are regular mechanics, we think it will be
io the advantage of all to buy from us. We warrant
our work.
REPAIRING neatly executed at short notice
And ou reasonable terms. It. SHAW.
Vf.E. SHAW.
Oct. li, 18G7, Cm . .
People out of Employment in New York.
The New York World publishes a carefully
prepared statement, showing that fifty thousand
men and women in that city are now out of work,
and calls the serious attention of Congress (which
devotes so much of its attention to radical legis
lation) to the startling fact. The World says:
'Fifty thousand persons in New York, who
live by the labor of their hands, out of employ, is
a more truthful statement of our financial condi
tion than columns of deftly arranged figures re
lating to the national debt. Look at some of the
facts: Of the 28,000 artisans employed in the
jewelry business, 40 per cent are out of employ;
carpenters' wages have been reduced from 83,50
to $2,50 a day and only half of the journeymen
can find employment; of hatters, there are 400
who can get work but one day in six; of the 20,
000 tailors in the city one-quarter are unem
ployed, the quantity of work for them is 30 per
cent less than that assigned them at this time
last year, and their wages have been reduced by
33J per cent; the iron-workers say that their
business has not been in twenty years so dull as
it is now; at least T.000 ship-wrights are out of
employ, and from one end of the East river to
the other but five vessels are building, of which
two are steamboats, two arc ferry boats, and one
is a sailing vessel; and, to close this sad list, it is
estimated that 3,000 servant
places, but find none."
girls are
seeking
DWELLING FOR RENT-
I offer for Rent for the year 18GS, that elegant resi
dence situated between the Baptist Church and the
residence of Gov. Vance.
SAML. P. SMITH.
Dec. 9, 18G7. 3v
LUMBER! LUMBER!!
Having located my Steam Saw Mill immediately
on the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad,
and secured a line lot of good Pine Timber, 1 am now
prepared to furnish at short notice Pine Lumber of
the best quality, sawed in the best style of the art.
My Mill and Engine has undergone thorough repairs
and my Saw being newly fitted up with "Emmerson's
Patent Moveable Teeth"' the greatest improvement
of the age in Saws.
I will furnish Lumber of the best quality. Orders
solicited through the mail, addressed to me at Saw
Mill, near Cherryville, N. C.
Dec H, 18C7. P. S. WHISNANT.
HANDS WANTED.
Four skilled WEAVERS can find employment by
applying to the undersigned at Concord, N. C.
j. m donald & sons.
Dee 2, 1807. 1m
House Furnishing Articles.
Chamber Setts, Japaued some very handsome ;
all kinds of House Furnishing Articles, Knives and
Forks, Spoons, Castors, Candle-sticks, &c, next door
to the Court House.
Nov. 11, 1807. JAMES HARTY & CO.
Groceries.
Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Molasses, Soap, Candles, Table
Salt, Mustard, &c, cheap for cash, next door to the
Court House.
Nov. 11, 1807. JAMES II ARTY & CO.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
S. B. MEACIIAM,
jVrar the Fast Xational 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 Retail Trade I will sell as low as
unv one.
f,ADBES SHOES.
I keep Miles' best Shoes for Ladies, Misses and
Children, and Gentlemen's Boots of all kinds
French Calf Skins, American Calf, Kip Skins and
Sole Leather of all kinds.
I feel thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed on me.
JftiF" Pc sure and look for the green Sign-board.
S. B. MEACIIAM,
Oct 14, 1807. Near the First Natioal Bank.
Six per cent Interest.
Deposits received subject to sight checks and six
per cent interest allowed at
Oct. 7, 1807. CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE.
Ragged Money.
Torn and defaced Shinplasters, Greenbacks, and
National Bank Notes, bought at a verv reasonable
discount at the CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
November 4, 18G7. Trade Street.
b: koopmann.
Having completed my Winter Stock, I now offer to
my friends and patrons in Charlotte and surrounding
country, as handsome and cheap an assortment of
Fall and Winter Goods
as can bo bought in or out of the city.
As usual my stock comprises everything kept in a
first class mercantile house. Of Dress Goods, a full
and complete stock ; Calicoes in every variety and
pattern; Shirting, bleached and unbleached ; Sheet
ings and Pillow casing of all widths; Ticking, &c.
Special attention is called to my extraordinary
fine and extensive stock of
Millinery and Ladies' Goods,
Such as Bonnets, Hats, Feathers, Balmorals, Hoop
skirts, English Hosiery, Vests, &c, Shawls in every
variety ; a lot of French Embroideries; Laces, thread
and cluny ; Edgings; Inscrtings; Collars; Handker
chiefs altogether embracing an assortment such as
is only seldom offered in this city.
Cloaks and Furs, Latest Styles,
Furnishing Goods, Trimmings, Fancy Goods and
Notions in endless variety.
Cloths, Doeskins, Cassimeres, Satinets, Jeans,
Tweeds, Kerseys, in shades, patterns and qualities
to suit any and everybody. Also, a heavy sock of
Rock Island Cassimcres and Jeans at Factory prices.
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING ! ! CLOTHING ! ! ' a
better stock than ever.
Boots and Shoes
For Ladies and Misses', Men s and Boy's wear. I
bought, and had manufactured for my use such arti
iAoh nnlv as I can honestlv recommend.
HARDWARE in all its branches, including a lot of
double and single barreled Shot Guns, lttemorc s
Cards. Ames" Shovels, Collins' Axes, &c, &c.
Groceries, Drugs, Notions, &c.
The old and numerous friends of my house know
of course their interest demands them to give me a call
before purchasing, whilst the public generally can
rest assured. that a trial at my store will leave them
fully satisfied that I ean and will sell at least as low
as the low est.
WHOLESALERS, who do not wish to be under
sold, will do well to look through mv stock.
Oct. 21.1807. B. KOOPMANN.
GKOVER & BAKER'S
Premium Sewing Machines,
495 Broadway, NEW YORK.
For sale by BREM, BROWN & CO..
Sept. 80, lfcf,7 Smpd Charlotte.
CHARLOTTE, N. C;, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
Stevens' Bill of Confiscation.
There is now no startling at the crack of the
whip of the member from Pennsylvania. His
power as a party leader and whipper in is evi
dently on the wane. That infernal emanation of
his heart and brain, the confiscation bill, received
its temporary quietus in the House on the 10th
instant. On the 19th of March-last it was post
poned till the second Tuesday in December, when
it came up as the next business in order. Mr
Chanler from New York, and Mr Eldridge, from
Wisconsin, pitched into it rough-shod, and
handled it ungloved and with sleeves rolled up.
The former said it was t ime that the black rag of
confiscation should be lowered, and in stead the
Union Jack run up the death's head and cross
bones so long used as a bug-a-boo against the
people of the South was an insult to that people
the white race must be rebabited in the full
power it inherited from the founders of the gov
ernment. -
Mr Eldridge was equally emphatic and earnest
in denunciation of the enormity of the measure.
The idea of the author of the . bill, that the lives
and property of the people of the South were at
the disposal of the victorious Government, he
denounced as atrocious robbery was the main
spring of the bill, which belonged to the days of
savage cruelty it violated the Constitution, was
a bill of attainder and an e post facto law. By
what right did Congress dispose of life and lib
erty in the South t The gentleman concluded
by appealing to the Republican party to restore
the Government and make good its pledges to
save the Union.
The bill was postponed till the 21st January
next. And it will then be postponed forever.
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Small Farming. We give this week seve
ral instances of the advantages of 'small farming,'
as it is called in South Carolina, conducted by
intelligent white persons. We can add testimo
ny by two instances that have come under our
notice in this county. The first, a white gen
tleman, assisted by a negro woman, the only
hands working on the place. They made G.000
lbs. seed cotton, 200 bushels corn, 150 bushels
sweet potatoes, a surplus of wheat and oats and
of pork, besides Irish potatoes, hay. &c. The
second working an average of four able bodied
hands, made 10 bales of cotton, GOO bushels of
corn, a large surplus of oats, wheat, potatoes,
(Irish and sweet,) a large quantity of the very
best hay, a surplus of pork, "garden truck," &c.
How much better have those done on the
average who have undertaken to run fifteen or
twenty plows, and confined their farming almost
exclusively to making cotton? Wadesboro Ar
gus. NOTICE.
We the undersigned have been qualified as Execu
tors of the late Edward Loncrgan of Gaston county,
N. C, and received Letters Testamentary empower
ing us to act as such; we therefore notify all persons
indebted to the said deceased to come forward and
pay the same, as indulgence cannot be given. Those
persons having claims against the deceased will pre
sent them within the time prescribed by law, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
Either one of said Executors will attend to the
collection and payment of debts, and will be found at
any time in Charlotte, N. C.
Rev. L. P. OTONNELL,
JAMES HARTY,
Dec. 9, 18G7 lm Executors.
S. GKOSE & CO.,
Wholesale and detail dealers in
Groceries, Provisions and Family Supplies,
Trade Street, nearly opposite the Post Office,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
December 9, 18G7.
Stenhouse, Macaulay & Co.
The undersigned having lately moved to their new
Store, corner Trade and College bireeis, offer at
wholesale and retail all the leading articles usually
kept in a well conducted Grocery Store, at pricts
that cannot be undersold.
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
fdh SACKS RIO COFFEE,
&$Kw 50 Barrels Brown Sugar,
20 Barrels "B and C" Soft Coffee Sugar,
10 Tierces and Boxes Havana Sugar,
For sale by STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
H fih BARRELS CARDENAS MOLASSES,
lL MJ' 1C Tieices Demcrara Molasses,
5 Barrels "Bee Hive" Syrup,
5 IJluls. genuine New Orleans Molasses.
The latter for retail onlv at
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
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PACKAGES RAISINS IN WHOLE
Boxes, Halves and Quarters,
125 Boxes ' English Dairy" Cheese,
10 Barrels Fresh Soda Crackers,
200 Boxes No 1 and Sca'ed Herrings,
75 Packages Mackerel in Bbls, J Bbls. and
Kits, for sale by
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
POUNDS IRON COTTON TIES
(various Patents),
25 Coils Rope,
200 Lbs. Hemp Twine,
500 Yards Dundee Bagging,
3000 Yards Gunny Bagging, Blightly
damaged, for sale low by
STENHOUSE. MACAULAY & CO.
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BOXES MANUFACTURED TOBACCO,
13 Barrels Corn Whiskey,
5 Barrels Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey,
2 Barrels Holland uiu,
On consignment and for sale by
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
THE highest market price paid for Wheat, Corn,
Peas. Flour, and other Oountrv Produce, by
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
LIBERAL Cash advances made on Consignments
of Cotton, Cotton Yarns, Domestics, Ac, &c,
to our Branch House in New York by
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
December 9, 18C7.
Catawba English and Classical
HIGH SCHOOL,
NEWTON, X. a
The next Session will commence the 1st Monday
in January next. No pains are spared in fitting
pupils thoroughly for the best Colleges in the country,
and in giving them a thorough business education.
Special attention given to Mathematical Teaixixg.
Tuition per Session of 20 Weeks from $9 to $22.50
in curreacy. .
Board in families from $8 to $12 per month ; in
oinKa i about half these prices.
For Circulars and particulars, address J. C. Clapp,
Newton, N. C. - J. C. CLAPP, A. B.
I pec, 0. 18C7, S. ,M. FINGER, A. B.
Husbands at Home.
A Racy Sketch for the Ladies.
Mrs. "Patsy Spangle," a charming correspon
dent of the Louisville Courier, addresses the fol
lowing to Mr "Yub a dam." There are many
ladies, we dare say, who think with Mrs. Spangle,
if they do not speak out. To them this letter
will be a great treat :
Sfaxgle as a Lover.
I first met Spangle at a country fair. We
were introduced to each other at about 10 o'clock
in the morning, and, if you believe me, I did not
get a chance to speak to any other gentleman
that day. I never saw a fellow so struck at first
sight. I don't think he saw a horse, or in fact
anything that was on exhibition that day but me,
although there were present many of the most
beautiful and accomplished young ladies of that
section of the country. As he was extremely ;
good looking, of good family, and of unexception
able character, and habits, I, of course, felt flat
tered by his marked preference. I had tc take
him to dinner, and introduce him to pa and ma
and the whole family. He made a very good
impression. In fact, Spangle can shine when he
tries. I remember the fact with pride. Well,
it is the old story. He became infatuated, and
obtained my permission to visit me at my home
and spend a day there in just two weeks from the
time we met. During these two weeks I re
ceived daily long letters from Simon, closely
written and cross-written. I wish I had kept
them. At length the day of his visit arrived,
and lo and behold the servant girl awoke me in
the morning with the pleasant information that
Spangle was waiting for me in the parlor.
Here was a lover for you !
Marriage and Honeymoon.
Well ! well ! As I said before, it was the old
story ever recurring, ever sweetly told, and ever
listened to by willing ears. Suffice it to say that
from that day I saw no peace until I became Mrs.
Spangle. Our honeymoon was, I suppose, like
all honeymoons, short and delicious.
Tiie Realities of Life.
And then came all the realities of life. It is
my belief that this is the most trying period of a
woman's life. However kind aud attentive her
husband may be, a young wife, when she enters
upon the actualities of life, has disclosed to her
a state of facts of which she has little or no con
ception before marriage. When she leaves an
atmosphere of romance and adulation and enters
upon the realities of life, it is like stepping out
of a garden of summer flowers into the regions of
perpetual winter, and unless she brings all of her
good sense and philosophy to her aid, her affec
tions will become chilled and she will regard her
self a disappointed, if not a deceived woman for
the balance of her life. It is the hope that our
experience may be of benefit to young wives that
induces mc to reveal some of the domestic inci
dents and infelicities of twelve years of married
life.
After our brief holiday, Spangle to use his
own expression took a tilt at the world, deter
mined to wrest from it not only a competency,
but a fortune that would place me in the most
beatific attitude to be obtained by opulence.
The dear fellow did work hard, and if he met
with obstacles and difficulties and trials, the world
never knew it. He reserved them for his fire
side, and although he did not accuse me as the
cause, yet I could but feel that I was some way
or other accountable for his troubles.
Although I never seriously doubted his love
for me, yet he certainly permitted many excel
lent opportunities for manifesting it to pass un
improved. Before we were married, he seemed
to have a perfect mania for holding my hand,
and I used to wonder if he would ever give me
an opportunity to do any needle work after mar
riage, liut, bless your soul ! after marriage
when opportunities for indulging in that delicious
pastime were abundant, it seemed to have lost its
charm. Poor foolish me ! I was often aggrieved
at his apparent coolness, and would ask him
twenty times a day if he did love ine. "Why,
certainly I do, my dear little puss; I knew it !"
Perhaps I did. I also knew that we had plenty
of flour and bacon in the pantry, but that knowl
edge did not satisfy my hunger.
The Honeymoon in a Partial Eclipse.
It is true that this affliction manifested itself
sporadically with all the warmth and ardor of the
old days; but these ebulitions were the excep
tions. The rule was, "I thought you knew it.
Yes, girls, when you get husbands, they will ex
pect vou to know it, and my advice to you is
that you get all the courting you want before you
are married, for after that event what little court
ing is done in the family will have to be done by
the wife.
Spangle as a Father.
We have six children, all beautiful and good
Spangle takes great pride in them, loves them,
and growls at them, like a dear old bear. You
must not think that Spangle regards the "new
pnmers" as burdens. Quite the reverse. He
goes into ecstacies over each one ; dilates upon
its beauties and perfections for five minutes, and
then seems to think it ought to be laid away to
grow up, and be no further trouble to him until
they want to marry. If one of them has an ache
and cries at night. Spangle thinks that the pain
is a special hardship to him, because it keeps him
awake a few minutes. The fact is undeniable
that, the best men are selfish brutes SO far as
babies are concerned.
Spangle at Home.
I will say. though, of all the children I have,
Spangle is the biggest baby. 'Tis true he was
through with most of the ailments I have enu
merated before I got him, but in a thousand other
respects he still is, and always will remain m that
chronic state of babyhood which ever attends
over-indulged and spoiled husbands. When we
were first married my old baby would almost
break his back to pick up my fan, and he would
kill a fly in a minute if the fly manifested a dis
position to alight on my nose.
Now I have to almost literally dress him in
the morning. I have to get his boots together,
one of which he generally kicks under the bureau,
the other under the bed.
I always have to find his cravat, If I go to
bed first, in the morniugf I find his clothes scat
tered over the room, as only a man can scatter
clothes. He would never put on a clean shirt
if it were not spread : out on a chair before him.
His sleeve buttons are taken out and put in by
24, 1867.
me, when taken out and put in at alL I do not
believe that he has combed his own head since
we wero married. He can't even wash his face
properly without being told, like any other child.
If I did not wash him, his ears and the back of
his neck would be a sight to behold.
Spangle on a Sick Bed.
Albeit he has no patience for others who have
pains and aches, yet you ought to see him when
anything is the matter with him. He tears and
screams, and grunts over a slight attack of colic
in a manner to keep every one awake in the
house. At such times he always believes he is
going to die and will not suffer me to leave him
for a moment.
Yet with all his faults I well, you know the
quotation. I believe he is the best man living,
and would not give him for a ten-acre lot full of
men like the scapegrace of a husband which
your foolish, credulous correspondent, "Dolly
Dash," is so silly about.
Arrested by the Military.
A few days since the military authorities of
this State succeeded in arresting, near Greenville
Court House, Mr James A. Keith, who is repre
sented as having at one time commanded a regi
ment of troops from North Carolina, in the Con
federate service. The arrest was made at the
solicitation of the civil authorities of Madison,
North Carolina, and upon charges preferred by
the Sheriff of that county, to the effect that
Keith had, during the war, caused several Un--ion
men to be executed, burned farm houses, and
plundered in a promiscuous way. In the letter
of the Sheriff to General Hinks, Provost Mar
shal General of this District, and bearing date
J uly 4th of this year, it was stated that the ac
cused had been a fugitive from justice for two
years, that several indictments for the offences
mentioned were pending against him and that
the aid of the military was invoked in order that
the law of the land might be vindicated. The
charges preferred were, however, stated in such
an indefinite way that General Hinks was neces
sitated to ask that they should be made more ex
plicit, and it was in response to his letter that
such information was furnished as led to the ar
rest of the accused. Keith is now in confine
ment in Castle Pinckney, but is only detained
to await the action ot the civil authorities ol
North Carolina. So far the military have been
furnished with no evidence of his guilt, although
they have been requested by his accusers to try
him by military commission and have declined
to do so. Charleston Courier.
Refused Admittance to Practice.
Recently in Savannah, Ga., A. H. Stephens
anil Robert Toombs applied to Judge Erskine to
be admitted to practice in his court, but that re
constructed official peremptorily refused the ap
plication. Soon after, Mr Toombs, accompanied
by a friend, visited Erskine s room and thus ad
dressed him :
'Sir: Twenty years ago when you were drink-
mg DuttermiiK out oi a swin-tuo in tue Dogs oi
Ireland, I was a practitioner before the court
which you now disgrace. Fifteen years ago,
when I was a Senator in Congress, you were sell
ing lager beer from behind the counter of a
Charleston groggery ; at no period in ten years
has any gentleman seen the time when he could
afford to notice you on the streets; and yet, sir,
you who are perjured in accepting the office you
now hold presume to refuse gentlemen the right
to practice before you."
At this point, Erskine meekly rose and re
marked that he rather thought the speaker in
tended to insult him. Toombs contemptuously
bade him sit down, and said that ho was mortified
in being forced to use such language to one so
abject of heart as to render him incapable of re
senting it.
It Won't Do.
It is curious how many thousand things there
are which won't do to be done, upon this crazy
planet of ours, whereon we eat, sleep and get
our dinners. For instance :
It won't do to plunge into a lawsuit, relying
wholly on the justice of your cause, and not
equipped beforehand with a brimming purse.
It Won't do to twist a man's nose, or tell him
he lies, unless you are perfectly satisfied he has
net spunk enough to resent it by blowing your
brains out (if you have no brains,) cracking your
skull.
It won't do, when riding in a railroad car to
talk of another man, whom you have not seen, as
being an "all-fired scoundrel," until you are ab
solutely sure he is not sitting before you.
It won't do to crack jukes on old maids in the
presence of unmarried ladies, who have passed
the age of forty.
It won't do for a man tobump his head against
a stone post, unless he conscientiously believes
his head is the hardest.
It won't do for a chap to imagine a girl is
indifferent towards him because she studiously
avoids him in company.
It won't do, when in a hurry, to eat soup with
a two-pronged fork, or to catch flies with a fish
net. It won't do for a man to fancy a lady in love
with him because she treats him civilly and
politely on all occasions.
Singular Relationship. The following
singular relationship exists in a family now liv
ing in Kentucky : A father and 6on married
two sisters, and took their mother to board with
them. The father and wife have a daughter,
the son and wife a son. These are the relation
ships: One great-grandmother, two grandmothers,
one granaiatner, two iatners, uiree moiuere,
three sons, three daughters, three aunts, two
uncles, one nephew, one neice, three sisters, two
brothers, two cousins, two husbands, two wives,
two mothers-in-law, two sons-in-law.
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The U. S. Patent Office. The following
will eive a little idea of the business of the Pa
tent Office : In 1864, 6,000 patents were ap
plied lor; in ibuo, y,uuu; in isuo, io,uuu; in
1867, 22,000. This shows a constant increase
of the business of the office. ,
Lndianapolis, Dec. 6.- Thl'Criminal Court.
here has decided that the State law forbiddr
marriages between the whites and blac'.
made null by the United States civP "Z J'
The case will be taken to the Snfmt tmrt'
SIXTEENTH V0LOIE---N 0 IJ B E It 799.
An Anusing Scena.".
From tfcs St. Loois Republican,
In Justice Jeck's office aa amusing matrimo
nial incident occurred. The Justice received
notification that his services would be required
to unite in the bonds of wedlock two Touthfhl
lovers. He consequently remained after busi
ness hours; the gas was lighted, and all the peo
eaarr preparations were made.
After waiting some time, a young man, ac
companied by a veiled famale, was seen outside,'
They appeared to hesitate somewhat about com
ing in, and constable Berger, ever ready to fa
cilitate such matters, stepped out and invited
them in. The lady still held back, and said
there were "too many men in there." This ob
jection was removed by the Justice ordering
several deputies who were present to leave, ana
when they had gone, the young woman and her
companion entered.
A conversation took place with the Justice,
when to the astonishment of her companion, it
appeared that the girl did not want to get mar
ried just yet. She said that the man was "ia
liquor." and that she wanted to see her mother
first. Her lover expostulated and vowed that
he was sober as a judge, which was evidently
the case. The lady, however, finally declared
that she wouldn't be married that night, and
the parties left the office. In about ten minutes
they returned kdy still relnctant, hut overcome
by the moral suasion of her lover.
The Justice put the usual questions, which
she answered. Then came the question as to
her age. She declared she didn't know. Was
she eighteen ? asked the Justice. She couldn't
tell would have to ask her mother. This kind
of hesitation aroused the impatience of the Jus
tice, and he said he would not perform the cere
mony, and the young people went away evidently
discomfited.
Presently they returned, the young womaa
approached the Justice and whispered that she
had made a mistake, that she was over thirty and
asked that the ceremony proceed. But it was
now the turn of the Justice to be obstinate, and
he refused to marry them at all. In vain the
woman entreated. The Justice was inexorable.
She said if they were not married that night
they never would be, still the justice refused,
and finally, the disconsolate lovers left the office
to look for some one else to make them one flesh
according to law.
Honor Your Business. .
It is a good sign when a man is proud of his
work or calling. Yet nothing is more common
than to hear men finding fault constantly with
their particular business, and deeming them
selves unfortunate because fastened to it by the
necessity cf gaining a livelihood. In this spirit
men fret, and laboriously destroy all their com
fort in the work; or they change their business,
and go on miserably, shitting from one thing to
another, till the grave or the poor-houee gives
them a fast grip. But, while occasionally a man
fails in life because he h not in the place fitted
for his peculiar talent, it happens ten times of
tener that failure results from neglect and even
contempt of an honest business. A man should
put his heart into everything that he docs.
There is not a profession that has not its peculiar
cares and vexations. No man will escape an
noyance by changing business. No mechanical
business is altogether agreeable. Commerce, iu
its endless varieties, is affected, like all other hu
man pursuits, with trials, unwelcome duties, and
spirit-tiring necessities. It is the very wanton
ness of folly for a man to search out the frets and
burdens of his calling, and give his mind every
day to a consideration of them. They belong to
human life. They are inevitable. Brooding,
then, only gives them strength. On the other
hand, a man has power given to him to shed
beauty and pleasure upon the homeliest toil, if
he is wise. Let a man adopt his business, and
identify it with his life, and cover it with pleas
ant associations; for God has given us imagina
tion, not alone to make some poets, but to enable
all men to beautify homely things. Heart-var
nish will cover up innumerable evils and defect.
Look at the good things. Accept your lot as a
man does a piece of rugged ground, and begin
to get out the rocks and roots, to get out the soil,
to enrich and plant it. There is something in
the most forbidding avocation around which a
man may twine pleasant fancies, oat g which he
may develop an honest pride.
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South Carolina. The Columbia Pbosmx
states that "official information received there, is
to tho effect that a convention in South Carolina
will probably be called, notwithstanding the ap
parent failure at first indicated. I 'he returns
from the interior fcfaow that a larger vote was
polled in the interior than on the sea coafct. The
convention in iNorth Carolina will probably be
fixed for the early part of January, that for
South Carolina somewhat later in the month.".
In the list of delegates elected wo find C4
whites and 63 negroes. In three districts
Chester, Horry and Lancaster all the members
elect are blacks, and in several we notice three
and even four negroes to one white man.
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Negro Riot in Georgia. Augusta, Deo.
14. The Republican reports that a collision oc
curred between a party of negroes and the civil
authorities at Elberton, in which the. Sheriff,
George Allen, was killed, and several others,
white and black, wounded. The difficulty origi
nated at a balL Three negroes, implicated iu
the riot, have been arrested.
Eigiit to Sixteen. Lord Shaftsbury lately
stated in a public meeting iu London that from
personal observation he had ascertained that of
adult male criminals of that city nearly all had
fallen into a course of crime between the ages of
eight and sixteen years; and that if a young man
uvea an nonest me uo w iweniv veaxa oi -
there were fortv-nine chances in favor T,
one against him as" to an honorable-
there-
after.
Thi l fhrtnr sintmlar- r . .. ....
- , a leariui responsibility,
and mothers, and shofc wfam.
CerUinlya pren cbild unJer aixtecn. It
aolate contjjfifct to do this, except in
cann?ire cases; and if that is not wisely and c
gently exercised, it must be the parent's fault;
it is owing to parental neglect or remissness.
Hence tho real source of crime in such a country i
as England or the United States lies at the door ?
of the parents. It is a fearful reflection!