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frJ v ii x w J P - If , I,; ....'- ' i -iTiat tf:?4 ibi:u UiJ i amJl r A . . . . . t - .t W)I J YATESf Editor and1 Propreitor. rrm o 8ubcriptwn'l hbee Doli,ak8, jn advance.' r CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY :tS, i' 18()8ri 1 rsixf eenth -TotpsiE.itujiBEA;ol r " . 1 ; 1 : .. : . :,. . r" I , I ...... .! ..i-,t" ' v , . '1 i i A V : 1 t i i 1 4 i 9 i .1 THE: 1 . W"estexii Democrat WILIJ.I J. YATESf EditOT and Proprietor. : o" ' ., . , ' Term. Throe Dollars per , annum in advance. o " A rvK.iTi fmests. For one pquare of Jen linep or 5rsf.fl will lie charged for 'each insertion, unless kept in lur over one month: Notice of niiifriazes i , 7 , J ' . . f ovcr hve liiice in knirtU charged ior at udvertwjne un I ilfiiins liut.lssaed ftvatw. fihitiiarv nntiwn rate. Herrings, Mackerel and Cheese. "If dKrfK liOXKS SMOKKD HKUK1N0.S, ' JL xPVj' 10 liiirrels N.k 1 ltrt.-ton Mackerel, 50 Uoxes Clieesc, for Faleby KTEMIOU.SK, MACAU LAY- & CO. Bagging, Cotton Ties arid Rope.: 1fT nLU3 HEAVY OUN'Xr iiAGCSI.NG,. Jy 2,tKH) Lb. Iron Cotton Ties, various pat eat -i, 20 Coils Ttope, Manilla aud Himp, For sale by STENIIOCSE, MACAULAY &. CO. January 27, 18!. THE DRUG STORE OF Kilgoro & Cureton Has been remove. 1 to the Store in Granite Itow, next to the Express Oilice. - A large assortment of I rc-h Irug8, Cheiuiciilp, Paints, Oils, Iye tufiTs, I'ciTuniery, ic, will be found at this m.-v c.-tabiishmeut, and will be sold at us low prices as any oilier house. II. F. KILGQIU:, M. 1). Jan ',, 18. .8. T. K. C UK ETON, M. 1). BINGHAM SCHOOL, .1 i:ba a; vil le, x. c. The Spring Term of the Se-M:i of lSf.R, opens March 1th. Giiurse of instruction Classical, Mathe matical and 'uiiiiuercial. Adiress, Ci.. WM. lilXUIIAM. liecember 21, 1SC7 2m GARDEN SEEDS, ( n v. w ci:oij At Wholesale and Retail. A lare sup)!y of fresh Garden Seeds, consisting of every variety of Seeds, I'ea.-, Deans, Ac. While and lied Onion Pets. Clover Seed, kc, &c. For sale at SCAKIl'S DRUG ST011K. Jatitiarv l:?. ISM. Charlotte Female Institute, . ClIAKLOTfE. N. C. The present session ojiciied on Tuesday the 1st of October, and will continue until oOth June, 18U8. 1 OFF1CKUS AND I NSTKUCTOKS : Uev. U. Fnrwell. Principal and Instructor in Men tal and Moral Philosophy aad Mat lieinatics. J no. 15. Ibirwell. A. M.. 'hemcstry, Natural rhi losopiiy and neiei t l.niru ii Mrs. M. A. Curwell. English branches and Supcr- Itlte. ii'lent Social duties. Prof A. Frof. R Vocal ami liisuunicntal Music, net, Drauin, Faiutinr :. ml Modern I. a i.r'i:i ires. Mss .Mary Fatte. En"rlih Uranches and French. Mrs Sally ('. White. English F.ranches. Miss .Mary F. Fen ck. Music on F::ino and Guitar. Mi-s Ella li. Carson. Music on Piano. Tenuas heretofore. F'or Circular and Catalogue Containing full particulars address. kkv. k. nuinvFi.T. t pox. 'ii;-rloite. N. C. September 2o, 1S7. COOKING STOVES, or Tin: nkatkt and most st i i.uiok pattjcrn. D. C. hi II. F.VF.l'.I.Y. S ju-ins' Fuil ling, Charlotte, N. lor snie ile '-Spear's Anti-Pu-t Cooking Stoves," i. . 0 c- omy in fuel, cannot be surpassed by any Stove here- W.iKMl, tor i VC'V variety ot Cookllic- ami "real, eemi- totorc n l. Everjbuly who has used one of tliese Stoves testify tlint, for ct!i criien -e iu cocking, durability aud clean liness, they are far preferable 'o all other patterns. 'all aud see tiieni. l. II. FYEREY has also on band a good assort ment of Tin, Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such arti cles as ari? necessary for house-keeping. &y' TlX-WAl'K made to order at short notice on reasonable terms. JCsi" KEPA IKING promptly executed. 1). II. P.YKRLY, Under the Mansion House Building. March 2", 1 sc,7. w. W. GRIER & CO.. Have now a full line of choice Family Groceries and Provisions, which they are otlering low for Cash. Fresh Buckwheat Flour, warranted pure; also, a choice lot of Flour, "Fanjilv Brands,'" on hand and for sale bv W. W. GRILR & CO. Crockery, A nice aisortmpnt of Crockery, conisiing of Plates, i 'as, ,p , on hand and for :iie ny W. W. GRIER & CO. Celebrated Axes. tVlohnited Llephitni Axe, "warranted," on and for sale by AV. W. C.RlKli & CO. Tlu aad Corn, Peas, Meal, Bacon, Hants Lard. and Sides, choice family Syrups, Sole Leather, fro-ii cotintrv ii:n!i Kiiirov iofrittiov urtrli ;t . - - - - . - . . - general assort mcnt of Familv Supplies, on hand and lor sale low by . w. GRLL'R i CO. Iecember 10, 18G7. SADDLES AND HARNESS. ' Robert Shaw & Son, Third htor frnm thr .Van. '., Houxr, imoi-Lt; i ( tLlit in- foi-m t1ir v..i).i;. t,., 3fi. lve a largo stock of Sad- ,-i-4-jr' ' dies ami 1 1 . i i vu n.tiivt. - oncr ,0 tuc ,TS public at b w r-rice-j aV 1 i'ie way oi SADDLES, HARNESS, Bridles, Martingale; M.A1, So., willbs furnished or made to order s. .s we are rotrular mechanics. wi think if ;tl 1 to the a Ivan: air.- ot ail to buy from us. Wi warrant "in w ,our work r ULPAIRING neatlr executed t short rmtb-n , ' reasonable terms Oct. U, is.-.T. W - . ..v..v , R. SHAW. W. E. SHAW Om A HAT.ps Watchmaker eg anfj jeWeler, -Vert Ii. to the Manri,n out?. Cll AKI.ttTTF. N. C. If your Watch neels Repairing. Don't get mad and go to swearing .lust t;tke it into HALES' shop, He will fix it so it will not stop! He warrants his work all for a year. "nea u is usea with proper care II.. "11 .1 . 1 111 w'u o n as low as it can he Anil !. it c-. .....n :.v. done, - " " ii i s sure lo run. January 1. JS;s. . t m The Cotton Supply. . Tlie cotton manufacturers of England are re joicing in the conlident hope of a bountiful sup ply ot the staple during the present year. They ae looking for an increased production in all part&of the world. India, Egypt, Turkey, Af rica, Brazil, Australia and the West Iudies are all, it is fcuid, expected to furnish larger crops I than ever. Even the United nro riinfd in' in t . ... i : . .i . .. 1 1 4 etiiijuaieu ujcreufec in me crop, cniy Ue- 1 : i i Ai , politely termed a tax. But there i good reason to believe these sanguine gentlenien will be dis appointed in their hopes, so far as the United States are concerned. The people of the South, as a general thing, regard the proposed repeal of the; cotton tax as a trap to catch gulls. With their exjicrience of the business since the war, it is not likely they wiH go very heavily into cot ton raising. . Aud when they learn that h dt'the world is entering the field to compete with thcui. the inducements for planting a large crop iu the South become exceedingly suiall. PUBLIC SALE. 'Having been appointed Guardian of W. T. Alexan der, u.t the January Term of the County Conrt, of Meeklciiliui jr, I wiil expose to sale on Thursday, 27th init., six or eifrht Hor-ies and .Mules, live or six good Milch Cows, and other articles not necessary to men tion the property of said V. T. Alexander. A credit of 8 months will be given ale to take place at J. Morehead Alexander's. T. C. NCAL, Guardian! February 18G8. 4wpl EXCELSIOR. The iElna Life Insurance Company, (CoL E A- OSBORNE. Agent at Charlotte,) Has proved itself to be one of the solid Institutions of this country. It was Chartered in May, 181 0. more than 48 years ago, and has survived and flourished until January, 1H;8, after paying all losses promptly, and to the large amount of 617, J.S",!.'-1.1 7: and at the Otlico of the General Agent in Kaleigh has been paid $.'53,000 to widows and orphans iu the past two years. The Official Record for the year 1807 is gratifying to the 4.j,0O0 policy holders. Income for the jear past, ' $5.000.(K)0 Asset well Xecvnd, 8.000, 000 Xnc Mem hers Insured, ' 16,000 The rapid grow th of this institution shous that where it is well known aud its system of operations understood, it is a favorite and highly favored Com pany. The Officers and Managers have neither the time or taste to notice some of the unjust and mali cious attacks made by one or two rival Companies: By referring to the Report of the Insurance Com missioners of Massachusetts it will be seen that the Etna's ratio per cent of expenses of cost of new business is less than that of any other Company ; and (hat the ratio per cent of increase in assets i? greater than any other Company, and more than 4 times the average of the 42 Companies reported. Fy Insuring in the -Etna you get nearly twice the amount of insurance for the same amount of money that you would by insuring iu -all Cash Company. For instance a man has just SI 00 to spare aiaiunl'v for Life Insurance and no more. He wants it to buy ail the insurance he can possibly get in a first class Company. It buys .s"),000 in an all Cash Company and $10,000 from a Note Company ("''J per cent note). Now suppose the man dies the first year, his family gets $.i,0(to from an all Cash Company, and $9,!i0O iion. a Note Company Note being deducted. S. T. of Kinston, N. C, insured in the yEtna in 18G;"i for $10,000. He paid-in cash $lb( and note $160. A few months after he died and his family received $10,000 less his note. Here I will state that only one Note is ever deducted from the Policy, though tho party may hnre lived many years. The dividends prevent an accumulation of Notes, and they are re turned regularly to the party insuring Had he in sured in an all Cash Company and paid $106 hisfamily would have received only $-.000. This shows a difference of nearly $5,000 in favor of the --Etna. Persons contemplating insurance will frfid it to their interest to investigate the advantages of the -Etna. W. H. CROW, Office Raleigh, N. C, Gcn'l Ag't for the State. Col. E. A. Osborne, Local Agent, at Charlotte, N January 27. 1PG8 ;",w C. CITY BANK OP CHARLOTTE, TBADK STRLLT, Charlotte, N. C, leals in Gold aiid Silver Coin. Bullion, .Southern Bank Notes, Government Securities, Sic. Northern Exchange. Drafts on New York, Philadelphia and B: timore, furnished to anv person, whether a customer or not, AT PAR. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Drafts on all the principal cities in Great Britain, France and Germany, supplied at New York rates, in any amount. Interest on Deposits. Deposits of specie and cuntuey received, and a liberal interest allowed. REVENUE STAMPS AT A DISCOUNT. Revenue Stamps always on hand, and a liberal discount allowed to the trade. Jau 13, UGS. A G. BRENIZER, Cashier. North Carolina Land Agency. Having asociated myself with Gen. J. D. Imboden, of the City of Richmond, Va., to whose card below 1 refer the public, for the sale of Lands, Mines, &c, in North Carolina, I invite those persons in the State, having such property for sale, to address me at Reids ville, N. C, and steps will be taken, at once, to call the attention of Northern capitalists to all such pro perty. D. W. COURTS. Virginia Central Land Agency.. I have very recently perfected the organization J necessary to conduct, on the largest scale, the busi ! ness of selling Lands, Mills, Mines, Furnaces & Water-Powers. j My partner. Col. R. J. Page, is in charg? of our i office in New York. In Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1 I have Associates of the highest respectability and responsibility. And for the sale of Lands. Mines, &c, in North i Csiroliii.i I o ni na(inriitptl Wltli 1 it(.;.r ,.;ii . ... ... - V.V....V . W. Courts. Esq . of The facilities this Agency offers for the gale of Lands are not surpassed in the South. In regard to Mines of all kinds, I have made contracts with nar- v i-c I 1 iv for many years State Treasurer of N. C. j ties in the cities North of this, who make that branch j of the business a speciality, both in this country and j Europe, securing to me the widest possible field of , operations, and in this city I have the aid and ser ! vices of that accomplished Mineralogist and Assayer. i c'01' dliam Gilham. for the prompt analysis of" all , tuiuerals that may be sent to me thus determinine the value of all mines, before they are offered for ale : Tkhms: For selling lands, five per cent conimis I sion on all 5Ic$ .actually made, but no charge what ever, unless a sale is vftVoted. For Mine?, an addi tional contingent fee, the subject of contract in each case, aud payable out of proceeds of sale. Reference is made t public men generally through out the State, with most of whom 1 have the pleasure of being personally acquainted. Feb. 3. 1868 Sm J. p. IMBODEN. Lessons . from an Old ; Merchant.' . i That veteran and .honorable merchant, Jona than Sturges, of New York, at the dinner iven in his honor on the occasion of his retirement from active business, gave the. following golden counsel to young men : - i fi - "Xow, gentlemen, since there is nothing that I can talk about that you do not .understood better than I do, I propose to say a few words ior ine neneut ot tne young men outside, and if you approve of what is said let it be'considr ered as said by this Grand Jury of Merchant now asseuibled. I; ' ' : One of the first lessons I reeeivod was in 1&I3 when I was eleven years of age. My grand father J had collec ted a hue flock of merino sheep, whichr were "carelully cherished during the winter, qr I was a shepherd boy, and my busi - ness was to watch the sheep in the fields. A boy, who was more fond of his book than of sheep was sent with me, but left the work to me. while he lay in the shade and read his books. I finally complained of this to the old gentleman. I shall uever'forsret his beniirnant smile as he , e , replied : 'Never you mind, if you watch the sheep you will have the frhecp.' I thought to myself: what does the old gentleman mean ? I don't expect to have any sheep. My aspirations were quite moderate in those days, and a first rate merino buck was worth 1,000. I could not make out exactly what he meant, but I had great confidence in him, as he was a judge, and had been to Congress in Washington's time; so I concluded that it was all right, whatever he meant, and went out contentedly with the sheep. After I got to the field I could not get that idea out of my head. FinaUyJJ-hought- of my Sun day school lesson : Thou hast been faithful over a icw inings, i win make thee ruler over many things.' Then I understand it: Never you mind who else neglects his duty; be you faithful and you will have your reward ! I do not think it will take many lads as long as it took me to un derstand this proverb. 1 received my second lesson" soon after I came to this city, as a clerk to the late Luman Heed. A meichaut from. Ohio, who knew me came to purchase from Mr Heed. He expressed his grati fication at fiuding me there, and said to me 'You have got a good place make yourself so useful that they cannot do without you I took his; nicaniug quicker than I did the proverb about the sheep. Well I worked upon these two ideas until Dr Keed offered me an interest, in his busi ness. The next morning after the copartnership was announced, Mr James Geery, the old tea mer "hant, called to see me: 'You are all right now; 1 hive no words of advice to give you; be careful who you walk the streets with.' That was lesson ' 1 r n -i" .1' number three. , In this connection I must repeat an anecdote told of the late Robert Lennox. A country mer chant came into the store of Mr Lorton, a highly respectable Scotch merchant to purchase goods, lie spoke about credit, references. &.G. Mr Mor ton said: I will give you what credit you wish.' 'But s;iid the merchant. 'I am an entire stranger to you.' Mr Morton replied: lDid 1 not see you at church with Kobert Lennox V 'Yes 1 was at church with htm.' 'Well, I will trust any man whom ltobert Lennox will take to church with him.' I hope t hese three lessons of watchfulness over the interests of their employers, watchfulness over their partners' interests and their own after they are joined, followed by intense watchfulness that no black sheep creep into their folds, may be impressed by these anecdotes upon the minds of those for whom they are intended. One other lesson I feel it very necessary to in culcate that of patience. IC.L I.V.I. i' M. ' "II un a nine patience most young men will find a position as high as they have fitted them selves to fill. In ail the changes which have taken place in my firm since 1822. no partner has been brought in who has not served as a clerk in the establish ment. And I now leave my house well organ ized, pntsperous and free from complications still iu the bauds of those who served iu it as clerks lor a longer or shorter period. I mention thi.5 as an encouragement to young men to persevere in the faithful performance of their duties. ' Rock Island . Goods, In great variety. BARHINGER, WOLFE & CO. Opposite Charlotte Hotel. Iron. A large lot of Wagon Tire, Horse Shoe and Bar Iron. Plow Moulds, &c. BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO Nails. i A large lot cf the Extra Tisdale Nails at BARRINGER, WOLFE k COS. Our Trices shall be as low as any merchants in the City. N. B. We do want all who owe ue to come forward at once and pay ns up BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO. February 3, 18C8. Agricultural Implements. BREM, BROWN & CO., Agents for R. Sinclair & Co., Baltimore, will furnish all kinds of Agricultural Implements at short notice. February ?, 1S68 3w Ragged Money. Torn and defaced Shinplasters, Greenback!", and National Bank Notes, bought at a very , reasonable discount at the CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE, . January 13, 1808. Trade Street. NEW BOOTS AND SHOES AT MY OLD ESTABLISHED STAND, ; ; Sign of the Golden Boot. . I am daily receiving addition to my superior stock of Boots and Shoes from T. Miles & Son, Dickerman & Co., Jid first class Eastern Manufactories.. I keep constantly xn hand LEATHER and SHOE FIND INGS. .. I will 'fell as low or lower than any other house in the city. Every article warranted as represented. Don't mistake thje place. Give me a call. s S. B M EACH AM, ; v t Near First National Bank. . B Competition ii the life of trade. 1 January 20, 188. . , B. M. Presson, Keeps everything; in the .Family Grocery line, and will sell as cheap as the cheapest. ;.;?, n February 10. 188. ! ri Baltimore Methodist. , jThe Seventeen Yeajr locusts maybe-ex pieetcil to appear aoye ground in Maryland, next spring! 1 heir first appearance here waachronicied in 1749 ami they 'returned regularly in 17G6, 178.V18d0 181 7,-1834 .pud; 185i ! We have fao' dctibt that tney vui(agan. seep their appointed time, and that in a few. niouths their shrill cry wilPconijicl u? to. note that (t. generation js ready tcr die,- And auythcr to begin its seventeen years oft fchbteri rjiuean life.,.'! here are nianyf our readers ha are too young to remember "the locuste;M and. iydeedr there is a-general lack of correct infor niation about tVeni So we think it .well to de- Vofe'a little space.to a" notice of-these. etirioua TJ "lotetists" no' locusfs at all Hiiuimauic iriM,'CL mat uevours ine itcroajre in Eastern lands; aiid its destructive cousin of our own Western plains, is a'large, 'strong-jointcd-winged grasshopper, rib more like' our '.'Cicada Septendecem''' than a butterflv. .'Our '-locusts" eat; ndthin,' while; the true locust's eat every green thing. The Seventeen Tear insects be long to the order of ' ''IT'miptcm. or insects' with a horn- beak for suctiou, lour wings ; larva and pupa nearly like the adult isect, but '.wanting wings.;.- Locusts, proper, belong to the Orthophra insects with 'jaws, and very destructive too-?-, including cockroaches, crickets, grasshoppers, locusts. ' The Seventeen Year' insect is classed among the Harvest Fltea, of which there are three groups or tribes:- Ciemliam; plant lice or Apfi dido:; and bark lice or Coecida. . Cicadidas hav( e short antennae, -wins: and wing-covers : three- joints to their -feet ; thick skins; and the female has a piercer, or egg-depositor lodged in a furrow beneath her body. The Seventeen Year Cicadas are easily distinguished ' by their broad heads, large and very convex eyes, three eye-lets on the crown, the transparent and veined wing-covers and wings ; and by the elevation on the back part of the thorax in the form of the letter "X. (Harris.) Some read Wou the wings, and in terpret it to mean war; and it is a fact that wars have always come, sooner or later after locusts as wars have come after grasshoppers and fljes and foolish prophecies of uninspired foretellers of events. The female locust, if we must call her so, is provided with a complicated ' mechanism for perforating Iwigs of trees and depositing her eggs in them. This is the one purpose for which she comes above ground ; and after that has been accompliihed,'fchje dies. The male, in the mean time, amuses, htr by keeping up an excessively loud noise, ' peculiar to himself. : lie -does not siug, however, i lie has not the least- music in his throat. He only plays a drum or tambourine; but it is suehf an one as no -instrument-maker, but God, can niake, and no' musician play on but the locust himself. There-are-" two ef these drums, one on ,,'each side , behind -the ; winks These are formed of convex pieces of parchment gathered into numerous fine plaits. They are nut played upon with sticks after the awkward fashion of human, imitators, but . by muscles or cords listened to theinside of the drum. "When these muscles contract aud relax, which they do with great rapidity, the drumheads are altcrn atcly tightened (yind loosened, recovering their natural convexity, by their own elasticity.'.' -The sound is increased by a reveratiug apparatus fixe beneath.. -The. female piercer iBa remarkable in strumcnt. It consists of three part in close con-' tact with each oper . 1 he two outer .a re grooved on the inside and enlarircd on the tins; which externally are, armed with small .teeth likcasaM and a central spear-pointed borer, which , plays between the other two. . So vthis instrument lias the power and does the work of an awl and of a double-edged saw; rather of two keyhole saws cutting opposite to ' each other., : tThe duration of life in winged,"" insects is r usually vry short; seldom more than two or three.weeks ; sometimes only a few hours. It is the culaiiuation;nd brief final stage of their existence when thev transfer their Jife'to ft coming generation sing out as it were, 'tTiefr' thanksgiving to-the Creator for the life' thevi have enjoyed , iu their former state and graocfully leave their places for, the new family they have provided. Jiut the Seven teen Year locusts Tiave that junusual ..duration as signed to them. (jTliey do not fpend, one-half -of it in burrowing downwards towards the antipodes, and the other ia getting buck again the surface. Not 'at all.,. They, spend their- time, among the roots of the grasses and trees, near where they were hatched; seeTting their subsistence from them after the manner proper to burs, to whose family they belong."' ThcYemales select twigs of trees, which they clasp with tncir legs, and, bending down the piercer to an angle of forty-five decrees, thev reiieatedlv thrust it obliquely into the wood, and with their saws, detach little splinters so as to form a kind of cover or lid to the perforation. Having made a fissure long enough for some twenty eggs, they arc deposited in pairs, side by sdc,: yet separated by woody fibre, bhe jroes with this operation, from twig to twig, lintib she. baa deposited several hundred eriz;s, and then dies lroni exhaustion The twigs thna perforated, die, and arc broken off by winds, and thus may convey the eggs to the ground if the young locusts do not get there beiore. In six or seven woeks, or, as some gay, in two weeks, the young insects burst their hell and begin the quiet life of a subterranean locust. If hatched before the twigs are detached, which is very often the'ease, the little insects 'deliber atelv crawl out to the end of the limb and let go; exhibiting one of the xi'iost extraordinary wonders ot instinct noticed in the ereatures ot bod., Jiy what sense , or phVsical impulse these little aui- mats tare such voluntary' tans, is lnconcciyaXiic. What woidd we think, if babies of ours, born on, ! the top of a mountain, shculd swing on jnwthe I 3 11- ' ' ' .1 " i .-.... aeep values, ana gaauieuy k eating iruus, aiw-r-t heir fearful precipitation ? . The little locusts do as much and th'ihk nothingof it. Truly, God is great, in insects as in men . On reaching the ground : the locusts burrow , into the oil , with their broad and strong forefeet, and attach thenx- jselres closely to the roots of plants, especially the- most tenacr ana succuieni, irom wnicn iney suck their only noTmsferaent. Th6 only change they undergo, is growth in sire and the develop ment of yrings.'; Ai th time of transformation approaches, the 1 eust begins to come -irp'throng!) cylindrical passages? carefully made, and. accord ing i to I)r. Potter, varnished and water-tight." Finally fiHiki jip behind 'it as itadvanee, it has a hole of five or six inches in which it lives' fbrj peyeral days, waiting, if the weather lie not suit- Seventeen1 Year Locusts.' afelepfn'g'oni.an recounoitering,T and frel ting'.aecstomcti to air ' ml n't,j , When; rejdy it ''comes1 Out' in the nifrht, iaLesL hqld. of, e?me firm snjport with its claws, ad ;scts jfcq work to get Us tkTh' off: "-Jit length it splits itelack and crawls out, leaving Jlie old, sheU iking fast; ana, alter drying itscll thoroughly. an acctm plished Seventeen Year old.'ancj .reaijy.fvf drum ming or l)orTng according to .sex, . Iiumente numbers are eaten, by birds and domestic) fowls and hogs and ants : but' locusts themselves are notltnowrt'to'eat anything after their exodus to' 1,a'U" i.Hi - " ' I iuo uypsr WUriU. 4 t , .. ; j (-! I fi The State "of Oregon. Kavanaugh, of the Metnodist lEv Charvh, South has1 recently been" on a visit to Oregon and CaKfbrnia." 'He speaks of Oregon as "The population of Oregon; ia ehiefly from Missouri, Kansas,. Illinois,; Iowa and: Wisconsin. The political feeling has never been iso rabid there as in Caluornia; .,, -the public luiind sympa thizesinore with us. and ur prspcct3 are eood e have only a few preachers in Oregon-4-onl nlteen in the Conference, The; population is oi a good character. . The people are better supplied with property than is usuaj in a new country. A living is- easily made; it, is a fine country for poor men; farms are cheap arid tho soil is irood. They raise ,' mostly small grain land someu corn. He was astonished to find so much wealth in our church for a new. Conference and country Nearly every man is in comfortable circumstances All the means of living are abundant, but money is very scarce. . f ruit grows rapidly there.; A man may plant an orchard and eat fruit from the trees the second year. ' Peaches do better in California than Oregon.' The whole.. country is a vast strawberry bed; they grow in the woods, and when a forest is removed, thev flourish wou- lerfully. Other berries .are abundant. The 'thimble berry," somewhat resembling a straw berry, is the finest fruit of the berry uiud he ever ate; - it almost melts in the mouth, and has-the most delicious flavor' It grows on a bush about two or three feet high. iSome- men who reached Oregon with only a few dollars, now have' thousands of acres : of land, and farms stocked with cuttle and horse's, &c. The horses are very fine, large, finely 'formed and powerful, equally valuable for riding, working and drivi-ng. The latitude is that of WL 'consul and Michigan but on ticcount of.ifs coutiguity to the Pacific Ocean, and being swept y winds from -the 8outh, the climate is,very mild, the winters are warm, ice for puttiug up.'is not often made. In Heptcmber: the grass springs afresh and grows all winter; stock gfaic.'tlie winter through and are never fed.' "The greatest objec tion to winter is the, long-continued ' drizzling. ,rains. -in summer the climate 'is most delightful; it ft dona vp to your" taste'. " It is . just warm enough to foster vegetation .and advance it to its maturity and be very pleasant': .by. day and. by. night to the people. ' ' . ' " ; ; The eountry is partially timbered '. and partly prairie. 1 The fir. tree abounds there,, tall and heavy. " One is inspired With' a feeling of solem nity in passing through one of the gr,eat.i forests or ur. tjiie man saiu no always "lelt like taking off his hat" to the grand old trees wlieti he en tered a forest assembly of them. There are many grand and comiiianding scenes. " From one cle-. ration he looked upoti seveu sn6w-caiped m'ouiir. rtain tcuK9, m summer. Une oi tlicm-rJlouut Hood is reputed to be 1,700 feet higher. tlntn any other raountatn in the United 'States. The water in Oregon, whether in Wells, springs, creeks or rivers,Js the finest in the world.' , r It is as clear as the air and as cold as can be '.desired. The surface of the country is mountain aiid valley, with some undulations 'contiguous to the moun tains. - '-'One annoyance to farmers is the f-rny which has a long root and Is difiicult,to bo de stroyed5 when well set.' ' The . streams i abound with the finest fish; the forests and prairies with wild game, as deer, aud fowls aiid birds of dif ferent kinds. 1 ". , : ' Government Belief in South Carolina,: : Gen. R. K. Scott, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, has issued a Circular promising relief to a. certain class of planters in the cultivation of their crops the present year. I He reluses to extend larther assistance to those who were last year the recipients of government charity, and who indulged themselvesin idleness. He is empowered to adopt a system only, in the distribution ofsupplies, that will relieve the wants of the industrious planters, and which will at the same time, insure to the Government a re payment of the means loaned. lie Kays. ' it will be impossible to dispense food to .the needy thou sands as, indiriduals, but only as communities; And to accomplish this end; "responsible persons will be appointed agents of distribution in each locality where destitutkm exists, who will be held strictly accountable for the reliability and indus try of the consumers. ..They will -be instructed to take from. the recipients'a bond, giving a lieri upon the crops to be grown, and other products of industry and personal property. ;' "''' "The Assistant Commissioner must be satisfied that each applicant; has .planted or is about to plant a sufficient number of acres in cereals tci inture his provisions -for ' the next year without purchase. ..To -parties engaged wholly or to an uudue extent in the. cultivation of eotUm. no as- s stance will be rendered. Duly appointed offi cers and agents of the Bureau will be instructed tofreVjueutlv and carefully inspect the plantations of those who are the recipients of assist ince, aad ii it shall at any time be found that they arc' like ly to fail to fulfil their obligations, all neeesarv measures will be taken to protect the interests of the government." - ' , ; , , .. ; : -. ;: f The ambnat of assistance that the Commis sioner is. authorized to renuer is limited, aud it is therefore necessary that all persons who have private resource at coniuiand bhould avail fliem- selves of sach, these sup'lies being -enlv- intended by the government to relieve the rootftf extreme tises of destitution. lMJutpatcr Ijedger. " - . . mm mi , i , ' "- It is said that the fcensua embraces seventeen million women', ' Who wouldn't be census ? ' f i-.'l nut '. t Ju3t Printed i and ffr wle at tfie . lirTnt;crt Office, Marriage X.ieensen form), Subpetmai'Rieeu- ttons. AImtni.trator h rsonas, ana all ottier Uiankc used by Clerk and SJieriffs.. TV 111 :"ait J7 ; yuvauui ,uiultruittW lr,'ll We .copy the. following, hj4n oorrwpondent oC the ..Cotintry GdntlemanVritiug from Georgia, sometime, in J il o ..t d..? j p.u U Si he article is called by' Yariety nifces In this partoftheecmntry sueh as peanttt'rfi&iind pa, .Gocbert.l-Thi rohhd -should bli.rfch, and well broken up. It ought po be . of Uth a descriitiott as Tnih?ht W'ejrpectod to11 produce a god eiop(f corn.t 1 ontgKt 'to'bc' laid 6u in ridges about thUeJ fet prt. A'shallow futfow run witii a small rJowialoOf - tho entfe 'or eAch ridge i prepares i tM ground 1 for" tha a, seed.' Jfho pods; yvhich, contain ftptti ofie td threepcas each, must .b-Jrukn. aad- tbe pear-planted Tin',the drill, from one foot id eighteen inches apart. aW covered with a hoe about' one?( inch and lialf deep. . They might to be plowed and hoed three times during the .season, jto "destroy the1 wce'da and keep the gTOund loosev The pett vin! wijjlo growing sends tip a perpendicular stem ' aboiut a foot Jiighj about this stem many others shoot irut in all directions,! and run about' 1 fifteen tnch'cs akttig the surface of the ground. These ruotiors have joints about ari iuch'and a half apart.1"1 At each joint a strong ' root' strikes down' : Into 't no ground about two inches deep; atrthe end of tHis root the pea pod is found, and there "coies'to maturity. JSome' farmers cover these lateral Tines With eaith, whil-4 others leave' them' bare all the time. .: It is not sgi eed which is,' tbc lict termode. i When ripef otie bunch of Vines Sr&l have from one to two1 quarts of peas! Soin'o pkmters t ultivate theni in hills," like'1 corri but'l prefer drills.i Oiifl acre will produce from thirty- five to filty bushel of pfl. " i '1 t ; . Raising Clover' cei ': ' ! ' W. Strong gives in substance in the Country Oentlenlan the following ' method s fur raising, cle ver seed : 1 orvclress with manure in the autumn Srevipus!y, 'aud pl.iU:r iu fpriugaa rjpeniugseed raws "hfii oil tho ofl Ine curlj or lirtt crop must be taken as soon as in blossom-the second. f ir seedj-sho'uld become jpearly. all ,ripo-i i..Cut with a mowing jnaclinc witli a platform' gradnV atod tp'a propir height rukjiig oil the' bunches opposite to cacb other at, , 'cycrypasfciig, to that iney can ue laKou- in a. roWjWtieu louaingon tne w.igon. ' If rani threatens, draw in immidiatelv as the straw will not liurt the seed, and thia will prevent the loss resulting 'from turning- over for drying aftei jvaids jn 'tjio field. .This is, fwund lo be much better and ty'be attended with iar.lesa waste than cutting b; hand or raking iuto heaps, or using a pitcher, Thresh, in cold, .frosty wea ther in winter. ' ' ' "" , ' ' . '; - . . .... ' ., . Grape Culturo and , Wine; Makings I -I t The tre.imrti 1- iiiilitM't-fiir'a o-chihifd c b'f VtArtl' , -r--- o "J , pie oi.ourtate to the culture of the grttpc, has arise u in no small degree, from the belief that the business could be overdone. There 'can ex ist no grputeiS error. '- The1 people of America lavoytt to be reclaimed from the curse of ar- leut drinking.: This happy 'consummation will be attained; throngh' the products of her own vineyards.... 11 it licit o-tlie demand4 -for wine has ' bcon confined to the better classes,- 'and' the dc-' sire.toickk the palate of these, ha.l kept out of1 market , those "wiiies which oonld only com pet o witl- tho. (sujp .s4?d ) H'oreign article, and Vousc-1 quentrvjitc high prices put there but of the reach"1 ot ihe masses. Jutrcase tho pnaluction; arid tho Consumption will Loin proportion! Aslohg5 there isa..r liitlve 'existence between 'them tho ' deuaaud will always be certain. - Already tho : wiuus of California, inferior in many respects to those of North Carolina, are meeting with piablie favor, and this State is now taking the ..lead in the manufacture of wine with a Wiil and 'climate that originated the grapes, from which is made the best article of American 'Wihe;,-''foTtB"Caro-liua possesses adaptability to thifl particular cul ture that ca nuot lie exeellcd Wim. JourrinL Labor 21 in (Jw.iuii.A.. The labor question seems to be gradually settling itdf tmjQ eorgia 3 eorgia. A corrcspoiide'nl who has be been traveling, in that State writes : j "So' far as I hve been able to observe all along civ journey, not niore than , oue-hith oi tte engaged for the e.rniiig se-ison ars. paid stated . wagftl. The higlie'st '.'.wages 1 have, heard coin-1. tract cd for was sevci ty dollars and boards Thb , i average is about fifty debars, w-r jcar. Jnnuitiy.uU instances good bauds are working for tfhfir foUdi and clothes", ' In' a majority, of .cases au iutcresti 1 in the crrtp i all thayis furViiah'cd, Uipfrctdmen-rt finding their own provipio'iis," . j f,,,,.'. t . . v . i ,s Givixcj Ti: e Pf.vil ins , ViiLThcre is a .Id point in the following anecdote;, t T . , l----'V'H ! A person wa makLug a call upon an old lady,' who made it au habitual rule nerer to. rpeak ill of another, and had obsenrd it so closely that' she always justified tho- whom ihe had heard - f'' ev il spoken of. Before tike ; old lady mado her : " appearance into the parlor, 4its several children were speak iug ofthjs peculiarity of tlieir nioth-S er, and one of them playfully "said : 'Mother -'' ' ha.i such a habit of speaking wejl ol'eTcrybodyi ' that I do believe if jiimseJf. were ths'sub-' ject of con vcrsai joii,- motlier would Hud out some virtue or good quality trv orj in him.'' : Of course ' this f emark elicitul souks wniliug andmcrrihieut ' at" the originality .of the, jdea, in !tha;; midst of which the old lady entered the room,' and on ' being told what . had jast been said, t she im-' : ' mediately and involuutarily replied : " Well, my children, I wish' we.'all had Satan's industry and pis;ycrance. S&f. pome Georgia' negroes stole a hog and its it. T hb hog' had thel cholera, and th. negroes died. I Look,' out for a leader iu the New, York Tribune, headed "Another ItebcJ Outrage.' i r , . A woman in ilprtfnk1. IlThiois, caught Ber hus- baad trying to com m ft suTcidef by hanging, aad4- ,t after cutting him'dowo and resuscitating hn sh . gae him a good thrashing w tic h be richly do- . . jt lX:,''!: : x -n " ' Love sows even at parting he seeds of return. " 4 rtegrcts lor the .departed axe typos er tne joy or a'coming reunion., ; : ;, .n-.-.-ss' y . Nothing so adorns the face as cheerfulness; when the heart is in flower, its bloom and beauty pas to the features. I .Agricultural, it 1 ) v r