W3I Jt YATES Editor and Propreitoe.
Terms of Snbfription Three Dollars, in advance.
the
"Western Democrat
WILLIAM J. YATES, Kditor and Proprietor.
TtRM3 Three Dollars per annum in advance.
Advertisement. For one square often lines or
Ie?e $1 will be charged for c-ich insertion, unless
kept in for over one month, oticc? of marriages
and death publiahid gratis. Obituary notices of
over five Luch in lengih charged lor at advertising
rate.
Real Estate at Public Sale.
In pursuance of authority confered ou nieby a cer
.in Mortgage lK-d executed to me by Edward Ful-
ttta 1 IIi.iki'N iti t Ij r IiPint jifthe Citv. front
ing on Trj-oii Sireet, heing the one ht.v occupied by
.Edward r'ulling.4. Terms made ki.oun on day of
eale. S. M. HOWLLL, Trustee.
March 2, 1S08. , 7v-pd
CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE. X. C.
This first clas and well known House, formerly
kept by M;ij. J. P. KLKil, Luv.ug been recently re
paired and refurnished in every department, is now
open and rady to receive guests
The Tahlft is unsurpassed, ami in point of conve
nience and comfoit the House i. not iseellcd hy any
in thC.ty. W. VT. 11AUT,
February 17, 1FC.8. Proprietor.
To Arrive.
During the w etk w e will receive New Spring Goods.
Call and see them.
r.AKKIMIl.n, WOLFE & CO.
March 2, isr.f?.
To Farmers.
A large assortment of Urade's patent Hoes, Rnd
many other kinds, just received at
r.AUUlNUEU, WOLFE & COS.
March 2. 1 !'..
A. W. SHAFFER,
A T T O It X E Y A T L A W
ASP
Register in Bankruptcy,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
Will hold Courts in bankruptcy in any County in
which Uankrupts reside
Jf OitiiN? at the residence of Mr E Fullingc
February o, lh'i i'm
t. B. VANCE.
C. IOWU.
VANCE & POWD,
Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C,
(OrFUE IX THE CoI'Iir Hoi sE,)
Having associated themselves together, will practice
in the Courts of Mecklenburg, Iredell, Catawba. Da
vidson, Rowan. Cabarrus and L'uion, and in the Fed
eral and Supi-'tue Courts.
April 2, 181,0. tf
Robert Gibbon, M. D.,
l'UVSK'IAX AM) SUKGLON,
Tiyon Shcrf, Chxib.tte, X. C
Office and llesidenee. one door south old State Bauk,
(formerly Win. Johm-ion'a residence).
J.tn 1," lb' i!. y
J. P. TilcCombs, II. D.,
OiTers lus irotess.onal services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls. Loth
night and day, promptly attended to.
Ollice No. " tiraiutw' iCow, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
January 27, IS18.
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CIIAULOTTE, X. C,
ILs on hand a l.rge and well selected stock of DURE
DRl'GS, Cheia.cals, Patent Medicines. Family Medi
cines, Taints. Oils, Varnishes. Dye SiuSs, Fancy and
Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the
very lowest prices.
May 20, lMi7.
THE DRUG STORE
OF
Kilgore & Curetcn
Ila been removed to the Store in Granite PiOW, next
to the Express Oitiee.
A larg assortment of Frenh Drugs, Chemicals.
Paints, Ods, Dye Stuffs. Pertumery, &c , will be
foun t at this ik-w establishment, and will bo sold at
as low prices a:5 any oth-.-r hr.use.
P.. V. KILGORE. M. D.
Janti, ISC?. T. K. CHILTON, M. D.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
I have on hand, and am constantly receiving, a
general assortment of Groceries, such as Sugar, Tea,
Coifee, Molasses. Cheese, Fiour, liacon, Coin, Meal,
and every thing else in the Grocery l.ne
.1 will sell as cheap as any hoiw in Charlotte, and
respectfully rijucst persons wishing to buy to give
.me a call. .
I delivt-r, within the limits of the City, all Gro
ceries bought at my Store.
A good lot of Castings and Hollow-Ware for sale.
A. REKRYHILL,
Feb 17, 18G8. Under Mansion House.
A HALES,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
fTcxt Door to th- M,tn.ttn Houre, ClURi.OTTE, N. C.
If your Watch need Repairing.
lon"t get m-i'l nl goto swearing;
Just take it ir.t-j HALES" shop.
He will rix it so it will not stop.
He warrants his work all for a year.
When it is u-d with proper care.
He w ill do it as low as it can be done,
And do it so well it's sure to run.
January 1, IStiS. y
Charlotte Female Institute,
CiiAiiLorn:, n. c.
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of
October, and will continue until ;iOtb June, !SoS.
OFFICERS AM) INSTRUCTORS :
Hev. U. Rurwell, Principal and Instructor in Men
ial and Moral Philosophy uml Mathematics.
Jno. R. Rurwcll, A. M., Chemcttry, Natural Phi
Josophy" anI Ancient Lauyuages.
Mrs. M. A. Rurw ell, English branches and Super
intendent Social duties.
Trof A. Rauiuann, Vocal and Instrumental Music
Prof. R. E. Piguet, Drawing, Paiutiug and Modern
iianguages.
Miss Mary Ratte, English Rranches and French
Mrs Sally C. White. English Rranches.
Miss Mary F. Penick. Music on Piano and Guitar.
Miss Ella R. Carson, Music ou Piano.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars address.
IUv. R. RURWELL & SON.
Charlotte, N. C
September 2t?, 17..
ta
ling and wile alby, I proceed to sen on me
l'ublic Square, in the City of Charlotte, on Tuesday
the 1-Hh day of Aj.r.l, (boiug Tutcduy of County
f..nr( -., .vt:iiti llmme mid Lot. iu the t'itv of Char-
Wliere Changes Never Come.
The homewhere the ehanotia nerer come,
Nor pain nor sorrow, toil nor care,
Yes I 'tis a bright and blessed home;
Who would not f'aiu be resting there ?
Yet. when bowed down beneath the load
l?y heaven ordained thine earthly lot,
Thou yearn'st to reach that blest abode;
"Va;t, meekly -wait, and manner riot.
If in thy path some thorns are found,
0 think who bore them on his brow I
If priefs thy sorrowing heart have found,
They reached a holier thau thou.
Toil on. nor deem, though sore it be,
One sign unhearcd. one prayer forgot;
The d iy of rest will dawn lor thee;
Wait, meekly wait, and murmer not.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
At Tiddy tf lira's Brook Store, near Scarr's
Drug Store, Charlotte, X. C.
Bingham's English and Latin Grammars.
Mitchell's and Cornell's series of Geographies.
Sterling's series of Rooks.
Davies' series of Algebras and Arithmetic, with
Keys.
Emerson's series of Arithmetics.
Quockenbess' series of School Books,
l'otanics of various kinds
Brick" Ponieroy's Books Sense and Nonsense.
St. Elmo another lot of that popular Book just in.
Surry of Eagles Nest, a few left, C3ll and get one.
Four Years in the Saddle by Harry Gilmor.
Stationery.
A large lot of Paper, Envelopes, Ink, Pens and
Holders, and in fact cverj thing usually found at a
first class Stationery House.
Music.
We are Agents for a large Music House, and can
furnish any piece of music published in the United
States at publishers price, by giving us six days time.
Wrapping Paper,
18x28 for $1.00 per Ream and Paper half that size
for 00 cents.
Rags! Rags!!
100.000 pounds of clean Cotton and Linen Rags
wanted, for which the highest price in money will
be paid TIDDY & BRO.,
March 1G, 18C8. At "the New Book Store.'
GARDEN SEEDS, &c.
A Fresh Supply of, Garden Seeds, from the cele
brated House of R. Buist. Also a choice selection of
Flower Seeds. For sale at
March 2, 1808. SCARR'S DRUG STORE.
GARDEN SEEDS.
Garden Seeds of every description, for sale, Whole
sale and Retail, at the Corner Drugstore.
Feb 17. 1808. f. H. McADEN.
Landreth's Garden Seed,
Received and for sale at the Drug Store of
KILGORE & C UK-ETON.
Burnett's Cocoaine for the Hair
At the Drug Store of
KILGORE & CURETON.
Kerosine Oil
At the Drug Store of KI LGORE &. CURETON.
Kerosine Lamps
At the Drug Store of KILGORE & CURETON.
March '., 18C8.
H. M. Phelps' Two Stores,
Ojtjtotitc the Court House.
DRY GOODS' STORE & GROCERY STORK
The subscriber would remind the public that he is
now dealing in Groceries as well as Dry Goods, and
has separate apartments for each branch of business.
In his Dry Goods" Store he keeps a general assort
ment of goods for Gentlemen and Ladies' wear in
fact, anything in that line that maybe needed by
purchasers.
The Grocery Store is well stocked with supplies of
every description. Prices will be made to suit the
times.
He returns his thanks for the patronage here
tofore bestowed, and promises to use every exertion
to give satisfaction in the future.
H. m. rnELrs,
Feb 17, 18C8. Opposite the Court House
City Bank of Charlotte,
(Trade Street, Springs' Building,)
Buys ragged and defaced Greenbacks, National Bank
Currency and Shinplasters at a very small discount.
March Di, 18GS. A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier.
Country Bacon.
fl
ThjSh L1JS- CHOICE COUNTRY BACON,
Hams, Shoulders and Sides, just re
ceived, and cheap tor cash.
Mawh l, 18G8. N'ISBET & MAXWELL.
BOOTS AND SHOES
At 5 Per Cent Profit.
I am now offering my Stock of BOOTS & SHOES at
) per cent profit, to make room for my Spring Stock.
All who are in want of anything in my line would
do well to call before buying.
I am grateful for past favors, and hope by strict
attention to business, to merit a continuance of the
same. All Goods warranted as represented!
Don't mistake the place Sign of the Golden Boot.
S. B. MEACHAM.
Next door to Johnson & Elliott's New Rook Store.
N. B. To wholesale buyers, great inducements.
Feb. 17, 18GS.
Bank Notes.
Highest market price paid or Southern Bank
Notes at the Banking nouse of
THOS. W. DEWEY k CO.
Revenue Stamps,
For Rale at the Banking House of
THOS. W. DEWEY k CO.
Deposits
Received and interest allowed, at the Banking House
f THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Gold and Silver, Coin
Bought and sold at the Banking House of , v.
THOS W. DEEr & CO.
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers.
CHARLOTTE, A". C.
Hours of business to suit dealers and customers.
Fehruary 17. 18t8. '
Planting Potatoes,
For sal by
March 2, 1868..
- A. BERRYDILL.
- Cjider Mansion ilous.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TCJESD AY, APRIL 14,
American Women. '
Bishop Arther Cleveland Coxe. of Xew Yorlt
has issued a pastoral letter in relation to Ameri
can women in which he discourseth as follows.
It will no doubt strike home to many an Ameri
can household: . - ' - f
"When I see the tawdry fashions, the costly
vulgarity and the wicked extravagance of the
times, 1 teel sure that thousands- of American
women are strangers to the first law of refine
ment simplicity ia manners and attire. - W hen
1 see that thousands of American women read
the most shameful romances and the most de
grading newspapers, frequent the vilest dramat
ic entertainment a'nd join in dances too shocking
to be named among Christians, I feel that Chris
tian matrons are becoming too lew, and that civ
ilized heathenism is returning to the fields we
have wrested from the Indiaus. When I read
daily of the most ungodly divorces, and of crimes
against social purcty and against human life it
self, which are too gross to be mentioned more
particularly, I feel that too many of our country
women are without (iod in the world, and that
radical reforms are necessary in the systems 01
education on which the young women of America
are dependent for their training. When .1 set
thousands of households in which young girlt
are reared for a life of pleasure without reference
to duty, I cannot wonder at these results, nor at
the misery in which they involve families and
communities. bow the wind and reap the
whirlwind. Asa christian bishop, therefore J
make my appeal to you, ( hristian women, and 1
ask you to begin the reformation by faithfully
bearing your testiaiony against all that tends tt
the degradation of your sex, and the more s
Avhen such crime is not only winked at, but re
ceives countenance in circles which ought to be
exemplary."
Family Groceries and Provisions
JAS. F. ALEXANDER & CO.,
( the Basement Store of Syringi Building,)
Keeps a general assortment of Family Supplies and
Groceries, such as Sugar, Cofi'ee, Molasses, Rice.
Flour, Meal, Fish, Bacon, &c anything usually kept
in the Grocery line.
Prices will be made reasonable, . and everything
done to please and accommodate customers
Give us a call at the Store under the City Bank
room. J. F. ALEXANDER & CO.
March ?,0, 1808.
Edinboro' Medical College,
ROBESON COUNTY, N. C.
The summer course of Lectures will commence. the
first Monday of May and close the first of August.
The fall course commences the first Monday of No
vember and closes first of March.
Expenses.
Full Course of Tickets - - $75 00
Dissecting, - 10 00
Matriculating - - - 6 00
Graduating Fee - 30 CO
Board at $1 per week.
HECTOR McLEAN, M. D.
March 30, 18G8. 3w.
NEW ARRIVALS
At J. Kuck & Co's Grocery Store.
5,000 OroMOC.NT.UN
1,000 Pounds Baltimore Bacon,
25 Sacks of Rio Coffee,
60 Sacks Salt, common to fine,
50 Boxes of superior Star Candles,
5 Tierces of Sugar Cured Hams,
25 Barrels of Sugar, all grades,
10- Hogsheads of Molasses,
10 Barrels of Svrup,
March SO, 1SG8. At , j. KUCK & CO S.
Spring and Summer Stock IS68.
FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.
WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS,
Have now in store one of the largest stocks of Goods
ever brought to this market. It consists in part of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
READi-MADE CLOllilMi, &e.
They invite particular attention to their elegant
assortment of
Ladies Dress Goods,
and feel confident that they can give satisfaction in
price and quality.
Their stock of Ready-made Clothing and Gentle
men's Furnishing Goods is complete and embraces
everything in tht line.
Boots and Shoes
In large quantities and at the lowest cash prices.
Their stock of Groceries and Hardware is suffi
cient to supply the demands of their customers and
friends.
fiT The attention of country Merchants is re
quested, and they are respectfully invited to call and
examine this stock of Goods.
Returning thanks for the liberal patronage hereto
fore bestowed, they promise to do all in their power
to give satisfaction to cuetomers hereafter.
Millinery and Dress-Making.
A separate department is devoted to Millinery and
Dress-making, where the Ladies can have work done
promptly and in the latest styles.
WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS,
March SO, 18G8. between the two Drugstores.
City Bank of Charlotte,
(Trade Street, Springs' Building.)
Solicits the Accounts of Merchants and others, ad
sruarantecs satisfaction. OfEce hours from 8 a. m. to
Gl p. ni. A. G. BRENIZER,
March 16, 1 80S. Cashier.
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY
i
Prompt and .Reliable Companies.
The Enterprise Insurance Company of Cincinnati,
Ohio, with a capital of one million dollars, made last
year $235,000, after paying over $400,000 losses
during the year. It -has now assets amounting to
SI, 235,000, and security by State law $2JYA)AK).
This security consists in the Stockholders LekftgtUide
for double the amount of their stock. ,
- This Company is always prompt in the adjustment
of losses, and the rates areas low as those of any
good Company. Call on the undersigned at City
Bask of Charlotte.
March iS, 1808. A. G. BRENIZER. .
Stenhouse, Macaulay&Co
Cotton and Pritdure Bhjts and Wholesale and
, Retail Dealer in , Groceries, dc.f - !
CHARLOTTE, N. 0., -
nave in Store a good - assortment of Groceries of
eTery description. Cotton Ties, Hope, Paging"."
gar, Coffe, Molasses. Iron, Salt, Cheese, Fiu, &. kc
Family Flour of the -beet .brands, - , , 1,, v . !.
; Marclj 16, 18fH
- 1T1 take what Father takes. -r t
Y "What will you I take to drink ' asked the
waiter of a voung lad who for the Jirst time ac
compamed his father to a ' public dinner. Un
certain what to say, " and feeling sure that he
would not be wrong if he followed his fatherV
example, he replied, I'll take what father takes."
The answer reached his-' farther's ear and in
stantly the responsibility of his positi6n flashed
upon him. If he said, "I'll take ale.' as he had
always said before his sod ; would take it also,
and theu 1 . And the father : shuddered as the
history of several young men, "who, once prom
ising as his own bright lad, had been ruined by
s rng drink, started up - in solemn warning be
fore him. ... Should his hopes also be blasted, and
that open faced noble lad become a' burden and a
curse as they had become? But. for strong
drink they would have been active, earnest, pros
perous men; and if it could work such ruin upon
them, was his own lad safe? Quicker than light
ning these thoughts passed through his mind
and in a moment the decision was , made. "If
the boy "falls he shall not have me to blame'
and then in tones tremulous with emotion to the
astonishment of those who knew him, he said;
"Waiter, I'll take water;" and from that day to
this, strong drink has been banished from that
man's table aud from that man's home.
That young lad, in the brief utterance, was
really the representative of the generation to
which he belongs. God has so directed it, that
a lather is the highest authority in the world to
his child.' AV ho does not know that 'My father
Baid so," is the end of contoversy with the little
ouea around us? Who does not see the parent s
tones aud gate, aud manners reproduced contin
ually iu the children whose nature is now "soft
as wax to receive an impression, and rigid as
warble to retaiu it;". and who watch with a quick
aud an imitating eye, those who to them are
uod's viceregeuts. . . . , :
Would that we could impress upon the fath
ers aud mothers of this country the solemn fact
.hat the. future character xt' the children is being
formed by them. 1 hat if they are trained up
in the way they should go, when they - are old
they will not depart from it. But if they become
vain, sensual aud degraded, the seeds will have
ueen deposited, and the bias given in the early
uioruiug of their Jives. If we teach them,that
strong driug is a good creature of God, they will
believe us; and when, depending, upon our , judg
ment and truth, they shall have taketi it, and it
fchall haveshown itself to be the devil's master
piece, and have bitten, crushed and dragged them
down to ruin, we may weep aud pray as we
please ; the blame will be our own and we
must not accuse God, or cast reflection upon the
Gospel. We shall, have sown to the flesh and oi
the flesh have reaped corruption. God will have
visited the sins of the fathers upon the children.
I hey only took what their fathers took. . If on
the other hand, we banish the fiends from our
homes, and, in the lfuurs when their young aud
trusting hearts arc niost open to onr teaching
we tell them that wine is a mocker, that strong
dring is raging, and warn them that no serpent
is so dangerous, no adder so much to be dreaded
we shall be coworkers with that all-mercilul and
wise God who, to preserve them from taken it,
has sent them into the world with a loathing oi
its taste. Our children will believe us. They
w.ll grow up with natural instinct fortified by
our instructions and examples. They will be
preserved from poisonous influences of the des
troyer. There will be a bridgelcss gulf between
them, aud the companions who are most likely to
lead them into the ways of sin. lhey will be
preserved from habits of extravagance and
waste. They will have no companions but those
who walk in the ways of God, no employment
for their spare time, but that which is elevating
and purifying; and when we pass to our ; reward,
they will rise up aud call us blessed, for they,
took what their father's took." ' ;
Foreign Exchange.
We draw directly on the principal cities in the fol
lowing countries at New York rates: England,
France, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, Sweden, Nor
way, Italy, Spain, Portugal and South America; alto
in 130 cities in the German States., It is sow un
necessary to order Foreign Exchange from Ne w York
" 'A. G. -BRENIZER, Cashier,
- . City Bank of Charlotte, Trade street.
March 30, 18(i8. ,
Fresh Arrivals
AT THE ELEPHANT STORE.
Just received a full and complete assortment of
Groceries,
embracing every article in that line, together with
an assortment of
THOMASVILLE MADE SII0J
for Men, Boys, Women and Misses Also, Plow
Moulds, superior Iron and a splendid lot of
Wilson's Family Flour,
And the whitest Meal in the City.
I deliver all articles purchased from me free tt
charec at any place within the corporate limits
March 30, 1868. ' B. M. PRESSON.
REDUCED TO $70 00 I ! "
We have been authorixed to reduce the price of the
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO to Seventy Dollars per
ton cash, and Eighty DoUar on time with.. note and
two approved securities. Quite a Lirge , number o-H
our best farmers have 'already sent in their . orders.
One price to all.
We will sell n limited" quantity of BaugVs Raw
Bone Phosphate at regular price, half cash aud hah
note, with approved security, y
Genuine Peruvian Guano ! i
Thirty-five tons received direct from Agent of eon
signers of Peruvian Government., , -
Fifty Barrels of Land Plaster, now in store and for
sale cheap HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.
March 23, 1 808. - i ' 'V-
Lime! ;Limo!!- Lime!!!
, A good supply always a band, j -r ' " ' '
' Hydraulic5 Cement.; 1 -
-Afresa aupplyof Hydraulie Cement jrist a rriTcd.'
1 Nails! Jtfails!! 7:
Fifty Kegs of Nails fcr sale by the Agenta,
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS $ CO. ,
' Virginia Straw ' Cutters,
The chcapesCand the best Steel Cotton Sweeps, ami
Utley's Plows, for sale by . -
r"V- HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS .& CO.
- March SO, 1868. " wiwrT
Interest I . Interest II l r.
Interest on deposits of currency, gold and- silver,
anowed at the City Bank of Charlotte, Trade srreet,
o: n..u;- .if A BRENIZER. r
Mareh 80, ifd, f -
18(58.
; r- The Life cf Jefferson Davis.
Whoever wtmld read a fair, impartial and ap
preciative life of the distinguished President of
the late Confederacy should procure a copy of
.ur Airnend 8 work, lie evidently admires the
man whose biography he gives to the public, but
that does not incapacitate ' him front doing full
justice to 3Ir Davis' opponents, and on iuatters
of controversy he gives both sides of tlieVjues
thn. About one-third of the volume is devted
to the brilliant record "Mr Davis has lelt in the
army and councils' ofi the United States; and
not the least interesting portion is the speeches
delivered by him in the U. S. Senate and his
messages to the Confederate Congress. :As a
matter m course, jjte reader alter pacing per
force, at tlie campaign in Mexico and ' that
movement at Buena Vista, the genius, novelty
and intrepedity of which electrified the, world f
military science, and extorted, the enthusiastic
admiration of the victor of Waterloo." will hurry
forward to the rise of the Confederacy, which
sprung into existence with the suddenness oi
new land upheaved by volcanic action. We
have heard men who were through the Confed
erate struggle from first to last say that if Mr
Davis had been less troubled with Constitutional
scruples, the struggle might have had a different
end. Perhaps so, who can say. But noblo
minds can only "noble ends by noble means ob
tain," aud Mr Davis would have been untrue to
himself , had he ' sacrificed principle to; insure
success : . .
"During his journey homeward from Mexico
there occurred a most impressive illustration oi
that strict devotion to principle which, above al!
other considerations, is the real solution of ever)
act of his life, public and private. While in
New, Orleans, Colonel Davis was offered, by
President Polk, a commission as Brigadier Gen
eral of Volunteers, an honor which he unhesita
tingly declined, on the ground that no such com
mission could be conferred by Federal authority,
either by appointment of the President or by act
of Congress. As an advocate of 8t-ites' lliiihts,
he could not countenance, even for the gratifica
tion of his own ambition, a plain infraction of the
r ights of the States, to which respectively the
Constitution reserv.es the appointment of officers
f the militia. The soldier's pride in deserved
promotion fox distinguished services, could not
induce the statesman to forego his convictions
of Constitutional right.!: The declination of this
high distinction was entirely consistent with his
opinions previously entertained and . ex pressed.
Before he resigned , his seat in the --House of
Representatives, the bill authorizing -such ap
pointments by the President was introduced and
rapidly pressed to its passage. Mr Davis detected j
the Constitutional infraction which it involved,
aud opposed it." . .
As Mr Davis' brief but brilliant Confederate j
career, from the fact that every incident con- j
nccted therewith is of world-wide interest and
historic importance, has a tendency 1 1 overshadow
the services he rendered the United Stales while
a member of President Pierce's Cabinet, it is well
to extract the passage enumerating them:
"Under his control the department of war was
greatly advanced in dignity and importance, re
ceding a character far more distinctive and in
dependent of other, branches of the Government
than it h:id previously claimed. He infused into
sx.l its operations an energy till then unknown, in
troducing improvements so extensive and com
prehensive us to occas'on apprehension of an
almost too powerful, and independent system ot
military organization. It is a fact universally
conceded that his administration of the War
Office was incomparably superior to that of any
official who has filled that p- sition contributing
more to the promotion of efficiency' in the army,
to the advancement of those great national estab
lishments so vital to the security" of the nation,
and to the systematic, practical management of
the details of the office. ; In reviewing Mr Davis'
conduct, of this important department of the
Government, the splendid improvements which
he inaugurated, his earnest and nncertsing labor
Li behalf of the efficiency o!" fha army, it is im
possible to overestimate h's eminent services to
the Union, which even at that time his trad ucers
and those of the South would pretend lie was
plotting to destroy. In the Cabinet as in 'the
Senate, there was no measure of national advan
tage to which he did not give his cordial support,
no great national institution which he wor.id not
have fostered with generous and timely sympathy
nothing to which he was not zealously committed,
promising to redound to the glory, prosperity
and perpetuity of that Union, in whose Jervi e
he bad been trained, whose uniform ho h:td
proudly worn, and beneath whose banner he had
braved a soldier's death.
.,; Secretary Davis made many recommendations
contemplating radical alterations in the military
system of the Union. One of the first measure
was a recommendation for the thorough revision
of the army regulations. He opposed the pi icing
of officers, at an early period of service, perma
nently upon the staff, and advocated a system
which, he contended, would improve the d:sc;
plme and efficiency of efficsrs, 'whereby the
right of command should 'follow rank by one cer
tain rule."- The increase of the medical cttt-s
the introduction of camels; the introduction ot
the light infantry or rifle system of tactics, rifled
liuskets, and the MiiMe ball were all mets'tns
kdvocitcd by Secretary Davis, and "discussed in
'lis official papers with a force and intelligence
that make- theui highly valuable to the mi'itary
student. , He urged a thorough xplomtion of
the Western froutier. and important changes in
the arrangement of defences against the Indian
demonstrating the inefficiency of. the pystem f
saiall Ibrts for th purposes of war with snv'agr:
To obviate, in a u??M;urcv the expense, and almost
useless trouble, of locating military posfs in ad
vance of settlement, he 'Suggested the plan of
maintaining large garrisons at certain points,
situated favorably for obtaining supplies nd ac
cessible by, steamboat or railway. From thes
posts fctrung detachments could be supplied and
equipped for service ia the Indian country; Hfc
cDorta were most strenuous to obtain an incrcW
of pay to officers of the annyy and pensions to the
widows and orphans of officers and men, upon a
basic similar t thafr of thooav.' ' ; "
; i. During the Crimean war, Secretary Davie sent
a commission, of which Major General ilcCfella-n-?
then, a .captain of cavalry, was a member, to stndy
and report upon the science of war and the oon-
f. T ' ill i .1. i
ailluQ.ot .XiUrt-peanr araiiefi, as iuusiraiea id idc
operations laeidkait to Uir tniggl.At 'liw
SIXTEENTH YOLCJIE--K I' SIB E B 615.
suggestion four new regiments -two of cavalry
-wt re fitkh d to the army, and numerous appro
priations made for the construction of new forts,
improvements in small arms, and the accumula
tion of munitions of war.!', s .
., A gnat deal has been said-and written on the
failure, .to obtain results from the victory of
31uassu8. oud the author of the present rolunio
could scarcely, in justice to Mr Davisvpass oter
I luit controverted question. The reader will find
it thoroughly .discussed, mid also .full detuihi of
the stvps taken by the Confederate authorities to
mitigate the,. horrors of warby facilitating tho
exchange of prisoners, and the manner in which
their advances were met by tho Federal Govern
ments .. t ,:. . -'IT, ,r - . 'f '
. Speaking of .Mr Davis persistent belief in tha
nhimate triumph of the Confederacy, the author
sjys : ,:. ' .; ..' I .
- "That he did not fully comprehend the wide
spread demoralization of the South in the last
mouths of the war,' is hardly to bo quostWed.
Judging meu by his own exalted nature, he con
ceived it iriipotsiblo that the South could ever
abandon its hope of independence; He did not
realize how men amid cherish nri aspiration for
the future, which did not embrace the liberty of
their couutry. i No siicrifice of personal interests
or hopes were, in his view, too great to bo de
manded of the country in behalf of a cause, for
which he was nt nil times ready to surrender his
life. Of Buch devotion and self-abnegation, a
sanguine and resolute spirit was the natural pro
duct, and it is a paltry view of such qualities to
characterize them as tho proof of defective intel
let. Just-such qualities havo -won tlie battles
of liberty in all ages. Washington, at Valley
i'oige. with a wretched remnant of an arnry,
which was yet the last hnpe of the country, and
with even a iiioto gloomy future immediately be
fore him, declared that in the last emergency he
would retreat to the mountains of Virginia,' and
there continue the struggle in the hnpe thai lie
would ''yet lift the flag of his bleeding country
from the dust.". In the same spirit Jefferson
Davis would never have abandoned the Confed
erate cause 8' i long as it had even a semblance of
popular suppoit. -. s 1 :' '!
Almost to the last moment of tho ConfederaeV.
h's continued to cherish the hope of a reaction- in
the public mind, which he believed would be
immediately kindled to its old enthusiasm by a
d. elded success. It was in recognition of this
quality of inflexible purpose, as much as of any
other tr.iit of his character, that the South ori
ginally intrusted Davis with leadership. Fit
leaders of revolution are not usually found ia
men of halfhearted purpise, wanting in 'resolu
tion themselves and doubting the fidelity of those
whom they govern. Desperate trial is the oc
casion which calls forth the eourngoof those truly
great men, who, while ordinary men ' despair,
confront agony itself with sublime resolution. 1
If ingenuity and malignity have combined to
exaggerate the faults of Mr Davis, tho love ef
his countrymen, the candor of honorable enemies
and the intelligence of mankind have rccognircd
his intellectual and moral greatness. The world
to day d'es not afford such an example of thote
blended qualities which constitute the title to
universal excellence. For -one in his position,
the leader of a bold, warlike, intelligent and dis
cerning people, there was demanded that nntoa
of ardor and del.bsration which he so peculiarly
illustrated. Revolutionary periods imperatively
demand this union of capacities for thought and
action. 1 he peculiar charm ot Mr Davis is the
perfect iise -of. h'm faculties ; an almost exact
adjustment of qualities; of indomitable energy
aud winning grace heroic courage and tender
affection; strength of character and almost 'ex'
ocssive compassion ; of calculating judgment and
knightly sentiment; acute penetration and analy
sis; comprehensive perception; laborious hiibitf,
aud almoht universal knowledge. Of him it may
be said as of Hamilton c ! "He wore the blended
wreath f aruisof law, of statesmanship, of ora
t ry, 61 letters, r f at hoIrahip. of practical affair?;?
tiuu in most ot these uelds ol distinction -.lr lsavis
h.is few rivals among the pnblic men of Americal
But it is altogether a fallacious Fttpp sition
that the military situation of the Confederacy,-iii
the litfct winter of the war, was beyond reclannv
tion. 'J he most hasty t glance at the situation
revdalcd the feasibility- of destroying '' ' hcnntin,
when ho turned northward from Savannah, with
a pn per concentrution of the forces yet available;
President Davis anxiously sought to secure this
concentration, . but was disappointed by causes
wnlch need not here be related." 1 '
Ihc lxok is got out in pir d style, and enriched
with an excellent enghtvmgof the distinguished
soldier and statcsn.an of which it treats. It is
iKsued siinultanootifcly by the dixton Publishing
liouso in Cincinnati and Chicago, and by the
National Publishing House hi Philadelphia an5
lilchmond. ; "
.Apprenticcsliip to Joumalisa. 11
Tlie ' alitor and proprietor of daily oewfy
pajK-r in the north ot Knlacd is prepared W I
ceite a young gentlemen lor the pui pose of edt
ctiug hnu in all the blanches of. uewt-trapcr
work, lie will bo . instructed in short-hand
pararaphi-Tg, d c. ' He will have fiepiunt pnor
luu.t.es ot writing leading ai ticks, wheu he'
s.iowa suuicsetit 'ability.' A premium required."
'ibis' is a'step'iu 'the right 'direction. But,
instead ot putting a boy who et mces s talent
io'r journahsu in an editorial room,'; e would
urake hiui c py-holder to n proof-reader,, filling
up his spare time by working 'at cstse. 'School
uiid coligiato education turutsh bat a small por
tion ot the requirements necessary to a juroaJ-f
;t. A boy will learn tuore' of what a newspaper
bliould cfijose, say, and avoid by the cou.mcutf
oi compositors ou the copy they ''receive, than
he cu.d learn in arty other way. 1 For the scho-'
lasticstjndard is hot an'adequate test of the fit'
ue?s of an article or pir jgraph for publication.
Aud in cas reijuiring impartiality ot judgmeht;
control of temper and tact, the scholastic mind'
would evince great shortcomings Journalism'
should be a'tnfde?' a ' mere book educaticn con
tains bet a smalt portion of the requisites c8en- j
tial to thote who practice it." Special knowledge
can be'acquired rapidly,' readily and thoroughly r
from various sources when an emergency arises.
But 69 there is no'ischool for a sold.cr so good as
the rr jarmy; v no" practice so perfect as serving
through a fanipiign; so there is no school for a
jourmdbt so thorough ,'as "a printing effice; no.
Ymlc ornmrrat Adrtrtt:,'