YAW if I J I III I I ill- 1 1 . .1 v 1
)h J Y ATESj Editor and Pbopreitor.
Term "f Subscription Tuiiek DoIlars, in advance.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1868.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME N UMBER 816.
THE
"Western Democrat
PUUMSIIKI BY
WILLIAM J. Y ATI'S, Editor and Proprietor.
Terms Three Dollars per annum in advance.
AivK.itT!-F.MKNTs. For one square often lines or
loss 1 will l.e charged for each insertion, unites
kept in for over one month. Notices of marriages
and dent hi published jrratis. Obmiary notices of
over five Hues in length charged for at advertising
r-ites.
Real Estate at Public Sale.
In pnrrowm-e of authority conlered on me by a ccr
fa.ii M'n-i'ge Deed executed to me by Edward Ful-!in-i
.ni l wife Ahby, I will proceed to sell on the
public 'j i; e. in the City of Charlotte, on Tuesday
the Nth d.-ty f Apiil, (being Tuesdny of County
t oiii-f ) a i -rt:iiu House and Lot, in the City of Char
lotte. :-.i'el llotiVe iti in tlie heart of the City, front
ing on Trvoii Street, being tlie one now occupied hy
1' iiv,-trd 1 tilling.--. Term made known on day of
,;,!,.. S. M. HOWELL, Trustee.
March 2, 1S0P. 7w-pd
CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
This fnt class ami well known House, formerly
kept by Maj. J..B. KEIUt, having been recently re
paired and refurnished in every department, is now
open and ready to receive guests
The Table is unsurpassed, and in point of conve
nience ami comfort the House is not excelled by any
in the City. W. W. IIAKT,
February 17, 1808. Proprietor.
To Arrive.
During the week we will receive New Spring Goods.
( ';ili and si e tliein.
HA Ui: INGLE, WOLFE & CO.
March L iSfJK.
To Farmers.
A biro assoi tment of IJrade's patent Hoes, and
many other kinds, just received at
ILYUIUNGLTv, WOLFE & CO S.
M.-uch 1, ksux.
A. W. SHAFFER,
A T T O 11 N i: V A T L A W
. i)
Register in Banlcruptcy,
CILVELOTTE, N. C,
Will hold Courts in Haukruptcy in any County in
which 1-iunkrupts resole
Office at the rcsidoiice.af Mr E Pollings.
February X, 1SO.S ,hu
?. n. V.IM'E.
nowi.
VANCE & DOWD,
Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C,
lllrMi'K IX THE 'olJ!T JJoi SK.)
Il.'tviiig a-Mc"i:itcd themselves together, will practice
in the Courts of Mecklenburg, Iredell, Csitawha, Da
vidon. How an. Cabarrus and Union, and in the Fed
eral and Supreme Courts.
Claims collected anywhere in the State.
April IMio. " If
Robert Gibbon, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SFlitJEON,
Tryon .S'.V.W, t'harlntfe, X. C..
Ofliee and I5c-idcnre, one door south old State I'ank,
t f'oriiierlv Win. Johnston's rctudencej.
Jan 1,'lSf.S. v
J. P. Mc Combs, M. D.,
OtTers Iiis professiuiiul services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
niirht and day. promptly attended to.
OHice No. ." i ranite llow, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion liouse.
January 11, lN'.S.
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CJIAL'J.nTTh;, X. ('..
Has on hand a lartre and we!' selected stock of PUltK
DUeOS. Chemicals. Patent Medicines. Family Medi
ci nc.-. Paint. Oil.-. Varnishes. Dye Stuffs, Fancy and
Toilet Articles, which lie is determined to sell at the
cr- lowest prices.
Mav l', lN',7.
THE DRUG STORE
or
Kilgore & Cureton
Has been removed to tiie Store in Granite How, next
to the Fx press Ofliee.
A large assortment of Fresh Drugs. Chemicals,
l'aintx. Oils. Dye Stuffs. Perfumery, c. will be
t'Oiml at tlii.s new t'stablishment, and will be sold at
a low prices as unv other house.
)$. F. KlLCOni'. M. D.
Jan tJ. ISf.s. T. K. CI I'.ETON. M. D.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
I have on hand, and Jim constantly receiving, a
'neral aMii tuient of (iroceries, such as Sugar, Tea,
'ilee, .Molase. Cheese. Flour. Daeon. Corn, Meal,
id ever ;hing tdse in the Grocery line
I u ill sell as cheap as any house in Charlotte, and
reaped fully retjuest persons wishing to buy to give
me a call.
I deliver, within the limits of the City, all Gro
ceries bought at my Store.
A good lot of Castings and Hollo w-Ware for sale.
A. EFKRYHILL.
Under Mansion House.
Feb 17, 1S.VS.
A. HALES,
Watchmaker i$v and Jeweler,
Xcxt r f.j the M.rnrii.u (, ClI.VIti.OTTK,
If your Watch needs Uepairing.
D-ui"t get mid and goto swear in
Just take it int.i HALF-S' sh. p, '
Jle will lix it so it will mil stop.
ID warrants his work ail for a year.
When it i used with proper en re.
II? will do it ax low as it can bo done,
And do it so well it's sure to run.
January 1, lNiS. y
N. C. j
I
Charlotte Female Institute, j
CHARLOTTE. N. C. i
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of i
October, and will continue until StUh June, 1 .".
OFFICERS AND INSTRl X'TOES : .
Rev. 11. Burwell, Principal and Instructor in Men-
tal and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics. j
Jno. B. Burwell, A. M., Cheuiestry, Natural Phi
losophy and Ancient Languages.
Mrs. M. A. Burwell, English branches and Super
inrendent Social duties. j
Prof A. Bauiuanu, Vocal avd bistrumeetal Music. 1
Prof. K. E. Piguet, Drawing, Paiut Lug aud Modem !
languages. j
Mixs Mary Batto, English Branches and French. .
Mrs Sally" 0. Whke, Euglik Brunches,
Hiss Mary F. Penick. Music on Piano and Guitar.
Mixs Eila R. Carson, .Music on Piano.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars address.
Rev. R. BUKWELL & SON, j
Charlotte, N. C. .1
September 25, 18VT. m j
Hints for Modern Belles. We find the
followinp: in an almanac for 18C8: which we think
will bear re publication :
1. Always "have a bad cold" when you are
nsfeed to sing.
2. Always cry at a weddinpr but don't faint
3. Be snre to be "engaged" if you do nut like
your partner.
4. Never faint unless a gentleman stands near
enough to catch you before you have had time to
tall.
5. When you go shopping always carry Ma
along to carry the bundles,
fj. Keep a poodle.
7. Always dress ou the principle that the men
do not want to luarry the tcoman, but a bundle
of dry foodx.
If these rules do not make a fashionable belle,
and8poil the woman for any 'good and useful pur
p' so under the sun. we cannot loll how to do it.
BOOTS AND SHOES
At 5 Per Cent Prolit.
I am now offering my Stock of BOOTS & SHOES at
5 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 Lope 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 Book Store.
N. B. To wholesale buyers, great inducements.
Feb. 17, ISt'.K
Bank Notes.
Highest market price pa"id for Southern Bank
Notes at the Banking House of
TIIOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Revenue Stamps,
For sale at the Banking House of
TIIOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Deposits
Received tnd interest allowed at the Banking House
of TIIOS. W. DEWEY CO.
Gold and Silver Coin
Bought and sold at the Banking House of
TIIOS W. DEWEY & CO.
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
CUARLOTTK, X. C.
Hours of busiues to suit dealers and customers.
February 17, 1808.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
At Tiihljf A' Jirrts JirfioJc Store, near Jcarr'f
Dnuj Store, fJii.rl"Ur, X. C.
Bingham's Euglkdi and Latin Grammars.
Mitchell's and Cornell's series .f -Geographies.
Sterling's series of Books.
Davies' series of Algebras and Arithmetics, with
Keys.
Emerson's series .of Arithmetics.
Quockenboss" series of School BooTv.
Botanies of various kinds
'-lri-k" P.omeroy's Books Sense a?id Nonsense.
St. Elmo another lot of that popular Book just in.
Surry of Eagles Nest, a few left, call and get one.
Four Years in the Saddle by Harry Gilmor.
Stationery.
A large lot of Paper. .Envelopes, Ink, Pens nnd
Holders, and in fact everything 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 fur $1.G0 per Beam and Paper half that size
for '.Hi cents.
Rags! Rags!!
HXUMto pounds of clean Cotton and Linen Rags
wanted, for which the highest price in money will
be paid TIDDY .S; BEO.,
March l'i, 18;s. At "the New Book Store.''
GARDEN SEEDS, &c.
A Fresh Supply of Garden Seeds, from the cele
brated House of K. Buist. Also a choice selection of
FlowVr Seeds. For sale at
March 2, SCAUR'S DRUG STORE.
GARDEN SEEDS.
Garden Seeds of every description, for sale, Whole
sale and Retail, at the Corner Drug Store.
Feb 17, ISt.S. J. II. McADEN.
Landreth's Garden Seed,
Received and for sale at the Drug Store of
KILGORE .Sc CUE ETON.
Burnett's Cocoaine for the Hair
At the Driiii Store of KILGORE & CURETON.
Kerosine Oil
At the Drug Store of KILG01LE & CURETON.
Kerosine Lamps
At the Drug Store of KILGORE & CURETON.
March V, 18f8.
H. M. Phelps' Two Stores,
Oj'posite the Court House.
DRY GOODS' STORE & GROCERY STORE.
The subscriber would remind the public that he is
now dealing in (iroceries as will as Dry Goods, and
has separate apartments lor each branch of business.
In his Dry Goods' Store he keeps a general assort
ment of goods for Gentlcnieu and Ladies' wear in
fact, anything in that line that may be needed by
purchasers.
The Grocery Store is well stocked w ith supplies of
every description. Prices will be made to Miit the
times.
ttSf- He returns his thanks for the patronage here
tofore bestowed, and promises to use every exertion
to give satisfaction in the future.
II. M. PHELPS,
Feb 17, 18GS. Oppoite the Court House
City Bank of Charlotte,
(Trade Street, Springs' Building.)
Buys ragged and defaced Greenbacks, National Bank
Currency and Shiupiasters at a. very small discount.
.March 16, 1S6S. A. G. BRENIZEK, Cashier.
Foreign Exchange.
We draw directly on the principal cities in the fol
lowing countries at New Yoik rates: England.
France, Switzerland. Holland, Russia. Sw eden. Nor
way, Italy. Spain. Portugal and South America: also
in ISO cities in the German States. It is now un
necessary to-order Foreign Exchange from New York
A. G. BEEN LZER, Cashier,
City Bank of Charlotte, Trnde street.
March 30, lw$.
An Affecting Case. ,
A young gentleman, who says he lives in Cul
peper county, Va., has recently met with expe
rience in New York which gave him entirely
new ideas in regard to the female character. He
states that, as he was crossing Washington Park
about 10 o'clock one evening, he was accosted
by the '-loveliest girl he ever beheld," who told
him that she had a dying mother at home, and
begged him to hasten thither, and, if possible, to
save her parent. The young Culpeperian, over
come by the appeal, drew the supplicant's arm
within his, and set out for the '-scene of suffer
ing." They had not gone far, however, when a
stout and ferocious-looking man suddenly sprang
upon them, and exclaimed : "Ah ! 1 have you
now ! You're a pretty miss, aren't you ? A&fi
you, yta young rascal! you're the Villain who
has poisoned my home and broken my wife's
heart! But I'll have vengeance now!" The
girl sobbed and begged "her father" not to kill
her, and also to spare --Harry," whom she loved
dearer than her own life. The young gentleman
was perfectly bewildered. He could only ac
count fur the conditiou in which he found him
self on the hypothesis that in some oblivious
moment, when in a state of iutoxication. he had
won the affections of the lovely girl by his side,
and ruined the peace of a once happy family..
He was recalled from his speculations on the
subject by the gleam of a pistol barrel, the muz
zle toward his brain. The "outraged father,"
with fierce imprecations, ordered him to prepare
for '-instant death." The girl implored her '-inexorable
parent" to relent ; which at last he
agreed to do on condition that the infatuated
pair should agree never to sec each other more.
To this the young Virginian readily and fervently
assented, whereat the devoted young lady seemed
much pained ; but after embracing him violently,
she walked away with a melancholy air. The
'-father" watched her until she disappeared, and
then with a warning glance departed. As soon
as the young man recovered from his astonish
ment he felt for his watch to see the hour, but
his watch had unaccountably disappeared, and s
had his purse ! Then the young gentleman from
Culpepcr county understood the whole matter.
Xevark X. ..) Journal.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby forewarned against tres
passing upon the Lands of the undersigned by hunt
ing with guns or dogs, or laying down the fences, as
the law will be strictly enforced against each and
every one so offending.
C. E. BELL,
March 30, 1SGS lm .7 AS. BOYCE.
NEW SPRING GOODS,
Now opening at the old stand, Springs' Corner,
Lenos,
Mozambique.,
Silks and all Wool Challies.
Grenadines, Silks, &c,
together w ith a full line of trimmings.
A choice and select stock of Millinery. Also a
large stock :of Domestic Goods, Prints, and Delains.
A. SINCLAIR.
April 6, 1808.
AT DAVIDSON'S
Furniture Rooms, Charlotte, N. C,
Will be found a full assortment of
rUKXITUllE OF ALL KINDS,
Such as Bureaus, Bedsteads, Book-cases, Chairs.
Cradles, Cribs, Desks. Side-boards, Side iind Corner
Stands, Tables, Towel Eaeks, Wardrobes, Wasli
Stands. Wire and Tin Safes, &e. Also, Moss, Cotton
ami Shuck Matrasses.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES a supply kept on
hand. It. F. DAVIDSON.
Charlotte, March J',0, 1808.
Just Received,
A fresh supply of Family Groceries, such as Coffee,
Sufar Molasses. Bacon. I. aid. Mackerel. Cheese.
Candles, Soap, Tepper, Spice, Ginger, Pickles and
Canned Fruits at SIMS & KENNEDY'S,
Opposite the Presbyterian Church.
Hardware.
Shovel, Spades, Forks, Grain and Grass Scythes,
Axes, Nails, Trace Chains, Weeding lloes, Curry
Coinbs, Coffee Mills, &c . at
SIMS & KENNEDY'S.
Crockery.
Cups and Saucers, Plates, Bowls and Titchers, at
SIMS & KENNEDY'S.
Wooden Ware, &c.
Buckets, Tubs, Churns, Cotton Cards, Towder,
Shot and Lead, all of which will be sold cheap for
Cash, or bartered for Country Produce, by
SIMS o: KENNEDY.
Opposite the Presbyterian Church,
April 0, 1808 4w Moody's Old Stand.
New Arrival at
J. BUXBAUM & CO'S,
Trade Street, 2 doors from the Court House.
SPLENDID STOCK OF
Spring and Summer Goods,
At Wholesale and Retail.
V- Iijitp now in Store the largest and most com
plete assortment of Dry Goods. Hardware, Groceries,
Ready-made l lothing. xc. Our stock ot
Ladies' Dress Goods
Is complete, consisting of the latest and most fash
ionable styles.
Our Heady-made Clothing is of the most superior
quality, and will be offered cheaper than any liouse
in the city. Our facilities are great, and we intend
to give the benefit of them to our customers.
We have a splendid stock of Boots and Shoes, from
the most reliable manufacturer, w hich was pur
chased for cash, aud will be sold at very short profit.
Ladies' Hats, trimmed aud untrimmed; Ladies'
Gloves, Hosiery, and a full stock of
Yankee Notions.
Thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed on us
..... ...:o ctrir in Tinoiit fl caw t o ii m n fo nf tti snnii1.
If you w ish cheap Uoois tnis is tne place to come.
J. Bl'XBAl'M vSc CO.
Two doors South of the Court House.
April G. 1808.
Stenhouse, Macaulay & Co.,
Cotton and Prod we Buyers aud Wholesale and
Retail Dealers in (roceries, tir.,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Have in Store a good assortment of Groceries of
every description. Cotton Ties. Rope. Bagging, Su
gar. Coffee. Molasses. Iron. Salt, Cheese, Fish, &c. &c.
Family Flour of the best brands.
March iC. 1808.
Interest! Interest!!
Interest on deposits of currency, gold and silver,
allowed at the City Bank of Charlotte. Trade street,
Springs' Building. A. O. BRENIZFR.
Jvlarch SO, 180. Cashier.
T C II. . - - - - - - " " " - - -
Wives and Housewives. '
The woman question, says the Chicago Tri
bune, has of late risen to very great importance
in the publie mind of England aud America. It
besieges our colleges, kuocks loudly at the" doors
oi our schools of medicine and theology, breaks
vi et amitg into Constitutional Conventions, Con
gress, and Parliament, and "in every walk of so
ciety gets iteelf dinned into our ears. It is, we
freely coufess, a great question, the "better half '
ot all tlie questions possible to be stated -judging
at least, irom the noise made about it by cer
tain shnli sisters of both sexes; but scolding apart,
the question of woman, her nature, position, is
one ot the very first , on which the sage or the
saint can meditate, one which challenges in every
true man the w isest reflection and the teuderest
cusideratipu.
Looking at life as an honest business, rather
than a scene of sell-indulgence, as the mass of
men must look at it, nothing is more plain than
that work for a young wedded couple naturally
divides itself into keeping the shop, or farm, or
whatever may be the means of earning bread iu
the world, and keephig the home. Lsually, the
one must take the work .outside the house, the
other the inside. rlhe two spheres cannot be
mingled; aiid every dictate of considerate leeling
gives the wife the keeping of the home. .Nature
would rebuke as an outrage the sending her,
rather than her husband to do the bread-winuing,
while keeping him at home to do the bread
making. It we follow the man to his store, his work
shop, we know that success in breyd-wiuuing
cannot come uuless he takes hold of the work
hiniseif. As iarmer, merchant, artisan, physi
cian, lawyer, editor, he must do a man's work
himself or go under. If he attempt to hire sub
ordinates to do the whole, he puts his money up
the spout, and that is the end of it. Your great
luerctiant lias worked his way from the lowest to
the highest place in his business, aud has been
the hardest worked man, for a time at least, in
his establishment. If he at length lays off some
care, it is only when he has built up a ' house,"
which includes trained subordinates. If he fail
to secure these, he puts his own shoulders to the
wheel every day, early and late. You don't
catch him muuehing peanuts in a private ofliee,
or carving a steam-engine with his jack-knife,
or even improving his mind with the List novel
while anybody he can hire is iu the store and
counting-room blundering along with his busi
ness, if a man falls heir to a great business, and
leaves it to be managed by hirelings, the day of
his ruin is not far otf. There is no chance for'
amateurs in man's sphere. It is' by work alone,
personally done, and well done, that the man can
make h:s way.
Ought we not to expect it to be equally true
that the woman can never succeed uuless she
"does her own work V She may have any num
ber of subordinates, and delegate, any number ol
duties, but she must put her own hands in, and
herself take the first and the largest share of the
work, if what is law for the man is law also for
her. Mere drudgery she need not necessarily
do. but every part of house keeping which re
quires intelligence she must have done herself,
aud must riot be at any time incapable of doing
upon necessity. The daily control and manage
ment of her servants, and attention to every
critical operation in the household, she cannot
neglect except at her peril. If she is able to
leave to others all the delicate operations of the
housekeeping, it is only because the has herself
trained with special care and success those to
whom she thus entrusts her work. Even then
she will be fortunate if she does not find that no
servant can quite fulfil her housewifely duties.
That our women, who have houses to keep,
pretend to heed this inexorable law of success,
no one now-a'-days will pretend. As a rule, they
have not learned housekeeping by actual practice,
as the young man learns his business, nor do they
attempt to put their own hands to their work
They are, as far as their first duty is concerned,
both ignorant and idle, while their house affairs
get on as they can in the hands of hirelings, or
do not get on at all; and, worst of all, many of
them take pride in their unpardonable ignorancj
and idleness. '1 hey trick themselves out in a
ladyhood which puts housewifery out of the ques
tion, aud indulge the silly fancy that this guise
is to charm us all our days, while we eat sour
bread and such remnants of beef as the kitchen
tyrants can spare. 'The young husband finds
that the menials cost mo:e than master and mis
tress, because his wife thinks it beneath her to
be a housewife. Instead of making a home for
her husband, the wife makes a bower for him,
with an indifferent restaurant attached; and not
only is the comfort cf t-he scheme dismal, but
the harm of it to the wife is very great. Both
mind aud bod- need the active occupation of
housekeeping. Dawdling is wretched for both
body aud soul. Lady-like employment with the
needle involves the serious injury of sitting too
much. As things have been going on for fifty
years, even our choicest classes of women will
lose stamiua, until wedlock will mean not a
b-judoir and a restaurant,'"" ""but a hospital and a
restaurant the latter closed a good part of the
time, and husbands extremely well known at the
intelligence offices. '
There is but one remedy for this growing and
even now almost intolerable evil. The wife must,
as thoroughly as the man, do her .own work.
Every p.iit of housewifery duty bhe must be
trained iu. so that she can intelligently d rect
servants, and skillfully traiu jhem, and can upon
any necessity secure the success of her . house
keeping by her own bauds. The art of cooking,
and that of making things tidy and attractive,
should have iu the wife, from first Vj lust, an ac
tive professor. She may delegate any amount of
labor, but she cannot leave her work wholly to
others, least of all put it away ad unworthy of her.
Collee, Tea and Sugar.
JS' SACKS ritl.ME RIO COFFEE,
CP 10 Half Chests Imperial Tea,
GO Barrel Sugar aried qualities,
'Z'J Boxes Havana Sugar,
For sale by Si'LN HOUSE, MAC A CLAY & CO
April 0, 1808.
FOR SALE.
' A splenuld Matthew's Torcelaui luid SODA FOUN
TAIN, with handsome double, jet. silvered couultr
column; in good order, and nearly new. Trice S-OS)
Apply at - Da. J. E. DOUTFHT'fc
- Drng Stre,' St ateiriHe. N. C
April 0. 188 lm
Tlie Sea Coast of North Carolina.
Special Correspondence of the Raleigh Register.
"Sand Reef, Coast X. C.,
. Marcli 18, 18G3.
I wrote you last from the edge of the sea, the
Atlantic ocean. Before leaving the lieef, 1 have
looked around some, and have seen some novel
thing?.
As I said, a glance at the map of North Caro
lina shows a long narrow strip of land runuing
along the entire toast of our State. It varies in
width from half a mile to two miles, and x-oo-tinues
the , whole length, some three hundred
miles. The part where 1 am is a strip of twelve
miles, between Cape Lookout aud old Topsail
Inlet. .. .
Ouejier sees a mystery explained. We often
hear that the Atlantic Oceau once extended to
a North and South line, running not over six
miles East of Ilaleigh. Impossible, says some
one. If he will come and stand upon the beach
he will understand how it might be. true. Every
wave from the sea leaves souiethiug behind it on
the beach; a little sand, a shell, a little trash :
. Ill ., . ...
auci inus. -ine irouoieu sea mat cannot rest is
eloing day aud night, summer and winter. There
is a ceaseless depositing going ou ; several waves
in a uiiuuto, and every wave leaves some material.
I watched it with intense interest, and I could
well understand that if this is kept up six thou
sand years, the laud would grow extensively; and
I foresee another thing uamely, if this cease
less washing up of sand and shell, mire and dirt
continues for six thousaud years more, the point
where I stand, although now within a hundred
feet of the sea will be a hundred miles, and
Beaufort will be to the sea, what Ilaleigh now is,
an inlaud town.
Not a hundred yards from the salt water line,
the sand rises in hills to a height of twenty to
fifty feet, with oyster shells intermixed. A little
watching reveals this secret also. As the sand
and shells lodge on the beach, the strong winds
from the sea blow the particles back from the
water; but instead of traveliug over a wide plain,
these particles lodge against a bush or sea skele
ton, aud there forms a little mound, which grows
with time ; more and more sand and shells are
added until it forms a hill that overlooks the
ocean.
These hills, like the beach are pure sand and
shells ; and as the shells do not dissolve without
pulverizing or burning, they lie like pieces of
glass, so far as fertilizing goes. The laud is.
therefore, barren on the beach and over the hills.
It produces nothing, hardly a spear of grass
grows there, no vines, no shrubbery even, much
less a tree. The scenery is the valuable part.
I could linger here for hours, watching the wave
and listening at the ruarinir sound. It resembles
the noise of distant but tremendous water falls.
With my back to the sea, a very different
scene is presented. From the hills I have men
tioned, you see a wide spread undergrowth that
is as rank us a Texas border. Between the sea
aud the sound, the land is more or less depressed.
And in this basin there lies a thick coat upon
tlie sand of vegetable soil, and iu this grows a
variety of evergreen plants as thick as they can
stand.
One of the most prominent of these growths
is the Yeopou. It is North Carolina tea, thick
as hops. It is evergreen it grows four feet
high the leaf is small the plant is beaut ful
it boars a curia it shaped and colored berry.
It is used as a beverage by the residents of
the Beef; said by those who like it, to be good.
It is fully equal to "sige tei." or any of our
"yerb tea," and about as much like our ' store
tea," as "long sweetening" in like short.
Its attraction is iu its looks, any further ac
quaintance it is like the Frenchman tasting
s tp-sage, touching his throat delicately with his
fore-finger, SSare," says he. "it is disgust."
The Gall Brry flourishes on the Beef it is
a sure sign of poverty it has a black berry the
plant is ne;M- the same size with the tea, and i?
exceedingly abundant. - - -
My boatman tells me that- those n arshes
abound in scorpions, and that in hot weather they
travel around '-ke-ke-ke considerable." He is
colored,' the scorpions are yellow.
Notwithstanding the sterility of the soil, those
Beefs are thickly settled. Bit tie huts dot the
whole scene. They are made of slabs or the
boards of broken vessels that drift ashore.
It is said that when a family once gets lodged
on tha Beef, they never get able to get away
again. -They and their descendants rtfmatn there
generation after generation, for want of money
enough to get to some other place.
It would be hard to conceive of a population
that takes the world ertjner thnn these Reefers.
They seem to hare no courts, police, collectors or
any of the other nuisances from the tax department-
they can read but little they are ex
tremely por they live in mere cabins, and
seem to need or care for but few comforts. Here
and there, there is on old fashioned loom, but
where they get either cotton or wool docs not ap
pear to the traveler.
It is surprising how completely tlams and
c;yste:s pervaelos this poor earth. When
an np-conntry-man begins to pity th.!.'C p0".
fund hitlers, let him remember whilst they
do not enj-'V the fruit? of the earth as he does,
the fruits off the sea they do enjoy in full. In
stead of having to send to Xorf.dk for oysters,
they can safely wait till 1 2 o'clock before starting
to. look out for dinner at one. At a distance from
the cabin not exceeding two hundred y;.rd 'ic
clams and oysters iri vast abundance. They can
pick the fattest and best, and carry home enough
for ten families the size of their own. A twelve
vcar old boy can more than keep the family sup
plied with thftra rich articles. In this it is like
the country the Yankees started to look for.
where "Turkeys run roasted all with forks stuck
in their breasvs."
The main- dependence of these Reefers, is U
plunder the wrecks of vessel? as they drift ashore.
The huta are uua!ly built behind the sand bill
that is with the sand between the n and the
coast. -AcT'tifs-the moor and over the 'sand hills
are numberless little paths leading ont to the
beach. Along these paths there are two classes
f travelers, firt are the pigs that go in a trot, to
ee if any unirestar fish hare been drifted ashore;
second the children, men and won en keep a
sharp picketing cn these beaten pnths jo the top
of the- hill. Uf look'tp and down' the" coast, to
see !f anv new wrecks have drifted ashore
trunks, boxes, boats, human bodies, shells, tim
bers, and the like. .
Many a luckless ship finds its way to the North
Carolina coast. No sooner has its hull found ft
lodging, than these wreckers find . their way
aboard, and in their cabins are many of the parts
and pieces, valises, boxes, ropes, etc. , One old
soldier has nailed bi'side his door two signs
one reads "Carolina," the other "Neptune Spy."
These professional wreckers watth tho coast
for subjects, as auxiously as doctors watch for
sickly seasons.
They say there used to be a trick performed
by the North Carolina wreckers. They tied &
lamp to a horse's head, and let him loose to
graze- this they called tethering as he moved
about, tho light on his head seemed to the
mariners like the changing light of the light
house, so he steered for the spot, but soon found
himself aground, and these land marks aboad his
ship. I mean no disparagement to the doctors,
by this story.
Hogs thrive well enough on the Reef. They
find enough almg the sea coast and on the
sounds5. Thousands of dead fish are washed up
from the ocean, aud are lodged upon the Baud
beach. These and the multitudes of vegetable
growths that spring up along marshy spots, keep
the hogs in good order. But if you desire to get
at the quintessence of what is known as the
"fishy taste," try a little piece of one of these
hogs when made into boiled pork it is cod liver
oil to perfection the Reefers enjoy it however
but they had as well like it, for it is all the 1
fresh meat they get. '
I shall write next from inside that is Beau
fort Ilarlior. But before I bid farewell to the
Atlantic proper, I will tell you that whale fishing
is a regular business on our coast. A consider
able amount of capital and a good number of ves
sels are engaged in the business. To catch a
whale is no great occurrence. They aro usually
small, but the business pays. A fair animal yields ,
two thousand gallons of oil besidss the fun.
The whaling ships fish about twelve miles from
the coast; and when they get a subject they en
deavor to net him inside Beaufort Harbor to do
their disscctim
Itinerant.
What Mr. Stephens Learned while North,
The Hon. A. H. Stephens was profoundly im
pressed with the general quietude, not only of
Washington city, but the whole country duo
North. The Radicals are serene in the con
scious possession of almost, if not quite, absolnte
dominion. The leniocrat8 are passive under
afflictions deemed inevitable for the present, and
only hopeful of the future through the instru
mentality of a peaceful ballot in November.
Fighting is about the last thing thought about
on cither side ; the one party tranquilly usurping
every department of the Government, the other
party tamely submitting, and, like Micawber,
coiii placeutly hopiug for something to turn up.
This astonishing condition of affairs is explained
by Mr .Stephens as a peculiarity of the American
mind a reverence for actual authority, however
lawloss, and a elesirc to suppress it through every
exhaustive process of peace, and, failing in this,
submission with the best grace possible. 'A u
iju.ta Constitutional int.
Marine Losses Buhino Mabcii. Tho losses
by fire, wreck, collision or other disaster at sea
during March amounted to 39 vessels, valued,
without their cargoes, at 81,478.800. There
w ra lost 2 steamers, 3 ships, G barks, 8 brigs
and 20 schooners. Thus far, during 18G8, thero
have been lost, 11 1 vessels, valued at 88,052,500
during the corrcsiondiug period of 18G7.
: i ii
&T Just as we expected, the notices and pro
ceedings of what is called the Ku-Klux Klan,
in some of the Southern States, whether intended
f r fun, or fright, or reality, are working mis
chief upon the people, inducing new restrictions
and restraints, and bringing the military author
ity down upon those suspected of encouraging or
being concerned with the rexrted organization.
It is probable that in many places the whole affair
is a ui)th with no reality. But it is a myth'
which may produce trouble to those who may
tliluk it is only a joke. Alex. (Uucttt.
The Art or Bei.no A kkeable Tho tru
art of being agreeable, is to appear well pleased
with all the company, and rather to seem well
entertained by them. A man thus disposed,
perhaps, may not have much learning nor any
wit, but if he has common sense, and something
friendly iu his behavior, it conciliates men's
minds more than the brightest parts without this
disposition; and when a man of such a. tarn'
comes to old age, he is almost sure to be treated
with respect. . It is true, indeed, that we bhould
n t dissemble when in company, but a man may
be very agreeable, strictly consistent with truth
nnd siucci ity, by a prudent silence where he can--not
concur, aud a pleasing assent where he . can.
N w and then you meet with a person so exactly
formed to please, that he will gain upon erery
one that hears or behold him. This disposition
is not merely the gift of nature, but frequently
the effect of much knowledge of the world and a
commaud over the passions.
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