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Term of SuUcrintionTHRKi: Doli.abs, in advance.
the French Method of Raising Tomatoes.
"Western Democrat
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1868.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME N USIBE ft 818.
WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor und Proprietor.
Tkhm." Three Dollars per annum in advance.
)
Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable
rate, or iu accordance Willi contract.
Obituary notices of over five lines in length will
be charged for at udvei lising rates.
CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, X C.
This first clasd and well known House, formerly
kept by Maj. J. 15. KLl'E, having been recently re
quired aud rel'uruislMtd in every department, is now
open ad ready to receive jiues-ta
The Table is unsurpassed, and in point of conve
nience and comfort the House is not excelled by any
in tl,-City. W. W. IIAKT,
rVMUury 17, lSt'8. - lV-.prietr.
Robert Gibbon, M. D.,
I'll V SIC I A N A N 1 S U Md VA)S,
Tryon Street, Charlotte, X. C,
Office and Residence, one door south old .State Bank,
(formerly Win. Johii.stoii's residence;.
Jan 1, ib'iS. y
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
nrt-or- Vim professional services to the citizens of
Cbiii-lotte and s urronn ding country.
i,ht and d:v. pronij.tlv attended to
Otiiirc No. iranitc Row,
Mansion Home.
January "-'7. I'-S.
All calls, both
up stairs, opposite the
A. W. ALEXANDER,
Surgeon Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. '.
(it'Vct in tin- Urunlt ' B'uuii, opposite the Charlotte !
IL.t.l.)
)'',., ' t'i consulted on Tuesdays, Wednesday,
Tiin-d.iy and l'i idays.
Mai-ell 2", 1 ..
Dr. JOHN II. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CIIARI.OTTi:, X. C,
HaH on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE
DRUG., Chemical;-. Patent Medicines, Family Medi
cines, Paints, Oils, Vanishes, Pye Stuffs, Fancy and
Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the
very lowest prices.
.May Ji, iNiT.
THE DRUG STORE
OF
Kilgore & Cureton
II Ms b.en removed to the Store in Granite Row, next
to tli Express Olttce.
A large assort incut of Fresh Pl ugs, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils. Dye Stiill. Perfumery. &c, will be
found at this new establishment, and will be sold at
us low itrices as any other house.
P.. F. KILGOKE, M. D.
Janl'., 18iW. T. K. CL'RETON. M. I).
As soon as a cluster of flowers is visible, the
stem is topped down to the cluster, bo that the
flowers terminate the stem. The effect is that
the sap is immediately impelled into the two
buds next below the cluster, which soon push
strongly and produce another cluster of flowers
each. When these are visible the branch to
which they belong is also topped down to their
level; and this is done successfully. By this
means the plant becomes stout dwarf bushes, not
above eighteen inches high. In order to prevent
their falling over, sticks or strings arc stretched
horizontally along the rows, so as to keep the
plants erect. In addition to this, all the laterals
that have no flowers, and after the filth topping,
all laterals, whatsoever, are nipped oif. In this
way the ripe sap is directed into the fruit whic h
acquires a beauty, wize and excellence, unattaiucd
by other means.
TO FARMERS
Of North and South Carolina.
GROCXD PLASTER-
For sale cheap by KVjorc & Curtton, Charlotte.
Ground Plaster attracts ammonia from the at
mosphere and retains it for the use of vegetation.
Its action as a manure is twofold. In the first place,
it nerves directly for the loo-kp"' several of our culti
vated plants; and secondly, it fixes and retains cer
tain Holuble substances iu the toil, which are neces
sary to their growth and nutrition. Nor is this all.
To the same property is to be ascribed its action of
fixin" ammonia, hen scattered over fctuble Hours,
dunghills, manure tanks, &c., by absorbing it, there
by preventing its escape.
Plaster may be applied to grass lauds by scatter
iu" it broadcast over the surlace, or over cultivated
ground, harrowing it in at the time of sowing the seed.
It mav also be applied in the hill at the time of plant
ing beans, peas, Indian corn or tobacco; or it may be
applied to the plants of these crops at their first or
second hoeing. For grass lauds it is recommended
to sow it in the spring, even when the grass is oor
(' inches in height, and, when sown in August, alter
harvest, upon clover lea.-, a fine aftermath maybe
cut, aud the crops of the year following will cxpericne
nearly the whole of its good effects.
The best time of applying plaster is in the evening
or morning upon the dew or in calm and cloudy weath
er, inst before or after a slight rain: for if the weath
er be very rainy, its effects will be lessened if not al-
, . i r ; i. .
together destroyed. When sown v im grain, nsui
dinarv dose is coital n hulk to that of the seed, say
-( ( or ;:HJ lbs. to an acre: but to grasslands, or crops
of loffumes, notatoes, and Indian corn, u or 0 bushels
to the acre are commonly employed in Europe. I se
In n rm.iTin-t of earth or dunr. or combined with
other manures, such as guano, rape dust, &c, it h:
b-en ar.miod to turnii'S with marked effect. If a
little plaster be strewn over barnyard diing, while
being turned over, belorc using, us auuuij n
inurh increased.
This cheap fertilizer has been imported from Nova
Scoiia, and is now being ground fresh and pi-re, at
it.,. fSir Works Mills, at Portsmouth. Vu , and
is sold in large or small Muantities, at greatly rcdu
ted prices, by KlUiOiU: & CIKI.1U,
Wholesale & Retail Druggists, Charlotte, N
April lit). lbbS.
Story from Mexico.
The Monitor Republicana, of the city of Mexi
co, gives the following:
I). M. E., a gentleman of great wealth and
worth, and a widower, seventy years of age, a
few years since resided near this city; and owned
nearly all the lands of the surrounding country,
lie had two married daughters. 'At this advan
ced age he married again, and with a veryyouug
lady by whom he had two sons. " His second
wife died, and was soon followed by the husband
and father of the four children.
The two soils aud half brothers had lived
entirely separ. t : from their senior half sisters
before "the death of their parents, and continued
to do so afterwards. The old gentleman at his
death v iiled all Iris property, money and lands,'
valued at 4.00.f00, equally among Ti is four
children. .Shortly 'after his death the younger
of the two boys visited the house of one of his
eld?r h-u'i' sisters, --pifrtook of rome- l"lrchmcbi,3
ami died in great misery shortly afterward.. ,
Although" no measures were taken to discover
the cause of the bov's strange demise, suspicions
were aroused that he had been foully dealt with.
The high standing of the family, and their im
mense wealth and influence, had partially caused
the smothering of suspicion, wheu the elder boy
and heir of one-third of the estate was likewise
dealt with.
He was in his eighth year at this time. The
sisters sent for him one evening to come and dine
it their home. Ho 'went with the servants as
invited. The occasion was one of iamily lestivi-
tv,: and there were present a large concourse ot
people. After a visit ol lour hours the least be
ing ended, the boy started lor Ins home. YS ntle
on the way he was seized with a griping, and.
alter a few moments ol intense agony and pain.
he fell dead in tkc street, in the place where he
was attacked. The friends of the sisters had
him buried, but the public became furious over
the event, and demanded that the body be disen
tombed aud examined by a Junta, commission of
surgeons. Popular clamor was so strong that
the demand was complied with, which resulted
in corroborating the worst suspicions. Strych
nine had been administered in large quantities.
The two sisters aud their servants were arrested
aud sent to prison, and will be tried for murder. 1
FAMILY GROCERIES.
I have ou hand, ami am constantly receiving, a
general as.-orlment of tiroceries, such as Sugar, Tea.
Co-fee, .Molasses, Cheesv, Flour. Raeon. Corn, Meal,
and everything i L-v iu the Crnecry line
I will sell as cheap as any house in Charlotte, and
re-pecifiiliy request pert-oiis wishing to buy to give
me a call.
1 deliver, within the limits of the City, all tro-
eorics bought at my More
A good lot of Cast in
C
The End of Four Great Men.
.. The four great personages who occupy the
most conspicuous places in the history of the
world, are Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and Bo
aaparte. ; -' - : "I f " - m
.Alexander after having climbed the dkzy.
heights of his ambition, and with h:s temples
bowud with chaplets dipped in the, blood of count
less millions, looked . down . -upon a conquered
world and wept that, .there was not another world
for him to conquer set a city on ,firo and died in
a scene of debauch. '.; ; . , - . -
llaiinibal. after having to the astonishment
and consternation of Home', passed thfe Alps, and
after having put topflight the armies, of the mis
tress of the world, and slipped "three bushels of
golden rings from the fingers, of the slaughtered
knights." and made her foundation 'quake, fled
frtun his country, being hated by those who
once cxultingly united his name to that of their
.cs, and called him Ilina Baal, died at last in
a foreign cctmtfy, by poison ad.niuistc-red "with
Ins own hand,- unlamented and unwept.
Cassar; after having conquered eight - hundred
cities, aud dyeing his garments in the . blood oi
one million of his foes, "after having pursued to
death the only rival he had on earth, was miser
ably assassinated by those he -considered his
dearest friends; and in that very, place the at
tainment of which had been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandates kings and' popcb
obeyed, after having filled the earth with-the
terror 01 his name and alter Having - deluged
Europe with tears aud blood, and clothed tin
world in sack-cloth closed his -days in lonely
banishment, almost literally exiled from the
world, yet where he could sometimes see his
country's banner waving over the' deep, but
which did not and could not bring him "aid
Thus these four men, who seem to stand the
representatives of all those whom the wxrld calls
great these four men, who each in turn made
t he earth tremble to its very centre by their sim
ple tread, severally died one by intoxication, 01
as supposed, by poison mingled in his wine one
bv suicide, one murdered by his friends, and one a
loucly exile. "How arc the mighty lallen .
To the Ladies.
Miles" Congress Gaiters and Laced Lasting Gaiters,
Bradley lJuplex Hoop Jskiits, extra fine Corsets,
French Purcale Skirting at
PAPU1NGFK, WOLFK & CO S.
Alamance Plaids,
Fancy Wax Peads, Fancy Combs, Hair Brushes of
everv kind. Lace Collars, Linen Collars of every des-
. ,t, -.1.
iution, and White ami 1 otorci .a space-as ai
P.ARlilNC.LK, WOLFF. & COS.
Taxes in New York City.
An examination of the tax books of New York
citv Cfor 18GG-G7) shows that already ten men
own one-tenth part of the whole taxable property
of the city, as follows :
V'm B Astor,
Win C Khinelander,
A T -Stewart,
Peter and Robert Goelet,
James Lenox,
cr
Feb 17. lKO.
1 WT 11 . tl 1.,
ana llouow-uare or .-iiiv.
A. PF.K I? VII ILL,
Under Mansion House.
A HALES,
Watchmakor and Jeweler,
..:' D.r r to th M:iii"ion lousr, Charlotte, - C.
If your AVai.-ii needs Repairing.
Iou t get mad and go to swearing:
Just t ike it into H l.F.S shop,
lie will tiv it so it will not stop.
He warrants his work all for a year,
When it is used with proper care.
He will do it as low as it can be done,
And do it so well it's ?ure to run.
January 1. lS'JS. y
Charlotte Female Institute,
CHAiLLOT TL. X. C. .
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st ol
OcioVr. and will co itinuc until "Oth June, lM'.y.
( ) I'F 1 C i i US A X 1) IX ST L L" CTO IIS :
Rev. U. Harwell. Principal and Instructor in Men
tal aud Moral Philosophy and Mathematics.
Jim. 11. l'.urwell. A. M.. Cheine-dry. Xaturul Phi
losophy and Ancient Languages.
Mrs. M. A. l'.urv.-ll. Knglish branches r.nd Super
iutoudeiit Social duties.
Prof A. ll.iuiu.iu!i. Vocal and lntruineiit.il M"usic.
Pro!. U. K. I'iguet. Dra wing, Pa'-nt it:g a ml Modern
Languages.
Mis Mary P.atte. F.ngli-h lirauches and French.
Mrs Snlly White, Ln ;lish Ui.inches.
Miss Mary F. Penick, Music ou Piano and Guitar.
Mis KU.i K. Carson, flusic on Piano.
Term as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars a I lre-s
Fresh Arrivals
AT THE ELEPHANT STORE
Jut received a full ami complete assortment of
Groceries,
embracing every article in that line, together with
an assortment of
TllOMASVILLE MADE SHOES
for Men, P.oys, Women and Misses. Also, Tlow
Moulds, superior Iron and a hplendid lot oT
Wilson's Family Flour,
And the whitest Meal in the City.
1 deliver all articieH purchased from me frco of
..l.vn-,. .it imv ibico within toe corporate i.mns
v ..... - - I . . .
March oU, Ititi.
gff, As for prices :t will be better for all who are
anxious to get rich to trade with
P.AUUINGFlt, WOLFE & CO.
Ready-Made Clothing,
nlalaruo stock of Hats, Umbrellas, Gentlemen's
. ,i .1 .1 1 -v.,..:..-. ...nr, A 1 rt V"r,lM-c nlr-Tn PI.ir '
1. loins anu (.iisMuiii c. -11. v, u ..
for sale. f- w- & CO.
Peter liorillard, (since
John David Wolfe,
31 31 Hendricks,
Rufus L Lord,
C V S Roosevelt,
Total,
$10,114,000
7.743,000
GW 1.500
4;417,0()0
4.2(10.000
4.245.000
3.907.000
1.000,000
1 ,500.000
1,346.000
Distance of the'Sun.
A new estimate of the gun's distance reminds
us thai tb.t important astronomical, element still
remains unsatisfactorily determined; The dis?
cover? jnadeuj0t many yeaWAsro, that the ac-
Qepted'value of the euo's distance was some three
iniluons of : miles too great, was reructantry ad
uiitted by astronomers. , It was easy i Indeed, to
show tliat thej might justly be proud of having
deterniipad the sun 'a distance eyen withiu this
apparently enortous ange of error. - Bnt tone
the less, it was unpleasant to have to admit that
they , had largely ; b ver-yalued 1 the .accuracy of
thph caljculations: or rather of 'the observations
on y hich theiy e&tiuj&tesjksd-. been founded
Jliat astrononiers should haVfebeen in error upon
ihis poi ntx and yet , , that astronomy '. ehould he
spoken of as the most exact of fho feetences, may
teem pcrplexiog to those .who are noi familiar
with the trueuality of. that exactness rhich in
sought after hy astronomera. It Jrcaeuiblcs iu
a sort .the -a.ee uracT of th horologist'i artvt - Bujt
the astronomers ot the pretjcut day -using ai
variety, of delicate methodsT: into -whwse nature ,
we need not here cuter, nave ..arriveu at .nxire
trustworthy, results. , It is hoped that duringihe
transits of V enus in 184 4 and JhbZ these results
may be improved upon. Yet oven now,wemay
note as a great achievement ot - modern science
the following series of values, differing little (pro-
P'jrtionately) among themselves, though .well
separated from the old, determination, 95.274.000.
.... -. , w 1 . r
the Cernian astrouomer. Hansen, tnaKing use 01
a peculiarity in the ' moon's motion as a guide,,
was led to the value 91,700,000 miles ; Stone,
of the Greenwich Observatory, was led by. tho
sunie means (only instruments,) to; the value
91,400,000 the peculiarity was estimated by
other miles. Winnet ke and Stone, from obser
vations ou Mars, obtained,tespectivcly, the values
01,300,000 miles and 91,500,000 unles. Ksti-
iiates founded on a comparison of the velocity of
light as determined by tne experiments ol rizeau
aud Faucault with tho astrouoiuical determina
tion, give a value of 91,500,000 miles. A method
employed by Leverrier, and founded on a pecu
liarity of the earth's motion, gives 91,600,000.
!inles. And lastly, the Ttfw estimate obtnined'l-y
Mr Simon Newcombe (IJ. S.J founded on obser
vations of Mars in 1862, makes the sun's dis
tance 92.400.000 miles. The mean of these
values' is 91,771,000 miles, or nearly 630,000
Care of Horses.
miles less than the greatest estimate.
Hardware.
Everything almost in the Hardware line ; C'hi?els,
Augers". Hammer?. Door Locks, Hinges, Axes, Hoes,
Iron and Blacksmith Tools. V., YV. CO.
H. M. PKKSSON.
Bank
Notes.
Hitrhest market price paid for Southern Bank
Notes ut the Bunking House of
THOS. YY DEWEV & CO.
Revenue Stamps,
For "ale at the Bunking House of
1 1 OS. W. DEWEY CO.
Notice.
AVe thank o;ir friends for past fuvors aud hope
they will continue them. We bog those indebted to
come forward and pay up at onee. as we need meney.
pril HO, 18tl8. BABRINCLK, WOLFE & CO.
Cure for
Piles!
A-
Deposits
Beeeived and interest allowed at the Banking House
of THO5. W. BEWEY vS: CO.
Gold and Silver Coin
Bought aud sold at the Backing House of
THOS. V.'. DEWEY & CO.
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
CHARLOTTE, X. V.
Hours of busin"ss to suit dealers and customers.
February 17, 18"S.
litv. n.
BUUWELL & SON.
Charlotte, X. C.
18..T.
September
Family Groceries and Provisions
JAS. F. ALEXANDER & CO.,
(In thr Jitin-mmtt Slr? 0 Sprm;;' ItuiliLtig.)
Keeps a general assortment of J'amily Supplies and
;reeries. such as Suar. Cot'ee. Molasses. Biee.
Flour. Meal. Fish. Bacon, ie anything usually Kept
in the (ro;-'i-y line.
Prioes will le in:i.lo reasonable, and ererything
done to please siiid accommodate customers
(iive us a call at the "Store under the Citv Bank
room. J. F. AI.EXAXDEU i: CO.
March :0. 1M
GROCERIES.
IU liarreis ricKien 1 orK,
2-0 Bushels Corn,
lo liarreis Irish Potatoes (Ooodrich
nnd Fink Eye.)
Mackerel in Kits aud Barrels.
Sugar, Coffee, Xails, Iron, Salt.
Cotton Ties. Bagging and Bope.
And everything usually kept iu a first-class (Irocery
Store.
March 1C. 188. MILLER -V BLACK.
Foreign Exchange.
We draw directly on the principal cities in the fol
lowing countries at Xew Yoik rates: England,
France. Switzerland. Holland, Bussia, Sweden, Nor
way. Italy, Spain, Portugal and South America; also
in 130 cities in the German States. It is now un
necessary to order Foreign Exchange from Xew York.
A. G. BUEXI.EB, Cashier,
City Bank of Charlotte. Trade street.
March SO.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
At TiU it Jim's JirooJc Starr, vcar Scarr's
Druj Store, Charht' X. C.
Bingham's English and Latin Grammar.
Mitchell s and Cornell s eerie of Geographies.
Sterling's scrief of Books. . u
Da vies series of Algebra? and Arithmetics, with
Keys.
Emerson's series of Aritumctics. - -
, Qmx-keHbiM-' mriw of School Book".
Botanies of various kinds
Brick" Fomerey's Books Sense and Nonsense.
St. Elmo another lot uf that popular Book just in.
Surrv of Eagles Nest, a few left, call nnd get one.
Four Years in the Saddle by Harry Gilmer.
Stationery-
A larger lot of Vapor. Envelopes, Ink, Tens and
Holders, end 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 Urited
States at publishers price, by giving us six days lime.
j Wrapping Paper,
lSx?5 for "l.GO per Beam aud Paper half tl at size
I for 1K cents.
I Rags! Rags!!
100 CxM pounds of clean Cotton and LIn n Bags
! wanted, for which the highest price in money will
be paid TIDD & BllO.,
March 10, 18'8. At "the Xew Book Store
Infallible
TRY IT.
far as heard from this Ointment, with two ex
ceptions, when tried, has been accompanied, vvito
certificates acknowledging a ppeedy cure of this life
wasting malady. There being different stages of
this disease. 2 oz. and 4 02. bottles will be sold, suit
ing the condition of the afflicted. Vvberethe disease
has become chronic., 4 oz. bottles are recommended:
when only felt occasionally get the 2 oz. bottles at
half price, and nip this disease in the bud, as it will,
like consumption, steal life away. Those wishing
this Ointment will address the undersigned. Trice,
o-r. bottles. 1.50. 4 oz. bottles, 3.
gR For Mile iu Wadesboro, at the Drug Store of
Smith & Coppedge. .
W. M. riCKETT,
April -20, 18G8 Ct Wadesboro, N. C-
Great Inducement to Farmers.
We have made arrangements by which we can fur
nish Loose Lime by the Ton at $11. Certainly every
Farmer will not fail to use it at this low price.
HUTCHISON, Bl'KKUl UUP & t.u.,
April 20. 186S. ' ' AgentP.
$20,000 WORTH OF GOODS,
re now offered to the public at Springs' Corner.
These cooda arc bound to pell thcmselyef by re.isou
of their adaptation to this market.
EXCELLENCY,
BEAUTY,
NEATNESS,
' ' T CHEAPNESS.
In everv variety and style of
Dry Goods,
I am prepared to suit nil customers. In Notion?,
Millinery and Dress Trimmings,
I offer the most attractive inducements. v
CrTaTway fouud at Springs' JVruer. ud polite and
mentive Salesmen are in readiness for the GBhAI
BUSH of customers which the inducements I offer
must bring. .
Vj$i Cail earlv and satisfy yoursebres, ; :
AprTlCO, lSr,?V A., SINCLAIR.
DRESS KAKCG AND MILLINERY,
In all their branches, at Springs' Corner .
April 20, 38i8. ' A. SINCLAIR.
$51,405,500
TIip t..t:il of the taxable iivonertv in this same
.vrar was 555.442,012. 80 that it appears that
i ten men already own about one-tenth of' all ; ami
one hundred men might own the whole ot the
city, had their fathers, and they, done as these
have done. The highest tax paid on the list
amounted to $358,140, and the lowest to 8-2,070.
Either of them very pretty fortunes in most
quarters of the habitable globe. Together, these
ten paid taxes to the amount of $1 ,182,820.
A gentleman was chiding his son for staying
out late of nights, or rather early of next morn
ings and said :
'Why, when I was your age, my father would
not allow me to go out of the house after dark V
Then you had a deuce ofa father, you had,"
sneered the young profligate.
AY hereupon the fat her very rashly vociferated:
"1 had a confounded sight better father than
vou. vou vounir rascal !"
A sweet voutijr lady says the males are of no
accouut from the time the ladies stop kissing
them as infants until they commence kissing
them as lover?. .
and Sugar.
LF.S. BALTIMORE BACON
Bacon
H HV.WUDfHW Sides
7,000 Founds dry, suited nnd Coun
try Lacou.
' 30 Boxes dry Havana Grocery
Sugar, for sale bv
'gTENIIOUSE; MACAULAY & CO.
April 27, 1603. . ' : '
Landreth's Garden Seed,
Received and fur sale at the lrug Store of
KILGOUE & CUKE TON.
No Delay at Weldon or Raleigh.
TO SHIPPERS.
Nortli Carolina all State Railway Lines.
THE OLD RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD,
The Shortcut, ' Quirkcst, Safest and bat Lhw,
Xorth and South, to he I ft out in he cold,
unb-sx Shippers specialty say via R d G.
Railroad. '
We inaugurated and are the Great Through Inland
;,. T im- K.,nte to all the Northern markets, and have
ucce-fuliy worked the Line to the ent ire -rat !!-faction
of iilni-p-jrs, Notfi-h and South, for the last ten yenrs,
as the ten thousand Shippers in North and fcrnth
Carolina will testify. We paid the Statu near .seven
Huti'lred Thousand D-Uars for her interest m tui3
Road thereby Favhir the people from Taxation lor
all time to come !?K),HX) per year: and we unhcsi
..... ,t.i i.,. ihnt u-e can and will srive more uis-
patcii to aU points, North and South, than any other
Line.
NOTICE.
c.v.VXT INLAND AIU LINE FREIGHT ROUTE
17a Ilahh .& Gallon Jladroad,
I the shortest hue for Miippers, una jou ,
.,;.. ,! so to direct VCOJX Irtiiht. or they will be
IntercvJilnd ,r .cing carried over thi,
,llowed nt thVcity l ank of Chartfe, Trade .Mrcct Great Inland Air Line safely, d.rcct yonr condors
SrinS' lUiltnUf ' A. G. BRENIZER, t0 mark or order your f reight, Rale.gh & Ga.ton
The Silver Highwaymen.
Twentv-five oattados entered the town of
J.
Tuluueiugo the other day, and took oil' horses
belonging to G011. llojo, the military commander
uf the place, whom they were after, but failed to
hnd. JJ'.xuait Standard.
The piatcudos are a band -of 'brigands or high
waymen whose origin dates further bac k than the
beginning of the present century. The name
siguiiies -the silver-plated," and was given them
ou account of their display of silver-plated arms,
dress, and horse equipments. Every piece of
utetal, such as buckles, stirrups-, buttons, bridle
bits, and even to the horses shoes ot this Dana,
ave either made of solid silver or are plated.
They are the dread and scourge ol the valleys
ol Mexico, Tuluca aud l'uebla, and stories of
their operations are as numerous as those ot our
Indian wars. Their standby resort ts the moun
tain fastnesses of Mount Melincha, situate!
north-east of l'uebla, a mountain the diameter ot
whose base is seventy-five miles long. Although
they havy been outlawed by every conservative
adiniuistiat ion, they have alwavs been found 111
the Liberal army. Juarez pardoned them in
lbG7. They then joined Diaz's army, fought at
l'uebla, and in front of Mexico until that city
fell, when they returned to Mount Melincha aud
to robbing.
There are about six hundred Mexicans in the
bands, but they operate in small divisions. The
instance of their entrance to Tulancingo, as quo-
ti.I !ili.n:fi. is a samnlc of their darinir. '1 hat
citv has from 15,000 to 20.000 inhabitants, yet
tw'iitv-five of the ptatcadoi 'went, into it, hunted
for the coinuiandautej and, not finding Jiim, car-.
ned lu-3 horses tu their resents. - ..
Kiduavuiuir people aud holding them for Tan
som is then- mincinal bource of revenueJ Ladies
uf wealthy families are taken by them and held
until ransomed, but no instance of their receiving
person tl harm or i tie ult while in their power is
known. Iu 1853 tbey kidnapped a wealthy
widow of the city of Puebla, und demanded and
received $50,000 random money for liberating
her . Their recruits are mostly 1rorn the wealtny
families of the cities of Mexico, Puebla, and To-
luca,. They live a jovial,-extravagant; me ana
:ii-i. free i'roui nrosccutioii OR long the Liberal
aJuMiibtiatiou is in power. ISj'vtcitsvt'te (itxut)
Runchtro. :
After about twenty-two years' experience as a
horse owner, I uiideifake to Bet down a littlo of
my experience coucerning the management of
that noble animal. '
Covamenciug when the foal is a day or two' old,
I go tCk it, and yarn my hands down ita face, alone
its back, and down its legs to the hoofs, hind and
fore not to mesmerise or charm the animal, but
to accustom it to being, handled, a thing which
cannot be commenced too Boon. Foals are'ani
inabi that, when quite young, have more sagacity,
and. re more tractable and easily taught than
any other animal; so whatever you want them
to learn, commence before tliey are old enough
to make resistance, and depend upon it, they
will never forget it. Put a halter on it,' and lead
it about, but bo careful not to let it break away
from you.; ; lie very careful and geutle to itbut
show that you are its master.
. I next uroceed to the horses' feet. IXorsea
I hoofs arc thiugs pf the greatest importance, fox
whowouia want to ioiww a lame ncrw io eunrr
work or pleasure ? . Many things ruin the feet of
horses, which I cannot pretend to touch on, but
I; will try to point oufea few errors which any
man can see and correct, the greatest of which
is leaving their shoes on too long. This hurts
the hoof, strains the legs, and causes lameness ia
every shape. In the winter this has a worse
effect than in summer, as then the feet are more
dry and clean, whereas in summer they are' wet,
aud the mud and heat of summer will rot the
hoofs and cause the shoe to fall off. I have
known horses' shoes nailed on in the fall, nnd not
taken off until the next summer, when thev
would fall off in the pasture, a practice which
seldom fails to bring on lameness. A horse's
shoe should never be on longer than three
months, and two months are very often too long.
Horses' hoofs were meant by nature to go bare,
and run on the earth in their natural state," and
as we drive them on such, they need no shoeing;
but when we drive .them on paved streets, hard
roads, etc., we have to shoe them, and stop tho
wear that nature meant should be on their hoofs.
The consequence is that the shoe binds the hoof,
and often causes contraction and many other
evils, when nailed too far to the heel, left on long,
or. wheu the hoof is not sufficiently pared down
between shoeings. Sec that the shoe is not naifoi
too far to the heel. Any intelligent man can see
when a shoe has been on long enough, nnd tako
it off, when it may bo left off ii day or two longer,
as the case may be. A drive over soft snow, a
few davs i.lovinr or harrowing, or the like, would
spread the foot and help to counteract the effects
.. 1 ..... (. t
of shoeing. Always see that the hooi is properly
pared before the shoe is again put on. I have
never seen the hools ot old horses grcauy im
proved by being left bare a few weeks in pasture.
There are many other things that hurt horaea
feet, as too poor feed, too high feed, too hard
driving.
The most natural feed for the horse is what
he can nick fur himself, but as wc cannot let him
run and pick his own living, let his leca oe as
. . rr .. 1 i a. li
near natural 3 possible. J 00 nigii or iwww
feed have both a bad effect, but as different iu
dividuals will form very different notions of what
high and low feed are, T will try and point out
what T consider the middle course to bo. Hay
doner, be it ever so good, is not fit feed for horse,
whether working or idle. They need grain, with
an occasional feed of roots, bran mash, or some
thing to keep their bowels open. Horses need
regular feed. The feed I generally find best for
horses is about twelve pounds of hay aud froin
nine to twelve quarts oi oats, giveu iu throe
regular feeds, with a feed of raw potatoes oucc a
week when idle, or at gentle work ; and a small
increase when at hard work. The practice of
feeding horses all the hay they can eat when idle,
has many bad effects ; whereas if they get threo
mall feeds, they will stamp about in me siau
1.1 . 1 . X 4-.....1., ,1 ill InAVk
tnci IukC cxeroio i-ei ween u-i-us, i hivh n t
th'eir legs from swelling, etc.
But remember. I do not advocate small feeds
of hay without gra!n: ' A very cheap way of feed
ing horses, and not n bay way, is on straw, wim
a fair allowance of oats. 1 have tried a great
many experiments, and have found horses always
do better on straw than horned cattle. Horses
will do better on straw, provided it be good, than
they will on hay only, without grain in both cases;
but of course they must not be stiuted. The
maiu point with a farmer who keeps horses, w to
use them in such a way as will give them, all the
strength and agility the animal is capable of, and
to work then till they can stand without injuring
either. T he poor, liaJl-starveu noise is an am
mal any man ought to be ashamed of; but on
the other hand, the pampered and ovcr-ici anu
half-worked hoie. thou-ili ho may look very nice
Sot Gkneually K.ow.N.-Martin Van
T?uren is the only man who. held tho offices of
President, Vice-President, Minister to England,
Governor of his own State, and member, of both
houses of Congress. Thos.; H. JJentou is ,the
onlv man who held a seat iu the United. States
Senate for thirty consecutive years. The only
instance of father and son in the United States
to some, is a ri animal I w.'tild advise the farmer
not to keep, as such animals are more liable U
loss than any other. Cafonial Fanner.
Horrors of War.
Since the creation of the world fourteen thou
sand millions of human beings have fallen in the
battles which man has waged against his follow
creatures man. If this amazing number of
men were to hold each other bvthe hand at anri9
s:...., ut th.. amf time: is that of Henry 'Dodge. lori'rth. thev would extend over fourteen millions,
Senator from W isconsin, and his son, Augustus five hundred and eighty three thousand, three
C. Dod 'e Senator from Iowa: General James hundred and thirty-thrce'milcs of ground, atd
Shields is the only man who ever- represented WOuld encircle the globe on -which wc a wen Fix
twu cUites 111 the tunueu ciaies ocihm:. . nunuau uuu viui mnvo
sr-riTiff"
March 80, 1?0S
Cashier,
Burnett's Cocoaine for the Hair
At the Drug Store of KILGOUE & CUE ETON.
Kerosine Oil
At the Drug Store of KILGOUE & CUE ETON.
Kerosine Lamps
At the Drug Store of KILCOKE & CTRETON.
M.srch 0.
Just Received at S. Grose & Co s,
-H AftUs BARRELS EXTRA C SUGAR.
ft W 5 " ' i?r.
10 " Yellftv coffee Sugar,
ii " f"ol.t Crackers,
. .. Ituttcr "
- i. " ' Cream - ' ... 1 -
TOO rounils' Turkish Trunc?,
o Dozen r.room?,
5 " r&intcJ Euckct",
10 Sacks Rio CotTee,
100 " Family Flour,
10 Foxe? Cheshire Cheese,
10 4i J5cst St&te -Aprils,
i :i.... 1 nn.l t whin us irilinwfi:
iliUIIUU J, iiJ - .... . T . V
Fkom lio.-TOX Merchants' aud JJmers Line, eni.
ofCentral Wharr.E Sampson, Agent.'
Fkom Nr.w Yor.K Oh I Dominion Steamthip to.,
Shirpine l'oint Pier 37, North River. Foot Beach St.,
Oaice lb? Greenwich Cor. Dev. N. L. Met ready.
l'resi'lent. . .,, .,
Fkom PuiLAi-r-LruiA (Via, Annaincssic.) tula.,
Wilmington ;uid l'.altiuiore Dcpct, or Clyde 9 Lmcot
steameis. 13 N.' Delaware Afenue, W. I'. Clyde Agvnt.
ntrtivon?.-Daltlmore Sfcatn lacketto.,
Bar Line Stearaeri, foot Union Dock, L. B. lark5.
Agent, or Powhatan Steam Boat Co., IV Light Street
Gen. Freight Agent, Raleigh, N.C.
W harf.
April
T. S. Mi Hit 'N, Soliciting Ageux.
W. tf
tin.o I.p S'.otJiUr from luino'S und isubi-e-
niifiitlv f'roai Aliunusota. John Uuiucy Adams
held tMjsitions under the government duriug
every admiuUtratioii from thut of Washington to
that of Poik, daring which he died. - lie lad
l.n .i;ri1fo.r to Em-hllld. mCUibcT Of both
hoiipes of Coii'.ras. Secretary of State, and l'reoi-
deatof the United tate-w He died while a
member of the House of UepreCJitativc-. . '
z - . .
Weae This in Vol a Hat. Pay your
debts as soon as you get any money in your pock
et. Do without what you don t need. fcpeak
your mind when necessary;' hold your tongue
when prudent. Fpeak to a friend in a seedy
fruit - If vou can't lend a mau money tell lum
why; if you don't want to, do the tarn a. Cut
any acquaintance that bcks principle. ..lear
with intirmities, but not vices. . Ilespect hones
ty, despise duplicity. Wear your old cbthea
until you arc able to pay fox newones. -uu at
comfort and propriety, not fashion. . Acknow
ledge your ignorance, and don't pretend to know
ledge you haven't got. Entertain your friends.
hnt never bvvond vour mean".
If wo allow the
fa f 1 . . .. .... r.v y-tnA Vi iifidrofl
wcigiitoi a man 10 wtmau aiu .'--weight,
(this i below the mark.) we Khali come
to the conclusion that six millions,. two hundred
and fifty thousand tom of human fleeh ban been
mangled, disfigured, ganhed and trampled under
fjot. The calculation will aj.pciir more striking
when we fetate, that 11 ouJy tlio lore-nngeri 01
every one of those fourteen million of human
hcinL' were to be held in a straight line, tbey
would reach more than six hundred thousand
miles hnjoud the moon ; and that if a person
were to undertake to cmnt the number, allowing
nineteen hours a day, and seven days iu a week,
at the rate of fcix thousand per hour, it would
occupy that person three hundred and thsrty-ix
years. And, awful is the consideration! throe
hundred and fifty thouaud pipes of human blood
have been spilt in battle Who would not ejr
claim with Bishop Hall -'(Jiveinc the man who
can devise how to save troops of men from kdl- m
trig, his name shall have room in my calendar.
There is morq trpdFbonor in civic garland for the -preserving
offi4 wlject, than in a laurel for the
victory ovcmany enemies." lh. Thomat