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I.
AVM J YATES, Editor and Propreitoh.
Terms of Subscription Tiieee Dollar, in advance.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1868.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME D 51 C E II 822.
THE
"Western Democrat
rrELISIIKD BY
WILLIAM J- YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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Obituary notices of over five lines in length will
be chained for at advertising rut;:.
CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, X C.
frst cla?s and well known House, formerly
k'it by M:ij. i- KJiUK, Laving been recently re
paired and refurnished in every department, id now
. !);.-
op'-n and r".i'iy to reef lve guests
Tii'- Table is unsurpassed, and in point of convenient-
and cjaiJ'ui-t thy House i3 not excelled bv av.y
iu ,h -r.,Y. Vi. Xf. 1IAKT,
I
iy 17, 103.
l'i oprietor.
Robsrt Gibbon, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Tjjo S'n et, Cktuhtie, X. C,
OfTI.-e and it evidence, one door poutli old State Bank,
( i'Uiu'-r!y Mm. Joliiipion's rosidvnee).
.Jan I," y
J.
P.
Mc Combs, M. B.,
O.I
v. n s iiro!t'?s;un:u servict" to me citizens 01
ii!')!!e and Miirouniitiij c-oim'-ry. AH Calls, botli
ui and day, j-roniptly utlcndcd to.
n.ai aii'i uay, pioinp
Jiic" Xo. Granite itow,
Ma i.-iou Mouse.
January 11, 18)8.
up tsiaud, opposite the
DENTISTRY.
fir TX R
o. j. ray wick,
m 1
(Ojire in Brick- Building n-ett of Charlotte Hotel.)
I - pr-pan-d to do all work in the line of his Frofes
He ; u.uaritces satisfaction iu every respect
lias !ia t i !i i i t i'v'.'i year practice.
M a v 1, 1- '. S y
A. W. ALEXANDER,
Surgeon Dentist,
Cilili.OTTE, N. C.
i'0 fee in the iira Uy BuilJimy, c'j:csite the Charlotte
fan be consulted -jix Tuciuys, Wednesdays,
1 !ui; lays and Fridays.
Mirth Si, lfcUH.
Dr. JOHN H. TIcADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
LUAULUTTK, A". C,
Has on hand a Lii-ge and well selected stock of TURK
JiU! iS, Chemicals. Patent Med.c.ines, Family Medi
cino, I'aiuts, Oils, Varnishes, lye Slntl's, Fancy and
T il t Articles, which he is determined to sell at the
i-rv lo'.ve.-t prices.
May 20. 1S07.
THE
DRUG
STO.RE
OF
Kilgore & Cureton
lias b-en removed to the Store iu Granite How, next
to the Express Odiee.
A l.-jrgu assortment of Fresh Drug?, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Dye St u if .4, Perfumery, ic, will be
Imi .id at this new establishment, and will be sold at
as low prices as any tit her house.
15. F. K I I.G Oil E. M. D.
Jnfi, 1Si8. T. K. CI'EETOX, M. D.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
I h ive on hand, and am constantly
receiving, a
pen era I assortment o! tiroceries, such as JMigar,
Mola-ses, Cheese, 1 lour, bacon, Lorn, .Meal,
aa t everything tds iu the Grocery line
I will sell as ch.'ap as any house in Charlotte, and
r-
pi -et fully request persons wishing to buy to give
a call.
1 d liver, within the limits of the City, all Gro
rie bini-ht at my Store.
A goo 1 lot of Castings and Ilollow-Ware for pale.
A. EE UU Y HILL,
Feb 17, lSd8. Under Mansion House.
A. HALES,
Watclirnaker yv and Jeweler,
'it Do'tr to the SL:mion lluuse, Cn vklotte, N. C.
If your Watch ncls llepairing,
Don't gt mad and goto swearing;
Just t ike it into HALliS' shop,
He will lis. it so it will not stop.
He warrants his work all for a year,
When it is used with proper care,
lie will do it as low as it can be done,
And do it so well if s sure to run.
January 1, 1.S0S. y
A'
Charlotte Female Institute,
CHAiU.OTTE, X. C.
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1ft of
Oc.viier. and will continue until :l'th June, 1SJ8..
Oi-TlCEllS AND IXSTiirCTOUS:
i'.- v. II. Eurwell, Principal and Instructor in Men
tal au l Mor.il IMulosophy and Mathematics.
Jim. 1'.. loawell, A. M., Cheiuestry, Natural Phi
losop'.iy an 1 Ancient Languages.
Mrs. M. .. I'oirwjll, English branches and Super
iutt'ud.'ul Sc.iiil duties.
J'l-'ii" A. liauuiann. Vocal und Instrumental Music.
Prot. E. E. Piguet
Lanaages.
Drawing, Painting and Modern
M.s. Mary Ibitte, English Branches anl French.
Mrs Sally 0. White, l.nglish liranches.
M.s. Mary F. Peaiek, Music on Piano and Guitar.
Miss LIlu it. Cuivon, Music on Piano.
Terms as h-r-tofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars uddrets.
Kev. R. BL EW ELL & SOX,
Charlotte, X. C.
September 25, 1SC7.
NEW ARRIVALS
At J. Kuck & Co's Grocery Store.
POUNDS OF MOUNTAIN
BACON.
1,000 Pounds Baltimore Bacon,
'2o Sacks of Rio C olfce.
50
f-0
Sacks Salt, common to fir.c, i
0 Poxes of superior Star Candles, j
o Tierces of Sugar Cured Ilum., j
2o Barrels of Sugar, all grades,
10 Hogsheads of Molasses,
10 Barrels of Syrup
March 30, I SOS.
At
J. KUCK & CO S.
Western Division, W., C. & Rutherford R. R
Ou and after Thursday. 31st of October, 1SG7, the
Passenger Train on this Division will run tri-weekly,
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
GOING WEST:
Leave Charlotte,
8:00 a. m.
10:45
11:00
Lirrcolnton,
Arrive at Cherrvville, .
GOING EAST
Leave Cherryville,
Lincolaton,
Arrive at Charlotte.
12:S0 p. m.
1:30
4:00
OUIOX. En. Sup't.
IIas She a Call to he a Wife. Has
she a call to be a wife who thinks more of her
silk dress than her children, and visits her nurse
ry no often er than once a day '(
Has that woman a call to be a wife who fits
reading the latest novel while her husband is
standing before the glas3, vainly trying to pin
together abuttcnless shirt bosom?
Has that woman a call to bo a wife who cries
for cashmere or camel's hair shawls, when her
j husband's notes are protested?
Has that woman a call to be a wife who ex
pects her husband to swallow diluted coffee, sog
gy bread, smoky tea, and watery potatoes, six
days out of seven ?
Has she a call to be a wife who comes down to
breakfast in abominable curl papers, a soiled
gown, and shoes down at the heel?
Cleaveland Mineral Springs,
Situated in Cleaveland county, N. C, on the line of
the Wilmington, Charlotte ."t I'uthtrford llaihoad,
i will be opeu lor visitors on the 1st of June.
Watkcs Chalybeate, lied and While Sulphur.
Charges per day, - - $ 3 00
" week, - - 18 00
" " month, - GO 00
Children under 7 years, and servants, half rates.
For further particulars address the lroT.,rifc!oi,
Shelby, N. C.
April 1SGS 8m
McLEOD & STEELE,
Ilavejust received the handsomest stock of Foreign
and Domestic
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
HATS AND CAi'S. YANKEE NOTIONS,
Hosiery, Gloves, Gent's Furnishing Goods, Ladies"
and Misses' Bonnets and Hats, trimmed and untrim
med; Eonnet Kibbon, French Flowers, Dress Trim
mings, &c., Slc, thty have ever otl'ered in this market.
Dress Goods.
We have a beautiful assortment many of the most
desirable styles of the season. We feel assured in
saying they are not excelled either in style or price
by any in the market.
White Goods.
We have a full line. Marseilles and Alandalc Quilts,
Linen and Cotton Shootings, Pillow Castings, Piques,
Pereal?, Linen Duck, &c, French Cloths and Cash
meres, .Marseilles and Silk Vesting, Itoc-k Island Cas
simercs and Jeans at Factory prices.
Hardware and Crockery,
A srencral assortment.
We respectfully ask cur friends and customers to
call and examine our stock, hear prices, &C., before
buying. Many thanks to our friends anfl customer
for the liberal patronage bestowed on us heretofore,
antl we ask the continuance of the same.
April 27, ISf.S.
McLEOD & STEELE.
$20,000 WORTH OF GOODS,
Are now offered to the public at Springs' Corner.
These goods are bound to sell themselves by reason
of their adaptation to this market.
EXCELLENCY.
BEAUTY,
NEATNESS.
CHE A I NESS.
In every variety and style of
Dry Goods,
I am prepared to suit all customers. In Notions,
Millinery and Dress Trimmings,
I offer the most attractive inducements.
THE VERY LATEST STYLES
Are always found at Springs' Corner, and polite and
attentive Salesmen are in readiness tor the G PEAT
EL'S II of customers which the inducements 1 offer
must bring.
Call early and satisfy yourselves.
April L'0, lSbU A.SINCLAIR.
DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY,
In all their branches, at Springs' Corner.
April 20, 1808. A. SINCLAIR.
Bank Notes.
Highest market price paid for Southern Bank
Notes at the Banking House of
TH OS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Revenue Stamps,
For sale at the Banking House of
Til OS. W DEWEY & CO.
Deposits
ind interest al.owtd at the Banking House
TilOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Received
of
Gold and Silver Coin
Bought and sold at th Banking House of
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
CllAKLVin:, A. c.
Hours of business to suit dealers and customers.
February 17, lbtid.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
At Tiddi & Bro's Brcx h Store, near Scarr's
Dm j Store,. Charhtte, X. C.
Bingham's English and Latin Grammars.
Mitchell's and Cornell s series of Geographies.
Sterling's series of Ecoks
Davies' series of Algebras and Arithmetics, with
Keys.
Emerson's series of Arithmetics.
Quockenboss' series of Sc hool Books.
Botanies of various kinds
'Brick" Ponieroy's Books Scnsr and Nonsense.
St. Elmo another lot of that popular Book just in.
Surry of Eagles Ne:rt, a lew kit. call and get one.
Four Year? in the Saddle by Harry Gilmor.
Stationery.
A large lot of Paper, Envelopes, Ink, Tens and
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 iu the I'nitcd
States at publishers price, by giving us six days time.
Wrapping Paper,
ip,2R for $1.60 per Ream and Paper half that size
for 'JO cents.
Rags! Rags!!
100,010 pounds of clean Cotton and Linen Rngs
wanted. ur
be paid
vhieh the hi chest price in motiov will
T1DDY & BKO..
March 1C, 1SCS.
At "the New Book Store.
Concord Mills.
Having opened a House in Charlotte, near the
i Post Office, for the ule of our own manufactured
i goods, we invite the attention of merchants and
j others to our YARNS, SHEETINGS, SH1KTINGS,
jOSNABERGS, CARPET CHAIN, STOCKING
i YARNS, &c, &c.
j JS Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. W
i sell low for Cash.
j .1. McDOXALD & SONS,
t August 12. ISG7. Concord, N. C.
The Income Tax iad Its Illegality. 1
The New York Sun (Republican) says that
"every man who pays the income tax, pays an
unconstitutional tax, levied contrary to law, and
which could not be legally collected of him." , If
that is true, then is the United States Govern
ment robbing its citizens yearly to the extent of
the incoui o tax they pay. The question will un
doubtedly come up, hereafter, in Congress, about
refunding to the parties from whom this uncon
stitnti'itml and illegal tax has been collected, ac
cording to the Sun. the amount they have thus
illegally p'tid. If the five twenties (bonds) are
to be p:iid iu gold, when the l.iw does not require
it. can i; be claimed that those who have paid
their income tax, should not be refunded the
several amounts they have paid ? Is everything
to be on the side of the bondholders, and nothing
on the sid2 of the tax-payers? Let the people
answer. XrtJirm Pnjicr.
Simple Directions iou Preserving Furs.
Ladies are often anxious about keeping furs
free from uiths during the summer months.
The following directions may be found useful :
Darkness is all thai is necessary. The 'miller'
that deposits the eggs from which moths are
hatched, only moves in light; the moths them
selves work in darkness. Hang the furs in a
very dark ch.se t, and keep it always dark, and
you can have no trouble. But as closet doors
are sometimes left open, the better way is to en
close the articles loosely in a paper box, put thjs
in a pillow case, or wrap around with cloth, and
hang up iu a dark closet,
penumcs are of no OS' .
Camphor, spices, -r
Continual darkness is
sufficient. And do i.ot take out the furs iu Jutie
or J uly to give theui an airing; lor even theri
the enemy cotneth, and it may be that in fifteen
minutes alter exposure, has deposited an hun
dred eggs. If 3'ou consider ah airing indispen
sable give the furs a good switching and put thcii
quickly back.
AT DAVIDSON'S j
Furniture Rooms, Charlotte, N. ti,
Will be found a full assortment of '
FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS,
Such a3 Bureaus, Bedsteads, Bock-cases, Chairs,
Cradles, Cribs, Desks, Side-boards, Side and Corner
stands, Tables, Towel Backs, Wardrobes, Wasu
Stauds, Wire and Tin Sales, &o. Also, Moss, Cotton
and Shuck Mairasses.
A full assortment of all sizes and styles of METAL
LIC BU111AL CASES, Mahogany, uluut and Fine
Collins, at prices to suit the times.
K. F. DAVIDSON.
Charlotte, March 30, 18(38.
Don't Forget our Shoes and Hats.
Vc are clearing them out at only little more than
cost, to make room for other kind of goods. Also,
the remainder of our stock of Dry Goods to bo sold
very low to close out that kind.
May 4, IbOS. JAS. N. BUTT.
To the Ladies.
Miles' Congress Gaiters and Laced Lasting Gaiter,
Bradley's Duplex Hoop Skirts, extra Cue Corsets,
French Purcale Skirting at
HARBINGER, WOLFE & CO S.
Alamance Plaids,
Fancy Wax Beads, Fancy Combs, Hair Brushes of
every kind. Lace Collars, Linen Collars of every des
cription, and White and Colored Alpaccas at
BABBINGER, WOLFE & CO S.
As for prices it will be better for all who are
anxious to get rich to trade with
BAR RING FR, WOLFE & CO.
Ready-Made Clothing,
And a large stock of Hats, Umbrellas, Gentlemen's
Cloths and Cassimeres. Also, Vogler's Salem Shoes
lor sale. B., W. & CO.
Hardware.
Everything almost in the Hardware line; Chissels,
Augers, Hammers, Door Locks, Hinges, Axes, Hoes,
Iron and Blacksmith Tools. B., W. & CO.
Notice.
We thank our friends for past favors and hope
they will continue them. We beg those indebted to
' 0'iie forward an-'' nay up at once, as we need money.
April -0, BARRING ER, WOLFE & ( O.
Look
B.
to Your Interests !
KOOPMANN,
At his old stand on Trade Street, is now prepared tD
offer to his patrons of this and the surrounding
counties the most thoroughly complete and most care
fully selected
Spring and Summer Stock
Ever opened iu this City. As usual my etock em
braces every variety of merchandise kept in a first
class mercantile house.
In Dress Goods Mozambique, Grenadines, Chat
tics, Lawns, Jaconets, Muslins, Poplins, Piques, kc.
In White Goods Swiss, Dotted and Checked Mus
lins. Jaconets, Nainsooks, Victoria and Bishop Lawns,
Brilliants, Irish Linen, Linen Lawn, Cambrics, &c.
Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings of all
widths; a full assortment of Domestics, such as
Tickings, Denims, Apron Checks, Oznaburgs, Lin
scys, &c. My
Millinery Stock
Cannot be surpassed. Never before has such a
wealth of Bonnets, Hats, Feathers, Flowers. RiM on?,
.tc, been brought to this city, and I am satisfied that
I shall be enabled to suit the most fastidious taste in
that line. Silk Sacques and Basques of the bitebt
patterns; Lace Shawls; Spring and Summer Br.i
morals: Hosiery; Vests; a superb lot of French
Embroideries, Thread and Cluny Lace, Edgings, In
sertings. Collars, Handkerchiefs, Trimming, in fact
an assortment of
Furnishing Goods,
For both Ladie and Gentlemen, such as on examin
ation will be pronounced both elegant and complete.
BOOTS and SHOES a full stock.
Ready-made Clothing,
In endless variety, for both Spring and Summer.
Also, an elegant stock of Cloths and Doeskins. Cassi
meres, Tweeds and Jeans. Brown and Bleached
Linens. Drills, Pucks ami Marseilles; all especially
adapted for Spring and Summer wear.
! ... i I T .. ,r rii.
KOCK Ii-ianu eiis::uifri-5 mm jrau. im - ' ' j t
tern and fcbade manufactured, at Factory prices.
Hardware in all its branches.
. Groceries, Notions, &c.
I confidently invite all those who wish to purchase
with a view to elegance and durability, as well aa
economy, to visit my Establishment. I have spared
no pains to justify the reputation which I have gained
during a rejourn of nearly twenty years in your
midst, of keeping a first-class Mercantile House, and
of seUing such goods only as I can honestly recom
mend. Everything bought in my establishment is
fully guaranteed
B. KOOPMANN.
The Volunteer Counsel.
A TALE Or JOHN TAYLOR.
Within the past ten years we have read
the following graphic sketch several times, and
we re-publish it to give others an opportunity to
read it. Ed. Dem. -
John Taylor was licensed, when a ycxtth of
twenty-one, to practice at the Bar of thus city.
He was poor, but well educated, and possessed
extraordinary'genius. The graces of ht3 person
combined with the superiority of his intellect,
enabled him to win the hand of a fashionable
beauty. Twelve flionths afterwards, the husband
was employed by a wealthy firm of the city, to
go on a mission as land agent to the West. As
a heavy salary was offered, Taylor bade farewell
to his wife and infant son. He wrote back every
week, but received not a line in answer. Six
months elapsed when he received h letter from
his employees which explained all. Shortly after
his departure for the West, his wife and her
father removed to Mississippi. There she im
mediately obtained a divorce by an act of the
Legislature, and married again forthwith,, and
to complete the climax of base cruelty and wrong
had the name of Taylor's son changed to Marks
that of her second matrimonial partner.
This perfidity rendered Taylor insane. LTis
career from that period became eccentric in the
first degree. At last a fever carried him off at a
comparatively esrly age.
At an early hour on the 9th of April, 1340.
the court house in Clarksville, Texas, was filled
to overflowing. Save in the war times past,
there h id never been such a gathering iu the
lied llivcr county, while the strong feeling ap
parent on every flushed face will sufficiently ex
plain the matter.
At the close of 1836, George Hopkins, one of
the wealthiest planters and most influential men
in Northern Texas, offered a gross insult to Mary
Elliston, the young and beautiful wife of his
eh ief overseer. The husband threatened to chas
tise him for the outrage ; whereupon he loaded
his gun, went to Ellistou's house aud shot him
in his own door. The murderer was arrested and
bailed to answer the charge.
This occurrence produced immense excite
ment, and the murderer, in order to turn the
tide of the popular opinion or to mitigate the
general wrath that was violent against him, cir
culated rep rts infamously prejudicial to the
character of the woman wh;i had suffered such
cruel wrong at his hands. Thus two cases, one
criminal and the other civil, and both out of the
same tragedy, were pending in the April Circuit
Court for 1840.
The interest naturally felt by the community
as to the issues became far deeper when it was
known that Ashley and Pike of Arkansas, and
the celebrated Prentiss, of New Orleans, each
with enormous fees, had been retained by IIop
Lins for his defence.
The trial for the indictment of murder ended
on the 8th of April with the acquittal of Hop
kins. Such a result might have been foreseen,
by comparing the talents of the council engaged
on either side. The Texas lawyers were utterly
overwhelmed by the arguments and superior
eloquence of their distinguished opponents. It
was a fight as of a dwarf against giants.
The slander suit was set for the 9th, and the
throng of spectators grew in numbers and in ex
citement. And what may seem strange, the cur
rent of public sentiment now ran decidedly for
Hopkins. His money had purchased perjured
witnesses who served most efficiently his power
ful advocates. Indeed, so triumphant had been
the success of the previous day that when the
slander suit was called, Mary Elliston was left
without an attorney they had all withdrawn.
The. pigmy pettifoggers dare not brave again
the sharp wit of Pike, and the scathing thunder
of Prentiss.
"Have you no council?" inquired Judge Mills
of the plaintiff.
"No, sir, they have all deserted me and I am
too poor b employ any more," said Mary, burst
ing into tears.
'In such a case, will there not some chivalrous
member of the profession volunteer?" inquired
the Judge, glancing anxiously around the bar.
Judge M. repeated the question.
"I will, your honor," exclaimed a voice from
the thickest part of the crowd situated behind
the bar.
At the tones of the voice many started half
from their seats ; and not a heart iu that im
mense crowd but which beat something quicker
it was so unearthly, clear, ringing, soft and
mournful.
The first sensation, however, was changed to
general laughter, when a tall gaunt spectral
figure, that nobody present remembered having
seen before, elbowed h's way through the crowd
and placed himself within the bar. His appear
ance was a problem to the tphyux himself. His
high, pile brow, and small nervously twitching
face seemed alive with the concentrated essence
and cream of genius ; but then his infantile blue
eyes hardly visible beneath their massive arches,
looked dim, dreamy, almost unconscious, and his
clothing was so shabby that the court hesitated
to let the case proceed under his management.
liIIas your name been entered upon the rolls
of theState?" demanded Judge Milk, suspi
ciously. 'It is immaterial about my name being upon
your rolls," answered the stranger, his thin lips
curling up into a fiendish sneer 'T mny be al
lowed to appear once by the courtesy of the court
and bar. Here is my license from the highest
tribunal in' America." handing Judge Mills a
broad parchment. The trial immediately went
on.
In the examination of witnesses, the stranger
evinced but little ingenuity, as was commonly
thought. He suffered each to tell his own story
without interruption, though he contrived to
make each tell it over two or three times. He
put a few cross questions, which with keen wit
nesses only serve to correct mistakes, and no
uotes, which in mighty memories always tends to
embarrass. The examination being ended, as
counsel for plaintiff he had a right to the open
ing speech as well as the close ; but, to the as
tonishment of every one, he declined the former
and allowed the defense to lead off. Then a
shadow might have been observed to flit across
fVvitnro nf PiVp. and to darken even the
bright eye of Prentiss.
They saw that the j had
a "Tartar :" but who it was, or how it
happened, was impossible to conjecture. .
Col. Ashley spoke first. He dealt the jury a
dish of that close, dry logic, which yeirar aner
rendered him famous in tho Senate of the Union.
The poet, Albert Pike, followed, with a rich
vein of wit, and hail-torrent of ridicule, in which
you may be sure neither the plaintiff nor the
plaintiff's ragged Attorney, were either forgotten
or spared.
The great Prentiss concluded for the defend
ant with a glow of gorgeous words, brilliant as a
shower of falling stars, and with a final bam of
oratory that brought the house down . with ap
plause, in which the sworn jury themselves
joined, notwithstanding the stern "order" of the
Bench. Thus wonderfully susceptible are the
Southwestern people to impassioned eloquence.
It was then the stranger's turn. He had re
mains J spparcntly .abstracted durng all the pre
vious speeches. Still, and straight, and motion
less m his seat, his pale, smooth forehead shoot
ing up high like a mountain cone of snow; but
tor that eternal twitch that came and went per
petually in his sallow cheeks, you would have
taken him for a mere man of marble, or a human
form carved iu ice. Even his dim, dreamy eyes
were invisible beneath those gray shaggy eye
brows. But now, at last, he rises before the bar-ratling
not behind and so near the wondering jury,
that ho might have touched the foreman with
his long bony finger. With eyes still half shut,
and standing as rigid as a pillar of iron, his lips,
in measureless scorn, slightly apart, and the voice
comes forth. At first it is low and sweet, in
sinuating itself through the brain as a tune wind
ing its way into the deepest heart like the melody
of a magic incantation ; while the speaker pro
ceeds, without a gesture or the least sign of ex
citement, to tear in pieces the argument of
Ashley, that dissolves and melts away at his touch
as frost befjre the sunlight. Every one looked
surprised. His logio was at once brief, and so
luminously true that the rudest peasant could
easily comprehend it.
Anon, he came to the dazzling wit of the poet
lawyer, Pike. The curl of his lips grew sharper,
his sallow face kindled up, and his eyes began to
open, dim and dreamy no longer, but vivid as
lightning, red as fire globes, and glaring like
twin meteors. The whole soul was in the eye
the full heart streamed out on the face. In five
minutes Pike's wit seemed the foam of folly, and
finest satire, horrible profanity, when contrasted
with the inimitable sallies and exterminating
sarcasm of the stranger, interspersed with jests
and anecdotes' that filled the forum with roars of
laughter.
Then, without so much as bestowing an allu-
sion on 1'rentiss, he turned short on the perjured
witnesses of Hopkins, tore their testimony to
atoms, and hurled in their faces such terrible
invectives that all trembled as with an ague, and
two of them actually fled dismayed from the
court house.
The excitement of the crowd was becoming
tremendous. Their life and soul appeared to
hang on the burning tongue of the stranger.
He inspired them with the power of his own
malicious feelings. He seemed to have stolen
nature's long hidden secret of attraction. He
was the sun to the sea of motion which rose and
fell as he chose. Bat his great triumph was to
come.
His eyes began to glare furtively at the assas
sin Hopkins, and his keen taper fingers slowly
assumed the same direction. He hemmed the
wretch in with a circumvallation of strong evi
dence and impregnable argument, cutting off all
hope of success. He piled up huge bastions of
insurmountable tacts.
He dug beneath the murderer and slanderer's
feet ditches of dilemmas, as ho sophistry could
overleap, and no stretch of ingenuity evade ; and
having thus, as one rnisrht say, impounded his
victim and girt him about like a storp'on in a
circle of fire, he stripped himself to the massacre.
Oh 1 then, but it was a vision both glorious
and dreadful to behold the orator. His actions
before graceful as the waves of a golden willow
in the breeze, grew as impetuous as an oak in the
hurricane. His voice becan e a truuif et filled
with wild whirlpools, deafening the ear with
crashes of power, and yet intermingling all the
while with a sweet under-soug of the softest
cadence. His face was as red as a drunkard's,
his countenance looked haggard like that of a
maniac, and ever and anon he flung his long,
bony arms on high as if grasping after thunder
bolts. He drew a picture of murder iu such ap
palling colors, that in comparison hell itself might
be considered beautiful. lie painted the slan
derer so black that the sun seemed darK at.noon
day, when shining on such an accursed monster:
and then he so fixed both portraits on the shrink
ing brow of Hopkins that be nailed them there
forever. The agitation of the audience now
nearly amounted to madness.
All at once the speaker descended from his
perilous height. II is voice wailed out for the
murdered dead, and the living, beautiful Mary,
more beautiful every moment, as her tears flowed
faster, till men wept and lovely women sobbed
like children.
He closed by a strong exhortation to the jury,
and through them to the bystanders. He en
treated the pannel. after they should bring in a
verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer violence to
the defendaut, though he might deserve it ; in
other words, not to lynch the villain Hopkins,
but to leave his punishment to God! This was
the most artful trick of all, and best calculated to
insure vengeance.
The jury returned a verdict of fifty thousand
dollars, and'the night afterwards Hopkins was
takep off his bed by lynchers, and beaten nearly
to death.
I have listened to Clay, Webster and Cal
houn to Dewy, Tying aud Bascom but have
never heard anything in the form of sublime
words even remotely approximating to the elo
quence of John Taylor massive as a cateract of
fire. And this is the unanimous opi&ion of all
who ever heard that truly marvellous man.
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Tbade ix Dm ed Feuit. Within thehut
few years this business has increased until it has
become, in many sections, a leading branch of
trade, and has been found to be very profitable.
The high tax imposed upon distillation of fruit
has had a tendency to increase this business.
Again, the work is easy the greater part of it
being done by women and children.
caujrht
Singing School for Birds.
There is such a school as this, and very good
scholars it makes. They cannot read or write,
but they can sing. They sing a few simple notes,
like the linnets you may hear in the fields; bat
after they aro taught they will whistle regular
tunes.
List summer I was at a friend's house at Na
hant. I rose early ia the morning and went
down stairs to walk on the piazza. While there
I heard, as I thought, some person whistling a
tune in a very sweet style. 1 looked around but
could see no one. Where could the sound come
from ? I looked up and saw a little bird in a
cage. The cage was hung ia the midsf of flow
ers and twining plants. 'Can it bo" thought I,
"that such a little bird as that has been taught
to sing a regular tune so sweetly V I did not
know what to make of it 1 -When sr. friend
cetas dowu ttaursibtoId me that ii was Indeed
the little bird who had whistled the sweet tune.
Thea my friend cried, out to the bird, "Come,
Bully, Bully, sweet little Bully Bullfinch, give
us just one more tune." Aud then this dear
little bird hopped about the cage, looked at its
mistress, and whistled another sweet tunc. It
was so strange to hear a bird whistle a regular
tune I "Now, Bully," said my friend, "you must
give us 'Yaukeo Doodle.' Come, come, you shall
iiave some nice fresh seed if you will whistle
Yankee Doodle." And the little thing did
whistle it, much to my surprise.
My friend then told me that he had brought
the bird from the little town of Fulda, in Ger
many, where there are little schools for teaching
these birds to sing. When a bullfinch has learned
to sing two or three tunes, he is worth from forty
to sixty dollars; for he will bring that price in
Franco or England. Great skill and patience are
needed to teach these birds. Few teachers can
have the time to give to the children under their
charge so much care as these bird-teachers give
to their bird-pupik The birds are put into
classes of about six each, and kept for a time iu
a dark room. Here, when their food is given to
them, they are made to hear music, so that whoa
they have eateu their food, or when they want
more food, they will sing and try to imitate the
tune they have just heard. This tunc they prob
ably con uect with the act of feeding. As sooa
as they begin to imitate a few notes the light is
let into the room, and this cheers them still more,
and makes them feel as if they would like to
slug. In some of these schools the birds are not
allowed either light or food till they begin to
sing. These are the schools where the teachers
are most strict.
After being thus taught in classes, each bull
finch is put under the care of a boy, who plays
his organ from morning till night, while the mas
ter or mLtress of the bird school goes round to
see how the pupils are getting ou. The bull
finches seem to know at once when they are
scolded, aud when they are praised by their mas-
Qer or mistress; and they like to be petted whoa
they have done well. 1 he training goes on for
nine mouths; and then the birds have got their -education
and are sent to England or France,
aud sometimes to America, to bo sold. TJts
Xursery.
The Risk or the Ballet DANcrns.
Have our readers ever reflected on the courage
required in the ballet dancer's profession ? 'lbs
risks she runs are hardly less frequent and far
more formidable than those which the soldier ofv
the line or the man-of-war's man - gets so much
credit for facing. It is one thing to take your
chance of being sabred or hit by a bullet; but it
is (to our mind ) & much more terrible ordeal to
pirouetto in combustible gauze before tha foot
lights, or, worse still, to be pinioned to an iron
niche in some brilliant transformation scene, and
to remain immovably fixed to your precarious
perch amid a blaze of light, and within leap of
the flames from a thousand burners. Yet this
13 the experience which myriads cf poor girls
have to encounter, night after night, that ju
veniles may be entertained and gawky crowds
amused. A girl of this ill starred profession,
whoso skirts caught fire at a concert hall in Bir
mingham on the evening of February 20, died on
the morning of Monday following, adding another
to the hecatomb of such victims yearly sacrificed
to a frivolous and callous public.
Oldest Trees in the Would. The cy
press of Somma in Lombardy, Italy, is perhaps
the oldest tree on Tecord. It was known to bs
in existence in the time of Julius Caesar, 42
years before Christ, aud is, therefore, more than
1.900 years old. It ia 106 feet in height, and
20 feet in circumference at one foot lrom ths
ground. Napoleon, when laying down tho plaa
for his great road over tho Simplou, a port on
one of the Alps, diverged from a straight lino to
avoid injuring this tree. The honor of superior
antiquity, however, is claimed by some in behalf
of the immense aud venerable tree ia Calaveras
county, California, which is supposed, from ths
number cf concentric circles in the trunk, to bs
2,56G years old.
Convehsiox or Dead Ammals isto
Manure. At the present time, ia Franco, en
tire bodies of animals are subjected to the action
of dilute hydrochloric acid, by means of which
they are completely dissolved, including ths
bones, and converted into a uniform pulp, which
it inodorous, and can bo kept for any length of
time, to be applied when Deeded towards fertili
zing the soiL The inventor of the process has
already used up a hundred and fifty horses and
a large number of sheep, and made from them a
mofet valuable manure.
Ex-Prcsident Pierce has written a letter to
say that he will sustain Mr Pendleton, Mr Sey
mour, Mr Hendricks, 3Ir Doolittlo, General Han
cock, or any other man whom the Democratic
Convention may nominate for the Presidency.
He defcires a united Democracy, and a vigorous
effort to arrest the surge of ConstitotioiMlefying
Radicalism."
A tour of the world will soon be a very
easy undertaking. When the Pacific JUiiroad
is finished, from New York toac Fraoeiseo wiU
take seven days; from Ban Francisco to Hong
Kong, by way of Yokohama, twenty days, from
Hong Kong, by steamer, to Suez, thirty two
days; from Sues to Paris, tx days; "from Paris
to Now York, ten dayun I1 wvanty vf day.
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