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ill ,lft Ai 4J W W 4y l!y w 4y ATM J YATES Editor and Proprietor. Term of Subscription Three Dollars, in advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1868. SETNTEENTI1 FOLUJJE H U n B E tV 84!. "WesteiTL Democrat PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. jfcnMS Three Dollars per annum in advance. Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will be charged for at advertising rates. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N. C. This first class and well known House, formerly kept by Maj. J. li. KEUR, Laving been recently re paired and refurnished in every department, is now ojen and readj to receive guests. Tbe Table is unsurpassed and in point of conve nience and comfort the JIousc is not excelled by any in the City. W. W. HART, February 17, 1818. Proprietor. Robert Gibbon, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ti ioh Street, Charlotte, X. C, Office mi'l Kesidence, one door south old iState Bank, (t.i iiifily Win. Johnston's residence). Jail 1,'lMiH. y J. P. McCombs, M. D., )r:r- his professional services to the citizens of .i and surrounding country. All calls, both i,;!.t and day, promptly attended to. itiJ'fu No. o Granite llow, up stairs, opposite the M i u-Ioii House. .iaiiuai-y -7; 1808. A. W. ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentist, I'll A1ILOTTE, N. C. (D 'fire iii ihf Bran-ley Buildiw, opposite the Charlotte Hotel.) rtTfaii be consulted on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thiir-davs and Fridays. Marcii" -2, lbG8. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, X. C, Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PUltK 1KU;S. Fhemicals, Patent Medicines, Family Medi-t-iiii-s. 1'aints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Tnili t Articles, which he is determined to sell at the Tt i y lowest prices. May -, IN! 7. DENTISTRY. Traywick & Bland, Having formed a co-partnership, tender their profes sional services to the public at large. Their oflice will In- jieii from 8 a in. to U p. in., and either of them v:Il visit patients at their residences when called. Office near the Court House, Tr.vde Street. August 10. im;s. B XJ T pca:tjca "Watch and Clock Miksr, ASM liEALEK IX JEWELRY, FIXE WATCHES, CLOCKS, 'cfck Materials, Spectacles, $ Aug. 10, 18C7. CHA11LOTTE, N. C. ANOTHER NEW STORE. M r I U II 11 A V , DAVIS & CO. , Isavi- DjM'iii'd a new Grocery Store in Uryce's Duild iiiLT. and invite attention to their Stock of Groceries. They keep a supply of everything usually found in a (iin ery More ami wanted by farmers, such as Sugar, Coffee, Salt and Iron, Cotton Yarn. Molasses. Fish, Shovels, Spades, Forks. &c, Crockery and Wooden Ware, Irih Potatoes, Meal and Corn. Puroha.-ers are requested to call and examine this f!ek and prices. i-?""-Produce will be bought or taken in exchange fr Groceries, or received on consignment for sale. Particular attention will be paid to the sale of Cotton, Corn, Flour, 4c, that may be sent to our care. J. W. MeMUl! II AY, March If,, 1K0&. J. N. DAVIS & CO. A. HALES, Watchmaker and Jeweler, X:xt Door to the Mansion House, Charlotte, N. C. !f your Watch needs Repairing, Don't get mad and go to swearing; Just take it into HALES shop, He will fix it so it will not stop, lie warrants his work all for a year, When i' is used with proper care. He will do it as low as it can be done, And do it so well it's sure to run. January 1, 18G8. y NEW ARRIVALS At J. Kuck & Co's Grocery Store. POUNDS OF MOUNTAIN BACON, 1,000 Pounds Baltimore Bacon, :!" Sacks of liic Coffee, oO Sacks Salt, common to fine, 50 Boxes of superior Star Candles, a Tierces of Sugar Cured IlaiuA, Barrels of Sugar, all grades, 10 Hogsheads of Molasses, 10 Barrels of Svrup. At J. KUCK & CO S. March t). NEW STOCK OF GROCERIES;. Hammond & McLaughlin, (-i Oaths' Cnnor. Have received a full stock of new Groceries, consist ing in part of A large lot of Bagging, Iron Cotton Ties and Pope, Sugar, Coffee and Tea. Molasses, Iron and Nails, Salt, Leather of all sort. Anything and everything in -the Grocery line may be found at their Store. hammond & Mclaughlin. S,..t 14. 1808. The City Bank of Charlotte Solicits the Accounts of businessmen and others, and I'roiiiises satisfaction. July (5, 1K8. W. A. WILLIAMS, Cashier. Bank Monev. The highest market price paid for old Bank Notes, ! nu t orders tor the same solicited, at the City Bauk t Charlotte. W. A. WILLIAMS, 'uly 0. lsc.s. Cashier. KJ A IMMENSE STOCK Of Fall and Winter Goods. ELIAS & COHEN Have a large stock of Goods, to which wholesale and retail buyers are invited to call and examine. Our stock consists in part of . Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Clothing,' Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions, and Cutlery; and everything suited to the Wholesale and lletail trade Our friends and customers will not only find the largest stock of Goods ever brought to this market by any one firm, but we are determined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD, And we think from our long experience in the trade, and our facilities for buying cheap, that we can offer BETTER BARGAINS Than can be had elsewhere. Call and look at the largest pile of Goods in North Carolina, and see how LOW we are offering them. JET" The Trade is invited to examine 200 cases Boots and Shoes At very low rates. ELIAS & COHEN, Oct. 5, 18G8. Opposite Charlotte Hotel. Seed Wheat- We have a lot of fine SEED WHEAT for sale. McMUKKAY, DAVIS & CO. August 24, 1808. Important to Planters and Country Mercnants. JULIUS T. COIT, Cotton Factor, Commission SHIPPING MERCHANT, CHARLOTTE, I. C. Office next door to lirem. Brown j- Co's Hardware Store, L p Stairs. Having effected my arrangements with responsi ble parties in New York, I am now prepared to make liberal CASH ADVANCES on Cotton which will be promptly forwarded, free of charge, or it will be held or sold in this market if so desired. I will re ceive Cotton at any of the Depots between this point and Columbia, and the money will be forwarded from Charlotte by Express, thereby saving time and ex pense. Consignments of all kinds solicited, either for sale here or for shipment. , I shall give the business my closest personal attention, and shall try to promote the interest of the Planters. I refer by permission to Hon. J. W. Osborne, Gov Z. B. Vance; T. W. Dewey & Co., Bankers; First National Bank; Brem, Brown & Co.; Hutchison, Bur roughs & Co., Charlotte, N. C. Sept. -28, 18US 3m THOS. W. DEWEY & CO., Bankers and Brokers, CHARLOTTE, N. C. We enter upon our second year of business n the first day of October, and return our thanks to our old friends ami new friends for their custom and patronage during the year now closing. Wre are now prepared with Increased Means & Ample Capital To transact any safe and desirable Banking Business which may be offered us. We will receive deposits and pay same on call, and when left on time will pay interest on same accord ing to agreement. We buy and sell Gold aed Silver Coin and Bullion, Bank Notes, &c. Will discount for customers good business paper. Purchase and sell on commission Stocks and Bonds, and give our best attention to any other matter in the Banking or Brokerage line entrusted to us. Revenue Stamps Always on baud for sale. Hours of business to suit dealers and customers. THOS. W. DEWEY & CO., At Building (formerly Branch Bank,) one door below Smith's Shoe Store, Tryon St. Charlotte, Sept. 28, 1808. NOTICE. "We have this day sold our entire interest in the "Long Shoal PaperMills" to WILLIAM TIDDY, who will continue the manufacture of Paper at said Mills, and whom we recommend to our former. customers and friends as well worthy ofthe support extended to us. GBADY, BANNISTER & CO. Lincolnton, September 23, lbG8. The undersigned will continue the business of man ufacturing paper at the "Long Shoal Paper Mills," lately owned by Grady, Bannister & Co., in connec tion with their well known "Lincolnton Paper Mills" and are now prepared to supply promptly large quantities of Book, News, or Wrapping Paper, and solicit a continuance of the favors bestowed upon them and us. TTM. TIDDY. Lincolnton Sept. 28, 1 80S. lm R. TIDDY". Charlotte Female Institute, CHARLOTTE, N. C. The next Session will commence on the 1st October, 1 808, and continue until 30th of June, 1860. The Session is divided into two terms of 20 weeks each, and pupils can be entered for either the whole session or for one term. OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS: Rev. R. Bi havell, Principal, and Instructor in Mental and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics. John- B. Bikweli,. A. M., Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Ancient Languages. Mus. M. A. BrnwKi.L, English Branches and Super intendent of Social Dalits. Mus. Sally C. White, English Branches. Miss Margaret T. Long, English Branches and French. Jilts. A. C. Pattox, English Branches and Music on Piano. Pkof. A. Bai maxx, Vocal and Instrumental Music. Mus. Julia C. Pattox. Music on Piano. ProF. R. E. Pigtet, Drawing, Painting and Modern Languages. Eurjicnscs jw Term of 20 IJVfAvj; Board (with every expense, fuel, lights, wash ing, lite.,) with tuition in English Branches, $130.00 Tuition, day scholars, Primary Department, 20.00 " " " Collegiate " 2o.00 Music, Aneient and Modern Languages, Drawing and Painting, extra, at usual charges. For Circular and Catalogue containing full partic ulars as to terms, &e , address Rev. R. BL'RWELL & SOV July 27, 18C8. 1 Charlotte, N. C. Pictures 1 Pictures ! ! The undersigned Photographic Artist, of Baltimore, Md , calls the attention of his friends, and the public in general, to his newly opened PHOTOGRAPH and AMBROTYl'E GALLERY, where he is now pre pared to take A No. 1 Pictures of each nd of every style and finish. Satisifaction jjuarajjteed in every Picture. . Copies taken from the smallest iato the largest portrait. Also pictures neatly fitted ia Rings, Breastpins and Lockets. All I ask is, -."give me a. trial." N. B. Parties desiring to leawi the trade and art of taking Pictures can lo so by applying to HENRY BAUMGARTEN, Charlotte, N. C. Thotograph Gallery over James Harry's Store, Feb2L, J8t8. " Next door t Court-house. There is no Death. There ia no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore ; And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine foreYermore. " There is no death ! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit, . Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry moss they bear, The fairest leaves drink daily life ' From out the viewless air. There is no death ; the leaves may fall, ; The flowers may fade and pass away They only wait through wintry hours, The coming of the May I There is no death ! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread ; He bears our best loved things away, And then we call them "dead." He leaves our hearts all desolate He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;. Transplanted into bliss, they now , , Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones Made glad this scene of sin and strife, Sings now in everlasting song Amid the tree of life. And when he sees a smile too bright, Or hearts too pure for taint and vice, lie bears it to that world of light To dwell in Paradise. Born into that undying life, They leave us but to come again ; With joy we welcome them the same, Lixccpt in sin and pain. And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe Is life there are no dead. New Firm and NEW GOODS The undersigned having formed a Partnership under the style of - JT. S. PHILLIPS & CO., for the purpose of conducting the Merchant Tailoring And Gents Furnishing Goods Business, Would respectfully inform their friends and the pub lic generally, that they are now receiving their stock of Fall and Winter Goods, consisting of all grades of French, English and American Cloths, Cassimcres & Ve&tings, In great variety of makes and colors. Gents' Furaisning Goods : Shirts, Collars, Cravats, Hosiery, Merino Under wear, Tics of all kinds, Umbrellas. In fact everything usually found in a FIRST CLASS Merchant Tailoring Establishment, all of which were selected with great care, and warranted to .give satisfaction. Special attention will be given to the TAILORING DEPARTMENT, and all goods sold will be made up in the very best style, and a fit guaranteed. TAILORS' TRIMMIMGS, of all kinds, kept con stantly on hand, and sold to the Trade at wholesale prices. jggy CUTTING AND REPAIRING of all kinds, promptly attended to and satisfaction given. We will be found at present in the room over the Express Office, where our friends are invited to give us a call. We will occupy the Store at present occupied by First National Bank, as soon as their Banking House is completed. J. S. PHILLIPS, Oct. 5, 18G8. JAS. H. ORR. JTJST RECEIVED , At the City Book Store, ' A lot of handsome Albums, Initial Paper and Envelopes. Blank Books of all kinds. And a lot of handsome Walking Canes. S. RUFUS JOHNSTON, next door below McAden's building. . Oct. 5, 1868. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Wittkowsky & Rintels Have now in store one ofthe largest Stocks of Goods ever brought to this market. They keep a full assortment of all kinds of Goods, and will sell at remarkably low rates. jg" Country Merchants and wholesale buyers generally, as well a retail purchasers, are request ed to examine this magnificent stock of Goods. Millinery and Dress-Making. A separate department is devoted to Millinery and Dress-making, where the Ladies can have Work done promptly and in the latest styles. W1TTK0WSKT& RINTELS, Oct. 5, 1868. Between the two Drug Stores. NEW PALL GOODS. A. SINCLAIR, at Sprmgs' Corner, Would respectfully inform his friends and customers that he is now receiving his NEW STOCK of Fall Goods. ; He is offering a full supply of everything found in a first class Dry. Goo'ds House At as REASONABLE RATES as they can be pur chased in any house in the' city. Remember the House, the Old Stand at Springs' Corner. A. SING LAIR. October 5, 1868 KNOX & GILL, Cotton Factors and GENERAL COM5IISSION MERCHANTS, uYo. 125 Smith' Wharf ladbence l. prisce. Baltimore. -Consignments f Cotton respectfully solicited, and liberal advances made thereon. . Orders will receive prompt attention, , October 5, 18C8. 6m - , JUST RECEIVED, A spleadid let f Bggi, Roping and Ties, at - B. M. PRESSON'S. Also, a splendid lot cf Country Bacon. B. M. PRESSON. Alsei lot of Cheese, at B. M. PBESSON S. -Farmers can come and get their Bagging and Roping to be paid for in lotton. Sept 21, 1808. ,. B. M. PRESSON. The Earthqnakes, '" The following correspondence is, published by direction ofthe Secretary of State: ; -. - Legation op the United States, ) Lima, Peru, Sept. 14, 1868. j To the Hon, i William II. Seward, Secretary of alate of theMnvted estate: '. ... Sir In my dispatches -Nos. 144 and. 145, dated the 22d and 28th of August, respectively, I gave you a slight account of the terrible earth quake which, on the 13th nit; laid desolate a large part of Peru, and now again it is mv pain fut duty to inform you. that a large and the most proline part of - the republic of Ecuador is in ruins, caused by a similar shock at half-past one o clock oa the morning cf the 16th of the same month. vThis earthquake seem to have had ita centre in tne province ox lmbaDura, near tne volcano of Ocampo, about sixty miles north of the city ot (juito. ; .Light towns, with the ad joining haciendas and populations, are said to have been destroyed, numbering from 40,000 to 50,000 inhabitants. The cities of Otavato and Catacachi, containing respectively ab6ut 12,000 and 8,000 inhabitants, and both situated on the shores of the Lake Mojanda, are said ' to have been swallowed up with their entire populations and their sites have become a part of the lake. The city of Ibarra, with a population of thirteen thousand, is totally destroyed, only about three thousand of the inhabitants escaping, and the town of Atunlaque is levelled with the earth, burying all its inhabitants in its ruins. . Nor is the injury confined to the cities and towns, but all of the haciendas of the province, the richest in Ecuador, growing sugar and grain, and pro ducing large numbers of cattle and sheep, have as it were, been swept out of existence. Quito did not suffer in the same ratio in the loss of life, but its walls and houses are destroyed. The most of the inhabitants, including the English Charge d' Affaires, Mr Hamilton, with his large family, were driven to the open square or plaza in the centre of the city, and he, more fortunate than the others, is now enjoying the great luxury of a tent, while thousands of the best citizens are without shelter. To heighten - the gloom, des pondency and misery of all, the terrible thunder storms of the tropics seem to have redoubled their force, and have literally deluged the whole coun try. The losses in Imbabura will cause great suffering in Quito, as nearly all the necessaries of life for that citv were drawn from that pro- vince. The difficulty of conveying food from Guayaquil will be very great, as the journey re quires twelve days' severe travel, with mules carrying small burdens over rugged and precip itous mountains, deep gorges and narrow passes. If relief in some form is not speedily given many of the sufferers will be compelled to reach the seashore or perish. Extracts from private letters and public documents published in the Luna journals (see enclosures Nos. 1, 2 and 3), show the destruction and destitution to which I have referred. Indeed, these shocks have almost ruined the republic of Ecuador. The mentioned representations have been tully corroborated by the statements of his Excellency Don Antonio Flores, Plenipotentiary of Ecuador in Peru. In eru also, as 1 have heretofore informed you, proud and rebellious Arequipa is levelled with the dust.- Arica swept from the seashore, with but one solitary house remaining, while the dis trict and city ot Mogugna, with its rich villages, vineyards and haciendas, are but the wreck of things that were. Had the earthquake in Peru taken place at night time, as it did in Ecuador, the loss of life would have exceeded 100,000 souls. As it was, that loss in Peru is less, but the loss of property far greater. Want, hunger and famine in these now un happy countries are striding through all classes i in the midst or the unbuned dead, and a general paralyzation of thought and action seems to per vade the land. - 1 his is, no doubt, caused by tne continuous shocks since and the great tear ot other calamities, and. to add to the consternation of the weak, fearful and helpless, robbers in some localities are said to be sacking and pillaging everything within their reach. - ' I take great pride in informing you that Hear Admiral Thomas Turner, Captain McDouga! commanders James IL Gillis, James S. Thorn ton, Austin Pendergast and the other officers and crew of their commands in our navy near the 1 scenes of danger have done all that noble hearted, brave soldiers could do to alleviate the sufferings of all within their reach.' The generosity of bur country in days gone ty has left a record that will never be forgotten. Greece, Poland, Hungary and Ireland, with no greater, if not far less claims for aid or charity, J. 1.1 .I TT'. tri. . have iouna mat in me united otaies mere were feeling hearts and open hands for those who deeply suffer. - Will not our generous hearted countrymen add Peru and Ecuador to their noble list? Our government, I know, can do no more than has been done bv our navv, but I most earnestly urge and entreat that you appeal to the good men of our country to aid by charity the suffering people of Peru and Ecuador. - Let those who gave bread to Btarving Ireland repeat their generosity, and let the Protestant and Catholic now join and vie with each other in showing Dy ; their works that the Christian's creed means good will and charity towards their fellowmen; and let all others who have a Heart that can teei for the sufferings of their fellow beings aid by sending a mite from their riches -to the hungry, starving, naked and desolate people of these two countries. Jloney, clothing, or any other neces saries of life would be bread cast upon the waters ; but the supplies, to do good, must come quickly. The people are too much terror stricken to act with vigor, and the governments of Peru and Ecuador cannot now give the aid the neces-' sities of the people imperatively demand. ' I have the honor to be your obedient servant, ALVIN P. HOVEY.' BANKRUPT SALE, At Charlotte, S C, m Tuesday IhelZtk of Oct., 1868 By an order from A. H. Abrams, Esq. Assignee of L. Drucker, a Bankrupt, and by order also of Coart, will be sold in the City of . Charlotte on the 27th of October, the following property belonging to the Estate of said Bankrupt : ' That two-story frame building and double lot on College street, known as th residence of L. Drneker. It has a handsome, flower garden in front and all necessary Ait-iuildirg. - Also, at the same time, 16 shares f Charlotte. Gaa Co. Stock, and II Share of Ufcar. & V. Jttauroaa I gtoct, Terms made known on day of sale. Oct f, im, ar.- . ' - ; ATnw Womam A Detective's Story. What lift ' J is more thrilling than that of i police detective, what "more full of startling ad venture? An incident in the experience of two men weu known in the eity of flew Orleans, as the most skillful and accomplished detectives in the Southern1 country, has been related to the reporter! he event about to be related is of recent occurrence. ! It is one of the unpublished histories of crime, one of the heart-beata under neath the social current of the great city. But the words of the detective are -more potent than the reporter can accord it. Let him tell his story : - ' A robbery had been committed, in one of our large commercial houses under very singular cir cumstances. The day preceding the , crime a large uiun of money; had .been received and left In the safe over Hight. " Partf tbia money consisted of 20 and $50' billa.-; Unknown any one but the proprietor they were marked with a small cross in red ink in the left hand corner. - The safe was locked at night, in the morning it was open, the night clerk asleep un der the influence of chloroform and the money gone. The cashier was a young man of high social position, and about to be married to the daughter " of the proprietor., , He alone carried the keys of the safe. Ik was evi dent the lock had been picked, or opened with iue a.ey. . vur observations i convinced us it was the latter. Still we kept our own counsel. At the request of the merchant the whole mat ter was kept a profound secret. , It furthered our ''chances of detecting the robber that it should be sol Before we had left the store, we had settled in our minds the identity of the thief; but it was necessary to obtain the proof be fore our suspicions were divulged, or his arrest attempted.' Description of the money stolen was ien wun certain parties, under whose obser vation it was most likely to come if put in cir culation, with instructions to detain the person offering it until we were sent for. This was all that could be done for the present. We went home to await developments. Still we kept our eves on the cashier.. '.He was vonne-. " .nd al though he never drank to access, was fast. He spent a great deal of money, and to use a com- .1 .1 ! inon expression, was me deuce among the gins. Ouce or twice we ' saw him walking in the squares of evenings with a very pretty young English girl, a milliner, working on Canal street. I here was something very noticeable about the girl's face a sort of melancholy and sadness that weat straight to our hearts. Any one would have felt kindly towards her by just looking at her. Somehow or other, I felt a presentiment that this girl was mixed up in the robbery. I could'nt get rid of the idea. : It haunted me. In this way several weeks passed. Oue day wc received a message iu a great hurry to come to the steamboat lauding. It was late in the after noon, and the boats for St. Louis were about leaving. Arriving there, we went at once on board the Ilepublic, and up to the clerk's desk. standing at the counter was the pretty English girl, and in hands of the clerk were two of the marked $20 bills.. She had just offered them in payment iur jier passage wou Jjouis. x ieit i j. I a.- li T . T r.li now mat me cashier was in my clutches. nut it was necessary to proceed carefully and not frighten the girl. As gently as 1 could, 1 told her that the money she had just offered at the counter had been stolen; that it was ' necessary for me to know where she obtained it. At my words her face look the livid hue of death,, but she shook her head as much as to say she would . never tell me. I plied her with importunities, entreated and begged; but it was of no avail. I had no recourse but to take her into custody. Still I hoped to be able to discover from her the proof of the cashier's" guilt. He was evidently her lover, but I doubted much if she knew his real name or actual position. I plied her with questions on this head, and although she was on her guard, and her answers evasive,' I was soon satisfied that the real name of her lover" was un known to her. .. As I left the cell I heard her mutter in the most poignant grief: "Ohr Charley, Charley, can this be true." This was, indeed, his first name I returned on the instant and said to her that I knew- the per son who gave her the money, that his- name was Charley At the mention of this name she clapped her hands and laughed. It was not the name she knew him by. I was almost at my wits end. The girl must confess or the real criminal would escape punishment. I thought, howeverof a resource, and put it in execution at once. I -went to the store and tokl the mer chant that I wanted a picture of every member of his establishment, himself, included. He looked puzzled, but complied with my request. Armed with these I returned to the ceil. I told the girl I had something to show her my heart ached as I did so. I knew she worshipped the heartless scoundrel who had hetrayed her. I held the picture so that she ' could see it in full; as the light flashed on it, I said to her, ''Mary; this is the Charley, I am after " ' .. She gave one quick, hurried glanee at the pictures,, and then,. with a low moan of anguish, fell fainting to the floor. The tears would come to my eyes as I looked at the poor, beautiful creature iu her agony. Only heaven knows how I pitied her; but justice as well as her own good, required that the mask should be lifted and the criminal exposed. As soon as "she had time to recover, I went to her again.. I found her calm, but with a look of sorrow that pierced me to my heart. I told her who her lover waSr his crime, and begged her to reveal all she knew ofh:m. I might as well have talked to stone. She sat deaf silent iu her tearless anguish. Only once she murmured (he joves me, he is true to me." 1 told her. she was mistaken he eared nothing about her would never marry her. She laugh ed at me in bitter scorn. As a last resource, I went to the place at which she had been work ing. .. 1 found out all about her friends and with whom she associated. From . these I learned that she was engaged to be married to "Charley," who represented himself as a young mechanic, that he had persuaded her to go to St. Louis for that purpose, where it was said that he had re latives. ,-I know it was oulv to ret rid'of her while he married, the merchant's daughter. had got all the juformaUua 1 wanted. As 1 re turned (passed by the theatre, brilliantly lighted for an eveuiug's eotcrtaiament. ' I stepped in. The Aeaotv aud fashion of -the eity were there In one ofthe boxes sat Charley and his betrothed. She was -radiant in beauty--he: attentive and love-like. My resolution was taken ir on the in stant. -1 left the theatre hurriedly and went to the station. ' In a few minutes I returned ac companied by Mary. I took her to a seat com manding a full view of the box. One glance was enough; I ' saw that her heart was breaking. Silently I led her out of the theatre and back to the station. ' """' "Will you tell me now?" "I can die, but I .have nothing to tell." She never did. It was useless to . detain her. We let her go, but three weeks afterwards she died of a broken heart. The mystery of the rob bery has never been explained. . How. Many, Balls Hit . The report of the Chief of the Eireauof Ord luco.ef the Navy presents many interesting cts as connected with Eunnenr small anna y,euns. The report explodes one theory which had been acveuwu as i tu -n-ii.. r balls or cartridges expended in hitting one man. Estimates have been made that of 3,000 balls fired, only one ever hits its intended mark, and another calculation says that from 3,000 to 10, 000 cartridges were usually expended in killing or wounding one man. llow erroneous these estimates may be, if compiled from the expendi ture of ammunition in battle, can be judged of by this report of Captaia Wise, Chief of Ord nance, who,, in speaking of the advantage of breech-loading small arms over those which load at the muzzle, says: The fourth advantage "is impossibility of multiplying the loads under any circumstances, as only one cartridge can be placed at a time in the opening at the breech; and in the event of a failure to explode, gener ally the cartridge is withdrawn by the movement of cocking and opening the. breech. The report says : " "Singularly enough, the lesson of one of the greatest battles of the war proves how immensely important this last mentioned advantage of the breech-loader really is. . Upon the field of Gettys burg, after tbe battle, an immense number of muzzle-Ioadin? arms were picked un. both of our own and rebel soldiery. Nearly all of these were found to be loaded and this of itself is perhaps not to be wondered at ; but the curious fact was discovered that about one-half of the number loaded contained tico loads each, one-fourth from three to ten loads, and the remainder one legiti mate load., In one or two instances as many as thirty-two and . forty-two bullets were found in the barrels I "The official report of the examination of the arms collected upon the battle-field of Gettys burg, states that of the whole number received 27,574 wo. found at least 24,000 of these load ed; about one half of these contained two loads each, one fourth from three to ten loads each, and the balance one load each. In many of, these guns from two to six balls have been found at the botton of the bore with only one charge of powder. Iu some the balls have been found at tbe bottom of the bore with the charge of powder on top of the ball. In some as many as six paper regulation calibre, 58 cartridges have been found, the cartridges having been put into the guns without being torn or broken. Twenty three loads wero found in one Springfield rifle musket, each load in regular order. Twenty- two balls and sixty-two bnck-shot, with a cor responding quantity of powder, all mixed np together, were found in one percussion smooth bore musket. . m i JKs? A youth in this county was bit during the summer by a snake known as the "pilot. and was cured by the application of bruised onions and salt. ' He was also subjected to sweating by herb" teas. We learn that he was in great pain until the onions were applied. . .This is the , second case we have heard of persons being cured of snake ' bites by the application of onions. Wudesltoro Argus. .. . Gen. Grant's Wkaltii. -Geo. Grant was presented with one hundred thousand dollars by the wealthy men of New York. This is, we be lieve, in 5-20 bonds. lie has also received a fine house from the capitalists of Philadelphia, and another from his friends in Illinois. Both these houses were ready furnished in elegant style. His position as Ocncral ot the Armies gives him a nublc salary about $20,000 a year, be sides allowances, mileage, and wc don t know what. Moreover, this L an oflice for life, and he will have to surrender it f he is elected Presi dent. Should that cv-ent take place in Novem ber, wo think that Gen. Grant will regret when his four years of trouble arc over, that he gave up 820,000 a year for $25,000, all of which he will have to pcnd, and at me ena retire to pri vate life with nothing to live on but f.uic. Of what sort this will be, wc know not; but we fear that with General Grant s preparation for civil duties, it will be none of the brightest. Advice to Yousu 31 ex. Let the business of vcry one alone, and attend to your own. . Don't buy what you don't want. L'se every hour to advantage, and .study to make a leisure hour useful. Think twice before yoa spend a dollar; remember you wilV have another to make '.a . . .M for it. JiOok over your books regularly, ana n . 1 . . . O I 11 . .1 1.. you una an error trace uout. ououiu a turuite of mislortune come upon you in your business, retrench, work harder, bat never fly the track. Confront difficulties with ' unflinching persever ance;'and they will fly at last : then you will be . . . . . ' a ti . j ; i honored, but snnnx, ana you win oc uopiscu. . . i mm m tsr- Of seven Governor in as many "recon structed" Southern States, only two have resided South more thaa ttTce years, ui ten uniiea States Senators elected in five Southern States, eight are recent emigrants from the North." Oft f.hlrtT-threp Tlr.resentativcs elect to Congress from seven Southern States, twenty-two are re-, cent emigrants. " . tk$T Those who are most weary of life, and yet are most unwilling to die, are such who have lived to no purpose, who have rather brcthd than lived. x ., , ' -' jBgy He tliat can not forgive- others "breaks the bridge over wtich he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. Secret marriages are so common in Boston that the young women eaa't get beaux- Every maa is afraid of courting some other man'awife.