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T HE
"Westein Derdbcrat
' rrcttitRD bt . -
WILLI AM J. YATES, Editor .'and Proprietor. "
Yxrm Three Dollars per
annum in advance.
AJtcrtlscincnts will be inserted
at reasonable
rates, or ia accordance Vitli contract.
Obituary notice? of over fire lines in length will
be charged for, fit advertising rites.
1 ' Robert Gibbon,. M. D.?
1 rilVSICUX AND 'SURGEON, '
" I Triin Strict, Charlotte, A'. C,
(Office and Resilience, one door ponth old State Bank,
5 1 frmcrlj Win. JoLnstou's residence). I ' "
T Jmi 1, lbC& : . " y L . !
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j. :P". Mc Combs, M. D., .
Offers bis professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and tiirroundiiig country. All calls, both
nsLt and day, pruuiftly" attcndcl tu, j
Office iii liroivu'a UuilJing, up flairs, opposite the
Charlotte II vieL . . '
; Dr. JOHN H. Mc ADEN, . "
WlioiesalG and Retail Druggist,
f c!Iai:j.vttjx.. a, - .. i -
liii n h:ind a lare and well selected ptock of rCHE
DilL't;S.Cheni"caK Talent MedKlnc, FataiJy Medi-c":n-.
.Tiu:its OH. V.irulK, I ye Stuffs, Fancy and
Tpib t'Artlclcs, w ulcli he i dettriuiiitd to tell at the
very !o't pi ices. ;
jau i; tfrx J " J V: ; '
D II. JOHN HV-.WAIT.,
.j Surgeon. Dentist. ; . ;
O fr ? for thix 'fnr tit t is HesMttfe. ' '
Patieuti in the City or Country waited on at their
residence. Order Mnt biin t !ji-i:j:1i the Post Office
.... . 1 1 t A - 1
will pronijn iv MUii'iui io. ,u ir.i cuarge u
1 V I.tUIidcd t0.
fiace.
Ji ! I. 1
. WE M: SHIPP,
A T T C 11 X B : V A T L. A
Charlotte, N. C,
Ornrn t.v Drvrrr s Pane Ih n.t:r.G.
ov. f, i ; t'f
Now Firm and
NEW GOODS
The un lergned
L iving formed
a Partnership
ca Icr tlif ?tI
of
for tltf I'tirpote of ctn-Limig the - .
Merchant -'Tailoring;'
And GeiitoTurnisliiiig Goods Business.
Won! I ri-jf.- fully tiifnrm tl.oir friends nd the pub
lic jroiwrralrv. i.iuh.-y are nov receiving their ftock
tf Fa!l an I Wmw r ii-'. cu35iliag of all "grades
of French; K&,:U-! a::i A.-.; erica u , '
Cloth-, raNisiirrr Az iVcslin,
J.n jrrvt varl'v ol ko and color.
Gents' Furnishing Goods:
Bh'rt-t. Col:4r.Vr;:it. Hosiery, Mrriro Under-,
wear. Ties f ll kiu is. UmbrellasJ
j la fact eTerytLin usually found in a FIRST
CLASS Mervhrfnl. T.iiluiins Est.iMi-hjueut, U of
(Lih were sebv.'i'.i'witli gia care, and warranted
la ire t :.t!'aeti-n.
ipecil attcutioa u ill be jriveu to the .
"TAlLOltlNti DHl'AUTMV'XT,
An I all goods sold will be made :p in the very best
style, and a St guaraiiU-nl. j
TAILOUS' TUl.MMI.Mt3S, of U kinds, kept con
stantlv vu IianI, and 1 J to the Trade at tvholesalc
pricwC i
; jwr CUTTING ANI IIF.IMIHING ef all kinds,
prornptlv attended to and uatisfactian given.
Wc will occupy the Sore at present - occupied by
Is Firt National li'mk, as soon as t'aeir Pa nking Hotie
U completed. J. S. PIIILLIFS,
I oct. ii. ks-;s. . JAs. II. onu. -
t.v to!, AVo nrc now in t!io Store next to Hie
Krppcss (Knee. wli-?re w have
" tleutcn's Fit rifw-i trig ri. l. J
a full Nck of Gen
S: PHILLIPS CO."
rRACTICVL
" Watch and Clock lilik3r,
AXt" Dr.AI.Ktt. S
jKn'ELnv, 'ay; match clocks, ,
Hrf.vA Material, Sjvctaele, j r.
AulO.'liiiiT : CHARLOTTE, N. . -
QUERY '
l receiving- daily, his Fall Stock of j
Jlilliiicry, Trirnmiii. fcc.
U U:c!i h.taks th Ladles and thepublic generally,
to call and cxaiaine. ' . -
frj- MRS QUERY1-'" prepared to serve her
frienJsjMih llie - ; ' . '' ' .'. . -
X ATE ST STYLES . -
in lIonnet, Hats, Press making. &c.
'Jct'.j'.'lb'lS. - - . "
Novels., v ,y
T:rnr h.tnnfl Xoti-U ill abundance at TIPJ c.
f
.'Life a Loi tery, or Life .and Its Aims :f .Hw a
Pride was Lost, or a CLae Aoros the Pampas,"-by
Frederick Goi stacker : -Mwhun. or the-Last Pays of
Le ahd hi; Pa hid
from the
s." cf tTol. Surry
Of EajV Net : "Palla Gatbraitlt."
bv Mrs- 11-
Harding Davis, .-.ith.r of
W:tfi tor the :Yerd;ct,"
'Margaret .IFowth,' etc : "Anions; lb? Arabs, a Nar
rative of Ailvenrurc in Algeria," by G.. NcpLegyi;
"The Old ?Ianjollys Seerer. afier the German of-E.
ilorlitC by Mra. A. .Wisiur ; -Gold
A- L- Wistor. Ju.-t received at "
Phie," by Mrs.
TIDDV'3. -
f ' . Semmes. ' : '
Memu.rs of Service Afloat iuriiig thenar between
the SUtev, by Admiral Raphael Semmes. of the Con
federate State Narv. 'jut receive.! at TIDDYS,
A Constitutional View
of uio Late War iuecu the siatjby Alex. H.
tepuen. late v.cc-l're.idcutC.S. A . For fale by;
Kb 1., 1S,J. , ITIDDY & URO. .
JFirst National Bank of Charlotte,' 1
-r CUAliLU'i 7,, iA. C. : j
?;icc
in McAtfrn A'tic liut'hlinj,
Y. JleAden. rrcttdent. . -M. P. Perram. Catbier
-f A. G. Prenizer, Teller.
POAKP OF. DlHECTOItS. f
R Y McAden, T II Brem,- Wm R Myers,
RilOatcs,- " Wm Johnston, ' S A Cohen,
John Vi"i!ke3: . "
Deals in Bills of Eiehauge, Sight Draft?, Gold and
Silver Cdn, and Government "and other Securitie?,
. 1. 1W
-j Efficacy -of Onions.' ' '
A writer says : "We are troubled often with
severe coughs, the result of colds of long stand
ing, which may turn to consumption or prema
ture death: Hard coupha cause sleepless nights
by constant .irritation of the throat; and a strong
effort to throw off offensive I matter from the.
Innps. The remedy proposed has often been
tried, and is simply to take into the stomach, be
fore retiring for the night, a piece) of raw 'onion
after chewing. This esculent in an uncooked
state is very healing, aud collects the water from
the lungs and throat, causing immediate relief
to the- patient. It is also said that a poultice of
onions applied morning, noon and night, for
three or four days, will cure a felon. No matter
how bad the case, lancing the finger will be un
necessary if the poultice is applied,' -The' remedy
is said to be a ture, iiafe and speedy one. j
The North Carolina , j
LA N D CO MP AN Y V !
Established for iLc Transportation and Location of
Northern and European Settlers," THE SELLING
AND LEASING OF HEAL ESTATE, the purchase
ami aalc of Agricultural Implements,' Machinery, &c.
Aio, NEGOTIATES LOANS. on mortgage 4)r other
hccuriues. i ,
OFFICERS?
Geo.
Little, Trcst. R. W. Best, Sec. & Treas
Aynits and Dircdvrt at Itahigh: I f
K8n. . W. Pest, ! j";v Col. Gcoi Little
Geo.' W. Swepsoa,' '! li. Kingslandi
Agents nn'f 'lir retort in JTeic York and Boston:
: ' " ' A. J. PleeCker,- Son' &
Feb 8, W ' ' - - ';--8m-
Co.
i. New Stock of Groceries:'
w; XBLACK, '
Has received a large Stock of Groceries, consisting
in j
art of; - .: . : I ! " j
l Suar, CnfTee. Molasses Rice, and Salt, . j
; Paeon. Lard, Fish, Meal and Family, Flour.
;Na!h. Iron, I;eatler, WhiKkey, &e.
In fact, everything and 'anything
kept
in a
first-
I clans Groeery Slore. -
Tliiiikful for past patronage, he invites his friends
and the "public generally to give Lim a call before j
51 arch 8, liC,K
w
J.' BLACK.
Raleigh National Bank f
! ( OF NOUTIi CA 110 LIN A. -! ; !
;The Directors have redv-etl tn increase the Cnpi-
tul Sioek of. ibis Paiik lo FIYE HUNDRKU THOU-
.... . . .. .
SA. D IKILLA Kb... Person wiping a .uiuc ior
f iu - u ill t . I aviso rn:nnaiiniiHie u it h !:
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C. . PKWITi , President.
Raleigh, March 1;; S(.9
Ll-j..iM
! M. L. WRISTON & CO., I ;
: ': Auctioneers ' j ! '!
j: And General Commission J Merchants j"
For the Sale and Purehaseof Tobacco, Cotton, Grain,
' Flour, Produce and Merclir.ndize of all,luaiU,
' Jfitiixi'iH II"t:se Jtuildniij,
t -
CHARLOTTi:, X. C-
M. Lj WnisTox,
Late of 11. 1. M. C.
II. C. Pcci.e.s,
T. H. G.uTjir.n,
.of Mocksyillc.
of Iredell co.
IlKFtSExeF.-! : T W Dewey A CoU Banker? : ill P
Pegram. Cashier First National Pank : .WJ Yiites,
Kditor Western Pemocrat ; Ilntchipon, Purougbs &
Oo. General In.-iirance Agents, Charlotte, N. C ;
Win 11 Jones & Co,- lialeigh, X. C; GeoS Palmer,"
of.Paluier, Hurtsook &. Co, -Kiclinwnd. Ya.i Her Dr
ThoA K Pond, Editor of Pahiinore Kp. Methodist,
Baltimore, Md.; Worth Si Daniel, Wilmington, X.C:
Jordan Pi other. Phibideljdiia, Pa.; P S Jaffray &
CO.. nn I II P'CIaftin & To , New Tork ; Geo Wj Wil
li a ww & Co., Charleston, S. C: Ja Miller, hsq.!, and
Osley & Wilson, Augufta .-.;Ga.:
Meador Prothers,
Jlebile,' -Ala.! -
Atlanta G.i .WoodrHtt!& Parker,
Jan 11, IWit. . . ..:
NOTICE.
' The copartnership heretofore pxis(in under the
name and ttyle of T AY LOU & PCNCANjwas Mis
solved by liintual consent on the' 1st January, ll 809.
All persona indicted to the firm of Taylor &D.un
caa, by Note or Account, will pleascxonie forward
ml make payuiwnt immediately to A. A. N Mi Tay
lor, who is authorized to settlo. alijthe.buwncssof the
tiriu. All persons having claims against "the' firm
will present, thcia for payment tpjhe jsame. ! '
Ai A. A. M-'.lO-
i k ,'J.i DUNCAN, Jn. s
:- : . - i r-- i - i- r--:
T-S? Having prirchased the 'entire interest of J.
Duncan, Jr , 1 will continue the business at the ;New
Ilriek Store, on Trade Street, J doors East of Springs'
Corner,' where I will be pleased to j see aibmy old
friends and patrons, i " r j - v '
4M arch 1,1 8(i'.. j A. A. N. M. TAYLOR.
.'I GET ! THE BEST!
Tin: very ni:sT sxuff ".voir ay use is
s ' j : . : :; 'I i" .
i -
- CELEB11A TD
1
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Manufactured in Baltimore,
Do not fuil to irvt't, for vqU ic ill Vice it
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Fon Sale'. ix Chari.otte by
i j -
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Stonhon;c, Mac?ulay Co.,
i ! !."-
IfammonfLi McLaughlin,'
M D L Moody,
J ! 1 -
Carson AiGrier,
i i v i . .
Duls '& Ililkcr,"
Frazicf, Scarlett & CW
.1 - f
Dk- J II McAdea,
, i
S Grose &.:Co j
Dr-'J N Butt,
..t ..- . V
Haliom A Gray,
i
W Piehard '& Co.,
January 4, l.Sotf
D M Piglcr.
Cm
! ' f J. Y. BRYCE & CO.,
rjonKvnl Commission Merchants
' ClIAnLVTTJE,X'V. j. .
i rai.tieuUr attention paid to the 'selling of all kind
otX:xr::
; Alf ordew from a distanceproniptly i
attended
to.
J. Y.
:BRYCE.
i. -
March
W. TI. PRYCE.
Old Nortla State Distillery,
f CHARLOTTE, .N.- C, j
'I
GROOT,! KTJCK & CO.,
Distillers and Rectifiers cf Corn and Rye Whisltts.
We warrant our Liquors PURE and UNADPLTR-
i .nTiritpd from the trade
ST. pAwey
Salesroom on j.rjr nw, st t,- w-
Co's Bank. - .1 . .. " " "i .
'Febl-V ll?G0. ;
- " Lawyers not good .Legislators.
In thcU. S. Senate last week, Senator Sprague
attributed all the confusion and mystery of our
legislative, bodies (the U. S. Senate included) to
the fact that too many lawyers were f elected Lhf
the people. A J correspondent of .the N. Y.
Herald speaks of Mr Sprague's speech as follows :
- 'The speech delivered by Senator Sprague,of
linoae lsiana, can liardly tail to arouse attentiou
throughout the whole country by the apt origi
nality and extraordinary boldness tvhich char
acterized it. Mr'.Sprague is a young ? man ario!
no orator, bat he I manages at critical times. to
think with more truth," force - and justice than
most of our public men. The subject under de
bate was the Civil Tenure act, and" Mr Sprague,.
jfeeling, ho doub'Cfn. tensely opposed to the reten
tion of such a statute, and sitting for days under
the afliction of a never-ending discussion, carried
on most exelusively by hair-spKtting tmd long-
winded lawyers; determined at length to open
1- t 1 - i .. f ,1 .1.110- .
nis mma aoour wnat ne inougnt or me menace
and its ; composition. ' He began in his "u'sull
quiet, careless . manner -of delivery, --hut had.
hardly proceeded jfurther than a -sentence or two
when hctartled the; whole chamber by declaring
that the Senate was composed 'of too many law
yers for the good of the country.-, j Too many'
.lawyers!. Just think" ofit! Flat blasphemy. as"
anv senator tetorer J ne pusinesa. pco
pie the people'of wealth, worth and stajj&mg - J
snouiu oe more iuiiy representea. conienaea tne
Senator from llhode Island. "What did law
i i - , - - -. , - . -'t 1 .r -I
yers know 'of the real and material interests of j
ti VrTTl'' TtV7uTOfJ tliia crrvOlX-ni t i'l'Tlinir hmp' I
was given to making confusion worse confound
ed, and- their minds ranjn a narrow, constrained
and pettif i itriug channel of thought! " 'They had
now taken hold of this Tenure" of Office act,and
were expending all' rtheir ingenuity to" befog the
question at issue, to seize additional power !un-,
def the disguise of securing the euipoisQ'if the
government and shielding .the people froui
cciitive encrcachmeiit. A11 shaui in substaIce,",
coutiuued Mr Spraguel- I "The House of Lords,
nor any other legislative body, hits half the pow
er possessed by the -Semite of the United States,
and yet -they-' clamor for more, ; and for why f
Vhy, to build up an aristocracy of power, an
oligarchy -of tyrants and monopoly of leg tslation'
I j
lie. (31 r fcpragne) would rattier trust one man
dcct gtrai rUt JVonj tUe people than a bodyf
2 ... 1 - . .
r . ji va a t..a ,
J would sooner look for the exercise of, humanity
j aud some degree of responsibility tb' one tyrant
than to ft'eonapiracy' of tyrants. And so on -Mr
I Sprague contiuuetl spreading his extremely novel
j if not distasteful opinions all around him.
McHUERAY, DAVIS I & CO..
j ' , 1 .. Deai.kiis ix. ' ; r I . ;
: groceries, Hardware, Staplb 6obd3, Shoes, &cM
Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, ; i. C,
Have the largest Store Koom in the; Cty, and the
largest itock of Goods, .which will show for itself
upon examination. ' I W keep every article a 'family
may need,! Come in -and we will sell you your wholes
bill and save you uie irouu.e 01 running wrounu. ;
- One of our firm has-just returned front-New York,
and we are now receiving daily a large Stock of
Staple and Fancy ! - ; - " f " r;. .
1) It Y GOODS,
Coni?ting in part of Sheetings, Drillings, Tickings,?
Bleaehed Shrrttngsj Irish Linens, Ginghams,' Prints,
Delaines, Lawns, Mu&lins, Ac, Sc. I A large stock of
Notions, Trimmings, Ac I Also, a full etock of men's
and bovs- Ilats'and Caps, and Ladies' and Misses'
Hats. j .A full line of men s and
v -
and ladies and
MisscBT BOOTS AND SHOES.
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fenOCEllIKS, HAIiDWAliK, &c.f .j
Gi-fe us a call before buying elsewhere, as we are
determined not t5 be undsrsold. ') t " i
Feb 22, 'CD. McMUltlt AY, DAVIS A CO.- r
' i : . I i
State o4 North: Carolina, Catawba county.
Court-of Lav Surinn I'erm. 1SGU. ,
Wm. Turner; Adnx'r, 'vs. Eli Cliae, rt.
It appearing.to the satisfaction of the Court that
L. Pi Cline, W. A. Clinc, Frank Cline, Elizabeth
Clinciand Maxwell Cline, defendants in this case,
reside beyond the ( limits of ths State, it is ordered
that publication' be made, for six successive weeks,
in the "Western Democrat," not ifymg j said defend
ants bo be and appear at our next Superior Court of
Law.i to be held for the county of Catawba, at the
Court House in Newton on the first Monday in Au
gust next, then and there to answer ' or demur to
plaintiff's petition, or"jtrdgmcnt pro Confesso jivifrbe
taken as to theni. s I - ' 1. -f ''-.'
AYitness, M. OSherrill, Clerk of our said Superior
Court, at oSce the first -Monday in March, .lSGy, ;;
G2-Gw pd . f. - . M O. SIIERIULL, Clerk.
State of North Carolina, Mecklenbiirg.county.
- Superior Court Fal Term', 18C8. V I, -S.
Si and S. II. Marks,' Executors of Sarah' BI Speaks
- s ( vs. Afr S. Marks and others., - i
.j ; Petition to SelPLaniPl:: .L ' ''
In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court, that" Jehn.Gv Mjirksf and II. AV.iMarks an in
fant withoutGuardian, Sarah'L. Riddle, Rebt Rid
dle,' Mary Riddle, arah Riddle, Henrietta Riddle
and Jas. Riddle,"dcfendauts in this action, all reside
beyond the limits of the State and oannof be reached '
bv th flrdinav" process of Law; f therefore it is or-
"dered by the Court, that publication be made in the j
"Western Democrat, a newspaper puousueu iu tue.j
City of Charlotte, for six weeks,: notifying said de
fendants tb.appear at the next term of the Superior
Corirt to be held for the coiinty of j Mecklenburg; at
the Court ! House in Charlotte, on the 8th Monday
after the 4th Monday in March, A- ,D., ISCQ.-te show
cause, if aoy they have, why the piuiyer ef the pet i- ,
tioners should not be granted, otherwise such orders
and decrees will be made as to the Court may. seem
just! and proper to be made in the premises, y.- J
i Witness. E.- As Osborne, Clerk of our saW Coin-Tat
oRicein Charlotte, the 8th Monday' after the 3d
C?-Gw I pr. adv. $T0. .
'4 ' Attachment;
State or NoETiV'Cuoi.i-MfXKLEjfBFPa Coctctt.
AV. D. Rdsseli; Jr , rlaintifI7 vs. Henry II. Glover;
V -i - j , - . -Defendant. - :'i 'J ' :
Henry' H. Glover, the defendant injMscasc. will
hereby tike notice that a Warrant of Attachment has
been issued against the property of said defendant,
who fs beyond tlie limits of the State, in favor of, the
plaintiff,! and returnable before pie,.?, Justice of; the
Peace for the county of Mecklenburg, at. Charlotte,
on the 1 ft day of April, 18G9, for the sum,of $75,
due' by ttote.vith interest from 1st day orFebruary,
18G1 The BJiidideftuidant is hereby notified toap:
Rt laid time and place; and defend his suit Or
judgment 5viJITe refidered itgainsf him.
AYitness: -J N. Hunter, a Justice of the Peace forlhe
county of Mecklenhug, w V V ftiTKTPR P
-Gl-4w fadv ?G1 J. N. UPMER J. P
1865.
!
eversaluted the ears of Justice 'Dogberry, ioo
many lawyers! s Did overmuch an idea enter the
head of any Senator before? The business, pco-
'": - Have IMercy on ' Wbnren. 1 1
4. We have' probablyall of us met with cirenm-
suiuces 111 wnicn a worn ueeuiessiy spoa.uu agamsv
the reputation of a feniaje has fbeen. magnified
by: malicious minds until the cloud has been dark
enough to overshadow, her 'whole existence. To
who are accustomed, not necessarily ' frOm
bad motives, but from thoughtlessness, to speak
lightly of ladies, ,we recommend these ")iints": as
Worthy of considtration;
J Never use! a ldy' name in an improper place;
Never make assertions about1 her that you think
untrue, or allusions that she herself would blush
to hear. . Whenyou meet with men who do hot
scruple to make use of a lady s name in a recfc
less and unprincipled manner, - shun them, for
tVeyare the! vcrjvworat members of the cbnunu
nity lost to every sen,se of honor, every feeling
of humanity. - J . K-.' r.'r:' .-it ':4.': . ' ,j
H Many a good pi d worthy woman's' character
has been forever" ruined and heartbroken by a lie
manufactured by some -villain, and repeated
where it-should. fiot have been, and-in- the pres
ence of those wliose Jrttle- .iudgment could not
deter them; from! circulating the fouLand -brag-
gard report. A slander is soon propagated, and
the smallest thing derogatory tb a woman's char
acter will fly ohthe wings of the wind," and mag
nify as it" circtilates, ; till " its monstrous' weight
crushes the pdof unconscious victim " Hespect
the name of wdman; ; for youf mother and sisters'
are womenj ana as you wouia nave mat iair
name untarnishi id and tEelr hVes unemb'ttdred
bV the slanderer S" ton srue, heeu i the, ill that tour
own words may jbnng upon' the mother,' the
sis-
terf or the yaW pi some iellow. erjQatuie,
4
1 i?arm Stock in tlie United States.
' We learn from the '-report of the Department
of Agriculture that horses have increased slight
ly in most of tlje Westeru and Southern States,
but very little lathe 31iddlo and Eastern not
enough to keep! pace with the, .increase of. pOpu.-
latiou'in the Atlantic seaboaid States. -Nebras
ka. KahsasL Misonri. Iowa. -Minnesota Wiseon-
sin ana the L'acinci coast states exmoit pre
larjrest lucreasd Hie numbers are.-however.
not equal to the demand, as is shown by jthe
treueral thbusrh) small advance fin prices. The
increase of mules is also slow, and the range of
prices appears io be higher than last year.
t The returns fo-f oxen and other cattle" sh
show a
pdsitit e- decrease ' in "' New' Jet se', Mar y fan &
North Garblina Florida, Texas! Kentucky, 0Kio,
Indiana and -Illinois, ; the diminution amounting
to five. per cent in the latter State.. In inilch
cowa reduction is! reported in Texas, Ohio! and
Illukis and sotne of the Southern States, A
general increase in prices of cattle is reported!
to be. general, :. he Only exceptions being lihode
Island, Tennes see, M issouri, M innesota Kansas
and the Pacifi States. ,The loss canuot.be less
than 10 per cc it. j In .some j States it is placed
at 15-or inore:! Hie prices ofhee'p havq der
clined slightly in certain sections and advanced
in others.) f ill Connecticut! and New Jersey,
where unusuaj attention has been given to mut
ton breeds, prices have been fully maintained.!
In districts where the Me ritio stock monopolizes H
sheep-walks, the -decline is general and", in some
sections heavy - , ' -'H ; f - .;- !
The report kates,; moreover that , the returns
of swine markja very decided reduction in num
bers of fattening-hogs, amounting to 15 percent,
in a large portion of the Ohio . Valley. Tlie
prices are largely increased in many States 25
or 30 perceuU, and not un frequently 50 or GO
per centj - ) .1 ':',;: ... i-.;!i -h" - a ; "J : "-n
, '.. . - r -.
i Tournaments seem to be the ragd just
now. Immediately upon the close of the war
they became ilmost- universal, : aud we thought
that: there-miirht be some excuse for-them! thenx
as the -young .pen had . just 'returned from the
wars, and naturaliy waved some . excuejinenc.
But at this Ike day, they appear to us as only
very, .ridiculous. .. We do not know anything
more absurd than to see f grown up men" riding
at a break-ncek 11300, with king poles in their
f hands, trying! io poke them through an old mar
tin erale' rinir. I les, we do know something more
ridiculous even than that, it. is to see hundreds
nf.rAnTilerleaTinfr their houvts and-business -and.
coins: miles to look ! at these ben carryiupj tbei
poles and tilt at the said oldj niartiuga
"A little nonsense"!may do 'f now ami th
le
nner.
may ao rnow ami ineq, . out
. 1 . ft 1 A
so much "nonsense" is-r-uubearable. Utikiyh
Sentinel.
B. M. PRESSQN & CO.
Have just received a large stock of GROCERIES,
consisting inlpart of Paeon rlLams, Shoulders and.
Sides : Lard, fiUour, Meal, Corn, SugarC-offee, Mo-
classes, race, Salt, Fish; in fact! everything kept in a
tirBt-class urcery ana jrrovisipn aiyrc, -,
Also, a plndid lot of double-sole ftiiv- -war:
ranted..!-.- r:-i.i -,''(.
Also, a fpl ndid lot of " - v': f
; v"-' J Liqtiors : ,;-'- '
MonoTjjahel4 Ke'cfar, -Corn and Rye" AThiskey s. 7';
- l barfeT pure North Carolina:ornAThIskey.
AVe cell Cheap for CASH only. . j ! f !
March 22, P8y. ; - - :
Irish Potato es. I
Just received, a l.rge lot of Irish Seed Potatoes.
March
i8-:a.
S.: M, PRESSOR & C0.f
6 M I T H -S
'
Boot,
Shoe and Leather Store,
Xext doof to Dewey's' Bank,' Charlotte, JVl CI, f
Ia the largest AYfiolesale and Retail Shoe Establish
I ment in North Carolina. ' iir-:1-'l - f:
The quality of their Stock is superior in every re
spect, and ufequaled in style, finish ; and workman
ship. The jpricea.are as low as can be afforded.
TheyJjuy tfeir Goods exolnsively from. Manufac
turers.1 6r liare them made' to" order. They pay no
rent and do the business themselves, and can,! there
fore, -and wli sell all styles and qualities of i Boots
and Shoes t lower price than can be-found elae
where'ln -this .market. Every pair, of Boots .ard
Shoes 13 warranted as represented. "One , price to
alLJid ,lfiir dealing," is their motto.' -r - hi
-1 - j- : - - ' ; ' vvi '!' .iq '' :
Leather, Shoe Findings & Belting.
. j Their" sto;k of Leather and Shoe Findings is most
complete, Embracing every grade of - Hemlock, and
Oak Sole father,; Upper Leather, French and Amer
ican Calf Skins, Kip, Lasts, &c. Ibey also xurntsn
all widths Rubber and Leather Belting
facturers' prices." ' ' k J
! Ask forlSMITirS SHOE STORF;, the
iiBhd S&ioe Hcuse in the Stite. i
at Mariu
oldest es-
, J SMITH'S. ttilOK &1U1U5, h
-Nxt Iloor to Dewey Bank, Charlotte, C.
u'sust'ai, 18G8 i -
: .
Letter -from Iypt
t iWe are kindly permitted (saysiHelWilmihgtod
Journal)! to publish jhe following y.ery interest-;
ing and instructive Ieter from a North Carolinian
traveling in the East, to a gentleman m this city
We are sure it will be highly relished; - by cur
readers: -1 . -. ! "'ll i
. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. f 2d, 18G9. ,
- JTy Dear Colo3ielz-X have to thankl you for
yqur letter of the- 2d of January, which jreachec
me here; -I do not propose to write you of ant
cient Egypt with its Pyramids, its Obelisks and
its Spinx fpr tfiat you find in the. books, better
-than I -;caii express it, j hough, seeing 'ii is tery
different from reading it, nor of this the most
Oriental City in the world, andI could! not des
cribe it tf I wouldj for it is tho "Arabian Nights".
in rcauty, tnougn not so oriinant. ne uontey
and the . donkey boy, the long trains of camels
:and theif loads and drivers area constant sourcp
of amusement to us. The population dressed in
t he Oriental s costume, pass under the . general
jname ot Arabs, but to our eyes are negroes,,
they ar.e from the lightest shade of mulatto
the purest Ethiopean. , ', :l!:'f
or
to
.f I have inquired with regard to the, cultivation
of cotton in Egypt.!: -.The caltivation jwas coui-r
"nienced about .twenty-five years ago, and has novf
reached to about six hundred and fifty thousand
bales; The - land and climate seem' .splendidly
adapted' to At, and the jweed as I see it,jeenis re
m ark ably, fine, arid they state their4' proMuctr to be
from a half to a! bale to the aere. The land js
all irrigated, as. it never rains here.. The' irrig2
tion is dotid by the old Jlgyptian wheel turned
by ajlorse, JjulfalQ- or oaaiel, Jbut 'on-theTlargcr
places now.they are cising JSngKsh eteani engines', j
driven ivith English coal. The- pumpusedjs
the rotary pump.- The irrigation is not only Ter
moisture, but it is all the manure the land gets,
for the manure in this country 4s mixed up-with ,,
mud and made into rouBd fiat eakesand dried n
the suu and used for-fuel. The plows are very
rude; composed almost ' entirely of wdad of jthe
same pattern las was used thousands of years ago,
thugh;.soa;e of the larger; ltirmers lire using
steam plows. The animal-used todraw the plow
is a very ugly ill-shaped buftalo. But they have?
two great advantages over us in the cultivation
of. cotton ; one is, they . get a cent and a! half in
gold for a pound of their cotton seed at the gin)
the other, they plant; white - clover all over t be
cotton fields in the month of August, and n w
they have a crop of white- clover eight inches
high and very luxuriant, t It is notonlv suflBctent
to feed their own animals but all . the animals! of
the country, including those of the citibsi They
also sell all. the weed iu the; winter fori fuel. J ISo
that they. sell from the crop besides lithe coiti on
What .jjwould. seem to me to be the expenses of
the crop. ! - I ';j j . - '". j 'j ;'-'
j Tlieir camels are the means of transportation ;
his load is about twelve hundred' pounds (he
kneels down to be loaded and unloaded; one man
manages si.x of them. I have fhus seen With
six; camels a. man coming to the depot bringing
tweiitv-four two hundred! pound bales. I ,IIe
transports all the clover to imarket and all jthe
cotton1 weed. .The camel requires no wagon and
nothing but a foot path1 for a road and lives on
the clover. - , ' . ; ' '! '' !. 'J '.-
I Able bodied hands in. this country are worth
about twenty 4eents a day and in laabi.ts,) jand
every other respect, (very inucu sucnijiaporers as
your negroes now are., .xie requires less ciomes,
no shoes, and in fact, nis lotjbing amounts jto a
turban aud a sliirt, ; He requires less food jand
keeps- no Sunday. The cotton seed ire all sent
to Hull, -in England, to- be made into oil, but I
think they are making as tquch cotton astheKe-z-tent
of land will admit of, a fortunate 1 thing for
tne coiion piauieis 01 Auienua. 1 , 1. 1.
' It is astonUshinjr to see what the varieties of.
products are under i this I system ofj irrigation.;
Youi see tobacco. cotton, corn, sugar oaneJ (cab
bages, caul iflowerv grapes,! figs, wheat, dates-- in
fact! cverythingalniost, that a .man wants to grow,
j The Yiceroy is i building very extensive roads,
railroads!' and..' canals, constructed with conscript
labor. His railroads are well ballasted.'his cross
ties are of. iron; there Js ja bar ccnBcctingj two
iron pots about sixteen inches across and four
inches deep, Convex surface beingj turned down
wards.! There is a cross groove on top that is at
rigfit angles . to the rail to receive the bar, and
that parallel with the rail, acts as the chairl j -
j I shall now stop this letter until I get to jPort
aid, a. place a hundred miles to the East, of
fVlexandria, where I sliall pass Sunday, and on
Monday take steamer for Jaffa. I shall .reach
this place in a small steamer on the; Suez Canal,
and I shall write you what I.thinkj about that
great ircuch work. ",y ;. j j - .
;Vj:;- :.::,j. - .Port Said,; Feb. 7th.
On Friday We came! by rail via Zizzig-td Ish
!maella, a po'nt half way the great canal. Along
this railroad is a fresh water canal jta Sudz and
the Water is conducted by iron pipes.to.thia place,
fifty-five miles. This fresh water canal will be.
ultimately very mucn enlarged ami wm juet usea
to convert the ;adjoining! desert .into rich fields
The rreat canal is nearly in a straight linei from
sea to sea, ana is aoout a uunrcu auu wimim
lung. "Vhen finislied iti will be 333 j feet wide
and 27 feet deep I think it will be. open for
small boats.Jiext Winter, but .probably a year
for sea-going steamers. - . - '.. '-:. '-i
I There are .many paints along the line where
therd are sunken; places some of theui now lakes
or beds of,old lakes, and, contain the bitter water
mentioned by the Israelites. .These, they us&to
deposit their extra sanU . Xhe first operation is
io open a small channel j by hand ; this is done
principally by Arab labor. After! that they let
in the water and; use their steam. dredging ma
chine. Otf ! these they .have a hundred and
twenty sixi the largest I ver saw; these are
worked bv Eurrmean labor and are in operation
evtry ciiy, including Sundays They hate 600 J
steamboats and barges attendant, on inese.areuges.
all these are made of iron. , The mechanicnl skill
exhibited in this., n.jicliinry s very ; wtinderful.
-I cannot cive any detailed account of it now, nor
will you .find it in any English -publication, tor
,tne Jngl.uu xtu&oiuiuij iiatc it, auu niu uut iai
to you on the subject- ; 1 .- .-- --! ,!-
I I wish you would; look at the map and you will
see that 11 ussja apd I Austria are opening routes
to Odessa and tlie tno!uth of the DatiubeT thence
by .gleamer here. ' Austria and Russia! j already
bavei a railroad to Trieste !aqd steamers here!
Prussia- the. Valley of the Rhine, "and England
Jhavq a Bystem of railroads, that tcrminato' at
Ycnico.
Fran cc is crossing tlie Al ps by ra il-
i
roads at two poibts which terminate at Brindiai .
in Italy. : ;She has a route via Marseilles, and
the two great companies, Olessageric Imperialct
whose headquarters are at IBordeaux, and the
'Peninsula and Oriental, whoso hcadquartr
are at Southampton, come here via Gibraltar.
From these- places the distance will be shortened
from -nine tofiftecn . thousand. miles to Bombay,
and those which a ro now the most remote, will,
when this canal - is open, bo the nearest. And
this is the reason of the" English disliking! the
work, as they are now . tho nearest via Capo of
Good Hope,-but it is nevertheless a fixed Tact
that the work is to be completed on the largest
scale, ad in tha race for the Eastern trade lour
.Pacific railroad- is not worth! talking about. Tho
time from Suez to -Bombay is now fifteen days, ,
and: from SueOaTjivcrpoilj fifteen dajg inoro,
and Liverpool U thofartheit port, "i One ofj the
great points to be gained in this canal is to; fur
nishTEnglisli coal to steamers oft the Bed Sea and"
Indian Ocean, and thereby multiply etearaers in
those waters. s i ' ' ; H.'
-Social Life in Nejjr York.
-1
A recent nuhibcr of th,e New York Metrotwli
tan Becofcd, says. i ; . ' :
"'There never was a time in the history of ibis
city when extravagance was carried io such a
dizzy height as now. Not in dress alone, but ia .
houses, in carruiges, in horses, in entcrtainnioiiti,
jnballs,-in piirtiea, incvory way which money ,
can, be expended, it is poured out. like water.,
TliQJrcsjjltL.u.d'rrss nvitliout tasjc,- Uomcji. without
haypines, jtnd socijotercourso without enjoy'
ment. The extravagance of tho women is, iu- -.
deeuV Faddening.,to .contemplate.: , Exorbitant
prices are asked and cheerfully given for dress, -while
. diamonds and. jewelry coet a fortuuo. "
Somq of our fashionable belles have their dresses ,
imported rcdy-made from Paris, copied exactly
in its minutest details .1 ruin. tho court custom of .
the. Empress uge tie aud tlie ladies of her cuurU
Female Suffrage in the Territories., . .
Professor Ji K. H Wilcox was on Satnrdavi
before a sub committee of the House-committee -on
Territories -on behalf of the Universal Fran
chise Association, to urge the passage of Mr
Julian's bill for the enfranchisement of the ' !
women of the Tcrritorie?. A number of invited
guests, mainly ladic, also attended. ; The prin-
cipal points in the a-ddrcss wero : ""f ;
The unequal distribution of the sexes 111 this
country, with its attendant evils of low wagci
and lives of ill-fame. These, it was claimed,
would be much le.-cticd by enfranchising women
in the Tcrritorio?, and thus affording theiO a '.
greater securitv in person and property than cx--
ists eisewnere, wnicn wouiu inuuee mc cmigra-,
tion of women from the overcrowded East. ' yJ'hs
condition of Utah was "the next point.! All
measures yet tried Iriving failed to destroy poly
gauiy, it was ciaimed that "polygamy only exist cvl
where women were degraded; that tho way to
elevate them was tr glvo them' political jiower,
and that thus polygamy "would bo destroyed.
This suggestion seemed to fllcct with decided!
favor, and it was stated that n bill to enfranchise'1
the women of Utah would probably be introduced
this month, and very likely pass. - In a convcr-"
sational discussiou which followed, Mr Ashley
stated that he had never, during his public life,' ;
put the word "niale into a bill or constitutional ;
amendment.
Chinese Shaving;
A fellow who has been shaved inThina My : '
that the barber first strapped tho razoron hit
leg, and then did the shaving without any lathfr.
The customer remoiiStrat'ed, but was told trnt
lather was entirely useless,- aud had a'tndency
to make 'the hair stiff and tough, and was there
fore never used by persons who had any knowl
edge of the face and its appendage. ! After the
beard had been taken off and it was done in a
very short time the barber took a long1, uarp,
needle-shaped ppoon, and' begah to explore hii "
nncfnmor'a mm . 1 1 .brniflit un fmm nnmcrorif
little crevices bits of, Wax and dirt that had been
accumulating since his , childhood. The ailir
suddenly twisted his subject's neck to one side
in such a manner that it cracked ns if Ee vrr
tcbras had been dislocated. "Hold on !" hotttcd
the party, "alariiicd for'the Safety bf his neck.''
-All right' replied ' . the. tonsor, "uie n6 hurt
you ;'? and he.liontiniicd tb jerk, arid twist the
neck uutil it was liuiber as an old woman's d7.h
rag.' He then fell to beating the jack!, brca-t,
arms and sides, with Iris fists, and pummelled -the .
muscles un fir they fairly glowed with (he beating
they had Received. He then dashed a bucket of
cold water over, his man,' dried the fkin with
towels, and declared" 'that .hi.- -'.work" wia "doner ,
Price two cents.. .' I"'
A young Woman .Hi Cliiongo has 'invented a-
new braucli of female usefuliicff. "ho adver--tises
that she will gi- lessoirs in ctiquttte anil
the way of con viewing with Indies to nny young.
frentletiian who docs.-not deel case in the
Uoeictv of the opposite scxiv !XuitKu to lover.
extra. fche makes rpecialiiy ot propaw in
various forms. - ' '...-'
. Nearly two thirds cf the persons that are now-a-days
pieseiited to d'ius- IX are Amerrcanj.
Russians who visit Rome caretiilly avoid coming
into contact with the .Pope, or any, of his dirni- "
tuxUk. Next to the Americans, Frenchmen arc
the mcst numerous" "of th.oso
whj wish to get
acquainted with Pius IX.
, - 1 1 ' 1 . , '
"Why decs tho operation of- haugiirg kill a
man?" inrjuircd Archbishop Whatcley.. "Rc
cause," replied a physiplog6t, uinspiratipn ; is
checked, circulation stopped and blolnl suffu.-i
and congests tho braiu'-- "BoshJ';- exclaimed
his Grace, -ifc is because the rope .Unot long
enough to let his feet touch the ground."
.:' ''How does the Empress Eugenic dress?
in-;
quired an inquisitive female of a bachelor friend,
just returned notn l'ans. 'liSvO a womau, w.w
the brusque reply. .' Of course," contfrnicd tU)
inquirer; 4 but I wished to know whether she
wears costly .dresses." " I ' understand jon,
Uiadam," was tlie ungaliunt jesponse; ."sho
dresses like a womanwearing the most co-tly
garments fchc can procure.
1
. Sam Houston is to ba kept in his grave in,
r
Texas by having a S5,000 njQiiuuicnt put on top
lot him.
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