: - -:r.'i": ! i. J !' J Y.V,TES4 Editor and Proprietor. v Terms of Subeription-TBK Dollars In advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH: 29; 1870, EIGflTEENTn XOLUilEK C U D E R 015. '. II-' tyAsr- h;i : t v :v, i J -.. 'I - H V k i -i - H yt rX,v-r jk. n 2. . i i ill it :A.n .m r js. s rnsv x uvuv i v i : wwm r i -j i: : .. - r .--r. i the "Western. Democrat rCBLIHRID ' BT WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. ! . J - . o r Xieji Three Dollars per annum in advance. J - o . . ; AiTtrtiements will 'be inserted at reasonable raten. or in accordance with contract. OMtuarj notices of orer fire lines in' length will beebargedfor at aJTertwing rates. : i Dr. W. H. Hofiniari, DENTIST, j (Lt t'f LincZttlon, A". C.,) Repectfal!j inform the eitiiens of Charlotte and tli public generally, that he has permanently loca ted in Charlotte. He is full prepared to attend to all calls relating t hie profession, j A eucceiful practice for more than 10 years in thin xrction of cotintry and in the Confederate army "of Virgin". Juriug the late war, marrams him in promising entire sitUfactiun to all parties who may -desir"hU !erTicc9. ' f5. Office over Smith Brem'H Drug Store Office hours from 8 A. M. to P M. ! HrrcKEXcirs M. P. IVgrnm. Cbier lt National Bank of Charlotte: Dr. Wm Sloj.n. Dr. J. II. Mc Adtn, and W. J. Yates, E'litor Charlotte Democrat. Jan l.lTO lj i W. A. BLANl), Dentist, CKARLOTTB,- W, ' C, JSnccts.ir to Al'J'iinJrr f Bhiml. Office as heretofore, on-osite Charlotte Hold. M.rc!ion warranted. Gas adi-lintered. IVh !' 1H70. I i - , I Robert GttJhtvH, M.D., IIlVrfiCIAX .C suite KOX. tf OSce orer Stnith Si Erem'a Drug Store Residence on College Street. Jan Ji, If 70. fJ. P. McCombs, 21. D. nfirs his nrofefsional sericf to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding rntry. aifUt nd dar. prompilr attcuded to. All culla, both tlihcfe in Brown's bunding, un tairs. orrosite the Charlotte Hotel. . Oct 2, Ifco8.. f'" " I Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, . Wholesale and Retail Druggist, I CIIAUI.UTTK, X. C, lfa ou hand a larce and wt-11 el-ieI stock of PURE DRUGS. Chemical. Patent Udicinos. Family Medi- einen. Paint. Oils. Varni-Iie-, lye Stufls. Fancy and Toilet Article.-, which he id tictertuiued to sell at the very lowest prices. J Jan 1. 1870. ! W. F. DAVIDSON, A T T O R .V K V ? A T I A Charlotte ! N. C 03ice over B. Koopmxx's Store. Dec U, !.;: ly ; tv x DR. E. C. ALEXANDER,. Charlotte; N. C, OTrrs his sei vices as Physician lo the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding et:intry. Office nearly op-itc Charlotte llotl. Ir. Alexander in.nkcs a good Cough Mixture, betr than any l'alcul .luicine. Try it. Feb 7. lH7o.- racTirL Watch and Clock Ii'xor. JEWELRY, FIXE WATCHED CLOCKS, , IVUck Jlaterith, Sprcfaclet, Aug. 19, 1867. CHARLOTTE; N, C. MANSION HOUSE, ; . Charlotte, N. C. t Thi well known House having, been nevrly fur nished an I refuted in every department, is now open far the aci-omrnod.nl ion of the ti:a yllisg venue. '"f.Omnihnsses at the Depot on arrival ofTrains. Jn2l. l7a II. C. ECCLES. ! B R. SMITH & CO, General Commission Merchants, ; CO AV SVrr, Imiston, Mass., For the aala of Cotton. Cotton Yarn, Naval Stores, Ac. and the purchase of Gunuy Cloths and Merchan dise eencrallr. utbrri lta advances maie on " . t conignments to us. an4 all uual tacilitiea ocered. ( e hone tr fir and houeat dealinr. and our best efforts to pic asc. to receive from our friends that crr curageiucat which il phall be our aim to merit. Order sw'.oiied and promptly filled for Gunny Bits:ag, Fish, boot and Mioe. &e., &c. 5 ! Ucrra bv rEEMisio-f to ) Jhn Drraerritt. Kq.. Pre. Eliot Nat. Hank, Host on. LoringA Keynolds MOlVarl St.. I'onon. Murcbion A Co.. 207 Tcirl St.. New York. J Y lJryce & Co., Charlotte. N ('. K Y MeAden. . Pre. 1st Nat. Rank. Charlotte. T W Dewry 4 Vo . Hankers. Charlotte, X C. It M Oatea 4 Co., Charlotte. X C. ; Williamt a Murchioon. Wi'mincion. N C. Cl Win Joitntan. Pre. (harloite'nd Augusta Rail road. Charlotte. X C. Sept , 1809. i - Charlotte Femalo Instituted 1 j . CIIAULO'rt'K, N. l . ! The next Session ol'lhis Institution will commence i on thetSrsi djy of OCTOIiEU, lbU, .and continue uotil 3thofJune following. A full corps of Teachers in all branches usually ' tsnglit. in firt cla8 Female Schools, has been em 1 pl.y-l trtr the enduing Session. 1 Tr i'ial.rne containing full particulars a to expnes, course of iudr. regulations, &.C, apply to ' Uev. k. bUKWELL SON. Jnle 19. 18K3 Charlotte, X. C. LARGE STOCK. Wittkowsky & Rintels ; lUtf reeeitretl one of the largest Stocks of Goods eer orfered in this market, and are recelyiiir week- , ly addition!, so that they mre prepared to supply any j i amount of pairanage they may be favarcd with du- j ! ring the Fall and Winter. J J tT" Country Merchants are epecially invited to 1 i eall an. I examiu this " Sfrw. rf aa tlav an I j find anything wanted for stocking a country Store an! at ery reasonable wholesale prices. ' Give us a call and see our Goods and hear our rncej before makio; your purchases, i 1 I r j A : x 1 i i WITTKOWSKY fi RINTELS, BgT" Holding crops for large prices is at best a hazardous operation, and it often happens that the very shrewdest luen are epjeiouslj di$ap poinled in the results of such a policy. We Fee in one of our exchanges the following from Michigan : "A pod many farmers about here who have held their wheat for two years for higher price?, feel rather cheap over it now. One in this town has 1.600 bushels now on hand, and I ran name several others within six miles of me who have from 3 to 700 bushels And the same policy is pursued by some of the cotton planters of the South. The true policy of the farmer is to sell the crop whenever a fair price can be obtained, and leave speculation to the speculators. Carolina Farmer. i , j Stoves, Tin & Sheeting Iron Ware Always on hand the best STOVES in the market. Spear's Chlorine, ExceUior, Columbia and Lire-Oak Cooking Stoves. . Box and Parlor Stores.' i! Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, . l Hollow Ware. Japanese Ware, and various Housekeeping Articles.1 Allwares and work warranted, as represented, rcflu Orders, respect fully solicited. ' I I Feb 23, 1870. D. II. BYE R L Yt J FARMERS! We are manufacturing the celebrated j' Watt, The Charlotte - and -Utley C " PLOWS. I We also invite your attention especially to the NORTH CAROLINA COTTON-PLANTER -1 Manufactured by us. " j ' TVe also deal in all kinds of Farming Tools. Horse Powers. Threshers, j Corn-Shellers, Feed-Cutters, Colioti-Oins, Well-Fixtures, Churns, Ac. j In the old Navy Yard, Charlotte, N. C." i f Jan 31, 1870. COOK & ELLYSON. SHERIFF'S SALES. I I will sell - for Caslj, at the Court House in Char lotte, on Mondnv the4th day of April next, the fol lowing valnabte LANDS and CITY PROPERTY to satisfy Execution in piiy hands : , One truct of 1 LandJ adjoining the lands of J. B. McDonald and others, the property of Peter EDgle and wife. i j One House and Lot in Charlotte, adjoining the property of Li" M." E. Farrow and others, the in terest of J Wilkes, sold for the purchase money. One tract of Land, adjoining the lands of J. M. Houston and others, the property of A. A. Houston. One tract of Land, adjoining thejauda of J. II. Wilson and other, known as the St, Catherine or liMeir Mill, the property of Charles Wilkes. One tract of Land, adjoining the lands of W. S. Noiinent and otliers. the property of Albert AVallace One tract of Land, adjoining the lauds of E D. McGinnis and others, the property of S. A. Stewart. One half interest in two Lots in Charlotte, known as the Miaw Lots, adjoining C. Scott and others. Four Lots iu Charlotte (including the residence). two Lots known as tho Dunlap' property, and one vacant or fraction of a Lot, and one tract of Land, adjoinine the lauds of D. Asbury and otLr, the properly of J. A. Young. One House and Lot in Charlotte, known as the properly of Mrs. Marg't JIcElvey or W. W. Quinn, fold for taxes. 1 One House and Lot.adjoining the property of J T. Schenck and others, the property of Joe Moore, sold fortaxes. . ! . One House and Lot in Charlotte, adjoining the property of M. L. Wristun and others, the property of L. FuHiiip. K. M. WHITE, March 7, 1870 SheriflF. 1870. HARRIS & PHARR, 1870. Old China Hall, Between Tote Dewey't and Firtl National Bank, C1IAKLOTTC, It. C, Wholesale and Tletail dealers in China, Gl&cs, Crock ery and all .other House Furnishing Goods to be found in any firnt-claps Crockery ; House. Our Gooiis having been selected with care and with the intention on our part of meeting, to the7ullest extent, the wants of Merchants making purchases for retailing, and. also for the wants of families, all of which we offer for Cash. ' We solicit orders by, mail or otherwise, and a call from buyers, when they visit our City, before waking their Spring purchases. Jan SI, 1870. . HARRIS & PHARR. E. M. HOLT & CO., HAVE JUST RECEIVED R 1RRELS prime Corn Whiskey, 10 Barrels .North Carolina Mountain I"ew, 11 10 Barrels Old Rye for medical purposes, 1 Barrel old Scuppernong Wine, J . Pure Cherry Wine, Champaigne, ke. JO Cases Canned reaches, 10 Cases Toinattoes, 10 Cases Oysters. 20 Carrel Crackers, fresh, 20 half botes M.It. Raisins, 20 one-eighth boxes M.R. Raisins. - 20J baps Family Flour, Holts and! others, warrauted good. v Feb 14, 1870. ' - . Vacation in the Winter Summer in the Mountains. SEXl FOR A CATALOGUE The Sprinff Sc.ion pf the Davenport jPemale College, LKXOlll, ,c. Will open March let, 1870, with very flattering prospects . j Jin fen per Srsion of 20 -TrreZ,-Roard. including lodging, fuel and washing. $70 00 Tuition in College Course, from $20 00 to 25 00 " Instrumental Music, - - 20 00 . OH Painting, - - - 20 00 " "French, - - - .,- 10 00 Special attention is given, throughout the whole course, to Arithmetic, Composition, Geography, Grammar. Singing. Spelling-and Writing. :k . Uniform for Winter: Brown Merino, trimmed with Black Velvet) Ribbon. For Summer: Slate-color Mozambique; White Straw Hat, trimmed with Black Velvet. Xo jewelry other than a plain breastpin. For further information, address Rev. SAMUEL" LANDER, A. M., Janl7.1B7l llw President. 1870 H-I& B. EMANUEIfc 1870. We would respectfully inform all that we will very shortly begin to receive our large new " . Spring Stock. Forlhenext 15 days we offer the balance of our WINTER STOCK at prices so low that no .one will fail to buy. Dry Goods, Xotions, Clothing, Hata. Boots aud Shoes, Trunks, Ac. c. Genuine French Kid Gloves, 1 $1.00 Hair Switches, 25 eta. Best Cal.coe-, 12 J Suirtiugs aud Sheeting? very low. j i II. A B. EMAXUEL. Feb 21. 1870. Trade Street, Oates BuikLing. Magnus Opus Pro Bono Publico. SILICATE BOOK SLATES, something new. just received by TIDDY k BRO. ; How to Choose a Wife. "A place for everything, and everything in its place," said the patriarch, to his daughter. SeIect a wife, my son, who will never step over a broomstick,"!' The son was obedient to the lesson. " NowJ" said be pleasantly, on a gay May daj- to one M his companions. "I appoint that broomstick to choose me a wife. The lady who wjll not step over it shall have the offer of my band." Ihey passed from the splendid saloon to the grove; some stumbled over the broomstick and others jumped over it. At length a young lady picked it up and put it in its place. The promise was fulfilled ; she became' the wife of an educated and wealthy young man, and he the I husband of! a prudent, industrious and lovely' wife, lie brousTit a fortune to her and she knew .bow to keep one. It was not easy to decide which was were rich. under the greatest obligation; both aud each enriched the other. ' SS?" Marriage offers the most effective oppor tunities for spoiling the life of another. Nov body can debase, harass ana ruin a woman so fatally as her own husband, and uobody can do a tithe so much to chill a man's ! aspirations, to paralyze his energies, as his wife. AY one 1 ELL f I'an any one teH how that men who canuot absolutely pay small bills can .always fiud plenty of s money to buy liquor and treat when happeuing among friends? ! Can any one tell how many Young men who dodge their washer-wouien, and who are! always behind with their landlord, can play billiards night and day, and are always ready for a game of poker or seven-up ? ; 1 ! i j Can any one tell how jt is that some men who owe for tailoring, shoes, &c., can have everything that's nice eat oysters at nightj wear fine clothes, and have all the delicacies of the season. i Can any one tell how men live and support their families, who have no income,, and j donlt work. whle others who are industrious and always employed,ialnjost starve, j I h - I j" r r-1 ! An Ohio murderer. -who escaped conviction on the plea of insanity, now refuses! to .pay his lawyers for the same reason. They think there b too much method in his madness. ': ; I I Liquid ammonia injected into the veins has proved a successful cure in the most critical case of snake bites. A small syringe with a sharp point for the purpose of making the. injection, is manufactured and sold in Melbourne, and few travel in Australia without one. j ; EDWIN GLOVER, Watch Maker and Jeweler; FROM FAYETTEVILLE, ' I Has removed to i ! I ! CIIAKLOTTC , If. C And taken the Store formerly occupied by Mr Beclt- with, adjoining Mrs. P. Query's Millinery Stora. wnere ue intends carrying on the j j , . y ! Watch and Jewelry Business In all its branches.: Having had. an extierience otf thirty years in Xovth Carolina he cdusidcrs! himself comnetent to do anv work in Ins lin i Ho will U keen on hand a trood stock of Wtch. nX lri and other goods usually kept in a Jewelry Store. 1 i He respectfully solicits tbe patronage of the cit tens or Charlotte and vicinity. ! All work done will be warranted for 12 months. March 4: 1870. Just Received at I WILSOX & BLACK'S DRUG STORE, TJ &h PARRELS No. 1 Kerosene Oil, warranted JL Vl" to be pure. 1 20 Bushels Orchard Grass. I ) i i ALSO, ! - i I i Genuine French Mustard, Tapioca Arrow Root Fresh Italian Macaroni, j ' Ginger. Cloves. Macei Allspice, I'epper, X utmeg", weet Chocalate, &c.l ; i ! I j of the finest qualities, r j March 14J 1870. . : !! Notice to Builders & Contractors! Scaled Proposals will be received by the 'undert signed Committee until the 1st day of April, 1870 for (he erection of a Brick Church at Sugar Creek (three miles from Charlotte on the Salisbury roadJ and within half mile of the N. C. Railroad) The Church to be 80 by 50 feet. Plans and specifications can be seen at Dr. McAden's Drug Store: The conn mittee reserve the right to reject any or all the bids. ! J. P. ALEX AX D Eli, JAS. F. JOHXSTON, E. C. WALLIS, IL L. S. BARXETT. J. Mc. IIEXDERSOX, Charlotte,' March 14, 187D. ! ! CommitteeJ Sacks ! Pacific ; Guano, JUST! RECEIVED. ! We are in receipt of another shipment of 600 sacks of Pacific Guano to meet the wants of our farmers.) Those who have engnged ' THE SOLUBLE PA4 CIFIC GUAXO" from us. can now- send in their wagons and get it in any quantity. I ! ISUKUtjUUllS R PfKlftUS, March 14, 1870. Corner College and 4th Sts Preserve Your Eyes. . These Lehses, manufactured by the .Philadelphia Optical Institute, are superior to any other Glasses' in the market. They confer a brilliancy and dis tinctnesa of vision not found in any other Glass. They can be used equally well without tiring or fatiguing the eye. i i j r !- For sale only at JOIIX T. BUTLER'S Jewel ry Store, Main Street', sole agent in Charlotte, X. C. and vicinity.' i I Feb. 21. 1870. ' ! -.7 On Consignment, -TT O BARRELS OLD KEXTUCKY BOURBOX; JLtP whisky, - j '-11';.:- ! j j , 5 Barrels Xortb Carolina Corn Whisky, . M 8 ... J Fine Old Apple Brandy. I French Ale and Lager Beer always on hand and for sale low for Cash by ! ECCLES & GAlTHEll, March 7, 1870. : Auc. and Com. Merchants.; J. J. iWOXPENDEN j & CO., if: - j 5. DEALERS' IX - j . Flour and Grain, ! - " jftCtVDKliff, if. cj i i ' ; j Eefer to 3. A. G uion. Cashier Xational Bank. Xew-I bern; T J. Latham and Rountree & Webb, Xewbern. Oct 18, 18fy i fim j j , - - -- j i j Taxes ! Taxes ! ! j Delinquent City Tax Pajeri are Ihereby notified that if tbey do not come forward an pay their back taxes immediately, 1 will proceed to collect them by: law as I am ordered to do. fr.h 14. 1S70. Ctry Marshal.;! A Dying Wife to her Husband. .- ; i The following beautiful and touching extracts are taken from ;a letter written ' by a dying wife to her husband, which was found by 1 him some time! after her death, between the f leaves of a religious volume, which she was very! fond of perusing.' The letter which was literally dim with tear marks, was written long! before the husband was aware that the grasp of a fatal dis ease had fastened upon the lovely form! of his devoted wife, jwho died, it is stated, at the early age of nineteen! It shows how fathomless is the depth of a true; woman's affections : j I ' ! v ..'-When this shall reach your eye, j dear G., some day when you are turning over the relics of the past, I shall, have , passed away! forever, and the cold, white stone be keeping its lonely watch over the'lrps you have so bl'ten pressed, and the sod will be growing that shall hide for ever from your sight the dust of on0 who has so often nestled close' to your warm heart, i For many long and sleepless nights,! when all my thoughts were at rest, I have wrestled with the consciousness of approaching death, until at last it has forced itself upon my mind ; and although to you and to others it might" seem but the ner vous imagination of a girl, yet dear O., it is not so. Many weary, weary! hours have I passed in the endeavor reconcile myself to leaving you, whom I love so well, and this bright world of sunshine and beauty; and h;ird indeed it is ltd struggle on silently "alone, with the sure convic tion that I amj about to 'leave you forever and godpwij alonejjin the;dark valhry ! ""But I know in whom I have trusted,' and leaning upon! His armj I fear 'no evil - Don't blame me f!r keeping jail this even from jyo'u. How couldj I (subject you, of all others, to kuch sorrow as I feci! at parting, when t ime will jsoon make it apparent to you ? I could have wished to live if only to be at your side when your time sball come, and pillowing your head upon my breast, wipe the death damps from your brow' and usher your departing Spirit into the Maker's embalmed in woman's holiest prayer. presence. But it is not to be so and I submit. Yours is the privi lege of watching through long and dreary nights fur the spirit's final flight, aud, ! transferring my sinking head from your breast to ihe Saviour's bosom ! I Aud you shall ishare my ; lastj thought ; the last jfaint pressure of this hand, 'and the last ieeDie kiss snait oe yours; ana even wnen nesn aud heart shall nave tailed me, my eye a tt ! i . A a a. a) shall rest nn runrs until rrlaied Ytv :tlath and onr spirits shall hold one last communion, until rentlv fadins from my view the last of earth-H- you shall mingle with the first i bright glin.pses of the unfading glories 1 of that better world, wIipva nnrtinrrsi nrA nnknnwn. Well do T know tWaW Ardh whprft vmi will lav! mc: often have we stood !by the place, and, 28 We Watched the. mellow sunset as it glanced in quivering flashes throughfthe leaves and brightening the grassy mounds around us with stripes! of burnish ed gold,' each has thought that one of us would come alone; and, whichever it might be, your name would bepn the stone. ! But you loved the snot. !and I know" you'll l"Ve me: none the trtca TrKori rrnn coo tlio finmo rviiiof BiinliirVlt. lin. I I . i T.' T . 1 l. I aiid play among the grass that covers your Mary s grave, i I know you will go pfte: ten alone. when I am laid there, and my spirit will be with vou I then and.: whisner amonjr tle wavinii 1.1 . . . - - . v branches, "I am not lost, but gone before. i "Come hcrel my dear," said a young man to a littici gin, to wnose sister ne was paying ins aa- dresses, I "you i are the sweetest thin' pn earth.' J'NoJ I am not," she replied, artlessly, "sister says you are theT sweetest. bS- A Yankee editor says : ! "The march of civilization is ionward onward- like! the slow but intrepid tread of a jackass toward a peck of j oats. Jlrirhaiu Young is prepared to put in operation a cannou foundry, with a powder mill. He is getting ready tor the Uongresioual auti- polyiamy 'bill, i T6 Clea N j I'AI? eanj alu NT. There is a very simple method to cle most any kind of paint that has become dirty, and if our house-wives should nHnnt if 1 1. I TCMIlIrt tiUVt t 1 1 Pill A PTfi2l t RP:ll Ot I it : would sa "UT, ? " IT" , -Vt Le .1 u T. trouble. Provide a plate with some or ine Dest whiting2 to be !had. and haf e ready) borne clean water, and a piece of flannel, w.hich dip into the- water, ana .squeeze neany ury ; . inen uine as much whiting as will, adhere to itj apply it to the painted surface, when a little rubbing will instantly remove any dirt or erease. After which, jwash: thd p:irt well .with, clean water, rub bing' it with a ioft thamois. Paint thus cleaned looks as well as" when first laid n, without any . . i i 1 s i ,. . ' i . - : ij j .1 lnmrv to ine niosc aencaie co ors. anu aoes uui .J , t ' i ir i, 'lit ibor. F4"rB.iuurr uiua . Notice- 1 if you owe; MijL. WRISTOX individually; or as Administrator of ALEX SPR1XGS or S. T. WR1S T0X you had better settle without paying cost. I will positively put in suit all. unsettled claims on the 1st day of ApriL I am now determined to settle my business. This itj nojolte. . ! I March 7l 1870 ! 3w I I M. L. WRISTOX Guahos ! Guanos ! ! 1 TONS MERRYMAN'S RAW B05E PHOS- PHATE.iChesapeake Phosphate, composed of Charleston! Phosphate and Xavass and James River Manipulated Guanos in Store. . A in il sunnlv! alwavs on hand of tae anove nrst- class.' Fertilizers, and for sale by 1 r i' - i r w . v . ST EX HOUSE, J1ACAULAY & CO , March 14, 18701 r T ! Charlotte, X. C. T Agency for the Sale of PRIZE CANDY, i I nave just receivel 500 doten EXCELSIOR SURPRISE BOXES, which are offered to the whole- sale rade at Philadelphia prices, i Each Box con- 'tains a Priie. j II hT Feb 21, 1870. Orders solicited. I" D. G. MAXWELL. Parks' Building. Dissolution, j . OX this day retires from TVRIS the firm of M. L. Wriston& Col. and desires lo retnni bia sincere thanks for the patronage bestowed upon the late firm, and solicits from the public generally a continuance of Ii he same for his former copartners, 1 ... . ! -!..' A woo will continue uie business ai iue uiu tunu. March li 1870.. :;,.K':-- ' ,;-!.f i.j :- Vj kr All nersona indebted to the late firm of L. WRISTOX i CO , will make immediate payment, and all persona having claims against the firm will 'present them for payment t ECCLES k OAITIIER. f March 7, IF70. j I Why Aunt Sally didn't Harry. ,ow, Aunt Sallie, do please tell us why you never married. You know you said on ca ;that when you were a girl : you were engaged to a ! .n 1 uiimavcr, auu promisea you woum ien us au about! it sometime, f Now, Aunt, please do.n '! Well, if I ever did see : ruch girls in my born days. "It's leuse, tease iroui moroiug vui nigni, out wnatyou must Know all aDout every- . , - . 1 1 1. . . , - "t.hino tliat irnn havn t. nyr hnoinui tt l-rw n v thing about. Such inqn.sittve, pestenferous hen T was young, girls critters as yon, are ! was different: they minded their business and didn't go sailing around with a whole string of beaux, getting their-heads filled with' all kinds of nonsense." I never dared to ask my aunts, married or single, iabout any! of their affairs. Pretty a I'd have: gotiin if I had. 5 ? When they offerecf to tell tne anything of their own accord 1 kept my mouth 6hut and listened. Everything is different now-a-days; young folks have no respect for their elders but as I see 1 am not going to have any peace till I do tell you. why jist listen, and don't let me hear a word out bfono of your mouths till I get through. 'ono of yojur mou "That's right, A unt Sally; gonghtahead. do. di , 1 r .1 .'i iiT, -r- w . well keep perfectly Sttll." - : W-ell. yOu see, when I was about seventeen years Old. I j was living in Utica, in the State of i 1 XT T t J J 7? j ' , t q a rvrfri I --. bin rv rri iI than Mnrl Ineirl unttAM 1 han nv VT il l 1 P T The one that took my fancy most was a young minister, a very promising yoiiug man," and re markably pious and steady. . Ue thought a good deal of me, and I kind of took I a fancy to him, and things ran on till we were'engaged." ''One evening he came to me. I; remember it as welj as iff ifeJEereipnly yesterday. ! When he came nto tlie parlor, where I -was sitting alone, he came up to me and r-but now, pshaw ! girls, I don't like to tell the rest." ! j ! Oh, Aunt SallyJ for mercy's sake don't stop; tell us whathe did.V : f- ': ' : il 1 H j '"Wjell, asjl said, he came up to me, put his arms around me, and rather hugged me, while I got excited and some frustrated, i and it was a long time ago, and I- don't know but what I Then I mignt nave hugged nun back! a little. felt but now just clear out--every one of you, I shan't tell any more."; J ' f i 'Goodness,; gracious, no. Aunt Sally. Tell us how you felt.' Didn't you feel good, and what did he do next?" f I i'Oh, such Vortnents as vnu are I was likt nJ of.he" Ft1 t,d Treity soPn pretended to le inad a bout it, and pushed him' away, though I jwasn'l house mad a bit. j You must know that the where I lived was on! one of the back Btreets of t he town. There we're class doors iu the parlor which opened right out on the street ( u,,u "y Jnisuu ur oiiiiiiup vi mc iiiu iu huuv of the house; - As it was iu the summer season itiese doors were opened, and the shutters just drawn! to. I stepped back a little from him, and when he-edired un close: I pushed .harder than I intended to; and don't you think, girls, the poor tellow: lost his balance and fell through one ot the doors jintu the street! ? iYes, it's s-jt- As he fell I gave a scream and' caught him bat I declare I wonj't tell anything more. I'm going to leave the room." j 3 . ! 4U j! - "No, no. Aunt Stilly ! How did you catch him ? Did it hurt ! r;j i.:. 9l :i jiiiii uiui;ii : ; 'Well, if I must. I must. He fell head first, and as he was going I caught him by the legs' of his trowsers. I held on for a minute and tried to pull him back, but his suspenders gave way. and the poor young -man fell j clear out of his pantaloons into a whole parcel ot ladies and gentlemen passing along the street." "Oh. Auntyj Aitnty, Lordy, Lordy! lie,' he, he : "There, that's rtght, cistslo arid squeal as much! as you want t girls that can't hear about a little thing like that without tearing around the room, and he-he-ma in such a way, don t know enough to come home when it rains. A nice time the man that ;ever marries one of you will hav ill have won t he ? Catch me telling you any? .t.: ajram.. ''But. Aunt Sallys, what became of him. Did you never see him agaiu ?" . j!L f ! . jo, the moment he touched the ground he . ..f . .t .r . I 1 . . V I tell you it was a sight to be remembered to see how that man did r$n. J Father happened to be coming up the streei At the tiuie, and Jie said he never saw anything to equal it id his whole life. 1 heard others say that lie did the: fastest run- ning ever known in that part of the country. and that he never stopped or looked behind uutil be was two miles out of town. He sent me a note a few days afterward. Saying j that the en-i gagement must be broken off. as he could never ii. 2. : .u c vJ. Ju. uj i luoa. uie in nits .iauK autu BiLvr wuai. uau uau t n - . : ir i i t i t t t . penea. tie went out t cst,! ana i oenev ne is . . rj Q; , ,j . h married lie was very modest, and 1 suppose he was so badlyj frightened t ht dine that he never dared to trust himself near a. woman again. That, girls is the reason I never married.. I fe!t very bad about it lor a looir time, for: he was a real good man, and I've often thought ta myself that we snouia aiwaya nave Deen nappy u nit $uxpen- :Not Posted in IIistory. A youthful ap plicant for a certificate to teach school presented himself before the Superintending j School Corn niiiieJ in & Ay w ii in iuainc, nnu ; uavnii; anawereu 1 : i c . it : i i : J correctly several nuestious in mathematics, he I was asked , I In what year diq Columbus discover Ameri- ... j r 1 ii- i t . i car i- . -1 i. m: The young man paused, scratched Lis head, and replied-4- -. ' -,, ij; . -. !ij. - ' , ' j fV ell. Mister, yon ve got me now ! - f Was it before or after the birt h of our Sa viour!" continued the committee man. The youth spent a moment in thought, and then rais ing his hujrej fist, and striking it upon tbe desk, exclaimed 1 he certificate was not granted. ,h 1 Grkat Spots out f neSus The astronomers I r- are just now turning their glasses in the- direc- I tion of the pun. that luminary having Jatelv covers a superficial area of not less than one j thousand four hnudred and fiftr eicht millions of aquare mile p t 1 - i ' broken out in a perfect rn 01 spots, some ot ?fctop inosc naaies .ana ; m oauy cry; j themof enormous size. "No less thau eight groups haven'thcard such a sonnd fr ten yeara-7 M- of SDOts are visibleand:! the largest sinrle spot The audience applauded the sentiment, the or- I . .1 . . -.. V m mi ' r. . Iilf 1 T I a i m ' a S - -. '. !i. .me.tih CButom ctiocur. Additional Eemarks on ,th9-EYcrgeca, cr V.f ' V- . Oat-Grass. . ; ' , Ma. Editor f -I have just read a brief article in your last issue over the signature of South," on ,the evergreen or oat-grass now beginning u'j I . aii... 1.1:. The con 1 r " . .1 . : .. :.v j kj : ?. u . : : v:v 1 wiuuuf, uuu iu euirm vi uuuni iniiuixj wuiui . eQ J of of pubrrshed ia your coluinB. on the. introducfioa and prospective value of this grass, he exprcssca a oouot - as to the doubt as to the correctness or toe botanical position I there assigned it. Now, this sclent Ho investigation I conceive to be all right; and the prime, leading object iu the exaniinntin cr dis cussion cf'auy iuiportaut question -a'aoull ta truth a fair exposition of its true, tangible merits, and nothing more. 'Allow me, then, to present a few remarks, elucidatory and confirma tory of what I have previously written. ou this subject. ' . In the first place it should be borne In. mind i I pjanw more particularly muee vi iuo graaaw Soften rL JernlL: and eannoT b im. ... - f, f M,.ti-i, U& diatantlc aenarated. frenuent. I . , tr I 1 - - 1 lave the same name given to different speciea I I of plants. This, of course, creates perplexity and confusion. The botanical mimes, on tbe contrary, is so generally fixed and tUfinitt as to make it the same, and easily recognized in all parts of the civilized world. This uncertainty of popular names is illustrated in the identifies tion of the grass under consideration. lour correspondent "South," quotes from Flint's work on the grasses, where, speaking of the Meadow Fescue ' (Ftstucn prateimt) ho remarks, 'It is said to be the -Randall grass' of Virginia' aud furthermore, as "it often remains green under I the snow through the Winter it is natuufre 3uently called evergreen grass ;" but nn btanical escriptiou is given to guide us in the determin ation of its true name, and thus uncertainty sur rounds it until a specimen can be submitted to scientific analysis. Dr.! Flint's work is reliable on the tcclt known grasses, but several new one are now attracting attention since iu publication ten years ago. 1 he "Randall grass, we are iu formed upon good authority, was discovered op wards ofV 50 years ago by an old man named Randall Lucas, in Giles county, Va. He culti vated it for lnanyyears, and sold t he seed bjrthe . pint at a high price, o For further information see Pat. Off. Kep. (185C) p. SOStwherc a practi ca! account is given of its origin under the name oft Randall grass." Like the well known "Tinio othy grass" which perpetuates, the name of "liuiothy Hanson, who first introduced it into Maryland, so the "Randall grass should appro priately perpetuate the name of --Randall Lucas," its discovererboth of whom should be regarded . as humble but worthy benefactors of the human race.. , . i . I have lately received from a friend in Pulakl county, Va., a specimen or Iho oatgraaa, (ArrJtenathernni,) under the name it commonly bears there ot "evergreen. Among other dis tinctive botanical characters, it has a long, bent awn on the back of the male or ntuminate flower; and hence the name is derived from two Greek words which combined literally mean stamina te awncd uat-yrat. ... ; ' The 44 Randall grass and the evergreen or ost- grass are now cultivated, to a considerable ex tent, in Uestern V irginia, and freqttcutly both may be seen' growing on (he same farm. The many fine fat cattle, and other kinds of stock, which roam over those mountain slope and val leys, and revel in rich nplaud pastures, bear am ple testimony to the great value bf t heir nutri tious food. The Meadow Fescue grass (Fettuea pratensii) with which your correspondent "South" thinks I may have confounded the evergreen or oat-grass, is a irncs, besides having other important botanical differences. In Dr, Emmons' Geological Survey of North Carolina, Agriculture of the Eastern Counties, p; 170, tho general reader may sec a corrected rawing of the M eadow Fescue, showing very clearly, bv occular demonstration, that it is specifically distinct from the evergreen jor oat -gras. Of the "Stanford grass," alluded to by SouthI,: know nothing under its present local name. . Will tome one, who has it under probation, scud me a specimen T, a foot - or more of the -stalk and panicte or ( head, cut before it is fully ripe, fur botanical investigation ? . In cimclnhion. I take pleasure in commending to others the example of your correspondent, J Seuth," in experimenting with our native ami naturalized grasses, for ou their extensive culti vation greatly - depend the future development and increased resources of our whole Souther country, blessed, as it is, with a propitious soil. genial climate, and elements of prosperity within the reach of alL . U. L. H. , Cottage Home, Lincoln co., X. ('. i i . Importakcj! or a Good Colt Chop The last number of The Cultivator and Country Gen tleman has an article on the iiuprune of a more general cttltivatin of corn. Itsay's there are more reasons for. growing corn on a large scale, and in all parts of- the country; than any other farm crop even in those localities that are e' pecially adapted to wheat. It says that in aU t , . . is found to be one of the roost essential crops in rotation. . The grain is needed for the team and . - , . , r.i . .? . stock-aod to help in making pork, while. the fodder is a great help in wintering stock. If sajs that while cotton may for years be the most profitable crop at the South. yet it is better policy in those btates to grow home aupphee. especially of corn and meats required, than to depend on selling cotton and buiug those pro ducts. . . WoMiff A!D Babieb. TbT were once so scarce in California that as a woman walked oo the street men would stop and stare at her as at an angel. Babies were so scarce that once 19 ' a threatre in San Francisco, where a mot her bad taken her child, it began to cry lust at the or" chestra struck up; a fellow in the pit shouted: cheatra atopped, and the baby. continued its per forma nee amid universal and pnbunnded tbqjenj I .t..: - ... M-rch 14, U70. :;!! I ! : ;! ' ' .- -4 'W : V j . " -j ! ' i ! ,; ! ' ' ; ; ' ' - ' - . ' .' ' - 1 : : . - ' ' -!' ' j ' .. - 1 ' l'- - ! I -. , '-:! ' '