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V5I J ATL-S Editor and Pboprutob.
Ttrr f Sabtcription Thbci Doliae. in advance.
EIGHTEENTH VOLUME K V IJ BER S24.
' UJtlAKLUT'I JU. JN. CJ.? l!U;SJJUY,i JMAY 1870. t i
j THE ,
-yesterii Democrat
( PCBLISIIED MX '
WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Troprietor. ;
. ( o -
jl2nsTLrce DuIUrs per annum in advance.
.lTertiraents will be inserted at reasonable
Tte. or n accordance with contract.
ni.irtijrr notices Df over Cve lines in length will
be charged for at aJfertiaing rates.
.Dr. W. H. Hoffman,
PXTISTj
(Late fJ inelnton, X. C.,)
,TrftiV.T infoTms the citizens of Charlotte and
til
rvnh'.ie eeneral!v,.that he has permanentlj loca
,a CKarfottc. He is fully prepared to attend
: -is rrlatirse to his rrofcsww'-n.
4 .jrfil nrstte f-ire tuan lu rears in
tfci ciion "of country and in the Confcderute army
r i-iMi,; ilnrinrr ilie Tte war. warrants him 111
j"ruiui'3. entire eatbfaetion to all parties wlib niay
hi services. ! - "
r. 'Jiice ovr Fmith & Brcm's Drug Store
t imuri from 8 A- M. to 5 I, it. '
Hi i kskSCKs M. 1. Pegram, Cashier 1st National
Dnk f Charlotte: Dr. Win. ManJ Vr. J. II. Mc-
Un, n t W. J. Y&tes, Editor Charlotte Democrat.
H. AJ bland,
Dentist, j
CHARLOTTE, N, I C, .
i.Ttce at heretofore, opposite Charlotte
IIvtI.
K . 1 i : '.
Robert Gibbon, LI. D.,
riIYslClAN JiSD fc'UKGEOX.
r-.rrK-e over .Smith 5? Drcni's Drug Store
I-:l.'
v t.a College Jireet.
1. I7U. . .
J. P. Lie Combs, LI. D.,
O Trr hit j-ro!Vs!iio!i4l services to the citizens of
r.Wivt: tn i purrounding country. All call.-, Loth
a:'' and l.y, pronij.jly 'attended to. i
tr.Ttc-i in'Drowu'a building, up &t.urs, opposite the
Cutrl.rte llo'el.
Oct o.
Dr. JOHN H. Lie AD EN,
Wholesale and tlctail l Druggist,
CIIAJILUTTK, A". C,
ITi n hand a large and well "elected stock of PURE
Mil'liS,, niemicals, IV'ent Mcdtcine. Family Medi
ri;f. Paints. Oils, Vnrni-he. Dye h'tufTs, Fancy and
Ti.li Articles, which he is determined to ell at the
rv lowest prices. i . !
'? 0;,! J.: :
W. F. I DAVIDSON,
A T T ORKEY A X I, A VV ,
i Cbarlotto, N. C.
OfTw-e over B. Kooi-maxx's j titore.
D.e IS, K-GV ly I I
. DR. E. C. ALEXANDER,
Charlotte, N. C,
Ofir his perice- nsj Physician (o tiie citizeus of
Charlotte nd siuroiiudiii country. '
o:ip nrarly pj'jM-it- Charlotte Hotel.
j-fXr-jWr. Alexamler ,niikes a pooi t ougu .Mixture,
l.Hur thun any Patent Medicine. Try it.
Keh 7. l!70. '
FBACTICAL
Watch and Clock Mik3r,
AM 1 K A L r. R IX
JF.wnrjiY, Fixk watches, clocks,
' i i I
Wtifh Material. Stctnrlrt J-r.
Au. 10, 1G7.
C1IAULOTTE, X. C.
MANSION
I Charlotte,
HOUSE,
N. C.
T!ii?i w elMnown .Hone harin been newly fur
r.hr I and ref'ufel in etery lcj.irtineut, is now open
tr the rotiiiiiol:it ion of the i
7AI YJILIXC lTJiLIC.
T-'l.O'iinihii-sos at the L)epot on arrival of Train?.
Jn 'Jl. 187.-' U C. ECCUfS.
B-
Genoral
It. SMITH & CO ,
Commission Merchants,
OH A!
Hhy .S'.V' t, Btsr.v, Mass.,
Ft the of Cottonj Cotton Yarn, Nvl Stores,
aii'l tins purchase ol iJunny Cluius ami Merchan
dise ireirerallr. : I
Liberal Ca."h lvances m.n.le on consignments to
u. aii'l all uunl facilities ollerejl.
We hope hy fair tn l hone?t tle.iliDj. anl cur hpsf
efurts to pea?e, to receiTe from our frienJs that cu
courneiueut which it Vhall he onr aim to merit.
ttrlrr po'iciw.l mxl promptly til for Gunny
I5.sg"tiig. lu Coot aa l hoes, &c, &c.
Ucrrn bt PitBMisioji :to
John iVmrrritt. Kq.. I'rei. KliotNat. I5.xnk, Boston.
L-irinj.V Ke u .M. llOPoarl St.. r.o?Ion.
llirci1i.un Co.. 207 lVarl St.. New York.
J Y Ilrjce .v Co.. Charlotte. X C.
K Y Me A leu. l.i . Tre. 1m Nat. r.ik. Charlotte.
T W Iirwy i Cu 4 Uankeis. Ch.trlutle, N C.
K M Oair- To., t hurloit. N C.
Wi!l;m .j Alnrehion. Wilmington. ; ff
Col VViu Ji.lia-i.ui. lre, CLarlvtie uiul Augusta Rail
road. t'harliuc, N C.
Sept h. lSo:. j "
Charlotte Female Institute, :
; CIIAIILDTTE, X. 0.
The next Session of this Institution will commence
on the first .lay of OCTOIIEK, IZO'J, mud cominue
until .""HhofJune fol'owinjr.
A full corps of Teachers in all branches usually
taught in fir.xt cla?! Finale Schools, has been eni
piviyeJ for the ensuing Session.
f.r Cthrue Containing fnll particular as to
exfHnaa, course iu!t. reuUtioa &c. apply to
i liev. h. ECU WELL SON.
July l'., 1803 I i Charlotte, X. C.
,1
LARGE STOCK.
Wittkowsky & Rintels
Hare receive 1 one of the largest SlocVa of Good
err o'fcrvl in thi market, and are receiving week
ly additions, jo that tliey are prepared to supply any
amount of patronape they may bo favored with du-rin-tW
FUau l Wiuter,. . I !
Ci'Sy Country Merchant ar epeeirlly invited to '
eU and examine thii Stock of Goods, as they cau ;
f.nl anything wnntet for stocking a country Store ,
I . Ter reasonable wholesale prices.
Givmcll and see our Goods and
j
hear onr '
'A
or
Trices before luakiujr vour purchases.
VITTKOWSKl i RINTELS.
UrcU 1j, 1S70.
Ex-President Joonsox. A Knoxville,
Tenn., pnper lifts the vail a little from Andrew
Johnson's retirement. lie is said" to have saved
up a comfortable fortune from his biany offices.
Shortly before leaving the White House he pur
chased a valuable farm bf three hundred and fifty
acres, and erected extensive flouring mills on it.
II is son-in-law, ex-Seoator Patterson, resides on
this farm, which is situated near Greenville and
runs the mills. Johnson has lately bought also
a whole b;ck block m Greenville,ud is expected
to start a bank. . jj .
i $3141 Lost. !
On FriJaj last, I lost in Charlotte, on College or
Trade street, a roll of money wrapped pip in a piece
of brown paper, amounting to about $214. in bills of I
various denominations. . I will give a liberal reward
for its recovery. j- - "
My Post Office is Wolftville, Union bounty, C.
Any information may be left at the Democrat Office
in Charlotte, i j j
May 16, 1870. j W. J. ADAMS.
Scuppcrnong and other ! Wines-
' it i
A full stock of Scuppernone, Madeira, Port and
Sherry tVines: Corn and Iye Whiskies, Drandics,
Kum, Uins and Tobacco, flour, Corn, .Bacon, Lard
and Molnfses iu large quantities. r
May 1G, 1S70. f W. J. BLACK.
, j
;
D. LI. RIGLER'S
Ico iCroain Salbon
Will be opened on this dty, and during the peason,
for Ladit-s atnl (ientlemen. The besM Cream and
Cake will be served to his patrons. iPartiesand
families pui'i litd at fhorl ibotice.
May 0, Ls70, 1
"EDWIN GLOVER,
Watch Maker and Jeweler,
FROM FAYETTXTVILLfJ, a
! Has removed to
C II A R L, O t!t E 3 . C . ,
And taken the Store forniej-ly occupied by Mr Brck-
witu, adjoining Mi . P. (Juery s Muliuery Store,
where he intends curryiaffi on the ,
Watch and Jewelry Business
In all it-t blanches. Having had an experience of
thirty years in North Carolina he considers himself
competent to do any work n his line. . I He wilhalso
keep on hand a good stock W Watches iand Jewelry
and other poods usually kept in a'Jewelry Store.
He respectfully solicits the patronage of the citi
zens of Lnarlotte ami viciuify. I
All work doue will be warranted for 12 months.
.March 14. 1KTO. i
SMITH
HAMHOTJD,
(Succetort to laith &'Jlieiii.)
Wholesale and Retail Drusrcists,
Gruttilc Cornrr,o'poilc f7e JjuitKi'r'H JJuusc,
CliAKLOTTEi, If. ?.
! 1. C. SMITH, M. D.,
March28, 1870. JT. li. IlAMJdOXD.
.E-. II. HO JiT &
I s-w
CO.,
HAVE JCST RECEIVED j
627 r. VmiELS prime Oorn Whifkev,
& y 10 UarreN North Curolina Mountain Dew,
lt l:irrfl.- OlJ Ityj fir nielical;purposes,
1 r.arrel oM Sciipcrnong Wine,
urc Cherry Vine, Champuigne, kc.
1( t ii-e.o C.iiineil reached,
IU Cases Tomatiocl,
10 Cases Oysters.
20 Ihirrel Cracker?, fresh,
20 half boxes M.R.jj Hairing,
2U one-eijrhth boxej M.U. Raisins,
2JJ bags Family Flour, Holts and others,
wjii-rnntetl fooilj
1
F-h 14.1870.
Tutt's Vegetable Liver I Pills,
Cures Diseases of the
Li?er and Sioiuach.
4 ; i
Tutt's Expectorant,
A pleasant cure for cjpughs, Cohls, etc
Tutt's Sarsaparilla. and Queen's j Delight,
- . The great Alterative and lilooJ l'urifier.
Tutt's Improved Hair
Dye,
Warranied the
best
t
Dye
in use.
ITI, These Taluable preparations are"for sale by
Ft-b 14. 17
fin)
f
Notice.
GASTON & I MOORE,
iiuccessors to Wiley & Gaston?
r
IeAI.KB.4 IN
toves, Tinware, Zinc, Tin Plate,
SOLD Kit. &c. ;
We contract for Hoofing,! do " Repairing and all
work in our line. i f i
COOKING STOVES on hand cf all sdzes from tli
to $"0, to which wc iurite atteution.
1 GASTON & MOORE,
Next door to Trem, Drowii & Co's DryGooda Store
March 21. Ih7(.
NEW FI'K-M.
jilORRISS ;& DAVIDSON,
Ac S tc Furniture House," ojytosite Scarr's
Having, on the first of thid'niouth, associated with
nie iu i ue i uimiuve lrae aere, mt . at. .Morriss
of l'eicrsburjr. Vac, and lately of Haleiglj, N C, we
hereby inform the public that we expect to carry on
the above business more extensively than ever be
fore, at greatly reduced prices. Mr Marriss is an
old dealer in the Furniture Trade; and in addition
to keeping every article usually found in a first-class
Furniture Establishment, We will engage to furnish
Dwellings, Hotel., Schools, Colleges, &c.i on better
terms than parties, "not posted," can buy in New
York. I A large stock of j j
All kind 3 j of ! Furniture
Will be constantly kept, embracing l'arlor.and Cham
ber Suits, together with a full surpiy of Mattrasses.
j Metallic iiurinl Cntes of all sizes and styles, and Ma
j hogauyi Walnut and Tine Coffins, at prices to suit
tne tunes. . i ! v j
CaU t the "New Furniture House,?' opposite'
Scarr'a Drug Store, an.d Examine our Stock.
! Kep.tiring will continue to be done at the old stand
opposite the City Clook and Cane Seat Chairs re-
bottomed, as g'od as new, by competent workmen.'
j UODT. F. DAVIDSON.
I W. II. Moniuss,
i Charlotte,, N. C, Dec l, 18G. .
! The snbcriber thankful lor past patroaage, sks
a coniiuuance of the hatne to the new firmt and now
calls upon all indebted to him to come and close up
their Accounts, as iny old business must be settled
up. t limr contracted before and during the war
and still outstanding will be settled on liberal terms.
If those indebted cannot at once pay the money, 1
win ciosc uji uy oie to ineir RHiiMacwon
New Editions of the Bible.
An edition of the Bible will eoon be published
in England, containing not only the couijuon
text, unaltered, but with the marginal readings
approved :by the editors, said to be some of I the
most learned theologians iu England? -.
This will be a very great advantage for lithe
understanding of the Hook of Books.. The ftmft
ginal references will coqtain corrections of alEthe
defects in our translations, and these, e.pecjjally,
in the Old Testament, are sometimes very im
portant. ! These amended renderings of the
Greek and Hebrew depend upon the more pro
found scholarship of modern times, as also upon
the results of the discoveries of travelers who
have illustrated points in regard to the geography,
natural history and customs of the East sources
of information closed to our forefathers.
JThere will also be another edition, which jwU
contain not only all the advantjijre of the lone
above-mentionedj but it will also be divided into
paragraphs according to the coinections of fthe
argument or thej narration. The oM divi$:on
of chapter and verse, which now so absurdlyfob-l
scurcs the meaning of the Word of God, will be
retained only in he margin, and thus will be
removed the chief impediment to the understand
ing of the Bible. It' is a wonder that such a
darkener of its meaning should have been! so
Ions: allowed to exist. It is probable that there
willbe after a while a revision of our present
translation, in which without touching the brjdy
of the lanirunere of the same, whose fidelitv.
strength, and beauty are inimitable, the liar
giual glosses will - be substituted for the present
imperfect I renderings of the originals. -For
various renspus ttis caunot bei done now, as Jwe
had expected ; but the next best thing to it tan
be accomplished, namely: the necessary expla
nations cau be added in the margin, and the very
injurious aivi,sious mio cnapter ana verse
be done away. ; i
f"UU
J'.nf.umatic Express. It takes seventeen
seconds to) send a written message through a
pneumatic tube from London toa point four
huudred miles distant. This" beats steam,. iud
is not behind electricity, j i Bags of heavy mail
matter arc sent three miles intwo seconds. The
thing is done by compressed air.
ZT The Japanese nobility are sending their
sons to the Unitejd States to be educated. Five
young men, sons of the leading officials of J.Mpkn,
liave already beeu for two years taking a thorough
course of studies at New Brunswick, N. J., and
recently five more) have arrived from Ycddo and
joined them. The new arrivals are sons of Ja
panese nobles. Others are to follow soon, the
Japanese preferring
Frenchi schools, r
American to
English
or-
It now appears that the suar and rice crfps
of Louisiana were much larger last year than
hitherto reported. In thei twenty-seven parishes
lrt the -fctate 8 .000 hopsheuds -of sugar raised.
or nearly three thousand
jnore than in 18$8.
Wa3 the la'rirest eter
The rice crop last year
raised in the State, amounting to couaiderat!
e
f
Attachment i Notice- j
. Slate of North Curvlind Cabarrus Countyj
John C. Angell, riaintifl",. ajqinsl the Cabarrus Cop
per; and Gold .Mining Company, Defendant, (a
. foreign corporation.) ITo tha above named fle
feudant: : - j ;
You are hereby notified that, the above nanfed
riaintiff; lias obtained a warrant ofj attachment
against your property, returnable to the next Term
of the Court of Cabarrus county, to be held on 5ie
tenth Monday after the fourth -Monday in Murjeh,
lfc70. I The demand is for Six Thousand Two lliln
xlred hnd Fifteen 1-100 Dollars, with interest ion
$(,1P8: 1-100 from the 22U tUy of June, I867, jdue
by a Judgment rendered n tho '. Suprc-hie t'onrt lor
the city and county of New York. You are furtlier
notified to atpear at the ime and place aforesaid
and answer the coniplaint! which was filled on the
th day of May, 18G3, inifhe office of the Clerklof
the Superior Court of Cabarrus county. -
Attest. JOHX; a. Mcdonald,
21-Jw pr. adv. $10 ; Clerk Superior Cou
ft
GROCERIES,
&c
B
M . V II E SSON
AtJct door - below Bricei Brick I Bn'ddiiya.
Has received a large Stock of elic8
. Family Groceries,
Which he is selling at fair prices.
lie does not profess to sell below cost, lor every
body knows that if he wai to do that he could not
live and pay his rents, &c. : but he promises to sHl
good as low as they can be bought in this market
His Stock embraces everything usually found iii a
Grocery Store, such as i
Bacon, Lard,1 Flour,
; Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Salt, Sec.
A choice selection of -LIQUORS for medicinal pur
poses, and other articles too tedious to mention
Call and examine my Goods and prices.
CST" J"5"4 received a lot of fine WHISKLT, mafle
by Mutz of Lincoln county. j
: May 2, 1870. D. M. (PRESSON, Agent
Iron Frame Double-Shovel Flows
1 At ! COOK & ELLYSON S
DIXON'S STEEL! SWEEPS.
; At ! COOK & ELLYSON'S.
STEEL COTTON" SCRAPES,
At COOK & ELLYSON'S.
SIDE
At
ii ai: no ws.
COOK & ELLYSON'S.
FIELD THRESHERS & HORSE-POWERS
At COOK & ELLYSON'S
PRICES REDUCED. .
At COOK & ELLYSON'S
May 2, 1870. Tlow Shop, Charlotte, Jf. C
1870. HARRIS & PHARR, 1870.
AT
Old China Hall,
UclKten Tate $ Devei't and Firt Notional Uanjr,
, . CIIAIILOTTC, If. C, J
Wholesale and Retail lealers in China, Glass, Croct
on,rll nihor House Furniidiins Goods to 6e
1 J - tj
found in any first-class Crockery House. ;
; Onr Goods having been selected with cre and wi
slllC lUlCti' iU" V" v J - - v. ...v c, " i
.1 :...:. n nnr n,irl .F mlini tA t II A IlltlC
extent, the Wilms of Mrclinnts making purcnasts
for retailing, and also for the wants of families, ap
of which we otfer for Cash. " , I (
: AV solicit, oniera by mail or otherwise, and a ca!
from buyers, when they visit our City, before making
their Spring porcnases.
I jan 31, 1S7U ' HARRIS & PHARR.
. 1 Tie! Death of; General Polk. t
. ' I I . : it : - ! i :
Correspondence Standard of the Cross.
Being on a long ramble, from my home in
Cleveland, through the States iof the South. I
have been sojourning a few days; in the city of
xxnania ana vicinity, ana naving Deen over tne
battle grounjd of Kennesaw Jlountiins where
Genebil Bishop Polk met his fate, I was inter
ested ;to mnkp inquiries! concerning his life as a
soldier and bf his tragic death. Fortunately
for this purpose,' I was: visiting in the home of a
wealthy arid (highly intelligent j Georgia family
where Bishops Elliott 'and Polk I were often in-
matcs and from the gentleman and a lady of the
house I received the information
Oa the j day when General Polk fell. General
Joe Johnston, who - was in command of the de
fences of Atlanta and vicinity,' beiag at Kenne-
saw twenty miles north of this place,-dairing
lajlull in the I storm of I battle, said to General
iPjolk' ihatlthe two with! their respective staff
would advance to an out-look and see
how the field looked. Dismounting under cover
of thejerest of Kennesaw. they' steped out upon
ia spur of a hill and with field glasses were re
jconnoijtering the ground between the two armies,
when they noticed that General Sherman with
lis stan, was aoing tne same
thins from the
opposite hiiiisj
L -hi I
jjeincr in rair view, tnev were recosrnizea as
general officers, and complimented with a shell
rom a-batt
ery near which ueneral bherman was
standirig.
The shell struck close by General
Johnstjon
As soon 'as Ithe- piece could be re
loaded another shell was dropped by the first;
When General Johnston said, '"Bishop, we have
seen all we desire, Jetrus retire,, ana waitcea
rapidly back! to where! the horses were left;
General Polk seemed lost in thought, and instead
of following General Johnston to the rear, walk-
ed to the rfch't on the face of the hill, and rei
eu luiue i jjinu tin tut; nice ui iiiu mil, aiiu. le-
J'eived jthe jthjrd shell full upon his side, carrying
ft" his Viscera. His two staff officers sprang for-t
Spriin lT J Or-
ward, and receiving him in their arms, carried
hiui tola conVevauCC bv' which helwas taken im -
mediately to Atlanta, where he lay in state for
a time;
burial, j
;was
theo
taken to
Augusta
for
Having een it so often j reported during the
war, that since ne Decanieia soldier JJishop l'olk
had been guilty of using strong drink to excess,
and alsd using profane language, I asked my host
and hostess concerning the truth oii these reports.
"With an earnestness which brought tears to
their cheeks, they both exclaimed ("No ! no 10,
no ! never, tiever! His I Christian character was
never sullied by his life as a soldier."
Low-nsck Dresses.
Havell eye mentioned, writes a
Paris corres-
poudentl, the in novation of ;Madam Ollivier, the
Witeot the pew Jjrench I'remier f ; fche has sue-
cessfully;
inaugurated
the? fashion of
wearing:
high evening dresses, and, heratvtiispow night-
IV hiled with aadies who are.wiIlHi2 to dress as
nature demands and as common decency dictates,
i nad not long ago an interesting uiscussiun on
this subject wjth an old lady. of ninqty-four-sume
I once mentioned to 'you as having
-the
been
born on Independence Day. nejwere bolt h at
an evening party, where the- very lowest o ' low
dresses prevailed. My old friend pointed o it to
me' one charming younsr woman, who-had r dttc
e'ld her upper igear to the I smallest possib e di
mensions, and said to me, i "Whati shall I give
y'ou if-ypUjwilj call, on that lady to-mbrrow and
ask her as a lyvor to indulge you with a v te-a-tete
in th'at saiiic dress r" , j-What!'j' said I, ''the
ti-easurejin thoj Bank of j England could not in
duce mei to ye it ure upon such a thing; I should
be murdered j)utright."j i'Hight,'j... repliet the
ojd ladyj and then added, somewhat sadly and
sarcastically, iind yet sh'ei who would receive
sjich a proposition as a deadly insult,-and Wpuld
reruse to expose herselr in ; private to you alone,
without , the; slightest, scrubiple here calls you
iii coninioni 'with a hundrel others to couie and
look as long as you please! !'' I wjonder if any
low-necked danisel has ever thought of the i)at
ter in this light. Madame Ollivier's movement
is: thought to fiave more1 than ordinary sigtiifi
cance. It wa$ the 'Empress herself who, if she
dtd not introduce. the custom, decidedly prjpe
tiiated itlat hef court. It is the wife of a ski pie
citizen, albeit f isen to the di-st position in state
below the Emperor, that thus quietly rebukes her
imperial mistress. The Euppress. however,. per
sists in her old (tyle.'and I leave you to deteruliine
which is entitled to: the Imbst praise, Eugenie
naked to! her vaist, or 3Iadaiiie Ollivier
clad in
tasteful and iiAdest-attire
(Juiltvl or not jruiitv: i isaid a
judore to a
native ot the limerald isle.. "Just
'as yer honor I
plazes. It's not the like 'q nie
:f:
tute to yer
IKHlUrB WUIBUIV... Ttm iuc ii i'ij
Wil., Cliar. & Ruth. Railroad,
iSccretury and Treasurer' ss Ofiirer
Charlotte, N. C.April 22, 1870
. Notice is hereby given that a genera
the Stockholder of this Road is callea to
th4 City of Charlotte ' ou Wedhesday, tii
meeting of
assemble in'
1st day of
June next, to consider a proppaed amendnicut to. t tie
Charter of the Company. I ,
Ry order of the lo.ird of Directors
CALVIN J. COWLES,
April 25, 1870. ; h
Secretary.
Sy- Slockholiders will pass: free over the Road to
and from the meeting. j j
1 - ! i
Medical Society of the State of N.
Caroliiia.
Medical Society I
The 17th Annual Meeting iof the
of North Carolina will be held in
Wilmington on
Wednesday the U"th of May.lB70. ?
Accord. lie to tie usual custom, delegates, members,
and applicants fr mcriibershih, m ill b passed over
roads and rivers' for one-naii iare.
1 ! CHAS. JAS. O HAUAN, M. I res't.
Thos F. Woqn, Mi Secrielary
May 1C,1870 ' --: i
Dress Goods.
Fresh arrival bf Ladies' Drcts Goods of all kinds,
such as Silk Poplins, Colorcl Silks, Ac.
A larce! stock'of Gents Laasmiercs,! fine Llotus,
Veatinirs. &c.
Ladies' Tuckei Skirts, new ityle Hoopbkirts; anJ
Hosiery, GlovesJ
.te.. rt-ceiveil at
BARRING ER & AVOLF:S.
Hardware.
Corn Snellen. : Straw Cutters, Gram Cradles,!
Scythe Blailes ot the best quality, Ames' Shovels
Ames steei opaies, nu muuj uiuci aiuvin u
Hurt! war'linf. at ! t
ay 10 1870.
BARRINGER & WOLFE'S.
n ssiaii ii ams.
The John Esfi
Cooke's novel, '-Ti e Heir
vi uaviDouuc. nal
oecisionallv some notions
thai
would have been considered heretical somo
years since. Thus! this hero talks after the fol
lowing fashion : 1 v j i i ! '---;
Jl Whyisliould thje oldmfginfc planter, with
his tea thousand aqres, and his five hundred ser
vants, 'faIi his held' about grape raising, and
truck, and all that J He was obliged to raise to
mueh corn and whetibr his Immense household:
ne sold: trie surplusf only, and made his profits
from tobacco?. , i Thit was enough, however, it
made. him rich, lie shipped it to England to
nis iactor ; the shipi bronght back every luxury,
yeivec coats, Jiieesad silts, wine and new books,
and plate and jewel! if he wished them: he had
all that he wanted tfhjs.good gentleman with his
ieojLKQijsandl acres.il. AVelL Jthei coospquences t
v.ny, mat. ue caitiratert onjy corn, wheat and
tobacco; they sufficed for him,' and he saw no
reason to fchansre ln& croos. ? And when h:s son
and his grandson,
id his ptreat-srrandson suc-
ceeded htm
, they ill turn gild to themselves.
farming is raising crn, whe,4t anid tobacco, noth-
ng else. ell, that answered for a season
but! the estate begin todwindle. The family
divided the estate primogeniture ha vim? been
abolished -and wheti the grandson came to the
Id housej as head df the fimilv, he found the
state no
onger ten
housaud, but one thousand
acres.
"Enough," I thmki in all conscience, still."
"i es, but not whin divided in turn, i That
day came, and the one thousand acres Was cut up
into touf 6r hve portions. I he eldest son had a
band house, and ablut two huhdred acres,"
"Well, that is enoiigh still," 1 ; . '
"It ought to bvl)ut it istriotl Why ? Be-
I C
ause the owner iof Ithe two hundred acresbe-
eves, asjliis great f grandfathpr believed, that
tne only jcrops to raise arejedrn tobacco and
I T'l'v'," n.c.ua hj ntc; ill mat maiiiiir,
fna,n,s "'F ,aDon fallows up the whole pro-
1 ceeus yea
corn' c"
prncess ?
notions ;
tinues the old method of agriculMire, which, un
der the present condition of tilings, is about the
same as running a stage linct along the "railway
from U ashingtoH to paltimore.j j
Shall I go iback and t-y' corn .aijd wheat and to
bacco? What did they bring jour farmers just
before the war ? TaSce corn 'and wheat what
was the averarje prpductiori 7 1 H as it eighty
bushels oii corn and
I ififteen bushels of wheat f
ate it at! tjiat. Well, the
I doubt iq; but place
farmers managed to five on thatj, but they did
not prosper. - When the planter , at the end of
the year added up everything,: he was generally
very well satisfied to icome out square with the
world. Taking all things intb ciousideration, he
did not mare hve p
r cent on his investment,
vrn supervision, often his
even estimating . his
labor, at hothinir
hat .much brain work in
this country should
ring iu law, medicine or
cornmerce-rriiow mue
i j nrce i ttiousand per
annum. V elJ, that tonld bnng the average of
profit from; planting bl-w three, per cent."
f 'Is it possible?" sand Lahce. l i i
'Yes. The old Virginia system I- resulted in
immense comfort, hutfit did not result in profit,
which is a good thing, however it ' may bo de
nounced by some. Profit means; prosperity, and
prosperity frieans chufches, lyceiims, academies,
schools, railroads, material advancement and hap
piness. ; Rut this is a iigrcssiop. j Such was the
sum total of the old system of agriculture in the
past.: And do yon j' tain k' even that is possible
to-day ? If you do yau' are niistaken. Slavery
has disappeared, and black freeu(jn are now the
laborers freenieo, 1 each of whotu ! costs about
two hundred dollars er anntihi tin wasres and
food, : and who are fal less efficient than they
were before, under th nrost. indulgent masters.
The result i , The ' profits 'of ajcrictdture generally
may be represented bj the figure 0. . Unless you
walk : after the . plow! yourselfJ ivoiir land is
scratched simply r-not turned up.j Unless" you
walk after jlhe harvesers, your trop is half cut
only-, pr th?y; Ia:, at tliree dollars; a day. Work
partially, ot badly -d.n, but wases anl food the
sanic,: The land -producing,' froiii bad culture.
one-fourth the crop, but the cost! and support of
tabor inexorably the same.
Curious uase of IIlki'tomamia.
-TVhion-1
able circles in Elizabeth, ; N.J.,p are seriously
asritated just now ovcrfan extraordinary case of
Kleptomania. According to reliable authority
the wife of a highly. rfspected arid wealthy resi
dent of Droad street wis recently jtried on eight
different charges of' theft befire! a court and
jury composed of the pastor apjd elders of the
churchy of which sue was a1 ihiember, and
was found. ' guilty, cfi four cf them. She
wculd go into a dry" koods store for instance,
attract the .attention of the clerk or merchant in
some other direction, I while she I would slip a
piece of silk or straff go'ods : under her water
pr6of, and walk off. jThe losing! merchants do
not tain ce Words about the . matter, j but openly
declare her: to b6 a thef The iltss interested
ones, and consequent), most chairitable, declare
it is a genuine case of kleptomani,a,
; Down South
we fall such
people
rogue?.
JsinCe th8 Jabplition df the whi
ping-post the
stealing disease has beln on the increase.
Ilmv Indian M aide) s A muse
Themselves.
Antrsnin t 't'er.-is' V. r rrxs Anril IS
states: Valentine Vollifiar, a welf-knowu citizen
of Castrovitle, informed us yesterday that a few
days since ar German, hunting ft.rcatfle in the
Itiy Frio,, was surprised arid captured by a party
of Indians. I Being in jocose mood, these dove,
like pets 'ofj our government made a frolic of the
occaMon. J hey stripped the mani led him out ou
the prairie, jand bade liim run 5 loir his life. A
girl about tjurelve years of age armed with bow
and arrow was appointed to pursue 'him. 'The
race lasted some fifty y irds, when the girl shot
aim m lae back, the ajrw penetrating several
inches, and 'narrowly nissinir theepineand vital
J - .. 1 ... r -.w .
organs.; lhe man .lelland cunningly lay mo
tionless, as f dead. ,: Tjiis beautiful and poetic
representation of the f tender and f-uiless In
dian inaideti" watched her victim; For some min
utes, with her arrow ready; and then concluding
niLU iu vv reaiiy ueau, eib unit una rejOioeu me
band who rapidly r
away.T The wounded
man afterwards made
bis way to
a house, and
Profit
riy. Jlisl great-grandfather planted T . "
?. 'Why shcAild he cease the grand old "TV J; v K. V "X, V" "V"'
trTuck?-4-ape-rai4ing?-new-fangleil Jff wPwa udcmi laToranio. lor t.
r nil i w Lf r r i T.n n r a r c- n ti i l v- r c r n a n.in i - - - - n
will probably recover.
Agricultural
Plaster1-When and Where to Sow it
A correspondent makes the following inquiries:
''When is the best time to sow plaster ? How
much per acre ? On what crops will it par the
bestr - , " , .) ' '
j The best time to sow plaster Is when the crop
is young and tender, and - the weather begins to
be warm 6aj from the 1st of May to the 1st of
June. The quantity tnsv be whatever yoa can
afford ; if the ground is deficient in nitrogenous
resources, from 20 bushels downward. Grasses
and small grains are mostly benefitted by it.
Corn likes dearly to have . a good handful
spriukled on each hill when about six inches
high, after the first hoeing. On soila, otherwise
well manured., or rich in vegetable mould, it is
less -uscfuh-C V - - ,
To judge correctly concerning the application
of this, as of any other manure, it is important
to bear iu mind just what it does for the crop.
ujid how it does it. . v j
I While plants are composed of small propor
tions of lime, potash carbon, iron, etv their
chief food is nitrogen, which it gets! in form of
.ammonia, which is given on to the atmosphere
by decaying organic matter and washed down to
the sjil by the rains: but being in the form of
volatile gas, that which remains near the surface
is quickly returned to the atmosphere under a
warm suu, and lost to the plants. !
! Plaster is composed of sulphuric acid sod
lime. -When sown on the land, it comes in con
tact with the gaseous ammonia as it seeks to
escape from the soil, and the sulphnrio acid
unites with the forming, salts of ammonia, an
involaiile substance, and so prevents its escape.
It is afterwards gradually dissolved by water
and fed to the plants in more uniform and con
tinuous supply. The office of the piaster is to
arrest the escape of ammonia land to store it np
fr af,ter use. This office of plaster and the way
atter its application might nearly destroy its em-
, a . .. . mi
ciency. it is bad economy to sow it la toe lau
of early spring, for while the weather remains
cipld tliere.is no escape of ammonia from the soil,
and none for the sulphuric acid to unite with.
and before the weather becomes warm enough
t0 volatilize the amuionia'the acid may be disai
piated. But put on fresh, when the ammonia is
active, the desired uuion is ineritable. Uurtro-
sta farmer.
Cotton Seed and Fertilizers.
Editors Carolina Fa rmrr : As I hare read
several articles in your paper recently in regard
td the best method of using rotton seed, I will
giv.e you a piece of practioal experience for this
year, to May tho 15th. Vh ' t
I have this year applied cotton seed to Loth
cotton and corn some live and some dead nd
sme co.mKsted with mud, all these ia the game
field, and near together. I pronounce thoeo I
composted with mud to be fur the best. I bare
Cl'teen rows adjoining, fire are . manured with
life cotton seed, five with dead cotton teed, and
five with cotton seed compost. Those I man
ured with compost are three hundred percent
better than the live cotton seed, and two hun
dred per cent better than the dead cotton seed.
Strange to say that the corn ia twice aa good
where I manured with dead cotton seed, aa it ia
where I manured with live seed.
i So that vou can say to your readel'a that if
they will visit mv plantation. I will very aooa
cdiuvincu them, that the farmers in North Caro
lina would make more to compost their cotton
Be zd with mud than to purchase so much eom
idercial manure from foreign countries.
1I have two breadths of rows through my field,
one manured with Peruvian gan0 and other
commercial fertilizers, and the cotton on poor
lnd is now tw&hundred per cent better where
I put the compost. , ;
I think I can successfully establish that the
same money spent in composting, which we
spirind, in purchasing guano and the phosphates,
will return larger net proceeds in tne fanner's
packet.' "Rut I would urge every farmer not to
plant anything without manure; if he cannot
n take enough, he must buy the remainder, for it
d6es not pay to plant land without manure.
Afid where not naturally dry, the land must bo
tnprougniy arainea.
We recently had a dreadful hail in thiaticio-
ity, but it was very pnrti.il in its injury, almost
ruining some fa rum aud not materially injuriug
others. lours, ,V. K. II ILL.
iFaisots Depot, Duplin county, N. C. ; '
The Value or Southern CBors. The
amount of value of the Southern crops is conclu
sive evidence of the rapidly increasing prosperity
of this section of the country. The production
ot last year will amount in the aggregate to
about 050.000,000, and very nearly in the
following proportions: Cotton, 3.000,000 bales,
$300,000,000; Corn, 283.000,000. bushels,
6200.000.000 ; Sugar, Wheat, Tobscoo, etc.,
$150,000,000.. Total. 8050.000,000. This,
wjlh a population of 11,000.000, is an average
ofj nearly $ GO per head for the entire head a
grjpd inirel of the increasing prosperity of the
South. .
Tobacco For Fruit trees The Charlotte
Democrat copies our article in regard to worms
infesting fruit trees, and suggests, as the best
reimedy it knows, the spreading of the refuse
anil rotten tobacco stems aroond the trees.' We
are told that our old friend Squire Billy Ing,
of Caswell, always pursues this plan. He is good
authority. 3Ir. Ixng is president of the iWder
Agricultural Society. lUUtLoro Reeordtr. Y
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; IA DjrcovIrt. Tbe'fartners of Southwestern
Georgia have discovered a plan for preventing
hog thieving. They feed their hogs on strych
nine, giving a level, tcaspoonful to every three
grown lings at a time. The strychnine pene
trates the bog's fiesh and poisons it for three
weeks thereaf ter. If eaten during this time it
is fatal. The owner only has to let it be known
that he gives his hogs strychnine, and they will
be safe. This is a valuablo diawtery. Ex
change.. - . . -
jNo doubt the remedy is a good ope provided
the box don't die before he is stolen.
Dec 20, lbO'J tf
ROUT. F. DA VI DSON.
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