tnl J i Editor and Propbihtor.
frrnt'tf Subscription Thbii i Doixaks, in advance.
THE
Western. Democrat
WILMAM J-
TTES, Editor and
Proprietor. .
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TlITtrce
Dollars per
annum in advance.
nrt;fm"nt twill be inserted at
reasonable
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notices of over fire lines in length will
pj'for at advertising rates
Dr. W. H. Hoffman,
DENTIST,
'v informs the citizens
4
of Charlotte and
nraE'
oPJJ;: . . ' f 1(a ta fiillv nrttiu r til Attonil
. i . i A v t v mil np una nt riiiBiitriii i v iuca
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He is fillj
j c! rrl atingito his profession.
...sfnl practice for more than 10 years
in
a ol outiiry anu in mc viiir11'"15 " j
durinr the late war. warrants tin iu
i.mjr entire satisfaction to all parties who may
.roll
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.jiSe over Smith & Hammond's Drugstore.
junri-from KA. M. to -r P..M-!
t,ttrr M-! I. Pegram. Cafcbier 1st National
r .s t fhrltte:! Dr. Win Sloan, ,Jr. J. II. Me-
&n, I . mc J'lliUl luiiiiviiv - -
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.DENTISTRY
Tien!! firm of ALEXANDER BLAND is here
x rrrit'l. at il- tormrr stand in Brown's building,
tho t'li.-l lie Hotel. Entire satisfaction ia
'-.im Land teeth can be extracted without pain.
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lri:iZ oi uur ui m.iiuiunii in ircjFtvnun;
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Robert- Gibbon, M.D.,
I'll Yj l f I AN' AND SURtiKOX. '
lf Ollicp over Smith 4 Hammond's Drug Store
5--itBce on College Stieet.
J4a-'l. lrTO. : M j
J. P. ElcCombs, M.! D.t
n-rr bi" pror.ion.il wrTicfs to the citizens of
1'UrI .:te ai I Mirroun-liug country. ; All calls, both
.! ar.l uiv. t rot!:pt',y altendtnl to. . .
:if ia Hruwii'sihaitdiag, up btairs, opposite the
l'jri..::e ll-tl. j
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail! Druggist,
i VUAULOTTt:, A. Cm
,. fctn l a l.rpe aud well select el stock of TCRE
ICUtlS. t'he.miral.i Tatrnt MMicinrs. Family Medi
Taints Oil. S'ari'-lies. Dye Stuff. Fancy and
T. r-t Article!. h'cu he is utterunned to sell at the
f.,-T iovrcst prices
I. 1870.
. W. T. DAVIDSON,
attorS e: y at! - l. a
Charlotte Nt ;C,
0(Ti over B. Koopmaxx's iiore.
DR. E. C. ALEXANDER,
Charlotto, N. C,
T rii.- feiTii"e- as rnvsician to tlie citizens of
l"jjr!jti and Mirrpnndiiifc country. ;!
i.T nearly ojpif e Charlotte Hotel.
f.r Dr. .r-xmid-T make a good Couch Mixture,
lrfrthrn anyl'aCeut .Med.ctue. Try it
Kth 7. I70-
Watch and-Clock IIi!t3r,
AND I.KALl K IX j
JE WEI.UYm FIXE WliTCIir.S. CLOCKS,
M'd.vA Jfulrrittlr, SpeCtaclffliiC.
.1!1n;7. I CHARLOTTE, N. C.
MANSION HOUSE,
j Charlotte, N- C.
Thi well-known !Houe having been newly fitr
niflI and fcStt-1 in every department, is now optn
fr th j accotiiinodiktion of I lie 1 '
t):a i'Sllyg ruBTJC.
C-1!k.tl"nibusscji at tne Deot on srriral of Trains.
J-.u M. i?J:o.
IUJ. ECt'LES.
Bj R. SMITH & CO,
General Commission Merchants,
60 A'V.y Street, licTON, MASS.,
For the tU of Cotton, Cotton Yarn. 'Naval Stores,
c cj the purchase of Gunny Cloths and Merchan
dise ?tnerMil v.
L.il-r--tl (.AU a'lTfincs m.flf on
u. and all u-ual facilities offered.
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consignments to
We IiMp by Uir and honejt deulirvp. and our best
r.f.irts to to reeeie from our friends that c,n-
:uragftiicni which it uliall be our aim to merit.
tJjfltfrs mjHc it ed and prompily filled fwr Gunny
Egging, F:.-h, Boots and Shoes, ic.j Sic. r '
"Refer, bt Tramssios ro
Uhn Demerritt, Ei.. Tres. BliutNat. Bank, Boston.
Unngi Keynol tat, 110 Pearl St., Bton.
Mrchion &. Co., 2u7 Pearl St..""Ne,w York."
I Y Bryce .t Co., Charlotte, N C.
!i Y McAien. K.-i . Prt,.. lt Nat. Bank. Charlotte.
1 W Dewey & Co., Bankers, Chrloiie, N C.
Ii. M thtfsfc t'o., Clir'uttf. N C. j
IViHiams Murc!iion, V. iln.ington,' N C.
,'ol Wiu J'u.;ou. Pn,.. J'harlotiv and Augusta Rail
road. Cnarloite, N C ! f
Sfpt 0, 1U.. t
Charlotte Female Institute,
; ciiai:lottk, N.jp.
.The next SfUMon of tint Institution will commence
on the first dy of OCTOBER, IMil, and continue
until 3HhfJUne following. It
A full corp of Tearuers in all branches usually
aught in tirai class Female Schools, has been em
ploye I for the enduing Svsion. . '
For Catalogue containing full particulars as to
xpenses, cuur of !u.!y, regulations, fic, apply to
Ucv. u. BL It WELL & SON,
July 19, 1 SCO t Charlotte, N. C.
I LARGE STOCK
Wiftkowsky & Ilintcls .
1t receive I one of the larpest Stocks of Goods
'er offereil in this market, and are receiving week
y aMitionj no that they are prepared to Mipply any
im-unt of patronage they may bo fkvored with lin
ing the full and Winter. ! !
ftsT Conatry Merchants are especinlly invited to
''.l nd exaiiiiiie this Slock of Goods, as they can
'id anything wanted for stocking a: country Store
at very -eajnooable wholesale prices.
Give u4cU and see. our Goods and . hear our
prices before making your purchases. i
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WITTKOWSKY ;s RINTELS. !
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N . I PRACTICAL '
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CTV ,
SST' The firs
-old
mine in the United States
was discovered in Meadow Creek, Cabarros
county, N. C in 1790, by Conrad Reed. The
California gold mines were discovered by Wm.
.Marshall, on the 9th dayjof Febrnary,.1848, at
Sutter's mill upon the Ai&erican fork, a tributa
ry to the Sacramento, and extended from 34 to
49 degrees of north latitude.; Their product
since their discovery to the present time has
amounted to fourteen hundred millions of dol
lirs. .Salisbury Examiner.
Land foi Sale.
By virne of .aj Decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg couaty, I will iell, at public auction to
the highest bidder, at the Court House door in the
City of Charlotte, on Saturday the 9th day of July,
1870, that valuable Tract of j. AND belonging to Wm.
Wallace, deceased, lying onhe Atlantic, Tennessee
& Ohio Railroad, about 8 miles from Charlotte, con
taining about ICO Acres. lAbout one-half of the
Land ia under cultivation. . Tbe above Land will be
sold eubject to thq widow's ower; it
.Terms Nine months crQHt with? interest from
date, with bond and good security, i ,
1 MAZE WALLACE,
Administratrix of Wm. Wallace, dee'd
May 30, 170 i Cwpdj i
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1870.
HARRIS & PHARR,
I AT? r
1870.
. Old ;Chin?a Hall,
BetKttn Tate $ " Dexceyi aiid Firtt National Bank,
CHARLOTTE, W, C,
Wholesale and Retail dealers in Cbinai Glass, Crock
eryaud'all other House P.urnihing Goods to be
found in any first-class Croc&ery House.
Our Goods having been selected with care and with
the intention on our part on meeting; to the fullest
. . . I . ' r mm I . I : . I
riicni, iuc wants vi .i ercuJinm maKiuz purcussen
for retailing, and alo for the wants of families, all
of which we offer for Cash, f i
We "solicit orders by mail or otherwise, and a call
from buyers, when they visitbur City, before making
tueir Sprinir purchases.
Jan 31, 1870.
HARRIS i& PHARR.
Just Redeivedj
Fine lot of Fulton Market Corned Beef, fine lot of
Spiced and Tickled Tig's Feet. This is something'
attractive to all epicures, vesy fine. !
: Twenty-five cases CHAM PAGNE CIDER, a summer
beveraze ued exclusirely in! large cities. Trice 50
cents per bottle or $10 a casof twenty-four bottles,
(pints.) ! f
Large lot of strictly Family FIour country mills,
best brands, which we warrant. 1
A very large lot of W1J1SKEYS and ATTLE
BRANDY, which we offer especially td the wholesale
trade. Also, Chatiipagne ot fvanous brands.
Qt) Sacks SALT, just arriyed and for sale.
;o Barrels New Crop Muscovado MOLASSES.
20 Boxes Extra ami Common brands CHEWING
TOBACCO, for sale bv : ,'f - f
' GREGORY & WILLIAMSON.
June'6, 1870. I l I
King's Mountain Military School,
1UKKV IL liiu, is. U
T li SAnnil ncatin nf K o .lii-wnl vfar nt 1 RTO will
begin on the FIRST OF JUL.Y and end on the 30th
of November. ' Y
Tkrvs For School Expends, i. uition, Books,
Maiionerv. Oic . ioHruinir. r hci, ,ir:ua nu n osu-
iii?r.- si;;- in currency, cer session oi ne monins.
For circulars containing full-particulars, apply to
tlbL. A. uowahu.
June 0, 1870 1m Trlncipal and Troprietor.
Sparkling Catawba Springs,
CATAWBA COtpTV, N. C.
This celebrated Watering f'lace, formerly called
North Carolina White fciulphu)- Spring?, will be open
for visitors on W'eduesday. thj 1st dayjof June.
Bein situated in the Northwestern part of the
State, in a section remarkable lor its delightful
climate, beauty and healthiness, thesetogether with
the virtue of the waters, make it one of the most de
eirable Watering Places to bd found, "i ' '
The Mineral Waters of t&ese bpnngs are, the
White and Blue Sulphur, anp Chalytbcate or Iron,
and they possess all the finest qualities of these
waters, an I are sovereign remedies For all k emale
Diseases, diseases of long sAmding, diseases of the
lirer, bowels, stomach, kiduers. Pulmonary diseases,
Eruptions of the. skin, Scrofula, JVeakness, Debility,
Dyspepsia, Kheiiuiatism, SidJlSsc. 'j
From the numerous wonderful cures that have
come immediately uuderniy;fwn observation within
the last four years (by the ue of these waters) I am
satisfied that this is the placeJor all whose condition
can be improved by the salubrious character of any
water that flows from the eiith, and the medicinal
qualities of the same are net fcxcelled.i ,
U'ir rooms, iu both cottage ana otLer builuings,
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arc largo auu pleasant; cottages comaining 1 1 on.
two to six rooms each, suitable . for large or small
families. Many rooms havinz been already applied
for, arrangements will be t.tuie to accommodate a
large number of visitors, anit is to be hoped that
our Sonthern people will p:iaronixe the Sparkling
Cataw ba, which ought to be the pride of North Caro-
ina, as well as the South, fori no watering place can
offer greater
inducements; lor
either
health or
pleasure.
The Bar will be supplied v?"th choice liqnors and
sugars. Good Ten Pin Alleys. Bilhard lublcs, one
of w hich will be of the most approved style.
Good Bath Houses, for Tqol, Plunge, or Shower
Bath, and Sulphur Baths, hot or cold,
A good Band of Music, isfx or more performers,
has beeu-engaged for the sealon, and a good Physi
ciau permanently located for 4he benefit of invalids,
who will Lave good attention j
The Sparkling Catawba thij season jjwill be under
the management of Mr John L. Eubuiiik. (who. for
the last three years, has been mana&rer of the Heal-
ing Springs in Virginia) a
isted by Mrs. M. A.
W rcun, and visitors may rt
:tly u
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pou finding a good
table.
The cars, on the Western and Moreanton Railroad,
leave SaKbhury every uiornipg. Sundays excepted,
tor Hickory Station, the Springs Depot, where hacks
w ith good drivers will be.rei dy to take pasengers
to the Springs, a distance of six miles; over a beau
tiful, well shaded road.1
A good Laundry connected; with the Springs, and
wasung cone at reasonable ionics.
UOAIII).
For four weeks, $48. Peri week, $15. Tor day,
S3. Children under ten years of age and colored
servants half price. No charge' for infants, or
children under two years of age. Reasonable deduc
tion mtOe for large families who spend the season.
Tickets at reduced rates. J- return tickets, can be
had on the different Railroads to the Sparkling
J. GOLDFJt WYATT 4 CO.,
Sparkling Catawba Springs, Catawba Co., N. C.
June 0.1870 2m ! j ." I'
Tutt'segetable Liver Pills,
Cures Diseases of-the Lijrer and Stomach.
Tutt'S ExTJGCtnvnTlt
pleasant cure for Cojighs, 'Colds, etc.
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Tntt's; Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delfeht
"c auciunua uioou j unner.
3 . it
Tutt
s Improved Hair! Dv
Warrauied the best Dye in juse.
tgi- These valuable preparations are for sale by I
Druggists everywhere. i ' I
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Wine Making. r :
Columbus county, N. C, on the Wil. & Man
Chester Railroad, makes more pure Wine than
any other county in this State. A correspondent
of the Wilmington Star writes from Whiteville,
the county scat
of Columbus, as follows
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! "Columbus is
undoubtedly the greatest wine-
making county in the ctate. in fact Whitevule
presents the appearance of one extensive vine-
vara. ; Here tue native ocuppernong ana blow
w t I . wi
ers vines, trained upon neat and substantial
arbors, grow in the luxuriance of beauty and
healthful vigor. Uld'prohnc vineyards scarcely
outnumber new ones that are in rapid growth.
ana tne planting oi vines is suit extensively
carried on in, the proper seasons. 1 he wine
pressed from these grapes and the brandy which
is also distilled! are pure and unadulterated,
possessing a strength and delicious flavor which
at once delight the palate and please the senses.
Upon the ground of merit alone, the essential
features of which are purity and excellence mf
quality, they should be introduced; into general
use. Prominent among wine manufactures here
is that of the 'Whiteville Wine Company,"
which carries on extensive business I have
tasted their wine of the vintage of 1868, which
I regard superior to the majority of j the stuflF
called Sherry and held in such favor. I hafe
also tastea tneirj r lowers wine, ricner in coior
than Claret, anq which a few years will render
superior in quality. The brandy, distilled by
them from the
bcuppernong, will excel the
yclept French, now so much
spurious article
.80uirht
after, in
a few vears. Mr. Butner. in
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experienced wine-maker and scientific gentfe
man, ana jit.
D. P.. High, also one of the pro
prietors, and experienced iu wine-making, give
their personal attention to the business. Both
their wines and brandy are endorsed as pure bjy
many leading physicians in the State, who re
commend them both for medicinal purposes and
general use.! 1" iner table wines cannot De pur
chased anywhere1, and when our people discon
tinue the pract ice of drinking the abominable,
aduueratea, poisonous ana intoxicating wnisuy
winca is ia sucn general iisag-e, men win we
enjoy better neaitn, ana not until tnen
To Mothers. Bow-legs and knock-knes
are anions the common deformities of humanit
ntyj
sjo
and wise mothers assert that the crookedness
either case arises from the afflicted one bavins:
been put upon bis or her feet too early 5iri babjr-
hood. ' But a Manchester physician. Dr. tJromp-
ton, who has watched for the true cause, thinks
differently. 1 lie attributes the first-imentioned
distortion to a habit some youngsters delight id?
of rubbing the sole of one foot against that of
the other j somej will go to sleep with the soles
pressed torether.K They appear to enjoy the conl-
tact" only when" he feet are naked; they don.t
attempt to ' make it when they are socked or
6lippered. So tb remedy is obvious1; keep the
bnbv's soles covered. Knock-knees the doctor
ascribes to a different childish habit, that qf
bleeping on the side, with one knee j tucked intp
the hollow behind the other. He has found
that where one lez has been bowed inward mo:e
than the other, the patient has always slept o
t
one side, and the uppermost member has bee
that mat deformed. Here the preventive is to
pad the inside of the knees so as to keep them
apart, and let the limbs grow ireely their ow
r
way.'-' i ; -1 . " . . . . ' !
Executor's Sale, j ?
As Executor of the last Will and Testament of
Jonathan Held, dec d, I will sell at ttie uourt- House
in Charlotte, at 12 o'clock, on Thursday,! the 23d cif
June, 1870, the Tract of LAND on which the deceased
resided, known as the HOME PLACE, ; containing
316 Acres, lying 13 miles 'from Charlotte, in Steel
Creek neighborhood, on Beaver Dam Creek, neair
the Catawba River, adjoining the Lands of; C. A.
Hoover, Jas. S. Collins and others. 1 1 ' L
i . Persons wishing to look at the Land may apply tjo
the undersigned at W hue Hall, or to A. J. vvyatt on
the premises. ' ' ! i
Terms made known on the day of tale.;
, . S. W.. REID,
May 31, 1870 3w . Executor
Notice against Trespassing.
All persons, without regard to color, are warned
against passing through or visiting my orchards, on-
throwing down the iences around my premises
Especially are they warned agaiust going on the
Martin place or interfering with the tencing. Aiy
own laborers, as well as other persons, 'are forbid
den from trespassing in the way mentioned, as the
law will be enforced against all alike. I will divide
my fruit with those in want when it ripens.
J. M. fllAilllliHO
June fi. 1870. 3w 1 i
1 Notice- i
We hereby forbid all persons, white or black, from
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going tnrougn our enclosures eitner on iooior oiutF-
wise, hunting on our Lands with or without uogs op
guns, or putting fish baskets! in the Creek which
runs through our fields, or fishing: with hooks or
trespassing in any other way, as we will enforce the
law against "such persons. ' 1 !
! ; w. ii'. nui5i:sMj.
; -i :'i C. O. ALEXANDER,
Mas. MANERVA BARNETTJ
! June 6, 1870 ' - Swpd
Save two big Profits.
LEATHER! LEATHER!!
i Buy your Leather from the manufactory at Peter
Brown's Tan lard on Irade atreet, Luarlotte, Kj,.
just below the N. C. Railroad. j
Harness Leather at 40 cents per pqutid ;
Upper : Leather at 60 " " - - )
Kip and Calf Skins erua!1y low. l
jgcg- Xan Bark and Hides wanted.
May 23, 1870 3m WcALPINE & CO
; j Woman's
NBEST FRIEND
To relieve the aching heart of woman and bring
joy where sorrow reigned supreme, is a mission be
fore which the smiles of Kings dwindle into utter
insienificance. To do this is the peculiar provincje
of DR. J IBRADFIELD S FEMALE REGULATOR:
which from the numberless cores it has accomplished
is appropriately styled WOMAN'S BEST FUIENDj.
It purifies the blood and braces the nervous eysteni.
U curea-Constipation and clarifies the skiu. It
never fails as thousands of ladies testify. It is ased
by tha most emiueut Physicians in Georgia in their
private practice. t t
For full particulars, history of diseases, and cer
tificates of its wonderful cures, the reader is referred
to the wrapper around each botile. J
For sale by J. u. Jicdxi anu n roggiei
Charlotb
; Princi
pal Depot, BRADFIELLJ & CO., Atlanta, u-
TUESDAY, JUNE 21!, 1070, !
Capital Punishment Abolished . in Holland.
The Dutch iChambera have abolished the
penalty of death by a majority of eighteen votes in
tha TJprer House the record standing 43 yeas
to $0 nays. ;. Toe struggle j that preceded this
decision was however, long and determined,
ger likely to result to society from abolishing it
and the principle of rightful self-defence on
which communities of men have hitherto r based
the infliction of the death penalty. .But his
reasoning and! eloquence his good sense, we
may add were idisplayed in vain, , j A sentimen-
til ism, perhaps mistaken, as the . consequences
iuaj oiiuw, uvCTUore lue cpcricuv ui aua auu
the i votes or both Uatholics and Frotestants
of tha twd othaidox schools, who aUke!aimed
the necessity of the scaffold to restrain the god
less and ferocious passions of the time. I !
v, U4 w
well known beforehand that the supporters of
capital punishment confined their eflforts to
attempting to maintain it for regicide, parracide,
assassination ana poisoning- oeverai oi me
Liberals went Sol far as to claim the abolition
of the penalty for the army and navy only, but
uu auieuuuieuif were rejecwu, uu.uuu iur
murder is. literally, 'played out ' in Holland.
I It may e that, under a different clime and
different circumstances, it is a safe experiment
to relieve our human tigers of the jfear of axe
and rope ; andj Germany, too, would seem to
think so: for the new" , Prussian criminal code
proposes the abolition : ot the deatn penalty
excepting for dear cases ; of ; assassination :but
we are still vert doubtful indeed whether such a
cnaDLre on iuis kiub oi tne i Atlantic -con iu ue
ried with safety for a week.
The beer and light j
wines ot iNortnern viermanyand the low
Countries, operating upon phlegmatic constitu
tions, have no such effects as the fiery fluids
consumed in such quantities by our quick.
nervous and excitable populace produce j and it
is more than j probable that within thirty days
after the abolition of capital ; punishment in this
country were so rasn a measure attemptea,
there would bea universal outcry to restore it.
Hemp has its uses as well as soothing syrup.
rd to Young Men.
The most reprehensible, in fact, one of the
meanest things that a man can do, and it is not
aH uncommon occurrence, is to monopolize the
time and attention of a young girl for a year or
more, without !any "definite object, and to the
exclusion of any other gentlemeu, who supposing
him to have matrimonial intentions, absent them
selves from her society.- lit prevents the recep
tion of eligible'offers of marriage, and fastens
uponthe young lady, when the acquaintance is
finally dissolved, the unenviable and uumerited
appellation of "flirt."
; j Let all your dealings with women, young men,
be frank, honesp'and noble. ! That many whose
J education, and position would seem to wan ant
our looking for better things in them, are culpa-
bly criminal on
short 'cotuincs.
tho.se points, is no excuse for
That woman is often injured or
wfonsred
through her holiest , feelings, adds but
a blacker dve Co your meanness, n uoe rule is
m V
always safe: Treat every i woman you meet as
you would wish another man to treat your iuno-
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cent confidin
sister
; !.
A Relic of
-
Barbarism. Time
out ! of
mind lawyers have been allowed a wide
latitude
of expression, and they have used the
privilege
without stint, ilt has beeri fashionable to brow
beat witnesses aind blackguard litigants. In the
progress of the
McFarland
trial we
I and as
have seen
the attorneys as unspanu
reckless of i
their epithets aa
usual. ' But the question arises.
is it not time to
nave an end to this sort of thincr?
Lonr ago the press was obliged, by the pressure
ofpuhlic opinion, to give jover its senseless per
sonalities and it willful misrepresentations.1 No
journal can flourish at present that makes a
habit and a merit of its -violence. ! Headers .do
not wish their iqtelligeneefaffronted or their good
taste set at defiance by falsehoods excused by
party zeal and jbillingsgae sprung from party
spleen. The courts are proverbially slow. They
3'et retain many things that have no merit, ex-
cent that they Lave come down covered -with
the moss of the middle
a " . t .
ases
Much of this is
positively absurd,' whilst
hot a little of it is pal-
pahly wicked.; Of the
atter class is the bad
the quicker they re-
manners of counsel, and
form this altogether the better both for decency
and justice. Jjovisvite Journal..
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The entire alphabet is found in these four lines:
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God gives the grazing ox nis meat.
He quickly hears thej sheep's low cry, i
But man, wfco tastes his finest wheat, i
Should joy to lift his 'praises high.
Notice to Contractors.
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Proposals will be received by the undersigned for
the grading, masonry and bridging of GO miles, or
. i m . i T " I ,
any portion tnereot, oi tne Air i.me nauroau ex
tending from this City to Spartanburg, and npon
which work will be immediately commenced.;
Profiles of the first ten miles are now ready, and
others will be soon furnished to those who niayj de
sire to examine fthem before contracting. jP. A.
Welford is authorized to 'receive and conclude all
contracts. f ' V- P- UlUKljiiSUiN.
j Air Line R R. Office under National Bank.
nne6, 1870 tf 1 " j I V
Corn, 'Flour and Bacon- j
A large lot In store and for sale at , , - -ay
2, 1870. I j W. J. BLACK;S.
Mackerel 1 I Mackerel ! ! j
A large lot of i Barrels, Barrela and Kit, fresh,
at
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MILLER & SONS.
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Important to the Ladies.;
take great pleasure in informing the Ladies that
B.1KOOPMANN has now ott band tbe best selected
andj assorted Stok of Millinery Goods in thia eity
Special attention5given to our splendid assortment
of Silk Illusion Hats and Bonnets, trimmed after tLe
latest fashions; also, all kinds of Material suitable
for tnaking Hals iand Bonnets, such as Silk Illusion,
plain and dotted, French' Silks, Satins, French
Flawersand Laces. Larre Stock of beautiful Sash
Ribbons and Trimmines, Embroideries, Linen Laces,
Collars and LuBa, Valencia ana inreaa utee.
t - . ana a r
Respectfully. M. KOri'tL.
Jnne 6. 1870.
AgriculturaL
An Essay on the Management of the Farm-
BY JA8. B. THIOPEIt, OP EDGECOMBE, N. C.
Farming, as all othe:r professions, requires not
as ony diligent attention, but a mind to conipro-
AMin (hot man
Should wear his muses out at hard labor, day
by day, as thousands liave done and never be-
I coma thriftv. hut nntt wh- will olonlafA .nd
ioofc through the entire proceedinb of the farm;
the man who has method and' order, who keens
!up t0 time, calculates how long it will take to do
!this and that job, what it costs and the probable
i gt result. Tj ! ' ' 1 :J j
kame neighborhood who commence under more
. uniavoraDie circumstances, Dy proper manage-
1 bent, rise to orosDeritv and hrinp- hnnnineaa to
themselves and all arolnd themi
j Why is this ? Befeause the latter study to
hrrmer w imrlorefjinrl vrv m nt rm tha
Greatest to the least, fnertainino-! tn h farm.
while the former make misapplication of their
i iator bj bad management.; P W !
f ! ve do not intend a thinri nnon farmin
oot because we obiecd to. the wisdom and exrje
jience of the past as the teacher of man, but be
cause it is our nurnosd to trive bur own nractice
and experience : for when a man enquires of us
how to do this or that about farming, we know,
of no better way to in)rm him than to tell him
how we do. v- -j' .j 'r h j
Therefore, in order fto be understood, we shall
advise the farmer to o as we do. We request
you not to over-crop oy planting too mucn, since
this will throw your business back, and the re
sult will be a short crp, besides your land will
pe injureaj -uiraer tnese circumstances you can
not; have that order. which is needful'to produce
success; tor you will be forced to hurry up ; con-
I sequeutly your team will soon be tired down and
your freedmen, or laborers, will be more likely
to leave than if you fwere not over-taxed. In
addition, to this, the famer who plants more than
he can well cultivate cannot improve by that
drainage, compostmg and deep jplowing that
should be done to raise the fertility of the land.
Management of laborep is a lesson a number of
farmers.have yet to learn. i, j
Farmers should, id the first place, barn to
respect the negro as freedmen, deal honestly and
promptly with him, rjquire nothing but what
is reasonable, and reqaiire rigid obedience, pay
iim a rfaSonrilft nricti anil ho will da nnifh hot
ter than if you pursueta different course,
1 jit was necessary in ante-war iimes to have
ohxi attended (to, o he ; j would, not do his
duty. . Under the new order, emancipation has,
not taught him his dijty to his employer, for it
seemsj he is incapaeitaed to understand his true
condition, for freedoms has made him less faith-
Jul therefore, to succeed with him you must
attend to him more stj-ictly than formerly.!
1 In t,he maBagementtof the farm it is absolutely
E
necessary to ; have a good 1 team, and that your
i f: i,:.' - s t .i . t
team
way ut? auie wua goyu, sservice ana last
years
longer .every farmer should have four
to every jthreelplows he intends to run;
mules
then if one should befgalled, as
r i iuA .,tJP u:.
is pft en the. case
in- crop time, he could rest him J when if he had
to continue to work, lje would-pe injured.
) Not only this, he Would not be ' compelled,' as
some men are,i to commence plowing after
rainy spell before the! -ground becomes in good
order, or -hauling comost, for he could catch up
by having these extra mules. f I
Some might; suppose" they Jwould incur too
much expense by plowing the fouHh mule: try
it, and you will find j that it requires no more
to keep lour good nrqies in order to do the work
Of three, than it does jjfor three that are worked
tikeja great njiany.are , : . j I ..
I If you provide them with good qunrters and
rood, when you start .hey will move briskly, and
three of tht se, mules will do more work iu one
day than four
galled land jaded ;j consequently
here is the savtoir of taie band.
1 Forming ' Implements. -Farmers, should use
the very best farmingfimpfements; by these we
mean wagons, carts, harness,: plows, &o., &c. be
sides they should be Kept in good order at all
times. When a fanaer ps weil provided with
these, the laborers can have no excuse for the
want of a good tool tqf work withv j We consider
it impossible for a farmer to succeed well unless
he adapts th is rule. I j. ;! '"j
i Composting. -"If fyou.feed the land it will
feed you." (Therefore, it is necessary to hus
band up all the ina uies you can at home, and
since but few can rafee a sufficiently, it will pay
to use a liberal quantity of unadulterated im-
ported fertilizers. I ! i il l I
j We are satisfied taat three hundred pounds j
oi jreruvian i guano win pay a larger percent
than one or two hundred to the acre. t
Our counsel is. to Imul vegetable; mould, ditch j
bank, swamp muck aid mix upon every acre
from 500 to 750 Bushels, ..With' marl, cotton
seed, stable or barn yrd manure and ashes, then
it you have not enough to compost an your land,
of. Imrwirtpd ifcrtUizpi-a tn finish nnt
j- .Ijjo not, because- Jome of your land is rich,
uegfect to manure it ;f this is the very land that
manure pays best on J bjesides if you wish this
land to remain rich ypu most manure it.
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Ditch your La n . -I f y our land is not drained,
the best mangement must prove failure to a
certain extent, under Ihe moat favorable circum
stances, for in dry seasons your soil will suffer
more than if it was.well drained ; and all know
;what effect wet seasons have upon it.
1 1 To drain land well In Eastern North Carolina,
von must ditch, not bne or two ! feet deep and
stop, but all black soils- and a part of the fiat
clay soils require the fwater to run bp the white
sand in the bottom of the ditch j This sand, in
!the ! black alluvial sdils, is generally from three
!k-k1 ' a Vi 1 r 4Vina nl am V P Irot loan - 1 -
AUU Vy BSAMi BUf IW IWV p.
Flow Derp.--On all of your clay sub soil land,
plow deep, and if youf plow in the fall and winter
In tune lor it to treezc it would De better.
With your, lands drained, ploweddeep. com-
Ipoeted, seeded and cultivated well, success is cer
tain, for then1 every jaere will yield you a good I
dividend, and you wll not have any land, as is I
hHo-ften.jb'itvWi8M'fgood, .honest, hard In 1871, cultivate B. and C, pursuing the
WorMfimenwholabclr nnremhtingly and never ma course as ia X8U0.; - In 1872, cultivate C.
accumulate but verv little, while others in the and A-, and thus continue the rotation: by ao
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the case at present, to spend money on, to absorb
the profits of the better lancL .
Rotation of Crops.- While we have never
practiced this as thoroughly as we intend to do.
we have experimented sufficiently to say, that if
ferme 0q11 practice it with a judicious fyBtem
ui uiauuiiUKi tu lug L(VUUCUUa UI BOlia WOuivi
our farms into threa
n i70, take the same
I uu huw uim ivu nvuiu rcuUlIW
J cultivate all, as many do, (save a email section
for PasturaS8 purposes,) and do all you can oa
A- ana u. in thoroughly preparing them with
comV an they will produce, without a doubt,
more inaD lDe whole.
, After theroP ia planted on A. and B., take
the force an1 team u woul(1 uke to cultivate C.
I u tcv.wuu iu tiupruTctnenk
doing, we think your crops will be double in 1873.
Application of CovnpotL We will here grve
an outline of applying compost and our mode of
cultivation. - '
Before we start to haul our compost to spread
in the drill , for cotton, we run our field off into
lands, the space of five rows; for instance: if
our cotton rows are 3 feet wide, we run these
rows off 17 j feet; we then check across the dis
tance we suppose we will have the number of
loads of compost to the acre. If we think wo
have 150 loads to the acre, wo check this 1
feet across, which will make 144 loads to the
acre. By doing this, we get our compost put
regularly over the field. Then the rows are
run, and when done there is two on each aide of
the row that the compost is in, which make it
very convenient for the shovelers 'to apread in -the
drill, since there will be no necessity fjr
them to leave the heap as they can throw it frcia
seven toen feet.
We then ridge up with a turn plow and t pit
and middle with a double mould-board plow.
e are then ready to plant. We do not know
that it is necessary to state that the seed should
be planted shallow, and that they should come
un in a narrow line that in itmirht rw.
aihlA .
As soon as the plant shows Itself, we com-
mence-'plowing by the side of it with a small
pi0Wt a half shear or cultivator,
After we have thus run over, we start our hoea
to chopping. We are not particular this time,
as we merely block out, striking but one time in
a Dlace: where tha rotton ia hnahh w it
chopped thinner than where it is puny,
We then have the plow to follow and aide the
j;rt back immediately behind the hoo: after
getting over this time we have the hoe to go
ahead again, and are very particular as we eu-'
deavor, to put it to what is called a stand. We
then have the plow to follow immediately after
the hoe, in order to plow the dirt, back to the
young plant ; ' for if there should come a heavy
min It. trnn )A AtneA w1n A 1.1.,.'
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After getting over this time there is not mnch
to.be done by the hoc, except to go over and
take the bunches of grass and weeds out that
were left and perfect the stand then rood
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plowing is nearly all that is needful.
Our method of planting corn is to plant all
one way, or what js called drilled corn ; the dis
tance we give ourrows is from 5 to 6 feet. At
the first plowing we plow the dirt to the middle;
at the second we plow the dirt back to the corn,
and at the third we sow peas broad cast, at the
rate of one bushel to the acre, and lay it by aa
clean as a garden. The result is, we make a
fair crop of peas, besides we have very few nox
ious weeds to go to seed, but we have a fine crop
of pea-vines to furnish food for the coming crop.
' We will here remark, that we plant our corn
before we do our cotton, we take our whole force
into the corn and give it a good working. By
pursuing this course, we have ample time to do
justice to the cottou, consequently neither our
cotton nor oux corn suffers for the want of work.
Besides this, it requires less labor to cultivate
the crop, as one grasay row will require twice aa
long to work it.
Care of Stock. We are satisfied that no
branch of husbandry p iys better than kind atten
tion to stock. Not only this, we have a moral
duty to perform, and if we were to permit our"
horse that lends us "his strength, the cow that
gives us her milk," to stand in a lot of quagmire
without shelter, on the leeward aide of an old
house or stack, we should foel miserable during
the storni8 of winter.
By providing good quarters for stock, we sate
not onlythe stock, but a vast deal of mi n are
that would be otherwise lost. . When we clean
our horse stalls out, the droppings are placed
under a shelter.
Every-nigbt our cattle are penned and in the
norm rig we have the dropping taken np and
pat in pens, over these pens are shelters. Aa
for our hogs, we pen them every night near by.
m order -to protect them from thieves. . Next
mornin: we drive them to a pas tare we hare
specially for them.
We do not want houses for boss in the sum
mcr. as thev are mor r.fc m tt th miincm
than if allowed to run ut. In the winter, houses
and shelters pay well for them. J t
We expect to save this year at least fifteen
hundred mule loads of compost from our hogs.
Our advice to farmers is to plant more grain,
for in our estimation, one barrel of corn made at
home, is worth oearly or quite aa mnch aa two
from home. When you produce a barrelof corn,
you get the fodder and shucka, and sometimes
peas; whereas, if you purchase it from a neigh
Lor, you are troubled and perplexed in your
business frequently in getting it, by having your
business disjointed; and not only this, there ia
not many farmers who.will feed their stock aa
well, consequently they lose in this way. lot
short, Where there is plenty of grain raised, yoa
are apt to see fat horses and mules, and a pretty
good supply of hogs.
Meeting of Stockholders.
A general meeting of tbe Stockholders of the
Georgia Air Line Railroad Company" and of tha
"Air Line Railroad Company ia South Carolina?
will be held at the Office of tbe said Companies ia
the City or Atlanta, Oa-. on Tuesday the 2Sth day et
June, 1870, for the transaction of such business aa
the interests of the Companies' may require.
Jane 6, 1870. j 8. BUFOKD, PreldeW
rcu l.V 1870.
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