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-: ": . ' -' ' ' The French Defeat at Saarbruck. The London Timew corri-j'pondent, who has .arrived at Paris from the sceue of operations in the ngiou of Saarbruck; report the particulars tof the late actiou near that town, which termina ted in the defeat uf lhj French forces. This Cornspondeut reported that. he was au eje-wit-,tje3 of tho enra;cuent at Saarbruck. . j It was a surprise to the French. Ninety .thousand Pra&mans con fronted the French Rc rnd Corps, composed of thirty, thousand men, under General Frowuird. . 1 - The Prusaiaus, by mpid movements, suddenly appeared in the wood near tho town a.rtd opened a terrific fire of urltJIery i,d hluall artus upon the Freiirh. ' ! .' Frw5ards cotnm.md w quickly formed iuto line, and his columns advanced to the assault of . the Prussian position. 11 The Pru?s;aus friurhe cover of the forest, .opened -a withering fire upon the asaultiu;r columns, which repeat -dly reformed and ad vanced, only to be rt-pnked. A hundred times did the French troops, with heroic valor, advance cIomj up ti the cde of the woods, and with desperate impetuosity throw theutselres upon the Pr indium, and were always repubcd. They became dispirited and could not bo reformed. -1 . ! The Prussian artillery was served with tf rri-' I dc' prevision, nud the fire of the infantry was tell i w. Ceueral Frsardn army corps was frightfully decimated; His ranks were torn to pit-re. The j had made but one that they knew how to French troops compLiiJ loudly of the incapacity ' dress. J - of their commanders. jj ? " -A later writer states Ithat the scandalously The Pari crref loi.dent who detail the above j drLS w,,r" f th P d.ty at t l.e F rench information aho informs the Times that the I w,,er.e-, 1 UKhe ot C)rs,a-e auJ ne French military authorities up?n discovering his j t '.cknes of illusion is a woman s covering from presence iu theii cumpj crdcred him t.. return ,,e ' "P- can be traced ent.rely to the in 1 forthwith to Pa.is. In cuii.pliai.ee with their fl'u"ce ,e rn.-moude. Private letters say command he surted ti return to Pari. ! While j h fj',,ureof ,Je. Plhyer o enforce the ou the way heVa aaihd hy a uu.b and drag- c"rMP UP?,U I'anaiaii society is due to the il.r,.,,. !. il,. v.H.W .,r H.-non n.-.-.l . l : i. ...! trti .....t .l .t 1,1- life -. M.ri..li.Ir . ...lan.r,..; Tl, ,rr.n..HM,i n. l.sV :.i;.iv .. ... Cl-..r t.r ForLarl.. wl... infcrAti.rd in hin Uhnlf and jcocuid him from the clutches of the iuA. ( i The itonth.r gives the following account of, (he death of General ; luu iy at the battle of Weiici.bour;: : r ! ' - ' j ' . The fiencr.il was frorn the Itogiiining in the lhitkct of the i;ht. When he saw the day was hvi, aiier uc omu uiie an loai tie eouiu iu , , . . retrieve it., when not even a battalion was left , . , 11 - t 1 , him, he tahed his aid.-, imf by oue. gave them I .... r. .. i. t ..I .1 : . ...m.i... i. - i.i inn? oy 'rdcis aud ieiit them jawav. . 1 ii J &? IIIC t -it ne wr.s '-ore the Gene rni. ppiirruitr n.s 1 11.. v 11 . , . , , r i. . , , , I he miiinal. J hen turuinir rround. he slovvlv walked towards the cneriiv. II is xold-iers vainly iliilr . tricl to Mop hiui. .1 in ...1.. .. ! .1 .... i ri.: - i i: ...... ,..v .v...-,t ..v, , ueuoe.aj .-,r.r ..... . . ne .e re.., oiU.crs, i.r. by tW .ctacM turned. aga n up.,, the 4'ie.ii. uui leu in iim w arouuii ineir i.euerai, 5 - .. ' ' f vhtill prehkcd forwards ; Another tremendous j ... ! discharge froui thi enemy, and (Joueral l).iuay, auuost alone, Jeii ue.tu. i i i i TllE Ol JtlMNfl COMIIANDRHS. Thcj Trua-t-iHi4 eciii to be proving tin: truth again of what was exemplified iu ours War that young men nrc the bei-t Ceuerals. j'lincc Frederick. Wil liam. -Our 1'ritz," who-ulminittrjred to the vete ran McMahon uth a wltipplug. is but iliirty "niiie yeais of zpe. 11 is cihimh. Frederick Charh?, whi rommamls the rili of the armyisj forty three, and i. believed by uiauy authorities to be the beet military Miatcit in tht j worldi The remainder of the l'rusian couiuianderi are gen erally well advanced in 'years "oii Bilteufield and Vou Steiumetz. the hitler of whom won the yiotoryat ?aarbrucken. having each marched in fo I'aris with the vii tortus allies in ISloi The French have lot a youni man in pioiuinent po sition, if e except TiocLu, leecutlv made a- s An American Ni;KE.rA letter from Stras lmrz say : "I have jiut met an artist attached in oue of the illustrated papers. 'Will you come with me? ho n-iid. I atu about 'to wketch a young American lady wlio 1ms' come here to jiuie our woundfd.' 1 1 followed him to the hotel, where we fundLber. 5he was voumr. pretty, and, according to Report, rich ; certainly an amiable nurse t"ditraet the'atteutioii of her jutU'nt. Fr moute of these ladies, particularly j for this American to whom I refer, the idea of j the picturesque has had Something to do with j their determination. The Ltter is not averse to , have her rtrait puhliaLrd. and he dre&sod fori that purpt'in it ctumb which leminds one! fnortf ofun :ru.Zou than .f an attendant, npni ! .he sick; a pray Teh hat, with white 'feat In t ; ; m bLirk.t..nie. ciitine.1 at-lho waist by a belt iu varnished leather, wilh'aj s lvi r buckle ; ; loose ! i..s. i..iim lawn nit- Mav.aiiu llessuu toou. with whitii spurs. It' must heal- ..wcd that thh lmii(i trouM do cs.pita!Iv for i tue vpra vouiiiu. oi.e i.a also mree horses ! Shi ha ni for herelf. another to cairv the uied I- ! tines, aud the third fr!her servant , . GOLD AT A PKEMIt M IN PARIS Froneh -,T are ium, ? oM.ica. cx,encuce ?iu.i- Hiplo are be:itmin jar . our own ui ine laie war. 1 lie recent i.iiie Jar to our own iu of n ih'ii.uid Kiiliioui of t u rii rc;idy induced a prcmiuui of four per cent on fold, although the suiOimoii of lhf Jfjwkof! , ....... i ordinance in DecemU r lBoO ; F. rt SuiUer was i rai.ee nas exustea uut aitewUiys. In ..ur war ' last, thai e were nearly eiht thoiwnud there was a Lug hiutu between tl. beginning j optatives "..n the Ktreet"'at Fall ijiver, of the war and the UiMi,.n ..f spjei." pay- ehusetts. Tht is the result of a Strike Ii.enfk South lro!i.i:i! iliniul 1. ........ . .l.: ... l. 1. ri -r n . ; n icivmu i inu tin icu ....nils, . j nc Cl.v O l'all I .o...uarucu u. M-rj., ioui aim ine Oaflleot Jiull j tioq of cottou c.hhIs almo st wholly-print cloths Kun ws fought iu. July. I 1SU1 ; but it wa m-t I no h w ilian 'twenty mdis ruiiuin' over , half a Until Ja.iuatj Ii. M. I hat gold was quoted at j nulli. u of'spimlle.. aud 12;00 1.m.A,8 be:m' -n p;em u Indeed, the; early torie of Fort j cnp'ied with thiiiaiiufactu.e, pr.Hlucin.r upwards louels..Ji. Loanoke and N wberu held ..old at of 100,000,000 yards per aumuu, aud "iviu-em- " " vr . v oi iire time year. Yet gold in France has advanced four I r cent iu only a lew uaj Immenso fortunes were made during our wr by sharp speculators j ii ktH. oK uiMiivw posifu as io nid progress ot ; the two Mrinicn iu thej fit-Id. Doubtleiss I some 1 snrewa a anKets u ju taKe advantage c.r the pre sent i'pportuuity togo'over to I'aris and by iocs Vemrers and euius&uri.j faiioiml with tl.o - C j --------- .... .V !. Eunpoan rmieipricurc hc earliest intelligence of ball lti therewith to coin fbrtuues at the: Paris j Jjoursc, -' !' : TttA N S A TLA N XI C VjErs OF WAR During jhe progress ofthe late war in this country some of the Paris journals expressed their inability to decide upou the success the two contending 'American armies. They said it appeared to "them that the Southerners gained all the victo ries; but that the Northerners took all the owns. It strikes us that similar, movement are now going on on the other sidj. Our reports from Paris lead us to believe that the French arc vic torious iu all the figbtKbut it is more certain lint the Prussians 'are taking all the towns.! i Parisian Fashions and the Demi-Monde. . J Correspondence ctf CincianatijGaiette. It is a strange state of society which in one country permits notoriously bad; and impure women to set fashions in dress, which are imitat ed and followed by the pure and virtuous of the rest of the world. Strange as it is. it is never theless true. rThe leaders of the demimonde in Pans, as bold and shameless a class as can anvwhere be found, are also the leaders ""J ' fashion. These women wiiu iue. seneranv speaking, rained the position they occupy by their personal charms, are nv i!t incvery ait that will enhance them, and reckless and extrava gant in the use of means to supply these arts, eonppicuons among which are those of the toilet. They are the most ctly and elegantly appar elled females of the capital,' delighting in oppor tunities to flaunt their extravagance of equipage and attire in the face of the wives J of their ther amis as they pass them on tho drive. .Several years since wheu the! demi-mnJe first came into fashion, a courageous lady of rak, whose husband, report says. Ii a a Deen lea away by a siren of that class, determined that he would see for herself in what the seductive power of the. women consisted, .which could al lure men from pure homes aud lawful wives. Consequently .she made up aarty who disguis cl themselves, and managed to gain entrance to ore of the select masquerades given by a noted courtesan. When questioned afterward as to ; the discoveries she had made, she replied she n.e cause, i ne uaugniersor pleasure laugn I ai ana riuicuie ii, ana m.-ike thcniBelvcs more ,i attractive than ever in their hrohte toilettes. having umre influence in the .whin than even . lhp Kinpreso herthrooe. It is represented that l.uiremes aonerence to itaru shoulders is as much a matter of NpularitY as tate. the r oiff" of Paris deeming that such exhibitions are a part of royalty, expect it, having no fancy for an Kmprcs choked to the throat like a grand mother. j A 1'nrNHn ficlilnn firtlct ft ftnr errtii t nrr t imo T ft ; and talents on the invention of i toilet, takes .1 ' . . - -. tho steps most certain ot securing its success 1.1: .1 t; 1 r .1 ' and making it the rage, celectiiiir one of the I M tl i. i,..0 ; viuir iiiv r trw - rrwrrt tr. n "aij uouiio rtiii; Inni in her eye while engaged in the work, and . U'lkKk 1 1 Ilk fflt&k Wl V dtftl.4 nfllwl ' ttlW .. ...I ; juIj the ct(uuie to Iier time. Ptudyms its be- comingiiess and clegMiiee in every detail. 1 . , ... - , J , . .. When it the I . w . -; v mm - iv. i. i v IU I U I I U III f n?irP;n flfi llllkV:ll(, slowly tltf cruwJ wnQ lhru hc pUl,ie places. f.T she k, -W9 tllat lJ()Vtl Jim attract ive costume w mm m M w JB uiv c i ..-ii j . n . . i 'i -n i Will nr.'lW nil PVP II rum Iter :iinl will lid u. ;;i t ,'... i ' . Vino II V th(l. U'llil IVPl llii'lr rl:iv f ot-hhihi j her drei'S and note its effect iveness. She thus becomes a fa&hiou model and au -advertisement for the mwtiie. ! The Empress Eugenie, the Princes Metter uich, aud uthor ladies of rank have, had the credit of originating most of the I'aris toilets, wlircn in fact they d- nothing of the kind. They choose from the styles offered for their considera tion, adopting and thus sanctioning those which please them most, or are most becoming, the same styles having very freouently ibeun fiiet introuuceU by WxciUmt-momte.. JllE NeORO AVIIU -TOTKD'' ltoBKRT LEK. During my official intercourse with the ue grces I have gleaued a gd many littles items of interest outside official duties Among other things, cases of remarkable longevity! are by no means rare among them. ' On oue plantation I ditbovercd an old darky who had bt-cu theslawol General B. E. Lee's father the fauious -light Horse Harry," of Bevolutionary memory and who declared that he used to -tote" Hubert Lee iu his arms when a boy. He has some cou fused recollect iou of the struggle of "seveuty-five, ' which he Confounds with the recent tiouhles of tho rebellion, and by a curious misconception he I ideutifi s the -Yankees" with the hated British ud Tories of those days, and embraces all in a conimon detestation. I tried to eiplaiu to l.im that the V-ukees really professed to be his best friends, but he flew iuto such a rage that I was compelled to desist. IJayico"dt Git., ,'or. A". Y. World. j -- r- f jr j EDITORIAL Code (ij Honor. --Xo class of people occupy a more responsible ptsitiou than editors. 'j he public justly look upoii them as patterns aud exponents of the people. Thetatf of society is now estimated to a great' extent by ine tone aim seniuuencoi me press. , it tnc journals of our country, and some of the Muen who conduct them, are to represent the scnti- ment, intelligence and civilization of our people. wo fear liiat -i.ur moral :ind civil . will nr. copy a low position iu the estimation of the civilized world.. We are continually j pained to U' If llt . 1V wlm.B ff ill., low Ul.ll.iliril .. ai.. .v.. to civjIiZatiUJl which is exhibited by -Home of .1... : i . . r .. .... i .i . t ,,rJ"ul ot our times, aim tuo uieu no rep- rescuL iiiem. Strike i.n MAssAriiL'SETTs.-f-On Friday factorv Masfcn ainoug noted the e .uutry over for its immeuse produc- in'ir ix pioymeiii 10 prooaoiy lu.uuu operatives in various departmeu's. The strikers resist ! a the a re- ductiou of f rom 7 to 10 perceut of tie hpinuers and weavers, j II the wages i t Disappointed Hkiress !A California millionaire recently died, 'and it was supposed had left all .his property to his oifciy daughter. But when the will was read, it proved that he had cut her off without a shilling; whereat, she became so enraged that she seized tho document and tore it to pieces. It seems that when she married, some teu yoars ago, her 'ather swore never to forgive her, and while in this passion, made his will. They soon became reconciled, but it is supposed that he forgot orl neglected to destroy the old will and make ailothcr. The woman hai. been indicted, and is ujow awaitin !" J.. i i The Kuoxvillo Whig says East Tennessee has raised this year 5,000,000 bushels of. wheat, aud will have a surplus of 3.000,000 bushels for Mile. - 'More than h.is Kipn m?vl in ili.i e I tiouTor tweuty years. m ; - - w. M iflHI I Xorth Carolina News; ljisHOP Atkinson. We are pleased ; to ! learn that this eminent Bishop is about to visit his flock in this part of the State, for the pur pose of administering the rite of Confirmation. Hielio'p A. is oe of the most distinguished pre lates of the Anglicau Communion. At the Ljaiubeth Conference " held in England in 1867. t which a larire number of BUhoiw from all of!Pfaoi mc worm . Y i mif nuiho rniLimttPK w uch had to ' deal - r- y , .. . , with the most important subject brought before lliat Uidy. He is So much honored and respect ed abroad that oue of the'English Universities hiis iconfered on him the degree of L. L. P. shtville ' Citizetii : : -i f . !. f , 'i; A son of Milas Alexander, Esq.t of Ire dell County, aged about 20 yeais, was killed by lightening while standing uudcr a tree oue day lubt week. . . I" -!.,;"'...;'.!"; i . 'u !',-'.! !'''- A Card Bingham School, Aug. j 2th. In answer to inquiries j from mauy quarters, I beg leave to say: to the friends nd ! patrons of the JJingham School that they need have no apprehension of I interruption to thet School in consequence of my arrest by Kirk's meij on the 2il instant. I was released ou the 3rd with the assurance that I should not be further molested The pretext for my arrest I have never learned. The people of this region are unanimous -iu' tje determination to' make no resistance ' except by the law of the hud. - Wil. BINGHAM. I ,. , . . . i , j. . i j The Yarborol'GH House Thi Hotel, so well known to the traveling, public, has just been refitted and refurnished iu every department, and will in future be uuder the management of Dr. G. W. lilacknall, of Kittrells Springs, a gentleman whose reputation places him iu the front rank uf laudlurds in the isouth. Uultujii MrthodUt. ' Important. Distilled spirits in : quantities five galloiis and over must be put into vessels susceptible of.reeeiviug xtmnps. Demijohns or tin vessels are not allowable, nor kega iwithout t;llllps, and subject steam boats, drays, of it ail- r4'd cars conveying them to seizure aud confis- cation. See scctiuu 4J, act lboX. Jutiuyh f"n U" ' H . ; I . i t&" Colonel Walter Clark.. Conservative, willj contest the ieat of John Beufrew. Kadical Hep- resetitative elect from Halifax; upon I hej ground j, uf a want of resiueuce. llcufrew .has'liTed witb;? h s taini v in lla ei'-n lor twelve moDtns., i 1 . c i - j Bellamy, the lladical Senator elect from Ed coinbe. is also a resideut of Raleigh, .-where umii ied and settled more than a year ago. isaid that it Micajuh Audcrsou, Lonservative, will is se.it.' ; - j f ; ; ' contest h r Delegates to Mecklexbuho Presbytery. despatch sent by Jay Gouid to the Vice Piesi - 'Hie Deh-atesto the Fidl Session of t he Pies-1 dent of the Pennsylvania Central Kail road the bttery of Mecklenburg, at Franklin,, N. C. on the 7th of September, who propose "to 'spend the Slbbath pieceding (en route) in Asheville, will report themselves ou arrival at McDowell & Pat tiin's Store, ou 31aiu street, where a committee oft afraiigemcnts will be in waiting to assign them toi places of lodging. Ministers who desire to preach that day at. missionary points m Bun ciimbe county, will drop a line ' forth itb to the undersigned, and appointments will cheerfully be made for I hem i l; . j )!.'. llespectfully, ; r Henry IT. Banks, l'astor of i'rcsbyteriau Cliurch at' Asheville. il ; J i i -i i ' COT The Tarborn I'aroliuiati testifies to the f. lowing ; it mut be true : ; lt is said to be an absolute fact that there is a young hidy Jin Tar tv rol who Jie'pshcr mother to do the house work. Our County Agricultural Society jshould vote her a preiiiium. Bankrupt Discharges. List of Bankrupts discharged. at Salisbury, his Ilouor, G; W. lirooks : T . It... ?... n W .!..... T1...U.... T i , - . I w - i, I Ateacliaui, Joseph tvoss (i'lxfoii Moses H Hand. j Hoicitii Samual A Sloan, William P 3Iar- ii JA' F Graber, j Isaac W Jones, Willian il Smith, David McLean, Abraham Nash, Calvin S iBrowu, John C Giilesre, A A Cowan, John C jlJeusoti, Anthony lieiieiui, V llliam J Mills, Isaac A itherspooiiJ t v Ji lister. Luuurrug Aud. sou 11 fccutl, JJ.iniel Uolei mail, Jjcwis 1' W uilaker. m a v t t 1 CiiioH James U liaucum. Alexander Stepheiu L Howell, Thomas Dub, . . i ; : C(r.u cebt ml Dixon Falls. 'JJmu'r Nathan . Haucline, David J Cren sliUW, -TholnaS S I'enr. '. cob C Douihit. Georixd W 'i houias J lirowu, Ja Driuger, William V Wilson, in DroWii. AJcUoicUJ C Whitsuu. ! J nlkiu 1 hoinas Lonir, Nicholas Will Hums. 'iSulULuri A'or.tA State. llussia is the only country in the world which uow approaches jthe Uuited States iu tht j exlent of r-dioads bting built. Unlike tht j unueu ciaics,'. iioever, it. is oongeu to iuipore most of its rails. J lie Clevel.iud aud Tyue dis tiij:is alone, iu Eugluud, are said-to have! orders froui llussia to the amount of 3,000,000 for railway materials of all kinds. - The Northeast ern ilu-trict is produciug railroad materials' atj the rateol l,i 00,000 tous a year, aud lucreasiu itsj furnaces, so uret is the demand fo railroadsi iu :ousli ueliou ou the continent of Eurooe. i t 1-; tt ;r More Chinese SnoEMAliERS. It is stated! that; Mr. Sampson, of North Adams, is !so wellj pleased with the' result of his introduction of Chiiiese' labor into his shoe factory that lie will! m'a lew weeks send for fatty more workmen from California. Uf the seventy two Chinamen he hai how at work all but four or five are doinjr finely; the incompetent ones he will send back to pail I' ral'cisco. !)' Journal. I A! Texan Anecimite. About the ! close of the Texan war, a steamboat was running between Nej Orleans and! Galveston, the; captain of which, in a truly pathetic way. let it bej known that' he would transport the d'charged Texan soldiers to New Orleans without fee or reward.1 It may be made a sure thing that the worthy steamboat man was not without calls. One day a stalwart fellow cu mo down and demanded pas sage on the aforesaid promise. . The captuiji lok'd at him for a moment, and then asked : j-Were you in the war?" i j-Yes.JSir-r-r-r-r," responded the sixfojter. What wcre'ou7" said the captain.! A bigh private,' answered the applicant. fGo right- on board, stranger," said the cap tainj, "I've been running this boat two yearn, and carried up more than two thousand men that fit, .but you're the fust private I've met 'so far." 5Hme ingenious chap has invented a machine to inake irniau rise eiirly in the morning. But it is said there is nothing more reliable than a aix inoutns ulu baby. i Colored Hen, Ibe not Alarmed. It is natural' that the colored men in JNortti Carolina should be crestfallen and alarmed at the recent defeat of Radicalism. We Bay it is natural ; for they have been s6 efteo told the snccess of the Democratic party Would sound the denth knell of their rights, that we are not sup prised to hear that many of them, with fear and trembling, are dreading the ime when the Legis lature is to assemble, thinking they will again be reduced to slavery f r -" ,; v -f- ; :1: f We assure them, now; that the democrats will be in power, what we have so often assured them before, that not one jot or tittle of their rights, as secured by. the Constitution of North Carolina and of the United States, will be disturbed.- We assure theiii farther, that the Demo cratic Legislature will protect them " in these rights ; and instead of being a calamity to them we honestly believe thai our triamph ; will re dound to their best interests. - ) j I The fre'dom of the colored men is guaranteed forever. Their riyht to cote is now incorporated! in the Constitution of the ljuited States, and. if every member of the Legislature was in favorjof taking awayt either of these righfs, they would not have the power to do it. " , J , : :.:' Therefore, colored men jof North Carolina, there is no cause for alarm. The Conservative party is pledged .to 'maintain your rights, and those rights will te. protected. - The assertion that any effort will be made to deprive you tf them is false, basely' false1;" and no one knows 1 belter than the vile wretch jwho attempts to poi-' son. your minus ana excite your auimosuy nun such silly and absurd falsehoods, j J We repeat that the Democratic Conservative Legislature will see to it tliat every (right you now enjoy j will be safely guarded. It will do more. It willlift the burdens which; keep you in poverty a iid-ignorar.ee. fii-stj by reducing the enormous taxation which is iti part paid by our labor, and secondly, by diseminating throughout j the btate a system ot I public; scnoois.; lor ue education of yoKSachildreii which the Jtadicals promised ou, but which promise they failed to redeem. Tarttoro ISouthprn r jj- j. . ' --4 j- T?airnfUi Consolidation;' and the Consecuences. The teudency to coiisolidatittn of the j great railroad lines and interest'iM the country has lgyjj apparent for some; tiiiie past. This now - begins to take place on a gigantic scale. The raiJroad kings., who control, thq principal liucs. and are no icouibminir iwitu i view to increase t ,jl0jr pr,,fit!j d vast fortunes at the expense! of the public I The very ' significant telegraphic other day shows what is taking place. JJr. -. . . " vt ' . n!...!.i l i. ..!'....: wun me wew lors , euirai, which . oi course requires the acquiescence of all competing Hues. When can you come tolNew York ?" We un derstand Mr. Gould s-iys'this 'hew consolidation affects every dollar of interest in the two roads." Tfle New York Central 'and Erie llailroads and Vande'rbilt;1 Gould and iiskj aj-e united in a coni moii hnterest to keep up a high. rate of fares and frtight and the Pennsvlt aiiia .Central, as is seejn by Mf Gould's telegram to 3Ir. Scott, is iuvited to 'I ioinl the combination. With jtlie tci'tiiS of this arrangement or as to which lias made the greatest concessions we ! are uot in formed. Nor ! do we tliiuk it of niueh conse quence to the public,! forj that is a private mat ter among these railroad: chiefs. 'Hut as to the fact and probable consequences of this consoli dation the whole: coniuiuuity is deeply interested. Look at the thousands of miles 'of. railroads the two great trunk lines of Erie and the New York Ceutral embrace land control. I Look at the area of couuiry they -stretch over,1 the many "i" millions of people, with all their vast agncultu ral, mauufacturiiii; and other material interests dependent upon j these roads and their connec tions for transportation, f J hen add to this com bination theT Peiinsylvania Central, with j is branches aud ramifications, land we sec the most stupendous monopoly that ever existed in the hands of four or five meu. Nor is it. likely the coutiolidation will go no further. The Balti more and Ohio Hue aud its branches may be brought into this common j interest, j Indeed it is difficult to conjecture how far this cousolida- tiou may go unless either the government, ofthe t .'.' .i tit.. ..; .!. r.".'.j;..:ii . . . several oiaies oi nie icueiai ovenii.ieiib i.ner- pose. The three great trunk lines named, with their connections, represent a capital,1 probably, of not less than six or seven hundred millions of d llars. Tho incoeine they jdraw from the peo ple for travel aud freight is euoruious. Ar. Y. iir.dd.- I i ?i ' ) I : A: Case op Slspemei Animation The Troy Times ;tves it lie fbllowinr account : "An uuiisiial 1'italitv, incident to, the late extreme heat and the diseases peculiar ;toi younjr-children, has for si-few-days past population of this ! eiif-ieu jainoii; ine iiiiauiue section, j In coimcetioii with tins fact a somewhat singular circumstance j is related to us. uf the supposekl death of a child in Lausiu:burj. The child, whose parents resid ed Tu the lower part of the village, ; became ill, and rapidly rew worse, until it sank into what was supposed to be death j The body was pre pared lor the ;rave, and the parents were pros trated with the deepest grief over the loss of their little oue. i Among jthose who visited the corpse was a woman whose acute perceptive facul ties discovered to! her certain .appearances which indicated life, fehe applied: cold water to the lips, which after a feebly answer to the reviving draught, and the propi i proper restoratives being used, the child was subsequent ly brought to.coneions ness, and is uow almost restored to a new life. The joy r.f the parents can jbes imagined, i while those who saw tl'its circumstance were left to speculate on those ntystenous things i wliich are constantly brought to'onri notice, but-wliich be fore were "little id i earned of in our pliilosoplit." Taxes Uepealed Tlie new tax bill pro vides that from' and after the first of October next all taxes imposed u pon" carnages, piauo fortes, watches, yachtst billiard tables and gold aud silver plate, shall cease, together with the taxes upon boats, barges, flats, legacies and suc cessions, passports and gross receipts of railroad, insurance and other companies. After the 1st of May, 1871. the special; or liceuse tax now imposed ou all kinds of dealers, physicians, law yers,1 brokers, claim agents, &c.,. will be discon tinued, except that paid by distillers, brewers, cigar and tobacco' manufacturers. The tax ou sales also ceases after lb&: first of next October, except that p lid by stamps (broker's tax) to gether with the stamp duties oq promissory uotes for less amount than 8100, such notes now requiring a five cent stamp. The two cent stamp uon receipts for money is abolished from October 1st, and the income tax of 21 per cent. pn all over 2,000 shall be collected only during li-iT-n na-isfii'. tiifif. rivjilrv winch tirniiiisid to he l -v-"JVy""". J "i" 7 , "' a benefic t"o the H'ountry by Reducing the rate UtJ ! of farts and freight to the lowest paying figure, the years lttiO aud I 1. Slang. Wo rorrrot from nmfli thl rrAVftlnr" of ftlniKT I -o'"'- i - r v . . e- The habit f using it generally Regius in early life.: The reason why young people are guilty of it is the same cause that makes them curse, swear, use tobacco and drink whiskey, viz :' the 61 ly desire to! appear mannish, inasmuch as the swells of a coinmunity are guilty of these bad i ! A. parent cannot be too careful in prohibiting his' children from the use of slang. : If permitted to talk it, they will be apt to associate with those w io employ the same language ; but if checked w len . they are first heard to talk the vulgar dialect, they jwill learn to despise it and those who befoul their mouths with it. I The use of slang is one of the best proofs that a young man has not been properly brought up, and is a serious objection to him with all who do not know with whom he has associated. : In a strange place jtiis apt and very properly, too to exclude a person froni the best society, j ; . I The indulgence in this very vicious language is likely to hislja man through life, aud will ever injure his standing with all sensible men, and the waut, of Recess of many persons may be traced to the fcoarse expressions they have been iu the habitbf usiug.. jJj : i "j ' ' Bad as is .the employment of slang phrase by men. it is iufiuitely worse when we bear 'them issue from the mouths of women, out of . which proceed but purity and refine- nothing should ment, Tifrbeai'aman.talkthellauguageofthe low and debased is very disagreeable ; but to near a woman. uiier it is uisgusnug. . it c uisap prove ofse,vere!pnuishment for little girls; but if one is hoard lo talk slang, a judicious parent should so correct her that iu the future, when she hears : the! (loose expression of tho rabble, ie may be on (tier guard neverl to repeat ineui. Matrimonial Machine. A- machine to facilitate marriages has, it is said in model at least! been sent to the Patent Office ty its iufeutor. The mition is, that the marriageaoie people oi a social pircic or aistrict are to put tlreir respective names, written on cards, iiitothej machiue1; "pop .setting', it'' in. operation, the niajonty ofthe epirds are ground to impalpable powder, jut a fewj are turned out matea,aud paired byiinexorable tate. lut, after all, this is uot e,(ual to' the method ofthe olden time. Then the lads and lasses1 gathered arouud the glowing hearth, the andirons were cleared from the blazing logs, and the bovs arranged chesuuts upoij ( oue aijdii-oiiv thje girls on the other. Each chesnut represented oue individual the one who) placed lit. there ; and the heads came very cuisQ together over the lire while the hands were placing the chesnuts ou the respec tive bars. The chesniuts ; were! left to rocisc. jThere was no iuto the fire. lope for those that, exploding, fell Those that flew out of the chini- njey-pl ice into khe room had another chance': r i . . i 1 - ' ' ' 1 1 but those that sat out the roasting upou the bars ,ci c luctuuuiyiiiuu ii levoeuuiy uiaieu. was only requisite in, the begiuuing tlfat the chesuuts snould oe examined, to see that there were no les in them ; jthe test was perfectly fair, and ine great advantage was that the-;chesuuts them- selves "poppeu i tneiuesuon. f ' , Sale of a! Cotton j Crop. We notice in our exchanges that a planter in Louisiana recent ly sold his growiug cotton crop at " fifteen cents p6r pound all rciuud, the cotton to-be delivered, at Vidalia. opposite Njitchez.. The transaction took place between representatives of substautial business jliouscM and extensive jilantersj i 1 I UDjprecedented Success. . Withinthe past year,) fifty thousand boxes of DR. TDTrS VEGEHA11LE! LIVER PILLS have been so'lJ, andinot a fefngle iAsinuce is known wliere lliey have fail td tO g' ve satisfaction ir you would enjoy robust : health, use life, have a fine! appetite aud t h ese pi li s. - 'August 22, 1870 Lincolnton I FEMALE SEMINARY. The exercises of this Institution will be resumed on Mondaly the jSith September, under the direction JJ, of Judge jund Mrp. Cieyard," assisted by competent instructors. Fdr. teimsl, tVc.. apply to j . - T. W 1870. ! CREVAUD. Principal. ' Aug. ! i H Lincolnton; N. C. Clover Seed. At j WILSON & BLACK'S. "Window Glass and Putty. CO Boxes' W indow Glass - 700 Pounds Phtlyj I i I Just received at WILSON & BLACK'S. Soaps. Caj-bolic Launtlry Soap,- H:itli i v j Toilet J f ! Medicated " ; Dental ' : li jiving' ' ;. Ptani Protector, . Just received at 1 WILSON BLACK'S Drug Store. August 13, 1870, Fresh Beef and Mntton. - 1 - -f - -l . - - : : . 1 i win nave nice iresn ueei j ana Mutton every morning at my Stalls opposite the Court llouao. 1 hiive erected a. shd for the convenience of custdmers and to keep my meala in good order. j Those who patronize me may expect to be dealt justly with, and satisfaction guaranteed. ' Give me a cull at my stand opposite the i otirt House, h i ill ) lii'pivpr i Km vu BURWELL JOHNSTON. Aug 15, J 870 i 4w"'' :r-;Ht(:"--'i - .' i Fall and Winter Iciportatioc :870. ! I ,r i li-iL.; 1 x xvxwwuiio, au.xjiiiacx y wouaw uuoua ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO , ! i luiporters iand Jobbers of Bonnet, brimming &. Velvet Ribbons, ; BONNET SILKS, SATINS AND VELVETS, Blonds, Nells. Crapes, Ruches, Flowers. Feather, Ornaments, Straw Bounets and Ladies' Iiats, trjoi nied and untrimaied. Shaker Hoods, Ice. I j 237 a alij 23d Baltimore Street, ! ; Baltimore, Md- i Offer the largest Stock to be found In this country, ana unequalled in choice variety nd cheapness, comprising the latest Parisian novelties. Orders tsolicited.'and prompt attention given. -August 15, 1870 ; pd 1 :i - H Cheaper than1 Ever. :i We are daily receiving fresh Groceries, such as Coffee. Rio and Jaf a; Sugars of all grades; MoUsses, from the cheapest: to the best New Orleans; Porter and Ale. of the vefy best branda. ; Also, a large lot or t lour all of which we will sell cheap for cash. uiveus a call. July 18, 1870. GRIER & ALEXANDER. Farm i for Sale. j A email FARM for sale with the growing crop in good repair and jwell -improved seven miles North of Charlotte aud one mile and a half of Capps' Gold inm i . i BENJAMIN KINNEY. August 8, 1870; 4wpl : War Cries I in Paris. ' The correspondent of the Clncinn.t; mercial,; writing from Paris, giVa a droll tc couui, m nie street, cries ot I'arukupoa th auuuuuceineuv o tue aecjantlion of war IT says : . 11 ft I saw one group of several hundredUB, men bearing the tri-enlnr and c ; n J S r ... o - ---- -""f'nj tneM SeillaiSQ hvmn. Thcv vcro nn dnnk . ly interested iu what they tvera hnnt i lAmoua hvmn .was net &n i T . , . J , . r- oa over. WDeiming.asa had expected. I. had often thought that it would be the event of a lifetiiu to hear the Marseillaise sung in the streeu of Paris, but this was not np to expectation. U Was not equal to souio cases of singing j0la Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave' that I had v heard. There vas one hideous err though, that it was interesting to hear whaia view of the oblik of Luxor, whirl. .....t. site ofthe guillotine 'Hurrah for war !' TU ptrangest spectacle was to see women standine up iu carriages, as the multitude passed, tlnt the Marseillaise and shrieking war cries. One 'especially I noticed, who would make sn admir. ble goddess uf liberty on the Fourth of Ju- stauding upon the seat of her carriage cliJ by the golden tipped spikes of the railing oftbe terrace ofthe Tuileries her arms quivering over her head, shouting shrill and long 'Vive la Guerre.' They kept the excitement ' up H nightv hundreds of carriages following' tho crowd with , the ; tri-color. . This was on Thursdav night, and but a feeble indication of that which was to follow " . ; LAND FOR SALE. As Administrators of the Ut John lSUck. we will sell at the Court House door in CKnrlotte. on tba first day of October next, th following tracts of Land, subject to the widow's dower : j One tract known as the Smith Land, eonttininf 70, Acres, adjoining the Uud of J B. WillitmsoB, A. G. Keid and others. . ' ; '4 Oue tract known as the McCaII place, Zi Aerei adjoining the above. , All woodland. ' One tract known as the Joe Black tract, S3 Acres," adjoining K. B Weddlngton, E. C. Grier and oilers. - And one tract known as the Porter tract. 2'i Acres adjoining J. M. Milhew, D. M. Lee and others. ' Tkums. Six mouths credit for bond and pproed security. . MARY' T. BLACK, JOHN T. DOWNS, Aug 1", 1870 w Administralom. Seed Wheat, An excellent article for Bale by 8TENII0USE, MACAULAY & CO. August 15, 1870. The Merchants and Farmers Na tional Bank of Charlotte. Bpoks for subscription to the Capital Stock of lbs Merchants and Farmers Nationul Bank of Cliarlo'lu will be opeh for thirty dajs at the Htore of Steo house, Macuulay Si Co., the Store of Carson & Grier and the Dry Goods Store of Brem. Brown k Co. Full ' information can be obtained at the above mentioned . places, or by applying to any of the undemijrned. ' Til OS. II BHEAi. ' J. HARVEY WILSON, JAS. II CARSON, - A. MACACLAY, 8 P. SMITH, B. K00PMANN, V V. Dt)WD. ': W. J. YATES, Charlotte, Aug 8, 1870. ' , - Commissioners. - Valuable City Property for Sale. . As Attorneys for Ismrc Loewenstein, we will sell at Public Auction, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Friday.-the 2d day or September. 1870, TWO BRICK STORE 110 U.sES on Trade Street, adjoin ing the property. of Thos. II. Brem and others, and known as the Kahnweiler property, and we are en abled to siaie that all difficulties in reference le the title have been adjusted, aud a perfectly good title will uow be guaranteed. . Terms hall' cash and half 6 months credit. . J. If. WILSON, VANCE 4 DO WD. As the Attorney of E. S. Jaffray & Co., who bars a rlaim ou the above property, I consent to this sale, and will unite iu the title, rendering it undoubted. Aug. 8, 1870 4w RUFU3 BARR1NGER. - - - IV. JJ. WOODWAHI), of It. Carolina, dibble; worth & co.. Commission Merchants, 18 Piarl Street, XE)V YORK. C. B. DIBBLK. B O. WORTH. ' OKO M. DEWST. B. c. A. WOllTll. A. DAV. 1. P. O. Box 4577. Prompt personal attention lo salesof Cotton. Naval Stores and Generul Produce,. with quick return. August lf, 1870 8mpd Liverpool Salt loifKrfX SACKS Liverpool Sail for sale hj O VP . STENIIOCSE, MACAULAY A August 15, 1870. i . CO. Attachment Notice. Ephraim Tucker, plaintiff, against Si'toi'l Booth, Deft. Twenty-five Hundred S'l.fW) Dollars in Gold Coin, .with interest from the 13th day or April, lbC'J, at seven per cent per annum, due by note. Warrant of Attachment returnable before John A. McDonald, Clerk of the Superior Court of Cabarrus, county. State of North Carolina, at his office, in the Town of Concord, on Monday, the tb day of Sep tember, 1870, when and where the Defendant is re quired to appear and aiifwer the complaint. Dated this lat dity of August, 1870.. ; 34-4wpd EPHRAIM TUCKER, TVS. Attachment Notice. Francis Vanderburg agaiiut F, W. Croaby. One TJi6u8andr($l,0(X)) Dollars, with iotereat from the t;th day of October, 18C8, dae by note. Warrant of Attachment returnable before Jobs A. McDonald, Clerk of the Superior Court of Cabarrus county. State of North Carolina, at his office la ike Town of Concord, on .Monday ihe 6lh day of Septem ber, 1870. when and where Ihe Defendant la required to appear and auwcr the complaint. , Dated this 1st day of Augur, 1870. S4-4wpd FUANCIS VANDEBBURG, ri ff. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg county. ' Suptrior Court. ! Daniel C. Wilson r.. John 51 Weals tt mt Special I'roceedings for Partition of Land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that John M. Wentz, Elmira Williamson and Malinda Black, three of the defendants in this ease, reside beyond Ihe limits of this State, it is ordered by tbe Court that publication be made for six ueeesi weeks in the Western Democrat, a newspaper pub linbed in ihe City of Charlotte, notifying said de fendants to be and appear before Ihe Superior Court of said county at the Court House in Chariot! within twenty days from ihe date of this publication to answer the complaint in the abote proceeding. ar judgment pro eonfesso will be entered against lB according to complaint. Witues, E. A. 0borne. Clerk of Ibe Superior Court of said county, at office la Charlotte, the H" day of August, A. D., 1870 E. A. OSBORNE, C. S. C Aug. 15187Q 4wpd Wheat Wanted. rlhrfhffh Bushels Wheat wanted, for which eDUvll VU If il.. l,UI..kt m.rkft nriee will be paid. i July 1 1th, 1870. i ! W. J. BLAOw
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