North Carolina Newspapers

IVJT J YATESf Editor ahd Proprietor. rrw Subtcrtption three dollabs, in THE "V"estern Democrat FXBLISHXD BT YATES, Editor and Proprietor.: o WILLIAM JJ Tt3 Three Dollars per annum in advance. i,lertifement9 will be inserted at reasonable ti or in accordance with contract. ' (tt'i,uT notices of OTer five lines in length will be charged Tor at auvemsmg rates. SMITH & HAMMOND Are receiving their Fall Stock of Drags, Medicines, 4c., which they are offering at very low prices, wholesale! nJ retail. Country Merchants and others visiting Charlotte will Jo well to call and get quotations. ABg-lNO.! , I Wool Wanted. W want to purchase a large amount of WOOL, f,jr i;Ctt we will pay me uium uiafici. price. Mc MURRAY, DAVIS & CO. cj.frnber 5, 1870. Dr. W. H. Hoffman, IDENTIST, (Late of J.incolnton, A". C.,) j,je-! fully informs r the citiiena of Charlotte and the public generally, that he has permanently loca tri ia Charlotte, lie is fully prepared to attend tg ;i c" relating to bis profession. . iue?e-jful practice for more than 10 years in tbi rruou wl country ani in me ionitueruie arinj f Virz.nia during the late war, warrants him in j ruii-iii; entire satiafaction to all parties who may d?ir bis ierv ices. jJlfiicc over Smith & Hammond's Drugstore. 05-': t"ur from 8 A. M. to I. M. KftRtNrii.- M. P. Pegrani. Cashier 1st National B-mk vf Charlotte: Dr. Hut. Sloan, Dr. J. II. Mc 1 W.J.Yates. Editor Charlotte Democrat. Jaa 31. lhTO ; ly j DENTISTRY.! TheoM firm or ALEXANDER & BLAND is here to revived, at the former stand in Brown's building, o",p.tie the Charlotte Hotel. Entire satisfaction is piurantet l, and teeth can be extracted without pain. Toe pstruuag? of our old customers is respectfully June 170. Robert Gibbon, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, jwy- nfiice over Smith & Hammond's Drug Store EiJouce on College Street. Jaa -'1. 170. ? - J. P. McCcmbs, M. D., OfeM his professional services to the citizens of (harlotte and surrounding country- ; All calls, both igbt and day; promptly attended to. i Office in Brown's building, -lp stairs, opposite the .Cb4il-ttr Hotel, j uct -. iNis. j 1 I ! Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, j Wholesale and Retail Druggist CHARLOTTE, A. C, II.is on hand a large and well selected stockpfrCRE IdlUGS, Chemical!. Patent Medicines, Family Medi cines. Paint., Oil, Varnishes, Dye Sjuff, Fancy and T.il-t Articles, which he is deternjificd to sell at the very lowest price3. Jan 1. 170. j , W. F. .DAVIDSON, . AT T O RK V A T L A VV , Charlotte. N. C, Oftice over B. KoopjiANs's Store. Tc 1:5. 1M09 ly DR. E. C. ALEXANDER, Charlotte, N: C , 01n V services ai Physician to the citizens Charlotte an J surrotinJine country. i of s (tfTiee nearly opposite Charlotte Hotel. ' '".Ur. Alesantler.mnkes a good Cough Mixture, ir!ir tliJin any Patent Medicine. Try it. . Feh 7, 1870. , i Watch and Clock Ma!c3r, ' AM DIALER IS JEWELRY. USE 1VATCIIES, CLOCKS, Watch Materials, Sperticle, $c, -Aug. 19, j CHARLOTTE, N. C. MANSION HOUSE! Charlotte, N. C. Thi well-known House havine been newlv fur- aihed and refitted in every departineut, is nou- open fr tLe accommodation of the TRAVELING PCBL1C. K?-OmD;buses at the Depot on arrival of Trains. Jn24, 1870. II. C. ECCli.ES. : J Stoves, Tin & Sheeting Iron Ware. Atway on hand the best STOVES in the market. per9 Chloritie, Excelsior, CoIumbLi and. Live-Oak Cookin Stove, j '. Itos and Parlor Stoves, j Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware. i Hollow Ware.' Japanese Ware. an( various Housekeeping Articles. All wares and work warranted as represented. tQ- Orders respectfully solicited. Feb -'8, 1870. j :. D. H. DYERLY. II. C. ECOt.ES.' T. H. GA1THF.R. of Iredell couuty. N. C. of Mocksville, N. C. ECCLE1S &; GAITHER, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C, For the sle and purchase of Ctton. Tobacco. Grain, Flour. Produce and .Merchandize of all kinds, Mansion Ilo'ine CuiM.ng. Charlotte. N. C. ItErcKKM-E. T W. Dewey & Co., Bankers; M. 1- Pegram, Cashier. First -National Bank; W.J. Yate, fMiior "Western Democrat," Charlotte, N. C. March 28, 1870.' D. SNYDER. & SON, Gun and Lock Smithg, CHARLOTTE, K. C. Dealers. Manufacturers and Repairers of all kinds of ftuns. RiflVs. Pistols, Door Locks, Trunk Locks aud KfTsof all niie. . Tli K... r r n:4. l . .. t 1 Am 1 . - ' roc urea io oraer i pric-H low wws. tiotothe new Jobbing Shop to get your Arms, Rifles or Sporting Good, or have your old work Ci-vle as good as new. Shop in Parks' Building near the Tublic Square. DAVID SNYDER, Aug 22, 1870. W. E. SNYDER. S 1 PKACTICAL A advance. ' How Soon We are Forgotten. O, how soon we are forgotten, AY hen we rest beneath the sod; And our feet no longer wander " - O'er the paths we oft have trod ; When the form that was so cherished With a love both pare and deep, Lies within the earth 5 bosom, In its long, last, quiet sleep. For a few brief days, it may be Had we home and kindred dear, When they meet around the hearthstone, There will be a lack of cheer; . As a vacant seat will tell them Of affection's broken ties: And their thoughts purchance will wander H here the dreamless sleeper lies. But should a stern fate deprive us Of a bright and cheerful homo; - And in weariness of spirit, . O'er life's rugged way we roam ; . When the golden bowl is broken, And the lone one finds a rest ; 'Twill excite no dread commotion - In one palpitating breast.' . Yet 'tis well that thus it should be; In life's brief revolving years; -Else this world of budding Jbeauties 1 Would become a vale of tears ; Whtre the soul attuned to sadness, And by sorrows overcast ; Would enshroud the brightest future With sad tneui'ries of the pa-st. LA TEST Fit OX JIEA.DQ CARTERS I Just Received The latest style j of GENTS' HATS, to-wit: , "Our Fritz," "The Rhine;" . " - "FOUR IN HAND." ' Also, the first rnstallinent of New'Styles LADIES' HATS ANDBONNETS For Fall and Winter; nnd the Haindsoinest Artificial Flowers, Ever introduced into this market. Dress Goods, Chinese Robes, FRENCH POPLINS, all colors, GENTS' CLOTH BXG In endless quantity and style at S WITTKOWSKY & RIX: Sept 12. 1870. : '-; . . Depot of ! Pratts Astral Oil, King of all Pajj Hostetter sBmers, -i VinegadJitters, , j ; Paine's CLloral Soother, j ".. Lippmau's Bitters, t At SMITH & HAMMOND'S, Sept 19; 1870. Granite Corner, Charlotte, N C. x 1 GROCERIES, &c. Our &tock of Groceries, Provisions, &c, is now complete and full, in part as follows: ", Sugars, all grades ; Molasses,- all grades ; Coffee, all grades ; ; : . ' ' . !'''" Flour, .Bacon, Lard, &c., Pickles, Swla. Starch, Nutmegs, Pepper, Alspice, Candles, Tea, Bice, Tobacco and Segars, : Deer Powder, Rock Powder Fuse, Shot and Caps, I Pails, Buckets, Brooms, Clothes Liries, Plow Lines; Cordage, Matches, Black-, ing. Half Bushel and Peck Measures, Flasks and Bottles, Five and Ten Gallon Kegs, . . : ! Leather, Bagging and Ties, WINES, RUM, GIN, WHISKEY AND BRANDY, In fact, everything usually kept in our line. . . I Our increased facilities justify us in saying that we will sell as cheap as the cheapest house in the City. Call and see us. ;i Sept 12, 1870. GRIER & ALEXANDER. KILGORE & CTJRET ON, Snrina Corner, CUARLOTTE, Ni C i . " ' Have just received a large supply of selected pure White Lead and Linseed Oil. ' Osgood's India Chalogogue, Aycr's Fever and Ague Cure, Thompson's Fever and Ague Powders. Slmlleuberger's Fever and Ague Antidote, just received at KILGORE & CURETON'S. Sept 5, 1870. ; ; Springs' Corner. i e 1 Encourage Home Manufacture. The subscribers are the sole Manufacturers of Hetiderson "Atiti-Friction Lubricator,'' and desire to call the attention of Railroad Officers, owners of Wool and Cotton Factories, . owners of Cotton Gins, owners of Mining Machinery, Livery Stable Keepers and Vehicles generally to their un equalled article for Lubricating Machinery of all tiud. It having no superior for Efficiency and Economy, it being a perfect resistant of heat, which can be shown hy its not running off of Heated Iron, which prevents Machinery from Heating and Cutting. The Proprietors pledge themselves that it is a Chemi cal Combination i.n which there is no ingredient that is injurious or has a tendency to weaken the Iron. It prevents the accumulation of Gum on the Journals, Slides and other parts of the Machinery. The Proprietors have in. their possession Cert'n" cates from some of the best practical Engineers and others, who have had the article in u?e for several months past, certifying to its great superiority to auy thing heretofore in use. With one Lubrication a Locomotive Engine can draw a passenger train over ninety miles without renewal ! (. . . ' The article is put up in a Paste or Liquid form to suit any kind of Machinery, and for sale at W hole sale or Retail. Orders from n distance respectfully solicited, and the Proprietors assure the public that the best recommendation, the r tide can have is a fair est of its merits. 1 j j- j j BURROUGHS & SPRINGS, I Manufacturers and Proprietors. Sept. 5, 1870. College Stharlotte, N. C. Wanted,1' ! 15,000 Pounds Peaches and Apples, j 10,000 Blackberries, 1.000 Feathers, j 1,000 Beeswax, I For which the market price will be paid in Cash. . - - ECCLES & GAITHER, Auctioneers &. Commission Merchants. August 29, 1870. ... Agricultural Implements. The undersigned are Agents tor the sale of Howie A Tatum's celebrated Two Roller Sorghum Mills. Also, Agents for the sale of 2 H. Thompson's Plows, Corn Shellers," Straw Cutters and othe im plements. " I Alo, Agents for the sale of Tremaine & Pro's Pianos, a sample always on hand at our Auction Room. . Give us a call as'we always have bargains. ECCLKS A GAITHER. Auctioneers & Cohinussion Merchants. CHARLOTTE, N. i C, ii I f American Wonders.; ji The greatest cataract in the world :s the falls of Niagara, where the water from ithe' great up per lakes forms a river of three fourths' of a mile in width, and then, being suddenly contracted, plunges over the rocks iu two columns, to the depth of 175 feet. . ; j The greatest cave in the world is the Mam moth Cave of Kentucky,! where any one can make a voyage on the waters of a subterrauean river, and eaten h&h without eyes. j . The createst river in the known i world is the Mississippi, 4,000 miles long. j j The largest valley in the world is the valley of the Mississippi. It contains five i hundred thousand square miles and is one of the most fertile regions of the globe. ; ;M The greatest city park "in; the (world is in Philadelphia. It contains ' over two I thousiiud acres. !; , - ! i i The greatest grain, port in the i iworld Chicago. "; ill !. The largest lake in the world is Lake Supe rior, which is truly an inlaud sea,(beiug four i -i l- ,i nunurea ana tnirtv mijesionr. ana one tnousana feet deep. ; l ( i! Ihc longest railroad in the. world as the Pacific railroad, over three thousands Iniles in length. I jf i! The greatest natural bridge-in the iworld is the Natural Bridge over Cedar Creek, in Vir ginia. It extends across a chasm eighty feet in width aud two hundred . aud fifty feet in depth, and at the bottom of which the creet flows. . The greatestTmass of solid iron in; the world is the Mountain of Missouri. It is three hun- red arid fifty feet high, and two miles in circuit. The best specimen of Grecian architecture i the world is the Girard College I for .Orpha Philadelphia. The largest aqueduct in the worl the Cro- ton Aqueduct, iu New. xorlc length is forty and one-half miles andJtTcost 812,500,000 f The largest depositsofanthracite cal in the world are in Pennylvauiaj the mines of which supply the market with millions of tons and ap pear to beinexhaustible. American, Engineer Jrgiveness. The briive only know how to torgive. I it is tne most rennea ana ; generous pitch of virtue, human nature can arrive at. Cowards have douc good aud kind actions; cow ards have even fought, nay,' sometimes even conquered ; ; but a coward never lorgives. it is not his nature. The power of doing Jit flows only from a strength and greatness of the soul, couscious of its own force and security, aud above the little temptations of resenting every fruit less attemptjto interrupt-its happiness. ; This is us true as preaching.. Let! any one skeptical notice and profit by their judgment. . " ASTRAL ; OIL. The only objection raised against Astral Oil is its cost. Consider this for a moment. Oil is one of the cheapest articles cT j household expenses. An ordi nary family Will burn say tn . gallons per year. Astral Oil may co3t 20 cents &er gallon higher than Kerosene. Here then is an additional expense of S2 per year, a little over half a cent per day, and for this small difference you are insured a clear uniform and beautiful light, j together with the assurance of perfect safety, i i Is there dan'eer in the use of Kerosene jOil ? If so, and you can insure uie perfect safety ;Of your family for two dollars a year, should the email dif ference in cost. be coiwidered ? I Wholesale1 and Retail by ! ! SMITH & HAMMOND, Sept 19, 1870. Druggists, Charlotte, N. C Clover Seed. ! Alotof Pennsylvania Red Clover Seed,1 just re ceived and for sale by t I . i stenuouse; as ac aula y & co. Sept 19. 1870. .'! j THE SOUTHERN j Sewing Machine j Emporium, ESTABLISHED IN lSCf. , ParJcs' Building, Charlotte, AT. '6 Will fill all orders at Manufacturer's prices, from the low-priced hand Machines to the best first class Machines in Rosewood cases. Machines repaired, and also sold on the lease plan. Thread. Oil, &c, of the best quality for sale Goodrich's Tuckers, andCarpenter's Basters, Tor sale, Agents wanted. For circulars addrest i I MAXWELL & BRADSHAW, Sept 5, 1870 tf Charlotte,1 N. C. Preserve Your Eyes. These Lenses, manufactured by the Philadelphia Optical Institute, are superior to any other Glasses iu the market. Thev confer a ' brilliancy and dis tinctness of vision not found in any other Glass They can be used equally well without tiring or fatiguing the eve. ! I ' tf For sale only; at JOHN T. BUTLER'S Jewel ry Store, Main Street, sole agent in Charlotte, N. C ana viciniiy. 4 Ffb. 21, 1870. ' Feathers Wanted, At) aicMURRAY, DAVIS & COS. Sept 12, 1870. j 1 .-I.i WILSON & BLACK, Druggists and j Apothecaries, Next to 'tSicuhluse, Mactiulay d; Co's, Would respectfully call the attention of their friends and the public generally .to tueir large and fr.esn stock of Drugs, Paiwts, Oils, Ac, which they are selling at lower prices than ever before, consisting of Quinine, Blue Mass! Calomel, Opium, Rhubarb, Jalap, Iodide Potash,j Laudanum, Paregoric,: and all Tiuctures, &c., . ! , i: . - : v- j Pure White Lead, r Linseed Oil, Putty, Window Glass. all sizes.- Train Oil, Machine Oil, Kerosene Oil. Lard Oil, Axle Grease, Varnishes of all kinds, Paints of all colors. Dye Stuffs, Concentrated Lye, jPotash, Toilet and Laundry Soaps, Spices, Baking Powders, Matches, all kinds of- t i j. , -: " .; - Patent Medicines, j Paint and White Wash Brushes, and everything kept in a first-class Drug Store.. . I To Physicians aud .Country Merchants we offer special inducements. ' , t . i r .Lamps and Lamp Fixtures- Tne largest stock of Lamps and Lamp Fixtures in the City at i: . I -t ,! . WILSON BLACK'S Drag Store. Blue Stone! Blue Stone!! Just received at ,L WILSON BLACK'S, Corner Trs.de and College Streets. September 12, 1870, . I TUESDAY, OCTOBER . Cause of the Massacre it Tientsin. . A correspondent of the Religious Standard saja inat aiev. iu.j x. xaies, wno re t urn ea re centiy irom ijnina, gives tne toijowins:, reasons . 1 t '.1 A " for the massacre of foreigners at Tientsin : . "No one' in China is allowed to see n in the enclosure of the Governor's palace Sone years ago, the government authorized the Kothap Catholic mis sionanes to build a Church near the palace. The walls of the church! rise hiffh above the walls of the palace, so that persons standing on them, or in the towers, can see all that tiik ;s place in the cuuiusure or me paiace. mis is a monatoi- fence. i But as the Chinese government had given consent to build the church'- without spe cification as ta the! height of ittheir only re dress was to inflame the ignorant populace to drive the foreigners outof the city. They, therefore, originated the absurd charges that - r r: e ioreigners suxe women ana cnuaren to kui s j them, and redu-ce certain part3 if their bodies to I a medicalCompound." A missionary in China - 1 writrsthat the mob was headed by two of the I principal mandarins of Tientsin, and by a milita- it r 1. i . t '-. .'! j iy uiau, viii'ii, wno nas. since me -massacre, naa an audience with the Eniperor, who gave him a positiou oi honor, A cable dispatch says private telegrams from Pckin announce that another massacre of foreigners has taken place in that city. . Among tho victims, it is said, is the Bri ish consul. : j Early Breakf. A bad custom is prevalent id many families. especially among farmers,! of working an hour or two before breakfast, hoemg in !the garden, cut- owing, !etc. ! This is convenient on manyaccounts, Dut it is not conducive to health. jThe prevalent, opinion is that the morning air is the purest and most healthful and bracing, but the contrary i the fact, j At nd hour of the day is the air more filled with dampnessj fogs and miasmas than about sunrise', j The heat of the sun gradually dissipates the misasmatic influences as the day advances. Every' jane knows -the languor and faiotness often experienced for the first hours iu the morning and this is increased Dy exercise and want of food, j 3 li We do not agree , with -the boarutng-scbool regime which prescribes along walk before break fast as a meaus of promoting health, j . ' Probably the best custom woqld be to furnish every member of the family, ) especially those who labor out of doors, with a sidjgle cup of warm coffee, we'd milked, immediately if'ter rising from bed. Then ;let them attend to mowing, hoeing, etc., for an j hour or two whil the teams are feeding, and the breakfast preparing, j They will feel better and do; more r work. '- American Ag riculturist. ";' ji J I 1. 1 1 - ! Our own experience corresponds with t the above, and we hope every one will heed the siig gestions. We are satisfied 'that many persons "have chills and feveif from' going out early in the morning on an empty st oniiach. From all we have heard about them, the hotels 'of Omaha are not very desirable boarding' and lodging houses. Itcccntly a guest sent in a bill kf $63 to the landlord for killin: 900 bed-bugs at seven cents a piece. y hile urt the subject we ;will mention another adventure that occurred ;a idayor so ago. A gentleman wai looking over r a hotel register, when his eves caught! sight kf one of these pests of ; creation traveling about leisurely 'oyer the page. He turped quietly to a friend and remarked : 'Yell, this is the first hotel I ever saw where the bed-buas look over the register to see what room yo4 occupy.' i -.:'! . r . "I am afraid you will come to old lady to a young gentleman, to that already," was the reply : want, : said an "I have come I5 want your her eyes. daughter." ,The old lady opened J VALUABLE lIaNDS -."t j3Liiction. i U As Executor of Matthew Wallace, j deceased. I will sell at the Court House door in CHARLOTTE, on the FIRST SATURDAY in NOVEMBER,; being the 5th day of the nvjnfcu7 the tol!oiu ' j ;j Tracts of Land 1 - Belonging to the Estate of said deceased:1 - 'j'.. !" ! ' :l ' -- j !: 'A One tract known as the ALLEN PLACE, adjoin ing the lands of Mrs. Williamson Wallace. Dr. Orr and others, containing S30 Acre 4 miles from Charlotte. About CO acres of fresh land is under cultivation, and the balance well timbered, part of which will make a splendid Meaddw : ! !j Also, the HOME PLACE,1 abont 300 Acres, ad joining JU. i.j waiiace, , nson, waiiace ana otners. There is a Dwelling ami out-housea on tins place, and a Gold Mine that is eonsidered first-rate. This tract will be divided if purchasers prefer it. N Also, another tract known as the WILSON PLACE, adjoining the lands of Cyrus H. Wolfe and! Tbosj M fc'haw. containing 75 Acres. About 30 acres of this tract is freshly cleared the balance! timbered. - l Also, another small tract surrounded by the lands of John Walker, the Executor, containing S Acres. Also, another small tract adjoining the lands of John Walker, Amzi Reid, and otbeisjabout JO Acres Terms 12 months credit, . the purchases givpng bond and approved seeurity- title retained until the purchase money is paid, i JOHN WALKER, Sept 26, 1870 Cwpd Executor. Valuable Gold-Mining Property FOR SALE. II By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of Cabarrus county at Fall Term, 18691 1 will ofler for sale at Public Auction, for Ca$h,l at the Court lloijise in Concord, on Friday the 4th day of November nekt at 12 o'clock, M., the undivided fourth part of that valuable tract of Land known as the REED GOLD MINE tract, situate in Cabarrus county on! Meadow Creek, containing 780 Acres, according to survey. ! 14 1UI9 Iiiiuu, UV9IUC9 IU lame na . luiiig ujici j , which has a reputation' unsurpassed 'by any proper ty of the kind in North Carolina, is iwell timbered. well watered, and a large portion well adapted to agricultural-purposes.', i . I I :-V, : VUIIA A. J1C1U.VALU, i. i I Clerk of Cabarrus Superior Court. ; SepL 26, 1870. j 4w ! 100,000; Pmit Trees' f Tor the Fall, WmUr and Spring Trade of 180- 1, AT THE NEW GARDEN NURSERIES, GREENSBORO, N. Good, reliable and : active agents! are wanted to canvass, lor wn:cn a pajing commission win De given. Uur stoes comprises i neany . every variety suitable to Southern culture. For further informa- tion address j L1NDLEY & SON, Catalogues free. August S, 1870 Greensboro, N. C. 3 m i 0. 4 187 An Important and Necessary History. 'This I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous actions from oblivion-nto whinh want or record woald consign themj1 Tacitcs. JAsearly as 18621 ras sQ much impressed with the necessity of hiving a history of North v;arpuna auringjttie vtar pt tho States, that I orged the matter inrthe Ealgigh Sundard, and called upomseveral of our men of literary train ing itaather contemnorafv material and after. ward3 to prepare kn laborate and fair history of uui joiiiic a vuuuecupn jwun ,tn6 war, snowing what 8he did and; how she suffered. If I had cause to think Men (hat such a work would be ' i :litl. ' " -w . - . uece&sary, now inucn;more cause nave I to thint noip), iQ view of the manifold and great injustice thatj has been done to our people by those who havj essayed to tell the jstbry of the war, that a work of this sort Is in absolute necessitv. T thought then that! sdme jsoo of old North Caro lina "native to the mandr bom." I Who loved .his Stata because it was his own 4 1 J ! J I.- t . . i - scorneu 10 give augni oiner reasonwny," should devote hipself itoitherepration of a carefuj and candid hfstojofnis people, during the krbublous time-Hthrugh which; they were th!eni passingjrnajndw that "grim visaged war hathjsnjoothed hi Wrinkled front," aud moie Uiaiiruve years have passed since the surrender of the iSouthern armies, I still believe that such a history is highly important and desirable. Who will perform for pur people this labor of lovi? j It is surely a jthe'me wgrthy of our.most practiced and gifted pens'. ! I am confident that the! favorite of the Stiite-I a man of marked ver satility and true genius could not achieve a nobler j work' than to) cdnsecraie himself for a season to the discharge of this paramount duty.. I refer, of course, to frOvj. Vance. - He has the information, the industry, the fairness and the ability 'requisite to th e successful . completion of such! a task. Will - he not agree to undertake it!? And in this connection, ii take leave to refer; to that accomplished ' and distinguished authbri Jlrs. Spencer, whose "Last Aiuetv Days of thje (War in North Carolina" is one of the most! admirable historicall brochures yet publish- eu iu mis cuuurry. cue couiu prepare sucn a work; as the occasion demands! It would be a source bf great satisfaction to thousands to learn, that jeither she or Uoy. yance would presently entc'r upon the comnosition of a work that wo'uld viudicate the character of the State, and in fit- : . I.J . I . ' ting bnrase tell; the world what the good people of our staid, triie,: boniest bid J 'commonwealth ac- com ished aud bore duriug those fiery, san- guiriary days. bomfe two years afler t he war. whilst ediiirijr the arrenton IndicaU) ,! 1 1 published several columns relative to this subject aud thatj liiV brethern of the press seemed to regard the i matter of such lit tld 'moment.; For more than five years since the war closed, I have waited i to see if somelone would not announce the hrndertaking of so griteful a duty. Thus far t foiei have waited iu vbiuJ , 3Iy purpose, there- fin,' this brief artK-lei is td cive notice, that unlesb some other! writer should agree to prepare the Work, I will devplte whatever leisure I can comn)and during the jpexi two years to the pro duction; of a history ofjxorth ( arohua from lc6u to lSCo. However reluctantly I may enter upon the task, my desire will be to write a clear, succinct, reuaoie narrative oi tne events con nected with the careej" ofj the State during the years! indicated. 1 I wjll javoid as far as in me lies kjl partizanship, ahd will! never agree to so irosmuie my pen as. to inatiniiv any mane deed at the expense of cindor aud truths1"- Th 3 book if ever written (j by me, will be an octavo of. I suppose, kuuje six hundred pages, and will be divided into three parts.' Part first win us ucvoteu to i ue uitpricai sraieinenii , part secoud iwill f contain crat-hic sketches of indi- vidual character. Biographical portraitures of Geuefj3 Pender, Pettigrew, Branch, llamseur, DanieK! Anderson, Gordod and other distinguish- ea aeaa. win ne given,? ana pcrnaps, SKetcucs oi some pf the most eminent! among the living will also. , Part tliird will contain a full be included army ltoster, in which will be published the when he entered the name of every soldier. service,! whejn discharged, killed, &c. It! is confidently believed that North Carolina sent ib ore troops to the war than any Southern State jaccording to population, and that she sus tained gi eater loss by the casualties of war. This I doubt not, canjbe j made to appear from facts; jdrawn from; reli?iblq sources. ; The book will ;e j embellished with the likeness of . our most prominent officers. i . I wot? Id be glad to h: ve an expression of orjiniiin Ifroni the press1 of I the State relative to. the merits of the plan suggested and the impor tance jof such a historyJ X would also be pleased to reeeive ny suggestions . in the premises. Editbfs'notieing the proposed work would oblige me uoj little by sending a copy of the paper con taiuing jtheirj observations.; If kills cojtnniucicatlon jshould provoke some more jcomrtent writeir' than 1 to attempt tne work, i I vnil. be atiiplV repaid. I promise to abandon! my robject as soojn as I learn that the task will ba undertaken j by any native North 0.ro labor Ui mi. If I should enter upon my proposed it ice will be given, aud au earnest due appealj for aid will be made to th8 who take an interest u the matter. I My address. is Oxford, FN. Ci I T. 15. Kingsbury. Tub ! Sabbath in Fbanck. A recent decree: of the anomalous goverumeut which is now ruling in Paris, says:i ' I . 4 Article lj TJie electoral colleges are con- yoked for Sunday, the 16th day of'Octbcr, for the purpose of choosiu" a National Constitutional Whenever an election is Assembly. There; it is ajrain , ordered to France, Sunday is generally the day the ba!hjts are cast; lif there is to be a special hc.ljday of some kind, cjr a jgreat public meeting, or a gTand parade, Sundayj is almost invariably the day that is selected for it. It was on Sun day thatj this very provisional government was proclaimed, and the fickle mob who sustained it. invaded jthe palace of the tTuileries at 3 o'clock in the; j afternoon j-the ?err tinje they ought to have beeu at thurch .prbying for calamity to be averted from thejir cbuutry tore down the throne destroyed the Imperial emblems, threw iuto the river jr-iany of t)ie Valuable works of art, and sidle all the portable articles of terlu they i lit 1 .r t t I I , .. t .. It- Couiu lay ineir naoas npon JfLETEENTD TOLUUE K UZJBE VTM2. i AgriculturaL Crops in Spite cf Drouth. ' Can we make cotton, corn, ' wheal aod clover ' in epite of drouth t Is it possible to so guard against the vicissitudes of seasons as to make crops a certainty? We have great faith in the power of human skill, guided by science and backed up by industry, but we are hardly pre pared to say that we can yet, in all cases, wholly protect our crops from injury from either ex cessive drouth or excessive rain, though we can certainly do .much toward it. That able agricul turist and agricultural writer, Hon. C. C. Lang- don, of Mobile, Ala., however, takes the ground. that we can ensure ourselves against the effects of drouth, as well as too muck-rain, by deep ploughing,., thoroughdrainiog and judicious manuring; and jrenturcs the assertion that,' in good, fertihrsoil that haa been thoroughly and y piougnea, and the ground completely puh verized to the depth of two feet, But how is this to be made generally practicable ?j the crop will not suffer from any drouth we ever have in this climate, severe as they sometimes are. lie adds : - - "In a soil thus prepared, tho roots not only descend without obstruction to a depth sufficient to be beyond the reach of the burning atmos phere, but the moisture from below it is raised to the roots by capillary attraction lo time of drouth, while, in seasons of too much rain, tho water is made to sink below the roots by the at traction of gravitation. A familiar illustration of the moilus operandi ot these ; important and interesting agencies is thus given : 'If you it merse a compact loaf of sugar in water, it will require many minutes for the fluid to penetrate through all its parts : but, if you reduce it to powder before applying the water, it will be satur ated in a few seconds. Just so it is with the earth. If vou break it shallow, and leave it in clods, it will be slow to absorb the moisture from below; while, if you plough it very deep and close, and thus separate its particles thoroughly, it will, like the pounded sugar, take up the moisture with very "great facility. Kvcry year we hear complaints of injury or destruction of crops by drouth. It is time for the intelligent farmers of the South to understand that all thia is the result of a defective system of culture, aud that it is entirely within their power to guard against any such calamity. ' Examples art numerous of the entire success of the system, and it is founded in reason aud sound philosophy. There is nothing at all mysterious about it, and nothing to prevent its universal adoption by the, farmers of the entire South.": ' Every season, in more or less extensive regiont , of countrycrops do suffer terribly from the ef fects of drouth, aud there are opportanitiei af forded to test the value of deep ploughing and subsoiling, of which every farmer who desires to improve our agriculture and make farming ft more certain and highly remunerative business should avail himself. A writer in the Western Rural gives the following accouut of an experi ment in subsoiling: "I took twenty-two acres of gently rolling land, equally well drained by natural drains or ' ravines, all of which had been in cultivation from thirty to thirty-five years, and pretty well worn. I subsoiled eleven acres. This portion had never beeu seeded to grass of any kind to my knowledge at letst, not for many years. The other eleven acres I ploughed the usual way; that is, what would be termed shallow ploughing. It was all planted about the same time cultivated as near alikeas could be with cultivator. No hoeing was dme on either piece. I think both pieces of land hl previously about the same attetitioo, as regards manure and til Inge, except that the part I did not subsoil had the advantage of a good stiff svard of clover and timothy turned uuder the preceding spring, after being seeded three years. The result wtf, that I took from the part ploughed the ordinary way and not subsoiled, but teu bushels to the acre on t the average; while from the part which wsa subsoiled, I took thirty-five .bushels per aero as an average. This is a sincle case, and seems to bo ' conclu sive of -the benefits pf the deep stirritag of tho soil under the conditions then and there exist ing, but nothing is said about drouth. The ex perience of David Dickson and others, who plough deep and get good crops every year, what ever the season, are cases more in point, but some planters have ploughed deep, sulmoiled and cultivated thoroughly the present season, ana yet have had their crops burnt up. Did tho drouth do it, or did the ellect result irom too injudicious application of ,cautio fertilizer? . J . , , . , ! - Let us not be too uasiy in drawing conclusion from isolated facts, but try to get at the truth by means of repeated, aud careful experimeuta. 'Rural Carolinian. m ' 1 . .. Choose Your Dose The Collector of tho port of San Francisco noine time since submitted to Secretary BoutwelPthe question, as to whether he should permit the i tn port at rod of foreign . articles Cn-ifting of dried suskes, bugs, lizards, etc., intended for use as medicine among tho Chinese residing in California; that the exami ner of drugs refused to pass I hem because in his opinion they were not pure drugs, wero loath some and diaguxtitig and unfit for use as medicine. The Secretary has ordered their admissiou, stau ting that he could perceive no objection to their delivery to parties upon the payment of proper duties. The department is not going io Itivor any particular school of medicine, and if all pre parations and drugs which are loathsome and dif gusting were to be excluded, tho receipt for da tics would be sensibly diminished And why has not the Chinese doctor as good a right to his dried bugs as our own 31. Ds. to their can tharides and sssafcetida 1 A Clergyman while reading to his congrega tion a chapter of Genesis, found the last seaV fence to be, "And tho Lord gave unto Adaro a wife." Turning over a -few leaves together, ho found written and read in an. audible voice, 'And she was pitched without and within." He had unhappily got iuto a description of' Noah's ark. - It is alleged that the Texas cattle disease has made its appearance in Boanoke. county aod other portions of Virginia.