The Democrat.
KOK TIIK t IIAKI.OTTK PJ-;MOCUAT.
Public Schools.
Tlierc h one improvable feature connected yilh
our Public School which demands attention, and
upon which great emphasis should be placed, and
that is a more riyul awl arJtiitj (JfHiiuimtujn of
Iipplieants for teachers' certificate,
The office of County Examiner, though by no
means a lucrative one, is a trus full of responsibil
ityand the incunilH-iit, aside from the literary qualir
fieations which are, or at lcaxt ought to be, con
sidered as indispensable, should be a man of high
moral worth, strict integrity and great conscien
tiousness. In some countits of which the writer has knowl
edge, this office is tilled (?) by men who do. not
possess the first qualification for such a position.
The natural consequence is that applicants for ccr.
iiticates as teachers of Public School pass through
jin examination which is nothing more or less than
a hhanuful farce, and communities are imposed
upon by men, and women too, who are no more fit
to teach their children than children are to teach
'each other.
Jn one of the counties of Western North Carolina
.a young man of the most ineagrp attainments, some
"weeks ago, presented himself before the County
Examiner to obtain a certificate as a teacher. The
august functionary, upon bcjng told by the appli
jcant that he had "cypliered Ut siyj dicUivn" waived
"any further examination and signed a certificate for
"him as a firt dun tcuchar in a style of penmanship
altogether illegible to any one except a chiroirrap Id
eal expert. Etiennk.
President Grant on the Currency.
The following is the text of a letter from
President Grant to X. j. Coydrey, of the
jContiuentjtl liank of New York:
Exm-uTivK Mansion', )
Wasijix;to.v, 1). C, Oct. 0, 1873. f
My Dear Mr. Cowdrey Your letter of
the 29th ultimo wasduly received and read,
as was your previous letter. Neither re
auired an answer particularly, and hence X
id not aiiKwer them at that lime, Your
last letter, however, contains one sentence
.that it seems proper I should reply to, that
is as to an im plied threat to the National
lianks contained in my letter to Mr. An
thony and Clatfin. Nothing was further
from my mind than a threat. My whole
object was to restore confidence to the pub
lic mind and to give assurances that the
government would give all the aid in its
power, keeping in view at the same time
the solvency of the National Treasury.
You, and all bunk presidents, know more
about the condition of your banks than I
can possibly know. In turn, I, through
the Secretary of the Treasury, know more
about the financial condition of the goveru
'pient, its ability to render aid, fcc, than
any person disconnected from the adminis
tration of its affairs can know. I alluded
.to the fact that the forty-four million reserve
.notes in the treasury would be regarded as
money in the treasury subject to use, for
'f,he purpose of showing that the means are
at hand to give the relief we promise.
I do not believe the present panic will
work to individuals half the injury it will
work general good to the country at large.
,(Lur monetary system is the creation of ne
cessity. It has no elasticity, but in other
respects it is the best that has ever been
devised, No one now distrusts the value
of his paper dollar ; on the contrary, it is
seized and hoarded with the same avidity
now that the irold dollar has been in for
mer like adversities. The panic will call
attention to the defects in our monetary
system, and will, no doubt lead to legisla
tion to relieve the want of elasticity.
The panic has brought greenbacks about
J.o a par with silver. I wonder that silver
Js not already coming into the market to
'supply the deficiency in the circulating
medium. When it does come and I pre
dict it will soon we will have made a ra
pid stride towards specie payments. Cur
lency will never go below silver after that.
The chelation of silver will have other
beneficial effects. Experience has proven
that it takes' about forty millions of frac
tional currency to make the small change,
necessary for the transaction of the business
pf the country. Silver will gradually take
ihe place of this currency, and, further, will
become the standard of values, which will
be hoarded in a small way. 1 estimate
that this will consume from two to three
hundred millions, in time, of this species of
our circulating medium. It will leave the
paper currency free to perform the legiti
mate functions of trade, and will tend to
bring us back where we must come at last,
to n specie basis. I confess to a desire to
see a limited hoarding of money. It insures
a firm foundation in lime of need. Hut I
want to see the hoarding of something that
has a standa'rd of value the world over.
Silver has this; and if we once get back to
that our strides inwards a higher apprecia
tion of our currency will be rapid.
Our mines are now producing almost tttt
imjted amounts of silver, and it is becom-
iiig a epiestinn, "What shall we do with it ?"
suggest here a solution that will answer
ior some years, and suggest to you bankers
whether you may not imitate it : to put it
in circulation now ; keep it there until it is
fixed, and then we will find other markets.
The South ami Central American coun
tries have asked us to coin their silver for
them. There has never been authority of
Jaw to do go, I trust it will now be given.
When it is given it w ill be more than the
equivalent of becoming exporters of ar
ticles of manufactories w hich were previous-
iy articles of import. Orders will come for
arge amounts of coin. It will be ail in sil
ver, while payments are not necessarily so.
We become the manufacturer of this cur
rency, willi ,i profit, ami will probably se
cure a portion of our pay in the more pre
cious metal.
I have thought much about the recom
ineuilatins I should make to Congress, and
have changed slightly in regard to banking
laws since I last had the pleasure of a jer
sonal interview with you. It is not neces
sary to state what those changes are, be
cause they ma undergo further modifica
tion. I shall give to the subieet. however
my sineerest thoughts, and will court the
views of others.
I have written this hastily, but if it calls
forth any views which you would like to
express 1 will be glad to hear them.
Yours truly, J, S. (i it ant.
1ST Mr. John I. Craig, who resided
about two miles north of Yorkville, was at
tacked with paralysis on Tuesday, 7li insl.
ind died on Sunday morning last 12th
nst., having been ill less than five' days,
llis age was about sixty-two years. York
ville tinynircr.
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The Homestead.
TU l'evefsionrr?J$ankmptcy.
" A writer it) tho Sptesville American,
vho seems to know whereof he speaks,
thinks there arc Ronjc njisapprehension as to
the effect f the decree recently made by
Judge Dick, of t)p JJnte4 States District
Court, for the sale of the reversionary inter
est in John M. McCoiinaughey's homestead.
Some seem to think that it is general in its
character, and that it is in add tb,e duty of
all assignees to spll the reversionary inter
est in lje bankrupt's homestead. This,
says the writer, is not the case. There
must be a separate petition filed for the
sale of rcyersiotiary interest in each case by
an attorney of the United States Court, and
the assignee can only sell under a special
decree in each case, oucn petitions can
only be filed by the baukiupt himself, as in
McCoiinaughey's case, or by a creditor who
has uroved his debt.
"Where no debts are proven, and very
few are proven, against a bankrupt's estate,
the assignee becomes a trustee lor the bank
rupt, and, upon jetition, will be ordered by
the Court to re-convey the reversionary in
terest in the homestead to the bankrupt,
thus securing him his homestead in fee
simple. Ami in all eases where there are
debts proven, and no petitions filed for the
sale of reversion, the result is the same.
And when it is remembered that no rever
sion can be sold without the employment of
counsel, it must be apparent that tew sales
will take place."
We learn that a case has been carried up
to the Supreme Court of the United Slates
from North Carolina, and it is very proba
ble that our State homestead will be de
clare! unconstitutional as to old debts by
that tribunal at its next term. It is also
generally expected that the Bankrupt Law
will be repealed by Congress at its ap
proaching session.
While" on this subject we may also ex
plain the present Bankrupt Law in some of
its features, as there seems to be a great
deal of misunderstanding, especially in re
gard to the effect of the provision of the
Bankrupt Act, commonly called the 50 per
cent, clause.
The second clause of ihc thirty-third sec
tion as amended by the act of July 27,
1808, provides "that no discharge shall be
granted to a debtor whose assels shall not
be equal to fifty per centum of the claims
proved against his estate upon which he
shall be liable as the principal debtor, un
less the assent in writing of a majority in
number and value of his creditors to whom
he shall have become liable as principal
debtor, and who shall have proved their
claims, be filed in the case at or before
ihe time of hearing of the application for
discharge.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled that the
provisions of the second clause of the thirty
third section of said act as amended by the
first section of an act in amendment thereof,
approved July 27th, 18G8, shall not apply
to those debts from which the bankrupt
seeks a discharge which were contracted
prior to January
-w
1st, 1809.
One of the
Registers in Bankruptcy for
this
State defines that the true meaning of
this act is not that a bankrupt must be able
to pay fifty per cent of all his debts, before
he can obtain a discharge, as many believe,
but that his estate in the hands of his as
signee, at the time of the discharge, must
be equal to fifty, per cent of the amount of
the debts
1. That he owes as principal ;
2. That have been proved against his es
tate in bankruptcy ; and
3. That he has contracted since the 3 1st
day of December, 1808.
Or, if a majorit y in number and value of
those who have proved their debts, to whom
the bankrupt is indebted as principal, on
debts contracted subsequent to I)ec. 31,
f868, consent in w riting to the discharge,
such bankrupt may be discharged forever
from all his debts.
If a debtor, owing thre thousand dollars
as principal, twenty-five hundred of which
indebtedness was contracted prior to Jan
uary 1, 1809, and five hundred subsequent
to that time, files his petition in bankruptcy,
and all his creditors prove against him, and
there are no assets in the hands of the
assignee, the petitioner wilde entitled to a
discharge ; but it will be a bar only to ihe
debls contracted prior to January 1, 1809.
If no creditors prove, the discharge will be
good against all debts, whether contracted
before or after January 1, 1869.
The practical effect in bankruptcy cases
generally, is, that creditors fail to prove
their debts, finding it ordinarily unprofita
ble. They have had, in a large majority of
instances, heretofore, the trouble and ex
pense of making proofs without receiving
any return. The 50 per cent bug-bear,
therefore, when viewed in the light of the
law ami common-sense, disappears.
The exemptions under the 14th section
of the Uankrupt Act are as follows:
1. Household and Kitchen furniture to an
amount not exceeding $500.
2. Wearing apparel of Bankrupt and
family.
3. Uniform, ifce., if he has been a soldier
in ihe United Stales Army.
4. Personal property of the value of $500
to be selected by the Bankrupt.
5. A Homestead and the dwelling and
buildings used therewith, not exceeding in
value the sum of $1,000; or, in lieu thereof,
any lot in any city, town or village not ex
ceeding in value the sum of $1,000.
6. The reversionary interest in the Home
stead lands.
Judge Dick of the Western District
Court has decreed that in laying off the
Exemptions the Assignees must accept and
abide by any assignment of a homestead
which has been made by a sheriff under the
State laws; or which has been assigned
upon the application of a debtor in accord
ance with the laws of North Carolina.
Where no such assignment of homestead
has been made, the assignee will proceed to
set apart such homestead, and make the
other exemptions according to the rules of
the bankrupt Court. We suppose Jude
Brooks would rule likewise. ;
The report of such exemptions when
made by the assignee can be excepted to
by the bankrupt or by any creditor, within
twenty days after the allotment of such ex
empt property.
(BhavlolU Dcmoeroi, (BhavloUc, 'MM.
Timely Topics. j
As winter comes on, the coal question as
sumes an obtrusive importance. Bat it js
not the question of fuel here that it i$ our
present business to consider, but it is the
question as it arises, in England to which wc
would advert. A Parliamentry committee
recently examined many witnesses, anj re
port that by a careful examination of the
coal fields of Great Britian, and of th.e pro
duce of the minds at work iu tljetp, they
have been enabled to affirm that there is at
present an abundant supply, fully adequate
to satisfy present demand and certainly
sutiiceiit for many years to come. With re
gard to the question of possible failure in
the future the committee are of opinion that
"adequate materials exist for giving any
judgment on the sqbject, and that any
sound and practical report on the matter
must necessarially confine itself to the in
vestigation of a period contemporaneous
yjth "its issue. Speculations as to the fu
ture must obviously depend on the conjec
tural estimate which might be founed of the
growth of the population and the increasing
or decreasing demands of the United King
dom, and, to some extent, of other countries
also." In the teeth of this declaration we
have the fact of panic prices prevailing in
that country. Why is this, if there is "an
abundant supply !" The London Times in
discussing the disasters and coal which has
befallen the English iron trade, predicts
that the worst is yet to come. And it lays
the blame At the door of the workmen who
strike for better wages every year. The
effects of the strikes which go on from one
years end to the other is to limit the pro
duction to a serious extent, and so raise the
price. In this country the history of coal
and iron strikes has been one of almost uni
form defeat for the strikers.
n
The Gold Premium and Movement A Hope
ful Prospect.
Gold fell on Saturday lower than it has
been since the calamities of the war sent it
up to a high premium that is, lower than
it has been for nearly ten years. At the
opening of the market the price .was 108.
In the course of the day it rose to 108.
But with all the fluctuations the tendency
was downward, and the closing price was
108i. This fact is as remarkable as grati-
tying, for we had only a few days ago a
panic that threatened wide-spread financial
disarrangement, and, as a consequeuce, a
higher premium on gold. We have said all
along that there was no cause of any gen
eral disturbance of the market or business
and that the trouble would end with the
breaking down of a few rotteu or insecure
speculative firms. Had the panic occurred
when imports were excessive and exports
diminished, when gold was going out rapidly
instead of coming in, and when there was
little prospect of a large demand for the
products of our soil, or inability to supply
that demand, the result would have been
dittereirP. There would have been serious
difficulties all round. Happily the gold
movement, the balance of trade and the
prospect of a great demand for our crops,
which are abundant, proved most favorable
just at the right time. Consequently we
aie not only saved lrom widespread disas
ter, but the reaction has brought us to the
lowest gold premium referred to above.
Wall street speculators may attribute this
decline in gold to bear operations or combi
nations, as they are in the habit of doing,
according to their narrow views of finan
cial matters; but it is evident the causes
are general and healthy and arise from the
actual and prospective condition of our
commerce. The export of specie since the
1st of January amounted to $42,050,802.
Last year, for the same period, it was $59,
233,037, and for 1871, $01,202,238 that is,
nearly $17,000,000 less this year than in
1872, ami $19,000,000 less than in 1871.
Better still, gold has been coming from Eu
rope in large amounts every day or so for
weeks past. Last week the produce ex
ports amounted to $8,378,130, the largest
amount ever known, it is said. The export
of products since the 1st of January was
$223,540,358; while last year it amounted
to $171,308,333, and in 1871 to $1 78,248,249.
The imports of general merchandise were
less this year by $20,000,000 than last year.
Besides all these favorable signs of trade
and specie movements there is the prospect
of an enormous demand for grain, corn,
flour and other products in excess of for
mer years. Why, then, should not gold
decline? What necessity is there to fear
the consequences of the late panic among
the shaky banks and railroad and slock
speculators ? Everythiug looks hopeful,
ami should the prospects of trade be realiz
ed there is no reason why gold should not
continue to decline. Ar. Yl Herald, Oct.
IMh.
Rev. Dk. Munsev. The Lexington Ga
zette publishes the paragraph from the
Salem Register about the abject condition
of this once distinguished and eloquent
Minister, and comments as follows upon it:
a ins is u sua picture; we uo not say a
MiocMu.g one, ior tne iiuiortunate man is
more tinned against than sinning. This
country has never produced a rarer genius
than Muusey. With all his wonderful gifts
he was as gentle and guileless as a child.
He overworked his feeble body in scrviii
a church in Baltimore, succumbed to a para
lytic stroke that deadened one side and de
ranged his mind. We saw him in that city
over a year ago at his home still tiio-ivim'
with a laboring oar. We gave our opinion
to friends at the time that he was suffering
from aberration. His physicians made every
cnon to get nim away irom tne cxcitim
labors of a city pastorate. It seemed to the
noble fellow as deserting his post, and he
J refused to leave. Another severe attack
of palsy wrecked mind and body. He left
the city for the scenes of his early life in
the back counties of Virginia, bordering on
Tennessee. His own people were poor and
obscure. Jle was moneyless. It is a shame
to the church, to society, to humanity, that
this man of marvellous powers and "noble
life should end his days friendless and insane
and the sport of the vicious.
r3? Georgia
farmers appear at last to
counsel so often given to
lave
heeded the
planters in the cotton States, to grow their
own corn. This year 1,702.169 acres were
planted in cotton, and 1,791,468 acres in
conf showing a difference in favor of the
latter, and there are . beside over 1,000,000
acre planted with other crops.
The Great August Hurricane.
The Signal office has just compiled the
reports of the tremendous storm of August
24, and it presents a truly frightful exhibit.
The report is made up of official data, the
most reliable log books and accurate sta
tistics. It sums up a total of one thousand
and thjrty-two vessels known to have been
destroyed during the 24th and 25th of Aug
ust in "the Gulf of St, Lawrence and around
the coasts of Novia Scotia, Cape Beton aud
New Foundland. Ninety additional ves
sels were overwhelmed in the sanp3 tempest
before it reaphed Nova Scotia, while six
hundred lives were lost and nine hundred
buildings injured or demolished by its force.
The misery and rupi entailed on thousands
of New England and Canadian fishermen
and seamen by this single gale are almost
incalculable, and they afford strong induce,
ments for the extension of Signal Service
warnings to the Canadian ports. Could the
vast fleets of merchant vessels that throng
the waters in which the August storm
spent its fatal fury have had promonition
of its approach the majority might have es
caped, and many lives aud much of the
shipping have been saved.
It appears that the gale in question had
originated in much lower latitudes than
those of Novia Scotia, and speeding on its
wav from the tropics northward overs wept
the angular projection of the Continent of
Novia Scotia, Cape lireton ana JNewtouna
land are the outlying islands. The pre
monishing of such gales, which strike from
the Atlantic inshore, can only be insured
by securing the earliest intelligence from
vessels arriving at the Atlantic ports and
using them for purposes of meteorological
predictions. The new arrangements for
connecting the signal office with the light
houses and lightships off the coast by tele
graphic cable ought to, and probably will,
facilitate such forecasts and open the way
for their far greater usefulness and accuracy.
It is with great pleasure we observe that
one of the subjects under consideration in
the Vienna Meteorological Congress is how
to connect maritime Meteorology so as to
enable the landsman to utilize the mariners'
observations at sea and vice versa. A Y.
Herald.
Send for Mother'
"Dear me ! it wasn't enough for me to
nurse and raise a family of my own, but now
when I'm old, and expect to have a little
comfort here, it is all the time, "Send for
mother.'" And the dear old soul growls
and grumbles, but dresses herself as fast as
she can, notwithstanding. After you have
trotted her off and got her safely in your
home, and she flies around, administering
remedies and rebukes by turns, you feel
easier. It's right now or soon will be
mother's come !
In sickness, no matter who is there or
how many doctors quarrel over your case,
everything goes wrong, somehow, till you
send for moriier. In trouble, the first thing
you think of is to send for mother.
but tins has its ludicrous as well as Us
touching aspects. The verdant young
couples, to whom .baby s extraordinary
grimaces and alarming yawns, which
threaten the dislocation of its chin, its won
derful sleep, which it accomplishes with its
eyes hall open and no perceptible flutter of
breath on its lips, causing the young mother
to imagine it is dead this time, and to
shriek out, "Send for mother," in tones of
anguish this young couple, iu the light of
the experience which three or four babies
bring, find that they have been "ridiculous,
and given mother a good many "trots" for
nothing.
Did anybody ever send for mother and
did she fail to come, unless sickness or the
infirmities of age prevented her 't As when
in your childhood those willing feet respond
ed to your call, so they still do, and will
continue to do so as long as they are able
And when the summons conies which none
yet disregarded, though it will be a very
dark and sad one for you, then God, too,
will send tor mother.
Can a Mauri ed Woman be a Bank
rupt. This much disputed question has re
cently received adjudication in Indiana by
Judge Gresham, of the United States dis
trict court at Evens ville. The case was a
proceeding in bankruptcy brought by Hays,
Gibbons fc Co., of St. Louis, against Uachel
Goodman, a married woman. The petition
euargea mat Airs, uoouman was the wile
of Morris Goodman, aud that for severa
t. i. . j i. . ... i i
jicurs sue nau oeen engage! in ousiuess in
her own name m Evensville, Indiana; that
sh e was indebted to them in the sum o
$487.28, and had committed an act of bank
... rin . i i .i
rupicy. ine vourt ruieu mat in accor
dance with the statutes of the State a mar
ried woman cannot engage iu any kind o
business on her own account unless she
have separate property. The earnings of a
wue not possesseu ot separate means go to
the husband, and under such circumstances
she cannot be adjudged a bankrupt.
inifc
Important Decision in a Life Inscr
. 1 . l J s "k . . ; .
A.t;i AbE. lticuinona, wet. jo in me
Circuit Court of the United States, the case
ot llannock, vs. the New lork Life Iusur
ance Company, was decided against the
Company, and a verdict rendered for
$1,371. This is a case of general interest in
the South, and to insurance men, as it set
ties the question of the liabilities of North
em Insurance Companies for the amount o
premiums pan! before the war on policies
whicn lapsed during the war; it the Com
panies refused the application for the renew
al after the war closed ; the verdict was for
premiums paid and the interest thereon
l ne company s agent ncre declined to re
ceive premiums from the plaintiff because
he was unable to communicate with home
office.
Ex-Prksidknt Johnson's Loss. Ex
President Johnson visited Knoxville, Tenn. ,
one day last week, and the Press and Herald
of that place, after an interview with him,
published the following: "As the pres
throughout the country has contained vari
ous statements relative to his probable loss
by the suspension of the Jiirst National
Bank of Washington, we gathered the facts
i in the case from him, and are authorized to
! state that when the bank suspended, the
j ex-President had on deposit $73,000. He
regards its recovery as a matter of doubt.
If it proves an actual loss, it will not exhaust
his resources.'
Girls and Their Opportunities.
t. uaan nnr rrood fortune to know
xii lias nw " o . a Z
e i.;0 anA the last generation
women who were almost without what are
now called "advantages of education, pe
cause such advantages did not then exist
who might be models for the young and
ambitioSs students of to-day, rl hey . were
women who had been taught practically,
i i : i nil tastes.
ana also nau iraiueu -
their households,
able, and often obliged to do all the orfc
of a hospitable family.
They were not terrified by sickness or
appalled by danger, for they had been
taught to meet ootn wuu cwujhcp?
skill But they were not irritated or de-
. r. A full
moralised by tneir peiiy caie oi
drudgery of their work; they knew how
to keep these subordinate; and their
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noble intellectual iasies, laiuu ...
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petty cares, gave the tone to tneir iies.
A half bonis reading each day of Bacon
or Milton or Sir Thomas Browne, a half
hour's work at mathematics, has held to its
highest uses manv a day of many a woman's
life that would otnerwise nave gone iu
wflsto and weakness. To be able to get
out of the pressure and hurry of life, to
stand aside, as it were, ana see iniiigs in
their true lights and true proportions, is
one of the results of education. Such read
ing or such study lift 8 woman out of the
rliiil v routine ; she stands above it. sees the
end and the good of it, sees how small the
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obstacles are that looked lite mountains 10
her, serenely puts them aside, aud does not
allow what are considered the special wor
ries of woman to ruffle her dignity or cloud
her mind.
Thc.trouble of to-day is that girls con
foundacquisition of knowledge with educa
tion ; pride themselves on a certain nuiu-
ber ot lacts which mey nave stored iu tneir
memories, and wnicn, lor a lew years tuey
use with showv effect. Thev think they
know a great deal more than they do; they
een through the windows of science, see a
star here and a flower there, trifle a little with
acids, alkalies, and crucibles, and are per
suaded that thev are astronomers, botonists.
and chemists ; they undervalue all knowl-
edge which they do not possess, and are in
clined to despise all labor, save that of the
student. There is no branch of learning
which girls may not be taught ; there is no
hehrht of learning to which girls may not
SJ V
aspire; but they should be taught, most of
all, personal dignity, the need and tne beau
ty of adapting themselves to the life in
which they are placed ; their studies should,
so far as possible, have a practical appliea
cation ; they should understand that they
cannot know much at any rate, and should
learn the graces of intellectual modesty.
Cakiiying Pistols. The Georgia papers
are agitating the subject of how it is best
to retire pistols in that State. One suggests
a tax of five dollars, and a special oath that
he returns the pistol with other property.
If it is not so returned that the owner be
indicted for perjury. Another paper thinks
the tax named too small, and will not oper
ate as a prohibition. It suggests v&500 or
1,000 fine. Several deaths have recently
occurred in that State, from carrying con
cealed fire-arms, which gives origin to the
discussion.
Daily Arriving at
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N. PRATHEK & CO'S,
Jresh Supplies of Goods,
Consisting of Canned Fruits, French and American
Candies in iill the new- alul rich varieties, Bread,
Cakes and Pies to suit sill classes. Weddings anl
Festivals furnished at short notice and at reason
able terms. .
Eating House.
Our 'table will be furnished with an abundant
evidence of a bountiful harvest season, and with
our enlarged room and increased facilities we feel
confident we can, by a persistent effort, please all
who may lavor us with their patronage. Call and
see us.
Jfeals at all hours.
W. N. PItATIIER & CO.,
Sept. 22 1873. Next to Market House
Special Notice.
At B. N. Smith's, opposite the Court House, you
can mm a general assortment oi Family Supplies.
He has Coffees. (4 reen and UnAut.pd Smrar U'hito
Yellow affd Brown ; Black and Green Teas ; Syrup
anu jioiasses; vinegar, Bait, .Mackerel, Bacon
Hams, Meal, Flour, Corn, Lard, Butter, Cheese
Eirsrs. Chickens. Potatoes, and Ilmnins
We call special attention to our stock of Pure
T r . n i .
liquors ior ramuy use, consisting of Brandies
Whiskeys. Wines. kc.
1 have also made arrangements to keep Fish and
uysiers uunng me season.
fSF" N. B. Goods delivered in any part of the
!tv ' n XT mfinnii
Oct. 13. 1873.
STEAM SAUSAGE MANUFACTORY
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Packing, Curing and Smoking
ESTABLISHMENT.
V. HECHLER, Jr., & BRO.,
JTUtiST MARKET, RICHMOND, VA.
Afi til S:iliaa.!Tfi RPflSrm W !lrt1lt tr PnmmnnAn w
inform the public that we are better prepared than
ever to till any orders in our line, and as everything
Is under the special supervision of one of the firm,
we can confidently recommeid our Provisions as of
the best quality, and challenge competition. We
pay particular attention to the manufacture of SAU
SAGE for the Southern markets.
Those in want will address us. and we will put it
up in neat boxes and deliver it to the Express Com
pany or depot free of charge for boxes and dray age,
provided you return the boxes by express. And we
want to call your attention to one more item the
bouthern Express Company will carry this freight
at much less than last year.
We are now prepared to fill orders for all kinds
of bausage Puddings, Bacon, Lard, &c , such as
1? resh Pork Sausage, m Links ; Fresh Pork Sausage,
in Cake; Fresh Pork Tenderloin Sausage; Fresh
1 ork Tenderloin Sausage, Smoked ; Bologna Sau
sage Smoked : Garlic Sausage, Smoked; Blood
1 uddmgs. Liver Puddings, Dutch Puddings, Irish
Puddings, Hog's Head Cheese, Sugar Cured Hams,
bugar Cured Shoulders, Sugar Cured Breasts, Sugar
Lured Joles, Sugar Cured Strips, Beef Tongues,
buioked Beef, Beef, by Quarter or Side : Mutton by
till nnantllir II ... ..... . J
.lljr iug m any quantity ; ricKled rork,
Lgra by the barrel or keg, Loins and Ribs of Pork,
ig s t eet in barrels Rtiir-i-a Pi-'a Vn.,t ;
is, spices; Lamb's Tongues, in pickle; Hog's
"fo". picKie. sena tor Price List.
n ,o ,o- v- HEClILEIt, JR., & BRO.,
m-t,i3tls3 2m Richmond, Va,
. NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform our friends, both Mer
cuants and Planters, who are in arrears, and whose
accounts are matured, or maturing, that we are now
prepared to buy their Cotton, for which we will
Pjy lull market prices, and trust that all to whom
we nave advanced will come up promptly and settle.
We want the Cash or Cotton.
n 10 w- IL IL HOUSTON & CO.,
"ot, 13,. 1873. Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
A New View of the Crisi
Mr. J. E. Williams, President t ,
Metropolitan Bank of New Yl 01 U
speech before the Clearing HoU8e n.
Hi vii, uiaicu me vause OI tho ...
I : xt . , ae moneuw
pieuie iu new irK to oe that M
too rich in wheat, pork and omt , tr
financial pocket ;" that fifteen million0"'
currency had been sent t f
currency had been sent to the W'
move the wheat crop and that a co2i
able portion ol it had been and would iL
tem poraril y kept there ; that formerly iv
nroducinr States, when tUi. "
i r t v-roi)3
ready for shipment, owed nearly their l l
value to New York, and that con8eneiul!
but little currency was left with th
Now all that is chansred. or i. v
a great extent, and as the South and V
- " j u mure ana taora
currency. Mr. Williams think, too, Y
the black laborer is fond of hoarding--
backs, to such an extent that "it wwiKK
tj or fifty millions of greenbacks most 1 ,
hoarded in the negro cabins of the South''
New Clothing Store.
JOHN A. YOUNG & SON
Respectfully inform their friends and the nohK
that they are now receiving and opening 3.
new stock of uwr
CLOTHING
at their Store on Tryon street, Charlotte faimv
door above the Charlotte Hotel '
Their stock. hasteen selected with care ftxau th
manufacturers in the North, and is so tarifd U
style, quality and price as to suit the taste
wants of every one. It embraces every article oI
cessary to make the Gentleman's wardrobe coa,
plete, and they ask an examination of their good!
by purchasers before buying elsewhere.
J. A. YOUHG 4 SOX
Charlotte, Oct. 0, 1873. if
A CARD.
I respectfully inform my friends and tho
having business with me that I have removed tar
Office to the Clothing Store of J. A. Young Jfc Son
Tryon street, Charlotte, where I will at all timMbt
pleased to see them. J. A. Y0UX0
Oct. G, 1873.
New Stock of Groceries.
The attention of our friends and the public is rr
specif ul ly called to our large and well selected stock
of GKOCEKIES, consisting of everything to ht
found in a first class Grocery House.
You Can be suited in any tiling you may call for
in the shape of LIQUOltS all grades and priw
to suit. Everything sold is warranted as represent
ed. We can sell you the celebrated B. select Whi
key at manufacturer's prices, freights added.
Our Holt's celebrated ltye, and the celebrated
Lynchburg Rye are among the most popular brand
of old Rye Whisky all of which we keep ia large
quantities.
Cooper's, Lanier's and Bal ie's pure Mountain Giro
Whiskey, Apple aud Peach Brandy, French Brandy,
California Brandy, Maderia, Sherry, Port, Malaga,
Muscatel, Angelica, Scuppernong and Flower
Wines of the best grades always in store.
Imported Ale aud Porter, and Champaigns al.
ways on hand.
Give us a call. -
Oct. 13, 1873. GRIER & ALEXANDER.
NOT UNTIL SATURDAY, OCT. 25lk.
GREAT EASTERN
3IEXAGKKIE, MUSEUM, AVfAUY,
circus, jwMAy iurromiom
AND EGYPTIAN CARAVAN.
Requiring three separate Trains and 100 Caw to
transport it.
Admission,
75 Cents.
Children under 10 years, 50
-
Wait for the Largest Show in the World!
A Towering Giant among: its Fellows.
The Great 12 Centre-Pole Tent
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$100,000 Challenge Show
WILL EXHIBIT AT
CHARLOTTE, SATURDAY, OCT. 25th, 1871
Three Performances, at 10 a. m. and 3 and 8 p.
Doors open one hour previous.
A Ticket Wagon will lie open on the street from
0 a. m. to 12 m., where tickets can ho purd
thus avoiding the rush on the ground.
4 GRAND MENAGERIES,
2 CIRCUS COMPANIES,
A GRAND MUSEUM,
AVIARY AND CARAVAN
A Double Circus Performance!
In 2 separate rings in the same immense W
and in sight of the entire audience, at tbe same U
TRIPLE SETS OF PERFORMERS,
TWO SETS OF RING HORSES'.
MAMMOTH PAVILION measuring nearly l
yards of Canvass, covering nearly 4 acres of
and requiring
TWELVE CENTKE-FOLES !
AND
A CITY OF TEXTS.
LARGEST AND MOST GORGEOUS
PROCESSION!
A glitter and glare of gold and silver, wilh
20 LADIES ON HORSEBACK,
3 BRASS AND REED BANDS,
A GRAND STEAM PU0'
Whose music can be heard 4 miles.
3 GREAT SHOWS DAILY,
10, 2 and 7 o'clock.
Free Balloon Ascension every &8
tW Excursion Trains will be run at Pj
duced rates, returning the visitors, after eibib
free of charge.
GO FTllLY!
Seethe PROCESSION, and the dariDg
make a Journey beyond the Clouds in his a
'City of Paris.'
tW See large pictorials, programmes, cJjJJ
bills read the "Jreat Eastern Advance IIe
particulars. - CHAS. SIVALIA As1
October 6, 1873 ?y ' '