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THE
Charlotte Home and Democrat,
Published evkbt Fbidat bt
J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor.
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Terms Two Dollars for one year.
One Dollar for six months.
Subscription
price due
in advance.
' Entered at the Post Otflce in Charlotte. N.
C as second class matter," according to the
rules of the P. O. Department.
ROBERT GIBBON, M.
Physician and Surgeon.
D.,
OFFICE,
Fifth and Tryon
re8idence,
Strkkts.
Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C.
March 17, 1882. tf
T.
O. SMITH & OO.,
HOLES ALE
AND
RETAIL DRUGGISTS,
CHAHLOTTE, N . C .
May 11, 1883.
J. P. McCombs, M. D ,
Olf. rs bis professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte aiul surrounding country. All calls,
both night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
the Charlotte Hotel.
Ian. 1, 1HM.
Oil. A. W. ALEXANDER. DR. C. L. ALEXANDER.
SURGEON DENTISTS,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Okkn k, up stairs in Irwin's corner building.
Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
July 14, 1882. yr.
A. IIUKWEI.L. P. D. WALKER.
BURWELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts,
Office adjoining Court House.
Jmi. 1, 1883.
JOHN E. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court
House, No. 1, Sims & Dowd's building.
Dec 23, 1881 y
DR. M. A. BLAND,
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte
Hotel.
Oas used for the painless extraction of teeth.
Feb 15,1882.
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice Limited to the
EYE. EAR AND T II R 0 A T .
Jan. 1, 1883.
J. S. Sl'ENCEIt. -T. C. SMITH.
J. S. SPENCER & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Trade Street, Charlotte, JV. C.
AGENTS FOR
Roekirghiun Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids.
Special attention given to handling
( ottou on Consignment.
April 13, 1883.
WILSON & BURWELL
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Druggists,
Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C,
Have a large and complete Stock of everything
pertaining to the Drug Business, to which they
invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale
ami retail.
Oct 7,1881.
HALES & PARRIOR,
Practical Witch-dealers and Jewelers,
Charlotte, N. C,
Keeps a full stock of haudsome Jewelry, and
Clocks, Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair
prices.
Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c
done promptly, and satisfaction assured.
Store next to Springs' corner building.
July 1, 1881.
SPRINGS & BURWELL,
Grocers and Provision Dealers,
Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses,
Syruys, Mackerel. Soaps. Starch, Meat, Lard,
Hams, Four. Grass Seeds. Plows, &c, which we
offer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All
are invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar
gest.
Jan. 1. 1883.
PAUL B. BARRINGER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office Over Jordan & Co.'s Drug Store.
Residence At Gen. Barringer's.
EST Calls in country attended.
Feb. 9. 1883. Cmpd
E. M. ANDREWS,
Charlotte, N. C.
FURNITURE,
Coffins and Caskets,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Feb. 9, 1S83- yr
HARRISON WATTS.
Cotton Buyer,
Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Oct. 14. 1882.
L B. Vance. W. H. Bailey.
VANOE & BAILEY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
CHARLOTTE, n. c.
Practices in the Supreme Court of United States,
supreme Court of .North Carolina, Federal
Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg,
Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan,
and Davidson
CsfOffice, two doors east of Independence
square. June 17 tf
Esf" We know a great deal about work
honest, square, steady, effective work;
bat about overwork we have a great deal
of doubt. Generally speaking, when a
man is said to be overworked, the truth
is that he lias been guilty of some excess
which breaks down his strength. There
may be cases in which there is an excess
of work, but of these cases there are very
few indeed. The excess is in eating, in
drinking, in neglect of exercise, or in some
other mysterious way. A man of ordinary
health can stand all the real work that he
has to do, but the additional strain which
he puts upon himself outside ot work is
more than he can bear. Neva York ihtn.
City Lots for Sale.
By virtue of executions in my hands issued on
certain judgments against R. D. Graham in favor
of Witikowsky, Alexander, and Brown, and
numbered as Nos. 747, 749, and 912, respectively,
on th Judgment Docket of Mecklenburg county,
1 will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash
;u trie Court House dor in said county on. tne
Am Monday, the 2d day, of Jnly, 1883, the fol
lowing parcels of Land as the property of said
Graham, to-wit : Lots No. 1560 and 1561, and
that portion of Lot No. 1566 lying on the North
east side of the line of the A., T. & O. Railtoad,
being parts of Square No. 190 in the city of
Charlotte, in said county and State, as designated
on Beer' City Map, and adjoiuing lands known
as the Charlotte City Mills property.
M. E. ALEXANDER,
May 25, 1883. 6w Sheriff.
Postponed I
Two Valuable
COTTON FACTORIES
To be Sold.
Pursuant to decrees of the Superior Court of
Gaston county, State of North Carolina, made
cn the 20th and 22d February, 1883, I will sell
at PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Court House, in
Dallas, Gaston county, .North Carolina, on Tues
day, the 22d day of May, 1883, at noon. TWO
COTTON FACTORIES, known as Liueberger's.
or the WOOULiAWJN and LAWKEJNCE Fac
tories, situate in Gaston county, on the South
Fork of the Catawba River.
Description,
1. THE LAWRENCE MILLS Property con
sists of a new Brick Building, 96x56 feet, and
three stories high, built in 1878, and all necessarv
out-houses for operatives, and runs 5,000 Spindles
with new Machinery. Ihese Mills are on the
River, and the fine Water-Power and 152J6
Acrts of Land attached, will be sold with the
Mills.
2. THE WOODLAWN MILLS are one third
of a mile above the Lawrence, on the same
River. The Buildings are not new, but most of
the Machinery is new. These Mills bave 110
Acres of Land attached, with fine WatenPower,
and run 2,500 Spinules.
Both Mills are incorporated with liberal char
ters, severally, are in complete running order,
and can be put in operation at once. They will
be sold separately and possession given as soon
as the sale is confirmed by Court.
The terms of sale are fully set forth in the de
crees of sale on file in said Court, to which refer
ence is made for particulars. The terms of sale
will be also made known on the day of sale, and
on application to the undersigned Commissioners
at Charlotte, will be communicated to any per
sons desiring to purchase or know, and the Mill,
and Property will be shown on application at
the premises.
E. li, I'. OSBORNE,
April 27, less. commissioner,
I2gr By order of the Superior
Court of Gaston county, the sale
of the above
Property is postponed until Tuesday, June 26'.h
183. E. K. P. Osborne,
May 25, 1883. 5w Commissioner.
LAND SALE.
By virtue of a Decree nf the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, we win sell at puouc auc
tion tt the Court House in Charlotte, .N. C, on
Moi-day, June 4'h, 1883, that valuable Tract of
LAND in Paw ( reek Township, known as the
"Dow Aliil Tract, containing about 4b Acres.
This Land lies on Long Creek, and is well
adapted to the cultivation or corn ana cotton
It will tin sold in six- narce s. flats mav De Seen
at the law office ot Messrs. Burwell & Walker, at
Charlotte, and at Lawing s Mill, near the prem
ises.
Terms Five per cent cash ; balance at six
and eitrii teen months; purchaser to give notes
with approved security, bearing interest from
date. GEO E. WILSON,
A. BURWELL,
Comm issioners.
May 18, 1883. 3w
Sale of City Property.
As Assignee of J. L Hardin, in bankruptcy, I
will sell at public ahction at the Court House
door in Charlotte, on 2d day of June, 1883, at 12
M.. two Lots m the city of Charlotte, known as
Lots No. 1830 and 1833, in Square No. 234,
fronting 99 feet on Tryon street ana running
ba:k 396 feet to College street, upon which there
id a Dwelline and other improvements. The
property is near the Passenger Depot of the C.
C. Railroad, and adjoius the Murray property
and others.
Terms One-half cash and one-half at six
months, at 8 per cent interest.
JNO. E. UROWX,
May 18, 1883. 3w Assignee.
Mortgage Sale.
Bv virtue of authority granted to it by William
Wallace at, d wife, in a certain Mortgage Deed,
dated October 5, 1881, and registered in the omce
of the Register of Mecklenburg county, in Book
28. pase 81. the Mutual Building and Loan As
sociation wi'.l sell at public auction, for cash, at
the Court House in Charlotte, C., on Satur
day the 9th day of June, 1883, the Land de
scribtd in said Mortgage, being part of Lot No.
601. in Square 79. and fronting 4y teet on "
street, and ioining the property of R. M. Miller
and others.
A. G. BRENIZER,
May 4, 1883. 6w Sec'y. and Treas.
J. S. SPEKCER.
J. C. SMITH.
J. S. SPENCER & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AND
Commission Merchants,
College St., Charlotte, If. C.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Heavy Groceries, including Meat. Lard. Mo
lasses, Salt, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, also the light
Groceries usually carried in a Wholesale Grocery
business.
Superlative Patapsca Patent Flour,
The Finest Made.
Levering's Reliable Roasted Coffee.
Selling Agents for the Rockingham 4-4 A Ex
tra Sheeting and fee uee -iaias.
Special attention given to handling cotton on
consignment.
J. S. SPENCER Sb CO.
April 13, 1883.
Nothing To Do.
'Nothing to do V in tbis world of ours.
Where weeds grow up with the fairest flowers,
Where smile s have only a fitful play,
Where hearts are breaking every day ?
Nothing to cro P thou Christian soul,
Wrapping thee round inthy selfish stole ?
Off with the garments of sloth and sin,
Christ, thy Lord, hath a kingdom to win.
"NothiDg to do !" There are prayers to lay
On the altar of incense, day by day ;
There are foes to meet witbia and without.
There is error to conquer, strong and stout.
Nothing to do P Tbere are minds to teach
T he simplest form of Christian speech ;
Tbere are hearts to lure with loving wile,
From the grimes t haunts of sin's d file.
Nothing to do !" There are lambs to feed,
The precious hopes of the Church's need ;
Strength to be borne to the w ak and faint,
V'gHi to keep with the doubting saint.
'Nothing to do !" and tby Saviour said,
"Follow thou me in the path I tread."
Lord, lend thy help the journey through,
Lest, faiot, we cry, "So much to do !"
Selected.
Making Shot. A Bhot tower is an im
mense brick structure 150 feet high resem
bling a light house more than anything
else. Visitors are conducted up a spiral stair
case inside,to the top, where a fine view is
obtained for miles about, but the view
down the inside is not so pleasant. The
opening where shot decends becomes nar
rower and narrower, until nothing is seen
at the bottom but darkness. At the top
of the tower are furnaces for melting.
From these, lead is poured into pans, set
in the tower, with perforated sheet-iron
bottoms, lbe melted lead comes through
these holes and enlarges on the other side,
forming into globules before it, falls down
to the well beneath holding several feet
of water. The large shot drop the whole
height of the tower to the bottom, but the
smaller size only about half as far. One
peculiar thing is, that the small shot gen
erally expand in falling, the largest size
contract. Very great care is necessary
in mixing the metals, as it would run
through the holes and drop in strings il
cot of the proper proportions, and no shot
could be made at all.
WE
Have Taken All
The margin and 50 per cent of cost price off a
lot of DKESS GOODS, the best bargain yet
offered. Call and see theni.
ALEXANDER & HARRIS.
May 18, 1883.
j. Mclaughlin,
Agent
For the sale of L B & L. S. Holt's Plaids,
Charlotte, N. C.
Jan. 26, 1883.
tf.
i LUMBER !
Oak, Hickory, Poplar and Pine
I have a Saw Mill running nexr Linenlnton,
ai.d am prepared to fumit.li LUMBER of aM
all sorts to those wxnting it, suco as White Oak,
Red Oak. Hickorv, Poplar anu Pine. IhoS'-d
shins- a fine Quality of Lnmbt r will ilas" ad
dress me at Liiicolnton, N C. The Lumbi-r wil
he delivered at the Depot in Lincoln ton
J. J. fLUMi.
Liiicolnton, April 27, 1883. pd
A. R. NISBET & BRO.,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers and Confectioners,
Dealers in
Tobacco, Cighis, Musical inbtruments, &c.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
The best stock of Groceries, Confectioneries,
Prize Candies, Toys, Musical instruments,
Strings, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Wooden-Ware,
Paper Bags, uannea uooas, ias-8 i tines, racs.-
ers, rowaer, onoi, oau, otc, m me u-.j, vm uc
found at our
Wholesale and Retail Store.
Call and see us before buying.
A. R. NISBET & BRO.
O. B. KAZABBNUS. r. n. ruaL.An
G. B. NAZARENTJS & CO.,
BAKERS AND FANCY GROCERS,
Confectioners and
CANDY MANUFACTUIURS.
Tryon St., opposite Telegraph Office,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
A full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries al
ways on hand. A share of the patronage of the
public solicited.
Feb. 2, 1883. 3m
EDWARD P. HALSTEAD,
Veterhiary Surgeon,
Late of Hereford- Enerland. bees to inform the
public that he has opened a Veterinary Infirmary
in Charlotte, for the treatment of lame and sick
horses, mules, &c. Horses examinea as to sounG
ness. All letters addressed to Postofflce Box No. 264,
Charlotte. N. C. will receive prompt attention.
May be seen personally at the Buford House.
TESTIMONIAL:
The undersigned, having had considerable ex
perience of the ability of Mr E P. Halstead. in
the Veterinary Art, cheerfully recommends him
to all who may need his services.
WILLIAM rSTTRSS,
Melville Stock Farm. Haw River,
Alamance county, N. C.
March 16, 1883. tf
WE ARE OFFERING
A magnificent Stock of
Caw and Cocoa Matting
This week. All Grades and Kinds.
A splendid Stock of OIL CARPETS. Don't
forget the WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES.
LACES, &c.
ALEXANDER & HARRIS.
April 27. 1883.
Fresh Drugs
And Chemicals of all kinds, Spices, Flavoring
Extracts, &c, jutt received by
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Op. Elias & Cohen's, Tryon street.
March 10, 1883.
The Printer and His Type.
The following beautiful extract is from
the pen of Benjamin F. Taylor, the poet
printer:
"Perhaps there is r.o department of en
terprise whose details are less uuderelood
by intelligent people than the "art pre
servative," the achievement of type.
tivery day their life long, they are accus
tomed to read the newspaper, and find
fault with its htattment!', its arrange
ments, its looks; to plume themselves
upon the discovery of some roguish and
aerobatic type that gets into a frolic and
otauds upon its head, or of some waste
letter or two in n but of the process by
which the newspaper is made, of the.
myriad motions and the thousands of
pieces necessary to its composition, they
know little ami think lee. They imagine
they discourse of a wonder, indeed, when
they epeak of the !air, white carpet,
woven lor thought to'walk on, of the rags
that fluttered on tin back of the beggar
yesterday.
But there is something more wonderful
still when we look at the hundred and
fitty-tw-o little boxes, somewhat shaded
with the touch of inky fingers, that com
pose the printer's "case" uoiseless, except
the clicking of the type, as one by one
they take their places in the growing line
we think we have found the marvel of
the art. We think how many fancies in
lragments there are in the boxes; how
man) atoms of poetry and eloquence the
printer can make here and there, if he
had only a little chart to work by ; how
many facts in a little "handful," how
much truth in chaos.
Now he picks up the scattered ele
ments, until he holds in his hand a stanza
of "Gray's Elegy," or a monody upon
Giimes)' "All Buttoned up Before." Now
he sets "Puppy iMissing," and now "Para
dise Lost," he arrays a bride in "small
caps," and a sonnet in nonpareil ;" he an
nounces the languishing "live" in one sen
tence transposes the word and deplore
the days that are lew and "evil," in the
next. A poor jest licks its way slowly
into the printer's hand, just like a clock
i tinning down, aiul a strain of eloquence
marches into the line, letter by letter.
We fancy we can tell the difference by
hearing by the ear, but perhaps not. The
type that told a wedding yesterday, an
nounces a burial to-morrow perhaps in
the same letters. They are the elements
to make a world of. These types are a
world, with something in it as beautiful
as spring, as rich as summer, and as grand
as autumn flowers, that the frost cannot
wilt fruit that shall ripen for all time.
The newspaper has become the loi
book of the aiie. It tells at what ratet'i
world is running we cannot find our
reckoning without it. True, the green
grocer may bundle up a pound of candles
in our last, expressed thoughts, but it is
only coming to bt-e uses something "that
is done liims "innumerable. We console
ouiSelves by thinking I hat one can make
of t hat new spaper what he cannot make
ol live oak a bridge tor lime, that we
can llmg over the chasm of years, and
wlk back uuon the shadowy sea into the
lar past. The linger t.hall not end his
song, nor the soul be eloquent no more.
The realm of the press is enchanted
ground. Sometimes the editor has the
happiness of knowing that he has defended
the right, exposed the wrong, protected
the weak, that he h is given utterance to
ii sentiment that has cheered somebody's
s Uiary nour, ma te someoouy nappier,
k'mileq a smile upon a sad lace, or a hope
in a he.ivy heart."
ZdiT' More than twelve months ago a
"p rpetual clock" as started at Brussels.
An up-draught is obtained in a tube or
shalt by exposure to i he sun ; this draught
turns a fan, which winds up the weight of
the clock un il it reaches the top, when it
actuates a brake that stops the fan, but
leaves it lree to start again when the
weight has gone down a little. This
clock has been keeping good time, after
i -. i . i l l. :
running continuously lor nine months.
THE
All--Healing
SPRUNG 8 COMPANY
Opem d their Hotel for
the season of 1883 on
the 15ih of May.
The capacity for guests has been much en
larged since last season by the building of new
Roortis and new Cottages, and great improve
ments have been made in all the surroundings
with a view to the comfort and pleasure of vis
itors. With a desire to make this the most attractive
resort for real comfort and health, and with a
variety of mineral waters furnis-hed by twelve
Springs now ready for use, whose wonderful
health-giving qualitits entitle thtm to the name
of "All-Healing," with a climate that is free
from all malaria or other unhealthy influences,
with all amusements and rtcr atious calculated
to promote health, and with conveniences of ac
cess by the Narrow Gauge and Air Line Roads,
which give Excursion Kates to these Springs,
the Company confidently invites the public to
give thest; Springs a trial, with the assurance that
no enorts will be spared to make all who may
come satisfied with their visit.
A rew ami attractive feature of the Springs
will be the banitanum, (hereaiter to be open all
the vear,) recently established by Prof. H. P.
Gatchell and Mrs. A. M. Gatchell, M. D.,and the
Turkish, Russian and Eiectro-Theunal Baths,
under the management of If. P. Gatchell, Jr.,
M. L).
For further information and terms address
Dr. F. M. GARRETT,
All-Heeling P. O , Gaston Co., N. C
May 18, 1883. 2m
CLEAVELAND
Mineral Springs
Opened May 15th. These Springs are two miles
from Shelby, and one mile trom Carolina Cen
tral Railway. Hacks will be at Springs Station
on arrival of eveiy train
Cold and warm Bath. White and Red Sul
phur and Chalybeate Waters.
A g od String Band secured for the season
Bowdng Alley in good order. Children under
ten years of age, and colored servants, will be re
ceived at half price. For further information
address
S. McB. POSTON,
May 18, 1883. 2m Proprietor.
Vasseline.
We have now in Stock all the preparations of
"Vasseline," including
Vasseline Plain.
" Pomade.
" Camphor Ice.
Oil.
" Confections.
" Cold Cream.
WILSON & BURWELL.
Notes from Col. J. H. Wheeler's Memoirs.
Saturday, 20th of May, 1865. Mr A G
Allen, editor of the National Intelligen
cer, met me on the street and informed me
that Gov. Vance, of our State, had been
brought to ashington, a prisoner of war,
and that I might do good by seeing him,
and that Gov. Swain was at the Ebbitl
House and wished to see me. 1 went to
the Ebbitt House and found Gov. Swaiu
and William Eaton, Jr. Gov. Swain ac
companied me home. I sent lur his bag
gage, as he wishtd to be more quiet than
at the hotel. He. with Messrs Eaton and
B. F. Moore, are here, invited by the
President to advise measures to restore
North Carolina to the Union.
Sunday, 21st May. Gov. Swain accom
panied me to the church. Dr Pinckuey
preached. In tht? evening I called on the
President, at the request of Gov. Swam
and Mr Moore, and made arrangements
for their meeting at 2 p. m. to-morrow. -
Monday, 22 May. Gov. Swain ei gaug
ed in writing, preparing lor the confer
ence with the President. At 2 p. in. I
went with him and Messrs Moore and
Eaton to the President's office and intro
duced them. Mr Thomas and General
Mussey, of Lewisburg, were with him.
After introducing them I arose to retire,
when the President desired me to remain.
A conference deeply interested in all its
details occurred. The president directed
his secretary to read a proclamation which
he proposed to issue, and an amnesty to
certain classes, by which North Carolina
was to be restored to the union. He in
vited a frank, free aud open discussion.
Mr ;oore, with much dicisiou, earnest
ness and courage, denounced the plan, es
pecially as to the class who were to be ex
empted trom. pardou. The plan, the al
leged, was illegal, aud he denied the pow
er of the President to issue it. He de
manded of him where in the constitution
of laws he found such power. The Presi
dent replied that by " article 4, section 4,
the United Siates hhall guarantee to ev
ery S;ate a Republican power of govern
ment, tfec." "True," replied Mr Moore,
"but the President is not the United
Slates. As to exempting from all pardon,
or requiring all persons owning a 'certain
amount of property to be pardoned it is
rimply ridiculous. You might as well
say that every man who has bread and
meat enotign to leeu his lamily was a
traitor and must be pardoned." Mr
Moore continued in the same caustic man
ner to examine other points of the procla
mation, aud especially the appointment ot
a Governor by the President, averring
that the President had no such power.
He finally suggested to the President to
meddle as little as possible with the State;
that she was able to take care of herself
by aid of her own citizens; that his plan
would be to let the Legislature be called
which, as the Governor was a prisoner
the speakers of the Legislature could do;
then the Legislature would authorize the
people to call a convention which would
repeal the secession ordinance of the 20il
of May, 18Gl,and thus restore goo f cor
respomience wiin me u nion, with the
. p i n . . i t
rights oi tne states, unimpaired and her
dignity respected. The President listened
with much attention, and bore with great
dignity the fiery philippics of Mr Moore
Gov. Swain, in a long and temperate
speech, but with much earnestness, ad
vocated the plan of Mr Moore. He do
tailed circumstances of much interest, be
fore unknown, illustrative of his course
and that of Governors Graham and Vance.
le read several letters from Governor
Graham. The President stated that "he
appreciated the able views and the frank
enunciations of ins mends, but still
thought that the Provisional Governor
ati-kiill I w. Qnnmntuil Vhir tlio Stolow
that the President was the executive ofn
cer of the United States, and therefore
the t-TOVernor he thought should be ap
pointed by him. He did not seem much
inclined to give any ground, and as it
was then 6:30 o clock he adjourned the
conference to meet again on Tuesday at
p. m.
Thursday, 25th May. At 8 o'clock I
went with Governor Swain to the Presi
dent's house; we found Messrs Moore and
Eaton, also W W Holden, R P Dick.Rich-
ard( S?) 'J ason, J PHRuss, Richardson,
Rev Mr bkiiiner,Lr Kobt J Powell and Col
Jones. The President laid before us the
amnesty proclamation, by which he pro
posed to restore the btate of North Car
olina to the Union, a military Governor
to be appointed by the President, who
should proceed forthwith to organize the
State Government : direct the people to
call a convention, appoint judges, officers,
etc. The President further stated that
the name of the person as Governor was
purposely left blank in the proclamation,
and requested that we should select some
name and that whoever we selected he
would appoint. The President then retired.
Gov. Swain stated that it was a preferable
mode to him and more in accordance with
the laws of North Carolina that the con
venlion should be called by the Legisla
ture, which could be summoned by the
speaker of the Senate, or they might meet
of their own accord. But the president
was unwilling to trust that body. Mr
Eaton declared himself opposed to the
appointment of a Governor by the Presi
dent; that be was only invited for advice
and conlerence and not for making offices.
and that he would not unite in any recom
mendation of any one for this or any other
office. It was then proposed to organize
the meeting, and on motion of Dr Powell
Mr Moore was called to the chair. Mr
Moore said he concurred in the sagacious
views of Mr Eaton, and declined to take
the chair. He, with Gov. Swain and E
ton, retired to another room. Dr Powell
then moved that (Jot J l il ituss be ap
pointed chairman, which was carried, and
on motion of Dr Powell the name of W
W Holden was inserted as Governor. The
President was then sent lor, who came in
and seemed gratified at the selection. The
party then dispersed. The President
gave Gov Swain and myself permits to
visit Gov. Vance iu prison.
Friday, 25th May. Gov. Swain and
myself rode to Carroll prison where we
saw Gov. Vance, Gov, Fletcher and Gov.
Brown confined in the same place. Gov.
Vance was in good spirits and health.
Gov. Corwin, of Ohio, also called to see
Gov. Vance, and denouoced the outrage
of imprisoning without process of law and
without crime three Governors of Slates,
confined together, and he promised Vance
that he should use every effort to eet him
out which pledge he nobly redeemed. He
asked V ance "for what crime he was im
prisoned." Vance replied "he did not
know, unless Gov. Holden who had voted
for the ordinance of secession in conven
tion, and had pledged the last man and
the last dollar, and failed to redeem his
pledge, and so he Vance, was his security
ai.d ha l to suffer." We remained with
Gov. Vance more than au hour, when we
returned to my house. As the weather
was lainy and disagreeable, Gov. Swain
remained within doors and we conversed
a historical matters aud the stirring events
ol the last few days, of which he forebodes
much evil. 1 read atlns reauest mv diarv:
(as above recorded.) He asked for a copy,
us he thought it concise and correct, to
fend to Mrs. S.
The following extracts show how the
redoubtable Zeb. Vance passed his time
in prison :
"Carroll Prison, 16 June, 1865.
Col Wheeler: My Dear Sir: I desire to
tudv Fiei;cU while in confinement. I want a
dictionary, Grammar, and Ollendorff method.
l am quite well and see no hope of getting out
M.on. v ery truly yours.
Z. B. Vance."
And I his, a little later:
"July 2d, 1865.
loi. J. u. wneeier: Dear Sir: Will you
p :t-ase do me tne tavor to borrow lor me the fol-
lowirg law books ? I am not able to buy them :
isiackstone, Jiu volume only : Greenleaf on Evi
dence : Adams on Equity : Chittv's Pleadinirs.
1st volume, l desire to refresh mv law studies.
l am getting on bravely in D rench, lovtavoua.
Z. B. VANCE.
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Games of American Children.
There is something very curious in the
way in which children's games are trans
mitted from one generation ot children to
another. Men and women foreret all about
them, or have but a dim recollection of
them at best, and it is rare that any allu
sion to them hnds its way into written
language; but the same games are re
peated over and over again by little boys
and girls of lrom five to ten years of age
tor a century together without material
change. v hen half a dozen or more lit
tle people in some village stand in a circle
with hands joined, and one within the
circle goes around touching each pair ol
hands aud counting aloud up to twenty
as he goes, and then ends oft with a jm
gle.
Here I bake and here I brew,
Here l make my wedding cake, and here
1 will get through.
the rhyme takes us back to old England
at a time when every farmer had his bake
house and brewhouse. and the children of
the neighborhood contrived their plav bv
allusion to domestic labor with which they
were most familiar. Hardlv an American
child knows an v thin a- about the tirocess of
brewi
ing and the ancient ''baking day" I
has lost its importance since the abolition
ol brick ovens; but the rhyme survives.
Another of the "Counting Out" rhymes
is the one which must have originated in
England before the reformation:
Ooery, twoery, hickory Ann,
Fillison, follason, Nicholas John,
Qaeevy, quavy. Virgin Mary,
bingulum, sangalum, buck.
Still another is the one in a very short
kin i of meter, which is. perhaps, even
better known :
Eny, raeny, mony, my,
Tusca, leina, bona, stry,
Kiry, bell, broken wed,
We, wo, week.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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A True Story.
A lady and gentleman residing in Ai-
Ken, r. o., own a pair ot ponies, also a
Kii!iniil I ,nat rpor aa thoir r nctnm ia
i hey sent these animals out of the town,
about three miles distant, to their farm,
to remain during their absence through
the summer. When they returned in the
fall they traveled home on horse-back,
aud having these horses at their town
home did not send for the ponies at once.
Thedogcamain from the farm, however.
This was on Friday. The dog showed
himself very uneasy and dissatisfied with
something, and the lady observed him
carefully. She came to the conclusion
that he did not like the new horses (which
were two bays), and remarked upon it to
31r u . Un the lollowing Sunday
morning the dog disappeared, and had not
returned in the afternoon when they went
to drive with the bays. After an absence
of an hour or two they returned, and
found standing at the gate, the dog with
the two ponies. He had evidently trotted
out, to tne larm, ana miormea tne ponies
that their place was taken by strangers,
and this was the result. Our Dumb
Animals.
The missing coins of the United
States are as follows : The 5 cent silver
piece of 1776; the 25 cent silver piece ot
1797, and the 25 cent silver piece of 1823;
the 5 cent silver piece of 1802 is very rare
so rare, in fact, that one of them sold a
few weeks ago for 400, and the $5 gold
piece of 1815 is said to be represented by
a single coin that is in the collection of the
King of Sweden. The question of the val
ue of the 1804 dollar in the estimation of
the collectors will probably be settled on
the 23d of this month, when there will be
a sale of rare coins and medals at public
auction in iNew lork. Une has sold as
high as $1,000. It is said that young Van
derbilt and the California bonanza King,
Flood, will be rivals for the one to be of
fered in New lork.
The French hotel and restaurant
keepers are said to preserve their supplies
ot notatoes in the following manner: The
tubers are first washed and then, a few at
a time, by means of small baskets, are
plunged into boiling water and held there
tor four seconds: thev are then dried and
stored. This treatment destroys the vi-
there is
no tendency to sprout, but the potatoes
keep sound and of good flavor until the
next crop comes in.
ZSt When a man dies they who sur
vive him ask what property he has left
behind. But the angel who bends over
the dying man asks what good deeds he
has sent before him.
IT I bave lived to know that the se
cret of happiness is never to allow your en
ergies to stagnate. Adam Clark.
How They Play the Piani in New Or-
leans.
The following is from the New Orleans
Times-Democrat : "1 was loafing arouud
the streets last night," saio Jim Nelson,
one of the oldest locomolive engineers
running into New Orleans, 'and as I had
nothing to do I dropped into a concert
and heard a slick-looking Frenchman play
a piano in a way that made me feel all
over in spots. As soon as he sat down on
the stool I knew by the way ho handled
himself that he understood the machine
be was running. He tapped the keys way
up on one end, just as il they were gauges
and he wanted to see if he had water
enough. Then he looked up as if he want
ed to know how much steam he waa carry
ing and then the next moment he pulled
open the throttle and sailed out on the
main line as if he was half an hour late.
"You could hear her thunder over cul
verts and brulgeB and getting faster and
faster, until the fellow rocked about in
his seat like a cradle. Somehow I thought
it was old '36' pulling a passenger train
and getting out of the way of a 'special.'
The fellow worked the keys on the middle
division like lightning, and then he fell
along the North end of the line until the
drivers went arouud like a buzz saw, and
I got excited. About the time I was fix
ing to telLhim to cut her off a little, ho
kicked the dampers under the machine
wide open, pulled the throttle away back
in the tender, and, Jerusalem jumpers !
how he did run. 1 couldn't stand it any
longer, and yelled to him that she was
'pounding' on the left side, and if ho
wasu t careful be d drop his ash pan.
"But he didn't hear. No one heard me.
Everything was flying and whizzing. Tel
egraph poles on the side of the track look
ed like a row of cornstalks, the trees ap
peared to be a mud bank, and all the time
the exhaust of the old machine sounded
like the hum of a bumble bee. I tried to
yell.out, but my tongue wouldn't move.
He went around curves like a bullet,
slipped an eccentric, blew out his soft plug,
went down grades htty teet to the mile,
and not a confounded brake eet. She
went by the meeting point at a mile and a
half a minute, and calling for more steam.
My hair stood up like a cat s tail, because
I knew the game was up.
"Sure enough, dead ahead ol us was
the headlight of the 'special.' In a daze
I heard the crash as they struck, and 1
6aw cars shivered into atoms,peoplo mash
ed and mangled and bleeding, and gasp
ing for water. 1 heard another crash as
the French professor struck the deep keys
away down on the lower end ot the south-
ern division, and then I came to my senses.
There he was at a dead standstill, with
the door of the fire-box of the machine
open, wiping the perspiration oit bis lace
and bowing to the people before him. If
I.Uye to be a thousand years old, I'll never
iorget the ride tuat .frenchman gave me
on a piano.
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Wealth Honestly Earned.
Peter Cooper,the eminent business man
and philanthropist, who has just gone to
his reward, bad in life a great many ad
mirers and in death a great many eulogist.
There is one feature about his life that
cannot be too strongly emphasized, or too
highly commended, or too universally im
itated. He never carried in his pocket a
dollar dishonestly acquired. Rev Mr
Collyer said of him, in his funeral address:
"Here lies a man who never owned a dol
lar that be could not take up to the great
white throne. His great success in busi
ness was not secured at the expense of
tricks and business wrongs, lie never
pursued a morally unlawful business in a
morally unlawful way. He had talent,
skill, and energy that made him a man of
great efficiency ; but no talent or skill for
cheating. His power of action was under
the stern government ot a pure consci
ence and this made him an honest man.
The tricks of trade he knew nothing about.
He was not one of the "successful knaves
who gather vast fortunes by virtually
robbing others, and then spend those for
tunes in selfish indulgence, indifferent
alike to the wants of the world and the
claims of God. He owned by an honest
title every dollar that he held. We do
not believe that any mau ever thought
that Peter Cooper ever took from him a
penny to which he was not thus entitled.
We commend his example in this respect
to all young men and to all business men.
lhis would be a much better and a much
happier world if all men carried into the
walks of business life the sterling honesty
which marked the character of Peter
Cooper. It is not true that a man cannot
sucueed in business on this principal. If
it were true, it would be better to fail
than to succeed; but it is not true,
and the life of Peter Cooper conspicuous
ly shows this lz.ct.
flow to Learn to Swim.
Wade out until the water is up to your
breast, then turn your face towards the
shore, and try to swim toward it. You
know that the water between you and the
shore is not over your depth, as you bave
just waded through it; this will give you
confidence to strike out. Confidence is a
great help in learning. The chief use of
the various aids in learning, the swimming
plank, corks, or the presence of an older
person, is to give the learner confidence.
A plank a few teet long, on which tbo be-
gmner can place one or Dotn hands is
sometimes of use. Corks or life preservers
of any kind that are fastened to the body
we do not think much of. One needs but
verv IlttIe aid in lact no a,d ln order to
keeP h18 nead above water, if he only has
counuence. i an oiaer orotner or omer
Iriena wm DOia ma nan aucn a manner
that you can rest your chin upon it, you
can 800n iearn lDe proper movements ot
1 the arms and legs. Another method is to
have a strap or band of webbing or other
material arouna tne cnest, just under the
arms. A lew teet ot stout cord has one
end attached to the band, and tho other
end fastened to a light stout pole. In this
manner a strong person can help a learner
while standing on land. The chief use of
this contrivance is to give the beginner
confidence. Those who undertake to aid
a boy in learning to swim, should resist all
temptations to play tricks. No matter
how slight a ducking may be given, it
startles the learner, and he is thereafter
fearful that it may be repeated. Agricul
turist for June.