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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ' : - . D. H. HILL, ":f CHARLOTTE, X; C. . j to the vindication of the truth of uoUthem History, to the preservation of luthern. Characteristics, to the develop; ment of Southern Resources, under the changed relations of the liabor System, and to the . advancement of Southern Interests in Agriculture, Mining, JNIanufacturing and the Mechanic Arts. - In addition to the contributions from the old corps of writers of " The. Land We t Lovel" the services wUl be secured ofl I thorough men ot Science, and, of Practical I Farmers, Miners, Machinists, &c. o ' TERMS OF, SOUTHERN HOME : I One copy, one year, : : : $ 3.00 I Five copies, one year, , : : : 13.00 I Ten copies, one year, : ,': :M.oo 'Twenty copies, one year, : : : 4.5.00 The remittances in every case must be bv Check. P. O. Order, or Registered Letter. " , JE" To those wishing to subscribe to an Agricultural paper we would state that we will furnish the Southern Home and Rural Carolinian at $4.00 'i and Southern Cultivator " 4.0J ' . " and Rich mo nd Fanner ' 4.0U . axiu vjuriHinu rurintr o. o and Reconstructed " V 4.00 and XIX Century. ' " 5.50 .1 M. A BLAND, Dentist, 1 Succcxiior to Atexcmdfr i- Bland.) ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Teeth extracted without pain, by "Nitrous Oxide Gas." Olttte, ChuSriotte in brick building, opposite' the Hotel, . Feb 7 tf A. Shorter Caldwell, Insurance and Ile.il Estate Agent, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Proiiipt personal attention given to buying, selling, exchanging and renting real cstateof everyleseription. Feb 21-tf . EN C H ANGE HOTEL. iiillslnrt)' Street, licar theCapitol, ' RALKTGTI. X. (, . , BY .:..'. ... A. A. HARBIN. Jan 17-6111 W. II. WILUAMS CO v' NEWTOy. X. c Dealers in Dry God, Groceries, Produce, "Iron, Ac, Sic. - All orders Uv CORN ,BACOX , BOX, dec.; filled at the lowest market prices. W. II. WILLIAMS, . - ' M. O. SHEKRILL, Jan 17, 1-571 R. W. BoYD. HUTCHISON k BROWN; ATTORNEYS AT I4 AW , i CHARLOTTE, X. C. ' Office removed to next door to the Coa i t House. Feb 14 Um RUFUS BARRING ERJ A TTORXEY A T. LA W, : CHARLOTTi:, N. C. Office hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. m. Feb H-L'm - Attorney at Law, DALLAS, GASTON Jan 31 Cin-pd. COUNTY, N. C. T. J. MOORfc M. D, Oilers his profossionid services to the citizens of Charlotte and the surrounding country. After graduating at theMedical Department of the University of New York, and spending eighteen months as one of the physicians in the Bellevue Hospital of that city he hopes that he will be able to give satisfaction to all who may call upon hi m. Office, over Jas. Harty s triHiia tetore, near the Court House. mav 2'itf R. W. Donnoll, L. U. Lawson, Qt E Simpson, -Late of firm of Prest tJiteNa- Late with Donnell & Sax- tioiial Dank, North rup & ton, and late St. Joseph,. Chick, New Pres't St'e B'k Missouri. Yolk eitv. Mo.atStJo. Mo , hnvvpi 1 1 ! 11 0 a i i i BANKERS, No. 4 Wall St, NEW YORE. Receive Deposits in Currency and Gold,, and allow interest at the rate of four per cent per annum on daily balances, which inay be cheeked for at sight. Purchase and sell Gold, Government Bonds, State, County. and City Securities strictly and only on commission. Feb 14 ly ; MERCHANT TAILORING AND ' The undersigned would respectfully in form the public that they are now receiving one of the largest and best assorted Stock of GOODS FOR MEN'S "WEAK ever offered in this market, consisting of Beaver Cloths?, Black and Colored Cloths, Blaek and Fancy Cassimeres, French andEnghsh Coatings and Suit- ings of all kinds. Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods r: in every variety. Scotch! and all wool Merino Shirts, Merino and Canfcm. Flannel Drawers, Linen Shirts and Collars', Ties, Scarfs, Bows and Cravats in great variety of styles and colore. Kid, Buck, Calf and Dog Skin GLOVES. In aU the different shades. HATS A XX) CAPS. A fine assortment of the finest Hats and Caps in a variety of, styles. Tailors' Trimmings in great variety ; in fact, all kinds of Goods usually found in a lirst-claaa Tailoring establishment. THE TAILORING DEPARTMENT. r-, il 4.1 1 inM in 1.. AT...... Special Ulienuuu iu iut .uanu- facture of all our goods, and good fits guar anteed. ; - The public generally are respectiully in vited to give us a call,, as we are determined not to be undersold on the same class of Goods, and satisfaction given. J. ,S. PHILILPS, j W. II. TREZEVANT. J. S. PHILLIPS would respectfully re turn his thank to his many friends and cus tomers vand also to those of the late firm of J. S. Phillips & Co., for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed and begs a continuance of the same for the new linn. oct 4. PwO--M W'll IT K L K Y , H RoT H E li & C O . Importers arid Wholesale Dealers in j FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ' "C DRY GOODS AND NOTilONSj 281 W. ISaltimore Street, jan IM-Iy BALTIMORE, MD. . LOOK! LOOK! The " Wonder of the Age," FOR SALE BY r TIDBY& BRO.. Feb 28 ' Charlotte, N. C. VOI AGRICULTURAL HOin H I IN iriL WARKII01 SK. E. C. GRIER & Go. Trads Street, Charlotte, K. C, Cpmmission, Wholesale anU Kctall Dealers FERTILIZERS, Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, I r arm ana (jrarden Seeds, Grape Vines, Fruit Trees, Flowers, Fine Stock and Poultry. We are (Jeneral Agents for t lie Stales of North and South Carolina for the sale 0 Stilwell's Great Southern Fertilizer, the cheapest and best Fertilizer ever offered to tire American planter. Only $25 psr ten, exclusive cf freight. ALSO, , We can furnish you the best Rockland, Thomaston, or Shell Lime, Bone Dust, Land Piaster, Plaster Paris and Cement. IMPLEMENTS. The latest and most improved patterns of Plows. The Genuine Watt Plow. Also, Thrashers, Corn Sheilers, Straw Cut ters, Cider Mills, Seed Planters, Hominy Mills, Wheelbarrows, &c. The Champion Reaper and Mower, Lawn Mowers and Garden IMPLEMENTS. GRAIN, dc. New and improved varieties of Corn, Wheat, Rye, Oats and Potatoes: Clover, Lu cerne, Orchard Grass., Timothv. Kentuckv Blue Grass and Cotton SEEDS. GARDEN SEEDS. Fresh and pure Garden Seeds, jrrown the past year by the most noted and reliable Horticulturist in the United States. FRUIT TREES. -The finest and most ponular varieties of Grape Vines, vruit Trees and Flowers, from me mosr ceieoraieu nurseries in the country J CATTLE. Alderueys, Ayreshire, Short-Horiied andj Durham, bred directly irom imported stock. SHEEP. Merino, (American bred,) Cotswold and South Down (bred from imported stock) and Asiatic Cashmere (wool-bearing) Goats. - PIGS. ThoYough-bred Chester, English Cheshire," Berkshire, Essex and Poland Pigs. FOWLS. The purest breeds of Fowls, bred from im ported stock, taken from the best prize pens of Europe. We. have opened a strictly Agricultural House for the purpose of aiding the Farmers of this section in developing the agricultural interest of our country. Hoping to merit their patronage by dealing fairly with all, we shall be satisfied with short' profits ; and will endeavor on'all occasions to make it to the interest of our friends and customers to give us a c'all before'purehasing elsewhere. Call and subscribe to the American Stock Journal only $1.00 per year containing more useful information for the farmer than any journal published in the United States. E. C. GRIER & CO., Third door-south of Wilson & Black's Drutt Store, (Grose's old stand.) Feb 14 tf Soluble Pacific Guano: 4 We take pleasure in informing our custom ers and the public generally, that in view of the decline in. cotton, -the price of this stand ard Fertilizer has been reduced Ten Dollars per ton. It has also enhanced in value ten per cent, as that amountof moisture has been taken from the Guano which we offer this season. We now renew the offer we made at our late Fair, viz : To give One Thousand Pounds' of Soluble Pacific Guano for the largest yield of cotton to one acre of ground, produced by the use of the Soluble Pacific Guano. The award to be made by a com mittee elected by the President of the Agri cultural Soeietv. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS. In Store, I'.ouo Sacks Soluble Pacific Guano, Lime, Plaster and Cement. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS. Sharon. Mecklenburg Countv, N. C, i Nov. 21, 1870. i Messru. Burroughs & Springs, Charlotte, N. C. I have now used the Soluble Pacific Guano twoyears. As a Fertilizer, I recommend it highly, This year I applied it to worn-out red land and the result is entirely satisfacto ry. I am also well satisfied thatUean see good results from it the second year. An other recommendation isfhat the cotton matures earlier and thebolls are larger. I expect to continue using it. y. n. Alexaxdkr. Mecki:xburj County, Nov. lu, 1870. MessrBur roughs & Springs , Charluite, N.C; I-have used "the Pacific Guano on cotton, nd wheat for the past four years, and still recommend it, and believe it to be equal, if not superior, to any other Fertilizer. W. M. Smith. , Steel Creek, Meckleubuig county, Mestf b-. Burroughs & Springs, Charlotte, X.C. I applied the Pacific Guano 'purchased from you. 011 four acres of land, and am well satisfied that I made double as much cotton on this four acres as I did on four acres ad joining without the use of Guano. J. M. Berryhili,. Union County, N. C, Jan. 11. 1S71. Messrs. Burroughs & Springs, Charlotte, X.C. '. As the days for small things are not entire ly past and gone, I desire to give you the result of my experiments with Pacific Guano on my Pin Hook Farm. Two rows, one hundred and forty yards long Compost and Guano 4,405 bolls; 40 lbs weight. . ; Two rows, same length, side by side Compost 2,440 bolls, iV lbs. weight. Two rows, same length, side by side-Guano -r-3,590 tolls, 39 lbs. weight. .Two rows, sswe length, snie ry siue on dust and Guano 4,140 bolls, 43 "lbs. weight. , I am satisfied your Guano paid me, even at the low price "of cotton. f D. M. Fespf.rman. Feb 7 I'm , ' JOHN MCXl'LTY, Formerly with Woods.Weeks&Co J. HOLMES WIHTELEY , Formerly with Woods, Weeks & Co. McNULTY & WHITBLEY, T 1 IVIlTllIHIIUI.t' JiiiiM-iS" 70 1 -f la I rikii.i COM M I SSI0ftAMMEltC H AMTS. No. 71 Exchange Place, BALTIMORE. Feb 14 Liiicoliiiijii Feiiinlc Seiiiiiiiii'y. The next scholastic year will commence on Monday, January i)th, 1871. Board and Tuition $50. Music 12.50. Latin and French, each $5. For particulars appl ply to T. W. BREVARD, Principal, 2. . f jan 3 3m Lincolnton, N. C. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1871. For the Southern Home. CAELYLE ON THE POETS. A song-ful Summer eve, A grand Deodar tree, And the page I read of the sage who said "Tush!" to Poetry. 5 "The Deed is all in all!" "The grace of it, naught," he saith! The "Fact" shall never fall, But Poetry is "death!" There is no wrong in work, Tho' it wring but the world's old duds; For a careful ej'e at times may spy A rainbow in the suds! And without the sweeter sense That followed us from the Fall, Our world might wander hence, Forward, unwashed at all. 'Twas "doing" that dug the hole! 'Twas "doing" that planted the Tree! But the sun did smile, and lo! this pile Of verdurous Poetry. Jewelled with morning dew, Crowned with the star of even, Lifting, e.aeh year, near and more near, Its tremulous plume to Heaven. if I And the sages may rail as they will ; . This fashion is firm at t he least, s Wheru the Angels feed, no "naked" Can ever come in at the feast, f F. O. Torch Hill, Ga., March 10, 1871.- deed T. Hclcctefc Itforn. JOHN EOSS. .; The room was small, but there was a beatness and warmth about it that made it, to some eyes, very bright and attrac tive, on the evening of the 17th of March. By the fire sat a pretty, intelligent-looking little girl ; and at the tea ta ble presided a pale woman, whose atten tion was almost engrossed by a husband absorbed in his evening meal of "haricot' This was his favorite dish of mutton chops, carefully fried with onions and turnips, and left to stewuntil the clock struck six, and the husband's familiar step was heard without. ' Father must have strong tea and a fresh loaf,for he works all day long. Moth er and Ally are content with stale bread and the smell of the haricot . Dear. kind, and self-denying souls ! they would rather give up their own meal altogether than restrict him to a solitary chop, al beit a good dinner is carried to him every Jay. "r "Was it nice, fat her ?" asked Ally. "Ay, just as usual," was the answer, ''hunger if the best sauce, you know. Ally." The niother smiled. "It was scant praise, but she was satisfied. i f -You won't be going out again to-night! John, will you?" she inquired, preaentlj. 1 Her husband hesitated. He was no clrunkard, yet the tavern had for him very great attractions. He liked excite ment, political discussion, and the gossip which he called conversation. It never occurred to him that it was worth while to converse with his little daughter and his thoughtful, intelligent wife. The idea of telling the two who, in all the worldj best loved him, what he read in the pa pers, or what events had occurred, was as far from his thoughts as Lapland from Patagonia. Poor John Ross! he had yet to learn that a man has other duties be sides those of earning, spending, and boasting of his wages. ': "1 must go," he said, ' for they will expect me."' "But you will not be long?" ; T don't know ; that depends but you heed not sit up burning candle for noth: ing, as you did last'night.'' ; "Very well, John. Say 'goodnight' to father. Ally, dear." The child put up herinouth for a kiss ' Good-night, dearie," she whispered, as he stoopedjtorece.ive her caress : "come as quick as you can." He was gone. Mrs. Ross . washed up the cups and dishes, and put them, with Ally's help, into the cupboard. Then she" sat down to mend her husband's waistcoat. They were dull that nightj and with reason ; yet'the child laid her head on her mother's knee, with a sense of rest and calm that sel.iom came to her in her father's presence. Soon she began to Sill if the little hymns which the chil- dren of her school had learned. Then to pray beside her mother's knee lliif cliai.-, she began to say, '.'Bless dear father .tbi-night. and bring him home safe, and help me to be a good child to him and mother " ::As theso wouls rose to Heaven the door was opened by John Ross himself. Ulnpcrccivcd he now waited in the shadow to hear the rest. It was not much, if measured by the number of its words simply a similar prayer for other relatives, and that- all comprehensive one which Christ taught his disciples ; but there was a; beauty in the scene, a touching pathos iff the voice, ar d above all a reality 111 tlie petition, which compelled John hosb td bow his head and worship. Nor even when the last Amen was uttered, could h persuade himself to come forward and disturb them; for Ally began to talk about him, saying, do hope he will come before 1 go to sleep. Don t 3 011, mother?"' v'Yes, darling; though I cannot expect iL," said her mot her. . 'The child waited a little while, and then said, "Is it far?" ; .MTs. Ross had been titling with her eyes fixed on the tiro, thinking, perhaps, other blithe girlhood aud earlier married life. She started now. asking. "Is what fa?" " ; I" 'The Welconi. Home? where lather ges every evening: don't you know ?"l I IDitl she know ? Ah, too well, too weLi f f r'quired some efl'ort t( answer calmly. flail a mile." "And why does he never take us there?" ':"It is not a jlace for little girl cnild." . "'Do people work there, then?"' ''Work ? Oh: no." dear What do they do, mother 9" cTliev talk. Ally, and and smoke. -'And'i jiuppose:' said Ally, gravely ! suppose they kneel down, too ?' -t "What made yon think so?" j ; i "Because, when I stay awake till father Monies home, I notice that he does not kneel down here ; and so I think he must X i - . -"-.. -"I-" 5j ' '""-' hi? prayers at 'The Welcome There was no answer: and iu'a few minutes . Allv'a little feet went nattering iuto an inner room, where, utter beinff snuglytucked up by her mother, she lay awake, listening for the eten which was too often so long in coming. Meanwhile, the father, sitting alone be side the hearth, mused over tho little sermon which his child had, all uncon sciously been preaching. He would nev er forget that sermon while he lived ; for it had awakened hopes and fears that had been sleeping within his breast for a long season. Ah, how many years had gone by since he, John Ross, knelt down ! and how long had he found hischief pleas ure iu a ''home'- in which prayer was never made, and in which he had wast ed, night after night, the time and money which, belonged of right to wife and child" I Dear little Ally! could any society be more refreshing than thine, when, the day's work is Over, thy father rests be side his own dear hearth ? Could any face gleam more brightly, could any smile be more sweet, than that which thou dost turn upon the beloved one in whom thou trustest ? Impossible ! And the mother, was she not worthj of his devotion ? could she not listen while he read and explained to her how great events were transpiring on the solemn stage of time ? Had he a right toiregard her as a mere food-preparing, and clothes mending machine, or as servant of-all work to John Ross, Esq., Lord of Crea tion ? Surely, no ! She was his help mate, not his slave ; his friend, not his hired servant ; and it became him to do his part towards makingher life bright and beautiful. 'T have been strangely blind," he began to say within himself that night ; "but now I think I see. The dear child's words have opened my eyes. Thank God for that!" It might be absurd, but it was very natural, he thought, that at this moment he should remember a time long gone, it seemed when, having a hurt foot, he 1 1 i " .-A 1 J nau spent a wnoie evening at noine ; anu ....j DLa .u..i o,i ...gU ocwi his eihow, had orusnea his nair until lie had fallen asleep, and woke to find her laughing on his knee. How firmly, as he , i j. l ii i li l . llifin iiinnrrht had hn rMn tn Rnonn at. - least, tour nights a week at his own ever rt 1 bright fireside, and how miserably he had fuiled to keep his vow ! Truly John Ross had email reason to trust himself ! - Id whom, .then, t could he trust? of whom seek power to act rightly towards self, wife and child ? Must he not, if he would be firm and strong, look upward ? Tn other words, must he not from- that hour begin to ' kneel down?" These were solemn questions ; and as John Ross, in his secret thoughts, began to answer them, a new light broke upon his mind, and he discovered a sublime beauty in those words of Scripture, which describe the Lord Jesns Christ as the Ad- V Uvit LC Ul Lilt. II U V UVUIIVIJU DlUXlI Ksl JX C I , , J y , , ,. . from the power as well as punishment of l w - " " -' - -" - ' -- sin. There were many thick clouds round-a-bout his soul, but tho first gleam of light had pierced the dark. He saw, iu some measure, that he needed Christ's salvation ; and ere long he began to pray. Nearly a year has gone by. and st-ill John Ross spends his evenings at home. The paleness has left his wife's face, and little All is making wonderful progress in arithmetic. If you could look in upon them to-night, you wouldsee them all busy in making a child's scrap-book ; and you would hear a sound of ringing laugh ter, and a manly voice making funny speeches, and the mother's pretended chiding as the mirth delays the? progress of the "work," and you would! know at once that they were happy - - I Xiappy inev ate, 101 iuc pcucc ui uuu nrrVv5l, nuccao all unrlopntanninrr niFdils with them in their home, and being united - - ..." . to each other and to Ood. they tear no evil. Friends, do you think it would have been thus with John Ross if he had con tinued to spend his evenings at "The Welcome Home ?" Impossible; for "no man can serve two masters ; tor either he will hate the oue. and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one ana oespise tne otner. re cannot serve God and mammon!" ilearmtgs. Ancient American Giants. SINGULAR discoveries. Since the result of Governor Amy's ex plorations in Ntnv Mexico was made pub lic, there has oeen no discovery ot more interest to the American archaeologist than the one alleged to have been made in Iowa, on the line of the projected Du- buque & Minnesota railroa'd. The work- men. while engaged in excavating for the road, in the limestone, at the foot of the blufi, are said to have come upon a flat stone covered with strange characters, This being removed, opened the way into a passage about four leet wide and six feet high, leading directly into the heart of the bjiilr. At the distance -of about tiflv feet from the entrance another stone, similar to the first, had to be removed, when a large chamber revealed itself, cut out ot t he solid rock, about tweniy-nve feet scpuare and twenty feet high. The floor wim linrd and smooth, while the walls and roof were carved in a sort of rude basso-reueco, with figures ol birds trees, serpents, and chariots. 1 he south wall was adorned "with a representation ot the sun, ami immediately below this the figure ol a man in ine act 01 siepumg out t a boat, and holding in his hand a dove.' So far the revelations were not very uitterent trom many previous ones in similar caves and rock chambers throutrbout our Western country. But i the most curious part of the discovery was vet to come. A flat slab in the floor 1 " ot the cavern vern being raised revealed below filled with skeletons ot unusual a vault size, the largest being seven feet eight inches long by. actual measurement. By the side of each skeleton was set a small vase filled with yellow earth, beneath which were found anunal bones and par ticles of animal matter. The skeletons were placed in a eemi-circle towards the southeast. Jnttsburgn uommercuii. have said Home.'" NO. 63. "Grumpy" People.1 i Some fretful tempers winee at every touch. t - ou always do too little or too much ; I ou sP?ak wi.th Jife in hopes to entertain, xou ran at once into a lower key, That's worse-the drone-pipe of a bumble bee. The southern sash admits too strong a light. You rise and drop the curtain-now 'tis night. He shakes with cold you stirjthe Are, and strive -- '" To make a blaze that's roasting him alive. How to be Miserable. 'Sit by the window and look over the way to your neighbor s excellent mansion, which he has recently built and paid for, and fitted out, and say : 'Oh, that I were a rich man !" Get angry with 3 oar neighbor, and think you have not a friend in the world. Shed a tear or two, and take a walk in the burial ground, continually saying lo yourself: "When shall I be buried here?" Sign a note for a friend, and never for get your kindness, and every Jbour in the day whisper to yourself "I wonder if he will pay that note?" Think every one means to cheat you. Closely examine every bill you take, and doubt its being genuine until you have put your neighbor to a great deal of trouble. Put confidence in nobody, and believe ev ery man you trade with to be a rogue. Never accomodate if you can possible help it, : ' Never visit the sick or afllieted, and never give a farthing to assist'the poor. Buy as cheap as you can and screw down to the lowest mill. Grind the faces and hearts of the unfortunate. Brood over your misfortunes, your lack of talents, and believe that at no distant day you will, come to want. Let the workhouse be ever in your mind, with all the horrors of distress and poverty. Follow these recipes strictly, and you will be miserable to your heart's content if we may so speak sick at heart and at variance with the world. Nothing will cheer or encourage you, nothing will Ul , of sunshine of a ray of warmth into your heart your , - r Gold and Silver. -In the days of nuiaunui i lie cmutc vmuc oi iruiu anu . .. e v v i. .1... ..l: ..!,. 1,1 i silver was one to eight. In the year 1, U0U betore the Onnstian era it was one to twelve ; in 500 one to thirteen. In the year 1 of the Christian era it was one to nine, in 500 one to eighteen, in 1.100 one to eight, iu 1,400 one to eleven, in 1C13 one to fourteen and a half. The last pro portion, with slight variations, has been preserved down to the present time. The first money coined by the authori ty of the United States was 1793; the coins first made were copper cents. In 1795 silver dollars were made ; gold ea gles were made in 1795. The machinery' as well as the metal first used was impor ted, and great trouble, was experienced in procuring a supply of copper. The first JL I . y -n copper used b the mint eame from Eng Qr, .1 Up to the year 1816 the work at the mint was "done entirely by hand or horse power. In this year steam was introdu ced. At different periods during the years 179G; 1799. and 1802-3 the mint suspended operations ou account! of the Drevalence of vellowfever in the citv. TheJLrstrdeposit of gold Irom Cahfor- ma was made ny Laniei carter, who brought it from SanFrancisco by the Isth mus route. It weighed lo04.59 ounces troy.' Tne purest gold in this country has been found in the 'State of Georgia. Pure silver is worth $1.35 1-9 an ounce tro Pure gold is worth $20.07 an ounce, or a fraction over fifteen times as much as silver. Pure gold is always of a bright straw color; the different grades I I I I U I I I r v an . aio noiiaArl Uv J J ' . J .iiiiiit 1 m 11 h 1 nt'r Ilalf cents have not been coined since - - - - - , "e- 1857. All of the base coins for the coun try are coined at the mint. It is capable of making enough " coin to supply the wants ot all the nations 01 the world. Up to 1870 the mint coined over $800, 000,000, worth of money; this includes gold, silver, copper and nickel. The branch mint at San Francisco coins gold aiid silver only. None of the other brauch mints make coin ; their operations are confined to assaying and rehning. 1 rade Journal. Severe Weather in Ancient Times. In 401, the Black Sea was entirely fro- W 9 A m . 1 ft zen over, in o4D, tne cold was so in tense that the birds iillowed themselves to be caught b- the hand. In 763, not onlv tne Black Sea but the Strait of Dardanelles was frozen over. The snow in some places rpse fifty feet high. In SCO. the Adriatic! was frozen. In 961, the winter lasted verv long, with extreme severity ; tho crops . totally failed, and the famine and .pestilence closed the year. In 1132, it was so extremely cold in Italy that tbe.trees split by the action of the frost, with immense noise, in izd4 tho Po was irozen, ana maaeu wagons crossed the Adriatic to Vientee, and all the rivers in nary were irozen over, ine year 1408 was one of the coldest winters ever rememDerea. 1 no sea was irozen over between Norway and Denmark, so that wolves driven from the forest came over into J utland. In 1684, it was so cold that coacnes drove along me Thames, which, i was covered with ice eleven inches thick. Almost all the birds perished xrr9 jim Fisk. Jr.. is a blonde, and ro tund ile ier ior(j; whorn she sufficiently .ncf,mhiM ;n t'nrm nml face for a stranger tn lu.r l.ia y ator Sh drA4Pa rrnr. geouslv : such velvets and satins ; such ermine anu laces anu , 1 diamonds as she Meanwhile, Erie wears, are remarkable. pays no dividends. Skinflint who gives nothing to street l.Arn -a Km 4 rvr rA Vita TrwfrA rn Kkinr an prched by a soldier, and said.v "M geflr felow l neVer ca'n y the debt owe you the debt we all owe you for your noble self-sacrifice ! Money can't do it! It. is no use trying J" th this patriotic utterance he walked away. The Emperor of Germany is in Berlin. and isapoleon has gone to x-ngiauav lOgal Ectenfaitttits. A XoyaL WiAf HtncdeK--H o r a o o Greeley sets an ' example to loyally in- " elined editors of veering -with the wind. We give his views at different time : From the Tribune o 24. 1871 . Do I then believe have rI over taught . that & State ; as a State, has a. reserv ed right, a sovereign power, to dissolve this Republic by what is called an ordi-, nance of secession t J ; ' Xo never ! The right "which I main tain is not of the State, nor in the State, : but before the State, and above the State. - It would have existed intact if States had never organized or been heard of. - - 6 . . From, the Tribune of March 2, 1S61. We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle em- bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, that governments derive, their just powers from the consent of the governed, is sound and just: and that if the Slave-, States, the Cotton States, or the Gulf States alone choose to form an independent nation, they have a moral right to do so. Wesdkll Phillips on Grant. Loyal Wendell has a poor opinion of Grant and . is furious at the removal of Sumner from the Chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Hear him : u The thirty-three Republicans who lust . week removed Jr. Svmner from his post elected a Democratic President for 1872. Whether Grant will consent to run on a Democratic ticket is of course uncertain." Kansas. Reports from Southern Kan sas state that there is likely to be a repe tition of the reign of terror that existed there last fall, which culminated in tb hanging of six or eight howe thieves. 1 What a howl the loyalists would set up if these things were done at the Sooth ! Impeachment. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson gave the business a start, and it has not stopped yet.. There are impeachments now pending against three Radical governors Holden of North Carolina, Clayton of Arkansas, and But ler of Nebraska ; and there is one pend ing also against a Radical supreme judge, of Arkansas. . In each of theso cases the accused is" impeached ' either of official usurpation or infamous- personal crimes, and sometimes of both. A Knowing Loyalist. It may be a slander upon the, Legislature of Pennsyl-vania-for which, however, we are not responsible that the following speech is currently attributed to a member of that august body : "I know wimun, Mr. Speak er ; I say it in no disrespect ; I know 'em, I shave had a heap to do with 'em. The3'Ve a useful class, and and yet with the best of 'era you may have trouble."' Belief onte .Pa.) Watchman. Murderer REWARDED.-President Grant has sent to the. U. S. Senate the name of that East Tennessee cut throat, G. B. Burgen, as Consul at Pernambuco. This scoundrel is put down as bailing froiin this State, when Tennessee should have had the benefit of that honor. Sentinel. Loyal Trick, The bill for the repeal of the duty on Goal, which was passed with a great flourish by the House of Representatives, was lost in the Senate. This action of the House to "keep sweet"' with their constituents, by referring to their action for repeal while the action of the Senate wiliTceep the monopolists in goodliumor with the party. For po litical trickery wo think the "Republican party can beat the world, and not make much of an effort, either. "Monmouth (jV. J.) Democrat. , ; ' . . Nabotd's Vineyard Coveted, Dur ing the late session of the Northern Meth odist Virginia Conference in Alexandria, the report of the committee on Church Property was presented, which, after some discussion, wasre-read and follow ed by considerable discussion, in which Rev. C. King took a prominent part, claiming that we shall never' hare peao able and quiet possession of our church property, until we have dignity enough to stand up unflinchingly for our rights to property decreed to the M. E. Church. Presiding Elder Nickerson was beard upon the report, in reference to impera tive action in order. to obtain full posses sion to all property to which we (North ern Methodists) have a legal right. Men cannot understand ,the actual state of things until they are on the ground. The members of the Church living North cannot understand."1. (Perhaps are too honest to appreciate the propriety of wholesale robbery.) "Further, it becomes not the dignity of the Meth. E. Church to give up all the property involved without a final judicial decision which will forever put the question at rest,"- naieign nrmian Aavocaic. Heavens ! what a true prophet . the old apocalyptic Beast Butler was' when, in 1867, he said, "Grant's election to the Presidency would-be a misfortune, be cause it will put in a man wit hout head or heart, indmerent to human sufferiDg and impotent to govern." Bait, tben, Heav- ens 1 wnai an innniie scounurei ine propn et was, to turn right around and 'join Grant when he was elected, and help him all he could to aggravate the predicted misfortune, by flatteririgf be man '-without head or heart," by cultivating his "indifference to human suffering." and by out-Heroding Herocf, in all conceiva ble ways, in his schemes of execution and congressional usurpation and oppression. The fact is, that Grant is a man after Butler's own black and beastly heart, and rice, versa thejr guit each otbr just as Lucifer and Moloch suit each other. Philadelphia Mercury. There are about thirty-eight and a half millions pf people in tbis countiy. They ha ve to pay for each individual at the rate of $5.05 in duties on imports, M.80 in in ternal taxes, and 58.73 in bounties to fa-, vored interests! through'1 the 'enhanced price of domestic products caused fey the tariff. In bnet: ourlpresent tariff costs us $13.78. per capita, , of which? $5.05 go into the Treasury and $8.73 into private pockets.; Our' whole burdeh1 'reBalting from this peculiarly beautiful system of taxation is $ 18.58 for;every man, every woman, and. every ; cbild in the ,U.nited States; of which $8.73 go into the pockets of monopbirsfs j $2.64 go to pay the hold eriof XTnitedStates bonds :; and: $11.37 per capita Deing xnus spent,,, tuo remain der, only $741 per capita, eufiSeea. Tot the expenses of it government as extraragapti as jRadicarriogs can make It... . : 1 ' -
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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