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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ' TT TTTT.T. ' " CHARLOTTE, N. C, Devoted to the vindication of the truth of Houthern History to the preservation nf Southern Characteristics, to, the develop fnent of Southern . Resources, under the changed relations of the Labor System, and to the advancement of Southern Interests in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing andJthe Mechanic Arts. I ' ; .- In addition to the contributions from the old corps of writers of "The Land We Love," the services will be secured of thorough men of Science, and ( Practical Farmers, Miners, Machinists, &c. ! -O- TERMS OP SOUTHERN HOME : On copy, one yeai, in advance, : $2.50 Five copies, one year, ' : : . : 12.00 Ten copies, one year, : : : 22.50 The remittances jn every case must be by Check, P. O. Order or Registered Letter. To those wishing to subscribe to an Agricultural paper we would state that we w-111 furnish the, Southern Home and Rural Carolinian at . 4.00 " . ' " and Southern Cultivator 4.00 ' " arid Richmond Farmer 4t 4.00 " " and Carolina Farmer " 4.50 , " and Practical Planter, 3.60 , ,' ? -'j To Advertisers1. The Southern Some, having now the lairgest circulation of any papfr west of Raleigh, affords a fine adver tising mediumj Terms moderate. . -; . Stenhousel Macaulay & Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ' COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Corner Trade and College Streets." H A 8l 6t T E, N.-'d Consignments Solicited. 'Orders for Cotton, Corn, Flour, &c. filled with care and dispatch , March 3, 1873. lyj H. BISCHOFF. 4. H. WDLBEKN. C. PiKPEK. Hcni'y Bischoff & Co., Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN Wines, Liquors, Segars, Tobacco &c. 197 EAST BAY, CH A.RL ESTON, S. C. Ca. Rice and N. 6; Molasses constantly on hand. ,' j j Dec. 9-6m Notice This. Don't let your Hogs die of Cholera. No necessity for that;- Read the following cer tificate. .... i j W. N. C. R4 R., Sept. 1st, 1872. Rev. C. PlyiLer Dear Sir: I tried your remedy for Hog Cholera. It is all it claims to be not another hog sickened or died af ter I commenced the use of it." i Very truly yours, T D. M. Barrier. Address, incldsing $1, Rev. C. PLYLER, Salisbury, N. Gi dec. -12m. ALEXANDER & BLAND, DENTISTS, CKARLOTTE, N. C. ALl WORK GUARANTEED. I Teeth extracted without pain, by "Nitrous Oxide Gas." Office, in ibrick building, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Nov 7 tf CHARLOTTE, N. C. II. C. ECCLES, PROPRIETOR. The patronage of the traveling public is respectfully solicited. Jan 27, '73 ly feb. 12, '72 Charlotte Hotel. Charlotte, N C. W. LI. MATTHEWS & SON, Proprietors. Trust that the liberal patronage of the . public will be continued. J y . . ; Druggist and Ghemist, CH A EhOTT E ,1 N . C. Has a well selected stock of ' - i - ,. . it PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, Oils, Paints, Lamps, &c. W. F. COOK, (Trade Street, on North Carolina Railroad.) CHARLOTTE, K. C. The publio will please call and see the VLDER M1JJJLS, Ida Greeley Cider Mills, Ulu jauy wreeiey Vuurus, Old Man Greeley . Plows, Harrows Sfcc. tST All Orders promptly attended to. . ' Jan 23- -ti j. - - , r - F, M. SHELTON, UNDiERTAKER, And Dealer In Furniture, &ci, Trade Strkkt, Opposite the Market, .. chXrlotvte, n. c, A full supply of Coffins and Caskets con stantly on hand, ready for use. Jan 6, '73-ly TO TAX-PAYERS. All who owe BARRINGER &. WOLFE are requested to come forward and settle. We have been patient We cannot wait any '- - . a T 1 1 . I jil.J longer as me oiu Du&iueisa uiubi w wiuw wp. Call at once. We desire to settle up with . ' Teryboay ourselves.. -Nov. 4. ! BARRINGER & WOLFE... FOR SABB AT TIDDY'S BOOK STORE : KyW Expository Thoughts on the Gospel, Hodge's Commentary on-Romans, (with Questions, M '-. 'i tk -i'. Jesus, by C.'F. teems, . ; History of the Bible, by Dr. VVm. Smith, Pghteen Christian Centuries White, St Paul Conybeare and Howson, , Personal Religion Goulburn,' Pursuit of Holiness " . he Recovery of Jerusalem, Llvington's Travels in South Africa, opurgeon's Gems. Wfc HAVE RECEIVED S00,000 Envelopes, : ' 30,000 Paper ags, w "' " urge and varied Stock of Writing Paper, merson'g Clips and Files, and manv other 7w.nica we areoflerineAt fair prices TIPPY A BRQ- BR A.IXHW AIT' S RETROSPECT j . op- : ;n , - X Mm ft I M .-' - . paH1 Medicine and Surgery. TLXTI, 4 . -1 JANUARY, lfi Jutlftat . mrivi . 1873. TIPPY'S. Central Hotel If ($) VOL. 3. W. 11. H. Houston & Co., Wholesale Grocers, uor -and r---.. C0MMISSI01IJ,IERCHAHTS. We have given bur friends and customers notice ;or our purchase of the Stocks- of Messrs. W. J. Black & Co., and Gregory & Wimamson and are pleased to announce that we are open and under full blast, at Gregory & Williamson's old stand, Trade St, next door to McMurray & Davis where we will at all times keep the largest stock of goods in this market, consisting of . Molasses, Bacon, Flour,! Lard, Mackerel, Soaps, Candles, Candy, Starch, Soda, Sugar, Coffee, Teas, Spices, Brandy Peaches, Oys ters, Sardines, Herrings, &c. And can fur nish the most complete outfit in the market to the Wholesale trade, li Merchants may rest assured that they can always obtain goods of us at the lowest market prices. LIQUORS. The only complete Stock in the Market, consisting of all kinds and grades, "v Will be pleased to receive consignments of Cotton, Flour, Corn, &c. Store the same and make Cash advances when desired. We are Agents for the celebrated Sea Fowl Guano, to which we invite' the special attention of the Farmers. Certificates from the largest and most reliable farmers in the State, fur nished on application We are also Agents for the celebrated Houston's Prolific Cotton Seed, the very best in the country. We respectfully ask a share of the public patronage, guaranteeing satisfaction in goods as well as prices. . ; Remember the Stand Trade Street, next door to McMurray & Davis. W. H. II. HOUSTON CO. Feb- 10 - , , jan 1, '73-ly Portrait Painting. 'ARTM:BrJtr,riist.s "Studio oyer Merchants' & Farmers' Bank, CHARLOTTE, N. 0. ' I shall be pleased to show specimens of my work at my Studio, to any who appreciate works of art.. I paint from life or frm photograph. Persons wishing Portraits of their departed friends can obtain them if they have a photograph or daguerreotype, lean accomodate persons at a distance if they will send a photograph with directions. ierfeot satisfaction given. ARTHUR L. BUTT. March 3, 1873. ly - A. R. Nisbet & Bro. Havine completed an improvement in their Commodious Store Room on Trade Street, onedoor westof Smith & Hammond's Drug Store, Charlotte, N. C, are now recei ving a well selected stock of Groceries. Musi cal Instruments, Toys, Cigars, &c, which has been bouffbt by-n of tlao firm, a.t a. time when the market was most favorable. hey therefore feel satisfied that they can sell all goods in their line as low as any firm n Charlotte.iQr cash or to punctual custom ers. They invite Merchants to give them a call, as they had a special eye to their wholesale trade.) and feel warranted in saying that they can sell so as to make it a saving to them in their purchases. They return their thanks to their friends and the generous public for past favors, .and solicit a continuance of the1 same. A. R. NISBET & BRO. Cigaxs, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, 50,000 Cigars of various and choice brands. Chewing and Smoking Tobacco in quantity and of various brands and different quanti ties. Wholesale ana retail, by .! A. R. NISBET & BRO. Canvassed "Hams and Lard. SPECIAL attention of families is called to a Superior Lot of Canvassed Hams. Also to ixtra Leai and fure ljeat lard, in vvelsn Tubs. Wholesale and retail, by A. R. NISBET & BRO. A FULL Stock of Groceries and Confec tioneries of all kinds in Store and being re ceived every day'at A. K. mHBET&BKO. oct 7 jan 29 SODA. Lemon and Water Crackers and Ginger Cakes. Wholesale .and retail. A. t. in ir-Uif,i & UKU. TEAS. Spices,' Pickles,! Oysters Jellies. Lemon Svrup and Canned" Fruits, now re ceiving at' COFFEE, Sugars Molasses, . Cheese and Rice, just received at Piamond Spectacles. These Suectaclee are manufactured from "Minctk CktstaL Pibbles" melted together, and are called Diamond on account ot their hardness and brilliancy It is well known that spectacles cut from BraeUUao or Seotcn pebbles are very injurious to the eye. because of their Dolarizine lieht. Having been test ed with the polariscope, .the diamond lenses have been lonnd to admit fitteen pet cent less heated rays than any other pebble. They are grouaa wim great scientific accuracy, are free lrom chromatic aberra tlona, and produce a brightness and distinctness oi vision not before attained in spectacles. Manufactured by Thb Spknckh Optical, Manu tactpriho Compant. Niw Yokk. For sale by re- BDonelble aeents In every city in the Union. J. 1. DUlliLK. oeweier anu vpiician. is euiv agent for Charlotte, N. 0.,tr6m whom they can only be obtained. No pedllera Employed. The ereat demand lor these spectacles has Induced unset upulona dealers to palm off an inferior and spurious article lor the "uiamona. wreai care should be taken to see that the trade mark, (wnich is protected by American Letter Patent) is stamped on every pair. m " j HENDERSON HOUSE, SOUTH' SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE, LINCOLNTON. N. C. Aa comfortable rooms and as good table oan iw fmina mere, as any wuere m , iue .mfro i.inoninton li as a remaraaDiv . . . healthy ana ueiigpuui ouuimfryiiiuaie uu . . 1.1 C A . 1 . A H I am Dreparea io aii-ommuusio uui"i" well as inaiviuuais. iu iuy u " w-ii nnf infrinr to the celebrated. Alum Springs of Virginia urtWirU Pr ..-.ilW i." - - Feb. 17 3m. i 59 J; T. SUGGS, i 'r-t. jl Q.ivm informs the ( Successor to in " " ni...i,vA 'nd surrounding COU"- u , . , . . . , , u.,A lariro Ktnck Of trv tnai oe uas v . o -r 1.1 y . T- r, TTf KC -in nrnif'h h Persona vlsitrng the city will find it to ttieir A A.A f t WH M - 11 -- V " imeresi u give uwu v". j T gxjQGS. .Jan 12 6m Chattel Mortgages for sale at this Ofice i CHARLOTTE, N. C, ftltctib poeirg. THE LITTLE GLEANER, "May I follow your reapers, master, And glean in y our fields to-day? The sickles are cutting the golden grain, Let the little gleaner stay - - "For my mother is old and feeble. And she cannot earn our bread ; And Billy is simple, you know, master, And father has long been dead.: 'And I saw your fields of waving corn Yellow as shiuing gold ; And I knew you would let the maiden come, To glean from its wealth untold, "So I fill my sack with the scattered grain, And bind me some prettv sheaves " Of the nodding stalks, that the reapers leave Amiu tne glistening leaves." So the master said to the maiden young, "Go glean in my fields to-day, i And gather whatever the reapers leave, Aud carry it all away." And at evening the gleaner in aid, With her sack of golden grain, j And a little sheaf on her shoulder, laid, To the master came again : And she said in her low, sweet accents, "May the Lord be kind to thee In the day of need, O noble master,! As thy heart has been to me." And then in the dewy evening time, And bearing her burden bright, The sack of grain and the golden sheaf, Came the gleaner home that night. And the mother opened the Bible, A nd read her the story true, Of the beautiful Both, the gleaner fair, (The tale that is ever new,) Who gleaned in the fields of Bethlehem, In the barley harvest time, And the honor her noble kinsman paid, All told in the Book Divine. j And from Ruth, and her noble kinsman, Did David's line descend,. . And from thence Came our Savior Jesus Christ, Whose kingdom is without end. May 'the Lord p7isrrttdenjwt And nil ner wltn heavenlv love. And gather her in at the harvest time, With his golden sheaves above. (Jhudren 'a Friend London.) tttitb torg. A NOVEL SPOILED. The heroine was not beautiful, to begin with, not queenly, nor in any wise re markable. She was just a plump, win some little maiden, and she stood at the garden gate, that moonlight Sunday eve ning, with an air- the very reverse ot stateliness and composure, pulling leaves rora the rose bush near by with nervous, fluttering fingers that did not even know when the thorn's pricked them. Outside the gate was a tail figure, a face bronzed and" bearded, ami a low voice uttering words half pleading, half resentful. There was a moment s pause, j then the voice questioned, with a dash of bitterness : "Shall I go, Maggie ?" "Just as you please, Mr. Clifford ;v whereupon the questioner turned sudden- y about and strode rapidly down the country road, crushing the glittering sand under his feet, while Maggie sped into the house, up to her room, and bolted her door as if afraid of being pursued. She peeped through a window, from behind the curtain, until the lonely pedestrian on the quiet road had vanisneu irom sight; then she assured herself that "if Tom chose to act so so she didn't are!"' and so proved her utter iodiffer- n - a i I ence by burvintr ner lace in ner pinow with a burst of sobs, and entire for- getfulness of the pansies in ber pretty nothing, at what it be- hat. They had quavrefed about least she couldn't remember gan with, but, of course, it was all over between them now, and he would go away as no had said, one wondered, as she lay with her flushed, tearful face turried toward the stars, how it would feel to die that nigbt; and go away from it all. Wouldn i somebody be sorry then? She almost wished she could do it, not quite, because one doesn't like to stop in the middle of a story, even if it is one's own : and besides what good would his remorse do her if she never could know anything about it ? rora, on nis nomeward -aiK. discoursed furiously to himself upon the fickleness and perversity of all woman-kind. "Not one of the whole race worth breakingya fellow's heart for," he remarked savagely, though with a queer little quiver about his lips the while. One thing was cer tain, be would not ! stay moping there The world was wide, and there was noth ing now to bold him back. He would resign his place in the village store, and join the party tor Arizona, res, ne would take thenrst mprning train for the city and tell Colter he would go ; there was fortunately time enough lor that yet, and if it left brief space for preparation. so much the better. He should not wait fur people to chance their opinion, he thought, fancying that by "people" he meant Miss Maggie,1 but, in realty; fear ing more a faltering of purpose in a near or party. 1 Let the Sunday night be what it may, Monday morning follows it all the same. Maggie was glad that it was Monday morning, since it left her at liberty to sit with her sewing in a qaiet corner by the window, unquestioned and undis turbed, white busyj Aunt Polly, who would allow no inexperienced, hands to intermeddle in her washing, and lame Aunt $ecky, who always would stay where Polly was, were in the kitchen ad- joining. ISO ordinary Kitcnen was in is, steaming, soapy and disconsolate, but a large., pleasant, tidy room, where Aunt Becky could enjoy her arm-chair and ber knitting,, together with Aunt Polly's dia course. The latter lady was- nnusnnHy talkative on , wash-day. Possibly fceiug surrtmoded by tubs and iilyf linen sug gested, vaguely, a pulpit or speaker's tnd nerbaos having had all day Sunday to think in, ber opinions needed shaking mit and smoothing before tbey were laid fnr tha week. At an rate. Miss pniitf had wav of doinsr up'tbe world .nd hoi- wfaflhintr together. Most through, Polly?" questioned Miss Becky, as she always did eTerybalf-boiir, "Can't say I am." respouded Miss Polly 4 KY MONDAY, MAY 19, 1873. with a snap that shook out a pair of wet hose and her words at the same time ; "not urloss I views myiwaahin the same way these new style poets do the robe of righteousness,- and think a mighty kittle is the whole on't. One clean stock in' is enoogh 'cordin to them. . ; ,No matter how much mud a body has got into, so he's managed to keep one foot out I I don't b'lieve no such !' V-; "Why, of course, to be sure I" admitted Miss Becky,' with mild iudefiniteness. "Curious what kinds of folks this world does hold, anyhow I" pursued Miss Polly, gazing' meditatively into the' depths of ber tub. "There's them that has health on the brain, now not that their brains is so particular healthy, nether, that 1 know of; but they're alwas a talkin about it. You must do this, and you musn't, do t'other, for fear you'll spile your constitution and all by-laws. Some ofrem says it's a sin to be sick. " 'Pears to me, if that's so, the sickeryou get the wickeder you must be, and dyin' would seem fitter to send folks to the peniten tiary than to Heaven. It makes things look considerably mixed." "There's the railroad smash-ups, Pol ly," suggested Miss Becky, alleviatingly. "Humph I Well; I should think there was. But everybody can't expect to get killed that way, though the companies offer great inducements,'" muttered Miss Polly. . : ' Say, Aunt Polly, can't I sail ships in your tub?" interposed a small voice ; and a pair of blue eyes and a head of tangled yellow curls appeared in the doorway. iiut Miss .foiiy was too ousy io nonce, even when the little navigator took si le nee for consent and plunged into her rice-water with his treasures. In this general straightening-up of her mental pantry, she had just found another article to be labeled and put away. "All sorts to make a world I I should certainly thins sol There's them re form in' women what go about ,lecturin' ana wantin laws hxed, ana men to give em their rights. Liand sakesl why dorthey-neawtake their rights? If there's anything thev wlllltMoAOil an do, why don't, they stop talkin' andj do it I Who s goin to hinder emr '1 u : 1:1. l.r. T auc icjuaii juts, juuch wueu sue warns to cross the field w-bere the cows are. bue 11 stand on the tence and shoo I and swing her work bag; and flap her par asol, and cry. 'Get out 01 there I when the critters are so busv eatin' grass that they never notice her no way, aud she might cross a dozen times if she'd a mind to." "Ah 1 me, too ; ye6; I think so' ob served Miss Beck' counting her stitches "But, then I don't say some folks hav- en t as good a right to vote as anybody, and more too, for all I know, if they be women," pursued Miss Polly; frisking around to the other side of her tub, and surveying the suda from that point. "Pats me clear out of patience to hear all this talk about itsspilin' women as if we was a lot of eggs that must be kept cool and not shook up much and callin' us 'ministerin' angels' all the time. Do I look; much like an angel, Becky Mar ray?" The resemblance was not very striking, at she stood there with her sleeves rolled up, her bare arms akimbo, a wet check apron pinned about her, and her nose decorated with a streak of blueing. Con scientious Miss Becky surveyed the stout form rather doubtfully. "Well to be sure I That is, you're as good as the most, Po'ly better'n most, Polly; but then, there's the wings and things; they'd make well, must say for't, considerable difference, J ' do s'poseJ" she admitted, hesitatingly. "Guess you'll get wings some time, Aunt Polly. Wish I had some now,' re fleeted Billy, with a splashing of bis hands in the water that at once recalled Miss Polly to matters terrestrial. , "Mercy I what is the young one up to, now ? Got ray best spice-box for a boat, and punched a hole clear through ithe bottom of it to stick a mast in, as sure as I am alive !" '"Well Maggie wouldn't tell me stories, an' my top's broke, an' 1 didn't know nothing else to do," affirmed Billy,' de lonsively. ; "Notbin else? Well, its lucky j'ou didn't, for it would like as anyway have been something worse instead of better! There, there, child I" with a softening light in her eye, whereby the angel in her flashed into sight for an instant,. "all the splashin' in the world can't make an ocean in a wash-tub ; older folks than you have tried it. Run out io the yard and play, there s a good boy. The June sunshine fell Boft and bright upon the quaint, homely old garden, and Billy was quite reconciled to his banish ment the moment he caught the rustle of tbd lilac leaves, and met the familiar nodding of the tall, good-natured sun flowers. He seated himself on the grass, dug bis bare toes into tba warm earth oi poppy-bed, and leaning his small elbows upon the patched knees of his trousers, settled his round chin upon his palms, and dropped into a fit of childish medita tion. With no past to remember, '. no cares to make anxious, and small know ledge of possibilities to curb mm, bis dreams and plans had a wild, free range ; and be had quite decided where be would go when be came into possession of bis coveted wings. I eaides selecting a particu larly soft, fleecy cloud in the far-off blue, to serve as bis bed at night, "after it got too dark to fly,' when a voice interrupted him. 1 , "Why don't you play with me, Billy Murray ?" A little blue dress was brush ed against the fence, a pair of tiny hands grasped the pockets, and from under white sun-bonnet merry brown eyeM laughed at Billy. . ; ; ; - 'Cause I guess I'm tbinkin' what I'll do," he responded with; slow gravity, neither disturbed nor astonished by ber sudden presence. 4 j .s-.;. -iil ri "What you'll do when you are big? I know all that now, and I guess I won't wait to grow either !" rattled the little damsel, her nimble tongue crowding in the words so thick and' fast that she con trived to utter a dozen in tfiniuie Bill would have required for one. tt . - "What?" asked Billy, slowly, but with an awakening gleam ot curiosity. "Keep - a.-.. toll gate that' w hat. .1 . 1 know ail about 'em, for me mod papa rode through in a carriage, ana X did see it my riwT fir- NO. 172. own self. You " have a gate clear across the road, so folks can t get; through,; and then they pay you to open it ; and you don't have anything to; do but just live in a nice, funny little house, and get lots of moneyn- & Bill's blue eyes brightened. "Down from his airy heights, at the prospect "of gain ing earth's shining dust,' he came as readily as if he had beeo older. : ;; i . .I guess I'll do that too," he announoed " 'Long of - me ?" ' XV-' f jr h i' ; "Yes " said Bill v. acceotiDir the part nership as condescendingly as though the paieni-rigBi ior ine 7 inveniion nau ; noi, belonged to the other party.1 f "Well, let's do it now " -proposed : the vivacious small ladyr-anxious to be ma king ber fortune at once. "I guess, lots of folks go 'long the road down by! the end oi the lane, and if we have.it there, then, they'll have to pay us. : : I "Yes,' said Billy, once more, and lifting the latch of the gate, hefslipped out. Maggie had c ars for nothing that morn ing 1 but a footstep that did not come, and Annt Polly was too busy in: looking after the whole creatioa to pay any Special at tention to ier "Own small corner of it ; so there was nobody to observe tHe; bew firm: as they trudged off to Seek - a favorable place for their enterprise. It was no long search, ho wever, since the road at the end of the lane was the only one they knew anything about j moreover, it was narrow, and well suited to their purpose in that way. ' . H V 7 1 ' "I don't know how we"H stop it up, thohgh," Bill remarked surveying it doubt- luny. ajui vanie was iervue in expeui en is. ner quiCK eye rested upon an unused cart standing a little distance up tne lane, and sne - proposed that they should draw that down across the road to begin with. It was hard work, with all their united strength land most vigor ous efforts, but they persevered until the task was accomplished. I thought it was big enough to reach ever so far, and it doi.'t" said Carlie, dis appointedly. "Anybody cou id just, go oround the side 01 it it they wanted to, and never nav a cent."' - BurepgalsdjixaHant determination to "knock any feller downtirafc-Uied it," but Carlie was unsatisfied., PresentPTsa. pile ot bean poles in a neighboring lot suggested an idea of relief, and the child ren, in high spirits now, proceeded to ;ap- Eropriate them. They could not carry ut one. at once, but gradually they piled them up, with one end' upon the feLce and the other resting 00 toe earth, quite forgetting, in their zeal for a thorough barricade, to make any arrangement for opening their gate when the required toll should be paid. It was a slow, toilsome building but the two little faces, though flushed and perspiring, were also tri umphant as they gazed upon the compli cated structuie, with its last pole stand ing nearly upright against the cart.! Part ly for coolness to herself, partly by, way of ornament to the edifice, Carlie removed her sun bonnet from her head and hung it upon the highest point. j ' -s "Uet nobody can t get through that I exclaimed Billy, pantingly. "How much do you s'pose we'll make?" j "Dollar, may be," replied the sanguine Carlie, her eyes growing round with the stupendous prospect. "I'm too, tired to build acy little house to live in, today; let s stay out-doors. 1 v Out-of-doors was very pleasant. ! They sat down on the soft grass that edged the road, and curled the long stems of dande lion while they waited for their fortune to come ; growing so interested in their occupation at last, that they bad almost forgotten that they were waiting- for anything,' when a horse and rider came dashing along the road, and Tom Clifford. with barely time to reach the village in season for the city-bound-train, rode full upon the barricade:' For a gloomy and desperate suitor, bent upon rushing to the ends ot the eartb, to be stayed in his course by an old cart loaded. with bean poles was certainly exasperating.; Nev ertheless, he could not go on ; and as the two beaming and satisfied young faces peered out at him, he demanded, in vexed astonishment: ', ' ' - " ' ' "What on earth have you. got here IT '"We've a toll gate," explained Miss Carlie with dignityj "Me and Billy made it, and we'll let you through if f But the statement of terms was cut short. The horse at that moment espied the fluttering white sun-bonnet, and seir ing so favorable an opportunity i 10 be frightened, sprang to one side, flung bis unsuspecting rider to the ground, and sped away up the road again. Tom rolled: over and sat up in a bewildered sort of way. got upon his feet slowly. brushed the dust from' his cjothes, and looked after his retreating steed with a long whistle. s; I" "Weill It im't likely anything Will stop him now until he gets : home, so I might as well stay and pull this thing down. What possessed you two young sters n and then Tom paused, laughed, and grew more like bis good natured sell than he had been for twenty-four hours.; The defiant, indignant, -disappointed ex" pression of those little dirty laces was in resistible. Carlie protested stoutly when the strong hand began to 'demolish - her work ; but Tom persuaded and explained, and the final promise of a ride in the cart, when be rolled it back up the lane, effect ed a satisfactory capitulation. A j . . The "toll gate" disposed of, Tom's next more was to follow .his horse, and be speedily discovered that the wise animal had not taken the trouble , to go home, but had stopped nearer by at a place where he bad frequently: been allowed to make himself quite at h6me.XHelchad been recognized at once ; and ; saddled, bridled, but riderless awakened suspii ions of evil. The trio of women bad gather about him in the yard Aunt. Polly" with bands dripping from the suds, Aunt Becky leaning upon Jher crutch, aud Mag giepale and trembling---when fTom ar riyed opon the scenes t Since. bewaa pre vented from making a long journey to far-off Unda, and . leaving long chapters for misuoderstandtTigs, suspense And ad ve at urea, he should, according to all prece dents, bave broken a limb in falling from bis horse, so that he could have beeo car ried into the house, and-bave bad a grad ual reconciliation, through alow, delicious convaltisence a mixture of rose r and cream-toast.. Bat be had a boyish propen pensity for falling right side up, and there T?.snott:'j r ell tb9 . natter except a rentia his co-t." Aunt Polly noticed the torn rjarmtrnt before hi3 brief explanation was ended, and in the ' kindness of her : heart insisted that he should -come in ' for ' repairs'." -"She was. washing to be sure, and Becky was 10-great hand with any " needle; but knitting , needles, but Maggie ; could do. it slick as you please." The . owner assented with alacrityv "It did look rather badly to wear ; through the village if it wouldn't be two much trou ble to just put & stitch in it." the face bent so steadily over that piece of darning, watched the whitengers busy with their task, and ' remarked . signifi cantly: 1 '" r '?"VVhat ia talent you have for making things right again.". ' . - c- After other people have made them crooked," added Maggie promptly. - "I don't think those threads will show that "they were ever, separated." ; Maggie vouchsafe no reply to that, t and he looked on in silence a few jrnutes longer,-, , - - vS ;?Tbere I the breach is nearlyhealed." Quite," she said clipping her thread. ''Is it 7 - be asked so suddenly that she looked upand then his eyes would have . an answer, and, she couldn't keep her heart out of hersV - LJ3o that was, the end of it a long story cut short inthe most common place way. AhdPdly ?aBsolutelyleft the world at large, to take care of. itself for several successive" washing 'days together while she planned Maggie's outfit. .Tom never went to Arizona at all, but kept his place' " in the village" Btore, and goes home to a cozy little nest at night, where1 Maggie insets' him at the door and! receives a doable entrance fee, because he says he shall owe that to all toll gates, his life through. "And Maggie, thinks, v with a throb of thankfulness, how well it is that a tenderer Hand than our "ow n willfu I ones guides our destinies. Yes; they are simple souls and better satisfied with their humdrum happiness than with the most poetic misery but alas for their biographer and the ruined volume 1 Kellogg's Assassination. Scare. After the crack of the whip, or the pis tol shot, whatever it was that frightened' Kellogg last evening, he jumped into his carriage and was driven at a furious rate to the St. Charles Hotel. Kellogg got out, and in a very nervous manner, and as pale a ghost, enquired for Mr. Bob Rivers, pro prietor of the hotel.- . When he came, Kellogg seized him by the arm in a very excited manner and hurried, him into River's back office. II is first words were : "Mr. Rivers, I am in great trouble. j Said Mr. Rivers, '-What is the mat ter ?" "I have been shot at." 1 tf -know what I have done to this people that they should desire to take mv life.. What shall I do? Oh 1 what shall I do 1 clasping bis bands, in extreme agitation. "I'll tell you what I would do. I would pack my trunk and leave the city aton: The people don't want you here." Kellogg asked, ' How can I get away with safety ? I have tried to do my beet for this people. Why should they desire to. kill me ?" "No," said Rivers, ' Governor, you have not dooe your best.. You have deceived every man who has placed any c onfidence in your word. You promised several gentlemen in my presence if ever you be-, came Governor you would not com'mis sion that negro Brown as Superintendent of Publio Education. You had not been in ofiice twelve minutes before you had commissioned him. Besides, you ought to know,v; yourself, whether you were elected Governor or not. You must be satisfied now that you are not even the choice of the negroes, and every white man" repudiates you. You have every thing that men fight for in this world, you have wealth and talent, and you are a man of family. Be satisfied and don't Vty to govern! a people who hate you. You have escaped this time, but this is not the only attempt which is likely to be made upon your, life, and perhaps you may not escape iu the future." "After some further conversation Kel logg sent for some deputy marshals or police.and was driven to Gen. Emory's headquarters. A Christian Statesman. The Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, is. one of the most virtuous men of moral principles among all the worthies of the Forty second Congress.' He voted against the back pay bill ; and; now having, as be says, "striven in tho lorum of his con science and in view bf all the obligations to (iod, country, self, and children, and . decided fearlessly what his duty is,' he has determined to take his part of the swag. ISesKJes, be confesses to "needing this pay ;" and then he continues in a fine style of moral elevation, "did I return this money I would be guilty of either an act of vulgar demagoguery, which I am not ambitious to achieve, or else of moral cowardice, which I would gladly leave undone' t Shellabarger must be pronounced a model. He is worthy of the other Christian statesmen who have so long sat and stolen in his blessed so ciety. New Sun, j ' - . I ' ' Beauties or Accord. IiOnisiana has one million less acres in cultivation than in 1860. TThe white population has decreased more in the last year than it had increased twelve years before. Bonds have denreci- ated from thirty to ninety per cent in, value. And this Is Grant's happy rehabili- ' tation. Wilmington Journal. -What CJdxtivVtion - Does fob Land. A farm in-Haddingtonshire, Scotland, -was recently rented for $15 per vacre, per an nunr ; beside this the tenant was bound to expendtlS.OOO on the buildings, without repayment at the end of the lease, which was for deveiryearaVV:' j ? - r - What Factobiks Do roa.. a CouTHr Englaiid paid the United States last year for cotton f 184 000,000 sou by ma king? this cotton Into fabrics she cleared . $188,000,000 ot not profits, more than doubling her money. Messrs.. John F. Tavlor & Co , at the Pfecenix Works in Charleston, cast a pat tern for ia cotton press on M nday, which weighed 18.000 pounds. This is said to be the largest sinle piece of mtuhinery , ever cast in the State.. Not KrcNSTHUCTrD.-JeflVrson Pavis has been invited .by the Legislature of Texas to visit the capital of that State, and has accepted the invitation. ' " ' Land Diids.A lot just printed and for sale at this Office. , r '
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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