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i wwwmx r- l I Ml I JeS&vri; " ' TV Tut . " ' T i . . . . ' ' It I II I 11 I VOL. 5. The Scmtfcera Some; f U liLilSHED WEEKLY BY D. H. HILL, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Devoted to the vindication of the truth ol riouthern -History, to the preservation of Southern Characterisdcs, to the develop ment of Southern Resources, under the changed relations of the Labor System, and U the advancement of Souther Interests in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and the Mechanic Arts. 6 In addition to the eontributions from the old corps of writers of "The Land We LovK' the services will be secured of thorough men of Science, anf of Practical Farmers, Miners, Machinists, Ac o TERMS OF SOUTHERN HOME : Uue copy, one year, in advance, Five copies, one year, : : Ten copies, one year, : : $2.60 11.25 20.00 ine remittances In every case must be by wheck, P. O. Order, or Registered Letter. I To those wishing to subscribe to an Agricultural paper we would state that we will furnish the Southern Home and Rural Carolinian at 1.00 " . " and Southern Cultivator " 4.00 To Advertisers. The Southern Some, having now the largest circulation of any paper ; west of Raleigh, affords a fine adver tising medium. Terms moderate. CENTRAL HOTEL. (Formerly Mansion House,) 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. M. MATTHEWS & SON, Proprietors. Trust Chat the liberal patronage of the public will be continued. 66 ly Druggist and Chemist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Has a well selected stock of PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, Oils, Paints, Lamps, &c. ALEXANDER & BLAND, DENTISTS, . Office in Brown's Building, op-' posite the Charlotte Motel. ' Office hours from 8 o'clock a. in. to 6 p. m. aug 4 tf OATES BROTHERS, Cotton Buyers AND General Commission Merchants, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. Consignments of Cotton. Grain, Flour, Ac, solicited. . Cash advances made on Cotton stored with us, or shipped to any of the Northern or Southern markets'. Cotton Gins. We are Agents for the celebrated A.MERICAN NEEDLE COTTON GIN, : - - Also for . THOMAS WYNNE'S Improved Open-Throat, Curved-Breast, Double X, Self-Ribbed-Cleaning-Seed )- PREMIUM AND DIPLOMA COTTON GINS, for which we solicit orders. Sample Gins of both makes in store. Certificates and descriptive circulars for warded by mail upon application. OATES BROS, Cotton Buyers & Commission Merchants, July 27 tsepb uouege eireei, D. H. BYERLY, Charlotte, N. C, Sells the Celebrated 'Excelsior Hot Blast Cook Stove, also, manufacturer and dealer in HEATING STOVES, Tin, Sheet-Iron; Pressed, Japanned, Brass, , - Copper and. Enamelled Ware. TTniute Furnishing Goods and Hardware. All manner of Bheet Metal Work prompt ly A-rfilfoi-:- Repairing done at short notice. - All ware and worK warranipu. uiuno imraicu. Jan 12 Farm for Bent. vha cmhurihr nflfcrs for rent his Grange Farm, on the Catawba river at the crossing of the Lincoln railroad. There Is a good house, with out-buildings, on the place, within a few, hundred yards of Woodlawn Depot. u xjl ixij. Blooded Hogs for Sale. Two fine vounir Sows, of the Essex breed, are offered for sale. Apply at the Southern Home office. Movwt Airy iWliite JSulphur Springs SURRY COUNTY, N. C. This invaluable-Watering Place, which is destined in the future to attract a large share of the piFbllc attention, "will be opened for the reception of a limited number of visit ors, (say 60 or 70) on the 10th Inst. The Ho tel is just finished and proves very cool and pleasant. We can promise those -from the city of Charlotte who visit us the best coun try eating and the best appetite. Write to me and get certificates of the wonderful effects of the water on the merely debilita . ted and on the diseased body and mind. 11. H. SMITH. Mai. B. Y. Graves, Manager of Hotel. ; P. S. Mr. Douthit, at Stockstqn's Hotel, in Winston; or Mr. Taylor atMt. Airy, are ready to convey passengers to the Springs upon short notice. Julyt413,. , .: -- ' - . Change of ' Schedule. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, A.. T. & O. It. R., Charlotte, N. C. Aug. 10, 1874. On and after Monday, August 7th the fol lowing schedule will be run over this Road: GOING SOUTH.' Leave Statesville. at i 11.50 a. m. " Davidson College,. 1.37 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte, - 3.03 GOING NORTH. ' Leave Charlotte, at " Davidson College, . Arrive at Statesville; All charges must be pre-paid 7.00 p. m. 8.43 "i , 10.30 " on Freight onered for shipment to Henderson, Alexandriana Section House, and Caldwell's. These beinsr ''Flag Stations." the Com nan v is not liable for any loss or damage to freight after it is unloaded, at either of the above points. : ; . , No freight will be received by Agents, or forwarded unless the name of consignee. aud destination is distinctly marked there on. J.J.UUSMLUX. 1 , Superintendent. Aug 10 tf . . ' t f (The only strictly Wholesale Grocery establishment in the City,) .. Now offer to the trade a much larger stock of HEAVY and FANCY GROCERIES than ever before. PROVISIONS. Our J. W. MILIiER recently canvassed the Northwest and made special arrangements with backers and Bailroad Companies, such as will enable us to offer Bacon, Lard, Hams dec. , at Baltimore prices. FLOUR, (A Specialty.) " Have also made special arrangements with some of the leading Mills of the country to furnish us regular supplies of our celebrated brands l' Southern Beauty,1' t'Jride of the Carolinas" and 'Our Pavorile," which we are selling at prices that defy competition. (Send for samples and price list.) Buying much larger than ever before, and for Cash, we will offer unusual inducements. June 8 R. M. MILLER & SONS. PIEDMONT fe ARLINGTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA. Principal Office, W. C. CARRINGTON. President. HARTSOOK, Secretary. D. J. The annual exhibit of the Piedmont and yeai 1874, is so remarkable in the exhibition . : . 1 A ' i x a 1 Liu n, aiiu bu cauuuua 111 selection 01 lis. nssa, uai we ueem lb out justice 10 reier iu iub matter as a success beyond precedent, and ah enterprise which deserves and should receive the general patronage of the American people. The Richmond Enquire?, of April 16tb, speaks thus of the company: Piedmont and Arlington Life Insubance Company. The annual meeting of this company was held at their office yesterday evening. The report of tb,e President exhib ited a marked progress of the business during the past year, showing a decided increase of new business as compared with the previous year, in spite of the disadvantage of the recent nnanciai pressure, xne tollowing directors were elected lor tne ensuing term : Wm. B. Isaacs, John Enders, D. J. Hartsook, J. C. Williams, W. H. Palmer, Parker Campbell, C. H. Perrow, George S. Palmer, J. J. Hopkins, J. E. Edwards, W. G. Taylor and w. C. Carrington. The directors then assembled and re-elected the old officers. The assets of this company amount to $1,960,000. - . Plan Mutual. Issue policies on all legitimate plans. No restriction" on travel and resi dence. Thirty davs' grace on payment of premiums. Life and Endowment Policies non forfeitable after two annual, payments. Ten A. "pata-up Jroiicy" in tnis company continues tinuance of the Policy. . Premiums can be paid annually, semi-annually, or quarterly. Dividends on all cash policies declared first year, on loan policies after second year. Dr. C. D. Rice, Raleigh, N. C, General Agent for North arolina. $ The Most Popular Clothing, and Gents' IN CHARLOTTE, IS E. SHRIEK'S TEMPLE OF FASHION, I THE DAVID PARKS' BUILDING. There you will always find the Youths' and Boys' Clothing, which tion. ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF O O J. A. YOUNG & SON offer a large and ftnnria for fh Rnrini? and Summer season. ture, and comprises select varieties of Drab De Tete.English, Scotch and Diagonal Wors teds, Gray, Mixed and Fancy Summer Cassimeres, French Pique Hair Line and French Derby, Worshare, Alpaca, Linen, Grass Linen, Duck, &c, in great variety, in suits or by tne single garment. A large and fine assortment of under Clothing, Hosiery, Gloves, Collars, Neck Ties, Scarfs, M, and a stock of Fur, Beaver, Wool and Straw Hats, unsurpassed in the mar- iQt friends and the cftnerous public for the liberal patronage of the last sea son, and ask them to call and examine pur n- - . Charlotte, N. C, April 13, 1874. CHINA HALL , CHARLOTTE, W. C. China, Crockery and Glass Ware, Plain and Cut Gob lets, Tumblers, Decanters, Bar Bottles, Plates, Cups & Saucers, Dishes, Mugs, Pre- ?eoroo. Sfnnda Halt Stands. Cruets, &c, together with all kinds of . Fancy Glass ware, consisting of Bohemian Toilet sets, Vases, Ac. Wood and Willow Ware, of all kinds, and Housekeeping Goods generally. Feb. 16-ly ! JAMES HARTY. Slenhouse, Macaulay & Co., WHOLESALE AKD RETAIL GrpOIEIRS ; AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, corner Trade and College Streets, CHARLOTTE, N. C. . Consignments solicited. Orders for Cotton, Corn, Flour, &c, filled with care and des patch. March 9, 1873 ly Atlanta Nursery. NOw is the time to plant Fruit and Orna mental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Ever greens. Flowering Plants, Bulbon'a Roots, Strawberry Plants, Raspberries, Currants, Asparagus, Budding Plants, Rhubarb, &c ' My stock of the above is immense, and of the very beet quality; I challenge any per son to inspect it and find among .any of the varieties spurious plants. For the past four teen years I have made the sale of Trees, Plants and Seeds my main business, and In offering these to my numerous customers and friends, do it In the same honesty of in tention and conscience that I would be dealt by. Persons living at a distance will please send me a list of what they want and I shall return it with price that I feel confident will prove satisfactory. Orders solicited and Eromptly filled. E. Van. Goidtsnoven, orticultural Agent, P. O. Box 374. At lanta, Ga.- ' mar. 23-2t. - R. M. Miller & Sons, WHOLESALE CROCERS and PROVISION DEALERS, Corner College and Fourth Streets, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Richmond, Va. JOHN E. EDWARDS, Vice-President J- J. HOPKINS, Assistant Secretary. Arlington Life Insurance Company, for the of progress, so economical in its administra- J 1 i J i. j e A J 1.. year life policies after one payment. to participate n tneprojits aunng tne con W. A. WILLIAMS, Agent, Charlotte, N. G. April 27 ly and Reliable Furnishing House largest and; finest stock of Gents' is sold at prices to defy competi apr 13:tf s m varied stock entirely new, of Gentlemen's It is guaranteed to be of the best manufac stock, with a full assurance that we will give . J. A. YOUNG & SON. . tf J, K. PUREFOY, Bookseller Stationer, TETON ST., CHARLOTTE. N. C. Has constantly on hand, Writing Papers of the following kinds, viz : Foolscap, Let ter and Commercial Note, Legal Cap, L0112 and Broadbill, French Note and Envelopes to match, Freneh Initial Pa per, assorted colors. Envelopes, all kinds and sizes. Twenty-five doz. Diaries and Tuck Memorandums, Pens, Pen-holders. Pencils, Slates and Slate-pencils, Arnold's Writing and Copying Inks, David's Blue, Black. Violet and Carmine Ink, Full Bound Ledgers and Day-Books, Half- Bound Books m great variety, School Books in use throughout the surrounding country. Carl and examine my stock be fore buying. Jan 26 tf THE; LIVE JOB PRINTING OFFICE, (Over Farmers' Savings Bank,) Charlotte, JV. O. A full stock of Stationery always on hand. Alfbed Aldmgh, Suits Mobgan. apr 13 -t : C.T. COLYER, Architect Landscape Gardener, Ac Plans and specifications made for putlic and private buUding. fTTout ornamental designs made grounds. Work superintended and carried out on moderate charges. Address. P. O., Cnar otte, N. C. ; . aprJO-u Catawba Council. A meeting of the Council is onered to be held on Friday, the 4th September. A full attendance Is requested. m By order of the Executive Committee, 1 R. D. GRAHAM, Secretary CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1874. nltttttt Btot$. F ABM EE BEOWN'S STOEY. I have no words for her sweetness ; I can't describe her; perhaps, were 1 to do so, or even could I place her picture before you, you might not see her as I did and do. Every eye makes its own beauty, and to me she was more beautiful than any other living creature. . Nellie Brodie, I mean lovely;Nellie Brodie, whose father was the sexton of our church, a good old. man, but prosy, and prone to tell one or two stories about ghosts, proved not to be ghosts after all, whenever one met him. Many and many a time have I listened to them out in his lit tle porch, of a summer's night, with the moon bright above us, and" mysterious chirps and cries in the bushes, and the smell of the evening primroses growing far sweeter and . sweeter, and Nellie still as f quiet as a mouse, sitting with folded hands between us. We are busy folk enough by day; bat we idled away the' long summer evenings to gether, and thought no harm of it. J It is good to be idle sometimes, in that happy sort of way, and to tell the truth I like it. No man could say I neglected my duty. A better farm no man ever had, and larger crops none gathered, and no starved cattle grazed ih my meadows. ; As for my ''dairy but that was sister Jane's doing. A good house-wife, a pretty bright-dyed girl with a warm heart, and a laugh that seem ed to be catching. Alone together we two were, and we were fond of each other. I never told her I liked Nellie Brodie, but I did not hide it from her . Nellie and she were great friends. Over and over again I tried to find out from Jennie what she said about me Nellie, I mean but the girl would never let a word slip out. A true woman hides another woman's se crets. I knew that and I built r on it. "For," said I to myself, "if Nellie dis liked me J ennie would give me a hint, sister-like, and save me from mortification. Either she knows nothing, or she knows Nellie likes me." After that. I may say I courted Nellie. She knew I loved her, I'm sure of that: even if I had not said so out and out. she could not help knowing it. But there were other young men in the place of course, and many willing enough to listen to old Brodie's stories for the sake of looking at his daughter; and many a jealous pang I had in those days, for Nel lie had the same, pretty kindly ways to all, and the same smile for every one. 1 used to think that a "no" from Nellie's lips would go straight through my heart like a bullet, and I found it hard to risk the hearing of it. She must say it to all but one of us, and I was not so handsome as one, and not so witty as another, and not so rich as a third. I think I never knew how plain I was though, until I bad my photograph taken one day, by a man who had a gallery in the village. I thought at hist he must have made too much of my mouth and too little of my eyes;- bat ne showed me plainly that the machine must take a good likeness, because it was a ma chine and couldn't make a mistake. I took the things home and put them in a drawer, and showed them to nobody; but they took the little vanity I had out of me, though I kept saying over and over again, What do looks matter for a man ? ' I'd meant, you see, to give Nellie one for her album, but I thought if I looked like that it was best not. 1 ve heard other peo ple speak of the same feelings since, in re gard to photographers; and I .am not sure now that they were always perfect. V aitmg and watching, hoping and fear ing, j. let tne time sup by; and winter came with its frost and snow, and old Mr Brodie told his stories by the fire, instead of in the porch; and the lamp-light fell on Nellie's yellow hair, as she sat knitting, making the prettiest picture you ever saw; and I made up my mind to put my fate to the test before Christmas, and didn't. You see whenva young fellow is in love he loses courage. Uut one thing I vowed Nellie should take a sleigh ride with me. Tom Armstrong had said I had heard him that he meant to drive the . prettiest cutter,, the prettiest pair of horses, and the prettiost girl in New Bridge. ; He meant Nellie by the prettiest girl. His turn-out might be what he chose, but Nellie should never go with him. She should . go with me. . j The snow fell fast; and by morning you could see nothing for miles around but great white drifts, though the sky had grown as clear as though it had been sum mer. I called for Nellie in the afternoon, and she was ready, and away we ' went She looked charming, with her rosy cheeks and bright eyes and sunny hair; and I was happier than ever I had been in my life." doing out of the village, we met Tom Armstrong, with his splendid cutter. He looked daggers at us both- or at least I thought so; and he went as I heard after wards to invite Sue Nichol to' ride With him. As he drove out of sight, I made up my mind, to. ask the question that would settle everything on our way home, i ' Man proposes and heaven disposes. Things happened that evening that I had not thought of. We were going back, in the moonlight, when I put my hand on Nellie's and made her turn her eyes to ward me. ' "I had been trying to. say something to you for a long while," I said. "Perhaps you guess what it is." : ' But before I could utter another word, my horses became frightened at something, and away they went like mad things. Nel lie clung to me and screamed. I did my best to stop them. They left; the road en tirely and took their way across a 'field, and striking against a stump the snow had hidden, the sleigh was overturned, and we were thrown out together. I was not hurt, but Nellie lay insensible. I lifted her in my arms and clasped her to my bosom, and begged her , to open her eves and to SDeak one word to me. ! But she was like one dead; and in my terror I dared not take her home, j I carried her, instead, to my sister, who frightened half out of her senses, came forth to meet me She took Nellie into an inner room and bade me bring a doctor : and he was there soon. - ' 1 spent an hour of agony, such as jE had never felt before! but at last Jennie came to me. all smiles. i "There is no danger," she said, j "She has come to herself: she only fainted from fright You havn't killed her, or even hurt her much, von foolish boy. KnA T hnrat into tears.: Jennie ! bent over me. i"T ' "Bnt to think that she ehonld be bo sly,' she said. "A gentleman's portrait in her hnnniri &H thiii while, and : not a word to mAof it! I'll nnnish her for it now." And away she ran back to Nellie, but my tears were all dried tip, and my heart rall. She was engaged to some one olao thia cirl who was bo dear to me. Some nn had been before me, and ahe wore his portrait next to her heart. Fool that I waa not to guess it. I never asked whose portrait it was Tom Armstrong's or Jack May den's, I did not care. When Nellie was well enough to go, in the course of an hour or two, I drove her home and bade her good-bye. I said : "I regret that I should have been the means of , alarming you so, Miss Brodie.". . r ; And she looked up : into my face with her great blue eyes, and said, "It was not your fault; you could not help it. It was so foolish to faint away." And I thought to myself, "what deceit ful creatures women are 1" for the look she gave me was as sweet as if she had not worn another man'B portrait in her bosom. A week from that . day, I , went to New York, and sought put an old ship owner, who had been my father's friend. "I'm tired of farming," I said, "and want to try the sea as a common sailor." The old man would have laughed me out of the notion; but when he . found me firm, he gave me what help he could. I went on board a vessel bound for China, and wrote to sister Jennie, telling her to send for Uncle William and his wife to manage the farm, which I knew they would be glad to do; but I never told. her where I was or what I had done. I meant you see, to -throw myself away, and be heard of no more by any one. Of course, I was mad for the time; that is. the only excuse for me. . So .1 led the sort of a life a sailor in the merchant service leads no very pleasant one I can tell you -for a year or two. . I grew no better for it, and no happier. The other men had mostly some one at home mother or sister, wife or sweetheart to get a letter or a message from at times; I, of my pwn act.Tiad no one. And all the while, at work or at mess, or in the hours when watch was kept on deck, I thought of Nellie; saw her as she looked when she sat by her father's side in the summer moonlight; saw her with the firelight on her golden hair, beside the viuter hearth; saw her smiling up at me as we whirled through the snow drifts that last bright day, and saw her as she lay like a dead thing in my arms. And fancy painted other pictures. I saw her as Tom Armstrong's wife. I saw her oh, good heavens ! with his children on her knee ! I am not sure but that I should have turned idiot, had not something happen ed to alter the circumstances in my posi tion. This was nothing else than the "total wreck of our vessel, and my narrow es cape from drowning, but with an arm bro ken by the falling of a spar. For a month I lay on a sick bed; and then, with a soft ened heart and a feeling that I was sick of the sea, I went home to sister Jennie, to be a farmer again, if I could. In these two years she had never had a line from me. Not an angry word did she give me, but ran into my arms and wept on my bosom like a child; and then she showed me the wedding-ring on her finger, and the baby lying - asleep in the cradle, told me whose wife she was. he was alrs Tom Armstrong, and 1 had never guessed they liked each other I And 1 m happy as the day is long, she said, 'only fretting about you. How could you go away so, JNedf If you did not think of my feelings, you might have remembered Nellie iirodie s. "Nellie Brodie's feelings !" I cried. f'Nel- ie Brodie's! . Dont laugh at me, Jennie." 'Laugh at you !" she cried. "Laugh at you my dear ! I haven't thought of it. Did you quarrel that night ? It must have been a quarrel 1 think. Whose f ault was it, yours or hers ? "Miss Brodie and I never had a quarrel, said. "Oh, Nad," she resumed, softly, "don't try to hide it from me, when I saw your portrait in her bosom. I told you so, I know, and thought it all settled and was so glad." "I started up and caught Jennie s wrist. 'My portrait ?" I cried. "Why, Ned, Ned, dont look at me so. screamed Jennie ; "what does it all mean? Your portrait, of course; one of those pho tographs you had taken I found the rest after you went away. Oh, Ned, don't look so, dear?" ' 'I thought you told me she wore anoth er man's picture," I said. "That drove me away; that, and nothing else. Ohrwhat a wretched fool I've been ! I did not know she had my picture; and I might have cast her away ! 1 who loved her so, and have pined for her all these years ?" Hat Jennie, dear Jennie, with her kind, motherly face and loving woman's eyes, came close to me, and put her arms about my neck, and whispered, . "Pont despair, N ed. bne has never liked any . one else, and I know for certain,; that she wears, your picture still." And those words brought my youth back to me; and the years seemed blotted out, and was the N ed iirown who fell in love with Nellie Brodie, once more. . . Well, Jennie told the truth;. I went to see Nellie Brodie, and found! her sweet and beautiful as ever; and we . were ma r rie'd when the spring came and the birds began to build their nests in the green orchard. Afterwards, when .she had been my wife for some time, Nellie told me, un der those ver y apple trees, how she had found my picture one day when no one saw her, ana worn it afterwards for love 01 me, worn it and wept ' over it while I was far away,' trying to forget her trying,, but never succeeding; for the love I. had for Nellie Brodie was part of my life, and will be, I believe, part of the eternity, where, when death severs us here, we shall be re united. ' Sleep as a Medicine. A physician says the cry for rest , has always been louder than the cry for food. . . .... . . . t. Not that it is more important, Dut is 01- ten harder to obtain. The best rest comes from a sound sleep. Of two men or women, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps the best will bo the most moral, healthy and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevish ness and uneasiness. It will restore, to vicrnr an oVer-worked brain. It will build up and make strong a weary Doay. It will euro a headache. It will enre a broken spirit. It will cure sorrow. In deed, we mieht make along list of ner vous and other maladies that , sleep will cure. The cure of sleeplessness requires a clean bed, sufficient exercise to produce weariness, pleasant occupation, good air, and not too warm' room, a clean stom ach, a clear conscience, and avoid all stimulants and narcotics. For those who are overworked, haggard ; and nervous, whn nnna eleenfess nifhts. we commend the adoption of such habits as shall secur e - 1- til 1 ' sieen : otnerwise mo win uo ouum, uu what there fa of it sadly imperfect. It is reported that a committee, con sisting ot an equal number of English men And Italians has been formed for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a monument to Lord Byron in Venice OUE EUEOPEAIT; COEEESPONDEITCE.- Baslb, Switzerland July 8tb, 1874 Messrs. Editors Southern Home: -If ' I could only give you a graphic description of what I have seen during the past six weeks, I think it might interest you. .It sometimes seems as if volumes passed tbroHgh my' mind in a single day, some notes of which I have taken by the way, and may allude to at some future period, time permitting. At present, .time and space will only allow me to mention some of the places where I have been since last writing to you. .. ; . , U. . . . --.i . Leaving Venice by rail .we cross the lagoon to Mestre on, the. mainland by a viaduct 2J miles long having 220 arches the pillars of Which re6ts on 80,00D piles driven in the mad. . Besides the ' arches; $here are ; several lembankmen'ts, the largest of which 450 feet long by lOD wide. Tbe mainland oh which Mestre stands, was called Dogada in the time of the Old Republic;'' It- was' there' where Palladio bniit a fine palace for the Bar baro family. From that point! proceed ed to Padua, through a flat country high ly Cultivated, and villages churches and country jseats, dispersed all along with canals and fine roads running between; TheTyrblese Alps are seen all along on the north. I noticed every here and there thatch-covered bouses which I suppose were for "the " cultivators of the soil., They looked very neat--generally built in an oblong quare, with hipped roof, very 6teep. . Padua is still a place -ct oon eiderable importance; population; 65,000,. It is a very ancient place. Here Livy was born. He and Virgil call it Patavium and state-that Anterior founded it and thero.planted his Trojans; It is consid ered a very .healthy place, and for that reason is a great resort for Italians seek ing health; When Attila plundered it in 452, its best citizens went and built Venice which-had no existence till that time. It is a fortified city and like all such has nar row streets. There is much about it and its ancient history that is interesting. I, however, gave it but a 6hort visit, ;. I next proceeded up the flat but finely cultivated valley to. Vicenza. . Before reaching the latter place, we passed through two short tunnels.. ,Tbia. town ; is said to have been founded, near 400 years before Christ- Its population now is about 36,000. . Vicenza is located on the banks of Bachiglione and another mountain stream. It is a doubled-walled town with narrow arcaded winding streets. It is the birth place of Palladio, the great architect, and here s re seen many fine buildings designed by, him. The place is surrounded by , beautiful low round hills, many of which are crowned with white villages or summer houses with battlement walls and towns surrounded by vineyards, From the top of some of these hills a splendid view is obtained of the broad atfd fertile valley away down to the Adriatic.. This is the birth place of Fra Giovanni, who in 1233 at a great meeting near Verona, attempt ed to oring anout a general peace which ended by burning six heretics. . In 1848 this place was . bombarded for 18 hours by Badetzky and had to capitulate to the Austrians. Its silk manufactories are said to bo the most important in north ern Italy, and it also parries on a large trade in artificial flowers. Soon after leaving Vicenza a fine view .of the Berice Hills (a volcanic range) is obtained, after which we crossed the Alpone, a sluggish stream with marshy banks, with dikes built up across them. At the juncture of this stream with the Adige is tbe village of Arcole and the famou3 bridge where BOnaparte came so-near losing his life in .November. 179&, .-Although in. ..sight. 1 did't stop to visit it. , Next I passed Cal- diero where Bonaparte was defeated by the Austrians before his many repulses at Arcole and final success. The route all along here and on to Verona is through fertile plain, with the vine twisted around and along the rows of mulberry trees with fine wheat generally between, which is being cut (reaped very neatly with sickle) and the . land plowed or dlig and generally com-pIanted-!-OT- sown broadcast with, corn. Both; the corn and rieh potatoes are very, thick, on the ground compared with our planting to the North ot this plain are hills cultiva ted to the top, and behind them is seen the Alps which bound Italy,,,, Verooa has a population of some 65,000. It stands on tne oanKs 01 tne Aaige at tne loot or tne Tyrol Alps among the hills. The river runs through it and the streets run upon- the sides of the bills. Those in.the valley are subject to be swept over by the swift rive. . It is an old walled and fortified city it is now defended by forty-four different works erected by the Austrians and adapted to modern strategy. They considered . it the key to their Italian, possessions while they, held Lombardy, It was at one time said to be second 6nly to Rome for its remains of ancient build- nes. The Temams of the fortifications built by Sanmicheli one of her sons, is still to be seen, and he stood, high in his day as a military engineer .and architect There are the remains of several Roman buildings here of much interest." Among them is the-Amphitheatre which ranks second only to the Colosseum at Borne. It has been an oval 500 by 404 feet m diameter arid 98 feet . high. . Verona was the birth-place of two' of I taly's famous painters, and tney claim to ' nave nere the tomb of Juliet. There is much both ancient and modern to .interest. the trav eler, and the place has fine surroundings. Leaving Verona we were soon at Jjaice di Garda (a beautiful lake,) and at its end stand Perchierai a strongly fortified place with a population of some 17,000. Here you may take a steamer and reach the head 01 tbe lake in lour nours. as you pass up, on the left bank is Desenzans, a little port with its old tavern, and a point where stands tno ruins 01 an old castle, Scaligero, now called the grotto of Catnl lua. Salso, on the point, was tbe resi dence of Lady M. W. Montague. Salso was occupied by ' (iaribaldi on the 18th Junej 1859. When an Austrian steamer was steering into port, be ordered a bat tery that he had just armed to fire her a warm salute, ana tney id it so "well that her magazine exploded, and before a ves sel from port could reach her, she was in flames and sunk with nearly all on board. At tbe bead of the Jake or even from the laBt place mentioned; is a fine panorama The lake, with Monte Baldo with ita snowy summit in the distance, : and the Alps beyond. . , . " Leaving the lake, we Boon reach Sot- ferine, where the 'great battle of the 24th June, 1859 was fought the French losing in killed and woanded 12,000, and the Austrians 20,000. What a splendid place for an . officer to direct" a large ' army. Near are some beautiful hills from which splended views are obtained of the great piain exiencung irom tbe Tyrolese Alp 237. on the one hand, the Apennines on the other. ;' ' - ' ' ' '; ; "-; ; '" :;: . Leaving SoTferiho, .we next come to Lonato, an old . town where Bonaparte defeated the Austrians 3rd August, 1796. A short distance to the leftis CaBtiglione dellafitivere, where the Austrians on the 5th August; 1798 , were finally beaten and driven out of Itaty, Here stands Monte Bely Wer wjth. its barrpn top joverlobk. ing the to wn; which stands, mostly on tho . sidd of a hilh.i It was from the tower of St Peter's, here, thaf Louis Napoleon . watched tho battle of Solferino, and the churches here were filled after the battle with the wounded. That old castle stand, ing above-t he town yraa oAde' stained with thebldodbf the Marquis of Rodolph. Proceeding east across the.plaina to tbe Chfese,' which flows from .two lakes, on lKstreara""Ts 'PohtelSt; TMarcqa little to the right:ial CjJcinato,.: where Victor Emanuel had bis , headquarters in June, ' 1859.' Nine miles further cast we reach ed Brescia, a : bustling city of 'over 40,000 inhabitants, located in a !richh; country, near the melia where the Alpine hills fall into the great plains .of .Normandy. Like many of the old towns, its . streets are narrow and are arcaded as many of the Italian towns are. It stands at the foot ot a beautiful duster of hills on which are many beautiful villas. . It has a fine supply of water by canal which not only, supplies it,8 72 publio fountains so that they can wash the street's, but private fountains, I am informed, are also sup plied and the waste water used for run ning small machinery. ' It is the ancient Brizia, and ia said to have been colonized by the Romans over , 200 years before Christ was raviahedby the Goths and. and afterwards taken by the Lombards, whose last King was a native. It was the birth-place of Arnaldo di Brescia, a reformer who .was burnt at Rome in 1155. There is much connected with its history that is interesting. ' It was once celebra ted for its fire-arms, Babres and cutlery. The country around is studded with vil lages and country seats. Jfroceedmir east 30 miles through a very interesting country.we arrived at Bergamo.built in an amphitheatre between Bremba and Serio which now between tbe YatoliDa moun tain. It is surrounded with walls and ditches and haa a castle on top of Monte Virgil 10, from whence is a fine view. The suburbs of the town extend around the. bottom of this hill. Its most singular building is its Fiera house. It is a large quadrangle with three gates on each side, -. and several streets in it, with 600 shops, and a fountain in the midst. ' A Fair is held here every August, and silk goods, I am told,; are sold or offered for sale to the amount of twenty-five million francs. Every yard of ground , is turned to ac count. Olive oil, silk, iron, prints and woolen are said to be its principal pro ductions. It gives name to tne citrus bergamium which yields the -essence of bergamot, and has: much, of historical interest connected with it. Leaving here, we turned as it wero, our backs to tho mountains, and sped away across the plain for Milan, over 30 i,miles distant. Mulberries; take the place ki vines; mead ows are more plentiful, and before reach-. ing Milan we were passing through rice fields. Milan has much' about it to ad mire, it is a gay business place,1 popula tion aboue 190,000. The marble cathe dral is the finest in point of masonry I. have seen in Italy, it is built in the florid Gothic stylo, 371 feet long by 226 wide and 92 high, in tho arches,' 122 feet highi in the nave, the vaulting -of which is. about 150 feet high, and that of the cupa lo 127 feet It has .100 spires, the prin cipal one is 360 feet high, irom the top, of which a fine view is obtained of the. extensive plain extending down to the-, ' Adriatic, while across the plain to the north and west are seen the long range of the Alps :with their ; towering peakB and white snows, and to the south the raflge of the Apennines.,. There issome 3000 statues used as brackets or supports and there is some 7,000 niches for statues, thus requiring 10,000 statues in all for the building about 8.000 of thoefc statues .are in position and 2,000 more arerequir-, ed to complete the building, lhe wnoe is of fine marble, even the roof, is. of the same material. While, many of the churches at Rome and some at Naples and Venice are much finer inside none of' them anything like, equal this on the ex terior, , While the .dome at St.Peter's at Borne is covered with;, lead, the. roof . of the main building is covered witb tile oh the roughest sort of wood-work the arch es being under; here: alt is fine white mar ble and tbe floor is of fine checkered marble.,.- ' ' . - ' The old town of Milan is surrounded by a canal and the- streets 1 narrow- and crooked, and tbe Cathedral was at one : JU me. much crowded. They --are now : ppeningup around it fine squares and ' streets and have put up Very fine build- - Dg and many are yet going up. On latn one laBttbey bad a temho hail storm, the effects of which are still seen. : In the. grand Arcade aloti'e, near tbe Church, 170,000 francs worth or glass watt broken, and amongst 'the statutes ranged along in itr the, head of Mi Angelo was smashed -off. Even the walls are marked with the ; bail-stones, wlrfch-are eaid-to have been rona three to four ounces m weight. J "The groves around have not yet recovered their leaves; We spent the Sabbath here and then proceeded through a very in teres tins country to Coire and took steamer np that beautiful mountain lake -to the foot of the now-crowned mountains.1 And from there across the Alps with carriage and ' horses, ' py way 01 : the; Bpiugen pass and down through the famous Mala' to Cairof where ' we took the rail. Time and - space forbid me saying4 anything about the grandehr 01 tnis routed L have thus bid farewell to Italy with its broad, highly cultivated plains ana mils, its ancient rums and fine arts, its magnificent temples, ceremonious priests' ' and beggars, and many fine people and soldiery passed through the Alps with its pure snow, and am now descending tbe valley ol the Xhine which runs beneath my window while 1 write. ? xiow different axe things here from : what they, were 1 away ; down in Italy. lhe churches are not kept ' for show rand :; priestly ceremony in - this place; things which I -could in no way con- nect .witn tne meeK ana lowly esus and his disciples,' except bythe words "the poor ye have always with yon." Wherever we found many priests there were many beg- gap. .... .. , : , j, : A Teavileb.. ..." J udge DooliUle,of Wisconsin, said in an address to the, law ; students at ; Madison, that he who would in the name of the pro- lessionBurnp stnle, encourage htigaion for iany purpose, and" especially-tc put '-moneyiiniiia- pockets, is unworthy of it. In the, Judge's opinipn,.but one f word; de A scribes Bueb. a man andr such, a character, and Uiough ixewlyicoineoT frbrp ! the mint of " siang; rt is too ; intense in meaning" "not to' do useaj it is 'flnyster.' '1 -x-
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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