...... -THE EAGLE . I v i a u l qv ;r,i: . . u . ;: 2 : 5? 0 ?. . a-it d p f, c;?b 1 z to 2 ( ti::: jirf of s"ciiscr.uLTj:;. Cue copy t-ue jejir aJiQ iu ;al fir.oe or .-3. CO if i..-t in artvj.r.et ; and nt I ho samo lt. .. lor in-, v.. t' less tiait.-.' , UTne r ttftfr.t to-'oae crtlcr fr cash, : t iri:.i.;; . , h:u1 Dibble.! "Ccn;tu7r . -'i e j . . V G .'5". 5 iii.iVjiWSWM1 . f . - " . SCOLLECTTOlf V 1 7 Z ' v's .J. Ill h'il r.Jf II i ' , t. . a- ' g . VA ; :V - - v-jf,y J ;C Aa Ac: ( iili a Convent?.' ; '"J s - r. CHAfiLOTTE; N. C.v Ti. 1 ? ' .'I'll' Lin"iiKi! or if, .7 & ..t 1 IW itwl -.mI'"i r'j'i of OUi" i . ' "I ! a : """" " j-' i - V :l-' is ll.e u.iv sure. :-.inl i. in v ire ir:u:ticublo by l-r'."-: .5 Ivv-" ir.irK- ui' (li.oi'iiHiH nrni"cfir ii ". :i - j t,i 'i iioCo'tilulJ'n i. ' i.y.v j:uv. i'.rvrcl'jro,- ,,. , ";.-.: it : I, ir'Vte General Ac'n'ttvj . " ii .:.c:i:-:t'! or i- !(.:.! jii. ii -.i , I" c i .-"UiilO fiiUllI iy tlio j qualifiod :;.!! the Cji Ven - vopl i t lici'on s cordc'vl.s . no K'U will the Nortf) strtggr tinder a m ievous harden . There is a pro dii.j.js pft'oit b;ing lUfldf, on the prut of oeiiain Isi thcrn . leaders, to .-:ivc themselves and cor.seerate their yi icy by m oji'.i'afciu with a ceitnin class" of doU.'dt.d tSontborn i Vfctatefe ijt ij." Tbo expci ieuco: of the past uni'jrtniiatelj ndinotishea- us thfit the bQt.cesf? of tiiis scheme is by no.ineans ui!ro!ni.,-iujI-. and tkat the South' is li.-iti' iiepuied for GiiJicil disasteifs j;;t ,Vsa dr,t;idful lliiui airy, which. iiiiWi hitherto cl mfiisscl her about. Th.it t hja "Is an appi'theu&ioii never t( vnv.YAi wo HiHCjurc-iy trust; int I 1 . , . 1 J - f" L I tit?' . I P (t SlTi I-.A O -.T . I'll la,- tUt !H"rfil IV I 7-;'ou iir4iii3 of truth afid'j'cfj-. the majority ofthe poop!o? st'tii to The eonditoti4V isv " indeed,6 d$pL scarce,1 tade Jifn are frequffill'' ftcd ' '.era) condition c,i dist3atiaiaotioi.::4 .-wuiet? pvB vails The!p&lo:- e3tn,to bo ;flX id us Tor u chjceora&j.kittd; rio. matter -what it-, 1 fcfcj ; nd ibe norairt clas8ds:.& t-, Clients In-theif demonstration; ?4.t ;a - i?a3f"i The robbiivg of mr.?' SinVority'.. pf which are w6ritV,, Jforeitrnt lias becomo a rett.?.jE c c vrcti cre, v - As soon as Jar'ama&f y'6S bpllion a mid tho r.i i-carry -ftyff . i I'n Mexico? Id rbfemjig ttf tAie recent; bjjinioD ' j,'-' Jtoncy J is tit the Sdpfema CJonri: iri thaKcase- pf robberies 1 , f ! ! .t 1 1 1 I; d I 1 f.jvoj 1. ;H non-oi?.ri"iaino aiunv nor falhl 'r,Hporif-tau be bronyht about' !v nioia! owiivlcti or (u:n iraal coal- J. f I iil bcr. 1 t-i Coiis . in !:. I lu V 1. .p:.:JU It, . 1 . ! - . S l I -:iid (V:.v- 1 -i I SI'r'.rfliVK' 'l-T 1ST J. poll, 9," cvnis, "to 1, I i 14 r !:. !-i . .1 ii:; 1. l L . v o f .1 ; ;.j 1 f:voiy fciuO vrdno of ri al and "J pi ',"';", i.-'c'din:' stocks, t:HHi( v.-, ! ;. 1 i t s , itc, (subject. o c;c'..;-!pnoi!s- ivj rxd bv liiw,Ni ijth. !y ('-."ft'-i V (lio CX')C11S(!S of j, M'sir.K'Ut. -r-ip it of tho n-yh-mis, 9 .1: '. j .' o:t -(,f coinicts 'JM !: 'i to a pf-n-tal pre:? j- t uni'i; o ! ; u 0 1 1 ; d with t iio G c-.!s on ci:cU $10.) of i v.-;..-lv. :. : i' f ..Ui . .1 . ;i .' Vi 1 j ruin pi -1 bftVe no conception of law, industry, or juntice, and the suggestion. i3 made by disinterested travelers that noth ir.: will H:vo them from eventful bar ba i s in e x 0 p t a to re ig n p rot ec t o r a t e . Tlie Star : and Herald, Mi American newspaper printed'' at panannij in discussing tills sugt'ostion, lcmuiks : "The iuiprcssiau is thai it , .jfhouid bo placed ' undeiN an Anji,9'i.tan Tert'i-. to rial Government. If Anerican people are uww illingto Rsarine tbjf re-ponpibdity, they have nj rfghtH-o debar other nations from d&in it. . The interests of civilizat in and Ivx manity do in a rid as much. Tfco fid vantages, coulraercial and otherwise, that won Id acjruo to California, by the Wtiiare and ;ood government ol jiltxiLoi would be incalculable." : . lege to v0?&:vuoder ' the oarleento Amen3meniVfirc)t' the XJonirt- de:, cideti lhai: tuo8tittttioii ptHhe Unite?lState&;Wcs- ot VotJiifer-the "right ejjrefpva?y" ' the Cinchivjar n;' remttTlcs4 "H ; 3 thus aeclyk'Jt Cqpf6m-iCojiiti of ;t 6'XJIf t - thlit ib' ifight of 4 ieSA- nreut which it liitl '.liof' before the i o: other taxi-it ! IHi' ce; it i.r. I : O Tti k V i an Wh eat Chop Sp&ni lid rrothccia. A gcntlcrftan w lid has II travtdcil exLjiisiveIy. through Teta? I i,c -.hm, iloriti-cky, AVest Virginia. Ma? ! ryhtnd, I'ldiatiu Ohio--and ..- iSouthc-w'; l'"Jj-' i ' ii iilinois. informs the St. Louis Dcmo- .vv';1;.;; . x ,-.4 a o 'cViotj ii - j crat the w i ii uo r wheat crop now in in.-.; 13. .-.inio j ihe ground hi all that region1 is in ex : to-', (' ri oiivi:c:" cairy- cedent conuidou. Somo'ianners &up- i.:n:ess or doing tho act nosed the broadcast sov.inv would Ik; sofisrruod to i ni-ovo a iailuii) in .such States as Ten-. i , - - - l N - i 1 n ' ( : 1 1 1 .1 ) v no ft c fd l in' oio i in;!, hi'lilC p"i.c til x ' :i . . ; i t 1 . i.l 12 s 'il ! : i !.H" Co 1 , Wi'.o I..- i i l: i i .i ! On 1 . ." i".' :- ' u' payme.it iksmo, Kentnckv. Virginia and- Jla Vui'jr. h) t:x on his M-onertV, I t-vl.-iod whero t.l-.i- snnw did r.nfc Wr hn on tho ground, but examination of the plant proves the reverse. Not only is ihe growing w.heat jn excel lent condition iu these. States, but the area put in. in large. In the miore Northerly portion of tho winter wheat belt the earth has been very ' i-i'ieat coj.ip lie, 2 !irs. ov rcr cent. S KM) t)cr ovf.ry oxhua coiier!, or lciturc for ui of fi circus or if t'n-: ;ain i 1 o Ci.- . J ; :! ; .. iit' iili.c .!'!. till 1 ao o o.H i.ppvar ; : a iUi?!Ui!i, i'.e h f thcin '. i - liciega-.o i ' ; i; will I'.,:', i.: .:t the i Co;n kV i t ii ll l.ii I ' i i -. ,u (l o , r" -:.. of fjr." js ro- Cun bo no dttulo tht when a thaw l 'I'i'l f '? ca cli .side how or con- wnm-s it. will lie Hiid'.lou. KnHn.r will ' -v - :'-,'!,ipaiiving a eirens-or tnanag- j bo skipped, and a miner will begin. ; :vI ' :7i v' which extra chargo is made,. The weather will be hot and foicing, t ..i'.oai j 1 0, Und o per ccntr of receipts. and the growth of the wheat plaot ' t out i i - Ii at her . exhibit ions for n.m ws- , k. ' t n;t onmu "V lo j !::(:( .KTClUi (''!! ; each o! hv' i . i . . i M Ot i i t. i i ' y v j ; . i , exhibition o mo Duoii( oio or eacn nor ! !i::LUco. one per .Mil ' O M states - i tn'i i: t..U..: V 1 1 ; i ' l dlnOitS ti - i 1 ! ii. : mi ii :'.nn-i .:. n w ill i.c d i:if tl:, :-t;'! evade or diMVga'.' j i;. d nor t he i i .t : :r. li e ColiVt! 1 it'll t .cjiion. :-o. . t h. V !l!Cii ; I ! (1 iU!' .1 vv a . i. . ;. . r- to; pri-os, $25. and ; i. ot rocuiuls. Im'jIc agencies-, $10 per annuin. lMi:i--ird sal-.)ons, 20 f-ir c;ich table, iio.viing alleys, tto., $20. l-nj'.io'r dealers, 5 per cent, of pur- . . K'-daii litpiur :d ah'i's. $o . per month. Deai. rs ro malt li'.juors' on 'y, 81.50 r sii) . i til. ' . Too purchase .lax of 'merchants re- i no Situie a lormeiiv. ouo net cent. of. will be ranuJ. Another thins seems to be pretty certain, and that, is that there will bo a big corn crop jit 1875, Corn is now bringing a price Ijiat will insure a large projit to t hofanner, and hogs are high i also. Tints there are two incentive! to produce corn largely. CoTJox Estimates. In thd'ir issiu ai n i 'ao.ic ir:ivj:-. receio'-- i . i o: v i. Co::vc!!tfi(-n,' t h-Vv ' o, ts i 'i tile hh-'f-' ; ate sin'!! Us .1 7: d t v; hi 't'. r. C-. - er'' hi ti till iw.V- 7 . r,-. At 1'. :-tui t i7sb- ; : ; i , . o inns ;.. ; -t'-".'ti ' : '. . icv-r? n a i i (:t l iii i" i v i j ' . ; . ::.vI ruth 4her' 'oi;. l. :i,ey. noni tiir.:c t:., o i.e .-s.-.rv ; tint I ji ;v i -curti.' 7 .i':- '---'- : r tite l:ke " i ! 'liiV U the c; i"; i ,i i :o n.tr;:; ofcniti; i-:". - ::d -iiavo no , . ,'v 'uiie, adopt, o? Ovhi:c.t? to iho cx7. i r-oi t: l.o;:.ce ir. v :i atio:i;ii banks are retpiirod to pay ;.:o-o tv !" fr.-m.$5U to' $200' per of the 10th of Jul1 1874, oitr of the Chronicle 'iujd Sentitiel ing of the cottonj crop, sai yield Rnder most ffayornblo 'stances could nok, bo nine friends spcalc- I, t:the ire ti m- i over aid t hat extravagant . i e. Mi- ,, ?t ot Lut fil er Oj per cent, on gross r i o.i eoiimiif;;' iif ill'l !Cii:S vU I i.c ion of ? ii ; en ill ? O'-iC1 i!(T , exempt from owtli J. Iz i i ) ! j S ",V o-r cacil h k-oop n -i .-; for hir , i;int i,( i. i: vo ;r each .VI ' ' ' "k. i lCi A Oi gO( i; count-.'. Anna h! i.-i , .jvi? ii.vj. i iua '. $10 for t aeh 3,000,000 bales.". Tiiey .also s1 'dour nidlfon -bales is an estimate of the growing crop." 7 Our friends, in view cd' lhe falling off in receipts,1 which may or may not be aUribntable to the dreadf il weather of the past three tuorths; are disposed to crow over their sagacity, as they so deem it lo be. The receipts are already . 3.150,000 bales. When the total crop shall have lie en 'completed on ft ept ember 1st, those who estimate at 75,000.000 will, in our opinion, be nearer the mark than those who prophecd a c r o p of "not much over. 3 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Kl.,f--AuyusfdVonisfitufio)w?ist. S !l t i.i J 1 .l ' fl'l ( il, v50 for each' couof SSi' c;.d imd Fer'so'ti us. the ir el.:; ; t- -1.1. 1 liv i ne r. , 1-1 .4.1 M : oi!;v 11. 7':.'-; i"-.v -:-'... ,: : r'l i io. nit i ' : ro ! C.oo-t;;:7 fa- rj-.tio bttwicn t!;o la;:-' therein i.-t; i. id CohViU'i i o; 70 or (Msrwise, b-j iStirar.eu Cv)ii7aoies ecu', of. rcceiois. ScirEDULE' C. I A number of ladies of North Caro i'liina, after consulting tfogethor on the jioiibiect, have issued1 a circular dated ii:Th, and persons who sell h 0 !Oi fUlliUm. 7it f!hin.d nil! in iv!d.-h fiiet- limnf.Ii , (t l'uiirn, ) 2 ! t !w .tirairfwnrth v s-'ilwrnn of i niintf n w, ' ' i I ' - J - . : - ' -"r " fund for the support and care of the (t poor uau ii.'iii in aui ju" uh;u- uwii sex a i;.r ot til c. - i. c V V i .' 1 , . ; k ii n to se or ; f Ii 1 I C 's S V.'c p. cry . : il ' '"h' U;; ; 'Jo: l u. i : i s , ( s s i 1 1 ; ) - e c sC - ! jOa each m'ti-riago license-, $1, and t'ach -iiirfi riago con tract, or mort-a.y..-! to f ecu re creditors-, whera the i-'ii-not sccureit exceeds $300, $1 . i' .v-'Oi ty-tivo dollars' ' worth of por i;al .-properly "is exempt from taxa 00. ' 7 ; " - H vTties ! J o- oitiioatico v:v. ;i. . K : in oft-fdi e now e:c by-vitti'c 1 1 ' 1 f ; . ,1 i 7' i'1'1 i- i-vl or IkmC :;ny eicctiuu or .appoint men tj1o existing Constitution ana. iaws, until the same shall bo vacated or e; pired inider existing laws; but th aid CoUfcr.Mori may recommedd :.-tho ibdi'Siviiie:it. of aiiv tioieo v'uvt x'v- il ; tioiL - g - . n VI i:c -t 1 Oi atoV V. 0 tou 0 l -, 'i ilU'.iV . without ; The shi: es tor st.o; :.mi not a sift.-,;: hscovoi is no;. 1 meeting a few days since of gen c-sal. committee of arrango nts of thiv rdcckienbarg Centen- jKtjllowin'g' resolution ' was ti i y 0 1. y iv-et.t 'term s- vura. y iie wi-e tei'o. ii:erein, smut ex; ..-i7 occur, and tiiey may otf li.lisig.such vacancies', ii.oa as tow, and' lirVdin i il, civ - f. No r . sh id S rTui i.C O. i pi'O-i it il Ci'- j - the' Con-' h. .- Ua- -u. ;o-;u oi x'nntan .e City of oev; Xork war i-; -on the South IO; xv. C, 1 t -j v '::f C veni:t;i aiiopt or propose any p. an vi-y- ia lay simci or sc heme of compcusat ion ta ,e i l i4 . the of iters oiCmancipatejii eiaves, n(r 7-;e 'deil-oii.ijit- for 1 1 tL p;ynunt ol, any lianiiity or? ,-ni m ie'.d ju'-'irreti wholly or in .part in stmt i:oi;;-. ljchoitl -the v.'i'r ! W hen 'JCu: ;eti ni net supiciiio xo.- Todies, foiiu-win ' the r force nnd ;CIarkson, i to piish Lfi" Conimei" Unsied Stat F, into the ,1 :U aid 4' the' late war between lire Stales, aoui nor is u ti-e ro.-toraticn ot iftiprison- j v.cll sbo f,o nicnf for debt ; nor shall they jrvquiro j po icy .nppa or nl-onose any. cducaiional or proper- j ioa, iadit; s ' 1 - " i 1 . . it . lucre 03 rescui u.vuger. i!cr" How icet.tied iti gtat'ttiig her At i 1 3 iti tori,, t 1.0 adopted : . ? J!''So(tx'd, That it is the setisei of the general committee of arrangements hi convention assembled, that the com miitye of Ways and Meatus bo instruc ted to raiu the' sura of twenty-live thousand dollars, to bo applied to pav ing tho expenses of, the Centennial Celebration on the 20th of May prox imo, including the barbecue, and that ail surplus futtds and supplies be turn ed over to the monumental associa oaiiei . and Gt hat cab c-oty, Gurri- xi th e wor.u ty (titahficiition' for office or voting ; knuwj too wet!, ulhtuaa respect on .'-norlshait raid Convention jass any l ite part til tho Notth prevents a gen- drditauiccs legts.ative in their charac- ter;fexcept such as are necessary to (ao long as the old jxi.icy is paisued -. ' i ..-'-. -- - f cial confession, of this blunder ; but 1 The new compulsoiy educational law of Idaino requires that children between the ages of 9 and 15 "years shall be sent to school for a period of at least twelve weeks each -ear, un less excused for cause upon the certi ficate of a physician. It is made tho du ty of the school committee, or town supervisor, to enforce the several pro visions of tho act. . too. bin tew, ' the circular says: cs propose to raise such a s ti m a s w ill pTmrrrs-ia-JiOU so, w it 11 land attached, fit i t -'up ' Fo r oecupati'i , and leave somethitigto bo.iurested i'ir ah income. Appeal is made to all parties and denominiations, aud it is hoped tho .appeal will not fall on list less cars. .'Communications on the subject may bo addressed to Mrs.C. P. Spencer, Chapel Hill, and reference may bo made to V;. H. Battle, XV. A. Graham, 15. F. Eloore, atid W. Ni JI. Smith." ' Tun Couiit of .Claims Yvasitixo- ton, April 7. Tho Court of Claims lias ytst decided that full pardon and amnesty to those -concerned in th iato war, wbilo it blots out or throws into oblivion all personal offjnee?, does not restore to them the proceeds placed in the Treasury fro w confisca ted property sold. '-The word 'par don,' must," tho Court says, "be con strued according . to its meaning as found, in English statuto law at, the time of the formation of the" Consti tution.: The King had no power to restore estates except those' in which he might bd personally interested. Besides, tho proceeds of the conlis c tted property being received to the Treasury,' it conld not be drawn there from, except by virtue of law passed in conformity with the Constitution. adoption of these'throef. amendments' Judge Hughes, of tho United States Circuit court in the District of Vir ginia, recently" rendered, a- decisicn which ibis .finding of the Supreme Court practically contirms. An in die tin cut charged that the defendants unlawfully prevented certain legally rpgijsteled voters, -'qualified according to liV, from voting at a municipal ielecjtioh. in Petersburg. Judge 'ilu'dies said that the -Federal courts ha ve n tt i nrisdictio'n lo protect righ ts which Icertte from the citizenship of a State3 btit'ouly such as accrue from citizenship pf the United States, and that the right to vote was among, the rights - accruing from State citizen ship. This position was maintained by an elaborate argument. If- was asserted that 'the right to vote,1 even o"f citizens of thh .IJnitod States, is left, even' by the Fourteenth Amend txMiht itself, to be regulated nnd de cct by the States, .which had always ihyf tinilt power.' It is decided that the Statb has the power of regulating the right of 'suffrage in both Slate and national' election The court that dfccuU'3 ' thus is dot litely to decide that the Federal- government has a xii?ht to keep aliiotel iu Guntown, rdfr.at-hh.set.ts. or to 'remil'ttto -ta theatre in Cincinnati, or to dictate t:-e driver of a fct age-coach in 1 abama as! to whom he shall carry, br what rats he shall chame- If tike riiht cvem Of a citizen of the United States ptcasure the lijjht theatre or b vote is subjected to the tot the State, most certain of a person to conduct a hotel or a hack , is with hi i 3-itrt ir i.rri t.txt f'overnnni'nt ari las 4 vo Coniitrhs. DhTcrf i Iti Auv o t Itia the' .ages of discretion, both for males and; females, J-s 14, add unless this ac has been reuched by rmittics, the ntarriaio is not both valid In Russia IS for .iu . icniiues In Itah females In Prnf if' P ales, ana lo ior IS for lhtiios, and 15 for sia 18 ft; r males, and 11 for lor 'males ; 15 for Programme; th.Mciklienbars 1 v'-.-"" Ccnteniiul. ; r; 77 . 1- ' The-fqllowinVpTOgrod Mecklenburg - Centennial ; celebratidu at Cbarlotterton. therSOtof l.Iaj; hits been arranged bj: the Execatit a .Com ; mittee, of - wliieh; Dr. -Joseph ' Gr&ham is Chairman ancT Thobaa W. Dexrey, Esq-; is Secretary.. T ... fv- j -7-Oahu mired. tuns, at sunrise, and rrqgiD f . Ity beU nn'der.'chrce; pt r.Ta r-rch rt lO o'clock fctr; C: : j trL?: '.y.i"f Ihocsh"5 Ihv". t I 'A 7- . r , : the xitjcadtr c' C' '--.oln. 1 ?v.ivf . -t - ' T Jtilitarj Companies. , Fife.Companies. v Masonic Lodges. ' Odd Fellows. -ICnights of Pythias. Good Templars. , , Paironsv of Husbandry. County Organizations. Other Associations of City, County, - State and Citizens. Press Organizations. Various Centeunial Committees, Accompanied by Various Bands of Music, and their own Special Banners, Emblems nd Insignia. The Procession 7 will be formed in the following order : t 1 Military Companies on both 'sides of South Tryou street, fight front resting in front of Central Hotel. Fire Companies on West Trade street and on Church street, opposite Fireman's Hallj T Grand Lodges, County Organiza .-.... - ... . . ........ . The : followic J..x - led; l;c i Tresti ea ca 'll jr: ; ? ! ! r t ' r - -1 DatldDir son CpirL, (Icz. . r . - 1.' Lay" c5T r poltoa : - . . jr." feci a pari, frith' LOYclt'.f, dcuLIa f-r row; aad ui in-fertilisar eisUI icehej deep." i i-.': r7? .-', .'f-i T.;. - is2, Itidje'intb less cccckr,.iiTt 1-; (nche's - rt' -;fTlX1c9t tfc a . bed r - mth : I ' . 7 , torii plow, tabsoil.&t Isr :V plow far- T . -rdws; split, bal Uxf l;:;t -aih :,Jr0 bofl7:.iPUnt7-tfitbiaccttt3f.cr;J , ' edwertCmo4U'-edTi - '. hfLt"tw -7 -'.:.'" 71 - - f " ' . :--7"i " - '' 'Flrsl .piowlogrron . ?K'.ctr. -.": :, with risht wing taVnad'OM Lc i ut , . , rif.it. .".t:ii 7 . tr ed ,op, 11113 ri-.-v Third'-bloi. i-'-riD'-'siawaT, rc t third Icrrow In the 'tzllzU tcflsia. . ; a 3i Cotton, fcUodintL:i!i-iil"i-5 7 drill will ;b cinchcsc:3 srn;trJ!iIi oataripg."..:" 'L?.,. ,.Vvftfr v v--t - , f 4. Cotton'oaljr requires' d!:- : 3 -V ,( - - 4 -. "S.; lie arral t-ot forccilLs 1 cotton; ;-..:X'V.' tlOU8 associations, city, county and State and citizens' and press' organizations, on East Trade street. Masonic Lodges, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Good Tem plars, on North Tryon street, from the. music with military company, to be assigned by Chief Marshal, as guard of honor or escor. v In carriages the following : The President ojf the. United States, Gov ernor of Tennessee and staff, United States Senators and Supreme and Su perior Court Judges of North Caro lina. Mayor of the cityt and otbex invited guests, orators and reader ac companied by committees. Parade to be through the principal a t r p q su to -.. p ni v a at the -peakirf grounds at o'clock M. After tfre various companies aud organizations, &c, have been arranged by the Chief Marshal and assistants, the Centen nial will be opened with prayer by the Ch nplain, licv. Tlobert Hall Mor rison, D.D., after which reading of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Iode- lendence by , followed by ad dresses by After the ad 1 o ule i different an one being and 12 for .111 as fe males ; ,1G for males ; 12 for fe- ltdt- and Baden feniales r m in t lit nee females. lit Bavaria the different districts ; low as 1-i for ' males males In Deuihark 20 f Jr females. I In Greece 1-1 for males. j In Kcslse Parm the consent of parents is necessary to. mai?s nntilj tlitir 25-h je.ttr, and to fo-' males nntill thf-ir -1st. 7 J In Saxe Coburg Got ha tho law is somewhat (furious' about marriage. -Tiie genera!', rule i?i that a man can not marry until he is." twenty-one ; but iin'exceptiojn is sometimes made, by grant of the - Government," upon peti- the parents or tlio young ibh . from age or other cause, to manage the farm or their business, whsdoverjit may be, auVl is deemed that the assistance of the young woman will be useful i in the household not, we presume, cxclu &ive'v in plaving the piano. In the American Union marriage is regulated IthoULdi C Not only are the cs . dpiVrent, but the do iship within f. wliich rmitted. In some iclo and niece are allowed arrv each other. tlOi), WOOiX") man are ml y -me umercia suites, ongiess has assnmed to marriage S 1 tiles an n by law to ud ital stock o held at Mar proiiibit.p'o required tig grc-es ox lelatio lis po it it 11 The BakS of Mauion', S. C At a meeting of jtho subscribers to.thq cap- f " The Batik of Clarion," Ion, S. C, yesterday, the following Directors were elected to serve for the ensuing year : W. D. Jojinson, Marion, S. C. J. D. McLuoas, " " Duncan Murchison, " W.-A. 'Wright,- Wilmington, N. C. J. W. A twin son, D.: II. Muijchison, I. B. (irarnger, A meeting of" tho Directors of tho new Bank was afterwards held at which the foilowin;' officers wero elected for tlio rresidentJ. Vice President. W. D. Johnson. Cashier J. D. dimming. The full a tint of the capital stock (50,000) having bscn subscribed, the Bank will, wo understand, commence operations within a month, or as soon as a suitablo building can be secured. 1 Wilmington Star. ensuing; year: B. Grainger.,! dresses, there will be, at 3 o'clock p. rn., a Grand Barbecue, after which Miiita and Fire Companyidiaplay. At night, at 7 o'clock p. na., grand torch light procestiou with Cbinest lanterns, emblems, transparencies, &c. After wnich addresses will be deliver ercd from the stand in Independence Square, on the site of the original Declaration cf May 20th, 1775, cor ners of Trade and Tryon streets. There will bo general illuminations of the houses on principal streets. The Celebration to conclude with a grand pyrotechnic display, consisting of beautiful emblems, figures, mottoes, &e., appropriate to the occasion, un der charge of the Artillery Committee. ''How came you to be a drunkard?" od (i friend of Tom Marshall in n conversation with him. "Well, I will tell yon all about that," said Tom. " graduated in law at Lexington, with the celebrated divine, Robert J. Bieckinridge, and our friends thought we wore the intellectual wonders of the, age, and they advised us, by way of taking a high position at once, to attack Henry Clay," then in the prime of. his fame and power, upon the first opportunity that presented itself. That opportunity soon came. We were employed in a case iu opposition to him. Bob made a speech, mid our friends con gratulated us speeches, aud made a speech and I upon our tremendous we were basking in the snufihine of cqming prosperit4, When the old lion arose, and with one sweep of hi3 paw drdve Bob to the Bible and mo to t he botpe, where we have been ever since. 1 r title of Dr. McCloskey Archbishop," the last g connected with -the 1 The proper is ''Cardinal dignity bein highest rank attained previous to its conferreuce. He is to be addressed as "His Eminence" from the time of his promotion!, but he cannot assume the scuriet robe until be has received tho hat from the Pope, as his domin ion is outside of Italy. In olden times the newly elected Cardinal wan obliged to make the Pope's legate . a a present of one hundred ducats at least-this being the fixed sum but the amount is frequently much more. , ' This isTth.way a colored preacher is said to have arranged his hearers for mutual convenience: "De fore part ob de church will please, sit down, so de hind part ob de , church can see de fore part, forde'hiod part can't see de fore part ef de fore part persist in standin' before de .hind part, to de utter exclusion ob do hind part by de fore parti" f and. ,nr. .-:-r- ; , .7 " . 8. A 'cottonitolinirlo 'sUi'HSro weeks drought, motthaT foorllnches soil and six inches subsoil ; . thxt weeks, six Inches soil mod same tab soil; fonr weeks, eight inches and tbt same snbsbiUrig." ')" 9. .If yon prepare - yonr land and. carry out this plan - well, and manura liberally, you may expeot from four huudrod- to one thoojand pound of lint cotton per acre. 7' 10. Fertilizers' bring a crop 6f bolls on the cotton early, ' 11. To improve the cotton plant, select seed; every y tar after the first picking, up to the middle of Ocbober, taking the beak stalks and ths best' bolls on the stalk. 1 ' 7 ' 4 ' 12. On all farms, there are some acres that produce cotton better than others ; seed should always be select" od from those spots. ' 13. Manure everywhere you' plow and plant : your labpr will be tntrre certainly rewarded.1 It pays to nse manure, and it pays beat on land that pays best without it. - . , li. From the 10th lo the . 20th of April is the best time' to plant cotton 15. Apply one half of all labor and land to the making of foil supplies of all kinds that are needed on the farm and enough to spare' for those en gaged in other pursuits,- And yoa will have more money than if the whole was employed iu making cotton. ' 16. Leave no grass to bunch and cauae a future bad stand. . 17. Plow Cotton every three weeks. and let the hoes come ten days be hind, cleaning it perfectly. 18. Continue plowing cotton till the 15th or 20th of August. Once or twice during the season shove opt tbe m fddre'wTth a Iu rro w to""keep Ine TTri 3" level. 19. The plowing of cotton requires one and a fourth days per acre. 20. Cotton plants commence when small to take on and mature bolls aud continue until they exhaust the solu ble matter or reach the fall capacitr- of the land. Two stalks will do that much sooner than one, and will so aviHd the late drought, caterpillar. etd 'il. Cotton will crow after Cotton a number of years in succession, with . piejnty ot manure, $2. Make just 'the amount of cot tori wanted, nt -paying prices. Keep out of debt; bo the creditors; make your supplies at home ; then and only men win yoa nave power. 16. Kotation of crops, deep and leeper plowing ever year, incorpora tion of vegetable mold, returning the proceeds of the cotton plant except the lint to the soil, making as much manure as possiole, comprise my sys tem of improving lands. , 24. One object in cultivation is, to keep the .surface-broken, so as to let iu light, heat and air.a Never stop the plows for dry weather. . 25. My policy bus been to make the most money with the least labor and capital, even if it appeared to be wasteful. . v 2G. The cotton planter should make his wholo 'supplies, everything neces sary to run the farm. ' 1 : The premium cotton crop, exhibi ted at the State Eair in, Georgia in 18G0, cf eighteen bales on "six acres, was cultivated according to Mr. Dick sou's plan. With a capital of $25,000 to commence with, be made in fifteen years 8500,000 by farming, ne has ueen equally successful Since the war. Pluck and brains will tell in farming as in any other vocation. . , . ; Almost any error in life may be remedied save an error in marriage.. IF a man make a , mistake in one thing, he can rectify it by doing right ' about another ; if one mine bo unpro ductive, or one field barren, ho can try lor gold in somo fresh direction--, it is competent for him to turn op the" sods Of distant, i, acres, and plant and reap thero : but to find yoa have cho&cn wrongly in marriage, is as ' when a man discovers, jast as his , sun is close upon setting, that bo' has erred through lifo. There is no re tracing either road, there is no get ting rid cither of the spent existence or of tho lawful wife ; the day . is gone, the 'decision made beyond re call, and unhappy indeed Is ho who ' finds that ho has taken the wrong turning. t ... Nothing is more common than for great thieves to rido in triumph when small onoi aro puqished. But let wicked dcss escape as it may, at the last it never fails of doing itself jus tice ; for every guilty person is his own hangman. Seneca, - There will be bnilt duriog tho next year, six large, first class brick store in Ashoville, one Court house that will be an honor to the county, and a hotel (brick.) . ; v 1 fcmT" ,H :'--7-