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sr jt; : a W ill 1 i I III ill b g&mihj gaper, dcvolcd to golithz, 3trhiiitunt jjfotutfiiriitrrs, ommerre. md JJUseelkmeous geatluiQ. s'jvriv-svi i.i.i-:, x. c. SArri:n.v. .n-i.v 1. ik?.-.. XL, Ml UCIt 'JO. THK AMKKKAX KUUK.VrT II. I) II A K K A; SON, Jitlit'HM 'V 'V ttH M. h. wmMI BBw , MHWKirilON ICATKS: One year . - 00 Six montli. ......... 1 rrHKTl.T 1 AOVAJO K. TKKMS Or ADVKItTI.SlN'O : im riullar a .s.iuir for tJ firt week, ami ffty iniU fur ea li sulisqiient lreertiii.. .Ten line or ! constitute a Npiare. 1 lii tioiiH in idf In farr f Mainline matter an follow- : : wit. rt-MO. f H 12 1.1 HI 2.1 (HI M (Ml m (mi 1 VKAir. 12 (Ml 1H (Mi 2.1 'Ml :t.i (mi HO 01 1(MI 01 Din square..... Twft squares... Tlire uii;r- One-fourth imiI. H (XI 10 MI !.' (Ml Half eoluiiiu.... 2.1 (mi !! Collllllll. 40 OO Pules the number of inwrt'niiHlM tiiarki-l ijmii the man ii.H-rit, it will lie ulli-liel till ftrlil, and charged a-eorlinjjIy. PROFESSIONAL CAllDS. It. K. AftMPlKI.D, At Statesville, N. O YAl. !. KOI.K, At Vnoir, N. ('. Armfield & Folk, Attorney ft ml (.'otiutrttvr tit Iih', DKACTICKS IS ALL tin- Court of the Tenth Jmlielal DUtrict, McDowell nixi iTiirke in the Kleventh District, in the coun ties of -Mecklenburg ami" Uowan, in the Federal Court Circuit and District and the Supreme Court of the State. lfCoiiiiLiuiieatinadili e.H ed to the firm at either Statesville or I-noir will receive prompt attention. Vtoher 20, 1H7X :.-tf H. KELLY, M. D., OFFKKS hi services to the piiln lic, and may In- found at his Ottice when not professionally enjrak'eu. January 1, 1H71. Ktf S B EVANS , M D Having ha-ated in Slatesville respectfully offers hi prolTcssional service to the 'iticns of the town, and the surrounding country. He may la found at the Drug Store of Mcssr. Tunstall A Feild, or at the resi dence of Mrs. Celiiij Alexander. April 2.1 187.1 No 11 tr. hotels. ST. CHARLES HOTEL OTIIO M. BARKIiKV : Proprietor. f fill K undersigned, having taken charge J. of the ST. CHARLES HOTEL, in Statesville, informs the puhlic that it is now ojon for the accommodation of travel ers and guests, and will he conducted as a l il Nt-C IUMS llOtCl, the Table being supplunl with the best the Country afford ; attentive Servants, V-e. The House has been newly refurnished and refitted, and no pains will 1m spared to give entire satisfaction to its patrons. A share of public patronage is solicited. Guests of the St. Charles will always tit id a splendid assortment of Cigars. OTIIO M. UAIIKLEY, Prop'r. Jan 8, 1870 47tf NATIONAL HOTEL, Delightfully situated, next to Capitol Square RALEIGH, IV. C A NEVII0USK Fine llooins, well Furnished and Fitted up in the Best Style. ATTENTIVE SERVANTS. The Table Daiiy Supplied with the Best this and other Markets afford. C. S..15UOWN, 2tf Proprietor. BOYDEN HOUSE, c Mrs. Dr. Reeves, Proprietress. SALISBURY, N. C. tW We study to please our Guests. When yon visit Salisbury, don't fail to stop at the BOYDEN HOUSE; a fine House, filled with new and elegant Furniture, Car pets, Silver Ware, &c. Clean and neat Rooms We guarantee something good to eat, polite Servants, and a hearty welcome. MAIN STREET, SALISB UJt 1", ........... . x. a THIS well-known House having been re cently taken, tefitted and refurnished by the undersigned, is now opened to the travelling public. With an experience of sixteen years the proprietor flatters himself that he can render satisfaction to even the most fastidious. Omnibuses meet every train. WM. ROWZEE, Proprietor. DEALER IS : Fine Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, &c, CHARLOTTE, N. U. 1 17-tf J. T. FARI8S, PRACTICAL Watchmaker & Jeweler, BANK ROW, STATESVILX.E, IV. C, HAVING located permanently in States ville, is now prepared to do all work entrusted to his care in the most thorough and workmanlike manner. All Work Warranted. Refers to Bank of Statesville, Carlton Bro., Col. J. S. Miller, Mayor J. F. Vanpelt, Col. S. A. Sharpe, and the Editors of the American. I9tf HE WEEKLY NEWS, RALEIGH, N. C. A paper for the People and a friend to the Farmer and industrial classes of the country. .Send Postal Card for sample copy. . r Per Davat liome Sam- tfeO 3oU Pies worth $1 free. Stik- on & Co., Portland, Maine. 4-ly 0 MISCELLANEOUS. NANNY'S GOOD SENSE. "Minnie! .M initio ! i u rniAuU' I n-ar read) J" j It wi4 M.ri'ulou'!y neat and laii- ty in ull it a:tinenU, the little par lor when- Mi h. 5rt i'liton Kit, although tli; carM.-t a a titur vt l.trn, the furnitimt flel, anI the hcartli rujr akiHfulIy ekel " another flrio iiirUii mi the rnonl worn. A fw Coern, In a Ien tler thraU."l vane, htxxl on the an tiqni , claw-leggd taMe, the fi-ntler-ironi glitu-reil like jrohl, anl the thin muslin curtains, artistically mended here unci there, were while a Know, .rrol Mrs. JJrcighton heinelf hwked like ('iiulertlla's pol-mother, in her drcKn'of ancient brocade. Ix-st yellow lace, ami the :-rings glittei iiig on her unall, hhriveled hands. . Kighty. yeais old, and a lady to the last ! What, though paralysis had robbed her of all use of those dainty idippcred feet what, though the grand house he had entered as a bride was now narrowed down to this one' room iii a second rate building, where two other families also set up their household altars she was a la dy still, ami she could boast that she had never degraded herself to common-place toil. "Our means are limited,"' said old Mrs. IJrcighton, with the lofty , air-of a dutches; "but the pension of my son, the' Colonel who, as you prob ably rememViy was killed on the Florida frontier is sufllcient to main tain myself and my two grand daugh ters and we arc ladies.' Minnie Ureighton .'-.presently, came in with the chocolate on a napkin covered tray and slices of toast, ex quisitely browned and cut as thin as a wafer. "I hope you haven't been kept wai ting, grandma," she said. "My dear" with an air of mild resignation ! am accustomed to wait." - "Oh, I'm so sorry! l'ut our fire is out, and I had to run and borrow the use of Mrs. Tucker's stove to boil the chocolate, and -" Mrs." IJrcighton contracted her sil very brow. - " "The JJreighton's are not of a bor rowing race, Minnie." "Shall I get you an egg, grand mamma ?" "No, if the fire is out, my dear." And grandmother Ureighton went on with her breakfast, wearing an in jured air, while Minnie went back to the other room, where she sat with her twin sister, cogitating. Anna Ureighton was as pretty as Minnie, but in a different style. She was dark, With melting, almond shape eyes, and olive skin, and lips like a pomegranate flower, so perfect ly shaped, so riohly red ; while Min nie was tall and slender, and fair as daisy. Anna laid down a slip of paper as Minnie entered. "It's the grocer's bill again, sister. What shall we do?" Minnie sank into a chair. "And the gas yesterday, and the landlord not paid, and the purse as empty as Mother Hubbard's cupboard. What shall we do?" "That's the question," said Anna, reflcctivel- arching her jetty brows. "If, we can only keep it from grand mamma." '. "We must," retorted 'Minnie, with a decisive nod. "It would kill hei If we were men, now, Nanny, we could go out and get a job of wood sawing, or house-painting, or " "Why can't we now?" .'"."Why? Because Pat O'Xeil has got all Mrs. Baker's wood to saw, and because we can't climb ladders with paint pots over our shoulders." "But we can do something else, I suppose. Listen, Minnie money we must have." "If we go out on the highways and ask it at the point of the baj-onet," interjected Minnie, gravely. "There's no poverty like genteel poverty," her sister sighed. "But 3'ou haven't heard my plan. Mrs. Barker, the laundress, in our top sto ry is sick." "What then ? We have neither wine nor jelly, nor yet crisp bank notes to bestow upon her." "And she can't keep up to her en gagements. There are two swiss muslin ball dresses, fluted and puffed beautifully, lying in her basket wait ing to be done up at this present mo ment. Five dollars apiece she has for them." .- "Well ?" "I shall do them up." "Nanny! You 1" "Well, why not ? Think what a golden stream ten dollars would be in our empty coffers! Ask yourself how on earth you or I could earn ten dollars any other way. And after all a swiss muslin dress is a pretty poet ical "sort of fabric to wash and iron ; and into the bargain, poor Mrs. Ba ker keeps her customers." "Oh, Nanny ! have you come to that?" . "Now, you look and talk exactly like dear old grandmamma ! Don't be a goose, Minnie ! Just 'ou invent some story aoout my promenading in the pars, or taKing lessons in wax flowers making to delude her credu lous soul while I go up stairs and coin money." "But I may help you?" Uy -and -bye, pt-rhsp'S If uy riU ;cl liml, Ilut now mf one mutt, t:i with j; i and 10 3 tn in 3. . - - Jt I very trance." - -iid Mi eorjM -tUr , p! ttit lhat Uiy d r -i" havt ii't eotiif h'itne. lnilivly, I fcha'I have nothing to wear t4-niht." .She wik lotiniiig lcforc tie mi-c-oal fire in a blue iilk neglige, triin- irutl with wan down and a Jilt a.' v.L. c-i with a tMarl-Ii-!ided javelin, while a novel lay in her lap. v "What an awful ease !" oWrvnl the brothe r carelissly. "Where's tl.e am. thyst hilk ?" "Oh, I wore that to their lat r-c-p-tion.' '"'.'.' . "And the pink crape ?'V "1 look like aii owl in pink. 1 was a goose ever to buy that silk." "The Nile green silk with while flounces ?" "Saiah Howard has one Justa sh.ule lighter that ".she'll be sure to wear, and I lelieve the spiteful thing got it on purjxse to kill mine. No, I must have the swiss muslin with knots of blue corn flowers, antl a I toman, sash figured with cold. And you'll 110 around to the laundress, and hurry i her up a little, won't -vou George f mat s a duck 01 a oroiiier ; Aim you know perfectly well you've been yaw n ing 3'our jaws oil' the last three-quarters of an hour." "Where is it?" "Only in Mendenhall street just a pleasant walk. And do give .Sirs. Barker a scolding, and ask her if she don't know better than to keep her customers waiting although, of course, I know you will do nothing of the sort. Men have no moral cour age. There's the address on a card. It'll be such a relief to my mind !" .Major George A ppleton was an ar my ollicer, home on a furlough, ami rather at a loss to know what to do with so much extra time. Rich, which was another source of perplexity ! handsome, which wasn't so puzzling ! And so he sauntered along, his hands in his pockets and a cigar bal anced between his lips, unconsciously advancing to meet hi fate. Bap ! rap ! rap 1 The Major played a tattoo with his knuckle on the door. "Dear me, what a noise," said a voice inside, "come in !" a little louder.: ; The Major walked in to confront,! not a wrinkled old hag of a washer woman in a halo of soap and steam, but a beautiful young lady, dark and brilliant as an Arabian dream, with jetty curls pinned back in a silken cascade at the back of her head, and a pair of fluting scissors in her hand. Major Appleton started back, all his wits momentarily deserting him. It is a curious fact that the more em barrassed one part' in a fctc-a-trt: be comes, the greater is the composure of the other. Annie Ureighton should have colored and stuitercd at being caught thus, bat she didn't "What's your business, sir ?" she asked with the greatest calmness. "It's about my sisters gown Miss Appleton's you know ?" And she took a second pair of flu ting scissors from the stove, testing its heat by holding it dangerously near her velvet cheek. Major Appleton, being posted in etiquette and general decorum, saw no harm in carrying home a basket of newly-laundried clothes. So he sat down and waited, while honest Mrs. Barker started from the other room, where she lay upon her bed a captive to rheumatic pains. "She's in a hurry, you know," said the Major, twirling his thumbs, and thinking how very pretty the girl was. "So am I," said Anna, making the scissors glide in and out in a most marvelous manner among the clouds of the sunny muslin. "She wants to wear it," added the Major. "But 1 say you know you're not a regular washerwoman ?" Anna slightly straightened herself up. "Mj' father was a Colonel in the regular army. My grandfather was Ilj'de Breighton, of Breighton Man or, on the Hudson. But we are re duced now, and we need money, and I am not ashamed to work. "By jove you're a trump !'' said Major Appleton, starting up. "Much obliged to 3ou," retorted Anna, with sparkling eyes. "Would you mind holding the sash for me just one second while I finish this loop?" And when Minnie came up to see how her sister Was getting on, she found her aided and abetted by the Major of cavalry, who was heating the alternate pairs of fluting scissors after a most scientific fashion. "Dear me," said Miss Appleton, when at last her brother made his ap pearance, "how long you have been gone." "Yes," said the Major, rubbing his hands with an appearance of great satisfaction, "it took us quite a while to finish those last thirteen flounces." "Us ! you don't mean to say that you helped the washerwoman!" "Yes, I did," said the Major ; "and the frocks are down stairs, and I'm going up for a game of billiards." And as he went he murmered to him self, "I thought all girls were alike, I but I believe I've discovered one in i dependent one at least !" in rri-! V u. Nam v I'm ii' t !. Why, mm- bit a thud." Alt n IWt-ililt'ti w a Lr.-!iu; !c sle 1. 1 r raj. lu. !:,r " t hair, an I Ihr fairy pxlui'jlhr r -w Ukai lit r cur.U with one Uiuiuhm whtu Ui.d, where the aiiU.jue jew I hoiw like drops tif bkxl iml M.iiitillalioj psr t 111 llllUfB, .III'IHIJUIIUO. . .".So jou are! How hne 81 . l.'ih Ut 1 y r o ! d ! J la t h o ' t hv h a pj y t:i:in ? W'ti M-e no o in-ty rthy of outl ives, Nanr:y, and" "I'm ..sure oil w iU Hke him, gratj.l tnaraa. He is coming tt jtay Itii iv. ftjx'cts t4 3 on to-night. Hi liaute .Major George A pph tvii. He is in the cavaln-, and he ow t. a hous- 00 Madisttn HvejiUev andand ..he lov tin', grand matna.' Natiny lu Id h r bl.i k-tie- d head oil the eld i.idj 's .shotil hr an ;sjHke- the lust words. .;';.' "All natural enough, 1.13- dear ; but do 3 011 love him ?" "Ye, gr.iiulrnama." "Ainl n lit-re di1 you ih t t hiui When were you intitxluet! ?" "I wasn't introduced at all." il lumed Nann', ith mi-. htevous t-lves of llauie coining and going in her eye. "I was llutifi'g .in iis'I in up in .Mrs. Mar ker's rooii!, whei) he came in on an errand ; ail oh ! grandinarna, you have al ways thought it so dreadful hard to work, but if I hadn't Ih cu working I never should -have .met' him. A ml I love hi ta so much, gi aii-1-mama !' " Well, well," hays the old lady rather reluctantly, "things sci-ni to be altered from what they were w hen 1 was a girl." "Hut you shall live w ith us always, grandinarna dear, and Minnie, too, and 'we shall -.be o happy." JrlfirsonV .Marriage. The alfair was quite a little comedy in some aspects, nd ended, as all comedies should, with eveiy body made happy. "llelimla" had ieen "married many' years and her (Id admirer was ap proaching thirty'' hen he met with a young lad 3' ol tvent3'-two who pro .duced a strong impression upon him. She was a little above the medium height, slender, but elegantly formed. A fair complexion, with a delicate tint of the rone, large hazel eyes, full of life and feel i 11?, and luxuriant hair of a soft auburn, formed a combina tion of attractions which was emi nently calculated to move the heart of the 3'outhfui bachelor. In addi tion to all this, tlie laly was admira bly graceful : sl.e rode, danced, and moved with elegant ease, and sang and played on tlie harpsichord very sweetby. Add btill to these accom plishments the possession of excellent wood sense, very considerable culti vation, a warm heart, and a consider able fortunev and it will not be diffi cult to understand how the youthful Mr. Jefferson came to visit ver3' fre quently at the lady's' residence in the county of Charles'City. It was call ed "The Forest," and the name of the lady was Mrs. Martha Skelton. She was a daughter of John Way les, an eminent lawyer, and had married, in her seventeenth year,Mr. Bathurst Skelton, who, dying lea his young wife a widow at nineteen. As the three 3'ears of.inourning began to ex pire, the beautiful 3'oung lad 3' found herself besieged at "The Forest" by numerous visitors. Of these, three were favorites with the fair M rs. Skelton, of whom Mr. Thomas Jeffer son was one. The tradition runs that the pretentions of the rivals were decided either b3' the musical accom plishments of the young counselor or by the fears of his opponents. The tale is differently related. One ver sion is that the two unfortunate gen tlemen encountered each other on Mrs. Skelton 's door-step, but hearing Jefferson's violin and voice accom panying the lady in a pathetic song, gave up the contest thenceforth and retired without entering, convinced that the affair was beyond their con trol. The other story is that all three met at the door, and agreed that they would take their turns. Jefferson entered first, and the tones of the lady in singing with her com panion deprived the listeners of all hope. However this may be, it is certain that the beautiful widow con sented to become Mrs. Jefferson ; and on the first day of January, 1772, there was a great festival at "The Forest." Friend and kindred assem bled from far and near ; there was frolicking and dancing after the abun dant old fashion ; and we find from the bride-groom's note-book that the servants and fiddlers received fees from his espesial pocket. It snowed without but within all was mirth and enjoyment, in the light and warmth of the great log fires, roaring in hon or of the occasion. Soon after the performance of the ceremony the bridegroom and his bride set out in their carriage for "Monticillo," where Jefferson had commenced building in 1769 just before the destruction by fire of his patrimonial house of "Shadewell." The journey was not to end without adventures. As they advanced toward the mountains, the snow increased in depth, and finally the3' were compelled to leave the car riage, and proceed on horseback. "'-'ipi-; to rrt i -Ii:t. !.-!!,- ti. -at f t VtUt, inr lit .-r, tl r l f t uuKt, r-4 y J lril utfj r-A,iuni; MtnUihi iUxl t tm -ti!,t;n Lt 1 I! pU lhn au b , hifhwit, a tiseutsU rwl ilh ttivw U4rrr ft di-p, Wr in 3 fan 3 the krnUtoi of aewlv 'ftl'M Wvle i ti rJ4ll aijjtiicv f Um? drJU- laoU m'ac mUc fikaMMsl aloft- tUfmt'h the ; hat iw si a, woman f rttv f r iacon r-ttuof. It n It whf.it th-v ariited, 'and a t lcrtI- tet epti tti all(i tht tu of rll r there w;- no reerj lion at all,th' flrr wt re 411 cut, the iM-rvanU hsd t.i 1h-1 a ltd t!r jthti-e wa a jttdark mi I f toUiit avthe fave. Colt luctin ht ! wife to the little l.uillioii. w hich the only part habitable at the lituc, letferson j)riHt-sh-,J to kindle a fire and do honor. On a h lf iM-hind suuif IfntSt jwrt nf a bottle of win i was iliscoversl - ainl lhi forins' the sjpK r bride. ol th ltrid grgxm and tin 1'ar from ln-in'r aiuiof l r 'Ii!sii)filed bv th ir r"eition.' bowf. e ver. it only ervel ftir a tooie of jet and laughter. The young .lady w:is as light hearted ? a bird, and lit Iter clear voice ringing through the die-iry little pavilboit as g:t ly a had ever done in the drawing-room o' I ne 1 orebt ; and thus the long bonis of the winter iiMit flsl sway like id i 11 ut men inient, 'ook y, in wingol with laughter, and song. .Ions Ksti n Thr i:enll. No party in the history of this country lias Veil, so prolific in prom ises and so barren in jierformaiu es as the one now controlling the lower 1 louse of Congress. 153- loud protes tations in fav or of reform and solemn pledges that the3' would purify:'-". the metliols and practices of Government, the country gave them tlie House of Kepresentatives to try their hand on. It was a fine field on w hich to exhibit the spirit and purjose of reform and illustrate the 8incciit3 of their pro fession and their capacity for meet ing the responsibility of Kjwer. What has Ven the result ? This sudden lease of favor utterly demor alized them. They "incoutently threw down the weapons with which they had Won a skirmish and broke into the wild disorder of spoils distribu ting and camp plundering. Tlu have put in place as discrelitable and worthless a rabble of pot-hcuse politicians as ever llockel to Wash ington.:'. Says the Tribune : " The average of the Civil Service under 1 lemocratic administration is Fitzhiigh. Take Fitzhugh and Ham bleton and the journal clerk caught violating law, and the rest of the o litical "bumbcrs" who have Ven lifU ed up on this Democratic wave into official positions, and you have a fair picture of what these people mean l3' Civil Service .lie form, ami what the Civil Service would V under their distribution of patronage. The ex posure is complete. No man cm n look at the character of the newly aj pointed officials of a Democratic Con gress and an3 longer doubt what would be the tone of official life in the country under such a rule. Lojk at the Congressional lot, and then give a guess at our village postmaster, or 3'our collector or assessor, under an administration such as these fel lows seek to elect. We have seen! what the3' do in the green leaf : we can perhaps imagine what it might be in the lry- So far they have on ly had an "opportunity to "purify politics" to a limited extent, but the3' have given us a stench that Vfore we had not dreamed of. With larger opportunities they would no doubt give us jestilence. The part3 seems fail I3' saturated with dishoncst3' and h3 pocris3' ; the only encouragement to be had from it is'in the fact that its hypocris3' is so thin and short livel that it must V comparatively harmless." - " The Firm of Wittkowskt t Hin tlxs. There will V no change in the business of this firm. It will V conducted as usual under the present name and style W'ittkowsky fc Hin tles. Last Wednesday night Mr. Ilintles made his will, making Mr. Wittkowsky his sole executor, with power to settle up all the business of the firm and to have control of all his propert3'. Each of these ha3 had a joint interest in everything that has Ven owned by either. The two large stores will be re-opened to-da3'. There was an appearance of Suuda3 yesterday, on this part of Trade street, with these stores closed and the 35 clerks in the employment of the firm all oft. Charlotte Observer. Fourth of July. The President, in conformity with a recent Act of Congress, has issued his proclama tion, calling on the people of the Uni ted States, to assemble in the county towns of the several counties on the I 4th of Juby, and observe the day by having read a short bistor' 01 lual particular count3'- If the 4th day of July is to V celebrated we confess that the mode proposed by Congress is the Vst method that could V de I Lis. t. !. t4.li u. lwU.- twil .fHlt All 11 kl ! t-n u rn! U wi J, ?wi r . f i tj;al tli i Z.'U riyrtf tt fjr It- nb t c rl kt Of iJutxlrf, rf of tat..&wt Jx aUtlt, J ulatj b l tt tl tJut f'i!ioel, ii.cilUi- tUiUht, Uj the boil of iLr jj-ttir ylr. Wr tr Too Url t llktf of Ulltn t I .tmilitt, tiU. f ' lultU ttt 1 uu.t. l uu.c t-f- tl iP.rr tlkukrt . o ; t k. 'j jw tf-h utu will. UitittiiAt, hik Ut. pttKvic, tuaiumulh rilf.. I j .l ti I tim and it) drpf tm i.t frau-U, I.AC fauulllt IXn! Ut Mlllt li.JttU fot tu in iqruitij, lAr Jonah' fatul iiiah , from tiuthitt in a Msjl.t All I r i lea harr tx.tur lnflaUl, ai-l t al of pri- Late Un a-ljuUs to the purltia lucaiumurul f iuult rHm 'ii um-, until it tt itu2ii4r for a lU'fUtaU' matt to lite hit lU i and dt refill t in all thr tii lc loinln urr lui lli tabh-iuatie prr. eate .flop hta IlUl-bd piliiottk. It dov tt pa y now Ut V born, atl it i fearfully iipuitr Iodic. It tak an ateraire old woiM fortunr ttrnn- into and go out of life in the new w 01 Id, to ) nothing if btiitjj llii ti the t w u ejochs and, it li our at)! that awell the bill. St 3 le il-tiitd the exKnditure of from f 'J.'iO to I.oOo in conneetion w ith the arrital of any n pet table U n-pouinl chunk of ril I3' trouble ; and if it docaitul wattt to sta3', 11 take n much more Ut Janl it gciiU-ely in the reurrertion turn up field. lhit Hupp1 the luctrnated bundle of cheruliie wpialla and re goricnl Ixttheiations, oiiludea to tarry for a quarter or half ic-ntury who woiiM foot the funeral lill for 1ch than a corner lot in a fraudulent railroad scheme f The foolih i-n adiU little if anything to the comfort of the defunct, but the at3 lea require th.it the dead who die ill aoeiety ahall V fahhionably laid away. Next door to the nM n who baa it forturto to jH-nd for birtliing and deathing, dwella a family whose meiuVrs live in, per petual ..dread of having a aimilar finan cial calamity awoop down ujon their limiUsI bank aeeount It it not the (ear of death, but the fear of a alirn, poor-folk3', carriagele fuin-ral, that destroys the quiet mind of those who might otherwise die H-ac'full3, yea, cheerfully. T V-out of lift it latl cnough,but to Vout of style i worn. To weep at the grave ia uninviting, but to have aoeiety 'a amart brat laugh at 3our scant cortege from the straddled top-rail of front fences, na you pass out of town on that contem plative occasion, i what worriea you into sepulchre material, churt h yanl worm-fte!, long Vfore your tiute. Verilv. it has come to aa in the' false, fautaitic times, that no hjX man can afford to die liimaelf or to bury his family ; at least, he cannot exect to do it with any credit to him self or satiafaction to aocict3'. A Ui getting marrietlf that of course ia out of the question. It takes a aurn en. tirely Vyond the arithmetic of any ordinar3' well-to-lo ron. It costs as much to marry in style one d3, as to live tingle forever. And that is WI13' widows and widowera never try' it 011 again. Only 3 oung gosling and gccselings, who cannot Vgin Ut imagine its hili tariff conwqwnce, ever voluntarily incur uch inevitable bankrupt.'. Here, then, the Ameri can human race has got itself into a (luce, of a fix. It doe not pay to V Vrn ; it is too cxnivc U marry ; and as to dying,in these atylih times, nolxnly U atujH-! enough to try it on if he can help it. What i to U- orne o f u s f W" ho ca n , w ho w i 1 1 , w h o d a re, leaI us out of the dire dimma inU which our extravagant folliea have plunge! uaf Ikinville Xctc. Distressing report reach this city of the extent of laat week's raint, anl the damage done y them Ut the farm ing interests. Mr. A. IU Henderson, who was in the city, yesterday, from Hirer Bend Township, Gaston coun t3', saya there was never Vfore such a flood in the Catawba- The river bottoms are overflowel, and shocks fo wheat can V seen floating down th e river. It exceerla the fresheta of 1840. The corn and cotton are cov ered over with water and mud, while the oats and wheat which have not V-en cut, are prostrate on the ground. Everj'thing in the vicinity of the channel of the river is submerged, and the Vttoms are vast sheet of water. The surface earth, which hat Ven ''lately plowed, has Ven swept clear away, and much of the yoong vegetation with it. From up the North Carolina Rail road, the same accounts come. A gentleman just from Davidson coun ty says that not only are the crop well-nigh ruined, but a number of telegraph polea have Ven swept away Vyond sight or hearing. The water was high upon the abutment of the railroad bridges, Sunday, and the damage is incalculable In Its extent. Farmers were engaged all day Son day in wading into the bottoms and carrying oat their wheat, and in try ing to replace the fences which have Ven carried away. II wlU aal i IX t g S IXm aV. fcw U w f Jkmmm att lt v um iW aal !! Ut ta'.f tl la d. J.fsj, iai.f( rr j 4vr JUa Um tj lL.' lat 4 lf f 4 IUj 44.4 JI a4 lU ttM iKiW WvaiMKf , f W ti. au l kaaf ttf tr m k 1W Ut. I Jt ll( au.1 w Lrw aff, wltu M if a tkWLl tlr,f Vi, fa m la I I J I 1 1 r ( .. ft.Ui It al.iU tt' 4 MtkffUf .. t.0 atuU !! g'tm ir ..' .It u J?rt U frva lnutlif aa 1 I at 4 U . 1 . 1 I. iitk .11 U U LIT. ) r r -1 tt-U anil V frti,rl l tastr a autf, ao-l th rf tt ld la siUrai faSf tits ir . I'friKtrsa- Utt bI. a jtlies .li to f fn.l, i! taif f4, ! itart'ralarl) l IW totiut lit h is u.oi aUl to lh Hfottt--t tti ( in at ) t tuiuiijf al sLtitit ttr-s llantln; at tala lta- and .uiumr gftaUr, Iaa Ut awttf al r t fotr! ttf4( j U ibr, hatlit y ir t 1r a miI (tw rs that, f.njr 4ait. T. M . l ilt- m llu ki(iAhata t' , Va A Ciiiin Ctkiuu rr t a !.. A arty f cwigrU au I Wltw-wlav itijfht at Po.nl of lUwka station, U'lHvniin. .Uut tljUl tVIM k a srreinf arratti hnl Uj eome from whete thrvs or fur rhiMrrn wrre at 1 4 ay, a alewt tanoe front the A rush a made to asertaia Ibr (uw, aUn r arttiiit the Ja a cltlkl atul lltrtr 3 ear old was mtsAtng. A hhjjsal art h wa at otkr rtatnrtl at-1 coitlilKtetl until a'l rlt vrn o'lW bill pros uniuK eaafal. At dai light 3rstrday toornlri); acart U was retimel, a If I Upon rrr)li3 to IV place whrra tVchildrrn wr at J large) Irarks upporsl Ut tlal of mountain lion wenr (flrit rrf, Biff (ollotieil for a diUnr of rndea into a laigc caiMMi, whrrv IV child was diseotrrr-l on a projecting r k aortt two hititttred fret high. Aft r rauch dinienlty the litUr . waa rr4 0. from it j-nlou ismiUhi. It lot!e were bally Um, Imt asi'lv from m frw acraU hea 011 its fare th chikl waa uit injurs. There i no doubt that U lion carried th child U whrrv it found and wrnt afUr It ruls. Deatk ladrr Ka4 Clrv utaarr. Mr. W. If. Durj;ln, a rltli of Portland, Maine, raine to this rlty short time ago with hla wife, slo was then In in a d-licat rotIHioat ami took room hr whiU he sought through, the City for W(rk. lie ha-1 lit-rn to lrmvi!le, H. !. wrr h Lad exprtsl to l-rf rue uprribtteb enl of a cotton fa tor) , tntt fslllntf in litis design, ratue Vre. Wt1n-!ar his wife ae birth to twins, one of which dil. Yestenlay tuuruittg stiout 2 o'Him k, Mra. Duria irlf dis artl her hitbatd waa thus V reft, all at once, of his wifa a if I child, and was without niean himself. He is a Mason, and his situation t-trijf rnale known to the mernVra of U ord-r here, thry, with the Vlr(4ric chara;teritie of lh order, protdI for hirn, and )rtenlav aflersoua, burial hi wife. A kin-1 Varied VI took the rt-mainlnz UU arl Is rar ing for It. Mr. Durglri Is an InUlllrtit wan, and Vara the apjarattee of a (frwtle. man. He aajra V has mooey at Lis farff home, arvl has arnt for It. lo his preaen'.conditioo,le is very much Ut V commiserated. .Qxn yr, Ii tcii Ci ac roa Dii iKiiiiu. The following cure for druokmneaa is practiced in Ifollan!; TL ps tient ia shut up In a room, and daw barred all comtauokatioa, except with his j4iysicin- A often M h please, spirit bran-ly.whiakeyjf la, etc. are given hirn, but railed with two-thirds waUr ; all other drinks, such aa Ver, coffre, witet tte art railed with one-third braiviy. Tbw various visnIs, too, that ar ffiven him breal, meats, ere. art all prt pared with Vauly; cooejueotly, the patient is in a state of conUnual Intoxication. This laaU alut fi days; at the end of that time, l aaks with entreaty for some nooriab incnt, wilLout his rtqoeirt Uiig complicl with, and not uottl Lb or gans abaoluuly abhor alcohX Tht cure is complete, and from that day forth the very smell of tpiriU produ ces the effect ct an emetic. HOWEXTEAD DECIBIO. In tht case of LamVrt vs. Keclry, from IUnlolph, the Sapremt Coort havt decided, that: The title to tht homestead Is vested in tht ownr br Constitution of this 8tate, and no al lotoent by tht sheriff Is nteeasary to vest tht title thereto. Tht allotment by tht sheriff is only tor tht porpoat of asctrUining whether lr bt aa excess ol property over the borne stead which Is subject to execution. Tht title to a bonutead can bt divested from tht owner only In tht mod pre. scribed by law, to-wlt, by deed, wlto the consent of tht wife evidenced by ber privy examination.
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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July 1, 1876, edition 1
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