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NO. 16.
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on Main Street,
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HOWERTON'8 COLUMN.
nam.
RETURN THEIR THANKS TO Till:
public for, tin' vrry liberal pa(runra on
joyml bjr Uiooi during; tb pant yar. and hope,
by fair deaiinf and utrirl attention to basinM
to merit a continuance, H not an iuonaaa of the
oanie.
We will i , hi I i mil' to koen on hnncl a lfol mi;
to kwn on iiunil a ifooil nup-
akoCEKIBI, In
piv i.rr,
eluding
Fresh nntl Salt Flkv
OF XVJCKT VAKJSXIT
WHISKEYS, BRANDIES,
RUM. GIN. &C.
BOOTS, SHOES, POME8T1C8,
PIKCK GOODS,
YANKEE NOTIONS,
in fart, almont everything nHiinlly kept iu u va
rifty Store, olllof which we will axil low for
Cah, or Oonntry Produce at th. high-
eat market price.
Thtv aim offer for rale on private term, au
EXCELI.EST DWEILIXU HOUSE with
Inrge couifoMuhle Uoouik, Cook and Dining
Room", with neeeiMary 4ut buildings. Attached
Ui tbe dwelling U a utore room SO net wide by
70 feel deep, with it (inn Smith Shop in the
rear The lot on which Bald building are itn
aii '! i- 70 by 'iflO feet, uud atl'ords au excellent
Garden spot.
l'artie wi.hing U purchase will il a r call
at the -tore where the nrcinixen will be Fbnwn
to th m by unc of the firm, and tcrmfs made
ear. P1I1LUPS BROTHERh.
t'eb. 1H. 1870. 7 tf
$25,000 Worth of GOODS !
18 7.
170.
Jl ST ARRIVED FROU WW YORK !
W Jt"Jf lA lawTaSiall AaB
iaA rfHTC7HHT9
aKa.aE
THE ADVANTAGES WE ENJOY
the result of a long established
and successful business, enables us to
offer inducements that makes this an
nouncement worthy of
ATTENTION.
mporting cur foreign goods direct
controlling many leading styles of
American fabrics, employing the best
artistic talent in the production of our
goods, and ' constant progress" our
motto, we claim to lead the market in
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
of which we keep full lines of all
grades, for Men and Boys.
In
CUSTOM WORK
our products are unsurpassed for qual
ity, workmanship and elegance.
tn
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
our stock is constantly large and sea
sonable. We are the sole manufac
turers of the
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THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK
U goods ever eflered in flMe narweT at prices
to suit the times, bought for CASH, and after
a heavy dccliue iu prices, whereby they can
and will be sold lower than any in the mar
ket Atffnwerton'i.
A LARGE SUPPLY of Parofine, Max and
Sperm Li. idle, jiwt receired
..... .JLt UowetUm'.
A large a id Freh auppJv of Candiea, Nuts
and Fruta juat received ami for aale
At Howerton't.
A large lot of Canned Toniatoee, Green Corn,
Peachea, Pine Apple", Salmon, Lobster, Oye
tera and Sardines for aale
At Hotcerton's.
Juat Received, a large lot of tSoahen Cheexe,
of superior quality
At HotccrUm's.
A large lot of Fredi Family Urocerias of ev
ery description, juat received
At Hoictrton's.
A new atipnly of that auperior-aeveii-year-eld
Kentuckv-Wheat-Whiakey, for medicinal pur
poses only, just received nnd for aale
At Hoirerton't.
Fancy and Staple Dry Good of every -le-scription
and variety At lluwti tou'i
An eleiraht mm tment ol Boot? ami 1hws
At fmpfiton'M.
A splendid assortment ol Hals a.al t 'p.j
At 'lorrtnn'i
All hssoiIi-iI lot i I Mat Itvaieainl t'utltrv.
.1 lltiwetoH.
A very siipen .r lot of Que-tsvHri". tTiiua
ami Ue I At Hutotrto '.
All grudes ol Sugar, C-jflV-e. Tea and Molas
ses At limed ton.
A Clioice lot ol Confectioneries
At .'. '.' 1 1. j
Fine atil Common Tobacco. liuHit-cl lia
vitniia, Brjfalia, Priueipe mid I. S. tjj.iiii Ci
gars At Ilituftilori .
A complete nssoilnici.t ol Liquois ot al
kinds aiul ' iidej At Hmotrtori.
For Meilicnml piitposeH only Aluoie'e crle
biateu s.'vi u-yeai -olil double- rectified - Kcn-tui:ky-W"lii,skc-y
pcifcclly pine,
A l Houuu lan
Every va'ieiy l Vanlsqp Notions,
At lluuiertan't.
In 884WttaMWsli k hh heen -eccted with
All nlure hopr for Sprina;.
WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS.
CHARLOTTE. N. 0.
THE RESULT OF AX ESTABLISH
ed and suecessfu' busineaa, together with a
steadily and increasing CAPITAL, gives as
every season, better facilities to
sale and Retail, and henee this notice is wor
thy the ATTENTION OF ALL, We are
uow making extensive purehaaee, which, ow
ing: to the very targe iocrease in our hnaineoK
duriug ltK. the tut rrf.'nss "ill saotr $27.
(Wt) ahral of any hout in iht city, anil fj
uras are itubbom facta,) enables us to buy
with impunity as to quantity, and from hr.-t
btDl& Nort!) State
Pt Bl.tSSatD WEEKLY BY
IiD WIS HANXB
Editormd Proprietor.
BATM OT Ml H( HIP I lo
Oxe Year, puytfte in advauee. ...
Six Mouths,
; ( opies to one address,.
10 Copiea to one l
3.0U
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Wress M.W
lreas ifU.tMJ
Her greater I . ,f
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hauda oameW : Manufacturers, Importers ! e advertisements.
One Square, Srst iusertiou,
For eael. additional insertion
Special notices will be charged 50 per eetit
higher than the above rates.
Court and Justice's Orders will be publish
ed at the $ame ratea with other advertisements.
Obituary notices, orer six lines, charge.)
aud Commission Houaea. thereby saving from
IU in2j pci cent, aver smaller buyers- ami
it is this akeautage that gives us the lead in
this market.
Ol R I M I
Will be completed, or nearly so. by the 10th
of March, aud will e mbrace U elasiet of
Goody necessary, either for Wholesale or
Itetnil. to the inspection of which we invite
not only those coming to this market to par
chase out also those ou their
places for that purpose.
We offer no baits ; our business will be
couducted in the future as iu the past, vix :
HONORABLE COMPETITION
AGAINST IMPOSITION.
CONTRACT RATES.
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The Dry Goods Department
Will be comple'e and selected wit.h the great
est of care as to style, quality and price.
Clothing Department
W ll make n speciality, aud invite tbe moat
fastidious to call and examine.
Boots and Shoes,
Will b bought mostly from loanufucturers
It. Bostmi. aud elsewhere, ana we alaitn to
be able to compete with all.
HATS
Will be purchased at jhe Brooklyn Auctions
and of Newark Manufacturers.
Hardware,
Especially Table ami Pocket Cutli
for Gold, f oil! the importer.
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are :o me. t LVEI;Y V.Nt
Ir Cal ,
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wbfch we supply both ready-made and
to order.
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Prices uniformly low;- $ ; ,L
Gentlemen visiting New-York are re
quested to call and have their meas
ures recorded upon our books
System of Self-Measurement, an.
other information promptly furnished
when dew red.
Address Box ae 56, New-York P 0
.. ma. .- 1. n iH eoi
v" ai.vii. 11 0 do t1...; -it fftnH ,4f lor
C,tdt 1 1. s motto is -PAY AS' YOU GO'
ry, we buy
Groceries-Thorc's the Bub.
COUNTRY PRODUCE of every
description taken in exchange.
2jff ilai.k Notes and 8peCI
i lull. st Maiket Kalis,
taken at the
That line oT Goods we buy iu quantities
secoud to no IIoue in (bis Uftjr, (their as
s rtiou to thecmitrary iiiitwitbataudiug.) and
at as low figures as a dollar, consisting of
100 cents, can buy. Iu short, coiiim and
look at our stock, ascertain our prices, aud
judge for youriH'I'cSi -
SS i 1P1
DEVLIN & CO.
STAG B LINES!
WARSAW
To FayeiUville.
IEAVE Warsaw for Fayette villa daily ex
-J cent .Sunday. If you are iu Western X.
Carolina go to Raleigh and procure a through
ticietto Payettoville for $8 ; Through Tickets
from Goldsboro' via Warsaw, to Faretteville,
g6. -TbruUJ:lJ tickets from Weldon to Fayett. I
.. . ... v 1 1 . TPfr.:,.i. -t
vine sio. i rro'jgn ncKeis iroui nauauvuu,
via Warsaw, to Payetterille, G.
CUAKLOTTK W TTADBHBOROi
Leave Charlotte after trains from Raleigh
am! Colnrohia, via Monroe, for Wadesboro'
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Leave Wa
desboro', Tuesday. Thnrslay,xaud Satntday.af'
ter arrival of trains and S'tagcfro'm Wilmington.
Head of Chatham Rail Road to Jonesboro.
w. C .dally exeetit Sunday.
Leave head of 'Jbatbam Rail Road after ar
rival of train from Raleigh.-
LWave Jonesboro' after arrival of train from
l-'ay tin, ille.
Cl.emmms't)Acimmodrti4m Line
Between Salem and Uigh Toint, will charter
Stages at all aH "Cheaper than the Chca
ast." OfBoe at Dntner's Hotel. Salem. V. (' t
E. T. CI.KMMONS,
Oct.il; !S5f -tf mtrn. tor.
At W. H. Boworton's,
SALISBURY. N. C.
Novembm. 5, S(I! 44 6m
Advantages of Life In
surance. The North America Insurance Company pays its
premiums prtimtitlv nithotit chaige.
WT. H. Hm.BKR.WS, Agent,
. North America Lite Ins, Co.
ToasviLi.x. X. 1. r : "'.
Detir Sir: You Will please uce.-p! jpy sin
cere thytilis lor your protupt UaUteut, tritltvut
eko ffe, of Ui nmoaiit of the policy of Insur
ance on iu'f lliishatid's Life, amouiiling to tbe
stiin of three thousand dollars. At yonr ear
nest and repeated solicitation he was induced
tn insure iu vour Com iniy, aud now we are the
reci petit It of" Its l.e.ietit
To you and the North America Life Insur
ance Company we shall feel under obligations,
such as only the widow aod fatlierlees can feel
and express.
May n't have success in inducing others to
insure in your most liberal company, and may
the Iin irF the widow and orphnt hies you
nnd prosper you iu your good work.
MAtOABKT C. B.VKBKR,
' of Rowan Mills, N. 0.
Mr. Hulderaes Im als agent for the Liver
pool. London and Globe Fur 'Insurance Com
pany, which insurer all kinds of public andpri-
vateUluldiiigs, Kailro.nl Depots, llnuges Fee
t'oricsl Fouuderies, Mills auu Merchandise -ami
pays al ra losses prnniply.
1 All tetters addressed to' Mr. Holdernets, at
Tliomasville, N. C will receive prompt ittten:
tion. dec 3 tf '
Spring k Summer Importation
1 8 7 0 .....
RIBBONS,
Millhiery and Straw Groods,
ARMSTRONG C ATOR A Co.
iMreama imi jonnrss or i
Bonnet 'J rimming & Velvet Ribbons,
Bonnets, Silks, Satins and Velvets,
JtlomI, Xtit, C ', Rmekt. Flmtxrt, Etathert,
Ornament, STRA W BOS-NETS AND
LADIES' HATS, trimmed and uHtrimmrdt
SHAKER HOODS, dkc.
237 .'. N I) 299 B ALTIMORE KTKEKT.
HALT1MOBJ5, Md.
Odkr th largest stock to be feond tn this ee
trv. ami une)nallriJ in 1 hoicf varieW and cueapaess
couljirisiug lliv musl puiiaian neeltie.
OraersMlteitea, .:e prumpt attention girca.
Feb ti ms4 - ,
31 A NSIOXHOUSK,
en A iri.OTTi;, x . 0 .
Millinery Department
Is complete as asual. and is presided over by
.MISS BETSY WILLIAMS, who U widely
kiiovru for her superior taste iu that line,
Respectfully,
WITTKOWSKY & KIN'TELS.
April 1-I3:tf CHARLOTTE. N.C
t! .V) 3 75 $5 00 50 1 3 00
I I 50 1. S ri 50 13 00 Xi.m
0 00 9 00 12 00 20 00 30.00
8 00.11 00 I5 00 2.'00 ,'17.50
11 00 l 00 20 00 30 00 45.00
18 00 24 00 30 00 45 00 75.00
28 00 40 m 50 00 80 00 1.30.00
LO VVEK C AMFORN I A.
A SBW IMPIRE
Iu a recent numbeL a In o-t sketelt was
give, of the ffcotrraphiral position aud
varied resources oTttttt vast I 'ei-insula oil
our Wcsti in co.ist, known ae Lower Cal
ifornia, and which, jolting; as it does, dnwu
Ibc Pacific lor full Six hundred miles,
forma a natural banter tn those fertile
provinces of Northern Mexico, which are
destine !, ere long, to become, like Lower
CafrrbTiiia itself, 1uicgr.1l parts of the Uni
ted Suites.
This Peninsula may now be said to he
in its transition state. For ages it Ins
lain comparatively idle in the eea ; bnt by
degicea the heave of modem progress has
turned it over almost into tho centre of
the populated globe, al it aittsl soon play
fully ae import t VP I'tww Gaii.
foruin, wLich ins above it, and more so
than tlie luxurious provinces of the decay
ing empire, to tvlm li it never more iliau
notuinally betnii(;ed. In fuel, Lower Cal
ifornia lias merely pretended to belong to
MVxico, in- older to -peitttct itscll Iroiu
seiaare by some more vigorous power;
wlnle Mexico, on the other hand, lute
glaiily coi'leuted bcrselt with a mere nom
inal nib giat.ee (without subsidy or trib
ute) in order thai 801101a, Sinaloa mid
In 1 other ocean provinces iuii:ht not be
two Governments, for the purchase nr
joint protection of (he Peninsula ol Lew
er California.
But it is riot the object of the Lower
California Company, that their charier
shall be made the basis of a mere political
opera ion. Their object is to colonise the
land duly and faithfully, under the con
tract with Mexico ; and to that end they
are now prepm ing an extensive expedition,
with the view ol settling up two ol its
I provinces, and establishing an oceaju city.
Already, emigrants, soured Dy the pre
cious metals, and it her deposits of valua
ble materials of commerce, are pouring in
to Lower California; and this spontaneous
movement makes it all tl;u more n-quisitc
that the Company should at once apply
its pqwer and its means, to regulate this
random under civil laws. The Company
is armed with power equal to those of
the great Kast India omp.tiiy, winch
found, d an empire iu 11 iuilooctau, and its
Superintendent and Governor General is
tbe ilea. John A Logan, who will proba
bly follow the colonising expedition, dur
ing the next recess of Congress, with a
select party who will make it th. ir sum
mer trip.
Some of tin pawer aud resource of .lie
Lower California 'oinpauy may he form
ed by the names of a few of its member
and directors
The President of the Cnmpanv, the
i Head Quarters of which is at No. 35 H i I
I liam !ft. in New York, is Richard Schcll.
Ksq ; and Win. It. Travels is the Trees
urer; following which, we find the names
of Oeuernl B. P. Bulb r, August It linont,
Wiu. U. Pa. go, Caleb Cushiug, C. K.
Garrison, Hon. John A. Griswold, John
Anderaou, Kobert P. Ijeese, Ben Uolladay,
Rober: M. McLaue, Francis Morris. John
McB. Davidson, Leonard W. Jerome, 8.
L M. Barlow, Edward S. Sanford, J. B.
'sham and Marshall O Kiberts.
Among lb- above names, are those of
two ex-Ministers to China and Mexico
(Mr. 'ii-huiL' and Mr. McLane). and the
well known public view of all the others, 1
make it evident that tbe Company is not
merely a stock or political machine. In (
fact it offers no stock for sate.
But the highest proof of the .expanded
AN INTERESTING CASE OF SE
COND 8IGUT
A short time ago the family of a Russi
an prince went to Paris from London.
Among 1 he r servants was a young Ger
man girl whom the princess bad engaged
dining their sojourn ia Wurtembeig. As
all the hotels a', the time were crowded,
they sent a courier in advance to secure
convenient rooms, and they were regular
customer at the Hotel B, where the Rus
sian unbleman usually took lodgings, the
couiier only succeeded in getting two
rooms in the third story fr the prince
snd his wife, and on the pressing instance
of tbe priuaesa the- hotel-keeper proa. ised
to find a mom also for the youiig Ger
man attendant. It was about one o'clock
in the night when the air! I ft ber mis
tress and was shown in ber room. To
her great astonishment it as a front room
in the ec and story, with two large win
dows, and lurntshed In the most gorge
ous manner. She at once asked the wai
ter why tbhi roam Was not given to her
mislres in preference to herself ; but he
satisfied ber by the answer that tbe room
had become vacant only au hour since,
after the prince and Ilia wife had already
been installed in other apartments, and
she ui'gbt, so he added smilingly, profit
by the opportunity of sleeping once at
least in such a splendid room The girl
then locked the dor, extinguished the
light, and sought sleep under the gorge
ous canopy. And now we let the girl tell
her own story, as we translate it from the
language in which she related it a few
weeks ago, to a commission 01 seieuiinc
men. who afterwards examined her :
I do not know whether I slept or
dresined or whether I was awake and
gas'-d with ay bodily eyes. But I
thought then that I was awake, and I be
lt ve it still. This is, however, indiffer
ent. At once the door, which I had pre
viously locked, was opened, and a gentle
man entcied with a light in his band.
He wore the blue uniform of a French ua
val officer From the roomeut he enter
ed my room I was paralysed with terror
and unable to move or to soouk. All my
hlaek bair was tbe saw as I bad describ
ed it, and even the trigger ! tbe jfcistol
was of an unusual shape, aud painted red
on the top He was a Creole, and he had
killed himself in consequence of a love
intrigue with a faithless
views and enlightened sagacity of the eyes and ears. He pat the light upon tbe
BEYOND DOUBT
The Connecticut Mutual
IS THE STRONGEST
LIFE
Jnenrancc (Eomp'jj
Acrinired Capital over fW.OOO.fiOfi
Ratio of expenses to total receipts in 1800, only
In ratio of Assets to Liabilities, a measured
by the New fork Legal Standard, is $155,50 per
?ioo; ana 11 grants all Ueairnble lormsot Insur
mi ice upon strictly equitable terms, aud at the
cheapest attainable rateifor cost.
8. D. WAIT, Grn. Agent,
Aprl ly Office, Kaleigb, V, C.
. 1 1 . 'i 1 1 b,
Wanted-i0:,?"
to till"
rxatfti
ftelil. fr
e nt 1
lo Kill ilell.it n.r
, rinj urirr , ir nn'J vemm 'P
tn li.i'. dnc-lli. CFNt'lN IMP 0VKI COMMON sk V- K
rXMtb. N(i MACIIINK. ' lit. M e ! ttltrk
htm. Ml, I k quill, r-l, b ' it, Crnl'i unit i Piliri.i.t r la
o n r ma n . Prle uniy f tht.m liolhr.-
fiill warranted rr flr.yttrs Wr ill i'ne Thoun-
aa Onita! ior nnxaisv limtiat lllsrw s firo er.n.nrr
ksui ir.il, or more s.tle Was, lhan - an. It wilt an lis
the ' 1 sole !. ck 8 i cm " Ere y a-eund tilt h ran Ik
rut. ami si ll I t cloth cannot bi- uulM ssan with all
'lax I . Wc pay apm from 7M- i p r month and SB
liri.ira, or a com-' aaoon rrnan shin twic that SpsOS
ean ha taade. ad r raSECOMOS Co.. PITTr BLHtt. PA
BO-Ton. Mt . or T. LOt.18. MO.
C A r TSOtS Brwarr of all A(ntt tcllinc Maehtnra
our, u irt 111. y can abow a Crrlittrttr ot acDCJ t'f
rd v u , tahsil not hold ata'tclrsa raM nnalk's f r
worlhl'aa Marh nr tod br oth r Martlrs. aae shall nr-
ut all .riKa act tot or uati Machine waaW Nil aatai
is inc 001 rxi ni 01 the law, i n eaa nch Mach ea are to
la 1 ad fr. u nt r oar ascslt. Do not b Itaai oneS r-n
br oar la a ha rnuw Kr aSrerUtetaiMt and tltclaa east
onVr aoitiileaa aaachina al a km p ie. '
.tOSTTfl W rtTStD rvi-rywhera I srf! tana Aaawr
c; ' " K 11 " u- Mne. Um w ij i.raflisaJ StwdM SadaHns
MacJilia erer nrmted rrlc Twrttj; re Do tiara, will
kult ii.0tl ttpeh t p" nalnota. AilSrwa AMtSaViM
KVlTTIMi MAUIINKCO, Stall a, SSsSSk . teisV.
Bggfl of rare Bred Faney Poultry
r IV HATCHIWO.
WFI have no hanr! tt' largeat and bai selS'tion n
fmtmtf fraaallrrta be fonnd ia' th ceentrr. Fey
t4u.'u:!y baxj4.iil iliitnx l tomrpiiit u.' lis roun-
TT. tur ifoUilre H. I i. 1 1 - ail't.eas .
X. P. HOVr-ft A 00..
Fskasbttrs. Cttt-ret..P
; This well known TTotise havjm; been !r.wt.T
rrRXifiti:n ami Hf-r'tTTKP nt every ilrart
ia now open lor the acooroinodation of
-' Tlie
TU AVI.I.I.ING PrBlitt".
i STOninihiis at I h jst on arrival orrrsie-.-tSBJ
farb 4 il At. t. i-C.i.JU3, frvfr.
WILLIAM VALENTINE,
THE BARBER.
ETITRIfS I1I8 THAN ITS to Ms OLD
XV ERIESDB and the Fabric for the liberal
yatronage heretofore extended to hint, il now
informs them that ha ha fitted up a now and
commodious r
Shop, In r. Hcadersorrt Srisdk
Sailding. Bxom BJo- a,
where he would be pleased to see Uksna. He
ttuarautee . to ftive satisfaction tn every ear.
lie has in his employ of the bent Hair Dieswers
iu Western 'North CaroKna. He reqoeate a eall
from all.
Arlifcr, X. C . Ree. 17, I8W. . fiO Sf
its independent province have, therein)
gut along together down 10 the present
time, and. as only an illusory aiiiiiority is
exacted by Mexico, and no taes are lev
ied from Lower California, the natives of
the Peninsula h aver always bad a very
haj..y and indcpciident lime.
i best) day of simplicity, however,
could not be i'ezjcteH lo last forever.---Heaven
is not for man 011 earth. Nay, in
the case ol tbia earthly clysiuiu. teeming
as it is with gold and silver, and bordered
by its gulf ol pearls, the westward tread
of man forbade it. Seven hundred mil
lions, out ol the thousand millions of the
to nidation of the whole earth, belong to
empires which push their coasts to the
shores of the I'.o- fn ; coasts which have
been comparatively silent until the laet
twenty yeais, but which, now that' they
have been astounded by the railway, mad
-4wftimd liy
stir and wake to the destiny that, inn be-
f, ..El li-'(I? . a: ...... ..-.it .-
ore tnem.
On the wide circle of that mighty sea,
which" is destined to lie the future resi
dence of biimufi power, there is no piece
of coast of such geographical importance
to the Ut-nted States, as Lawer 1 alif'oruia.
It ia worth the Briiiab-pMjsessious in the
North west Const juI Alaska, ten times
told, for it gives us certain irossessiou ol
fjveiy line of trad1, that either come by
the Isthmus lo the l:idica, or passes down
ward from our western aailway routes, to
the const of South America or Australia.
Tho aente statesmen of Mexico perceiv
ed (his problem mote clearly I ban pei baps
eveu the Ministers of the United States,
and foreseeing, too. that iln-y eould not
expect toxoid sscba fortress as Lower
California constitutes for1 the command of
the Pacific, they wisely prepared to pass
it itito the more powerful and couserva-
ttwbaowrof tbe l-nited States, in a man-
car whjch would not be in the least hu
miliating themselves.
They made a grant in 1864, covering
the vast area of the forty-six thousand
eight hnndred square miles in Txwer Cal-
Coas party may be found in the fact, that
though the democratic members largely
prevail in number, the Company aa le"tf
as thiee years ago, and while a largK por
tion of thi'in were bitterly contesting the
principle of tbe Fifteenth Amendment for
the United Slates, decided, that all races
Ail colonists, and nt wba ever color, should
have laud ou equal terms, and hare leave
to try. w ithout liniiia'inu nr interruption,
the probb-m ot selfsgoveriimi nl with the
small table near my bed ; my clothes lay on
an aim-chair at the foot of it. lie filing
ay avaadrrabai 10 a.b A or, and aM4a4 the
arm chair in the middle uf the room. He
marched through the room in the greatest
excitement, gesticulating violently with
bi hands. I could not turn my eyes
from him He was a tall yonug man of
dark eoraplezien, with indifferent fea
ture; but he had brilliant blaek eyes,
and hs long, glntenng hair made his ap
great races of the worlal. It is clear, ; pearauce remark tble. I can still see him
therefore, that this ( oropany has the sa- ( at he passed his hand through his curls
HOME CONVERSATION.
Tbe temptation to talk of persons rath
er than of things lies very often in yonr
way sister. Toe petty details of your
life, breakfast, dinner and lea, poultry to
day, end roast beef to-morrow, Jennie's
whooping cough, and Fred's measles,
Bridget's incompetence, or the heedless
ness of Mary Aun, aud tbe never ending
demands of fashion, here, almost before
you know it, a narrowing effect upon
yonr mind. Theoretically you despise
gossips practically you add your mite
very often to the common fund. You are
not ill-Matured. The sweet charity that
"ibmketh no evil," has its home in your
heart's core, yet sometimes alas I it falls
asleep, and anger, wra'.b and bitterness
come stealthily creeping ap to the oat
posts. There are many great things which wo
cannot do, however earnestly we may
try. There are some little things which,
with faith in God, and sincere resolution,
we can accomplish, and one ef these is to
reform our conversation.
Every woman should cultivate a nice
sense of honor. In a hundred different
ways this most fitting adjunct of the true
lady is often tried. For instance, one is a
guest in a family where, perhaps, the do
mestic machinery does not ran smoothly.
There is a sorrow in the house unsuspect
ed by the outer world. Sometimes it is a
dissipated son whose conduct is a shame
to his parents ; sometimes it is a discon
tented and p tulan t daughter ; sometimes
a it l.itivc whose eccentricities and pecu
liarities are a cloud on the home. Or,
woist of all, husband and wife may not be
in accord, and then there may be often
bitter words spoken, aud harsh recrimina
tions. In any of these eases the guest is
in honor bound to be blind and deaf, so
far as people witbont are eoncerncd. If
senses seemed to be concentrated in my a gentle word within can do good, it may
gacity to succeed; and it will be an un- I it seemed as if they stood up straight
He spoke loud
poitant hour tor th
domineered by this fnrmidahljiJSiaunauiVjJi I could
in like maimer. Tbe present .Mate and now in preparation, lands upon .hc pe- Pi,id. But all
future destinies ol the j over his forehead. He SDoke loud and
not understand what he
at once he threw himself
but
among
nitisnlar coast.
This is mi aire of profress .
the greatest enterprises of the
is ol a more majectif stamp than the colo-
ntxation of Lower California-; Exchange
WHAT H I NO ED UPON A MOM ENT.
upon the arm-chair and took a putnifroro
lit side pocket. My eyes at the rim be
Not long ago, I walked the streets of
old Leicester, in Kuglaml, taking an anti
quarian's interest ill tbe scenes around
me.' At one moment, I gazed on a b t ef
Komau wall; and the next, Norman arch- ! bere in
es met my view. A little farther, and the
associations with tile last of the Plaiitage
nets ; for, yonder. Richard III. slept the
night before the Ritlle of Busworth field ;
here he crossed I he River Soar as he
marched with his urtny to the conflict,
and here bis remains lie buried. And I
could almost bear the clash of armor, and
see Ifhe SiT-ftvd I
gave myself up to the historic memories
which rushed through my mind. Bui
there was a ap t of deeper interest than
these. 1 looked ou the battered walls of
Leicester, nnd notfd the breaches which
were made by the besieging army of Crom 1 l'ad ir.au before I get up," i cried, and
well Ive said, bnt to go forth end reveal
the shallow of an unhappy secret to any
one, even your nearest friend, Is an act of
Indelicacy and menoiiess almost unparal
leled. Once in the sacred precincts of
any home, admitted to its privacy, shar
ing its life, all that you can see and hear
should become a sacred trust. It is ss
really contemptible to gossip ot such
things as it would be to steal tbe silver,
or borrow the books aud forget to return
them.
The foundation for this thoughtless sin
is sometimes laid in early life. Children
coming home from a visit, are interrogated
by mother or sister concerning every lit
tle in and out of Mrs. M.'a, or Miss K.'s
house. Don't do it again, dear friend.
Just say to the darling child, as he or she
skips in, flushed and happy, "Well, have
you had a pleasant vis't t I'm glad to
near it." Never mind whether ihey had
gingerbread or pound cake, or what dress
little Susie M. wore.
Ifyotl find a little piquant bit of slan
der floating about in society, do not roll
it as a sweet morsel under yonr tongue,
but if it is in yoor power, stop it. Drift
fug on tbe tide of social talk are often
strsy scraps of malice or entry. If they
come to you, keep them. 1 Let no unkind
report be suffered to grow by whisper or
words of yours. How lovely is the very
presence of a pure, truthful woman, be
fore whom evil tongue? are silenced.
Talk as little as possible about dress.
Make yourself and your children ss beau
tiful as you ean, and -let becoming and
hey had to break tho 'toek, nasi lmaatos I VMlfflH tHCsa help you to do it, but when
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lairij- tin- i art, au witaa oioo wiiaa ieo.ii-.
The pi meets rushed npou me, touched my
b inds and face, and the wall known voice
of my mis' res s, who always spoke Ger
man io me, in the end dispelled my stu
por, and 1 could speak. "Uemove that
day none , came so penetrating that I could observe
a peculiar bend and color of the trigger.
After a few seconds he brought the bar
rel of the pistol tn his mouth and shot
himself dead. I heard a terrible, noise,
and something approached my- ear and
sharply whispered into it : ' Vitas un an
pour moil" fl'ray nil Ave Maria for
me. After this it was dark in the room,
and I co, ibl see the light from the rever-
ho street shining in my room. I
cannot tell how long I lay immovable iu
my bed, but at once it was daylight, and
I beard people speaking in front of my
door and knocking at it. Unable to open
my lips 1 listened, and beard the princess
order somebody to open the dooriiy force.
The key being in lb lock from within,
Well ; and, a few paces larlher, T stood
where H rollicking young royalist soldier
whs posted within the walls a sentinel,
who, handling his ' msisket awkwardly,
was removed from his post, and another
than placed there instead. I bc next min
ute the new sentinel was shot dead. Mad
that fatal ball sped on its way one mo
ment sooner, there would have been lost
to the world one of its rjpwt loved most
honored names ; for, in I hat case, the name
of John Bunyan would never have been
set as a bright jewel in the coronal of
fame ; one moment sooner, and the grand
old dreamer of Bedf ird Jail would have
have been cut on, ana ins glorious vision
riftbe prlgrim teHbeCletif Uy would
never have charmed generations ef meu
of every land and tongue.
Is it possible to estimate too highly the
worth of that one moment, which spared hro ;., Mmt mi.n tbe world of spirit
Mrs. Henry W. Miller's
Boarding House
COR. SEWBEliX a PKR.S- STS.
i: U I K.II, Y. .
fornia which was subsequently transferred
to the hands of the Lower California Co.,
if this city ; a corporation, which had al
ready possessed itself, under oilier grants,
of a vatt portion ot tbe rich provinces of
Sonora Snd of the . Peninsula. For this
transfer the grant of 1864, the Lower Cat
tfornia Company paid to Mexico a large
sum of money, wha n the was In i her ut
itiost need. The transfer of was duly
"made at the Mexican L-gati u in WHh-
iugtnn, in May, 1866. and waa formerly
ratified by President Jnarrx in the follow
BTe life of that wild, wickid ynnng man ;
spared hi in for reformation of character;
spared him for a life so devoted, and a
work so great
Can wc contemplate an incident like
ibis without wondering with great1 admi
ration at the providence of GodT
Christian Banner.
We are ruined, not by what we really
want, but what wc think we do; there
fore, never go abroad iu search of your
Wan if tin y be real wants, 'hey will
home ttt esreh of you ; for he who
in? Aneut A certificate of the convev buvs what he "doe not want, will soou
anee, which was drawn hv the Hon. 3a- rt what be cannot buy.
li b Cubing, and endorsed byrtbe MjTXi- ! rrTjiTt eloquence iu trn- Qak'Tdialnet
can .Minister at tttrentagrnn, was nieo: in m riii.ad-lpliia is considered to be "dead
the office of our ccretary ol State, to be silence aggravated by
the princess dcepiriiicly ejaculated, "She
has become insane. ahe dismissed the
crowd and sout for a physician. He
found tin- iu a state of i enable excitement
I, however; succeeded in telling my Sto
ry, not as a dii am but as a real event,
which had passed under my eyes. The
physician, imagining that Saimc cruel joke
bad been played with mar , sent for the ho-.,
tel keeper himself. 'I bey Spoke for a
long while together in the niche of one of
the windows, aud in the meanwhile the
princess attempted 'to quiet me until I
dared to gase around the room. There
was no dead body about, ''They must
have carried him oft," said I.
-tbe aAerrroTro -f was-inade aeqWaliil
ed wi(Ji what the hotel keeper told the
jibysieran. Here, laid tho intelligence
man, alter having collected his thoughts.
once your "uungs" are on, think no more
about them. Nothing more effectually
dwarfs the mind than constant thought
and conversation about ruffles and frills,
feathers and flounces, trimmings and tucks.
Prophets and apostles were moved to re
proach our sex for their devotion to tink
ling ornaments and plaited bair iu olden
days, and if they were here noW, I think
they would lilt their Voices Up Sgaln.
Get out of this rut, desr reader, and find
out how mnch easier and better walking
there is on tbe soft wayside path above it.
The world. is full of strife and struggle
and sin. It is full of joy and triumph
and hope. The field grows ever for wo
men as for men. Now responsibilities are
crowding in upon us all ; can we be too
pure in thought, word or deed f Can wa
let conversation remain frivolous, and tri
fling t
seems to touch our own terrestrial World
The night last, about the same time Mad
moiselle went to bed. a young otneer of
the navy shot himself dead, ms corpse
A Fatal Mistake Bishop Heber
ssid : "It is a fatal mistake to suppose
that there can be no apostasy from Christ
where we are not sbsolutely called on to
deny his name or to burn Incense to aa
idol. We deny our Lord whenever, like
Demos, we through love of this present
wot Id forsake the conrse of duty which
Christ has plainly pointed ont to us. We
deny our Lord whenever we lend the
is as tbe Morgue? Such an event being sanction of our countenance, onr praise,
I the Sasis ot any future action between the j groan "
extremely disagreeable to hotel keepers.
I at once informed the juatice of the cir
cumstances, and before daybreak the body
. .. ..." ' . -L
kwas removed irotu una ro'nn to me
MorgtiV. Only a tow people in lite honse
knew of tbe fatal affair, and I requested
them to keep silent about it. After the
room was carefully cleaned, J isjave an
oider to let Mademoiselle have it, as 'tbe
pri eess desired to have her stay iu tbe
bouse.
Tbe priuco. the--hotel ..keeper and the
no i ; an at onee drove to the Mo rue.
au occasional They found tbe uniform hanging iu front
or even our silence, to measures or opin
ions which may be popular or fashiona
ble, btitjw hich we ourselves believe to be
sinful iu themselves or' tending to stn.
We deny the Lord vcbi tiever we forsake
a good man in affliction, and refuse to
give cnutitetiauce, , encouragement, and
support to those who. for God's sake and
tbe faithful discharge of their duty, are
exposed to persecution and slander,"
I of the
AuT old bite-Ttelo. says : -It is all non
sense to nretfud that love is blind. I never
vet kiien a man i i lore that did cot see ten
mutilated body ; bt bis long ' times as much ic his sweet-heart at I co.
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