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VOL. V. SALISBURY, N. C MAY 27, 1870. NO. 21
BEYOND DOUBT
The Connecticut Mutual
18 THE 8TR0NGEST
LIFE
insurance I omp'n
Acquired Capital over ISfclXXUKM)
Bauo of expenses U total reoeipU lu 1WJ, only
8.89 pr cent.
Its ratio of Assets to Liabilities. M measured
by the New Vork Legal Standard, u I56,uO jut
9100; and it grant all ile-iiul.i.- I'm in - ..I I Dsn r
ance upon strictly equitable term, and at the.
cheapest attainable tat of eost
8. D. WAIT, Ucn. Agent,
Aj.n . ly Offlee. Raleigh. N. C
Genuine Imported Worwray Oat i.
Samples Sent Free to farmers.
FROM 1U0 to 190 bushels grown to th acre
Weighs from 4 to 48 pound to the bushel.
Taia Oats has ben grown on every variety of aoil,
aad in ary Mate ia tit Ciiia, wtUtUwa nwrt -fct
success.
The grain is very Urge plump and handsome, him
a rttaarkabie thin hask, and rtpena earlier than the
common varieties.
Tha straw is bright, clear, stout, and not lisble to
lodge, is perfectly clear of rust ; and grow, from A
to 6 feet kith.
We hare both he White and B'scV Voiwsy, both
the same prior and equally productive.
Wo will send one quart of the store Oats to any
sddresspeet paid for tl .nil
Two quarts, post paid 9 00
One peck aent by express or freight 1 00
Halfbashel, 90 pounds, B 00
One bnshel. 40 pounds 10.01
CAUTION, tf We wish it distinctly understood
that this Is not a light osts. weighing 9H to S3 IbsT
raised ia New England snirsold under the name of
Norway, but imported Seed, every bmmel iruarau
toed to weigh 40 lbs., or the money refunded.
8a at pies el both kinds nent t rce for a 3 seat stamp.
Also circulars and testimonials.
Addsesstll orders to N. P. BOYER A CO.,
Jan 91 3 3m arkesluirg, Chester co.. I'a.
BARBEES HOTEL,
high point, n. c.
Opposite railroad depot.
Ten paces from where the Cars stop.
Best ofporters In attendance nt all trains.
Mail Mage fosaNtlem teste this house daily.
Passengers dispatched to sny coint at short notice
by private conveyance.
Grateful for the liberal patronage of the past we
hope by strict attention to the wants of our guests
to sserit s continuance of th same.
u m . ;. uarrkr,
Jan. T, IBTO-ltf Proprietor.
DAI NTS
FOB FARMERS AND
-Thy (Jruftoii Minual Taint Co., are
J. OTHERS-
now manufacturing the best. cheaisMt and most du
rable paint in use ; two coats well put on. mixed
with pare Linseed Oil. will last ten or fifteen years;
it is of a light brown or beautiful chocolate color,
and ran be changed to green, lead, stone, drab,
olive or cream, to suit the taste of the consumer.
It ia valuable for honses. barns, fences, carriage and
car makers, pails and wooden ware, agricultural
implements, canst boats, vessels rnd ships' bottoms,
canvas, metal and shingle roofs, (it being tire and
water proof.) floor oilrloths,(one manufacturer hav
ing ssjjii 16.000 bbls. the past year.) and as a paint
for any purpose is unsurpassed lor body, durability,
elasticity snd adhesiveness. Price Hi per i.l.l. ot
300 lbs., which will supply s farmer for years to
come. Warranted in all cases as above. Sendfor
a clfcnlar which gives full particulars. None gen
uine unless branded in a trade mark, Grafton Min
eral Paint. Persons can order the paint and remit
the money on receitt of goods. Address,
Bl DWELL A CO.,
jaa . 7, 1870-6m 954 Pearl fit., N. Y.
81.000 REWARD.
DeBing's Via Tug a cures all Liver,
Kidney and Bladder Diseases, Organic
Weakness. Female Afflictions, General De
bility and all cotnp'aiuts of the. Urinary Or
gans, in male and female.
(1,000 will also be paid for any ease of
Blind. Bleeding or Itching Piles that De
Bing's Pile Remedy fails to cure.
DeBing's MAGIC- W N'IMKXT cures
Rheumatism, Pains. Bruises aud , Swelled
Joints, in man and beast.
Sold everywhere. Sendfor Pamphlet.
Laboratory 142 Franklin st.. Haiti
more. .M'l. apr22-ly
WILLIAM VALENTINE,
THE BARB EH,
RETTJRNB HIS THANKS to his OLD
FltIESD,S aud tha Public for the liheml
patronage hert'toforcrxtenried to him. He now
informs them that he has fitted np a new ami
commodious
Shop, in Dr. Henderson s Brick-
B all ding, Boom No- ., 1
where he wdfeld be pleaded to see them., lie
guaradteeBttanTe- satiiHWrtrin tn y-PTTcaso.
He baa iu his employ of the best Hair Dressers
in Western North' paroliua. lie request a call
from all.
Salubiirf, K. C, Dec. 17. lHr,9. . 50-tf
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AN KXTKAOUDINARY OFFKK
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n i :v
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18 rOKUULLT INVITED lu ths
' Hsadersea rauntr Kentucky land Sale "
GRAND PRIZE SCHEME
sVterprl-s.rHARTKRKDbjrthe l.-irl.,i r. of
Kentucky, and eo uurU ana re, use ul,d by very lr
dl c,m. I:, I !., I',, suir. anil m-.r,!. ,.f ftou uf kwr ssaat
l r " n . ! , t t cl Isei .
511 PRIZES, $314,320!
CoB)r'lrK ' fth rive' tmftom Inaceo farms tn the
v hjr t'ouiitv of Hvuderton K , ultli all lhair appurU-
CAPITAL I'RIZE S150.000!
SMALLK-ST PRIZE, $80!
Also, abool ",onn IIOI.LAKH IN HBESV BACKS, belns
tlir rvilr relit ae ney of tho property lie ihr years 1
ami IS70, ' . w libs dl tr baud tu lb winners of the
flnl tetrn prists res ctlve!y. Btnt of tste faros for
last, wastvetre doPari pit acre.
TICKETS FIVE DOLLARS.
Ti e Drawing will . tak plaea, Ju j 4ti, 1870, at
Manio if Mr. p
L0n.cV Ll K. K II n lrt.U of . ur !. clt1i.-r, havt
alvrn nnqualifli' I e-iilflcatea and uduraan.DU uf tk
i .nt 1 1 ii' rliUT !
Vvrry d lUr nvtii d hy tick, t hnl 'err, la heM In tniat
j the cai.iMlorv ri t' i ir by the ' erlalatura. at til
the drawing lake pi ce aod prltra ,arr drliTvrrd. Income
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3 0,0 0 0 A YEAR.
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f I dead t're cl' cajra:
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ft H JsLCXADRR, Commtro'al Bank, l.oolav he. Ky.
J iHM C. LATH M Prtaident Ka k, HnpkluariUe, Ky.
JM'K L DALLAM, Commercial Bank. Padnoh. Ky
B. ). TH0MA8, Ca-a.Ora. and Kepo-ter, l.ex'n.-fnii. Ky.
W. B. TYI.EK, Caahler lpnalt Hfc.. Owanab ro, Ky.
Good t Int. AgfiiU wanted every hr
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rll Admiral .-eninjes. ",'Ea
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AdJ esa r I. HUH 1 K k CO.. PuMlnhrrs.
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RC A ro., Timht lilt, T..n., or tf ..If. SKATrttf t CO.
N Orleans, La.
For Purs Wstsr
this celebrated Pump,
entirely tasteless,
durable and rails.
Sis; equal to ths
good old-lashioned
Toodeir Pump, and
cost less than halt ths
monty. Easily arranged
so ss to be noD-freesing,
and in construction so
that any sas can put
keep It Is repair.
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PUMP HOW MADE.
NEW AP VEllTlSEMhNTS.
kirUf BOOK Agents sell 100 per we. k. Price Ptve
rlCfff Do lsrs. Address L STIBBINP, II tf rd.CI.
825
A 'DAY I 40 new a-tlrles for Ax-nt. Fanilea
.free. H. B. SHAW, Alfred, Me.
ALKMKN. Send for Circular, a firs' -c -i buslne a
fj "arid rtraitr ewptotBieut. ttTp. ttOWK, ST Arc
ill steady employ
Mm i. Phliiidel,h'a, Pa,
tfKAbVILI.E i IIK01 OOI' AL SCHOOL
CnHsrUn ;
ITS. rduc Its Mini te s
160 d -llr
yrsr to no,.r
'uileuts ; b k ns Aug.
Meauilllc Ha
A lly t. A.
A. klVKMOUIC,
CUR10U-, HOW rfTKANOK !-Thr Married Ladte- Prl
Tat Companl' n con'nln. the ilrtlred 'nf .mailon
mt free for ltami. Address MB". H. MET.NOKR, Han-
re-, Pa.
WW WILL PAY AOKMT8 a salary of 85 dollars per
a-eekv r allow alrs cmmUslon to sell our new
Inr-irlous. Address J. W. 'RINK A CO., Marshall,
Mich.
w
ANTFD, AO BNTSi0 doMar Wstrh f.ee,.n grat
is 'o erv l.'ve n-.Hii . I.o iri sc ' s our s. en-.-
Busln's IIk' i snd h.mo sll ; p jt dollars per rtHj-.
Aildres K, MONI OK Kk.NNKOT CO., Pitlsburah, P.
15
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House" No oppislil.ih. St el eniirvinc. aspia
l,s. r..r rlrcul r-, .ddress U. B njm.l.'Ui.tu m
Cincinnati and Ctilcago,
LJ AI.WBKV Wnnte-I In a psr'ne business. B UESST
!5 NKBT.ttSCbestnBt i.. Philadelphia.
T)YCBOM'NCY, F'asci NATION or SOtrt-CHARM-
INO 4 0 aj( Thl. w.nderlul bm.k las
lutl lnanart..n. I; en r the reae- to fac nste cither
e-, r sny snlmar at wl I. JleSMa-t-ni, .Iritu lism snd
hundreds ,if oh. r cor'ou" ex per inin's. It csn lie uh'sln.
eS ly endiliK adilre i'h n ce is poMsge, tn T. W.
EVas.8 A CO , r-o 4P, fouth Eighth St., Phil dslpl la
ST. PANliLEi)aANSE'.-A la g JOc'luino ps
ier, L deer wis , il'o-1 rated. t voted to Sltetctos,
l-oe'r , Hit, mso.. stfutn 1'to Non ens-(of a Sensible
I.H) and to the an pure . f Swindfng, lluinhus, Ac
On) K re- ti a i .ir and a superb eitff aviug -cvsngc-Ine,"
1 i, 80,0041 rrrusilon. Money .e-
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ful. Trrd,! if w ?Aeent a year., Spec m na free. Ad
.1 el ' BA1N ER ' Hlm.'s e N. H
PATENTS
ItiYriitttra wYn wh to alee v t Irfltera IM nt are arl
IHoc ir-l allh IMCNX t CO., ntH r nf the Pclrn
IIAa .aVautricajUv aditi b,e yr-$ rtitl claim Irr'ort? the
falepl Dftc rot ora fWejjfr" "Tida fc. TNirKwmmK
v) r i san ' b Vot Ajrrncjr la ttte nt a In ifi
var4it CnanMkraVwMil MMtr rrl'tf ajt n-j. A
fwutfltlet cvit-h iii.c ftiH I it-urtlnti n,v. n rr U aatit
a ana MI AJI a CO., 1 Prk R Nt-w York.
A MODEL BIOllSE.
nVInt a C-Ippl , I hare atade hnnae-pfann im a sp-c'sl
study. ne bail Tssi .... ha proerd s mu.iel ef c d-trcnkAi-r,
besuiy o.t eonomy. Unc i Jive clrcala s ol
Plana, V: w. , tc , wit', a ne al Inforatat n of va'us to
a'Lsen, In . Add s s (with ataaip r r pt ir roun n -a-1).
i ,HO: J. CQi Br. Architect, WalsTwary. Varaxa.
SUli AH CAN andsoKOIICM MILIJ.C a niatoiwaiid
Horse Powers, enibodyl , a I iy r Ceo' aiprove
wetrssml laHnsthe 1 ad . ( errry kl w In rk. Man
ufaetarelh CRO. L. SgCIEK A II' o. DuSWIo, N. T.
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busiuesr k herrtofnrr n'l respectfully solicit
the patronage of their friend
uttxea mock.
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WOMAN'S MISSION.
BT I.I X A BKNTON.
This is indeed an olden theme and pro
bably nearly every boarding-school-miss
has ventured upon it, making it almost ss
familiar in composition as the nevcr-f ail
ing source from which the chil l draws in
its perplexity, Nature Spring with teem
ing life, burstiug buds and flowers Sum
mer's harvest Autumn's fruit Winter's
snows and blazing fires, around which
boarded nuts n 1 1 c ttckfu.
Nevertheless, if nor present theme be a
familiar one, surely in the day of heresy
it is an interesting one. Scarcely can we
take np a daily paper or periodical, (hart
Womau's SutTratre is not dwelt upon and
often in terms of scathing bitterness.
Man tuts ever bci ti exceedingly Jealous of
his rights and any eticroacliment from the
opposite sex is met wi h derision willi
stubborn if not sound argument. Yet in
tin's refined age of the nineteenth century
it is generally agreed upon by sensible
men and well meaning women that all (Je-
sired privileges have been crnnle
d and
the chivalrous lords of creation have long j given her beauty, instead nf cournge he
ago placed woman in ber true worship. hits given her gentleness, instead of digni
Especially do we claim it of American ty, loveliness. And one of her great aims
gentlemen; then is it not strange that iu life should be to growstill more lovely,
American ladies should be making all this but it must be loveliness of soul as well
stir about their ritrhts f But from many form and face. Dress it is true has a
quarters and especially the east does the
clamorous cry come np for rights and
equality and we have women that would
vote, those that would be congress-women,
even if that once high station lias
been desecrated of late. Women now
ryieatt atthe bar women too preach ns the
gospel.
What is woman's mission has certainly
become an important question. This age
of progress and renovation is fast sweep
ing away old and well tried customs and
frail woman that should know the value
of peace, has set out upon a new and un
tried path, and one that bids fair to be
come in the red man's phraseology a war
path, through a tangled wilderness of
thorns, in pursuit ot an enemy whose
trail cannot be found because it is not.
Yet when the propriety ot it is questioned
these very wise women would class you
among those who have not kepi pace with
the agij and that St. Paul surely meant
one thing and said another. But it) alh
sincerity let us ask the question what is
Woman's Mission t
Near six thousand years ago Ood created
man and placed him in the garden of Par
adise. We can have but limited concep
linn's of ii beauty, yet all that is beauti
ful iii Nature was here, all that gorgeous
fancy can depict, yet Adam with a hu
man heart yearning for companionship
could not be happy alone. The brute
creation could have no sympathy with
him and there was no voice to blend with
litst in his matin hymn of praise to ins
Maker. We know not how long he re
mained sole occupant of Eden, or how
many sun's had run their course, when
onejdewy "bright morning he was awaken,
by arliiig birds, from- slumber- upon a
flowery bank, mayhap near Euphrates'
sparkling waters and fSuiid by bis side a
beautiful creatnre fashioned as himself.
It may be his first glad thought was that
a bright angel had left the shing courts of
Heaven to be his companion. Hut no tliis
radiant being was a woman. Tall, slight,
graceful and queenful was her torm, with
face so fair, very fair azure blue eyes
and massj golden cnrls that were thrown
back from a broad . alabaster brosr by
small faultless hands, partly shading tbc
rounded cheek, that rivaled the roses J
blooming around her, and the curling red
lips were turned lo the sweetness of sing-
n otrns in tne doughs aoove ner. Adam
was entraiicrd by this vision of beauty and
was as anient lover as many since who
l , i : . i - ,
1 followed where butler-fly Eve
led, ainid flowers, shrubbery and tangled
vinis and Milton tells ns the placid" waters
of a lake too soou made known Eve's
charms to herself. But vanity was no
our mother Eve's great fault if in the main
it did lead to her questioning her Own
mind the propriety of ber hnsband enter
ing into a compact, impajring conditions,
by which they were to remain in this
blissful state but it was her aspirings af
ter greatness. In other words meddling
iu affairs not her own, ji t us oursuffraic
women all do, and would have done lu
Eve's place. Listening lo false counsel
Adam violated his oath of obedience, lost
jars disc, and bequenilifl heritage of
toil, suffering ftiid tieaih In maukiitd.
So here is ou faithful ft cord u great and
I melancholy cx.uiijilo U 3ajf dungcr of wo
II.,,. I.. , ,. ...! .1,,. V,.,t,t
ill, ill oiuiiuii'k n wu iu ,t, miu - ww.au
with its strong temptations, in short of al
lowing ber to take upon Iter slight shoul
ders the burden of public affairs.
Falling from bis first estate has doomed
man to labor, and nature has Ittcd him
and giton him strength and hardihood.
The Libit- tells iis wotiiau was given for a
help meet, to man, and surely sbo must
not forget ber destiny, but 1st us see
wherci.t this belp must consist.
Until the comingof our Saviour, soman
was a mere slave and if she possessad
beauty, was a mere toy. Cbristikiiity has
elevated her and made known kcr true na
ture and no where is she appreciated, save
in a christian land. The Mchorninedan
even denies woman a soul, and the East
ern nations look upon ber as entirely an
inferior being bury her in the walls of a
llarcm and if she at all emerge from this
living tomb, jealously veil her (harms and
never think of confiding in ber honor.
She is here caressed at will, disposed of
at pleasure, ca rice, or greed of gold.
And many of these nalious are very an
cient and boost of their great civilisation.
Among the savage tribea woman is found
invariably a slave. The Indian's dusky
bride was wont to bew the logs and rear
his rode but, plant bis maise make his
6res and cook his meals. We hope it
was all done with cheerful heart and wil
ling band, here ignorance was bliss. It
ia well though nor woman's right's women
did not live here, ere Columbus touched
these shores. The wigwam would have
become too hot for the red man. The In
dian's squaw rarely made pretentions to
beauty can flowers bloom without sir,
light or sunshine t The Indian's home
possessed not the comforts of the deer he
hunted in the chase, or of the bear he
baited, or traced to the beachen tree.
Man's instinct should teach him, and does,
if he heeds it not, thai woraon was not
trtven htm. to tabor tn Ws neMa. drive his
oien, or black his boots, and if compelled
to do tbis, soon the bentiiy that was given
to gladden his heart will fade nnd the love
that should cheer his soul will be turned
into bitterness.
Look at woman ! She is fairer, frailer
than man. instead of str-neth 000 has
narrowing effect upon the blind, yet what
ever tends to real improvement ot her per
sonal charms should not be neglected.
But it must ever be re me in ben-1 that she
was not sent merely into the world to be
looked at and admired, to dress and lead
an aimless life. Neither should she ever
fancy she is too angelic tb descend to the
common realities of life and prove bcrselt
capable of becoming man's help-meet.
Woman it is feared who consider them
selves angels on earth will rarely fii them
selves for angels in Heaven. But frivolity
and dissipation in dress is too often thrust
at nnr women of the present day. We
claim iii behalf of our sex, that there has
been no degeucratiou in this respect and
to be convinced that there is not as much
to condemn in our present modes as in thp
past we need but glanec at the styles in
the days of CharlessTI of England, Louis
the Xi V of Fi ance, or rfnr limored grand
mothers of the Revolution. And the'wits
of England two bnndred years ago be
moaned weman's levity as tbe would
be "wits of the present Bge, fin-getting
they themselves wore silkvn breech'
es of gay colors, embroidered waist
coats and their hair powdered. There
were said as many smart things against
vain poor women as now, by our Shrewd
men who weur gaudy ueakties and short
dundy coats.
But pardon onr digrpssion we would
come to woman's true missio'n and notice
tile instincts of woman's heart. The lit
tle flaxen haired girl of three summers,
whose tongue has scarce1 forgotten the
lisping pruttlo of infancy, is so happy over
her pretty doll, handling it not as other
toys, but with tcuderest care and counts
not the winged hours at pluy. Here, is
the future patient mother. Ood has so
clearly definedjhis instinct, and has given
patience to cherish, control and govern
the wayward nafnre of the young and
tender. From birth till maturity, man-
kfad is placed under the iuiisdiciion of
r asm it. '1 be mother inai-td wnles the
first lesson upon memory's tablet and
starts the child onward in a cat err that
must lead to greatness or dishonor to final
bni nitiess r misery. Ok ! motliers have
you not enongh to do ? Re-member a
christian mother moulded a Washington'
christian mother mouiueu a n asniHgn
Mt is certainly within the domestic 'eii-ele
toe bright lustre of womau's character
shines lorm. nnr u i" i
teach, preach and administer laws, and if
she perform this complex and peipiexii g
dutv arieh. sho IS surely not without
honor or disfinclion among men. It has
been said that "those who rock the cradle
rule the world."
Then can wnrosn complain of a limited
sphere of action, or want jf influence f
But is she gaining influence among. noisy
tnrbolent assemblies el men t Xo, no her
sphere of action will nrver conflict w ith
man s.
Home is woman's true sphere. Is it
uot easy to fancy do we not know a
household a home of beauty, comfort and
lore t One of refinement wherein In .-i a
ture, music and flowers are eultivated to
make life more sunny the presiding ge
nius of which ia woman as Christianity
lias made her bigh-souled, pure and good.
And tlo we not know homes the revere
of this, contrasting so strongly a.to scarce
deserve the sweat mbsbo of buiuv where
all Is Anfu.ilon and disorder, eurylitge
and bitterness erery thing looks ugly
and bears traces of the ugly tr inner of
tbe reigning mistress. Where complainta
of husband is beard, crying children
stormed at, women's rights talked about
and strong minded women admired. But
could uot this harsh nature be made more
gentle -if husband or child were laid
prostrate by disease would sbe not forget
her selfithiiesa I Would not her woman's
nature triumph and ber hand be laid ca
ressingly upon tbe brows of those sbe lov
ed and while her heart was, bowed in hu
miliation would she not repent past folly.
But is woman to have no aspirations
ask you T We answer does she not al
ready stand upon a high pedestal f Turn
to history's page and we find great wo
men woman whose own hand has wove
aud her brow unblushingly Worn laurels
of unfading leaves woman's intellect that
will fairly cope with man's ; yet these
women never threw aside the garb of
modesty, never sought mere notoriety.
They were in pursuit of a substance rath
er than a shadow. The world is not so
bias as to withold woman's praise when
it is justly due. The doors of literature
and art are thrown wide, in flowery fields
she may revel. Are not some of our most
popular writers women! The canvaaa
and easel art at her command and will
not admiriner thousands ston before her
glorious creations in Art's Gallery.
But would we have no distinction in
social or political life f Have it bo and
who is loser t Man will treat you a he
treats man, there will be no respect for
your womanhood, no gallantry, none of
the little kind attentions that makes life
so pleasant true knighthood will perish
from the earth and a Frenchman's sword
wilt no more heat the queer derlee of
"Honor and the Ladies," as that of Mu
ral's high marshal of France. Woman's
voice loses Its swrwineBS m the well-possessed
orator or the pedantic lecturer.
Bonaparte said the first acclamations of
the French people were as sweet to his
ears as the voice of Josephine.
But has not true womanhood been ad
mired in all ages and now in jealousy and
blindness will she with rude bands tear
from her nature all its sweet graces an
nihilate the true dignity in womanhood.
Abot three hundred ears ago England's
scepter was swayed by a powerful hand
and that hand was a womau's. Elizabeth
was a mighty queen, and probably at no
day before or since was Britain's prosper
ity greater. Our haughty queen was
feared by foe and distrusted by friends,
flattered by presuming aspiring favorites,
but there was not a single heart that real
ly loved her. There was much in the
strong minded qneen to admire, positively
nothing iu tbe bigoted unamiablc woman
to love. Her unfortunate and final vic
tim, beautiful Mary of ScoMaud was less
a queen, more a true woman. With some
of woman's frailty, her loveliness of char
acter, her heart of mercy and tenderness
has commended her to commiseation and
many an eye l as been moistened with
pity's tears in reviewing her life. To this
day, Holy wood palace is visited yearly by
thousands of cuiions, sympathetic travel
ers the scene of her trials and Bufferings,
where for eighteen years she was the close
prisoner of cruel Elizabeth, as her lovely
form drooped and her pale, patient face
grew lovelier and her heart was crushed.
Surely there is a yearning in the depths
nf woman's soul tor love. The affection
she may be enabled to inspire is her
strength it is her supreme power. Then
let her not mistake her mission ! Let the
instincts of her heart be strengthened, her
affections chastened, her intellect devel
oped, her mind enriched by knowledge,
and her snnl be made pure--and nevor be
forgetful of woman s dignity aud the true
sphere ot woman s action. ,
sphere of woman's action.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Led in Rollin has quit France for .Lon
don in a hurry-alarmed at the gloomy
political i hoi ison. He thought he was a
Democrat nniil he returned from exile,
but he soon found he was totally eclipsed
by the Rocheforts, and could not get out
of the kingdom too soon.
The two greatest letter-writers of the
a"-e are Victor lingo and GaiibaldL One
or the other supplies the fiery Reds of
Paris with a missive every week. Hugo
abuses the Emperor aud Garibaldi ths
pipe, and it is hard to say which is most
successful in the ase of vigorous aud con
densed villification.
A society exis in Paris called Les
Disseqnrs subjects for disseeikni and
consists of several hundred. The mem
bers bind themselves that after death their
bodies skill not be buried, but be deliver-
to the anatomical halls for dissection.
Their object is to aid science, and banish
the vulgar prejudice against dissection of
dead bodies.
The nroiect for constructing a ship canal
across France from Bordeaux lo the Med
iterranean is revived, aud will be pushed
to a aneedv completion. Ten or twenty
yeara at larthtrest will see the two oceans
connected.
Fior hundred and ninety-one divorces were
granted Ml oimecticut diirint'.the past year.
BT
From tha San Francisco Alia, April 19.
Tha terrors of tbe (rave, the fear ot
death, and the terrible calamity of being
buri-d alive, have sbU Us forcibly pic
tared tfroro than Hiaaiptrwny picture,
however drawn, ran at fati to leave the im
preesiou produced of either that ia obtain
ed bv exDerience : and in no case can any
one be so alive to tbeae terrors and fears
aa the one who, being considered dead, is
treated as such. For some time past a
(serman. known bv the name of Frede
rick, worked in a dining-saloen on First
street as waiter. His constitution waa
weak, and the confinement necessarily at
tending his employment affected him very
much. Ho consulted some physicians,
who pronounced him consumptive, and
advised him to give up his employment,
and put himself under the care of a phy
sician or go to the hospital. He decided
on adopting the latter course, and some
ahart time ago went to one of our hospit
als. His condition rather grew worse dai
ly, and lately he was confined to bed, and
little hopes entertained of his recovery.
About a week ago he grew still worse.
He was visited in the morning by the
tbyaician, who considered his recovery
opeless. During tbe day he still grew
weaker, and when the doctor paid his
evening visit he found him pulseless, aud
pronotiuced life extinct. The body was
iininedia ely removed and placed in the
deadbonse attached to the hospital It
was deposited in a case where two other
bodies had already been placed, and be
tween tbem. The cover waa put on, and
the keeper of the dead-house retired for
tbe night. About midnight a loud scream
ing aud yelling of the most unearthly
character waa heard in the dead-house.
The watchers heard it, and the party who
bad ehanre of this portion of the building
heard it also. A silent sense of fear, of
terror the most terrifying, stole over them
all, and they concluded that a scene waa
being acted similar, lo that witnessed by
Tan O'Shanter at Kerkalloway where be
saw "warlooks and witches in a dance."
The kerper of the dead-twoae waa auuglrt
after, but being aware of what he was re
quired. to do; he sought concealment, pre
ferring to let tbe ghosts fight it oat among
themselves, rather thaji attempt to be
come peace-maker. The yells and shouts
in tbe dead-house Btill continued, while
the door received an occasional bang, ac
companied by the demands : "Open the
door ; let me out." At last the keeper
waa prevailed upon to proceed to the
dead-house and open the door, when the
ghostly form of tbe German, whose life
had been a few hours previously pro
nounced extinct, and who had been dress
cd in the robes of the dead, stood before
him. The keeper fainted outright, while
the terrified German rushed headlong
through the long halls and corridors ti
the building, spreading terror and dismay
as he went. Some more courageous than
the rest caught aud arrested him in bis
frantic career, but the next instant the
poor German fell on the floor in a swoon.
The physician was at once sent for, and
restoratives used by which he was restor
ed to consciousness, and, although he is
still weak and under treatment in the
hospital, his recovery is considered cer
tain and only a matter of time. He now
walks about pretty stoutly, and is per
mined to go outside the hospital limits.
He visited his late enipwjyor a few days
ago, and related to him the fact that, hsv
iug got into a trance, it was thought he
was dead, and he was removed to the
dead'house. now ha felt when he re
turned to consciousness, we give aa he
told it himself : "Vel, ven I got sick and
vas ih bed dat day, the Doctor came to
me and said 1 was very sick. He vent
avay, and after he vent I fell asleep. I
knew nothing more till I voke in de
night, and there vaa no light. I put out
my hand, and I could get ho bed-clothes,
for I vaa cold. I du put my baud to
vons side to try for the bqajudothes, mid,
och. my Gott, vatfalTtiiili'saTfot jy, a
ded man ! Dere he vas, cold enough,
sure. 1 roared mid all the power I had,
and. vaa going away by the other side, vin
sure, I put my hand on another. Then
1 roared, a ml called, and cried out nil I
could, and ven I was petting, up my head
struck a board that was covering me.
Oh. said L vat does this mean ? Vere I
am? Am I ded! And 1 roared and
bawled, and threw off the cover and jump
ed about aa if I vas mad. And I knock
ed at the door vid my hands and feet, but
nobody would oien it for me, and I
thought I vas dedmyself. I vas not sure.
I had the ded man's dress on me. - At
las the door opened, and ven 1 looked-at
the man vat opened it he fell down mid
fear, and I ran till 1 was caught Then
I niiuted, and ven I come lo mi self I
I bought itwa a dieim. But it ia aa true
aa I am here."
The pqpitlation of St. Petersburg, Rns-
sia, on the Knit of December, 1S69, was
607,06, ot which 376,523 was inale and
290,503 female.
The death of Theodore Clay, son of
Henrv Chtv is announced. He has been
for fifty ycatsan inmate of the Lexington
(Mo.) Lunatic Asylum.
Ons reason that tbe world is not refor
med is, because everybody would have
others make a beginning aud thinks not
of himself.
A NIOHT WITH THE UK AO EX
PEKIEN0EOF A GERMAN WHO
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DE
PARTED THI8 LIFE, AMD WA8
PLACED IN THE DEAD HOUSE
AN EXCITING SCENE.
PEACE OR WAR ON THE PLAINS.
Many causes concur to make federal af
fairs distasteful to the Southern people
and even to make us unwilling to discuss
or to form opinion on subjects which are
of universal importance and should excite
a lively interest. First among these cau
ses lies our conviction that wa have
enough to do in ensuring our own materi
al prosperity by tha closest attention of
each man to hie own particular business.
Hut hardly second iu importance la tha
fact that we are represented at Washing
ton almost wholly by political adventur
ers, interlopers, accidental men, in short
carpet-baggers, who rarely possess abili
ty or honesty, and never combine both
qualities. Hence it ia not wonderful,
however deplorable it may be, to find that
the voice of the Sonth is not heard in
Congress, whether on questions affecting
us alone, or on those larger subjects, which
appeal to tbe nation i and that on both
alike, so far as regards Congressional ac
tion, the Southern proas and the Southern
eople are alike silent, despairing to be
card.
The Indian policy of the Government
is a case in point. Onr Northern exchang
es come to us bnrtbened with pleaa pro
and con, defences of Sherman and Sheri
dan, praise or blame for Hazen, and
Grant, for General Parker or Peace Agent
Broadbrim, whilst we persevere a dis
creet silence discreet if neglect be dis
cretion. Piegan massacres, and peace
"talks" with Red Cloud, tbe Swnz chief,
are alike unnoticed and we seem quite
careless whether the country be on tbe
verge of an Indian war. Yet such a war
ill kill a few savages : it will starve a
few squawB ; and it will enrich a few
hundred contractors, quartermasters and
post agents, whjle it will leave the Indian
question where it found it and wa will
have to pay our proportion of a bill cer
tainly of ten probably of one hundred
millions incurred bow or why, when,
w lu re, or for what object we do not know
and do not even inquire,
The Sioux war of 1804 cost 840,000,-
000, the Cheyenne campaign in 1857,
some 19,000,000; that against tbe Nava-
jocs $30,000,000, and tbe long straggle
ot (be he mm ok-s may be put at S100,-
000,000.
(istnexal Hauuui in an aiahswata paxpstr.
whose views are endorsed by Hancock,
Sherman and all the officers best ac
quainted with the Plains, long ago recom
mended as the only efficacious plan, that
of placing the Indians on reservations, if
necessary feeding them there, observing
strictly oar treaties and making no war
but upon those who can by no other
means be put or retained upon the reser
vations. He demonstrated that this wss
far the cheapest plan, and the only feasi
ble one, of preserving ourronticrs from
outrage without resorting to the extermi
nation of the Indians The plan is cheap
it is simple, and we fear utterly imprac
ticable, for the sole reason that it does
not provide against the encroachment! of
tbe white upon tbe red man.
I he men who form the advance guard
of our march into the wilderness, restless,
reckless, eager, unscrupulous and violent,
possess in high degree the best qualities
which distinguish an advancing, a domi
nant race. But they have, inherent in
them the worst of those vices which make
turbid tbe waves where meet tbe tides of
barbarous and of civilized society.
The whole history of the United States'
Indian policy shows one idea protection
of the settler against the Indian. It has
cost us many and valuable lives, and trea
sure untold. Can we not try protection
of the Indian against the settler t
It is by this course that Brigham
Young Aunts the savages bis friands, by
this rule that Penn found Peace and pros
perity ; by it the Jesuit mission has stood
safe in French and Spanish America, and
by it our cousins of British America have
gained and still preserve the friendship,
faithful, cheap aud valuable, of the many
tribes of the New Dominion and of tbe
half breeds of the Saskatchewan.
If we place the Indian on the reserva
tion wa, must not only reserve his laud
frTr liiin, but we must preserve it ; we
must not only keep him on it, but wo
must keep i lie white settler off it.
This there is difficulty in doing, but the
Government can do it, if it will. The
only other alternative is extermination of
the Indian, which would cost us one hun
dred thousand men, five years, and three
hundred millions of dollars. '
If this reservation and preservation be
pursued w shall bare no need of Quaker
commissioners, we could shortly reduce
our forces on the Plaius, and we might
claim at last to have done a tardy justice
to the savage tribes of whom our power,
has made us the guardians. Petersburg
Index.
The difficulty in raising the silk-worm,
and the great and increasing loss attend
ing that industry . has caused people in
France to look about for a substitute. , A
scientific gentleman has fallen upon the
spider, and satisfied himself that cob-webs
may be wrought iuto the most exquisite
and durable fabricy By many experiments
he has'aacertained that one spider, proper
ly cared for, will i e season produce a
Uread of ihrce thousand metres, and
eigh'een nests of spiders of three hundm'
each will produce enough for a full suit o
clothes. The strength of spider silk, hi
eayB, will defy all competion. It is aa
strong aa iron, and in beauty, cannot be
surpassed. Some tbieads are like gold
anal others like silver, and they will make
a tisaae nf the most dat sling brilliancy.
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