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it Shines For All. : JOHN M. WATSON, Editor CHARLOTTE, X. C: Monday Morning, Sept. 28, 1869 Tho Mpdir.nl Association of the District of Columbia are inter ceding with the Governor of Perm sylvania in behalf of Dr. Paul Schoepp, convicted at Carlisle of the murder of an old lady whom he cot to leave all His Woperty to him. The evidence of guilt was generaily regarded as conclusive by the pub- lie, and the case was at best scan dalous". Now, however, it is pro posed to save the guilty one upon sonie technical point. The Ameri can people are certainly not a blood thirsty people, but they (ja.re losing their patience in consequence of the continuous efforts of pseudo philan- thropist to exempt every villain from punishment whenever that punishment assumes the capital form. A proper regard for the efficiency of our laws requires that guilty parties should be more cer tain of punishment than they are now. Th3 Radical Party Wilting. Extreme radicalism is having a very hard time of it, says the Rich mond Enquirer, and unless debarred by the section of the act which . re quires the payment of a heavy per centage of assets, must soon be fi ling its petition in bankruptcy. Fast and riotous living, and a total disregard of all the laws of political health in the case of this party have been attended with the worst resultsr A few months ago the extreme radical party seemed to be florid with ruddy health, and nmina.f t( with rpmnrRplpss nnrl im- perious lordliness. In its profound contempt for the Southern people people it patted carpet-baggers and scallawags on the back, and laugh- ed public opinion to scorn. It seemed strong and brutal enough to successfully perpetrate any enor mity its great successes seemed to furnish good grounds for its cons fidence. But during the last two months this party has wilted as if touched by the killing frost. Virginia, Tennessee and California have pro nounced against extreme radicalism. There has been an advance upon its works, where they seemed strongest and they have been carried with an ease that astonished the assailants. The victors are everywhere as much astonished as the defeated at the extent of their success. The symptoms of despair which have followed this victory have in- aicatea many pnases ot incipient insanity. In the case of Stokes, of Tennessee, dementia assumed the howling and foaming type, and be dashed to Washington to insist upon the demolition of his State govern ment by Grant. . In Virginia the principal sufferers have entertained the public with many eccentric ca pers. , One, in his despair, shaved off his whiskers, while another was seized with a frantic desire tnmW W.Ul..,!- t47 1119 puuiiu;M au.vcioa.ri.es. xi is more than probable that when Noah de clined to take them either as deck or cabin passengers, and when the waters of the "'deluge had submerged the whole earth save a few lofty xnauntain tops, the excluded ante deluvians behaved in the same ab surd manner. ThAFa, Ann. HA vn v ni1ADti. . 1 v-i 0 uv. HuvDuu tnat Ll 1 x . ' we uu; iy w tue excesses and crimes of the carpet4aff2era and scaiiawags, ana , tney are be- i t L.tnfllT- a -on V - coming odious at Washington; tt4 the more these routed and colapsed agitators struggle against the inevi table the more terrible will be their fate. The Claims of Good Ciuzensnip. her own face? Just at this point When politics is regarded as only we feel compelled to drop this in a scramble for the spoils of office vestigation, for it is rather too and a contest simply for the pride of place, we presume that no one can feel a greater disgust for it than urselves. We appreciate the spirit in which, under such circum stances, the citizen turns away with loathing from the petty arena. But when we comedo look upon politics as the means by which the prosperi tv of States is secured as the mode . . ..... . . whereby the public interests in gen- eral are subserved then it is that the subject assumes an entirely different aspect. When politics is 4 :i rtp 1 mT AtrninmunllT : when it " W I j , reaches to the heights of statesman, sh,p; when it catches he spirit of a glowing patriotism that looks to the public tone, and the public morals, and the public weal, then it is that no profession is more honor able or more worthy of attention of the bust and the wisest citizen.- Especially in our country, where the people rule or are expected to rule, politics becomes the business, the immediate concern, of every individual member of the State. Such now being the case, and we assume that every right minded man will assent to the truth of our propositions, the question arises, what are the claims of good citizen ship upon us ? The answer is plain good citizenship demands of us that we neglect not the business of the country. It demands of us that we see to it that public affairs are rightly managed. It demands of us that all the good, wise and pure elements of the community do enter upon the political arena to fight the good fight of the State's good. It requires of us that we hold not back and leave the field to political robbers, thieves and plun derers. It requires of us that we I take the public reins out of the i i c4.v uj j 4i rr . L , . . , , cient, ana piace inem unaer we He resides among the heavy tim control of the true, and the honest, ber, and cultivates the corn fields and the capable. This is manifestly - -11 J I 111.11 III 1 It- I I I. Ill III 2-- I I W I II II ITII.I7.HIIN I KTt. 1 j u- : a.., t m d nut. Juij uvea a ucviuuiiiig bate which one owes to his family demands it. Too much of indifference and apathy on this score exists among our people. We hope the evil will not grow. And we trust that when ever the opportunity shall arise, the good citizens in every community spring with alacrity to their posts and vindicate at the ballot box the cause of a good and honest admin- lsxration oi our puDiic anairs. To this self interest no less than, pa- triotism points us, and nothing snouid be allowed to swerve us from v its "just intent." Col. Phoenix. The Two-Headed Girl The wonderful girl is still on exhibition in New En eland. Shfi ainora diieta ky Kerself. She has a great ad- vantige over her sex for she never has to stop talking to. eat, and whenu she is not eating she keeps both tongues going at once: She has a lover, andjfchis ldver is in a quanda ry, because at one and the same moment she accepted him with one mouth and rejected him with the other. He does not know which to k. TTo ;a,aa n , , - . , . breach of nromiae. bnt tnia is & i., nopeiess expwiuuiiit, uecause omy half of the girl has been guilty of the breach. This girl has two heads, four arms, and four legs, but only one body, she (or they) is (or are) seventeen years old. Now is she her own sister ? Is she twins ? Or, having but one body, (and con sequentry but one heart,) is she Strict! v ? TP tViA ahovA nam, -r young man marries her will ha Vwa This dnM. D.a ll T"v , 7 ucko vmijr uuc uauiC) aim r r uue ffiri nut wnsn fth I . . . ". " tZS fT to i b-n v i j. . . . uttCK ana torth at herself with Does h S , 8ll(qw2ingf or two ? Has she the same opinions as herself on all subjects, .or does she differ sometimes?' Would she feel insulted if she were to spit in tangled for us. Buffalo Express. Daxiel Webster's Fright. No situation more perfectly paves the way for a hearty laugh at the end, than of two strangers obliged to be together in mutual terror of each other. Nothing can be more uncom-1 fortable than couple of honest men eveincr each other askance an hour or two. when all the time " one's afraid ' . . ... and the other daren't." Upon one occasion, Mr. Webster was on his way to attend his duties in Washington. lie was compelled to proceed at niirht bv stasre Irom- Baltimore, tie naa no traveling -n . . . TTT 1 1 . 1 L , in(Jonsiderate wi, ch produced no with the Sena- tor. , " I endeavored: to tranquilize my self," Raid Mr. Webster, " and had partially succeeded, when we reach ed the woods between Bladensburg and Washington (a proper scene for murder or outrage,) and here, I con- fess, my courage again deserted me. Just then the driver, turning to me, with a gruff voice asked my name. I gave it to him. Where are yon going ?' a 'To Washington,' was the reply; I am a Senator.' "Upon this the driver seized me fervently by the hand and exclaim ed : " 'How glad I am ! I have been trembling in my seat for the last hour, for when I looked at you I took you for a highwayman.' " for a highwayman. Ut course, botn parties tult very much relieved. The Josh. Billing's Papers. The Raccoon and the Petti fogger. The Raccoon iz a resident he emiffratea tew tnis country soon after its discovery by Columbus, without a cent, and nothing but his claws tew get a living with. TT .1 1 1 Ue 1Z one ov tnem ma ov Per" sons whose hide iz worth more than all the rest ov him. and nabnng gardens sass for suste- nanftfi. ana nnaerstanns n7, dikj w - w - ness. His family consists ov a wife and three children, who live with him on the-inside of a tree. He can alwus be found at home during the day, reddy tew receive calls, but his nights are devoted tew looking after his own affairs. He dresses in soft fur, and his tail, which is round, has rings on it. These rings are ov the same ma- terial that the tail iz, and are worn on f11 .occas!ons- . . ... During the winter he ties him self up in a hard not, and lays down by hs fireside. When spring opens he opens, and goes out to see how the chickens hav I m -i wintered. Mis lite iz as, tree irom labor as a new penny, and if it wasn't for the dogs and the rest ov mankind the rackcoon would find what everybody else has lost heaven upon earth. But the dogs tree him and the men skin him, and what there is left ov him ain't worth a cuss. He iz uot a natral vagabond, like the hedgehog and the alligator bujfe 1 .1 1 luvs to oe civilized ana nv among - . . .... . ... VW- tolks, but he naz one vice that the smartest missionary on earth kan't redeem, and that iz the art of steal ing. He tz seckoned only tew the crovr. in petite larceny, will steal what he ant $at nor mae- He will turn over a barrel of ap- pie sass just for the fun ov mauling I f t. . .' i ue B.a8S w"a m8 Iee' na Pmi out the plug out OV the molassis, not be kause he luvs sugar ehny bet- ter tnan. ne duz yung duck, but jist tew see if the molassis has got a good daub tew it. I hav studdied animal deviltry for 18 years, be kause the more devil try in an animal, the more human he is. I can't find, by searching the pas- sender list. tW. W h J o II on board, but I am willing tew bet -an - iu pound of mutton sassage that mister coon and his wife commuted cfonl;- "Z: "J ""wiuig a i iuo. I never jcnu a raccoon tew want pnnTtninn inn -Ki n. ha -x. t I -. . . ... , 6 P WUIU wm quick. Ennyboddy who hea ever looked bet vu a dollar that he iz a dead beat, or under $500 dollar bonds not tew go into the bizziness for the next ninety days. I hav had tame coons by the do zen they are az easy tew tame as a child if yu take them yung enuff, but I kant advise enny body to cul tivate coons ; they want as mutch looking atter az a buna mule on a tow-path, and there aint enny more profit in them than thar iz in a stock amaena on me jane xvauroau. I never was out ov a pet animal since I kan remember till now, but I hav gone out ov the trade forever; lately I aisKoverea that it was a . Y 1 1 1.1.. good deal like making a whissel out Oi a cab tan, ruiuing a uouiiurtauie . ;i :: ; r.i tale, and reaping a kursid mean whissel. Raccoons live tew be sixty-five years old, if they miss the society of men and dogs enuti; thare aint but few of them die ov old age. The JNorth-western "ur Uompany are line pwiiuuwiB u. w uuuu L. J. ,1 X 1- , 4 4 U .- family. I feel sorry for coons, for with a trifle more brains they would make respectable pettifoggers before a jus- tis ov the peace ; but even this wold not save them from final perdishun. Nature dont make enny mistakes, after all; she hits the bull right in the eye every time. When she wants a rackcoon with rings on his tail she makes him, and when she wants a pettifogger she knows how tew make him without spileing a good coon. Pettifoggers, no doubt, hav a des tiny tew fill, and they may enable a justis ov the peace, in a cloudy day, tew know a good deal less of the law than he otherwise would ; still, for all this, if I was obliged tew pray for one or the other, I think now I should say, cive us a little more coon and a good deal " less pettifog ger. ir tne racKcoon wouia only give his whole attenshun to politics thar ain't but few can beat him. He is at nome on the stump ; ana menny on us old coons kan rekolekt how, in 1840, with nothing but a hard ci der diet, he swept the country from North to the South pole like a car go ov epsom salts. NEWS SUMMARY. A female lecturer is going around New York; lecturing on "Moral Trigonometry." Saratoga presents an old man of 102, wbo chews tobaoco and enjoys excellent health. Bulwer's "Horace" is to be an "interlinear," and will therefore be popular with students. George Coleman being once asked if he knew Theodore Hook, reolied. "Oh! ves. Hook and 1 (eyej are old associates." w A Parisian author has translated Shak- speare's life, "Out, brief candle," into French thus : "Get out you short caudle." At the tin wedding of Roberts, editor of Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette, a tin pen five leel long was presented, bearing the mscrip- "ine pen is mightier than the sword. A young man in New Orleans ate a box of castue soap to rid himself of freckles. There are still a few on his face, but inside he is not troubled with them a bit. A horse recently drew one wheel of a not very heavy wagon over a boy, crowding him preuy wen into tne niun. "xox are in a pretty business," remarked a bystander. "Yes," replied the boy, "overrun with it." "How did yon manage to get along in Paris without knowing the French language 1" in quired a gentleman of Mrs. Shoddy. "Oh, we had an interrupter with us, complacently replied the old lady. An insn paper imorms us mat a life size bronze statue of Queen Victoria, fourteen feet high and weighing two tons, has arrived in Montreal. If this be indeed life size, then is the Queen longer for this world than we had any idea of. Eugene, Oregon, has an ordinance for the punishment of any person "lying drunk across the sidewalk." A man was recently arrested for the offence, but was discharged by the magistrate, because the testimony went to show that he was lying along the sidewalk in a longitudinal direction It is reported in London that the Indian majl steamer Carnatic has been lost in tliq Red Sea. A number of passengers and part ot ine crew are missing, and it is supposed tney are lost. A precious youth of Vienna, South Cor ners, N. Y., aged nine years, recently hung litmliAU wifli n ri.k:At. E. .3 .. . na ly been used upon his back, because bis mother couldn t let him go black-berrying. A baggage master at Cleveland, while en joying nimseir jamming np trunks, had a bole jammed in his leg by the contenU of a gun m one of the trunks he had tossed over board. They handle baggage mighty careful mere now, you Dei. James Apple, whose distillery in Philadel- pnia naa Deen closed by the murdered United States Revenue officer Brooks, was arrested yesieraay. -lie was seen to give money on the day of the murder to Robert Hamilton. i t J . ' . . wnicn arove me nack which took ott the as- sassms. A ferocious sow. in Newark, Ohio, a few evenings ago, seiaed a child, stripped off its cloth5ns brf0.k.e one of three places l!6?! S,c.? an.d h.ead: prevented from killing it. by the internosition of a young woman who was near at hand. - J ami came 10 its rescue. The Empress Eugenie will have a retinue of about thirty persons when she Yisits this country next year, among whom will be the .1 Prince Imperial. She will visit Philadelphia, i r . j j COnniTT nTt: TMr mnnnr Boston, flewport, New York, Saratoga, Ni- aaraFaIIs' and peapa California. ; " it has Commercial. Charlotte Cotton Market. CORRECTED, DAILY, BY E. M. HOLT CO. Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 27. 1869. Sales to-day of 14 bales at 2i to 25. Financial. Charlotte Money Market. BUYING RATES OF BANK NOTES, &c, BY THOS. W. DEWEY & CO., Bankers and Brokers, Teton Street, Charlotte, N. C. Bank of North Carolina, 40c " Cape Fear 26 " Charlotte 48 " Clarendon 3 " Commerce 17 " Fayeitevilie 15 " Lexington (old) 2 " (uew) 2 Graham 25 Roxboro 45 Thomasville 10 Wadesboro 32 Washington 2 Wilmington ' 38 Fanceyville ' 1 3 Commercial Bank of Wilmington 38 Farmers' Bank of Greensboro', (old) 38 Greensboro Mutual Ins. Cor, (old) 7 Merchants .Bank ot JNewbem Miners' and Planters' Bank Virginia Bank Notes average about South Carolina " Georgia " N. Railroad Stock N. C. R. R. Dividend Scrip 55 40 25 30 25 22 85 We buy and sell at liberal prices, Gold and Silver, North Carolina Bonds, United States Bonds and all other marketable stocks. Travelers' Guide. North Carolina. Itsiilroad. THE PASSENGER AND MAIL TRAIN leaves Charlotte at 8:00 p. in., and arrives at Charlotte at 5:45 a. in. Charlotte &. S. C. Railroad GOING SOCTH. Leave Charlotte, - - 5.45 a. m. Leave Columbia. - - -Arrive at Gianiteville, - - 12:10 a. m. 4:15 p. ni. (JOING NORTH Leave Graniteville, - - - 8:50 a. m. Arrive at Charlotte, 8:00 " Making close connection both ways. Post-Office Directory. OPENING ASP CLOSING OP THE MAILS. Northern Mail, closes at 7 p. m. : Deliv ered at 14 a. m. Southern Mau, closes at 7 p. m.. Delivered at t U, a. m. Western Mail, Lmcolnton, etc.. Closes t a. m.: Delivered at 6 p. m. Eastern Mail, Lancaster, Wadesboro', &c, closes at t a. m., Delivered at t a. m. ltincointon, &c. man is a tn-weekly : ar rives and departs on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Lancaster, Wadesboro , &c, &c., is a tri weekly ; arrives and departs Monday, Wed nesday and Friday. Beatties Ford, arrives on Monday and de parts on Tuesday. Davidson College arrives on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 12 m., and de parts same days at 1 p. m. CHASw A. JTRAZIER, P." M. PREMIUMS! PREMIUMS! PUBLISHED DAILY, TKI-WEBKLT & WEEKLY BY SMITH, WATSON & CO., CHARLOTTE, N. C. In order that the circulation of the WEEKLY OBSERVER may be rapidly increased, we offer the fol lowing FIVE PREMIUMS, or any other Agricultural Implement, of same value, man ntactured by COOK & ELLYS0N, of this city, to persons who will compete for them. 1st. x or the largest number of subscribers, not less than (80) eighty, we will present to the getter up of the club, one " Hutchinson Family Wiue and Cider Mill, value, $25.00. 2nd. For the largest number of subscri bers, not less than (40) forty, we "will present to the getter up of the club, one " Southern Corn Sheller " hand power, value, $15.00. 3d. For the largest number of subscribers, not less than (30) thirty we will present to the getter up of the club, one of " Smith's Lever Feed Cutter," value $12.00 4th. For the largest number of subscri bers, not less than (20) twenty, we. will pre sent one of the celebrated " Watt Plows M & N "2 horse power, value, $10.00 5th. For the largest number of subscri bers, not lew than (15) fifteen, we will pre sent one of the " Charlotte, No. 1. Plows," value, ' $6.00. Persons failing to get one of the five premiums will be entitled to one copy of the p.per, gratis, for twelve months. The subscription money must accompany rall orders for the paper. rersons getting up CLUPS who wish to compete for the PREMIUMS, will so slate in their orders. , Persons procuring club subscribers need not wait until the club is made , up, but send the names and money, as fast as taken, and .i ?n ... . ... . ' mey win oe cveauea wuir the same. .,. Any person sending us ; six subscribers, accompanied with the subscription price, $2.00, will receive one .copy gratis. The low price at which we offer our paper, $2.00 per annum, places it within the reach of all . SMITHWATSON & CO. August 10, 18G9. Special Notices. Special Notice, I have owing me about SIX TnniTs . DOLLARJJ for Groceries and Provi T am compelled to pay my debts, and those 1 owe me roust pay np in order that I may ai my obligations. Now is the time 1 i. . and if those whom I hare favored and commodated will do their dutv tn , we arm give me a part if not all of what thev i shall be thankful. B. M prpma,, ' . .iOOUP( June 22, GO o H P o o S5 b 0 M o CO ft 18 66. In 1866 the first bottle of HEINITSH'8 QUEEN'S DELIGHT was prepared by him self, and submitted to the judgment of the highest professional skill in the cunntry. Its approval and endorsement by the profession, has secured for it the greatest reputation of any medicine extant. 15,000 bottles have p been sold at home where it is known and recognized as the only family medicine possessing intrinsic merit, and the sales are largely increasing every day. This " QUEEN'S DELIGHT " is com pounded entirely of Vegetable producis, no mineral poisons introduced to give efficacy, but is purely what it is represented to be, a Vegetable Alterative, producing a gradual change in the functions of organs as to ier mit a healthy action to take the place of disease. It is, therefore, recommended as an Alterative, purifying the blood. As a Liver Invigorator, as a Stomach Regulator, as a Tonic for Weak Digestion, as a Stimu lating Alteiative Deaphosetic, promoting perspiration, removing humors in the blood, producing a healthy action of the skin, driving out Boils, Pimples, Blotclies and other Cutaneous diseases. It acts gently on the Bowels, removes effete matter conse quently cures Headache, Nervous disorder, Female complaints and promotes periodical regularities. It is an Iuvigorant and Tonic of the most reliable kind. It produces a gentle and permauent excitement of all the vital actions inthe functions of organic life, and is the remedy in all diseases of the Stomach, Liver and organs of digestion. For sale by Druggist everywhere. FISHER & HE1N1TSH, Columbia, S. C, Wholesale Agents, july 21 o EH 0 0 H 0 a h ll 4 03 PS O 5 Pi Notice Small Store For Sals The undersigned, wishing to leae the city, proposes to sell his entire stocK aud fixtures, consisting of CIGARS, TOBACCO, CONFECTIONERIES, &c, &c., &c, cheap for CASH. . .. -ji As this is a good business stand, it be a rare chance, now that the busy seasoD is approaching. Anrilv at the Store, on Trvon street, rr- g m the Charlotte Hotel. sept 22 tf, THOS. KENN1. s alt ! Salt I Salt ! - - 500 SACKS LIVERPOOL oAHj sale by 0 STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & tw 1 sept 11 . EH G5 CL.OVMI SEED. r avvT) for 500 POUNDS CLOVER SEEP. 10 sale by . - pn STENHOUSE, MACAULAl , & t". sept 21 vvv vv oave one vote, a coon riht snnarA in thA ni wue aam- 1: ana e ye one vote, j a coon : year I o w Bnau ee iew xort and Niagara Falls." Niagara
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