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Ke.f&hctvlo.tle emocval, SUta?lalL?, STL. THE DEMOCRAT. WM. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, February 18, 1881. Another Interesting Sketch. We publish this week an interesting sketch, from the pen of Gov. Holden, of Gen. Alfred Dockery of Richmond county, one of the old Whig leaders of this State, and, next to John M. Morehead, one of the most powerful politicians and stump-speakers on the Whig side the State has erer produced. His Whig friends used to delight in calling him the "Old Pee Dee Wagoner," especially when he was runniDg against Gov. Bragg, the Democratic can didate. Though of different politics from Gen. Dockery, we heartily endorse all that is said about his great honesty of purpose and integrity of character. We met him at Raleigh a short time before he died, and he expressed indignation at the manner in which the "Carpet-Bag" Littlefield Legislature had lavishly appropriated State Bonds (now known as the illegal "Special Tax Bonds") to yarious Rail road schemes ; . and we felt really complimented when the old gentleman said that he heartily ap proved of the course of the Charlotte Demockat in opposing and denouncing such wholesale appro priations of the State's credit, and also commended our general course in favor of peace, reconciliation and good will towards all men immediately after the close of the war. We repeat, we felt com plimented at receiving the approbation of such a man as Gen. Alfred Dockery, after we had op posed him in politics for many years. The fact is, the old Whig "war-horse" was against swindles of all sorts and in favor of honest measures and hon est men. After Hon. David S. Reid, Democrat, had served two terms as Governor, Thomas Bragg, Esq., of Northampton county, (then unknown to the people of North Carolina,) was nominated as the Demo cratic candidate in 1854 ; the Whig candidate was Gen. Alfred Dockery. The contest was, indeed, a warm one, as the sketch we publish states, but Bragg was elected by about 2,000 majority. Having traveled some with Gov. Bragg during that campaign, he told us that he would not run again if Gen. Dockery was the Whig candidate ; and, fortunately for the Democratic party, the Whig State Convention in 1856 dropped Gen. Dockery and nominated Hon. John A. Gilmer as its candi date for Governor. The result was, Gov. Bragg was re-elected by an increased majority. The next sketch of one of our public men will be that of Gov. David S. Reid of Rockingham the man who first run on the "Free Suffrage" platform, and carried the State for the Democratic party. That is the way the Democrats secured control of the State Government up to the time Gov. Holden brought out Hon. Z. B. Vance for Governor against Col. Wm. Johnston of Charlotte, the States' Rights candidate, as he was then designated. New Judge. Associate Justice Dillard of the N. C. Supreme Court, having resigned, Gov. Jarvis appointed Hon. Thomas Ruffln of Hillsboro, to fill the vacancy. Judge Dillard has been in bad health for some time past, and we presume that caused his resignation. Judge Ruffin is about 54 years old, and is a son of the eminent old Chief Justice Ruffin, whose talents as a jurist were well known and admired in all this country as well as in England. .. Bonds and Stocks. Branch & Co., brokers of Richmond, Va., quote North Carolina Railroad Stock at 84 to 87, new N. C. 4 per cent State Bonds 85 and 87, N. C. Construction State Bonds 93 and 97, Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad 1st Mortgage Bonds 1084 and 109, 2d Mortgage 102 and 102, Richmond & Danville Railroad Stock 868, Char., Col. & Augusta Railroad Stock JSP" We are gratified to see that the Legislature has passed the bill exempting the South Fork of the Catawba River from the provisions of the law requiring Fish Ways over all mill dams. When ever fish are to come in conflict with the manufac turing interest on any River or Creek, let the fish fetop and the mill dam stand undisturbed. 13T Mecklenburg Inferior Court opens on Mon day next and will occupy the week. Then comes the Superior Court, three weeks ; and then, before very long comes the Inferior Court, Supeiior Court, &c , iiC Court aid Coroner's Inquests nearly all the time. Judge Eure will preside at the next Term of our Superior Court. , . Scarlet Fever. We copy from the Wilming ton Star the following action of the New Hanover Board of Health in regard to scarlet fever. The Star of the 12th says : "At a meeting of the New Hanover County Board of Health, held on Wednesday evening, it was or. tiered that, "in consideration of the dangers result ing from carelessness and ignorance of householders as regards scarlet fever, the New Hanover Board of Health presents this warning: Children taken sick with scarlet fever should be isolated from the rest of the family in a room with such furniture as is hot too valuable to destroy, no one having access to the room but physicians and nurses. It is earn estly urged that funerals of persons dying with scarlet fever should be attended by the fewest num ber of persons necessary to perform the rite decent ly. Funerals from churches, in cases of persons dying with the fever, should not be permitted, as they tend to spread the disease." . t'M Average Yield op Cotton. The following is a rather remarkable statement as to average yield of cotton per acre in the several States that raise the staple : "According to the report of the National Agricul tural Bureau, the average yield of cotton is one bale to two acres and a half. The greatest average yield is in Arkansas and Louisiana, one bale to an acre and three-quarters ; in Tennessee one ; Missis sippi a bale to rather more than two acres ; in North Carolina a bale to two acres ; South Carolina a bale to two and a half acres ; Texas a bale to two and three-quarter acres, and in Georgia a bale to three and a half acres." .- New Advertisements. City Property for Sale D Macaulay, Trustee, and T M Pittman, attorney. Staple and Fancy Groceries James P Irwin, near the Court House. Family Groceries, &c, at Davidson & Beall's. Gardener, Trimmer, &c Squire Sims, colored. Wanted, a Teacher for a High School D A Lowe, Lowesville, Lincoln county. N. C. Home Insurance Notice Thos U Haughton, General Agent Standard Fertilizers John A Young. . Hosiery Alexander & Harris. Chemicals for Composting L R Wriston & Co., Drug Store. Canned Goods, Dried Fruit, &c S M Howell. Furniture Store E M Andrews. E J Hale & Son, publishers, booksellers and station ers, 17 Murray street, New York. Butterick's Fashion Sheets and March Patterns, at Tiddy'a Book Store. Will you suffer a Word of Warning. i We hope there is a disposition on the part of, in telligent Legislators to be careful about the many Railroad schemes, propositions, &c.; before the Legislature. There is a big "cat in the meal tub" somewhere. Watch and beware of that big scheme of Gen. Imboden & Co., to purchase the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad.; -Be careful about . let ting the Road go into the hands of Virginia capi talists, so-called only ; and be careful about confer ring too much power with the Piedmont Railroad Company let that Company complete the Western N. C. Railroad, as it is now furnishing the funds te prosecute the work, but don't confer any more privileges and powers upon it There is much dan ger ahead we hear many rumors about unfair com binations being formed and we utter a word of warning in time. Remember that there are many Railroad "attorneys" in various places in the State, and some of them in public places. ST Soma of our Democratic friends are afraid that if Got. Holden's disabilities are removed, he might be a successful candidate for Governor in 1884. Now, we beg them to Sjuiet their fears, and not let such little matters disturb their slumbers. But they should be afraid that if the present Demo cratic Legislature refuses to remove Holden's disa bilities, there will be a Legislature at an early day that will do so, and it will not be called Democratic. That is what we fear (we mean an anti-democratic Legislature,) and that is what we ask our . Demo cratic friends to fear. Ob, that our people would exercise a little more charity. Considering the unkind and rather revengeful feeling that has been so much manifested towards Gov. Holden recently, we do not expect the present Legislature to remove his disabilities. We have deemed it eminently right and proper to favor the pardon of Holden and all other Southern men who got into difficulties by the results of . the war, and what we have said on the: subject we stand-by, no matter whom it displeases'or pleases. The part we have taken in favor of pardon has been done without the slightest solicitation or suggestion on the part of Gov. Holden or any of bis political or personal friends. We are not afraid to trust to time to prove that we are right. After the present Legislature adjourns and its work is finished, it will be examined, and the Democratic party held responsible for the quality and quantity. If it is found that new salaried offi ces have been created, old salaries increased, un necessary new State buildings authorized to be erected, and the people's money lavishly appro priated for various purposes, taxes increased, &c, it will be hard work for the party now in power to maintain its hold at future elections. That's what should be feared by men who think that it is im portant for the best interestsof the State that Dem ocrats remain in charge of the State Government We have not abused the Legislature for what it has done or left undone, for its work is not yet com pleted ; but after it is finished we propose to have something to say on the subject. The making of the new County of Durham is the entering wedge towards the loss of the Legis lature to the Democratic party not that "Durham" will not be Democratic, but that the taking off of democratic territory from Orange and Wake will forever make Wake and Orange republican ; and, in addition to that, ten or fifteen members can be counted in other sections that we shall or may lose in future elections, unless almost a miracle can save them to the Democratic party. Watch and wait, and remember what we say. "The sceptre is de parting from Israel." 83 We were astonished that as intelligent a man as Hon. W. T. Dortch of Wayne, should in troduce a Bill into our Legislature of the character alluded to below by the Wilmington Review : "Mr Dortch has introduced a bill into the Senate "to encourage the investment of foreign capital in the State, giving authority to give the State's inter est in the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad to any corporation that would build a road from Goldsboro to Salisbury." This is about as queer a proposition as could well be conceived. The State owns largely in both the Atlantic and in the North Carolina roads, and Mr Dortch proposes that the one road should be made a present to any one who will agree to build a new road which must neces sarily antagonize, directly, the interest of the North Carolina Railroad, and thus reduce, very materially, the value of the State's interest in that read. - It is literally handing a stick to some one else with which to break our own heads." It is stated that Dr. Wheeler is to be dis placed as Revenue. Collector in the 5th District, and that Geo. B. Everett, Esq., of Winston, is to take the office. Mr Everett has been after Wheeler for a long time, and it seems he has "downed" him at last. ' Hon. Fernando Wood, a Democratic mem ber of Congress from New York for many years past, died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the 13th inst, of some bone disease. He - was a prominent and influential man in New York and in the coun cils of the nation. t2F Within the past ten days the damage done by high waters in various" sections of the country has been very great. . A considerable portion of the city of New Orleans was overflowed. In Wash ington City several streets, including a portion of Pennsylvania Avenue, were inundated, the water running through the lower floors of the National and St. James Hotels, and surrounding the main Railroad Depot in the heart of the city. The Long Bridge at Washington was washed away by ice packing against it. Several Western cities, located near Rivers, have been flooded, causing much dis tress and suffering. Another Railroad to Charlotte. The Camden (S. C.) Gazette says it is a pos sibility thai the South Carolina Railroad will extend the Camden branch to Char lotte, N. C, as a part of the competing sys tem with the other Railroads that work against its interest. The proposed route at its Northern terminus begins at Alexandria on the Potomac, runs thence to Lynchburg, Virginia, then to Danville, and builds up a connecting line of seventy or eighty miles to Statesville, N. C. From Statesville there is a road to Charlotte, and it remains to build a line of eighty miles to Camden. If the University after nearly a cen tury of usefulness should be closed, no doubt there are sectarians who would rejoice, but the true friends of North Carolina would be sorrowful. It would cause hundreds of our most promising young men to seek educa tion abroad. It is a grand mistake to sup pose that a cultivated man necessarily pre fers a denominational College merely be cause he is a Presbyterian, or Methodist, or Baptist, or Episcopalian, or Lutheran, or Christian, or what not. We know men of various Churches who are the staunch friends of the University, and who are con vinced that it is important and necessary to have a College that is undenominational. But some people will be unhappy as long as Mordecaisits in the gate. Wilmington ; Congress. JLQ2c'liZ -The days of the present Congress are now but few (as it comes to an end on the 4th of March) and work is being pushed as usual at the end of a session. ' - In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr Eaton, chair man of the Foreign Relations committee, intro duced a resolution re-affirming the principle of the Monroe doctrine. It is as follows : Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives, that the interest of the people of the United States of America, and the welfare and security of their govern ment are so involved in the subject of the construction of ship canals and other ways for transportation of sea-going vessels across the Isthmus, connecting North and South America, that the government of the United States, with a frankness which is due to all other people and governments, hereby as serts that it will insist that its consent is a necessary condition precedent to the execu tion of any such project, and also as to the rules and regulations under which other na tions shall participate in the use of such canals or other ways, either in peace or in The Funding Bill is now occupying the attention of the Senate. The House passed it, allowing the rate of interest at 3 per cent on the new Bonds to be issued, but an effort is being made in the Senate to fix the interest at Z. On Wednesday, Mr Mor rill spoke at some length in favor of the bill as re ported, and was followed by Saunders, McDonald, Hereford, Eaton, Vance, Kirkwood and others. Mr Butler of South Carolina, said he favored a Z rate and a long bond, but as he bad been assured that a long time bond would not be authorized by the present Congress he would accept the next best proposition of a 5-10 or a 5-20 bond. In the House, the bill making appropriations for the improvement of Rivers and Harbors was dis cussed at length and various amendments offered, but no final action taken. Fairness and justice de mands that the appropriation for the mouth of Cape Fear River shall be increased from $10,000 to f 100, 000 at least. The Committee on War Claims agreed to report favorably to the House a bill appropriating $103,000 for the payment of claims reported and allowed by the Commissioner of Claims under the act of Con gress of March 3d, 1871. It embraces ninety-three claims of persons residing in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The Apportionment Bill now before the House gives North Carolina nine members of Congress instead of eight. mt EST" During the heavy rains of last week, a por tion of the Swananoa, Tunnel, on the Western N C. Railroad, caved in, killing five convict workmen and wounding several others. Trains were stopped running for two or three days. Report of the Finance Committee Appointed to examine the Books, Accounts and Vouchers of S. E. Belk, County Treasurer, for the year 1880. We, the Committee appointed to examine the Books, Accounts and Vouchers of S. E. Belk, County Treasurer, find thtt there was in his hands at last settlement, J anuary 28th, 1879, a balance due Meck lenburg county of $4,753 15 And that he has received from M E Alex ander, Sheriff, balance due on county taxes for the year 1879, : " " 20,656 47 And has received from M E Alexander, Sheriff, in part payment of county taxes for the year 1880, 21,000 0 And has received from M E Alexander, Sheriff, county poll tax for public school purposes for the year 1880, 3,237 86 And has received from M E Alexander, Sheriff, State poll tax for the benefit of the poor for the year 1880, 754 45 And has received from John R Erwin, Clerk Superior Court, for unclaimed fees and tax on deeds, &c, foryear 1879, 311 62 And has received from John R Erwin Clerk Superior Court, for unclaimed fees and tax on mortgage deeds, &c, for the year 1880, 886 66 And has received from William Maxwell, Register of Deeds, for marriage licenses, for the year 1880, 197 13 And has received from John A Young, Clerk Inferior Court, for unclaimed fees remaining .in office over three years, 1 14 And has received from John A Young, Clerk Inferior Court, for Jury tax col lected, 33 00 And has received from R P Waring, for office rent, 40 00 And from EKP Osborne, for office rent, 56 25 And from John E Brown, for office rent, 125 00 Whole amount received including bal ance on hand, $51.562 73 And that he has disbursed as shown by his Vouchers the following amounts. For the Registration of Voters, $90 18 For Superior Courts, 1 2,455 05 For net of County poll tax for public school purposes transferred to School Book, . ;; 3,237 86 For County Coupons paid A. & R. Air Line Railway Company, . ... 13,947 0 For Prisoners, 2,253 6 " Advertising and Printing, 122 75 " Committee of Finance, for year 1880, 28 00 " County Commissioners, 443 80 ' Coroners and post mortem examina tions, v 575 30 For Books and Stationery, 91 54 " County Jail, . 207 74 " County taxes refunded, - " 308 76 " Court House, . 72 05 " Unclaimed fees paid, " - v - 15 57 " County Coupons paid A., T. & Ohio Railroad Company, 6,958 00 For Assessors of Property, 275 00 " County Treasurer, for the year 1879, on $62,471 received and paid out, 1,249 42 For Contingents, 67 80 " Computing Tax Lists, 437 55 14 Inferior Courts, 2,633 74 " Clerk Board County Commissioners, 272 70 " County Fence, 21 00 u Roads and Bridges, 122 09 M Poor and Poor House, 2,899 19 Making the whole amonnt disbursed and -transferred to School Book, $38,785 05 Leaving a balance in his hands due Meck lenburg county, January 28th, 1881, of $12,777 68 And we have found the Receipts, Accounts and Vouchers of the Treasurer all correct, January 28th, 1881. : - T. L. VAIL, ) Committee R. M. WHITE, V of JNO. F. ORR, ) Finance. An Itemized Monthly Statement of the above condensed Report has been posted at the Court House door by the Treasurer. Attention is directed to the pro posed Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Gra., next October. YVe notice it is growing in favor, and in New England is exciting due attention. Mr Aaron Burr Hays, of New York, who died the other day, was remarkable tor two things. He was the oldest bank cashier in the world and the only man in America named after Aaron Burr. v 1 1- r ,1 JL . ... N. C. Lwci8lature. " " Condensed proceedings from the Ral. Observer. A large number of petitions from all por tions of the State for a prohibitory liquor law, has been presented to both Houses. The bill exempting the South Fork of the Catawba River from the requirements of the Fish Way law, has passed both Houses, and so has the bill to restore to the common school fund the money expended for the support of normal schools. r In the Senate the following bills passed their third reading: The bill to amend the charter of the City of Charlotte ; the bill to authorize the Commissioners of Cabarrus county to levy a special tax; the bill to al low the Commissioners of Rutherford coun ty to issue bonds ; the bill to regulate the punishment of larceny when the amount stolen does not exceed $5, leaving the pun ishment discretionary with the Jndge ; the bill to amend section 25, chapter 104, Bat tle's Revisal, relative to ditches across pub lic roads ; the bill for the relief of school districts in Union county. In the House, the bill to create the new county of Durham from portions of Wake and Orange counties, after a long contest, f)afsed its third and last reading by the fol owing vote : Yeas. Battle, Benberry, Binisham, Blaisdell, Bigelow, Bowman, Bradshaw, Brooks of Bruns wick, Brooks of Transylvania, Brown, Bryson, Bunting, Carter, Chappel, Click, Cooper, Cowan, Cowell, Cox, Davis of Haywood, Davis of Madison, Day, Dixon, Dunn, Gaither, Gatling, Gentry, Gra ham, Grainger, Green of Craven, Green of Harnett, Green of Orange, Grseber, Gwyn, Hayley, Hanner, Hicks, Hood, Johnson, Manning, Morrison, Moore, Munden, Neal, Newell, Nicholson, Page, Parish, Pasour, Pritchett, Ragsdale, Ray, Riggs. Robbins, Roberts, Rose, Savage, Simpson, Smith, Snipes, Spainhour, Sparrow, Sykes, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Turner of Moore, Turner of Stanley, Ward, Washburne, Watson, Weaver, Webster, Winstead and Worthington 74. Nats Bledsoe, Boykin, Bradley, Culbreth, El lington, Glenn of Rockingham, Hamrick, Harper, Harrison, Hays, Horney, King, Leak, McClure, McCauley, McEachern, Perry, Pool, Smedes, Tate, Toon, Turrentine, Waddel and White. 26. Twenty members not voting. The following bills passed their third reading in the House : Senate bill to incor porate the town of Cherry viile ; the bill to repeal chapter 72, laws of 1879, in regard to the short form of deeds ; the bill to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors to minors; the bill to decrease the bond of County Sur veyors from $4,000 to $1,000. In the House, on the 14th, the Bill to erect a Supreme Court and Library build ing was laid on the table by a vote of 69 to 11. A proposition to sell the State's inter est in the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road (running from Fayetteville towards Greensboro) was ordered to be printed for information. A bill in regard to drai in g certain lands in Lincoln county passed. On Tuesday, the 15th, there was a little breeze in the Senate about the statUB and condition ot the Western N. C. Road, the sale, &c. In regard to these proceedings, the Raleigh Observer remarks : "With regard to the affairs of the West ern North Carolina Railroad Company, it is said in public that Mr Best and his last associates are at points ; that Mr Best claims to retain control of the Western North Carolina Railroad, and proposes to use it with the Midland and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad in forming a grand trunk line to the sea i but, on the other hand, it is said that Mr Best has lost his interest in the Western North Carolina Railroad, and that practically it is under the control of his late associates, CoL An drews, Col. Buford and Mr Clyde, who have advanced him $50,000 to make his payments, &c, in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the State. Of these matters we know nothing, but we under stand that an investigation will probably be had before Col. Staples committee dur ing the week, when Mr Best and Col. An drews, and perhaps others, will be ex amined on oath about them." The bill to secure the better drainage of the low lands of the counties of Lincoln, Rowan, Davie, Catawba and Iredell, passed its third reading. The Governor sent in a brief message transmitting all the correspondence with reference to a proposition by Gen. Imboden, in behalf of Mr Hvndman, for the purchase of the State's interest in the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company. The proposition in brief is to complete the Road to its terminus in Caldwell county within two years and to pay ten dollars a share for the State's stock. In the House, the contested election case between Foy and Ward, from Onslow, was decided in favor of Foy, the contestant, by a considerable majority. Both are Demo crats. Fooling with Spiritualism. Foster, the spiritualist, gave a performance at New berry, S. C, the other night, which came near having a tragic ending. The New berry Herald tells it thus : Mr Jaeger, one of the committee, drank some of the water that had been turned into wine ; a few minutes afterwards he became very sick. He went to Dr. Fant's Drug Store, and by the aid of antidotes was relieved of danger. Saturday he had Mr Foster arrested for poisoning him, and a preliminary examina tion was held before Judge Packer Satur day night. From the examination it ap pears that the "wine" was the result ot a mixture of Tannic acid and some compound of iron. There being no intent to poison, and Dr. Garmany testifying that there was not enough acid used to kill, the prisoner was discharged. Mr Jaeger has been quite sick since Saturday night, but is now well again. A Diabolical Attempt to Weeck a Mail Tbaix. Petersburg, Feb. 11. An other attempt was made this afternoon to wreck the Southern bound fast mail train on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, by placing a heavy sill lengthwise on the track, near a curve in the road at Butter worth's Bridge. Thomas Turner and Henry Bailey, colored, were caught in the act by Robert Newsom, who had been employed to keep watch for wreckers. The prisoners were turned over to the police. They will have a hearing before the Mayor to-morrow. Bail was refused. The accused con fessed the crime and said they had been paid to do the work. The villians should have been hanged on the spot. Local Zi&tters. - BT The Report of the finance Committee of Mecklenburg is published in sndther column. - It shows, of course, that Capt Belk, the' County Treasurer, has kept his accounts all right, and makes a plain and fair exhibit of receipts and disbursements. The meeting at the Court House last Satur day, to consider the question of how the public Roads of this county can be best improved, was a big failure so far as adopting or agreeing to any plan is concerned. Those in favor of working the Roads by taxation or issuing county Bonds to make permanent improvements, were largely in the minority in the meeting, as they would cer tainly be if the matter was put to a vote of the people of the county. And it is about equally certain that they are opposed to granting the neces sary privileges to a chartered company of individ uals to make the needed improvements on the Roads, and permit them to collect a small toll for the outlay of money. There is to be another meeting on Saturday next( but of course nothing definite will be done, or can be done, without the consent of a majority of the voters of the county ; and there is no prospect of obtaining that for any plan that has been suggested. E. J. Hale & Son. We wish to call particular attention to the advertisement of E. J. Hale & Son, Publishers, Book-sellers and Stationers, of New York, 17 Murray street. No North Carolinian vis iting New York should fail to call on the good and venerable E. J. Hale, a man who devoted his younger days and the most vigorous portion of his life to promoting the interests of North Carolina. The firm sell books, stationery, Ac., on as low terms as any house in New York, and we hope Southern merchants will give them a call. tW A series of revival meetings began at the Second Presbyterian Church in this city, on Wed nesday evening last, the pastor being aided by the Rev. Thomas Drew, a noted revivalist It will be seen that the Allan Macaulay residence is re-advertised for sale the sale to take place at the Court House on Monday the 14th of March. E. M. Andrews has purchased the stock of Furniture of E. G. Rogers, and will hereafter con duct the business at the old stand near the Court House. Our good old friend, Edward Glavin, who has been living in this city for several years past, has accepted a situation in the Wilmington & Wel don Railroad Company, after being voluntarily out of its employment for six years. He has been urged to take the duty of looking after the rolling stock, hunting up lost cars, &c For more than 20 years he served the Wil. & Weldon Road, and vol untarily retired from office, and now returns only at the earnest ' solicitation of the officers of the Road. Boys, young men and old men, remember that honesty and faithfulness in the discharge of duty will always pay well, in youth as well as in old age. Correspondence of the Charlotte Democrat. Gambaldi, N. C, Feb. 14th, 1881. I have just seen a statement, in the last issue of the Demockat, in regard to the 13th and the 17th year locusts. It said that, perhaps, the 13th year ones will make their appearance this year in this State. I write to say that just thirteen years ago they were quite numerous around and about Alexan drian a Academy, in the upper portion of Mecklen burg county, and were also numerous the same year in portions of Union county. Mr. E. A. Mc Auley, (who can tell as much as any one else about them,) dug them up early in the Spring of that year, prior to their coming. A full account of their strange habits no doubt would interest your many readers. Respectfully, A. J. Habbisok. The New Map op the State. For nearly two years past Prof. Kerr has been at work on his large map of North Carolina. Other maps contain errors which it is de sirable, nay, necessary to correct. Some able engineers and draughtsmen have done much of the work on the map. We find in a letter from Raleigh to the Goldsboro Mes senger the following in reference to the map, which will prove interesting : "Prof. W. C. Kerr's map of the State is rapidly approaching completion. The people of North Carolina are to be congratulated on such a monument of the geological survey. It is a marvel of painstaking labor, our State being one of the most difficult regions in all North America to map correctly. This map will be a permanent addition to geographical science. Large sections of the State, including the greater part of the mountain region, were wholly unmapped heretofore, except in a rude way, hardly worth valuing at a higher rate than guess work. In addition to its other features, he is endeavoring to display the county lines with the authentic corrections according to law to the present time." Ral. Observer. The Provision Mabket. Chicago, Feb. 13. The Tribune says a corner (an effort to advance prices) in the provision market is in progress which dwarfs any previous manipulation even the great one of last year. Within a week there have been pur chased 25,000,000 pounds of short ribs, 24, 000 barrels of pork, and 10,000 tierces of lard. The parties are mainly the ones who ran the successful deal a year ago, and it is their intention to put prices far above the present prevailing rates. CHARLOTTE MARKET, Feb. 17, 1881. Cotton easy at following quotations: Good Middling 11, Middling 10, Low Middling 10, Good Ordinary 9, lower grades 6 to 8. Corn and Corn Meal in demand at 70 cents per bushel, and not much offering from country wagons at those figures ; Peas in demand at 70 cents per bushel ; Oats 69 and 65. Other Markets. NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 1881. The Cotton market has a declining tendency (for what reason is not stated.) Middling cotton 11.9-16 cents per pound. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 10, 1881. Cotton market steady at 6.7-16 pence for Mid dling Uplands. Gardening, Trimming, fee. SQUIRE SIMS, colored, offers his services to the citizens of Charlotte who. want their Gardens worked, or Vinos or Fruit Trees trimmed, &c. Call on bim in person or leave orders for him at the store of T. L. Seigle St Co. Feb. 18, 1881. . . MARRIED. . In this city, at the residence of Mr J. 8. Bhafer, on the 16th insL, Mr Samuel Foster, Engineer on the Air-Line Railway, and Ufa Florence Elf. In Columbia. S. on the 10th inst, Hr James A. Johnston of Charlotte, N. C and Miss Alice G. Waters, daughter of Iff C. F. Waters. ; - - In Iredell county, on the 7th inst, Rev:' David Brown of Rowan, aged 66, and Mrs. Mary Ckxlfel- ; ter of Iredell, aged 65. v:,-, j . U In Gaston county, Jan. 80th. by Jacob Kizer, -Esq., Mr James L. Mauney and Miss Laura F. Car pen ter. Also, by the same, on the 10th inst; Mr ; John L. Taylor and Miss Mary Glenn. DIED. ,' In this City, on the 16th inst, of consumption, ' Miss Josephine Phlfer, aged 23 years, daughter or 1 MrJehnPhifer. : -.v In Concord, on the 7th inst, Dr. James lie- Eachera, aged 63 years. . ; In Newbern, on the 7th inst, Mrs Minnie IL Ransom, wife of Gen. Robert Ransom. . . E. J. HALE & SOU,, PUBLISHERS, :ii:Jtit'i BOOKSELLERS AND ; STATIOIiEIlS, ' 17 Murray Street, NeW.Xork,?! v,j Invite orders for School, Miscellaneous and 8tan-: dard Books, and for all kinds of Staple Stationery. WRITING PAPERS Cap, Letter, Note and other size. -. ' ... BLANK BOOKS, of all Grades. . . . , ENVELOPES, all sizes and colors and qualities. SCHOOL SLATES, best quality, all Slate and Lead Pencils, Pens, Inks; Mucilage, &c IJ. HALE A SON. Feb. 18, 1881. ' ' Valuable City Property for Sale. By virtue of a mortgage deed made to me by, Allan Macaulay. and duly registered in the Regis ter's Office of Mecklenburg county, N. C..I will sell at Public Auction, at the Court House door in the City of Charlotte, N. C, on Monday, the 14th day of March, 1881, that valuable HOUSE and LOT known as the Allan Macaulay residence, lo cated on the corner of Trade and Mint Streets, near the United States Mint- On the premises are all the necessary out-buildings, a never failing well of water and one of the best garden spots in the city. This property is centrally located, being within three minutes walk of the Public Square. Terms : One third Cash ; balance in one and two years, secured by Mortgage on the property. The title to the above property is good beyond doubt ' D. MACAULAY, Trustee. T. M. Pittman, Attorney. . Feb. 18, 1881. 4w WANTED, A man with a small family, competent to teach a High School. Suitable houses will be furnished. Apply to D. A. LOWE, Lowesville, Lincoln county, N. C. Feb. 18,1881 tf . t JAS. P. IRWIN, At the old .Post-office Stand, JVear the Court House, Offers to the public, at lowest prices, a fine stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Including various grades of Flour, Sugar and Mo lasses, Corn Meal, Bacon and Hams. A fine selec tion of Teas, Coffees and Spices. ' . Choice Soda Biscuits and Family Crackers. . Canned Goods, Jellies, Pickles, &c, &c. Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos and Cigars. ' Just received choice Buckwheat Flour. Also, Bran, Mill Feed, Corn and Peas always on hand. Feb. 18, 1881. , . CHemicals for Composting. Superphosphate of Lime, Fine Ground Bone. Muriate of Potash, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, German Potash of Salts, and Land Plaster. We have a large amount of these Chemicals warranted of the best and at bottom pi ices. Call and see us and we will show you Certificates recommending them from some of the best farmers in the county. L. R. WRISTON ft CO. Toorevent rust in Cotton there is nothing equal to Muriate of Potash. We recommend it with confidence. L. R. WRISTON CO. Feb. 18, 1881. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. This is to give notice to the public that I have purchased the stock of : 1 FURNITURE ; Recently kept at the eld PostofBce stand, on Trade Street, by E. G. ROGERS, and that I will continue to keep a full and complete assortment of such goods as are usually found at a first-class -" Furniture Establishment ; ' " tW T. W. ANDREWS, formerly with Burgess Nichols, will be with me in the management of my business and will be glad to see his friends. E. M. ANDREWS. t3f Having sold all my stock of Furniture, and surrendered my business as well as the goad will of my trade to KM. ANDREWS, I respectfully invite my friends and former customers to tender to him that patronage which they have so gener ally extended to me. Respectfully, . E. G. ROGERS. Feb.18,1881. . , ' A STANDARD FERTILIZER. Planters cannot afford to cultiTate Cotton in North Carolina without using Fertilizers; neither can they afford to risk a crop with an article which is not known to be what they need. Th6 Patapsco Guano Is a tried and established brand, which 1 have been selling for years to the farmers who buy Fertilizers in this market, and its reputation for RELIABILITY , Is folly established by the testimony of; every one who has used it I otter it again this season. 'Call and see me before buying. - Terms accommodating. My office is in the Court House. JOHN A. YOUNG. 'Feb. 18,1881 2m Is Your Property Insured ? The N. C. Home is an old and reliable Conrpanyi Pays losses promptly. Insures Dwellings, Furni ture, Stores, Merchandize, Barns, Stables, .Live Stock. Mills, Gins, and all other insurable property. ' Insurance is the only guarantee for Indemnity against loss by fire. -. ' ' ' Call on or address THOS. H. HAUGHTON, General Agent, Charlotte, N. C. Feb.18,1881 3mpd - HOSIERY, r Our entire stock of Ladies', Misses and Children's Fancy Hoae will be offered at Coat for the next twenty days, including all the latest styles in Fancy Stripes, Cardinals, Black, Garnet, Gen D'Arme, Seal Brown, Light Blue, Light Pink and, Silk Em broidered. ' " ALEXANDER & HARRIS. Feb. It, 1881. .' - E. . BUTTERICK'S; Metropolitan Fashion SHeet , With MARCH PATTERNS, BicxftEtf. Also, the Catalogue for Spring of 1881. 11- ' . TIDDY& BROTHER. Feb.18,1881.