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V, J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Ketail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Tm on hand a lare and well selected stock of PURE
piuTGS Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family
Mfdic;ncs, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs
Fttncy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
to sell at the very lowest prices.
Jan 1, 1S74.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
OfliTs his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
ntKht and day, promptly attended to.
Office iu Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the
Charlotte Hotel.
Oct 20, 1873.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, K. C.
Brick Office corner of 5th and Tryon Streets.
Evidence oh College Street.
March 11, 1873, .
Alexander & Bland,
DKXTISTS.
Office hours from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Office in Brown's Building, opposite the Charlotte
potel.
August 4, 1S73.
W. H. UOKFMAX.
ISAIAH SIMrSOX.
HOFFMAN & SIMPSON,
Dentists,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
respectfully inform the citizens of Charlotte and
the piildic that they have associated themselves
together in the practice of Dentistry. Their aim
will he to perform all operations relating to the pro
fession in the most skillful manner and highest de
gree of excellence.
Te ih extracted without pain by the use of Nitrous
Oxide Gas. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Office on Trade Street, in A. R. Nesbit & Rro's
new building. Jan. 15, 1873.
W. N. PRATHER & CO.,
Miuiufacturers of
7i u n k n i: ' l X El) CA XI) IE s,
And Wholesale Dealers in
Conicfi'iiirrics, Fureiya and Domertic Fntifs, tfr.
Trade Street, 1st door above Market,
CHARLOTTE, Is. C.
t?" Orders solici.cd.
Jan. 5, IS 74.
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
CllAKLOTTK, X. C.
Consignments of Cotton solicited, on which we
will make libera! advances to be sold here, or if
shippers desire will slii p to our friends at New York
or Liverpool diivct. Commissions and storage on
linKlt'ratc terms.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
CIIAKLOTTE, X. 0.
This will-known House having been newly fur
nished and refitted in every department, is now open
for the accommodation of the Traveling public.
L2T Omnibusses at the Depot on arrival of Trains.
Jan. 1, 1H73. II. C. ECCLES.
W. F. COOK,
Tnnle Street, on North Carolina Railroad,
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Z3 All orders promptly attended to.
Jan. 23, 172.
R. M. MILLER & SONS
Agents kou the Cki.kbuatkd Pkemicm
Milburn Wagon.
A LARGE LOT NOW ON HAND.
Fr durability and style of finish unexcelled,
('all and see "them at our Ware Rooms, corner of
toll,Mre iimj 4Ul Erects, 2d story.
NOTICE.
Having sold out our entire sjock of Groceries to
-"r. U. B. Alexander, -who will continue the business
tour New Store, we respectfully commend him to
tuc favorable consideration of our friends
GRIER & ALEXANDER.
We will in future coutinc ourselves to a GENER
AL COMMISSION BUSINESS, to the purchase
id sale of Cotton and other country produce, to
'He wholesale and retail Liquor, Tobacco and Pow
tcn mess tulilsc furnished on accommodating
We would respectfully solicit a share of the pub
lic
patronage,
GRIER & ALEXANDER.
Ja- 5, 1K74. tf
F . SCARR,
Chemist and Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
1 rscrij,tions prepared at all hows of the
Jbay and Night.
JjI constantly on hand all kinds of Drugs, Medi
bR iliu,5 0,,i Dje Stuffs, Spices, Green and
June 9,1873.
$50,000 Worth of Goods
TO BE SOLD
T AUCTION PRICES FOR CASH.
iavm? determined to rlosp out. our Drv Goods
for
. .. ."rthe entire etnrb- ot ivhslnuAr iri PATi Wt
it.
... 1 1 ui. liuillbl ,4 " O
to gare selling Goods at retail from twenty-five
her .J Cent clmper thau can be bought else
tent at wlu)1-'sale from fifteen to twenty per
of GwjCan what we say, and all persons in want
onCe should call and examiue our stock at
Qa (uereby secure bargains.
p, , BREM, BROWN & CO.
blotto N. C, April 27, 1874.
The fine for killinir n tnvL tn Ut-A .
. . . "M ""vniiij; UIIU ur rou-
mg its nest of young is $20. The offender may be
arrested by any party, without warrant. The fine
goes to the public school fund. Richmond Whig.
If such a law was in force in this section many
boys or their parents would be bankrupted. We
are tola that scores of boys make it their business
to rob birds' nests, and some boys have accumu
lated from 50 to 200 bird i' eggs. Of course the
little birds will be scarce about this city hereafter.
Ice Cream, I Scream.
Ice Cream to-day, and every day during the sea
8Siaayl 18,1874. D. M. RldLER'8.
NOTICE TO
Merchants, Farmers & Grangers.
A. R. N IS BET & BRO.
Call attention to the fact that they have on hand in
store and are daily receiving a very heavy and
complete stock of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Which they offer at wholesale and retail as cheap
as can be bought this side of Baltimore.
Call at our Store on Trade street, two doors from
Public Square.
Feb. 9, 1874. A. R. NISBET & BRO.
OATES BROTHERS,
COTTON BUYERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
Are now ready for business. Consignments of
Cotton, Griin, Flour, &c, solicited. Cotton re
ceived and sold or stored on accommodating terms.
We have storage room for 800 to 1 ,000 bales. Where
parties desire it, we are prepared to ship their Cot
ton to New York without additional charge by us.
Refejiexce M. P. Pegram, Cashier 1st National
Bank of Charlotte. J. E. OATES,
Sept. 8, 1873. J. M. OATES.
A CARD.
Having rented the office recently occupied by W.
J. Black, we are prepared to do a "general commis
sion business. Strict personal attention given to
purchase and sale of cotton, corn and country pro
duce of all kinds. Liberal advances made on all
consignments made to us.
We therefore respectfully solicit a share of the
patronage heretofore bestowed upon us. We "have
large European orders, and will paj' the highest
price for cotton.
Very respectfully, &c,
W. II. II. nOUSTON & CO.
Jan. 12, 1874.
NOTICE.
Elias, Cohen & Roessler.
We are ;iov receiving our immense Stock of
SPRING GOODS,
Which for style, qualify and cheapness, cannot be
surpassed, consisting in part of
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Ready-made Clothing, Fur, Wool and Straw Hats,
Boots and Shoes,
MILLINERY GOODS,
Notions, Cutlery, Crockery and a general assort
ment of Merchandise suited to the Wholesale and
Retail trade.
Having every advantage of purchasing direct
from Manufacturers and Commission houses, we
do not hesitate to say to our friends and customers
that we can afford and will sell Goods
AS CHEAP OR CHEAPER
Than any other house iu the State.
With a 2t years experience of what the people of
this and surrounding counties need, and having
established a reputation for fair and honorable
dealing, we will make no promises but what we
will fill.
Our Goods were bought cheap and will be sold
cheap.
Wholesale Merchants can save
money by examining our stock before buying
elsewhere.
Come, see, and be satisfied.
ELIAS, COHEN & ROESSLER
March 2.r, 1874.
FURNITURE.
P. M. SHELTOU
Has on hand and is constantly receiving great va
rieties of Bedroom Suits. Cottage Furniture, Bu
reaus, Wardrobes, Chairs, Looking Glasses, Spring
Beds, Matrasses, and everything usually kept in a
first-class Furniture Store.
Mr. Shelton gives especial attention to the Under
taking department, in which he keeps a full assort
ment of Metalic Cases and Wood Coffins.
All of the above selling at astonishingly low
prices. Call and examine.
F. M. SHELTON,
South Trade Street,
Dec.15, 1873. Opposite Market.
Just Received,
Prepared Mocking Bird Food.
Canary Seed.
Baker's Chocolate.
Genuine Sweet Chocolato.
Lemon Sugar.
Coleman's Mustard.
Pure Salad Oil.
Ground Pepper.
Dooley's Baking Powder.
Royal
Rnmford
Horsford
Sea Foam "
Corn Starch.
Liebeg's Extract of Beef.
Flavoring Extracts.
Essence of Coffee.
Laundry Blue.
Concentrated Lye.
Potash, &c, &c., at
May 35, 1874. WILSON & BLACK'S.
Clover, Orchard Grasss and Lu
cerne Seed,
Just received and for sale by
W. R. BUR WELL & CO.
5aaa LBS. PURE WHITE LEAD,
,vUU 10o Boxes Window Glass,
Linseed Oil, Putty &c, at lowest cash
prices.
March 9. W. R. BURWELL & CO.
Tiddy & Brother
Have just received several more of Busbee's North
Carolina Form Books ; also, Miss Fisher's last
Novel, "Daughter of Bohemia ;" Farm Ballads, by
Will Carleton ; Battle's Revisal.
We still have on hand a few of those beautiful
Rustic Window Shades which we are willing to
sell low for cash.
The young ladies are especially invited to call
and see our new Repp Paper and Envelopes the
prettiest ever offered in this city.
May 25, 1874. TIDDY & BRO.
CHARLOTTE, N.
A Specific for Chicken Cholera."
The following lias been handed to
us by a gentleman living in Lincoln
county, and he assures us that it is a good
remedy : I
"Carbolic acid 1 drachm, water 2 fluid
ounces. Make a solution. Add one tea
spoonful of tiie above to dough enough for
one dozen chickens, and feed three times
daily.
This will be found invariably efficient in
arresting the ravages of Chicken Cholera.
It can be procured at any Drug Store."
It is thought that this remedy will also
be beneficial in Hog Cholera in larger
quantities.
A Lawyer's Advice.
An Irishman by the name of Tom
Murphy once borrowed a sum of money
from one of his neighbors, w hich he prom
ised to pay upon a certain time, but month
after month passed by, and no signs ol the
agreement being kept, his creditor at last
warned him unless he paid it upon a certain
day, he should sue him for it, and recover
by nw. This rather frightened Tom, and
not being able to raise the money, he went
to a lawyer to get advice on the matter.
After hearing Tom's story through to the
end, he asked him :
"Has your neighbor got any writing to
show that you owe him this fifty dollars?"
"Niver a word," replied Tom, quickly.
"Well, then, if you haven't the money
you can take your own time; at all events,
he cannot collect it by law."
"Thank yer honor, much obliged," said
Tom, rising and going to the door.
"Hold on, my friend," said the lawyer.
"Fat for?" asked Tom in astonishment.
"You owe me two dollars."
"Fat for ?"
"Why, Cor my advice, to be sure. You
don't suppose I can live by charging noth
ing, do you ?"
Tom scratched his head a moment in evi
dent perplexit y, for he had no money. At
last a bright idea seemed to strike him.
"An' have yees any paper to show that
I owes yees two dollars?" he asked, with
a twinkle in his eye.
"Why, no, of course not but what does
that signify ?"
"Thin, I'll jist be after taken' yer own
advice, an' pay uather you nor my neigh
bor !' saying which he-left the office and
its occupant to meditate on a lawyer taking
his advice," and a doctor taking his own
medicine.
The proposition to introduce ladies
as railroad conductors is frowned upon in
view of the fact that their trains are always
behind.
Never be ashamed of any labor that if
honest or honorable. Never employ an
other to do what you are ashamed to do
you rself.
CSsT3 Be kind and courteous to every one,
for so long as you act like a gentleman or
lady, you will be treated as such.
uSIT3 Despatches from Calcutta state that
the distress from famine in India is increas
ing. Nearly three million people are de
pendent upon the government for food.
Cleaveland Mineral Springs,
(formerly wilsox's)
Near Shelby, 55 miles West of Charlotte, N. C.
This favorite watering place will be open for the
reception of visitors on the 10th of June.
Passengers coming on the Carolina Central Rail
way will be met by hacks, and conveyances will be
sent to the Air-Line Railroad and other points
whenever desired.
Cold and Warm Baths, White Sulphur, Red Sul
phur and Chalybeate Water. Band of Music and
other sources of amusement. Fare first-class.
For further information, address
T. W. BREVARD,
May 25, 1874. 2m Proprietor.
CURIOUS
GARDEN HOE.
Call at Walter Brem & Co's Hardware Store and
see the latest and best improvement in the shape of
a Garden Hoe. It can be made into any shape de
sired for a Garden implement It is a curiosity of
the kind, and is very useful.
WALTER BREM & CO.
April 20, 1374. -
W. B. TAYLOR,
DEALER IX
SPORTING GOODS,
Such as Guns, Pistols, Rifles, Fishing Tackle, Am
munition of all kinds. Pocket Knives, Razors, &c.
The Repairing
of Guns, Pistols, Umbrellas, Keys and Locks
promptly attended to.
General work in Iron, Brass, Copper, Steel, Bell
Hanging, &-c, wi 1 be executed at short notice.
Store and Shop at Beckwith's old Stand, third
door below Springs' corner.
April 27, 1874. 6m W. B. TAYLOR.
One Thousand
Gallons of PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL in sealed
packages, just arrived.
J SMITH & HAMMOND,
April 20, 1S74. Sole Agents for this City.
Is it Safer?
No accident has occurred from the use of Astral
Oil while many lives have been lost and much
property destroyed by Kerosene.
rroterj j SMITH & HAMMOND.
April 27, 1874. Pharmacists.
Soda Water.
Ice Cold Soda Water at
May 18, 1S74. WILSON & BLACK'S.
TAILORING.
John Vogel, Practical Tailor,
liespectf ully informs the citizens of Charlotte and
surrounding country, that he Is prepared to manu
facture gentleman's clothing in the latest style and
at short notice. His best exertions will be given to
render satisfaction to those who patronize bim.
Shop opposite old Charlotte Hotel, next door to Bar-rin-ner
& Wolfe's Store January 1, 1874.
C, JUNE 8, 1874.
How Long shall we Sleep?
The fact is that as life becomes concen
trated, ami its pursuits more eager, short
sleep and early rising become impossible.
We lake more sleep than our ancestors ;
we take more because we want more. Six
hours' sleep will do very well for a plow
man or a bricklayer, or any other man who
has no exhaustion but that produced by
manual labor, and the sooner he takes it
after his labor is over, the better. But for
a man whose labor is mental, the stress of
work is on his brain and nervous system,
and for him who is tired in the evening
with a day of mental application, neither
early to bed nor early to rise is wholesome,
lie needs letting down to the level o re
pose. The longer the interval between the
active use of the brain and his retirement
to bed, the better his chance for sleep and
refreshment. To him an hour after mid
night is probably as good as two hours be
fore it, and even then his sleep will not so
completely and quickly restore him as it
will his neighbor who is physically tired.
He must not only goto bed later, but must
lie longer. His sleep probably lies iu the
early morning' hours, when all the nervous
excitement has passed away and he is in
absolute rest. Science of Health.
Laughter as a Medicine.
A short time since, two individuals were
lying iu one room, very sick, one with
brain fever, and the other with an aggrava
ted case of the mumps. They were so low
that watchers were needed every night, and
it was thought doubtful if the one sick of
fever could recover. A gentleman was en
gaged to watch over night, his duty being
to wake the nurse whenever it became
necessary to administer medicine. In the
course of the night both watcher and nurse
tell asleep. The man with the mumps lay
watching the clock, and saw that it was
time to give the fever patient his potion.
He was unable to speak aloud, or to move
any portion of his body except his arms,
but, seizing a pillow, he managed to strike
the watcher iu the face with it.
Thus sudddenly awakened, the watcher
sprang from his seat, falling to the floor,
and awakened both the nurse and the fever
patient. The incident struck the sick men
as very ludicrous, and they laughed hearti
ly it for some fifteen or twenty minutes.
When the doctor came in the morning lie
found his patients vastly improved; said he
never knew so sudden a turn for the better,
and now both are up and well. Who says
laughter is not the best of medicines ?
And this reminds the writer of another
case. A gentleman was suffering from an
ulceration in the throat, which at length
became so swollen that his life was despair
ed of. Ilis household came to his bedside
to bid h:m farewell. Each individual shook
hands with the dyin" man, and then went
away weeping. Last of all came a pet ape,
and shaking the man's hand, went away
also with its hands over its eyes. It was so
ludicrous a -sight that the patient was
loreed to laugh, and laughed so heartily
that the ulcer broke, and his life was
saved.
Civil Rights axd Social Equality.
The colored people of the country are most
in need of friends who will teach them self
government and self-reliance. But such is
not the character of the friends they have
in Congress. The civil rights bill, which
has parsed the Senate and which is now
pending in the House, they undoubtedly
wish to see passed, they would have us be
lieve, iu the interests of the negro. The
bill is, however, in direct conflict with these
interests. It will kindle anew in the
breasts of the white people of the South
and of the North a feeling of antipathy for
them which was fast disappearing. The
white and the colored populations of the
South have been getting along together a
great deal better than any one expected at
the close of the war. They have been
gradually accommodating themselves to
the new order of things. The hereditary
feelings of the former against the latter
have been dying out. It is to be feared
that the civil rights bill will revive them.
We are glad that the bill meets with
little favor in the House. It is best for
both the white and colored people it should
be defeated. It is time that the Southern
whites should find a few friends in Con
gress. The negro has been secured his
political and legal rights. His social status
he should be allowed to achieve for himself.
Chicago Tribune.
JST In South Carolina the public
thieves have held on to the crib with death
like pertinacity and the people
are irretrievably mined. They cannot
meet the demands of the negro legislators
for spoils, and their property is being rap
idly sacrificed. In one county alone the
sales of property under the sheriffs ham
mer for non-payment of taxes lasted sever
al days and 2,900 pieces of property in that
county were purchased by the Slate for
want of bidders.
NEW SHOE FACTORY,
SAMPLE & ALEXANDER,
Manufacturers
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and LEATHER,
Have opened their Shoe Factory, and are now pre
pared to furnish good goods to the wholesale and
retail trade at prices that defy competition. Call
and examine style, quality and price before buying.
SAMPXE & ALEXANDER,
Feb. 2, 1874.
Flour.
We have Just received 700 barrels of the cele
brated "Southern Beauty Flour." One trial will
couvince you that it is the best on the market tor
the money.
March 16, 1871 R, M. MILLER & SONS.
-j TWENTY-
The Former Days Better than These.
Communicated to the Wilmington Journal by
Rev. J. C. Hidex.
The swarm of would-be philosophers,
whose existence seems to have been
brought about and nourished by the ex
citement of the times, constitutes one oi the
most noticeable phenomena of our day.
Human nature is seldom more completely
displayed iu its imperfections, its liability
to err, its superficiality, than iu the class of
people who, taking for granted the exist
ence of certain effects or phenomena, go
diligently, though not always wisely, to
work to explain their causes. Leaving out
of view the paramount importance of first
settling the fact of the existence of certain
evils in society, they spend their time, tal
ents and labor in learned discussions of the
causes of the evils. They very devoutly
believe in the Virgilian maxim that he is
happy who knows the causes of things,
whether the things themselves really exist
or not.
A somewhat curious instance of this sort
of philosophical speculation is said to have
occurred among the savans of Europe.
The following question hail been proposed
(probably by some wag) for the considera
tion of some learned philosophers: "Why
is it that a tub perfectly full of water will
not be made to overflow by the introduction
of a live fish ?" The question was too
much for the wisdom of the wise. It was
given up in despair by many; but finally
it was proposed to a man who had much of
the practical in his structure. Said he,
"Let's try it." A vessel was brought, filled
to the brim, aud a live fish procured and
thrown in, when to the chagrin of the wise
acre, and no doubt to the amusement of the
waggish propounder of the question, the
water splashed out. This story, though
certainly old, and probably fabulous, illus
trates the character of much of the specula
tion of our day, and especially of the specu
lation which concerns itself about the
causes of the vast and terrible deteri
orations which it is assumed our morals
have undergone within the last ten years.
That war is a great evil, we do not mean
to deny; that peace is a blessing greatly to
be desired and earnestly to be prayed for,
we do not now controvert ; but we cannot
sympathize with the doleful philosophy
which we hear at every street-corner, read
iu many newspapers (especially the re
ligious ons), listen to from too many pul
pits, and find in everj'bod)'s mouth the
theory that condemns the present time as
the most corrupt, vicious and demoralizing
that our land has ever seen; which denounces
the days as degenerate, the country as ruin
ed, a ml society as altogether given over to
moral disorganization ; and all on account
of the war.
Before people undertake to account for
such a state of things let them have sure
ground for believing that it actually exists.
Few things demoralize a man more than
does the general assumption that he is al
ready demoralized", and thus it is possible
iu this direction to do mischievous foul sin
in chiding sin. It is a remarkably honest
man who is more honest than he knows he
is expected to be, and what is true, of indi
viduals is, iu this matter, equally, true of
communities. The moral power of a healthy
public opinion, and of the knowledge that
such public opinion does exist, exercises
over the average man an influence
which society can ill afford to weaken orio
ignore. Over the criminal, and the out
cast of society and over the large class
which fills the space between these and the
thoroughly honest man, it is the controlling
influence, and even over the verv best
specimens of the human race its influence
is not to be set at nanght without peril
to the individual, if not to the mass of so
ciety. Hence we frequently find it true that the
most scathing denunciations of the demoral
ization of society come from the most thor
oughly unprincipled men. It is not pleas
ant for the scoundrel to feel that he is con
stantly surrounded by honest men. and
hence he will be glad to impeach society at
large as a grand swindling corporation, and
thus apply to his conscience the salvo that
he is only robbing the robbers, and that he
is no worse than his neighbors. Few liber
tines believe, or profess to believe, in the
purity of woman, or in the conjugal
fidelity of man. To believe iu these
would be a source of constant self-reproach
ami of inevitable self-condemnation.
For reasons of this character we think it
incumbent upon the critic of the morals of
a community, or of society at large, to
make out a perfectly clear case as to
fact, before he proceeds to moralizing
about causes ; and we insist that the moral
ist who fails to follow this order in his in
vestigations, is running a serious risk of
damaging the cause of practical morality.
Why assign the war, or anything else as
the cause of effects whose very existence
is problematical, or of the extent of whose
existence there is, to say the least, little
hope of a correct estimate with our light
and our experience. The material for mak
ing up a fair decision is not at hand ; and
even if it were, few minds are in a sufficient
ly historical frame to sum up the evidence
nd pronounce an accurate judgment.
This spirit of depression has become a
gigantic evil in our churches and an intol
erable nuisance to society; and it is all
the worse when we consider as a reflecting
man ought to do, that there is really no ade
quate reason for it. It will hardly
benefit anybody, and has been disastrously
discouraging to many. No man need die
but once ; yet, tome people die a thousand
deaths in. fearing one. Do not talk mourn
fully at a sick bed, even if the patient is
very ill ; and if he is nott then remember
that your long face aud gloomy words may
make him o.
If von have utterly lost heart, then quit
the field ; but don't make the heart of
vour brethren to faint even as your owu
SECOND VOLUME -N UMBER 1127.
heart. If you can encourage one votary
man to hold up his head and manfully face
the trials of the day, for the Iove'ol heaven
do it. . But if you cannot conscientiously
do this,1 then stand aside. We want no
funeral dirges in a hand to hand battle.
The Drones in our Hive.
If all the drones in every community
were put to work, and if, in addition, the
many, many thousands of incompetent peo
ple who, impelled by the foolish ambition
to be considered better than the toiling
masses, waste their lives in fruitless efforts
to accomplish succe ss in the pursuits the?
have chosen, could be .made to engage in
honest aud j)roduetiye . labor, - mankind
would be much better offl We, shall not
undertake to statu with precision the exact
proportion that the drones and idlers aud
foolish people who misapply their energies
bear to the working part of the human
family. We know, however, that it is
very large. Every nation, every communi
ty, every neighborhood, every family, hat
its share of these persons. They live upon
the labor and hard earnings of those who
are neither too lazy nor too proud to work.
Every man knows many such people. . Ho
sees so-called lawyers, and doctors, and
preachers, who ought to be at work in the
fields. An industrious ploughman is far
more respectable and much happier. Great
numbers of people become misplaced ,a
life in consequence either of their own.fajse
pride or that of iheir friends. We every
day see people who would make excellent
blacksmiths, or carpenters, or shoemakers,,
or small farmers, wasting their , lives in
more ambitious callings, in which they
never accomplish anything, because. they
are unfitted for them. These people have
to live in one way or another. Many of
them are burdens to their families, others
contract debts until they have no credit
left, and others still live from hand to
month, and do not know one day how they
will provide food for the next. The mhv
fortune is, that many of these people marry
and have largo families. How the wive
aud the little ones of some of them are
housed and fed aud clothed is a mystery.
But iu numerous instances the burden falla
upon the poor, feeble wives, who in addt
tion to cares, watchfulness and solicitude
about their children, have to toil day and
night with their needles to procure bread
for them and their worthless husbands.
If all these drones and misplaced men
could be made to work in the fields or
somewhere else every community would ba
better off and there would be comparatively
few suffering families.
There is always room for them in agrt
cull ure, and a certainty too, with . rcasoua
ble diligence, of a support. No matter
how bad the seasons may be they can, with
anything like ordinary management, make
bread and raise enough domestic animals
and fowls to furnish their tables. They,
can have eggs aud butter and milk; housg
room and fuel may always be relied upon. ,
If, in this State for instance, all the able
bodied men, not including those employed
in and fitted Or other useful pursuits, were
engaged in agriculture in ail its various,
branches, our productions would be three
or four-fold greater than they now are.
There would be few families in a starving
or half-starving condition. We should iu
a few years get out of our difficulties and
become prosperous.
'm
Lanes over the Ocean.
The question of "steam lanes, that Is
regular pathways for vessels sailing east
ward and different courses for those coming
this way, has been agitated for some time
with much force by various scientists and
newspapers. ' The latest advocate of steam '
lanes is the chief of the Coast Survey, Vrot, .
I'eirce. Prof. Peirce's championship of tha
matter is important by reason of his high
official position. His advocacy of the bill
relating to the subject now before Congress
will expedite its passage, we hope. This
bill was prepared by the Chamber of Cora
merce of New York, and is now in Senator
Conkling's hauds. The idea of steam lauei
is no new one on cither side of the ocean.
The late Matthew F. Maury, of revered
memory, broached it as early as 1855, in a
correspondence with bodies of shipowners
aud underwriters, and it has been advoeat
ed by eminent naval authorities of Eng J
land, France and Germany lately with
much force by Prof. Von Freiden of tba
North German Observatory, with a view
to the greater safety of the German
steamers. But the New York Chamber oi
Commerce has given the first practical turn
to the discussion by memorializing Con
gress for the appointment of commissioners
to act with those to be designated by for
eign powers the whole to form an inter
national tribunal before whom owners o
vessels, shipmasters aud scientific observers
may appear aud be heard. The Chamber!
memorial did not propose any definite plasj
by which the dangers of collision could b
wholly avoided. That was considered out
of the question. But it was assumed a
self-evident that an establishment inward
and outward ocean tracts, for winter and ,
summer, within defined lines, and with uf
licieut HnaIties njon vessels and owner ,
for non-compliance, would greatly ditninUh
the K;rils of ocean travel hi steamships. '
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Boss Tweed's daughter has jast
been married in New York. The wedding
was a splendid affair, surpassing, in every
respect, that of Miss Nellie Grant, The
bride, whose father is serving a term in
the penitentiary for grand iarceuy, only
received 500,000 worth of present,
imm mm i
An Illinois woman, when they first
began to have Congressmen atdarge ut
there, hearing the fact alluded to, straight
way rushe'd into tins kitchen, fxelaiming,
."Sarah Jane, don't leave the clothes out n.
night, for there's a Congressman at large.