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The Democrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
A Good Word for the South.
At a meeting of the "American Institute
Farmers' Club" in New York last week,
Professor Henry Colton (a native of Nortli
Carolina) read the following paper on the
"Soils and Climates" of the Southern States:
In my humble opinion, Mr Chairman, the
Southern States oiFer at this time the most
inviting field to the intelligent emigrant ot
any pait of the United Stales, and knowing
that the attention of many is directed there
to, I shall endeavor to so sketch the charac
ter of the soil and climate, the products and
resources, as to furnish a brief guide to
Mich as are in search of a home in that re
gion. In two of the Southern States, viz.,
Georgia aud North Carolina, rmv be found
every variety of soil and climat and every
character of wild tree or flower and culti
vated plant of any and every other Stati- in
the Union. This is owing to the fact that
their seashore extreme is very warm from
latitude and contiguity to the Gulf Stream,
and their Western or Northern section,
composed of high mountains which have
the tree growth and summer climate of up
per New York without its rigorous winter.
These States may be said to rise like a
gradual incline from a sea level to an eleva
tion of 1,500 to 3,000 feet, with many
mountains to the height of 4,000 to 0,500
feet. The first has every geological forma
tion of the United States and consequently
all the soils; the latter has but a small area
of limestone lands. The States of Virginia
and Tennessee have nearly all the soils and
products, the former partaking a little more
generally of the Northern type, while
South Carolina and Alabama with varied
soils, partake more of the Southern. The
same may be said of Arkansas aud Texas.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida are strict
ly Southern in soil and products. Virginia
and Tennessee have low, sandy lands,
thence running up to the elevated plateaus
producing the Northern grasses and having
the cool Northern summers, and South
Carolina has also a small strip of similar
character, while the mountains of Alabama
furnish an approach to those sections.
It will thus be seen that the sections in
which those crops are grown which I sup
pose most Northern men desire to cultivate
ior instance, the small grains, grasses and
fruits and at the same time be in a cli
mate not excessively warm in summer nor
approaching that of the North in winter,
with enough of change for good health and
purity of atmosphere but not for discomfort,
are Virginia, Western North Carolina,
Middle and Northern Georgia, a part of
Northern South Carolina and Middle and
Eastern Tennessee and a part of Northern
Arkansas. Texas has so many railroad
companies puffing her merits that I need
not add my little quota. In the sections
named, any soil and climate he may desire
can be gotten by the emigrant, but I know
of i?o better mode of guiding him to them
than by stating the characteristics of the
country on the lines ot railroads which run
into the South. First, I will state that only
in Alabama and Arkansas are there any
government lands by pre-emption or home
stead. Texas has State laws with some
such provisions, but any settler may rely
upon it that ail the most valuable lands
have been long, ago taken up by settlers
and speculators. In Alabama there are
some fine timbered and mineral lands not
yet taken up, as by the law of Congress
they cannot be bought except for home
steads. The granitic and gneissoid soils and
slates of the oldest rocks, such soils as
Westchester county, all New England;
Chester and Berks counties, Pa. ; Morris,
Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties, N.
J. ; and Orange, Putnam, Columbia and
Dutchess counties, N. Y., as a general rule,
not so rocky, however, are to be found on
the line ot the Richmond and Atlanta Air
Line Railroad, all the route from Richmond
south to Danville, through North Carolina,
Upper South Carolina and Georgia. The
line of this road rises from Richmond to an
average altitude of 800 feet above sea-level
in North and South Carolina, thence to full
1,000 in Georgia. It runs in a strictly
Piedmont country, at the foot of the great
mountain chain. Passing through the same
character of land and joining the above
road at Danville is the Washington City,
Virginia Midland and Southern Railroad,
running from Washington City, via Char
lottesville and Lynchburg to Danville. In
Georgia the road from Augusta to Atlanta
passes through a similar region, and also
the road from Atlanta to West Point, Ala.
At direct right angles to these roads and
traversing the same character of soil from
east to west is that part of the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio from Petersburg and
Lynchburg, and beyond to the crest of the
Blue- Ridge; that part of the Carolina
Central, from AVadesboro to Charlotte,
and beyond to its western terminus; the
Western North Carolina, via Morganton,
and thence on its surveyed line to Tennes
see; and the Western and Atlantic, from
Atlanta to Cartersville, Ga. From east to
west this belt of potash lands I call them
thus because they are derived from rocks
having much potash in their composition
and hence do not need that fertilizer I say
this belt from east to west, in New Jersey
not over thirty-five miles in width, stretches
out in Virginia to 160 miles, in North Caro
lina to near three hundred miles, in Georgia
from one hundred to two hundred, and ends
at a blunt point in Alabama. The Rich
mond and Atlanta Railroad runs in it for
over two hundred miles. Any crop may be
grown on these lands which is grown in
the northern sections I have named, with
the addition of cotton and tobacco. The
Piedmont belt has no superior for the pro
duction of peaches and certain varieties of
apples, while from its soil come the original
of the Catawba, Isabella and other grapes.
The color of the soil is usually red or gray ;
the native tree-growth hickories and oaks ;
water abundant and pure ; no mosquitoes
or malaria. Much of this land can be
bought at very moderate rates, seldom over
$ 10 per acre, unless there are good houses.
The railroads running through it are all
great trunk lines, and horse transportation
facilities are good. The climate is mild
and even. It might well be called the
medium belt of oar country.
Mr Chairman, I have thus endeavored to
sketch the points whereat may be found the
soils a Northern man I suppose would like
to cultivate, and whereon may be grown
the crops with which he is familiar. It has
been general, merely stating facts. There
are other points which enter into the choice
of a home, and in indicating where such
advantages may be fuund I shall continue
this series of papers, endeavoring hereafter
to be more brief. The series alluding to
particular sections will commence with
Georgia, as in point of progress, agricul
tural and mechanical, she is ahead of her
Southern sisters, while her social and politi
cal affairs are as quiet as any Northern
State, and her financial condition much
better, and taxes much less than any of the
Western States. I will give the general
advice to persons desiring to buy lands
South or anywhere else, that for a good
judge the best time to look at land is in
September, October and November. One
not a good judge should go in May or June.
And to those who desire to go, I say in the
South there is no danger to any man who
decently speaks his opinions, and this is not
true of many parts of New York or Brook
lyn and other Northern cities.
Reforming Commerce.
According to the Nashville American, the
following resolutions were offered at a recent
meeting of the Nashville Cotton Exchange,
and voted down :
lltnoleed, 1st, That it is the sense of this Cotton
Exchange that the system of dealing in "Futures,"
as manipulated in New York, Chicago and else
where, is demoralizing, subversive of legitimate
trade and highly damaging to the mercantile and
agricultural interests of the counlrj'.
Jiexolred, 2d, That our delegates to the National
Cotton Exchange be instructed to recommend to
the Exchanges of the country, before said conven
tion, to memorialize Congress to legislate so as to
necessitate an actual, bona fide delivery of cotton
and other articles sold for future delivery.
Our Nashville contemporary, commenting
upon these resolutions, thus concludes:
Without special examination, we incline
to think the evil beyond the present consti
tutional power of Congress, and, perhaps,
this is why the resolutions were not adopted.
If Congress had the power to legislate effec
tually against fictitious futures, a memorial
from the Cotton Exchanges would have
great influence, and the suggestion, if made
by the Nashville Exchange, would prove an
honor to our cotton men.
The declaration in the former of the above
resolutions is wofully true. Dealing in
futures, where no actual delivery is contem
plated, is essentially gambling. To the
view of the political economist, the result
of gambling is the transfer of value from
one to another without a consideration.
This is not the least effort which hurts so
ciety and which society has a right to object
to. No man is entitled to a fortune, a living
or anything from the world, except by herit
age or gilt, without returning an equiva
lent. The settlement of a future contract,
without bona fide delivery, is precisely this
sort of a transaction and fills the definition
of gambling, as political economy under
stands that process.
There is in the American building a com
fortable little room which is very convenient
for an office, but which has never been put
to a very profitable use. The writer, a re
porter of this paper, who has not means
enough to buy a fruit stand, might quit his
pencil, rent that office and conduct a busi
ness on the future plan, represented by hun
dreds of thousands. lie could buv and sell
ml
gold in sums of fifty to five hundred thou
sand dollars, cotton in quantities of one to
ten thousand bales, and meat or grain in
similar quantities, and not a particle of the
articles named ever pass his hands or enter
into consideration. This is precisely what
is done in "futures," where no actual de
livery is contemplated. The operations are
put through on a scale that is practically
limitless, overshadowing and bulling and
bearing in the most baneful manner all legiti
mate business. The operators get their for
tunes from the world without giving a con
sideration, and, meanwhile, by a kind of
magnetic induction, demoralize the world's
legitimate trade.
Not a Pleasant Prospect.
In consequence of the discontents among
the Sioux chiefs who have left Washington
disappointed and empty-handed, the Ad
ministration has before it the prospect of an
Indian war of considerable proportions. It
is said that the Sioux can muster from five
to ten thousand warriors; half of them will
be armed with rifles and the remainder with
bows and arrows. Having left the seat of
Government in such a huff, it will probably
require the most skilful diplomacy to keep
them from going on the war-path if at all
molested by white intruders into their coun
try. The memories of former Indian wars
are not of an encouraging character. Those
wars have generally been not only bloody,
but very expensive. It is said that the last
war with the Sioux, in 1S67, cost many
millions of dollars in money, besides large
losses of life and property, while the loss of
the Sioux: was one village burned and six
warriors killed. The war with the Chey
ennes and Arapahoes, in 1804, cost $30,000,
000, while hundreds of soldiers were killed,
many settlers butchered and many settle
ments destroyed. The loss of the Indians
was only between fifteen and twenty war
riors killed.
Southern Cattle fou England. Three
English steamers are at Galveston loading
with cattle for England. This is a new out
let, and may become one of immense im
portance to the South. When Georgia and
North Carolina were British Colonies cattle
and beef were sent from Savannah and
Charleston to London. In recent times,
king cotton has ruined the slock raising
business temporarily in the best climate on
the continent for that industry a mistake
that will be remedied some of these days,
for two dollars will come to the landholder
as easily from grass that needs no tillage,
producing meat, horses and wool, as one
dollar from any cultivated crop.
Rampant. Old Wendell Phillips, whose
large fortune was inherited from a grand
father who sent rum and red flannel night
caps to Africa, and with them purchased
negro slaves for the South, is out in a wild,
harum-scarum harangue on the political
situation. Wendell is the stormy petrel of
Radicalism, and when he flaps his wing,
look out for a tornado.
North Carolina News Items.
Destuctive Fire. On Monday night
last a destructive tire occurred at Rowan
Mills, in this county. The magnificent
steam flouring Mills of Messrs. Emmert &
Bros., and the splendid machinery of the
Rowan Handle works, together with all the
stock on hand in both concerns, were total
ly destroyed. The loss is not less than
fifteen thousand dollars, on which there is
unfortunately, no insurance. The flames
were discovered about two o'clock in the
morning, by which time they had so com
pletely enwrapped the fated building in
their long, lapping arms of fire, that noth
ing could be done to hinder their fierce and
devouring progress. The origin of the fire
is supposed to have been accidental. Salis
bury Watchman.
Federal Court. In the U. S. Circuit
Court at liah igh the case of W. Wallerand
wife of Montgomery, Ala., against the Wil
mington fc Weldon Railroad, was argued,
the suit based on injuries received by Wal
ler's wife in an accident on said road, Sep
tember 1872, between Goldsboro and Wil
mington. The plaintiff laid damages at
twenty-five thousand dollars. Vance, Bat
tle & Son and Busbee appeared for Waller,
and Messrs. Strong, Smith and Pace fur the
Railroad. The jury gave damage of five
thousand dollars.
EdST We regret to learn that amputation
of the leg was found necessary in the case
of Rev. Mr Chandler of Back Creek Church,
in this county. The amputation was per
formed on Monday last by Dr. F. N. Luckcy,
assisted by Drs. Whitehead, Sunnnerell and
Gait her. Salisbury Watchman
23? Elijah Gibson of Richmond county,
was killed by his son at Laurel Hill last
Thursday. The father was drunk and
abusing his family when the son came to
their relief. This so enraged the father as
to cause him to attempt to lake the life of
his son. The killing was adjudged to be
in self-defense.
At Trinity College commencement
last week the degree of Master of Arts was
conferred upon the following gentlemen of
the Alumni : J. A. Monroe, Duplin ; II. W.
Norris, Wake; W. C. N..rinent,N. C. Con
ference; J. It. Webster, Reidsville; S. W.
Brown, Va. ; J. T? LeGrand, Richmond;
A. II. Stokes, Orange; S. Simpson, Presi
dent Yadkin College, and J. M. Craven
Trinity.
Wake Forest College. Degrees were
conferred on the following members of grad
uating class at Wake Forest: Bachelor of
Philosophy, R C Sandling of Wake county;
Bachelor of Science, W W Jenkins of Char
lotte; Bachelor ol Arts, L W Bagley of
Johnston county ; W C Brewer of Wake
Forest, Thos Carrick of Davidson county,
J Y Phillips and M I) Phillips of Stokes
county; Master of Arts, John E Ray of
Wake county, and II R Scott of Rocking
ham county.
The sale of the Western North
Carolina Railroad takes place at Salisbury
to-morrow, the 22d inst.
Disabled Soldiers. Applications con
tinue to be made to the Governor for arms
and legs from soldiers disabled during the
late war, under the belief that the bill grant
ing this relief passed the last Legislature.
The bill in question passed one house but
failed to pass the other, and therefore did
not become a law. We state this to prevent
our disabled friends in the State from put
ting themselves to any further trouble at
this time to obtain this relief from the State
officers. Raleigh News.
wT Judge Mills L. Eure and Miss Olia
Tach were wedded in Hertfoid county on
Thursday, the 10th inst.
Death from Lightning. During the
prevalence of a thunder storm in Wake
county last week, Miss Martin, a young lady
18 years of age, war. struck and killed by
lightning at the residence of her father 3
miles from Raleigh. The young lady was
sitting near the chimney at the time of the
accident, the lightning striking the chimney.
Not a sign or mark of the lightning could
be found on her person. Raleigh News.
A Valuable Invention. Mr W. L.
Rose, a native of Fayetteville and now resi
dent of Wadesboro, has perfected and re
ceived a patent for a very useful and valuable
invention. It is a bale tie, very simple, in
geniously contrived and perfect in its work
ings. The best mechanics have examined
it, and pronounce it without fault.
Election Ordered. Gov. Brogden has
ordered an election to be held in Warren
county on the Gth day of August, to fill the
vacancy occasioned in the House of Repre
sentatives from that county by the expul
sion of J.-Williams Thorne from his seat in
Fedruary last. He has also ordered an
election to be held at the same time in Gates
countv to fill the vacancv in the House of
Representatives occasioned by the death of
Mr R. II. Ballard from that county.
Information Wanted. We have seen
a letter addressed to the Secretary of State
of North Carolina, giving information of the
death of two brothers, named Lucian B. and
N. S. Outlaw. They died in Texas, leaving
a large property, and being unmarried and
intestate, it is of interest to such relatives
as i hey may have left in North Carolina,
from which State they emigrated. The
letter is from one of the same name, but
very remotely connected with the deceased.
The writer thinks there may be some in
North Carolina nearer in degree than he is.
Any information may be addressed to Mr
N. B. Outlaw, Mifflin, Tenn. Raleigh Neirs.
Died. Suddenly, on the 9th inst., Mrs
James Burroughs, of Stanly county. She
had just come into the house from the field
where she had been working, and com
menced preparing her dinner, apparently
in usual health, when she suddenly fell dead.
On the 12th inst., at Major Burns' in this
place, Capt. J. N. Evans. The Captain had
been sick for some time with diphtheria, as
we were informed, but had so far recovered
under the treatment of Drs. Ashe and
Strudwick, as to be considered well. He
had but a few days previous to his death
taken a trip to Charlotte and on his return
was taken worse again. The Captain was
a fine young man and was held in high re
gard by all who formed his acquaintance
while amongst us. Wadesboro Argus.
The Penitentiary
Among the inflictions imposed upon the
people by the Constitution of 1868 is the
necessity for the erection of a Penitentiary.
Instead "of being left to the exigencies of the
public demands and the discretion of the
Legislature, it is made compulsory by the
fundamental law. There was no escape
from the obligation, because it was there in
the Constitution.
Its erection is an innovation upon the
ideas of the people of North Carolina, accus
tomed to see crime punished appropriately.
It is an innovation upon the criminal code,
because the existence of such an institution
provided alternative punishment for offences
which under the old code had other and
more efficient penalties. It compels a modi
fication of the whole criminal code to ac
commodate it to a system based upon the
idea of confinement as a sufficient atone
ment for a large class of offences. And it
entails an immense and enduring annual
cost to the people which must be borne by
them to support a class who could be use
fully employed if, as under the old law, tliey
had been promptly and appropriately pun
ished and discharged.
Is the Penitentiary likely to accomplish
any good purpose? Is it a reformatory in
stitution ? If it is not, then it is in that re
spect worse than useless, for the effect will
be to sharpen the ingenuity of criminals aud
turn them out upon the public more danger
ous than ever. Is the punishment imposed
certain? Everyday almost we see exer
cises of executive clemency, and the periods
of confinement shortened so as to make pun
ishment a nullity. Is it a terror? Nine
tenths of the convicts are negroes, lost to
all sense of shame, idle in liberty, and only
interested in getting enough of what holds
body and soul together, and feeling no bur
den under the restraint of confinement.
Much money has been expended on the
Penitentiary. Much more will be spent, for
it is going to be a never ceasing drain.
But it is one of the burdens of the Con
stitution of 18G8, and must be born till that
instrument is annulled. Raleiuh Neics.
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Humiliating and Outrageous.
On Saturday last two officers, acting un
der the precept (or whatever name the au
thority my be called, for we know of no
such writ or process in the law) of our col
ored Solon, Bill Moore, went to the common
jail where Burgess and Jackson (white
men) were confined for the homicide of
Charles Jackson, colored, got possession of
their persons, carried them to where the
dead body had been laid out and compelled
them to touch it with their hands, under
the superstitious belief prevalent among the
ignorant blacks that if they were the mur
derers, blood would run from the dead body
when it was touched.
This is a revivor of a relict of African
barbarism which we thought had been ex
tinguished ages ago and could only be found
among its native jungle on the head waters
of the Nile.
This man Moore and those officers who
acted under his commands have committed
a grave offense against the persons of these
prisoners, be they guilty or innocent of the
crimes wherewith they are charged ; and
we confidently expect the action of a court
which is competent to punish all such acts
of lawlessness.
That any community of American citi
zens can still be cursed with the existence
of such, so-called, courts of justice, is indeed
humiliating and outrageous; and to the
good people of the Cape Fear section we
can truthfully say that "The heathen have
come into thine inheritance. Wilmington
Journal.
South Carolina Items.
At the last term of the Court of
Lancaster county, S. C, two white men
named Ransom and Gardner were convicted
of purchasing stolen corn and cotton from
negroes, and were sentenced to pay a fine
of 1,500 or go to jail. They chose to pay
up, and the $1,500 was forthwith appro
priated to the payment of the expenses of
the county. The Ledger slates that this is
the first instance upon record in the State
where a party has been convicted of receiv
ing stolen agricultural products, notwith
standing the large amount of it that is con
tinually going on.
Judge Carpenter has declared the
act of the Legislature unconstitutional which
directs that the poll tax of the present year
be applied to the payment of school claims
due before 1st November, 1873.
Snake Bitten. We learn that Mr W.
G. A. Porter, while engaged in catching a
hog in his field last Sunday morning, was
bitten upon the finger by a ground rattle
snake. A short time after the snake bit
him his hand and arm commenced swelling,
and in a few hours he was rendered delirious
and threatened with convulsions. About a
pint of whiskey was procured and given him
which speedily acted as an antidote and re
stored him to consciousness. Lancaster
Ledger.
Terrific Storm. A storm accompanied
with rain and some hail passed over the
Bear Branch section in this county Saturday
evening last, which is described by an eye
witness as being terrific, and destructive in
its course. Acres of woodland were laid
low, the large limbs of trees were twisted
off and carried for some distance, all the
fences in the neighborhood were blown down
and scattered through the fields. No lives
were lost but some narrow escapes. Lan
caster Ledger.
CrisT" Since the terrible Ilolyoke church
burning, a bill has been introduced into the
Connecticut Legislature providing that the
doors of all churches and public places of
assembly shall open outwardly. This is a
wise measure. In case of a panic there
would, with outward opening doors, be no
chance for the choking of the vestibules.
Rockbridge Alum Water,
BUFFALO LETIIEA WATER.
Received fresh from the Springs every week. We
are the authorized Agent for the celebrated Springs,
and have perfected arrangements to receive fresh
supplies every week direct from the Springs.
Excelsior Saratoga Water on draught and in
bottles. Congress Water, Uatborn Water and Star
Saratoga Water in bottles, for sale at
McADEN'S DRUG STORE.
June 14, 1875.
European Crops.
From the N. Y. Bulletin.
It would perhaps be prudent to receive
with some allowance the late cable reports
relative to the condition of the European
crop It is a fact to be noted, as suggest
in. a commentary on these reports, that
thev have been confined entirely to un
favorable features, and have made no allu
sion in any instance to the great improve
ment in the crops of England and the Con
tinent that mail advices uniformly repre
sent as having set in about the beginumg
of May and which has established almost
uniformly good prospects for the harvest.
About twoweeks ago the cable informed
us of serious effects to the French crops
from drouth. Our mail advices of the same
date make no allusion to anything of the
kind. On the contrary, our advices from
Saumur of May Oth stale : "Since our last
report, the weather has been very favorable
for vegetation, and the present appearance
of the growing cereals is most luxuriant
and promising well for the future." A
Paris report of the 21st ult. says: "The
wheat plant on heavy soils continues to
give general satisfaction;" and another
report from the same point, dated a day
later stales, "The heat lately prevalent has
been succeeded by thunder showers in a
large number of places, particularly in Lor
raine and Burgundy, and the greatest
benefit has been derived therefrom."
Our advices from Germany and South
Hussia come up to May 22, and, without
exception, represent the weather as emi
nently favorable to vegetation and the con
dition of the crops as highly satisfactory.
In view of this uniform testimony from a
variety of points, we are at a loss to under
stand what the Mark Lane Express can re
fer to when, in its report for 1 ist week, it
speaks of injury on the Continent from
"frosts and drouth."
Another cable report, dated London,
June 8th, says : "Late advices from Hun
gary give discouraging reports of the crops,
which have been exceedingly backward,
and indicate a generally decreased yield."
How this compares with the following com
mercial advices from Pesth, of May 22, we"
leave our readers to judge : "Weather fine.
The weather during the last se'nnights has
been preeminently Spring-like. The whole
of vegetation has been marvellously re
freshed and invigoiated, and with gigantic
strides is now making up for the time that
has been lost." Had the London grain trade
attached any importance to the sort of ru
mors that have been cabled over to New
York, we should not have witnessed the
dullness and weakness in that market that
have lately prevailed.
The Chemistry of Light
AND PHOTOGRAPHY,
With 100 Illustrations. Price Two Dollars.
May 31, 1875. TIDDY & BROTHER.
Just Beceived,
Another shipment ot those fine Eastern Sweet
Potatoes, at
May 24, 1875. J. McLAUGHLIN'S.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Having adopted the CASH SYSTEM in my
business, I will make it to your interest to give nie
your trade ! But to those who ask credit my store
is not the place for your custom, as I have sold as
much of such as I want. Yours, &c,
June 7, 1875. J. K. PUREFOY.
North Carolina Roe Herring.
10 Barrels and half Barrels of strictly No. 1
Family Roe Herring, just in. Also, No. 1 "2 and 3
Mackerel of this season's catch, branded 1875.
June 7, 1875. B. N. SMITH.
Rushing and Ladies' Neck Ties.
A magnificent stock of Rushing and Ladies' Neck
Ties, just received by express, at
ALEXANDER, SE1GLE & CO'S.
June 7, 1875.
New Publications.
THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LOVERS ar.d
OTHER POEMS, by Paul Hayne.
THE ODD TRUMP A NOVEL.
For sale at PHIFER'S BOOK STORE.
June 7, 1875.
BUY THE BEST.
THE C EL E R R A TED II O ME
Stomach-Bitters.
li. M. MILLER & SONS,
June 7, 1875. Agents, Charlotte, N. C.
A. A. GASTON. D. II. BYERI.Y.
NEW FIRM.
Stove and Tin-Ware Depot.
The undersigned have formed a co-partnership
and will continue business at the old stand in the
Basement of the Central Hotel, where they are
prepared to serve the public with anything in the
Tin-Waie, Sheet-Iron and Stove-Busiuess line.
They have the largest stock of superior COOK
ING STOVES ever offered in this market. Also,
Tin-Ware and all other necessary articles in their
line for House keeping purposes.
Goods will be sold at reasonable rates, wholesale
or retail. A. A. GASTON is CO.
May 10, 1875.
EATING HOUSE.
In the Basement of the Springs Building.
I am prepared to accommodate transient and
regular Boarders with good fare at all hours of the
day. My Cook is said to be the best in the city.
At the Bar all sorts of refreshments, of the best
quality, can be obtained.
May 17, 1875 lm S. M. TIMMONS
Paint Your House
With pure White Lead, in Oil. We have a lot just
from the Factory, near the Lead Mines, which is
undoubtedly pure.
May 3, 1875. T. C. SMITH & CO.
Farmers,
Call on Walter Brem & Martin for Grain Cradles
Gram and Grass Scythes, Cotton Sweeps, Hoes, &c!
They will sell Brades' Crown Hoes very lowfo
casTu- WALTER BREM & MARTIN
June 7, 187i.
W. P. DAVIDSON
CHARLOTTE, N. C
Justice of the Peace, Conveyancer
AXD rf
General Real Estate Agent
Well posted about the Mineral and Farming I 'ami
in North and South Carolina nrma mantis
CiFLoU. attentia W,U S'1Vtn to the sale of
Office at the lower end of Davidson's Furnitnm
June 7, 1875 3m
Death of Gen. Duff Green.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of Ule
inst., in chronicling the death of Gen i
Green, says: A stormy and eventfnl y
- "in
ended yesterday in the death of (jtn T"le
Oropn. He won a nation.il rni...: 1 uff
lifetime of Gen. Jackson, having cmIU V'"
Washington paper during the eventful l
tfuldaVj
f II must havH lu. li .f . ui
and when death overtook him he wash
at the peaceful town of Dalton,in theni
tains of Northern Georgia. Nearly tan"
one of the celebrated men with whon?
walked half a century ago, l,as jor)fr s;l ''-'
gone down to the grave. It is imp0Ji?
to think of this great editor's life will,
calling up many epochs in the history0'!
the country, and he" must have looked L'l
upon his footsteps with memoirs of sadnt
Like his compeers of fifty years a0 l,
a hero a man of unflinching nerve r
honor and of boldness which now seems t
us rashness. After the lapso of so man
years lie has at last gone to join Jacksr
Clay, Crawford, Webster and Calhoun h
he, like them, left his impress upon tlie ,i
tory of the nation to which he belonged
Runaway
From the undersigned, on the 31st of May, a wj .
bound boy by the name of Wallis Beatty, about lr
years old. A reward of live cents will be nai? f
ii- . i .i i 111 'or
vr vv u ail 1)1
ninety
his dcliverv to me and no thanks.
June 14, 1875 3w
D. N. SMITH.
TAKE NOTICE,
TO THE FACT TIIAT
ALEXANDER, SEIGLE tfj CO.
Have determined to close out their entire Stock, ,f
SPRING AND SUMMER DRY GOODS
for the purpose of making room for their Pat t
STOCK at AU
Greatly Reduced Prices.
We intend to carry over as few Goods as possible
next Winter, and for this reason we commence
early to close out our Stock of Spring and Summer
Goods. You will find our stock complete in even
department. Men's and Boy's Clothing,
COAT AND PANT GOODS of all kinds, flat.
Boots Shoes, Hosiery, Gloves, Dress Goods, Shirt?
Collars, &c. '
Call early, as we mean what we say.
ALEXANDER, SEIGLE & CO.,
June 14, 1875. Trade Street.
Lard.
Just received a large lot of Pure Leaf Lard ia
Buckets, 20 pounds each, half Barrels and Ke
R. B. ALEXANDER & CO.
June 14, 1875. College Strwt.
FRESH ROCK LIME.
"We have in store and for sale
200 BARRELS OF LIME,
Newly burned, which is equal in whiteness nJ
strength to any offered in this market.
June 14, 1875.BURROUGIIS & SPRINGS.
Rosendale Cement.
One Hundred Barrels HYDRAULIC CEMENT
which are olfered at reduced prices.
BURROUGHS & SPRINGS.
Calcined Plaster.
We are in receipt of another lot of Calcim l
Plaster or "Plaster of Paris."
BURROUGHS & SPMXGS.
June 14, 1875.
City Taxes.
The City Tax Lists have been placed inniybamls
by the Board of Aldermen, with instructions to
proceed forthwith to the collection of the same.
This is to notify all citizens owing arrearages fur
the years 1872, 1873 and 1874, that 1 can be found
at my office, in rear of Col. J. E. Brown's office at
the Court House from 10 A. M., until 2 p. m ..every
day until the 1st dajr of July next.
It is to be hoped that all will come forward r.inl
settle, and thereby save unnecessary trouble ; nd
expense. Very respectfully,
C. W. ALEXANDER,
June 14, 1875. 3v City Marshal.
SUMMER EXCURSIONISTS,
CA R OLINA CENTRAL RAIL WA Y
TO
Beaufort, N. C and Old Point Comfort, Va.
Tickets now on sale at principal Stations on lliis
line, for the above named delightful Summer Ifc
sorts.
Take the Evening Train with, elegant Slcq'in?
Cars, accommodations which makes close coiiwr
tion at Wilmington with Wilmington & Weld"
Railroad, running a continuous schedule for all
Excursion Points in Virginia as well as Northern
Summer Resorts.
Tickets on sale at the Depot and Wooten's Ei
press office opposite Central Hotel.
Further information furnished on apolicJition
F. W. CLAKK,
Gen'l Ticket Agent, Wilmington, X
T. T. Smith, Agent, Charlotte, N. C.
June 14, 1875.
Trustee's Sale.
The Large and well Selected Stock of
McMURRAY & DAVIS,
Consisting of Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS, SILKS, ,.rfi
EMBROIDERIES, LAlt--
WIIITE GOODS.
HOSIERY, GLOVES, 4
NOTION
House Furnishing Goods, Carpets,
Ready-made Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, 4c ,
offered to the public at astonishingly low Vlice'
for CASH.
All buyers, Wholesale and Retail, will fluj' g
greatly to tneir interest to call and examine w 1
stock, as it must be closed out at once for tasu
No Goods delivered until paid for. Tbts
will be strictly adhered to.
JOHN L. BROWN, Trust
To all Persons who are Indebted to the
of McMurray & Davis.
The above named firm having made an
ment to me for the benefit of their creditors,
comes my duty to urge upon all who owe IC-Li
& Davis, on any account, the necessity of inin .
settlement. A prompt compliance with the req
will save cost, and will, at the save time, co"
favor upon Messrs. McMurray & Davis, "tef
deeply interested in an expeditious settltmi
the matter.
The Trustee cannot assume the responsiy" . .
granting further indulgence, and will be "."
bring suit against all who do not heed tuts
reasonable request. ,rf
JOHN L. BROWN. Tru
June 14, 1875 3v
FOR SALE.
liinJ-
Any good man can, with 'femall Cash oa
secure the Press, Type, Fixtures and go"" "
iuu voucoru oun uy auuressinff
Idressimr
JOHN R. HAB"Hf.
Cor.coM. -
June 14, 1875.
The Grand Depot
For Mineral Waters at cTORk
McADEN'S DRLG ST
June 14, 1875.