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The Democrat,
CIIAIlLOTTE,.N. C.
Terrible Balloon Tragedy.
Donaldson's Death and Confession.
Fom the Cincinnati Times.
The narrative furnished by the Pembroke
(Ontario) News of the death of Donald
son, the aeronaut, and of the confession
that he made previous to breathing his last,
is full of mournful and tragic interest,
especially at this time when the remains of
the unhappy Grimwood are being hurried
at his home in Indiana. It relates that
just two weeks and subsequent to the
starting of the ill-fated balloon, that is on
the 1st of August, Mr Wilson, one of the
editors of the News, together with a party
of friends, set out for a fishing excursion,
intending to be gone until the 1st of Septem
ber. The plan was to push right up the
Ottawa river to its junction with the Mon
treal, and thence up the latter stream to
their bark canoes to its sourcio in lake des
Quinzes, where they intended to mak their
head quarters. It was when within about
fifty miles above the lake, amid the dense
and untrodden forest through which the
Montreal river runs, that the doomed man
was found, partly protected by the ruins
of a fishing-hut, will; his left arm and leg
broken, and starvation slowly making its
way against the few roots and berries that
he had been able to drag himself out to
gather. Gangrene had also set in, in conse
quence of his unattended wounds, and even
the moht unprofessional eye could see that
death was inevitable, and that a few hours
must terminate his sufferings. And yet it
must have been a grand thing, judging
from Mr "Wilson's narrative, to note how the
magnificent phisique and daredevil spirit of
the man rose triumphant over pain and
death. Shattered, starved, dying as he
was, his bearing was as proud and self
reliant as in the hours of his sufferings, was
firm and unbroken to the last. The narra
tive which Mr Wilson noted down from the
lips of the dying man is too long for our
space, but the first portion is so full of
thrilling interest that we give it in his own
words :
"The fact that the wind, lipor. our first
rising, carried us directly upon the lake did
not disturb me a particle, for that had been
my plan from the first. The breeze -was a
stiff one, and its trend such as to carry us
directly across into Michigan long before
the natural loss of gas could have exceeded
the amount of ballast that I could throw
out. Onee in Michigan, I intended to seek
a landing in the woods, to lie quiet until
our absence had given us sufficient adver
tising, and then report at the nearest town.
The storm upset all our calculations. It
struck us about midway in the lake, and at
an elevation of about two thousand feet.
It needed but a few moments to show us
that disaster was inevitable. You see a
storm is not necessarily dangerous to a bal
loon provided it be slow in its rise and
steady in its progress. The balloon moves
as rapidly as the air, and thus escapes in
jury. But this storm was a succession of
lurious gusts, collapsing the balloon on
one side before it could yield on the other,
and driving the gas out of the neck in such
volumes as almost to stifle us. Of course,
to fasten up the neck would have resulted
in immediate bursting. We had to let the
gas go, though our lives were going with
it. The rain, too, added greatly to the
weight of the balloon, and in less than ten
minutes all our ballast was out and we
were still settling. An immediate discharge
of all the ballast at the time the storm first
struck us might possibly have shot the bal
loon up clear of the storm level, but I feared
at the first moment, to risk a counter cur
rent that should carry us up the lake, and
in the next we were so stupefied with the
escaping gas as to be able to work only with
great difficulty and slowness. It was only
when the ballast was gone, and our descent
still rapid, that the thought forced its way
into my mind that one of us must die to
save the other.
"I think the thought occurred to Mr
Grimwood at the same moment as to my
self, only with this difference, that to me it
was a new element of danger which I
had confronted all my lifetime I faced it
quietly. To him it had an appalling
strangeness he sat cowering in the basket,
his teeth chattering, his face livid, his hair
blowing wildly in the storm.. He was com
pletely unmanned and I pitied him deeply,
but it was lile or death. For the moment
the thought occurred to me of giving hini
a chance for his life by drawing lots; but
.in the next I saw clearly that it would be
to him only another mode of death, for he
had not the nerve, even if he had the experi
ence to manage the balloon. At that mo
ment, and it seems to me the strangest
tiling of the journey, there flashed across
my mind a passage of Ulackslone I studied
law a little bit once in my life, you know
which refers to two men on a plank at sea.
It stood out before me, in the pressure of
the moment, as distinctly as it the book
was in my hand, and I think I can recite
every word of it yet." Mr Donaldson's
memory was somewhat inaccurate. We
give passage as it stands in Blackstone,
Vol. IV, page 183 ; There is one species of
homicide, se defendo, where the party slain
is equally innocent as he who occasions his
death ; and yet this homicide is also excu
sable, from the great, universal principal
of selt-preservation, which prompts every
man to save his own life preferably to that
of another, where one of them must inevita
bly perish. As, among others, in that case
mentioned by Lord Bacon, where two per1
sons, being shipwrecked, and getting on the
same plank, but finding it not able to save
them both, one of them thrusts the other
from it, whereby he is drowned. He who
thus preserves his own life at the expense
of another man's is excusable through un
avoidable necessity, and the principle of
self-defense, since their both remaining on
the same weak plank is a mutual, though
innocent, attempt upon and endangering
of each other's life."
"Men think very rapidly at such times,
sir; and all this occurred more quickly than I
can tell it to you. How the matter would
have ended in my mind I cannot say, had I
not seen at that moment Mr Grimwood try
ing to draw a derringer from his pocket.
His hand trembled so that I have no idea,
now, that ht could have hit me; but the
he
movement was sufficient to end my hesita
tion. All the instinct of self-preservation
leaped to my muscles, and it seemed to me but
a simple wave of my hand before Grimwood
was falling towards the lake, and the bal
loon shooting up above the storm. The
scream of agony which the poor wretch
trailed down to the water was horrible, hor
rible. I can hear it yet ; but I do not re
gret what I did. It was my lile against
his; and my life was the better of the two."
The remainder of the narrative is full of
interest, but too discursive for our space.
Once in the quieter air and relieved of
Grimwood's weight the balloon pursued its
course up the lake and across the straits of
Mackihac in Canada, thence returning
again in a direction a little south of east.
It was undoubtedly the same balloon that
was telegraphed from Aurora, Ontario, to
the Associated Press, on July 21, it having
passed over there two days previous. Don
aldson then, according to Mr Wilson's nar
rative must have been lying unconscious in
the bottom of the basket, the basket itself
being careened in consequence of the break
ing of the netting on the side where Grim
wood was thrown out. The rcronaut was
roused from his faint by the crashing of the
basket among the tree-tops but roused only
to be thrown violently to the ground, with
the injuries before mentioned. But fur his
broken limbs, there is little doubt that his
great physical endurance and nerve would
have carried him safely out of the wilder
ness ; but injured as he was, death was only
a matter of a few days. Some provisions
rescued from the wreck of the balloon, 'to
gether with such sustainancc as he could
gather from the forest, kept body and soul
together for a short time; but once in the
hands of his fellow beings, and his story
told, the will which had sustained him
seemed to fail, and a quiet death soon fol
lowed. Mr Wilson returned immediately
with the report, and his comrades are fol
lowing more sloAvly with the remains.
Negro Heathenism.
A Neqro man murdered by Keuroes on
the supposition' that he was a Witch.
From the last number of the Cherokee
Herald we copy the following account of a
most atrocious 'crime resulting from the
superstition of the negro race:
Murphy Ilarshaw, a colored man who
lived in the vicinity of Persimmon creek,
Cherokee county, mysteriously disappeared
about the 14th ult. From the talk and
conduct of the negroes of the neighborhood,
it was soon believed that foul play had been
used arid Ilcrshaw, probably, had been
murdered ; accordingly several persons
were arrested and confessed the murder,
and one of the prisoners took three or fortr
white men and pointed out where the body
had been buried in a muddy branch. The
body was in a decaying condition, and pre
sented a most horrible appearance. From
a negro Terrell Young, they obtained the
following statement : That he, Terrell
Young, Dick Hyatt, Ham Hyatt, Albert
Jarrett, and Sam Hyatt, took Ilarshaw
from his house on Saturday night the 14th
ult., by lorce, for the purpose of murder
ing him, that they intended to take him to
a deep shaft, across the Georgia line, in the
Xotla neighborhood, but on their way, near
theliaper old grocery place, they knocked
him down with a rock, beat him with clubs
and to make sure of their work cut his
throat with a knife, then hid his body as
above stated.
All the above named parties were imme
diately arrested, together with Peter Ilar
shaw, Margaret Ilarshaw, wife of the de
ceased, Sides Hyatt, John Ilarshaw and
Heck Moore, and on an investigation before
E. Craig, Justice of the Peace, were all
committed to jail, but on further examina
tion before D. Weeks, Esq., it .appearing
that the murder had been committed on the
Georgia side of the State line, the prisoners
were accordingly turned over to the Geor
gia authorities to be dealt with according
to law.
The prisoners, by way of mitigation, say
that Ilarshaw was a witch, that he had
bewitched Pete Ilarshaw and others of
their friends, and that they were advised by
a Tennessee negro doctor, that in order to
be relieved from his witchery they must
cut his throat and bury him in the mud.
This is the most cruel and outrageous
murder that has ever occurred in our coun
try; a man at home quietly attending to
his own business, is forcibly dragged from
his home and family and brutally murdered
by a mob who allege he was a witch.
Ought such people be-allowed to vote or
hold office in a civilized country.
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Obtaining Knowledge under Difficulties.
The most extravagant stories that men
invent have their counterparts in real life,
although very often the author of the ro
mance is ignorant of the fact. We have all
been amused or grieved by the painfully
witty attempts of newspaper writers to
describe the indignation of a neighborhood
at the devoted student who tries, in the
dead watches of the night, to master the
mysteries of a trombone. No less indigna
tion was really aroused in the quiet city of
Amsterdam by the attempt of the discoverer
of Ancient Troy, Dr. Henry Schliemann, to
study Russian. This devoted student, who
had mastered nearly all modern languages,
and afterwards studied some of the dead
ones, undertook to teach himself Russian
while he was clerk in a mercantile house at
Amsterdam. He could find no instructors
and no books in Russian except an old
grammar, a lexicon and a bad translation
of Telemachus. He hired a poor Jew for
four francs a week to listen to his Russian
recitations, and his impecunious victim was
obliged to listen for two hours every even
ing to a language of which he could not
understand a word. The ceilings of the
rooms in Holland consist of single boards,
so that people on the ground floor can hear
what is said in the third story. Dr Schlie
mann says, in his autobiography : "My
recitations, therefore, delivered in a loud
voice, annoyed the other tenants, who com
plained to the landlord, and twice during
my study of the Russian language, I was
forced to change mv lodgings." At that
time Mr Schliemann did not have much to
move beside himself and a few books, so
that the removals were no great annoyance
to him, and, in six weeks' lime, he had got
sufficiently acquainted with the language
for his purpose.
(Sihavloile 3embcrai, (Sthctrlotie,
Statement of the Condition of the Bank
of Mecklenburg, Charlotte, N. C. "
Assets.
ledger Balances.
Overdrafts :
Good,
$ 1,350.19
14 061.50
Doubtful and bad,
Offsetted,
Real Estate estimated value
of unincumbered,
Incumbered,
Deficit,
Bonds and Stocks Estima
ted value,
Pledged,
Worthless,
Bank Notes pledged,
Safes estimated value,
Deficit,
Bills of Exchange good,
Doubtful and bad,
Notes discounted good,
Doubtful and bad,
Offsetted,
DuebyNat'l Park Bank, of
New York good,
Cash on hand,
5,495.80 $2 1,507.55
8.3G0.00
21,764.70
7,475.95-
J7,G00.G5
1,734.12
4,650.00
1,010.30 7,994.43
227.95
1,500
2,100 3,000 00
130.39
250.00 380.39
15,081.18
50,397.10
2-1,235.14 92,713,48
304.99
900.42
Due by Tate fc Dewey for
money advanced from
time to time to pay off
their liabilities, 71,030.24
Offsetted, 33,000.00104,036.24
Losses as per profit and loss
account, 78,173.31
$347,499.40
Liabilities.
Deposits, in open account, $07,384.66
Offsetted, 35.50 $07,420.1 6
Deposits, Certificates payable '
in currencv, 90,729.24
Offsetted, " 50,145.3(5140,874,00
Deposits, Certificates payable
in gold coin, 19,404.55
Offsetted, 327.57 19,792.12
Deposits, Certificates payable
in silver coin, 2,915.01
Due to Banks and Bankers, 3,289.73
Offsetted, 5,297.14 8,586.87
Bills payable, 575.00
Offsetted, 21,564.70 22,139.70
Certified Checks, used as cir
culation, 24,821.00
Offsetted, 3,450.00 28,271.00
Capital Stock, 51,500.00
$347,499.40
1 1 ECAPIT ELATION.
Liabilities, Itss offset ts, as
above,
Available asset-, as above :
Overdrafts; $1,350.19
Ileal Estate, 8,300.00
Bonds and Stocks, 1,734.12
Safes, 1,500.00
Bills of Exchange, 130.39
Notes discounted, 15,081.18
Due by Nat'l. Park Bank
of New York, 304.99
Cash on hand, 900,42
$209,179.19
Total available assets exclu
sive of the amount due by
Tate & Dewey,
Deficit,
$29,421.29
$179,757.90
Due by Tate & Dewey for
ineney advanced to pav
off their indebtedness, " 104,030.24
Money deposited to the credit
of J. T. Tate, Ex'r., pro
bably an offset to this
claim, 33,000.00
Bal. duo by Tate fc Dewey, $71,030.24
This item of $71,030.24 is not added to the availa
ble assets of the Bank, for the reason that a correct
estimate cannot be formed at present of its value.
Schedules of the items of Assets and Liabilities
can be seen, by those interested, at the office of the
Bank. Respectfully submitted.
A. G. BRENIZER.
Approved, M. P. Pegkam.
To the Creditors of the Jlanlc of Meck
lenburg. I am gratified that I am able to present a
statement of the Condition of the Bank of
Mecklenburg. This statement has been
gotten up by Mr A. G. Brenizer, Cashier of
the Commercial National Bank and sub
mitted to and approved by M. P. Pegram,
Cashier ofthe First National Bank of Char
lotte. It will be seen at a glance that it
has been a work of great labor and required
time to perfect. This accounts for any
apparent delay. It is due to the creditors
to say that there are debts due the Bank,
which are put-down as doubtful or insolvent,
which may be compromised or settled in
such way as to realize something, for the
creditors. The large claim against the old
firm of Tate & Dewey is already in the
hands of energetic lawyers and will be
pressed with vigor. Upon the statement
of facts submitted every intelligent man
can make an estimate of the value of his
claims. I can only say that at present I
have no larger sources of information than
other persons. When a dividend can be
declared, it is impossible in the present con
dition of things to tell.
W. M. SIIIPP, Trustee.
Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 1st, 1875.
A Good Sign.
While there is a jjood deal ot depression in
business and scores of people out of work, it
seems that among those who are employed
there is more money saved than would be
imagined, at least in some of the States.
The statement of the Savings Banks of the
State of New York show that alf these"
institutiousire in a sound condition, and
that deposits are much larger than they
have been in previous years. The gain,
since the first of January, in deposits is
over twelve millions, and the increase in
depositors thirty-six thousand. This last
feature shows that the deposits as they
generally are in savings banks are largely
by people in moderate circumstances. This
increase for the last six months is larger
than it was since 1862. This State may be
taken as a fair specimen of some others,
and if so, proves a much healthier condition
of affairs among certain classes than there
was reason to suppose, and that when busi
ness does revive there will be millions of
money put afloat of which we never dream
ed. Most of this money-belongs to that
class which, in ordinary times, freely spends
it, and it constitutes one of the main ele
ments of business activity, but is now with
held by the feeling of distrust that per
vades all circles. Washington Chronicle.
The Rev. Dr. Pv. S. Moran was in
stalled as Pastor of Bethany Independent
Methodist Church, Baltimore, Monday
evening. The Rev. Dr. Deeems, of New
York, delivered the charge to the pastor,
Rev. Dr. Leyburn the charge to the people
and Rev. Drs. Sweetzel, Webster and Poisal
took part in the installation services, which
were exceedingly impressive. There was
a large congegation in attendance. Exchange.
North Carolina News Items.
The Robeson County Contested
Case.- The Robeson county contested cage
was argued at Greensboro last, week before
Judge Settle. The Jndge decided that he
had no jurisdiction in the premises, and
that the Convention is the proper judge of
its members, and dismissed the case after a
fair and full argument by counsel.
Gold Hill. At last the long agony
seems to be over. Gold Hill, was sold on
Saturday last for .$25,000 to our townsmen,
Messrs. M. L. and R. J. Holmes. The sale
was under a mortgage in favor of Mr W.
A. Coit of Brooklyn, New York. Judge
Cloud heard the case in Chambers on the
day previous on a motion for an injunction
to restrain the sale, but refused to grant
the restraining order. So Mr Coit carries
his point at last, after several years of the
hardest, most obstinate and persevering
legal fights on record. Salisbury Watch
man. CSP The Raleigh papers announce the
death of Joseph II. Separk, Mayor of that
city, after an illness of some ten or -twelve
days. He was held in high esteem by the
people of the city over which he presided,
where, by a life of sterling worth and in
tegrity, he worked himself up from the
humble walks to a high position, and as he
lived respected, he died sincerely lamented.
Z3f Col. Lot W. Humphrey, President
of the A. & N. C. R. R. Co., has made an
enviable reputation as a railroad manager.
He has conducted the affairs of the road
over which he presides with great ability,
and entirely acceptably to the people of the
State.
The act to secure the sufficiency of
official bonds comes into operation to-day,
when the bonds of newly elected officers
will be tendered. The act is chapter 120 of
the laws of '74-'75.
The blue fishing season has com
menced in earnest at Beaufort, and all
lovers of this sport are invited to participate.
We acknowledge an invitation from the
courteous and hospitable host of the Atlan
tic Hotel.
Accidental Siiootixc. On Saturday
last, Mr John Coon, Jr., of Locke township,
accidentally shot his brother Mr Mumford
Coon, inflicting a mortal wound in the back
part of the thigh. He was taking a loaded
shot gun down from a rack over the door,
when the hammer was caught by some ob
stacle, and the gun discharged into the leg
of his brother, who was at the time ascend
ing the stairs in direct range with the shot.
Mr Coon died on Tuesday last from the
effects ofthe wound. Be careful with fire
arms, boys. Salisbury Watchman.
Mullets. The trite saying ola member
of our Legislature in olden times, when
questioned as to the products of North Caro
lina, that they consisted of "tar, pitch and
turpentine and mullets in abundance is
now amply verified as far as mullets are
concerned. There are plenty of them and
among the finest ever seen in any marke!.
Wilmington. Star.
Meeting of the Trustees. The meet
ing of the committee appointed to report on
the policy of electing a President of the
University at the present time was held
yesterday. The full number was present.
The affairs of the Institution was discussed
freely and fully, and after consultation it
was deemed best to defer the election of a
President until the next meeting of the
committe in January. Raleigh JVeics.
The way British Officers are Punished.
A Colonel in the British Army, named
Baker, offered an insult to a female in a
Railway carriage and was tried and found
guilty by an English Court. The following
statement shows the result of the trial :
Dismissed from thp Army by order of
the Queen. uIIalf-pay Lieut-Col and Brevet
Col. Valentine Baker, late Tenth Hussars,
has been removed from the army, her
Majesty having no further occasion for his
services dated 2d of August, 1875."
These fatal words, which appeared in the
London Gazette on the 13th ult., put an
end to all the rumors which have been
going about for several days concerning
the success of the efforts made to save Col.
Baker from the ignominy of dismissal from
the army and from the pecuniary loss at
tending that disgrace. These efforts had
been entirely successful at the Horse Guards
and at the War Office the resignation of
Col. Baker had been accepted, and the pa
pers were sent up to the Queen for her
signature. But her Majesty, as she has
done on more than one previous occasion,
although not very lately, put her foot down
firmly and declared that the man should be
dismissed. Nothing would move her. In
vain it was represented to her that her
august cousin, the Duke of Cambridge, and
her son, the Prince of Wales, were the
especial friends of the poor man, and that
they both particularly desired that he
might not be wholly ruined. The sugges
tion only made her the more inexorable.
"All the worse for them," the royal lips are
said to have said; "it is disgraceful that
they should have such a wretch for a friend.
But it shall never be said of me that I per
mitted such a man to voluntarily leave my
service. Let him be dismissed with all the
disgrace that he has earned. Her Majesty
was probably right, but still it is a terrible
pity.
Col. Baker's pecuniary loss will be about
16,000 all told, and when he comes out of
prison on the 2d of August, 187G, there will
be no avenue of honorable service left open
to him. The action of the Queen affords a
proof of the fact that her Majesty does give
her personal and close attention to the de
tails of her Government, and that she is by
no means such a puppet in the hands of her
ministers as is sometimes supposed. Her
own popularity will be increased by the in
cident even those who think that Col.
Baker was more than sufficiently punished
by his twelve month's imprisonment and
his proposed resignation will still feel
rather proud of a Queen who has nerve
enough to snub her War Secretary, her
cousin, and her son, and insist on having
her own way,
"SFLCSfc
County Officers.
We publish for the benefit of our readers
the law passed at the last session of the
Legislature to secure the sufficiency of offi
cial bonds. It will be seen that the law
means something, and it will be well to see
that it is put into operation :
AX A CT to secure the Sufficiency of Official
Uonds.
Sec. 1. The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact, That whenever oath
shall be made beiore any Judge of the Su
perior Court by five respectable citi
zens of any county within his District
that after diligent inquiry made they verily
believe that the bond of any officer of such
county which has been accepted by the
County Commissioners is insufficient either
in the amount ol the penalties or in the
ability ol the sureties, it shall be the duty
of said Judge to cause a notice to be served
upon such officer rex ui ring him to appear
at some stated time and place and justify
his bond by evidence other than that of
himself and his sureties. And if the evi
dence so produced shall fail to satisfy the
Judge that the bond is sufficient, both in
the amount and the abilities ofthe sureties,
he shall give time to the officer, not exceed
ing twenty days to give another bond, the
Judge fixing the amount ofthe new bond
when there is a deficiency in that particular.
And upon failure to give & good bond to
the satisfaction of the Judge within the
twenty, days, he shall declare the office
vacant, and if the appointment be with
himself, he shall immediately proceed to fill
the vacancy; and if not, he shall notify the
persons having the appointing power, that
they proceed as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. The person so appointed shall give
bond before the judge, and the bond so
given shall in other respects be subject to
all the requirements of the law in .relation
to official bonds, and all official bonds shall
be considered liabilities in the meaning of
section three, chapter eighty, Battle's Re
visai. Sec. 3. Whenever a vacancy shall be de
clared by the judge, he shall file a written
statement of all his proceedings with the
clerk of the county commissioners, to be re
corded by him. Any bond declared insuffi
cient shall not be put in suit except for
breaches previously committed. No mem
ber of the board of commissioners, or any
other person authorized to take official
bonds of any county, shall become surety
on any official bond upon the sufficiency of
which such board, of which he may be a
member, have to pass : Provided, This
section shall not exonerate him from any
liability for taking an insufficient bond.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from
and after its ratification, and shall apply to
official bonds already given.
Ratified the 3d day of March, A. D., 1&75.
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On Mr G. D. Smith's farm of about
six hundred acres, near Glenn Springs, S.
C, whereon seven white families reside,
five white male infants have been born, we
learn, in five of said families within the last
six weeks, and all are living and doing
well. If other sections of the State will do
as well, it will not take long for the negro
majority in this State to be overcome,
Spurt tin burg Herald.
NEW SCHEDULE.
Piedmont Air-Line Railway.
North Carolina and Richmond & Danville Railroads.
CONDENSED TIME TABLE.
In effect on and af ter Wednesday-, June 23, 1875.
GOING NORTH.
Stations. Mail. Express.
Leave Charlotte, 9.24 P. M. 5.5o A. M.
" Salisbury, 11.58 44 8.34 "
" Greensboro, 3.00 A. M. 10.55 "
" Danville, G.20 44 1.12 P. M
" Burkville, 11.35 44 G.07 44
Arrive at Richmond, 2.22 P. M. 8.47 44
GOING SOUTH.
Stations. Mail. ExniEss.
Leave Richmond, 1.38 P. M. 5 08 A. M.
44 Burkville, 4.52 44 8.35 44
44 Danville, 10.39 44 1.17 P.M.
44 Greensboro, 2.45 A. M. 3.58 44
44 Salisbury, 5.27 44 6.16 44
Arrive at Charlotte, 8.03 44 8.33 P. M.
Below Greensboro.
MAIL GOING EAST.
Leave Greensboro, 3.00 A. M.
44 Company Shops, 4.20 44
Raleigh, 7.50 "
Arrive at Goldsboro, 10.27 44
MAIL GOING WEST.
Leave Goldsboro, 5 OOP M
Raleigh, s.10
" Company Shops, 12.38 A.M.
Arrive at Greensboro, 2.00 "
The Train for Salem leaves Greensboro at 4.30
P. M. and returns at 10.33 A. M.
Trains to and from points east of Greensboro
connect at Greensboro with Mail Trains to or from
points North or South.
Trains daily, both ways, over entire length
of roads. 0
On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leave
Richmond at 9.00 A. M., arrive at Burkville 12 43
P. M., leave Burkville 4.35 A. M., arrive at Rich
mond 7.58 A. M.
m t, S' R ALLE, Genl. Ticket Agent
T. M. R. Talcott. Ens: & Gen. Sup't.
Carolina Central Railway.
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE )
Wilmington, July 18, 1875.
On and after the 29th inst., trains will run over
this Railway daily as follows, Sundays excepted:
PASSENGER TRAINS.
Leave Wilmington at
Arrive in Charlotte at
Leave Charlotte at
Arrive at Buffalo at
Leave Buffalo at
Arrives at Charlotte at
Leave Charlotte at
Arrive in Wilmington at
4:00 p. ni.
5:30 a. m
6:00 a. m.
10:30 a. m.
12:00 a. m.
4:30 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
7:00 a. 111.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
Leave Wilmington at c-10 a m
Arrive at Charlotte at 9 00 n' m"
Leave Charlotte at 7.00 a" m
Arrive at Wilmington at 9:45 p. m!
1 SJYr-Hl THn h.eiween Charlotte and the Cleave
S? SprmS9' ,leavinS Ckariotte on Satur-
daysat 4:30 p. m., and returning on-Mondays at
Connects at Wilmington with Wiim;n, r
Weldon and Wilmington, SoTZt
Railroads; Semi-weekly New York Trit ,7
Baltimore, and Weekly vSSJSSZ
and River Boats to Fayetteville. "learners,
. Connects at Charlotte with the North ni
Railroad, Charlotte and Statesv lie R 1S. f-T
mond & Atlanta Air-Line, and C arlo te ?f ? "
& Augnsta Railroad. arlotte, Columbia
Aua. J, 18.,. Engineer and Sup't.
No Success without Work
When Charles Dickens said that ill
he had accomplished had been acliiev 1 1
dilligent, patient, persevering anmi,!!
he only stated what had been the '
ence of every successful man. NotP''
more important to young m'en 'than'"?)
they should early learn and fullv e
hend this great truth. It is t b 0lnf
by toilsome effort added to toilsome ..Jr1''
that all great achievements are made '
has been well remarked, there is n0 s
road to learning. Neither is tliti-Val
royal road to anything else of re, . a,n-v
in Ibis life. Work steady lou
and regular application, is the only nrielr
which anything worth the having Can ,
v ui uecess of
kind without great labor.
anv
DISSOLUTION.
The copartnership heretofore existing 1.
A. II. CRESWELL and L. J. WALKER
solved on the 24th inst., by mutual conJnt
Walker retiring from the firm. Mr Cr2 r
continue the business and settle up the hid j 111
ness of the firm ; and to whom all notes a 1
counts due the firm must be paid. ' ar-
NOTICE.
Having purchased the interest of Mr L J r .
in the late firm of Creswell & Walker, ihenhl
nounce to my friends and the public at lajve tf 'm
will continue the Grocery Business atcmTotdsia
opposite the Court House, where they !,
times find a hearty welcome and first-class po J
as reasonable prices as at any house in the citv
Many notes and accounts of long standing
now due the old firm, and I hope all those imlohM
will promptly come forward and settle tbrpi
saving trouble and expense. All those who d
gard this appeal m-ed expect no further favors fr"
me. A. II. CRESWELL
A CARD.
Having sold my interest in the firm of (W,n
& Walker to Mr A. II. Creswell, I cordially S
mend him to my friends as worthy of their m V
confidence, and wish for him a continuance of th
patronage that has heretofore been so liberally 1
stowed on the firm. L.J WIKF"r
August 30, 1875 . 4w lL
G. S. H. APPLEGET & SON,
Rear end of R. M. MillerSon''s liuihUhg,
4th Street, Charlotte, X. C.
Architects,
and Agents fok all kinds of
Iron Fronts of Buildiners. Galvanized Cornices,
Iron Fences, Castings,
AND ALL KINDS OF GALVANIZED WORK.
WhicJt they will sell Clieaper than any prrm.
The erection of Cotton Factories and Cuthm
Warehouses will be made a specialty.
They can answer any question or give any infor
mation in regard to t he construction of any part of
a building, as they are fully qualified to go ami
do the work themselves. The senior partner with
an experience of 15 years as a builder and 14 van
Architect, knows just what is necessary for me
chanic to get along with, and with this experience
you will at once see that he has a pretty giMi
knowledge of the business.
They refer to all who have employed them as
Architects and Superintendents as to their ability
and disposition to do good work.
August 80, 1875 tf
Piano Tuning and Repairing.
Mil. JOS. FREY takes this method to inform
the ladies and gentlemen of Charlotte and vieiniiv
that he has permanently located iu Charlotte, anJ
will devote his time to the Tuning and Kepairiu'
f Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, and other musical
instruments.
Mr Frey has been favorably known in this city
as a piano tuner for twenty-three years.
He has been in the business forty years, and thor
oughl3r understands his business. lie will contract
to keep instruments in tune by the year at reduced
rates.
Single tuning, within the limits of the city $4.00.
t"" Orders left at Philer's Book and Music Mori'
will receive prompt attention.
Charlotte, Aug. 30, 1875. lm.
Buy Your Cotton Ties Direct
K OHO BUNDLES 280,000 pounds-no '
y-sW Store. We guarantee to duplicate in
voices from any market.
It. M. MILLER & SONS,
Wholesale Agents for the Company.
August 23, 1875.
Convenient.
The best and most convenient COTTON TIE
for sale by
Aug. so, 1875. j. Mclaughlin'
Prom and After!
From this date, we positively will not sell hi y
Goods, except for GASII, to any one. In Bcllmz
entirely for Cash we propose to reduce our pnw
We can afford it as we do not have to make up r
losses (from credit sales) off of those who do pay.
Tiy us and see.
J. S. WILLIAMSON & CO.
April 5, 1875.
New Stock.
feflH CASES BOOTS and SHOES, jus
it n-
Aug. 23, 1875. SMITH & FORCER
Braithwaite's Retrospect
OF PKACTICAL MEDICINE and SlRGEK
Part LXXI, for July, 1875, at
TIDDY & BROTHER
Aug. 2, 1875. Book
Notice.
JUST RECEIVED,
35 Barrels McCan's Syrup,
1,500 pounds Chewing Tobacco, .. .
A large lot of Monumental City Sugar cumin"
Pure Leaf Lard and Liverpool Salt,
Flour, the best in the market, , . ,c
At R. B. ALEXANDER & c0' L
July 5, 1875. College1:
LIQUORS.
I expect hereafter to deal in Liquors esclusJ,t'
by wholesale, and will keep the best bran
Whiskies, Brandies, &c.
Dealers are requested to give mc a fan
purchasing their supplies.
tW Persons indebted to me must make I.
ment, as I cannot afford longer indulgence.
Julys. 1875. W. J .
Money Wanted.
A gentleman wants to borrow $2,500 an
1 ..-
give good real estate security and pay uie r,
legal rate of interest. The Editor of tli : 1
will give further information on appi"1
requested by the applicant.
August 30, 1875 3vv -
NOTICE."
A. & R. A. L. Railway Company
A general meeting of the Stockholders 0
Atlanta & Richmond Air-Line Railway Atl;Dti.
is hereby called to be held in the City 01 a
Ga., on Tuesday, the 14th day of SeptcDi . & $
at 12 o'clock, M., for the transaction of aDJ o."
such business as the interests of the to
require. A. S. lit 1 vi ". R.C
Aug. 30, 1875 3w
Blank Deeds.
Of an'approved form, for sale at this unit .