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The Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
JUNE 0, 18 7 0.
Milton S. Littlefield a Prisoner.
From the Raleigh Observer, May 29th 1
The news that comes from Jacksonville,
Florida, is to the effect that this man, who
was so notorious in North Carolina ten
years ago and who rilled so large a part of
the political eye for two or three years, has
been arrested there and is held in custody.
Street rumor told us this, and we traced up
street rumor until we were satisfied that we
had struck a full vein of truth.
It is not generally known, but it is true,
that last Fall Gov. Vance issued a requisi
tion upon Gov. Drew, of Florida, lor the re
turn of Gen. Littlefield to the authorities of
this State. Gov. Drew replied that Little
field was not in the State, and the requisi
tion was filed away for subsequent proceed
ings. Gov. Vance then made a requisition
upon the Governor of New Jersey for Lit
tlefield, as he was supposed to be residing
in that State at that time.
The requisition was returned to Gov.
Vance on account of some technical inform
ality, and while this was undergoing a cure
the distinguished dabbler in stocks hied him
to the Everglades once more. It is an open
secret that Gov. Jarvis bus had a couple of
very ahrewd agents in New 'York lor a day
or so, and there is no further necessity for
keeping dark the fact that an agent is now
in Jacksonville to bring back Gen. Little
field, who is held there under the requisition
of (iov. Jarvis, renewing Gov. Vance's re
quisition of last Fall.
Littlefield has been in demand here for a
Innrr whilo and for manv reasons, but the
urgency of his present presence is to answer
an indictment against him and Geo. W.
Swepson,for a conspiracy to cheat the State
in the matter ol the bonus issueaon accoun
ftf t.lifi VVfistprn North Carolina Railroad.
We learn that Gov. Jarvis has been very
intent upon the arrest oi j,iuioneii, arm ue
sires a speedy trial ol his and Mr SwepsonV
case, ri'ardiny it as a matter of vital im
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portancc that their zut shall be proven
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and mat pumsnmeni suoum siep ciosu uh
tlif liot'ls of conviction, or that their inno-
cMiPfl mav be established and the tedious
delays of the law shall not oppress or har-
rass them.
Tim Hiuldfii doiiart lire, of the Chief o
Police for the Land of Flowers is a sign
that the beginning of the end is at hand
His return to this city will be a queer ex
emnlification of how time at last sets al
things even. A decade ago and his wish
was almost a command to a corrupt Legis
lature in which Sit a small knot of faithlu
Democrats. The leader of the House brand
of that little band is now the powerful Gov
iTiior of the State and the former sire o!
jobs and legislation returns to the State an
involuntary guest at the invitation of this
lormer cuiel ol "the tew.
A friend iust returned from Florida tell
that. lip. saw Gen. l.it.t 1pIu11 tliort; and
that lie looks as elegant and handsome in
person and dress as he did j ears ago.
Of nlcasant affable manners, reckless am
generous in his expenses, eager for power
and careless of its exercise, he was the man
above all others lor desperate enterprises
and doubtful ventures. hue the ( onven
twin urns in KPKtinii that, was to rjhahi,.ir.at,i-
North Carolina, this Prince ol the lobby
who had been a chair maker in New York,
a law student of President Lincoln, had
wrtrn )na orloj u-liilti rnmmn ixl i fitr snhl
legions, and had been mustered out of war
and loot into poverty and peace, arrived in
Ualeish on his way to the Gulf to look after
some Chatham coal mines. As he was set
ling out on his journey he was accosted by
his old friend Tim lyrnes, who asked him
where he was following his fortunes. "I'm
r.- i l. . :.i ufi i i i l i"
said Tim ; "stop here and work a gold mine;
it's the richest lot of folks ever got together
in finil'u lrnvilpnrn Tic nrni'sn tlmn flip
Pennsylvania Legislature." He stayed his
footsteps, and his foot prints will remain in
our history long a her his Monte Christo
romance has been forgot. We know his
storv more or less accuratelv. His nurse.
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power, pride and now his poverty and prison,
but still his pride. Its a lesson of the law,
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auu we may aui nim w me vicinus oi jus-torj-.
His arrival here will create a genuine
neiiNaiion.
Littlefield Discharged.
.Iacksoxviu.e, Fi.a., June 3. The extra
dition case of Gen. M. S. Littlefield, of this
city, who was arrested by a warrant of Gov
Drew, upon a requisition from the Governor
of North C arolina, and subsequently re
leased on a writ of habeas corpus, termina
ted here to-day. The h earing, which was
before Judge Archibald, of this circuit, be
gan Friday. The Judge, in a long and able
opinion, decides that Gen. Littlefield is pro
perly released and cannot be molested
lhe case excited much interest and the
opinion generally prevails that the decision
is right, both in law and equity. The Gen
oral, who -is a member of the bar of this
county, asked and was granted permission
to say a lew words atter the rendition o
the opinion. He said that he did not fear
to stand a trial for any charge against him
that could be raised by the State of North
Carolina, but lie did want some assurance
that he could have a fair trial on a charge
upon which he already has had three exam
inations in the city of Raleigh without con
viction of wrong-doing. He only demands
fair play and an examination or trial in the
interest of justice rather than for the pro
motion oi pany or personal ends.
xhk iiiuK v. ode of honor. A man
cannot afford to be unfaithful under aiiy
circumstances j a man cannot afford to be
mean at any time ; a man cannot afford to
do less than his best at all times, and under
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an i-ircumsiaucep. xiowever unjustly you
are treated, you cannot for your own sake,
afford to use anything hut your better self,
nor render anything but your better ser
rices. You cannot afford to lie to a liar:
you cannot, anoro to be mean to a mean
man ; you cannot afford to do other than
uprightly with any man no matter what
exigencies may exist between him and you
No man can afford to be any Tut a true
man, living in nis nigner nature, and act
wg with the highest consideration.
The Democratic Policy.
From the Washington Post, 2d.
The nolicv of the Democratic majority in
Congress has been determined so lar as the
ioint conference committee can decide it.
The proposed legislation will, of course,
have to be submitted to a joini caucus, uui
the members of the conference committees
are very confident it will be adopted by a
practically unanimous voie. n is uwwicu
that the policy agreed upon will unite the
party in both Houses, and at the same time
it remits the issue made to the voters of the
country for settlement. The conference
committees held a five hours' meeting Sat
nrdav. and there were present: Senators
Thurman, Saulsbury, Kernan, Eaton, Bailey,
Lamar, Voorhees and V ance, ana nepre
sentatives Chalmers, Carlisle, Cox, Ewing,
Springer, Atkins, Clymer, Heagan, Phelps
and BicknelL Senator Hampton and Rep
resentative Goode were absent. Mr Thur
man presided, and the situation, with all
the questions it involved, was fully dis
cussed. Messrs. Eaton, Clymer and Cox
were opposed to making any appropriation
for the army unless liayes snouia consent
to a bill, in some shape they cared not
what prohibiting the employment of the
soldiers at the polls. They were willing to
give the acting President another chance,
and if he should veto a bill for that purpose,
then they insisted that no appropriation
should be passed. They were not willing
to vote to keep in existence an army to be
used against the liberties of the people.
The other members of the committee be
lieved that the purpose sought by the
Democracy could be accomplished without
ffoinff to extreme measures. 1 hey argued
that while the majority had failed to pro
cure permanent legislation to protect the
rights of the people, it was still within their
power to direct that no money appropria
ted should be used to overawe and intimi
date voter, and that this restriction could
be re-imposed every year when the appro
priation bills are passed. Mr Clymer in
sisted that neither of the appropriations
could be passed unless all the repealing en
actments demanded at the beginning of the
session should be conceded. He had re
centlv returned from a visit, among his con-
stitnents, and knew how they leit; tney
wanted the Democratic pwty to stand firm
in the position it had originally taken, and
yield nothing, Mr Heagan good-humored-
ly reminded Air Clymer that the democrats
of his district (lierks county, Pa.,) were
noted for their stalwart and unyielding
principles; that they were in a majority of
0,000 or 7,000, and could attorn to stano
firm, but there were a good many close and
doubtful Districts to be considered; that
the refusal to grant supplies wonld not
bear so heavily upon Hayes and his ad
visers as upon others, and the Democracy,
being in the majority, it was expected to
nrovide for the Government. He thought
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the appropriations could be so restricted as
to protect the people and preserve all the
institutions of the Government until the
regular session of Congress, when such a
course a the majority deemed proper could
be adopted.
In the discussion the three veto m- s.-ages
vci e nferrid to and quotid from. M
Carlisle thought t hat it would only cause
debiv to re-enact the army bill as it was
vetoed. He would never consent t aban
don the tiyht or yield the demand for free
and fair elections. Congress could direct
how the appropriations should and should
not be used, and the majority could main
tain its poition until the people could pass
upon the issue raised,
Mr Cox of New Y-rk, with his uua
pluck, preferred to fight the battle nut to
its end. He believed in courage in politics
as well as in other things, and it was the
legitimate right of the majority to repea
these laws, lie was willing to slay in
Washington all the Summer and all the
Winter, loo, if necessary, to convince the
fraudulent President lhat Democrats were
made of s'.erner stuff than he had been made
to believe. Senator Eaton brought his
hand down upon the tablp, and with the
same emphasis he used in saying "not a
dollar, not a man," in his recent speech,
said lint was still his platform
In favor of granting the appropriations it
was urged that the issue of bayonets at the
polls is already made distinct enough to
assure the success of the Democracy; that
really the Republicans had entrapped them
selves, for had the several bills been ap
proved, the question would have been set
tled, and have passed from the political
field, leaving nothing out of which any
capital could be made. By vetoing bills to
relieve State elections from arbitrary Fed
eral supervision, and from the intimidating
presence of soldiers, Hayes had put him
self and his party distinctly on record in
favor of such supervision and military in
terference; that the Democrats had hon
estly sought to repeal these laws and give
to the people permanently the rights that
the Constitution guaranteed, but as Hayes
had seen fit toobject, he had thus furnished
the party with an issue that would rally the
voters in all sections to his banner, and it
should not neglect to take advantage of it.
The result was that the committee de
cided to recommend the immediate passage
of a bill making the usual appropriation for
the army for the next fiscal year, but it will
contain a proviso to the effect that no
money appropriated in; the bill "shall be used to
transport, equip, pay or subsist any troops to be
used as a police force to keep the peace at the polls.
This will put the question in its most distinct form;
it will apply to the use of troops at the polls only,
and cannot be distorted into an abridgement of the
rights of the-Executive as Commander-in-Chief.
In view of the fact that Hayes has stated in his
vetoes, that he regards the use of troops at the polls
as violative of the institutions of the country, it is
believed he cannot refuse his assent to the bill.
As to the legislative bill it was agreed to report
that as it was reported to the la9t and the present
Congress, with the exception that each appropria
tion shall be specifically set forth and the use to
which it shall be devoted described, and that no
appropriation shall be made for the pay of Super
visors and Deputy Marshals. In order to make
this omission of an appropriation for the Marshals
and Supervisors more effective, a clause will be
added that no officer shall be appointed or obliga
tion incurred for any object for which a specific
appropriation is not made in the bill. This, to
gether with the present law prohibiting the diver
sion of any fund for other than the purpose named,
will clinch the law. In the discussion tha fact waa
stated with emphasis, that the Democratic majority
had never declared that it would withhold appro
priations under any circumstances ; that no indi
vidual member of the party had ever gone so far,
except as to the army bill. - .v u
A sub-committee, consisting of Senators Thur
man, Saulsbujy, Vance and Bailey, and Represen
tatives Chalmers, Springer, Ewitigand Atkin,was
appointed to formulate the legislation marked out
by the caucus. They have moved with unusual :
diligence,"" and the measures proposed are now
ready to be submitted to a full meeting of the corf-
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propriation, as agreed upon by the sub-committee,
will contain all the allowances of money made by
the vetned bill, and instead of the rider, the clause
prohibiting the use of any of the appropriation to
send soldiers to the polls, is substituted. The sub
committee denarted-' somewhat from he fline,
mapped out by the full committee an. that tney de
cided to separate a portion of the appropriations
for the Judiciary f roin ,tlie lAigulative, executive
and Judicial bill. They will report the latter bill
in the form that has prevailed since some years
ago, including money for the Supreme Court and
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Oilier .juuicia expenses; uui lucre win w a ocpa
rate bill making appropriations for . the United
States District Courts, and this will provide speci
fically for all the officers needed for those Courts ;
nothing will be allowed for Supervisors and Mar
shals, and a clause will be inserted prohibiting the
expenditure of any money for other purposes or to
pay other officers or employees than those named
in the bill. This will put the regular Legislative
bill before Congress in a shape that cannot be ob
jected to, and, it is believed, places tire other two
Dills in a siiape mui must mcci xxnyo a j iu v a i .
He has, in one of his vetoes, called attention to the
fact that no Congressional election takes place this
year, and to veto either of the proposed bills would
only proclaim his purpose to interfere in the elec
tions of State officials wliicu ao taKe place next
Fall. The full committee will undoubtedly adopt
the report of the sub-committee to-night, and it is
proposed to hold a joint caucus to-morrow after
noon, when the report will be submitted to Demo-'
cratic Senators and Representatives for their ac
tion. The policy mapped out is one upon wuicu
all the Democrats can unite, and as soon as it
shall be adopted the appropriation bills will be
reported to the House. Members of the Confer
ence Committee believe Congress will adjourn by
the 15th of this month.
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Old Times in Congress.
Harper's Monthly for April has a very
interesting correspondence, the letters of
Dr. Samuel Lathan Mitchill, Congressman
from New York, written from Washington
to his wife, in the years 1801 and 1813, con
cerning the political and social events of
that age. In one letter written January
4th, 1802 he describes Thomas Jefferson,
then President, as tall and spare in flesh,
rather sedate, but occasionally can smile
and tell an anecdote. The President had
eight or ten to dine with him every day,
the dinners neat and plentiful, but no healths
are drank at the table nor toasts given after
dinner, the guests drank as they pleased
and conversed at ease. Mr J etlerson was
much interested in propagating the cow
pox, he talked on the subject like a physi
cian and bad inoculated many persons with
his own hand. Says Dr, Mitchill , "I
have iust seen the great "mammoth cheese"
presented President Jefferson ; it weighs
over twelve hundred pounds and is as large
as a burr mill-stone !" He tells a singular
occurrence happening to Gen. Dayton, a
New Jersey Senator. On going to bed he
pulled oft his silk stockings under which
were another pair of woolen gauze, he
noticed electrical snaps and sparks as he
pulled them off. The next morning his silk
stockings were found converted to
coai
falling to pieces on bejng touched, and one
of the slippers that lay under the stockings
was considerably burned, his woolen garter
was also burnt to pieces. There was no
fire in the room and the candle had been
carefully put out. It was a case of spon
taneous combustion. At Gallatin's, Dr
Mitchill sat at dinner with the celebrated
Thomas Paine; describes him as having a
red and rugged lace, eyes black and lively,
nose aquiline and red like his face. Tom
Paine was fond of talking and very full of
anecdotes (and very full of whiskey, too,
we imagine.) ror the use of the ladies we
notice a style of ice cream the Doctor says
they had at President Jefferson's dining,
the ice cream was produced in the form of
balls ol the frozen material inclosed in
covers of warm pastry, making it look like
ice just taken from the oven. In 1804
when Dr. Mitchill was in the Senate, Aaron
Burr as Vice-President of the United States
was the presiding officer. About this time
Col. Burr was indicted in New Jersey for
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Killing Alexander Hamilton in a uuei. in
1805 Mr Clinton was chosen Vice-President
in place of Mr Burr, and on February 14 at
noon, both branches of Congress met, and
Mr Burr proclaimed Jefferson and Clinton
President and Vice-President; he did it
"feeling that the most outrageous wrongs
had been done him," but did it well, for,
says Dr. Mitchill, Burr has been disciplined
iu the school of adversity and has learned
to behave like a stoic, the only difference I
discovered was that he was rather more
carefully dressed than usual. Then in
Burr's farewell address to the Senate the
Doctor has this to say : "It was March 2,
1805. Burr went on with the public busi
ness as usual until two o clock, then rose
from the chair and very unexpectedly pro
nounced his farewell address. It was not
more than twenty minutts in length, but
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lie did it with so much tenderness, know!
edge and concern that it thrilled them all.
When Burr finished he descended from the
chair, and in a dignified manner walked to
the door which resounded with some force
as he shut it after him. Many Senators
burst into tears, lhere was a solemn auc
silent weeping for five minutes." The Doc
tor tells how he was affected. Says he,
"bor my own part, 1 never , experienced
anything of the kind so affecting as this
parting scene ol the ice-Presideut from
the Senate in which he had set six years as
a benator and lour years presiding olhcer.
My colleague, Gen: Smith, stout and manly
as he is, wept as profusely as I did. He
laid his head upon his table and . did not
recover from his emotion for a quarter of an
hour or more. And for myself, though it is
three hours since Burr went .away, 1 have
scarely recovered my habitual calmness.
Several gentlemen came up to i me to talk
about this extraordinary scene, but I was
obliged to turn away and decline all con
versation, .- ;
These letters of Dr. Mitchill ; are to his
wife in New York. .-The .Doctor appears to
have been a very devoted husband ; he
wrote his wife-every day, spoke of her as
"ray f little sweetheart," said he had a new
suit of . blue broadcloth to come r home to
her in, and he. was "weary aodr weary, so
weary of;. waiting." - If the :Mrs Congress
men ol the present day; could boast of such
faithtul lords, we would not have so much
small beer and gunpowder legislation.".
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The remains of the late Judie Heath
he buried in - the graveyard , at Jefferson
Ashe county, according to the Lenoir Topic
without so much as a stone to mark their
fiual resting place.
The Isothermal Belt A .Freak of Nature. !
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ished iivNew York, recently visited West
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ern North Carolina, (traveling over the
Spartanburg and Asheville route) and gives
the following interesting account of the
famous Isothermal lielt in l'olk county a
locality which is never vUited by frost.
Saya Mr Gaines : r
It is interesting sometimes to 6tudy the
reaksor eccentricities of nature. To wit
ness a bird -with four legs or a calf with
two heads impresses one with the nature ol
eccentricities in the animal kingdom. The
mistletoe, growing in the limbs of au oak,
is an interesting freak in the vegetable
tribe. A lock of white hair growing on the
head of a youth with black hair, is not an un
common sight ; but it is a rare thing to find
a small spot of a warm climate engrafttd
into a whole belt where the temperature is
three degrees further north, and each cli
mate, though right together, maintaining
its essential peculiarities.
Such a rare freak is exhibited by the
celebrated Isothermal Belt, which is en
grafted into the great Piedmont Belt,
near the line between Polk county, N. C,
and Spartanburg, b. C, on the new Hail
road now in process of building, connecting
Spartanburg, S. C, and Asheville, N. C.
This interesting and charming spot of
country is located immediately on the new
Hail road above named, some twenty miles
north of Spartanburg, r rom Columbia or
Charleston it is reached by way of the
Columbia, Spartanburg and Asheville Rail
road, and from Atlanta or Charlotte it can
be reached by going over the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line to Spartanburg, thence
up the Spartanburg and Asheville Hailroad
to Tryon City, which is situated near the
edge of this wonderful belt.
In extent, the Isothermal Belt, or spot, is
less than a mile iu length, and not more
than half as wide as long. If a slice of
Florida about Jacksonville weie taken up
and carried to the foot of the Blue liidge
and engrafted into some valley there, re
taining its Southern temperature all Win
ter, whilst the surrounding mountains and
valleys were bleak and frozen, it would
give a practical illustration of the Isother
mal Belt. But this would not be exactly
the same kind of spot as the Isothermal
Belt about which we are writing. The at
mosphere aud temperature are like those of
4 lorida, whilst the sou and vegetation are
the game as those of the adjoining mountain
belt. The peculiarity of this spot is its
equality of temperature ; hence its name,
"Isothermal Belt."
We have seep several accounts of this
strange belt, given by persons whose ve
racity we could not doubt, but no one of
them, it seems, has been able to explain
this Ireak of nature.
It was about the 10th of April last when
we passed twice- through this charming
spot, as we went to Asheville and returned,
over the new Hailroad. The trains pass
through this lovely belt at a place where
the whole scenery is splendid. Early in
April is the right time to visit this belt to
get a discriminating view and to witness
the great contrast between the appearance
ol the forests inside from that outside this
spot.
Between Spartanburg and Tryon City
the buds of trees were pist beginning to
burst, while inside the Isothermal Belt the
leaves were half grown, and, in the valleys
just north ol this spot, the buds were but
little swollen, and the torests looked as lite
less as midwinter, as we advanced up the
top of the Blue Ridge only four miles from
the little belt clothed in the green of Sum
mer. Jt was a charming sight, as seen from
the train in motion. The very lines which
separated this belt from the surrounding
country could be seen distinctly, on the
sides of the mountains, the green foliage
below extending down into the valley, and
the leafless trees above the line extending
upward over the mountain tops. This
sight can be witnessed aright only in April
We suppose that late in autumn something
similar might be witnessed.
To be able to explain the nature and
reasons of this wonderful freak, it is neces
sary for one to take into consideration the
peculiar formation of the mountain ranges
that surround the Tryon valley, the upper
end of which constitutes the Isothermal
Belt. Persons who have written of late
about this strange spot, visited it before
the new Railroad was completed beyond
the Tryon valley, and were not acquainted
with the topography ol that mountain re
gion. femce the Kailroad has been com
pleted up and across the Blue Ridge to
Hendersonville, N. C, it is easier to account
for the Isothermal Belt, and to realize after
all that there is no mvstery about it.
Nature has built a great hot-house there
in lryon valley, using the mountains as
walls to guard the mterior oi the little val
ley from the cold currents and blasts of
N orth winds. I hese mountains act against
the currents as breakwaters do against the
currents and waves of the ocean.
It is known that the great Blue Ridge
Mountains, extending across the South,
East and West, from Virginia to Alabama,
keep back the severe-North winds from the
whole Piedmont Belt, South of the raoun
tains. This accounts for its generally mild
climate. ' ' ' "
Now, two smaller ranges of mountains,
the lryon and Hogback, stand just South
of the Blue Ridge, somewhat in the shape
of a V, with the sharp point of the latter
turned. Northward and pushed up. almost
adjoining the base of the Blue Ridge.
Hence the great natural break-w?6aiA4sr is
thus made complete. The Hogback Moun
tain extends from a point at the base of the
Blue Ridge, in a Southwest direction, and
the Tryon Mountain extends from the same
point iu a Southeast direction, the two thus
making the V turned upside down. The
Paeolet River enters Tryon valley through
a narrow ravine, dividing the two moun
tain ranges (which is really only one chain
of mountains) at the apex of the-: V-shaped
figure. The above named Hiver flows
southward through this charming Isother
mal spot, and on through the wider end of
'lryon valley below- Now,, the Isothermal
Belt is nestled down between the two moun
tain ranges, above described, close up to
the apex ol the V. When a direct North
wind sweeps over the high Blue Ridge, as
is often the case, it is split asunder and
turned away from this modern Eden by
the v -shaped range of mountains. When
a cold! Northeast wind sweeps along the
foot of the Blue Ridge, it is turned away
from the enchanted space inside by the high
walls of Tryon mountain, and when a cold
Northwest wind sweeps Eastward, it is
turned away by the equally high walls of
the Hogback mountains. In tactics me
is a very formidable line of battle on cer
tain occasions. So nature, in preparing for
her wars with destructive currents, threw
up these walls for wise reasons.
Only the mild South wind can enter the
Isothermal Belt, and they have free access
up the tunnel-shaped lryon valley.
Currents of wind, move ' in straight lin- s
till turned by some obstruction, hence the
currents which bring frosts and cold cannot
enter this belt; and air, like water, being a
very slow conductor of heat, changes its
temperature by being displaced by warmer
or colder air. But as none but the warm
South winds can enter, the temperature re-
mams nearly equal all the year.
Another thing which aids in making the
mild and genial temperature of this belt is
the fact that the rays of the morning and
evening sun, enter unobstructed to heat the
atmosphere.
This wondeiful little spot in the moun
tains is simply a lake of Southern wind,
held iu between the mountains, is destined
to prove as useful as it is beautiful and
attractive, i ruus are rarely, it ever, killed
in this belt. The frosts, this Spring, have
killed the peaches through the Piedmont
Belt generally, but they have entirely
escaped injury in the Isothermal Belt. It,
is destined to become a vast orchard and
vineyard of the choicest fruits, as well as a
sanitarium for the world."
The Cotton Movement.
The receipts of cotton for the week Hid
ing on Friday night, May 30th, as gathered
from the N. Y. Chronicle's report, were
1 7,1 13 bales, against 16,673 bales the pre-
ceeding week, 19,897 bales the previous
week, and 19,031 bales three weeks since.
Since September lt the receipts have been
4,389,721 bales, against 4,196,104 bales last
year, an increase of 193,617 bales. The
weekly rect-ipta lor 1879, 1878 aud 1877
have been :
1879. 1878. 1877.
New Orleans, 9,434 3,561 1,990
Mobile, 390 960 328
Charleston, 419 297 499
Port Royal, &c , 7 386 f3
Savannah, 2,007 3.317 1,889
Galveston, 2,987 1,614 411
Indianolii. &c, 35. 3
Tennessee, &c, 4,077 3,577 2,266
Florida, 89 6
North Carolina, 377 526 398
Norfolk, 2.508 3,118 2,192
City Point, &c, 763 842 121
Total this week, 17,113 18,22Q 9,669
The week's exports were 16,549 bales, of
which 11,683 bales to England, 4,160 bales
to France, and 706 to otlur continental
States. In 1878 the week's exports were
14,683 baits; increase for 1879 of 1,866
bales. The total exports tince Sept. 1st are
3,285,506 bales, against 3,190,000 bales last
year; increase of 95,506 bales. The stocks
on Friday night were 250,844 bales against
2S5,303 bales in 1878 ; decrease, 34,459 bales.
The sales of futures were 891,000 bales; for
immediate delivery 2,571, of which 2.38S
for consumption, 145 for export, and 38 for
speculation.
The total visible supply was 1,791,399
bales, indicating a decrease in the cotton in
sight of 271,586 bales as compared with the
same date of 1878, a decrease of 972,377 bales
as compared with the corresponding date of
1877, and a decrease of 859,355 bales as
compared with 1876.
At the interior ports the movement is
thus given :
1879. 1878.
313 740
67 82
16 21
547 G05
71 204
572 2,126
3 204
15 20
19 75
238 422
COO 350
20 19
1 55
5 4
300 127
75 519
100 265
1,872 1,075
2,011 4,439
6,850 11,447
Augusta, Ga.,
Columbus, Ga.,
Macon. Ga.,
Montgomery, Ala.,
Selma, Ala.,
Memphis, Tenn.,
Nashville, Tenn.,
Dallas, Texas,
Jefferson, Texas,
Shreveport, La.,
Vicksburg, Miss.,
Columbus, Miss.,
Eufaula, Ala.,
Griffin, Ga.,
Atlanta, Ga.,
Rome, Ga.,
Charlotte, N. C,
St. Louis, Mo.,
Cincinnati, O.,
Total,
The receipts from plantations last week
were 7,882 bales, iu 1878, 10,940. The total
receipts from plantations since September
1st are 4,426,267 bales; in 1878, 4,218,647
bales; in 1877, 3,926,657 bales.
The weather for the past week is favor
ably reported, though ram is needed in some
sections.
The price of middling uplands cotton in
Liverpool on Friday last was 6.13-16 pence;
in 1878, 6.3-16; in 1877, 5, and in 1876, 0
pence.
Dixie Pump Fixtures.
I am now prepared to furnish any of the fixtures
belonging to. the Dixie Pump. Also, the Dixie
Pump complete, fully seasoned, and warranted not
to make the water taste.
100 pounds Beeswax wanted.
B. N. SMITH.
Sept. 13, 1878. :
AHEAD.
All who wish to buy Luxuries acknowledge that
"PJSKKY'S" is the place to get the best.
His stock
of CANDY and assortment of CRACKEIIS
Have never been equaled in this section, whilst his
Oranges, Apples, Bananas, &c ,
"; - - Are very, fine., ,-. . -
Smokers should call and try hi new five cent
CIGARS. t:
N. B. Housekeepers will find Crackers a great
Tea Table Luxury Fresh and Crisp.
. May 2, 1879. . : : ' . '.:..
Ice Cream. "
Ice Cream for the season. Parties furnished with
the best Cream in the city at short notice.
May 16, 1879, 1 " D. M. IUGLER.
Family Meal.
Q CAR LOADS 1,320 BUSHELS CHOICE
Bolted Meal just received." '
. . , ; . R.-M. MILLER & SONS,
May 9,1879. ! '
Slavery iu Egypt.
The treatment which the Khedive made
with England in Angut, 1877, fix id s,,,
years as the limii dining which tdavfry n ay
still exist in '"vEgypt, twelve yiais S1"s illt.
period for the Soudan. It remains (..
seen whether at the xjirati..n of thee
periods public opini ui in Egypt will haw
changed sufficiently to permit ;this r. f-jrni.
At present the domestic system of the si
is unknown. All female servants are slav s
and as long-as ths harem syst m cominu- ,
they could hardly be otherwise, while all
male attendanls.at ,the harem are not n!v
slaves, but they have been cruelly muti'a
ted. If you abolish slavery, yt-u im reasu
polygamy, say lhe Arabs. An Ar.tb will
take ano'.her wife if he cannot buy a idaw.
Domestic slavery of some kind seems a ucers
sity un il education, contact' wish Europe
and an example in high places gradually
change all the habits an I traditions of
Egypt.
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The Mexican Dollar.
What is the difference between lhe Mexican dol
lar and Tablcr'a Buckeye Pile Ointment ? One
does what it promises and the other dot-en't. Tiio
Mexican dollar says, "Iain one hundrid cents;"
but when you come to invest it you find it is o.
eighty-five. Tahler'a Buckeye Pile Ointment sas
"1 will cure you wf Piles;" and up trial ifi.
found lo do si in every case. It uiakes but one
promise to cure Pilts: an1 doclso without fail-,
uie. Price 50 cents' a botMe. For, sale 'hv L. K
Wriston & Co.V CTiai loric, N. C.
, May , 1879. '
T Cousens' . Capouiul Honey of Tar liasx
been so long and favorably "'known that it nerds,
no encomium, ror cougns, colas, sure throat.:
hoarseness etc., it affords speedy relief, and is ii
most pleasant and efficacious n-med', honey and ,
tar being two of its ingredients. The iskill of the .
chemist, and the knowledge of a physician were-
united in its preparation, the result being a com
pound which is the favorite remedy in Ihis severe
climate, and has no equal as a cuts lor coughs,
colds, hoarseness; bronchitis, croup, etc. Use Cons
sens' llonev of Tar. Price CO cents. ; For s-de by
L. It. Wris'ton & Co., Charlotte, N. C.
May 9, 1879.
TO ALL.
We most repect fully invito your attention 1.
our Stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
Which is complete in every department.
We aro receiving .
New Goods Daily.
We carry a magnificent Stock of Ladies and
Misses Hosiery, and make a speciality of Ladies ami
M isses ; j
Linen Cuffs and Collars.
We aro st Uing a No. 1 iinlutindred Shirt for T-'i
cents.
A nice line of Cassimercs at very low prie s.
Gents' plain and striped Ilote in great variety.
All in want of Goods in our line will save money
by inspecting our Stock before purchasing eke
where. ALEXANDER & HARRIS.
May 30, 1879.
Flour, Coffee, Sugar, &c.
.Received this week
500 Barrels Flour iu assorted Sacks,
100 Bags Coffee,
50 Barrels Sugar,
75 Packages Boston Mackerel,
10 Tierces "Pineapple" Hams,
5)0 Barrels Cub Molasses.
Please remember that these goods are for sate.
May 00, 1879. BUR WELL & SPRINGS.
Coffee.
Choice Java and Laguyra C fifee at
May 30, 1879. BURWELL & SPRINGS'.
A large stock of Sugar and Coffee, of all
grades, at
May 30, 1879. BURWELL A SPRINGS.
We Invite .
The attention of both Retail and Wholef a!e bit era
to our large assortment of Groceries and Provisions.
May 30, 1879. BURWELL & SPRING'S.
Scarr's Fruit Preservative,
Without saled cans perfectly harmless prepared
only by SCARR & CO..
May 30, 1879. Pharmacists.
Scarr's Celebrated Chill Pills,
An infallible cure for Chills, for sale a
May 30, 1879. SCARR & GO'S.
Jacob's Diarrhoea Cordial,
The be.-t medicine for Diarrhoea, &c, at
May 30, 1879. .... . , SCARR & COS.
He-No Tea.
The best Tea for the price ever offered to the
public. For sale at
SCARR & CO'3 DRUG STORE.
May 30, 1879.
TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
Ice Refrigerators and Ice Cream
Freezers,
I keep Ice Chests and Refrigerators of E. S. Fai
son's make. Call and examine them. 1 have just
tested an Ice Chest, and it kept Ice 37 hours 10
pounds being put in at 5 o'clock P. M. Thursday,
and was not all melted until 0 A. M. Saturday.
I also keep Ice Cream Freezers. Call early.
WALTER BREM,
May 30, 1879. Agent.
Cod Liver Oil, &c.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil.
Wilbor's Cod Liver Oil and Phos. Lime. :'
Maltine and Cod Liver Oil..:. ,1 y, V , ;. .. -j..,
Maltine and Iron.. r r
Maltine, Cod Liver Oil and Iodide Iron.' f
Maltine, Pepsin and Pancriatine. -Maltine
with Hypophosphates. . : .
Maltine with Iron, Quinine and Strychnine.
Just received by WILSON & BURWELL.
May 30, 1879.
Tailoring.
S. S. EL AM, practical TjVirpias Iii Sh"pin the
Democrat Office Building, second floor, where he
will be pleased to serve his customer." and friends
promptly ( Particular attention paid Jo repairing.
: E. " J. HALE & SON,
Publishers, Booksellers & Stationers.
, 17 Murray Street, New York,
Invite orders for Books of their own publication ;
and for all other School, Miscellaneous and Stan
dard Books, and for all kinds of Staple Stationery.
Writing Papers-r-Cap, Letter, Note and other sizes.
Blank Books', of all grades. EnveIopes,'tf ill sizes
and colors and qualities. School Slates, best quali
ty, all sizes. Slate and Lead Pencils, Pens, Inks,
Mucilage, &c.,&c. J iu.
Those who favor us with .their orders, by mail or
in person, may rely upon having them filled prompt
ly, and at prices which we believe to be quite as
low as can be had in- this market. r
" ' : VE; l3: 11 ALE St' SOM ,
Publishers, Booksellers and Stationers,
April 29, 1879. 17 Murray St, New York.
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