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j TWENTY-EIGHTH TOLUME NUMBER 1423.
ff. J. YATES, Editoe and PiorsizTOS.
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CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1880.
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THE
Charlotte Democrat,
PUBLISHED BY
WILLIAM. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor
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rules of the I. O. Department.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
(Office corner 5tt and Try on Streets,)
Tenders his professional services to the public, as a
practical Surgeon. Will advise, treat or operate in
all the different departments of Surgery. Patients
from a distance, when necessary, will be furnished
comfortable; quarters, and experienced nurses, at
reasonable rates. Address Lck Box No. 83.
March 5. 1880. y
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE
DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicine, Family
Medicines, Paiuta, Oils, Varnishes, Dye 8tuffs,
Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
to sell at the very lowest prices.
Jan 1, 1879.
DR. T. C. SMITH,
Druggist and Pharmacist,
KVpna a full line of Pure Drucs and Chemicals
White T.end and Colors. Machine and Tanners
Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every
thing pertaining to me urug Dusineas, wuicn u
will sell at low prices.
March 28, 1879.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
ffers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
nigiit anu aay, promptly auenaea w.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, oppositethe
iianotte notei.
Jan. 1, 1873.
DR. J. M. MILLER,
Charlotte, N. C.
All calls promptly answered day and night.
Office over Traders' National Bank Residence
opposite W. R. Myers'.
Jan. 18. 1878.
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice limited to the
EYE, EAR AND THROAT.
tW Office with Drs. Jones & Graham.
Jan. 30, 1880 8m
DR. M. A. BLAND,
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte
Hotel.
Gas u&cd for the painless extraction of teeth.
Feb. 15. 1878.
W. S. EVERITT,
Surgeon Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Tenders his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country.
Office on Tryon Street, opposite Elias & Cohen
4th door above Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 9, 1880 y
DR. A. W. ALEXANDER,
Dentist,
Office over L. R. Wriston & Co.'s Drug Store. I
am working at prices to suit the times, for Cash.
With 25 years' experience I guarantee entire
satisfaction.
Jan. 18, 1878.
ROBERT D. GRAHAM,
Attorney at Law
In the State and United States Courts.
Collections, home and foreign, solicited.
Abstructs of Titles, Surveys, &c, furnished for
compensation.
Office: corner Trade and Tryon Streets,
Jan. 9,. 1880. . yr Charlotte, N. C.
A. BURWELL,
Attorney at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C
Office in the Brick building formerly occupied
by "Vance & Burwell," near the Court House.
June 27, 1879.
E. K. P. OSBORNE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Special attention given to Collections. Office in
Brick Building near the Court House.
May 2, 1879. lypd
RTJFTJS BARRINGER,
Attorney at Law,
Also, lends money on Real Estate or good collat
erals : negotiates loans, &c. Bank rules and rates
strictly followed.
Charlotte, Dec. 24, 1879 ly.pd
GEO. M. ROSE. DUNCAN ROSE.
ROSE & ROSE,
Attorneys at Law, FayetteviUe, N. ft
Practice in all the Courts. State and Federal.
Prompt attention to collections, or any other bus
iness in their line.
Refer to the Editor of "Charlotte Democrat."
Jan. SO, 1880. .
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
E. J. "ALLEN,
Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street,!
Charlotte, N. C, ' '
PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER,
tST Repairing of Jewelry, Watches and Clocks
done at short notice and moderate prices.
April 17, 1876. y
HALES & FARRIOR,
Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers,
Charlotte, N. C,
Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks,
Spectacles, &c, which they sell at fair prices.
Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c., done
promptly, and satisfaction assured.
Store next to Springs' corner building.
Tuly 1, 1879.
A young man at Omaha did not
wish to marry the gul to whom he was
engaged, but she would not release him
until he gave her his grocery business as a
recompense. She now runs the store, while
he works elsewhere on small wages, and the
bargain pleases both.
SdgT" A Georgia colored debating society
was lately discussing: "Which is the best
for the laboring man, to work for wages or
part of the crop ?" An old "uncle" spoke
tne sense ot the meeting when be said :
".Dole was de best, if dey could only be
orung togedder somehow."
Valuable MU1 Property for Sale.
I wish to sell my Mill property known a
-oiewart s jams, e miles South of Charlotte, in
Sharon Township. The Mills consist of Flour,
Corn and Saw, together with a good Cotton Gin
an run oy never failing water-power. Sufficient
T , 1 III 1. 1 ,1 ... If Ml r . - -i
auu win uc buiu wiiu me 01111a u uesireu.
For further particulars address me at Charlotte
or call at the Store of It. M. White.
H. K. STEWART.
March 5, 1880. tf
Valuable Land for Sale.
I will sell my FARM, containing 147 Acres
some 35 Acres of which is fine River and Creek
bottom, and 45 Acres of good upland with large
frame Dwelling and all necessary out-buildinss in
good repair, situated on the Eastern bank of the
Catawba River. 11 miles West of Charlotte, witbin
5 miles of the Air-Line Railroad, in the Steel Creek
neighborhood, convenient to Churches, School
uouses, Mills, &c. Call on the premises or address
E. M. CROWELL,
Mch 5, 1880 6wpd. Charlotte, N. C, Box 20.
Plantation for Sale.
I offer for sale that well improved tract of Land
situated just beyond the Military Institute, about
one mile irom the rubhc Square, containing fifty
Acres. There is a good Dwelling and all necessary
out-building on the place, and most of the land is
in a high state of cultivation, with goad Pasture, &c.
Persons wanting a nice Farm near the City will
find this place very desirable. On application, I
will show the place and make known terms.
D. M. RIGLER.
Charlotte, Dec. 12, 1879.
TAKE NOTICE.
Having left a few days ago for the East and
JNortn to purchase my SPRING STOCK of
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks,
VALICES, &c.,of all the best make and durability,
i tuererore oner my UJSA.VY GOODS on hand
cheaper than ever.
Give me a call and be convinced.
Respectfully, L. AS1EL.
P. S. Having connected myself with the above
House, I am sure that my old friends and customers
can be better suited and for less money than at any
oilier bouse in the city.
Feb. 13, 1880. S. Frankenthall.
Yarn, Sheeting, &c.
We are Agents for the Columbia Manufacturing
Company's Sheetings, Yarns, Knitting Cotton, Sew
ing 1 hread, &c, and invite the inspection of pur-
cnasers to tne same.
j. Mclaughlin & co.
Jan. 23, 1880.
AT RIGLER'S
CandiesBoth Plain and Fancy.
We claim that we have as good if not better than
you will find elsewhere, and at prices as low if not
lower than you can buy the same in the city.
FR UITS,
Nuts, Raisins. Citron and Currants, and Seedless
uaisins for your Christmas Cake.
The best assortment of Plain and Fancy Crackers
ever Drought t tne city.
CAJNNJ2D GOODS of all descriptions.
Here is the place to buy your CAKES AND
BREAD, as we make a specialty of Cakes. Come
and see us.
Respectfully, D. M. RIGLER.
Dec. 12, 1879.
Just Received.
100 Barrels Planting Potatoes,
100 Flour,
50 Apples,
50 Boxes Chewing Tobacco,
500 Lbs. Sitting Bull Smoking Tobacco,
20,000 Cigars,
And a large Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries.
call and try tuem,
And you will always buy 'em.
R. B. ALEXANDER.
Feb. 13, 1880.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY,
Representing
THE QUEEN of Liverpool and London,
THE WESTERN ASSURANCE of Toronto,
Canada,
THE WATERTOWN of Watertown, New
York.
The last named Company also pays for Farm
Property and Live Stock damaged or killed by
Lightning in liarns or on the Premises, without
additional cost to the assured.
DRAYTON & CO., Agents,
Office on Trade Street. Charlotte, N. C,
Over Kyle & Hammond s Hardware Store.
Feb. 13, 1880 , ly
Blacksmiths' Tools.
We have a complete stock of Blacksmiths' Tools
of the best quality and at prices that will put them
within the reach or every J? armer.
Nov. 1. 1878. KYLE A HAMMOND.
j. Mclaughlin & co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers m
Groceries, Provisions, &c,
College Street, Charlotte," N. C,
Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash,
and buys Country Produce at
highest market price.
13?" Cotto and other country. Produce sold on
commission and prompt returns made.
Williamston Female College,
WILLIAMSTON, S. C.
Ret. S. Laztdkr, A. M., D. D., President
A live, progressive School for girls. One prin
cipal study at a time, semi-annual course.
Thorough Scholarship. Private Graduation. Only
31 Graduates in 8 years. Quiet, healthy location.
Excellent Chalybeate Spring. Very low rates.
Send for a Valogue.
Oct. 1879. ly
A full line of New Remedies can be had at
DR. SMITH'S DRUG STORE.
Politeness vs. Etiquette.
Mr. Editor: We have seen it somewhere
written in some book of etiquette we im
agine that it is the duty of the lady al
ways to recognize the gentleman: the rea
son assigned, is, that a gentleman could not
ignore the recognition of a lady, while a
lady in her peculiar province could slight
or snub a gentleman. We fail to gather or
see the lorce ol the argument.
To digress, however, a little, we would
say, that rules for the governance or guid
ance of a lady or a gentleman cannot be
written in but one book and by one author,
that is the book of nature, whose author is
God.
Books of etiquette may be good for some
to study but gentlemen and ladies are
born as such ; they need no training in a
school of etiquette or mannerism, their sim
ple acts and deportment write books of eti
quette, aye volumes every day and hour.
It is our habit to raise our hat to every
decent being arrayed in frocks. It matters
little to us whether she acknowledges our
salutation or no. 'lis not to themdividua
we touch our hat, the act is prompted by
our respect for woman-kind. And, that she
should not be a lady, is no reason why we
should not be a gentleman.
Natural gentility is a true coin, that
which is gathered from books of etiquette
is spurious or counterfeit. A little boorish-
ness, we sometimes think, is more tolerable
than mannerism.
A safe rule for our conduct upon the
streets, we think, is to touch our hat to
each piece of calico which sails by us. It
remains with the party, whom the calico
apparels, to be a lady or not. Unmarried
Man in JSewbern Nut Shell.
Gambling in New York.
Stock gambling and card gambling seem
to go together, Some of the best poker
players in JNew York are to be found
among the Wall street brokers, and the
faro dealers draw a good deal of money
from the same class. It is a common thing
in Wall street for a poker party to sit down
about three o clock, when the regular bust
ness is over, and play out the remainder of
the day. And it is just as common a thing
lor women to take a hand in the same
game at night, when card parties are
formed in up-town parlors to kill time.
Some one has said that women are gamblers
by nature. .New York women seem to
have a special aptitude for poker, and a
large number of them play the game as
readily as whist or casino. Generally they
don't mind telling what their hands are.
A great many circulars are being sent out
to women known to command funds of
their own. inviting them to become mem
bers of the Women's Stock Exchange in
New York, and to operate there. Women,
when once launched upon a gambling
career, are far more desperate than men.
1 he sensible men of New York are pro
testing against the new project. It will
prove, they say, the ruin of women. They
will pawn their jewels and compromise
their characters and their happiness. The
very inducement held out to them ot "pri
vacy and seclusion" is enough of itself to
condemn it.
NOTICE,
I have the Agency for Lister Bros. Ammoniated
Dissolved Bone Phosphate Guano. Farmers desir
ing to use a good Fertilizer will find it to their in
terest to call and see me.
I also have on hand a large lot of Seed Oats. Corn.
Fodder, Hay, Shucks, Bran and Mill Stuff of every
kind, that I am selling at lowest market rates.
JOHN VANLANDINGHAM,
Cotton Buyer and General Commission Merchant,
in banders cc Blackwood s Building,
North College St., Charlotte, N. C.
Feb. 6, 1880.
WANTED
At the Charlotte City Mills,
O OOn BUSHELS CORN, 1,000 Bushels
t-'vvyv Wheat, Rye, Oats, Peas, &c, for
which Cash, or Meal in exchange, will be paid.
Constantly on hand, Flour, Meal, Mill-feed. &c.
for sale.
These Mills have been thoroughly refitted, and
all grain sent will be promptly ground, or ex
changed if desired.
F. J. IRWIN & CO.,
Jan. 23, 1880 tf CiOy Mills.
CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
By M. SCHLOSS.
The undersigned (late of Salisbury. N. C.j has
taken charge of the CHARLOTTE HOTEL, and
has had the whole building renovated throughout.
Having had long experience in the Hotel business,
he thinks he can give satisfaction to patrons.
An Omnibus belonging to the House will be at
the trains on their arrival and departure.
Jan. 16, 1880 tf M. SCHLOSS.
FIRE ! FIRE ! !
Insure your Dwelling, Furniture, Barn, Stable,
Live Stock, Store, Merchandise, Mill, or other pro
perty, in the old reliable and prompt paying
N. C. Home Insurance Company.
Losses promptly adjusted and paid.
Be wise and protect yourself in time against loss
by fire.
THOS. U. HAUGHTON,
General Agent,
Office opposite the Post Office, on Tryon Street,
March 5, 1880.
Charlotte, N. C.
Tobacco.
The celebrated B. F. Gravely Tobacco will here
after be kept at
JJlt. SMITH'S JJiiUU STORE.
"Nelson's Gelatine, fine Fla
voring Extracts and Spices at
JJK. BMUU 3 JJKLti STUKJi.
Runaway
From A. H. Griffith, JAMES BIRD, a bound boy,
17 years old. This is to warn all persons from
hiring or harboring him, as the penalties of the
law will be strictly enforced against them.
A. U. GRIFFITH.
March 5, 1877. 2w
tW I keeD fine Pocket and Table Knives. Plated
Spoons, Forks and Knives, from the best makers.
WAUiAJtt JoJ&ItaL, Agent
Castle Garden in New York.
r A New York paper has a description o:
the "Battery." situated at the Southern
point of the city. The article says of Castle
Garden, the queer-looking building where
the emigrants are landed : It has not much
of a castellated look, and any stranger
would be more apt to pick it out for a cheap
warehouse than for a place with such a
nign-souuding name as "Uaslle Warden, at
the Battery." There is a good deul more
of the castle about the building, however,
than most people would suppose. 1 he high
wall around it conceals its lower story
from the ouuide, leaving only the wooden
upper portion exposed to view. Go in
through one of the three or four gates
however, if you can get past the guard, and
when once inside turn to the right a dozen
yards or so, if one of the inside officers does
not stop you, and you will see that Castle
Warden is rightly named. What now forms
the lower story of the round building is the
wall of what was once a fort, or battery; a
wall so heavy and thick, that it is a curiosi
ty to see in these days of flimsy buildings
It is built of great brown stones, with port
holes at regular intervals, tapering down
toward the inside, where, instead of a can
non's mouth, a glass sash may now be seen.
The glass may be seen, but nothing beyond
it, unless the janitor has very lately taken
it into his head to wash the windows. An
upper story of boards has been added to
this solid wall, a root has been put on, a
great number of little wings added, like
wards in a hospital and this is Castle
Garden, where Pat first sets foot when he
arrives from Ireland : Hans when he comes
from Germany ; our street-sweeping friends,
the Italians, and all the other distinguished
foreigners whose purses will not permit of
their coming over in the cabin and eating
suicidal pastry. The big room that they
are ushered into, on a day when an emi
grant steamer arrives, is worth walking all
the way down from Harlem to se to a
man who has no corns. Some of the queer
est looking people in the world come in
here, and look wildly about thsm, and at
length drop their bundles on the flr or, sit
down on them and light their pipes. Some
of the men are dressed in leather breeches,
and nearly all of them wear coats that
might be stretched out a few inches longer
without detriment. No pen of the male
persuasion could describe the costumes of
many of the women. When a few hundred
of the emigrants flock in from one of the
transfer-boats and open their bundles, and
go to cooking their scanty dinners on the
four stoves that are provided, they make a
picture full of color and romance, and one
that is much more romantic as seen from
the spectators' balcony than from the midst
ot the characters. On a fair day, the walks
surrounding Castle Garden are full of these
emigrants. They lean against the wall in
sunny places, and swarm like bees. Pres
ently they disappear, many of them going
West, some .North or South, and a good
many remaining in this city and becoming
aldermen. But one ship's load is hardly
disposed of before another ship's load ar
rives, bringing members of Congress, tax
commissioners, referees, and sometimes a
Judge or two.
1 1 1
Brave Women.
From Blackwood's Magazine.
The extraordinary courage of the Al
banian women has been displayed over and
over again in the history of the country ;
but one of the most celebrated instances
was that recorded of the branch of the Al
banian people represented by the Suliotes,
when they were besieged by Ali Pasha in
1792. The Suliotes formed a semi-independ
ent confederacy, comprising sixty-six vii-
ages, in the districts of Margariti. Paramy-
thia, and Janina. Up to the time of Ali
Pasha they prided themselves on the regu-
arity of the payment of their dues to the
Porte. But the intrigues of the cunning
old Veliy who wanted to get the whole of
the spahilik of Suli into his greedy hands,
soon roused the people into rebellion, and
they commenced their glorious and length
ened war against the far greater resources
of the renowned Pasha. The latter, by
means of the duplicity of which he was
such a consummate master, had entrapped
Tzavelia, one of the Suliote heads of houses,
into his power, and then laid siege to the
town of Suli. He endeavored by bribes to
induce Tzavelia to turn traitor. Cunning
here met bis match ; the crafty Suliote pre
tended compliance, and even left his own
son, Foto, in Ali Pasha's hands as a hostage.
He returned to Suli under pretense of be
traying the town, but no sooner had he ar
rived than he sent a letter of defiance to
the Pasha. Ali then assailed the town.
and it was here that the heroism of the Al
banian women became so conspicuous.
Mosko, the wife of Tzavelia and mother of
Foto, showed prodigies of valor during the
siege. She broke open some cartridge-
boxes with a hatchet, and then loaded them
on the other women, and rushing into the
trenches, distributed them among the
Suliotes. Ali threatened to roast alive her
son Foto; but she replied she was young
and could have other children ; and that
she would eat a bit of the roasted flesh of
her son rather than betray her country.
A young man sent twenty-five cents
o a New York firm for the Durpose of learn
ing "how to get along without a blotter in
writing," and received this reply, "Write
with a lead pencil."
dfA little Waterloo Sunday School
scholar was asked by her teacher, "What
must people do in order to go to heaven ?"
"Die, I suppose." replied the little one.
The teacher did not question her any further.
1 1 1
"Yon promised to pay that bill yes
terday," said an angry creditor to a debtor.
"Yes' calmly replied the other, "but to err
is human, to forgive divine, and I forget it."
The Queen of England's Accession to the
Throne.
William IV., third son of George III.
had left no children who could have sue
ceeded to the throne, and the crown passed
therefore to the daughter of his brother,
fourth son of George, the Duke of Kent.
ibis was the Princess Alexandnna Victoria
who was born at Kensington Palace on
May 24, 1819. The Princess was therefore
at this time little more than eighteen years
- e mi i-v r it . a" a r
oi age. xne jjuko oi iveni uiea a iew
months after the birth of his daughter, and
the child was brought up under the care o
his widow. She was well brought np
both as regards her intellect, her character
and her training was excellent. She was
taught to be self-reliant, brave and sys
tematical Prudence and economy were
inculcated on her as though she had been
born to be poor. Qne is not generally in
clined to attach much importance to what
historians tell us of the education of con
temporary princes or princesses; but it
cannot be doubted that the Princess Vic
toria was trained for intelligence and good
ness. There is a pretty description, which
has been often quoted, but will bear citing
once more, given by Miss Wynne of the
manner in which the young sovereign re
ceived the news of her accession to a throne.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. How-
ley, and the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis
of Cony ngham, left Windsor for Ivensing
ton Palace, where the- Princess Victoria
had been residing, to inform her of the
King's death. It was two hours after mid
night when they started, and they did not
reach Kensington until five o'clock in the
morning. They knocked, they rang, they
thumped for a considerable time before
they could arouse the porter at the gate ;
they were again kept waiting in the court
yard, then turned into one ot the lower
rooms, where they seemed forgotten by
everybody. They rang the bell, and de
sired that the attendant of the Princess
Victoria might be sent to inform Her High
ness that they requested an audience on
business of importance. After another de
lay, and another ringing to inquire the
cause, the attendant was summoned, who
stated that the Princess was in fcuch a
sweet sleep that she could not venture to
disturb her. Then they said, "We are
come on business ot state to the tueen, and
even her sleep must give wav to that. It
did ; and to prove that she did not keep
them waiting, in a few minutes she came
into the room in a loose white nightgown
and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, and her
hair falling upon her shoulders, her leet in
slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly
collected and dignified. The Prime Minis
ter, Lord Melbourne, was presently sent for,
and a meeting of the Privy Council sum
moned for eleven o clock, when the .Lord
Chancellor administered the usual oaths to
the Queen, and Her Majesty received in re
turn the oaths of allegiance of the Cabinet
Ministers and other privy councillors pres
ent. Mr Greville, who was usually as lit
tle disposed to record any enthusiastic ad
miration of royalty and royal personages as
Humboldt or Varnhagen von Ense could
have been, has described the scene in words
well worthy of quotation. "The King died
at twenty minutes after two in the morning,
and the young Queen met the Council at
Kensington Palace at eleven. Never was
anything like the first impression she pro
duced, or the chorus of praise and admira
tion which is raised about her manner and
behaviour, and certainly not without jus
tice. It was very extraordinary, and some
thing tar beyond what was looked for.
Her extreme youth and inexperience, and
the ignorance ol the world concerning her,
naturally excited intense curiosity to see
how she would act under this trying oc
casion, and there was a considerable assem
blage at the palace, notwithstanding the
short notice which was given. The first
thing to be done was to teach her her les
son, which, for this purpose, Melborne had
himself to learn. She bowed to the lord,
took her seat, and then read her speech in
a clear, distinct, and audible voice, and
without any appearance of fear or embar
rassment. She was quite plainly dressed,
and in mourning. After she had read her
speech, and taken and signed the oath for
the security of the Church of Scotland, the
privy councillors were sworn, the two royal
dukes first by themselves; and as these two
old men, her uncles, knelt before her, swear
ing allegiance and kissing her hand, she
blushed up to the eves, as it she felt the
contrast between their civil and their natu
ral relations, and this was the only sign of
emotion which she evinced. She seemed
rather bewildered at the multitude of men
who were sworn, and who came, one after
another, to kiss her hand ; but she did not
8 peak to anybody, nor did she make the
slightest difference in her manner, or show
any in her countenance, to any individual
of any rank, station, or party. The inter
est or cariosity with which the demeanour
of the young Queen was watched was all
the keener because the world in general
knew so little about her. Not merely was
the world in general thus ignorant, but
even the statesmen and officials in closest
communication with court circles were in
almost absolute ignorance. According to
Mr Greville, whose authority, however, is
not to be taken too implicitly except as to
matters which he actually saw, the young
Queen had been previously kept in such se
clusion by her mother 'never,' he says,
having slept out of her bedroom, nor been
alone with anybody but herself and the
Baroness Lehzen' that not one of her ac
quaintance, none of the attendants at Ken
sington, not even the Duchess of Northum
berland, her governess, have any idea what
she is or what she promises to be.' There
was enough in the court of the two sov
ereigns who went before Queen Victoria to
i ; t i .1
jusiny any strictness oi seclusion wnicu iue
Duchess of Kent might desire for her
daughter. It was remarked with some in
terest that the Queen subscribed herself
simply 'Victoria,' and not, as had been ex
pected, 'Alexandnna Victoria.' Mr Gre
ville mentions in his diary of December 24,
1819, that 'the Duke of Kent gave the name
of Alexandrina to his daughter in compli
ment to the Emperor of Russia She was
to have had the name of Georgiana, but the
Duke insisted upon Alexandrina being her
first name. The Regent sent for Lieven,'
Russian ambassador, husband of the fa
mous Princess dc Lieven, 'and made him a
great many compliments on the Emperor's
being godfather, but informed him that the
name of Georgiana could be second to no
other in this country, and therefore she
could not bear it at all.' It was a very
wise choice to employ simply tho name of
Victoria, around which no ungenial associa
tions of any kind hung at that time, and
which can have only grateful associations
in the history of this country for the future.
London Christian Union.
Curious Custom.
An English gentleman who has lately
traveled in Palestine recently gave a des
cription of the curious scenes that are en
acted in the Church ol the Holy Sepulchre.
He said when you first entered the church
you would be surprised to see a party of
soldiers, with their swords by their sides
and their guns stacked within reach. It
seemed a sacrilege in such a holy place,
and struck one unpleasantly; but he soon
found out the necessity for it. According
to the laws of the country, every sect is al
lowed to worship there, and as it is consid
ered equally sacred both by Christians and
Mohammedans, all wish a time for their mode
of worship. The law allows them an hour
each. They commence at six in the morn
ing. At that hour, those who have the
first privilege enter, bring with them what
ever is necessary to conduct their particu
lar religious rites. They go through their
chants, and all is very quiet to about a
quarter to seven, when those who have the
privilege of the next hour begin to arrive.
At first all is decorum, but presently the
new comers begin to hiss and mock. As
their numbers increase, and they become
stronger, they push and crowd, and as the
time lessens, they get more and more bold.
A few minutes before seven they proceed
to more forcible demonstrations. They
think if they can clean out those blasphe
mers a few minutes before the time, they
have done so much good work, while the
worshipers, on the other hand, think if they
can keep possession a few minutes after the
time they have done equally good work.
As some of these sects use torches, wax
candles, staves, or crooks in their worship,
they proceed to use them as weapons of of
fense or defense, and a free fight ensues.
Then comes in the soldiers, who separate
the combatants by filing in between them,
turning out those whose hour is up, and
leaving the place in the possession of the
last comers. If blood is shed, the church
is closed for the day. Such scenes are oc
curring all day long, and the presence of
soldiers is absolutely necessary.
The Drum in Battle.
The idea of disestablishing the drum in
the French army, already frequently mooted
in France, is again being, seriously dis
cussed. In support of the proposal, it is
urged that the drummer is useless as a sol
dier. He can not defend himself, and he is
encumbered in his movements by an instru
ment which, when it is wet, will not give
forth any sound. The drum again, it is
argued, can not be heard at any great dis
tance, and in any case signals given by it
are difficult to understand. Impeded by
his drum, the drummer, it is further plead
ed, rarely steps a full pace, and consequent
ly the marching of the whole column, at
the head of which he moves, is disordered.
In the French army there are, it is calcu
ated, nearly 3,000 drummers in times of
peace, and double that number when the
army is on a war footing ; and it is argued
that if these men were given bugles instead
of drums, they would be able to take their
share in fighting as actual combatants. On
the other hand those who object to aboli
ion maintain that the drum can be heard
more distinctly and at a greater distance
during the rattle of musketry and the noise
of battle than any bugle; that its beat will
be more inspiriting to men charging than
would be the discordant and feeble notes
which, under the same circumstances,
would be sounded by the bugle; that if
wet and damp affect the drum, cold will
affect much more prejudicially the lips ol
the bugler; ana mat tne iaea oi utilizing
the latter as an actual fighting man is sim
ply impracticable.
The Battle of Gettysburg. The truth
of history is very important, specially in re
gard to battles. Gettysburg is a famous
nstance. I he Washington letter to the
Baltimore Sun says :
"Gens. Hancock, Slocum, Wright, Gib
bon, Doubleday and other Union Generals,
have all united in a petition to Congress
asking the adoption of measures to secure
the maps and historical data of the battle
of Gettysburg of Mr Bachelor, which they
say convey the most truthful and valuable
history of the battle."!
There is no doubt of the accuracy and
value of Mr Bachelor's maps,' Jfcc. North
Carolina ought to own a copy, for they
show that on the third day at Gettysburg
where Pettigrew's men fought and how far
they went. They show that North Caro
lina troops went as far as the farthest, and
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Cr W. IL Vanderbiit of New York, has
invested five and a half millions more in
United States registered four-per-cent bonds
He already had twenty-six millions invest
ed in four per cents, all in fifty thousand
dollar bonds. Upon the lot he will draw
orer 1300,000 interest every ninety days
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