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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-04

Mail Train connects at Raleigh with Raleigh &
CASTOR Railroad trains for the North. At Colds
boro with Wilmington Weldon, and Atlantic &
N. c. Trains y=--s .---
Accommodation Train runs daily Sundays ex-
eepted) connecting with Wilmington & Weldon
Trains.
There is Sunday Train going North from We'll
don to Portsmouth; passengers arriving at Weldon
on that day GO Immediately through via Peters
burg and Richmond. E. WILKES,
June IL, 1866 If Eng & Sup't.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-04

CO-Partnership Notice.
MR.. R. MACDONALD is this day (Jaly 1st)
admitted partner in the business of our House at
Charlotte N. c., which will be continued, under the
firm of STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & co.
STENHOUSE l. MACAULAY.
July l6, 1866. <--s II .e.<> = -.f..
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CHARLOTTE
Steam Refined Candy Mandatory,
BAE9RV s gON99DEaON9BYs
WhOles:ale and Retail.

"uOIesdIG anu kSeIdEIs
The subscriber is now manufacturing all sorts of
CANDIES, CAKES, BREAD, &c. &c
Plain and Ornamental Cakes, for Weddings and
Parties, always hand made to order. -
RGp Merchants and dealers in Candies will find
it to their interes. to purchase from me, as will
give satisfaction both in price and quality
Orders from distance attended to at short
notice. .-s -
J. G. C. Lesser,
One door south of the Mansion House,
Tryon street, Charlotte, N. @.
March IL, 1866 l--s.- a. :
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G.. w. Downing
NOTARY PUBLIC

Office in the Carson building, Up stairs, under che
Zines printing Office.
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Good News to All.

Goods of every kind cheap and pretty, for Ladies
and Gentlemen. Everything to be found in the
line of Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes, Groceries and Hard
ware. Call and see for yourselves.
BARRINGER, WOLFE &. co.
Anr;I O 1oee
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BUGGIEs and CARRIAGES

Repairad-re- painted or re-trimmed-at my Shop
next door below the Jail, at short notice and on
reasonable terms. Give me a trial. Provisions
taken in exchange for work. a. = SO -ss-s
keep on hand and for sale Family Provisions
of all kinds. WIN. s. WEARN
May 81, 1866 Next door to the JAIL
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-04
ExPREss COMPANIES.

The SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY .h,,.
moved their Office in RICHMOND under the sno,,
wood Hotel, Main street, between Eighth and Mini
streets. The Southern Express Company are nov
prepared to forwards al Reduced Rates,
Currency, Coin,
Valnables and Freight,
To all accessible points in the Seutb.a
All goods shipped from the North by The Adam,
or Harnden Express Companies will be transferred
to the SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY to com.
1G- Goods shipped from the North by steamsb;c
and marked to the care of Southern Express Com.
pany will be promptly forwarded to destination freo
of charge for commissions and drayage.
Arrangements have been made with the DanyiDs
Railroad Company, and we now receive freight for
all Way Stations on that road at ,he same rates as
were formerly charged by the Danville Railroad Ex.
press. 81 49, .zeS, .s--7r-....,F 80
Goods called for. WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE
and promptly Forwarded;
..-.--.7e- SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY.
RICHMOND AND DzNVILLE R4HR0AD
Nor1cE.-To give facilities TO the public on the
line OF this road for gthe transportation Of small
packages by Express an ARA ngement has been made
with the SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY BY
which their Wagons in Richmond and Danvilie viii
call for and receive all Express Freight for
this Road, ON notice being given at their Office and
their wagons will deliver an Express Freight arriv
ing by this Road FREE OF ANY EXTRA CHARGE
FOR RECEIPT OR DELIVERY, and the rates Of
Express Freight will be the same charged by this
Company -y,x. 49, - 4 e5--s' -
= Dec,ls, 1865 If Superintendent,
sE- - b. t.-.Sz p. - 60 sts s[rH- ~. -
49, -s...-. CHARLoTTE, Dec. Is, 1865
All freight forwarded with promptness and dis
PATCH IL being carried Passenger and Mail trains
and on slow freight trains. Rates as low as by
any company. T. D. GILLESPIE, Agt.
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Will, Charlotte & Ruth. Railroad.
On and after the 3Oth of July, 1866, the Passen
ger Train will daily Sundays excepted) on the
Western Division of this Road, as follows:
GOING EAST
Leave Cheyryvile, 90 A NJ
Leave Lncolnton, 10 :"
Arrive at Charlotte, 10 90
GOING WEST. 4
Leave Charlotte % r NJ
Leave Lincolnton %
Arrive at Ceerryville 90
Freight for transportation, if delivered at the
Depots on the day previous, will be promptly for
warded on the following day.
-.-' B. S. GUION,
July 80, 1866 Engineer Superintendent
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NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD

ENGINEER Il SUPERISTEsDENT's OFFIcE ~
CoMpANY SHOPS, June 7th, 1866. I
Change of Time.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

uate names 0 Fame, what a simpleton
thou art What q rush there is in the
market Of fempty honors. What stupid
ity, not to have noticed that the most
enduring fame-to say the least, the
most honest--is not secured by those
who are "bidders at the auction Of pop
ularity:" and that true greatness is un-
selfish, and of almost unconscious deyel-
opment in the soul The greatest men
are generally surprised by the honors
which are offered by the impulse Of the
worlds great excited heart. How calm,
in death, the face of the great Lincoln
while a continent did him honor. But
comparatively few live to hear the
worlds best praise, because so few are
content to live without it.
Carlyle is right when he intimates
humanity's need of heroes to worship
there is void in our conception Of hui
manity if we have no heroes to contem-
plate. But we are inclined to the opn-
ion that Carlyle's conception Of hero,
to begin with, is inaccurate. We want
the genuine greatness before we render
homage. We do not believe that all
prodigies are heroes We cannot con-
ceiye that all wise men are great men.
We think he is selfish rather than great
who labors for fame rather than human
ity 1t is not brain alone, title alone,
or substance alone that makes great
man-to worship such is worse than
image-worship. As an orthodox man
would say, there is no spirituality about
such worship 1t is the poorest kind Of
idolatry. Of course when we speak Of
hero-worship, we do not mean any kind
of exclusive worship, and are at the
farthest remove from supreme worship.
We BEG leave to express a just con-
tempt Of every effort to defy humanity
We are only questioning the general
: accuracy Of the worlds method Of dis
tributing honors. Where there is sucl
race for delivering the yaledictory
, human nature may need a little watch
ing.
When an honest laboring man wa
informed that his neighbor, Dr. Robin
son was the author Of the book which HI
was reading, and admiring to the exten
of his capacity, he could not believe tina
the man whom he saw almost ever,
! day and heard talk on common subject
, was the great historian. He was sur
r there was no prophet in his neighbor
hood. To his mind, all great men wer
q at a distance.
e The rule, Honor to whom honor
due, is plains but to apply it is yer,
8 difficult. Every man, in some respect
is inclined to make the world his debt
e or. Every man insists that he does no
. receive his dues. So we suppose W
y must infer that the accounts Of the worl
' are in bad conditions and that honor
' in distressing litigation.
PuIDEITA,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

you as tendcrly as if you were royal
prince with all the graces Of a Cheyalier
Bayard It's a way women have. 1t
is you they like-not money, Or rank,
or exterior charm you, strange as 1t
may seem. If you are boy worth
anything at all, there is dcmure little
girl somewhere who is Just silly enough
to believe in you most implicitly, and
that little girl will be the best ally you
can have in fighting the battle Of a live
iihood.
Suppose you think over this subject
well and seriously before you decide f.
nalIy and ireyocably to live aud die au
old bachelor.
Moreover, don't allow yourselves to
be discouraged because you are not what
the world calls 'ladies' man," because
you cannot dance as gracefully, Or hold
a fan as skilfully, Or whisper pretty com
plimentary nothingB as readily as some
body else. You viii find that nobody
wants 'Iadies' man" for a companion
through life, agreeable as he may be in
ballroom or promenade.
Don't blush when you are caught in a
rusty coat, or an old-fashioned hat, 60
ing sensibly about your business; don't
fancy that your character will stand any
higher for wearing expensive kid gloves
every day, Or hiring somebody to do for
YOU what YOU can a great deal better do
for yourself. Don't be foolishly extrav,
agant for fear some brainless fool viii
think YOU are "mean." Just ask your
self what is best and Fight, and then &C
ahead and do it, no matter what people
say or thiuk. And if you have beer
unfortunate enough to do a foolish thing
don't shrink away from the consequcn
ces, but stand up aud meet them like
man. Oh, boys, how many Of the evil
OF this world are brought on by iittl'
lack Of moral courage.
Have we gossiped long enough
Perhaps we have; perhaps there will b.
no room in the columns Of the "PLren0
i0gicar' for those sly hints we were abou
to whisper regarding the letters yo'
write to your particular feminine friend
and the long evenings you dream away
careless and purposeless, and the do
lars you throw away, when dimes woul
be ail-suficient, and the tight boots 20
wear. in bold defiance Of coming corn:
and the indigestible restaurant dinner
you deyour, as if there were no retribr
tive dyspepsia impending, and the nun
Der of pairs of kid gloves you wear pC
annum, and forty other things whic
are none of our business. Do not SUI
pose. however, that we are not activeI
interested in all these matters just b
cause we happen to be woman. v
F could say great deal about them, on
we have concluded to be"merciful til
once, and besides, as we said before, v
always ,cas partial to the offenders as
/ class. Perhaps they won't do so al
, more.-Phrea0logcat Journal
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
An Ingenious Monkey.

An English gentleman relates the fol-
lowing trick of pet monkey, that was
kept chained in bis yard. About three
feet beyond his reach, stood a trough in
which a pig was fed The monkey was
very fond of the barley meal which was
frequently given to the pig, but how to
get it, while thus fastened, might puzzle
even a wiser animal. The monkey
however, hit upon the following plan
While the pig was feeding, the monkey
seized the tail of the porker and gave il
a sharp pull the latter turned quickly
to return bite, and in SO doing let fall
mouthful of the desired barley meal
which his cunning tormentor immedl
ately APPROPRIATED he repeated the ex
pertinent with great satisfaction, unit
the meal was finished.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
FAITH.

Have confidence, dear friend, in love,
And let thy doubts depatt;
'Tis born in the bright realms above,
Close keep itin thy heart.
Twill soothe thee, when distressed with pain
TO know loved ones are near
Twill drive pale sorrow from the brain,
And dry the falling tear.
Oh, trust in friendships storled might,
II hath strange healing powers;
It's flow Of sympathy eer bright
Will soften lilcs sad hours.
Cast not the precious pearl aside
Friends are not easy won
But follow her, whate cr betide,
Her lights radiant sun.
Center thy faith in the Divine,
Look Gward home on high
Where joy and peace sercnely reign,
Where friendships never die.
In Heavens ark of safety rest
Till summoned hence away,
Then mayst thou dwell among the blcst
And bask in endless DAY. A. u.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
Is il Good for the Boys.

Boys think tobacco is good-at any
rate they persist in trying to use it
though it makes them i'll, as if they
thought it would prove to be good A
boy nine years of age was recently
brought in for examination by his moth
er, and having a twenty-five inch brain,
we advised him never to touch tobacco,
because it had such a tendency to induce
the blood to the brain and keep the body
lean and little. We remarked that if he
ever expected to be full-sized man he
must keep clear of tobacco as he would
of any other poison. The mother re-
marked that she had seen enough OF the
use of tobacco to make hervery earnest
in training her boy relative to its use
She said her husband used tobacco fol
ten or more years, becoming lean, bill
ious, and sickly; that when he became
so weak and i'll that he could hardly
walk or sit up, he would smoke seyera
cigars day. Finally the doctors in,
formed him that he must quit using to-
bacco or 90 to his grave. This brought
him to his senses, and he resolved to tly
the experiment. From that day he usec
tobacco no more, and in three months
time he went from weight of 1870 VI
to lS5 pounds, and became as hardy
healthy, and robust man as could b(
seen in days ride. That woman
thinks tobacco is not good for boys, anC
she is sure it is not good for men. Sh'
is determined that her boys shallbe KEEP
from it. If parents could realize the ex
tent of the evil resulting from the use o
tobacco, especiallyb youth, they woul(
certainly refrain from setting them thu
bad example. The appetites Of all to
bacco-users are perverted, and they ar
in an abnormal condition of body ant
mind.-Phrmological Journal.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
Buckwheat as a Green Manure
Crop.

On very poor and light land, buck
wheat is by far the best common green
manure crop. Oats do very well on
soils of a little better quality, and clover
is best for clayey soils that need organic
matter. The amount of the crop varies
exceedingly. $50 to 200 lbs. Of good
Peruvian guano VIII almost uniformly
ensure a good crop of buckwheat, and
two crops may be plowed in one season,
Oats need a little more guano, with the
addition Of some ashes and plaster per-
haps, and clover needs very thorough
plowing. 1t may also have, a dressing
of lime plowed in, also lime narrowed
in, and an application Of giano and
plaster at the time Of sowing, which
may be in September, or you may plow
in crop Of bUck%Eaat or oats, and SOW
clover in the fall.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
Can anything be done with Hams
not sufficiently Sailed?

We fear not. 1t will not be safe TO-
put them in the brine again after they
are smoked. A friend Of ours tried il
year or two ago, and had to make
soap greqge Of bis hams in consequence.
He says tie soap turned the brine or
picklesohr, and spoiled the bans A
good dea| |can be dure toward preserv-
ing those that are not salt enough, by
smoking them thoroughly and for sew
eral weeks, keeping up fire until the
smoke has completely saturated the
hams
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

If you wish to strike for wages,
strike with theax or hoe.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
Blank Prizes,

A gentleman in Sumpter, Michigan,
writes us that a number of his neigh
bors have been wickedly swindled by
lottery and jewelry dealers in New York.
He says, ''He sent them ten dollars, tor
which they sent him two tickets which
were expected to draw $3.50. but as
they now say they were only agents for
the company, he must send them twenty
dollars more-and then they would send
him the greenback8, the jewelry, or the
prizes. And now he can hear nothing
from them. lie calls on us to expose
the swindlers-instead of which we
simply publish his statement in part, and
again warn our friends to trust their
money to nobody whom they do not
know or who has not an established
reputation for honorable business trans
actions. The verdant greens who ex-
pect to get $3.50 for SO are still living,
and not only patronize the mock auc-
tions, the gift enterprises, and the lot
teries, but the quack medicine men who
advertise specifics for all complaints, put
up in large quart bottles, with the name
of the maker on the label. "NOne Others
genuine" Pills for headache, backache,
and heartache, "only % cents a box
But it takes all sorts of people to give
variety, and to furnish support fol
rogues. s.-AmericGn Ag1icaltTi&.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

"A sensational clergyman ont in
Wisconsin told his hearers that he
should divide his discourse into three
parts. The first should be terrible, the
second horrible, and the third should be
terrible horrible. .Assuminga a dramatic
tragic attitude, he exclaimed, in start
ling, agonizing tone, "What is that I
see there7" Here, q little old woman
in black cried out with shrill treble,
at is nothing but my little black dog
he won't bite nobody" The thread of
the discourse was so badly broken by
this curious interruption that the terrible
horrible head was never reached.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21
Farm e rx7 Column.

s7-The prospect still is that there will
be dry season. Let farmers begin at
once to harrow, rlow and hoe their
corn, and continue to pio8 it every
other week until it begins to silk. We
have tried this number of years, and
find it much the 6et policy in dry
seasons. II the ground is not stirred
frequently in dry weather, it is apt to
bake, and the corn will turn yellow. ,
We fill this column this week with
extracts from that excellent paper, the
American Agicu,twid.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

NEVER HIRE: O) girl who talks
about the defects Of her last employer
She has bad tongue, will be COM
palmer in your family, and ever make
trouble, and will talk about you to 9TH
rs,-(q) Never hire one who processes
to know everything, She will know
few things, if anything, well.-.(S,) New
er hire one who begins by lnqulrlng
what she has to do and not to 40,
Everything you ever listen to of TINS !
kind will make trouble afterwards, s,--(4')
! Never hire one who talks much about
how her former mistresses did this and
that. Say firmly, but calmly, every
housekeeper has her own way Of doing
things, and that way is best for her; J
have my way, and expect that to be fol-
lowed"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

SuENcE.-Learn to hold thy tongue
Five words cost Zacharias forty weeks
silence. .-Luke /.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-21

Nor ALwAYs.-Why is a man who
walks round greenhorn like a garter? ?
Because he goes round the cn!f
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-02
A PREACHERS CHICKEN ROoST
ROBBED.

Ed. Journal:-Allow me through
the columns of your paper to COM
muDicste to the public an act of
naeonness, which I have no words in
my vocabulary. adequate to de-
scribe. On Thursday night last.
some animal in human shape entered
our chicken coop, and took seven
and on Saturday night, two more
of the few chickens we had, lesvin g
us two old hens and three little
chickens, not fit for use. Now Mr..
Editor, my opinion is, that if it was
q negro, that did this foul deed, he
is the zaeanea ever heard, thought,
or read of And if he is white
man, then l think the devil will be
puzzled 10 know what to do with him,
especially upon the hypothesis, that
there is no keR. The very thought
of such an act, fills me with disgust,
and overwhelms me with astonish-
ment at the degradation into which
sin has plunged our race.
Oh! shame, where is thy blush!
Steal chickens from preacher, alas,
alas!
Fl u ADAMS
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-02
HAYWARD & FULLER
GALLIPOLIS INSURANCE AGENCY.
THE PORTLAND FIRE.

THE great disaster at Portland, Maine
July 9Th, adds another illustration of the sd
vantages Of GENUINE UNDERWRITING
and STRONG INDEMNITY, in trying
emergencies.
Portland was one Of the most substantial
built cities in the United States, having a
large preponderanoe Of stone, brick aud fire
proof buildings. Yet it was nearly swept
from existsnee in a few hours, by 'con-
temptable Fire cracker
The losses by the Companies which we
represent, have been greatly exaggerated; but
large as they actually were, the Companies
alter paying them in full, show footings that
will compare favorably with the best Com.
panies in existance.
Reports have been freely circulated that
the Capitol Of the Hartford Insurance Co.. has
been impaired; they are false. and the con.
struetIon Of the reports Of the "New York In.
surance Department" 10 support such state
ments are fraAds The figuring used by the
''Hon. VIM. Barnes in that report applied
to the "4ftna Co." would show like result
The Hartford Times reports sales Of Etns
shares at $500. decline of $50. Hartford
shares sl75, decline Of $40, since the Port
land Fire. We mention tae "1Etna" because
that company claim that they are "par ex-
cellenee" the best Of all Insurance Companies.
We claim that there sre others as good, and
the HARTFORD and METRoPOLITAN
are among them.
The Hartford Company after paying $780,
600 losses at Portland has capitol and sur
plus of 81 100000.
The Metropolitan lns. Co., after paving
over $500 600 losses at Portland. has a capitol
and surplus of over 81 100000 left, with
which they will further illustrate the advsn-
tages Ct GENUINE INSURANCE and
Stroug indemnify.
Consider the Insignificant origin of fires,
be wise to-day and call upon theundsrsigned
for any DESCRIPTION of ofInsurance required.
HAYWARD d FULLER,
Cor of Sd and State Streets.
July 26, 1861. of
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-02
City Council Proceedings.
GALLrPoLIs, July "a, 1856


Council met pursuant TO adjourn
ment. Present, a full Board, R.
Aleshire, President, in the chair.
Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved.
A petition was presented by Isaac
Cook, asking permission to use so
much of the public square as he may
need for lumber yard. A motion
TO lay said petition on the table, pre-
vailed.
A petition was presented from the
officers of several steamboats,, show.
ing the Inconvenience of having any
more Wharf at the landing,
and stating that the present arrange
ments for receiving freight would be
ample. A petition was also received
from the business men of Gallipolis,
protesting against granting license
for another Wharf Boat, for reasons
set forth in the petition. The peti-
ton was, on motion, received
The report of the Auditor in the
case of Chas. A. Clendenin, was re.
eeived, and committee continued.
The committee on Pine street
wharf reported progress.
The petition which was laid on the
table for one week at the last regular
meeting, was then taken up, and 8
motion made that the prayer of the
citizens asking that license be grant.
ed for another wharf boat. was lost
Richard Blazer, Weigh master
presented his report to August lst
and also his resignation, both oi
which were received; and on motion
W. L. Sharp was appointed Weigh
master for the balance Of the year.
On motion, adjourned to meei
August I4th, at 6 o'clock, P. III.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-02

S At the sale last Saturday, by
the County Commissioners, for the
rebuilding of the blessing Bridge" "
the wood work Was struck off to Fri
Tucker for the sum of 1892; the
stone work TO Elias McGath at 50, 80
per perch. The total cost of the
bridge will, it is supposed, be near
SO, 600.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-02
New Advertisements.

Blazer d Dale, Dissolution.
Morrison d Dale, Nep Firm
Cheshire academy.
c. c. Wei5ert, Sand and GrOpel.
W. n. Mccormick, for The Springs.
Last Letters.
L H. Beman, Claim Agent.
n. P. Fsnnsr, Closing out.
u. c. Woas, Farm for SAFE.
James Preston, Stray Bail.
r. Black, administrator.
j. A. Robinson, Fiar Seed scantsd-
Marietta College
Ohio Female College.
National Insurance Company.