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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-03
WHITE sULPHU. SPRINGS,
aREENBRlER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

THESE CELEBRATED SPRINGS, SO FAyORA.
BLY known for their valuable ALTERATIVE WA.
TERSs charming summer climate and as one OF the
most fashionable resorts in the country viii be
open for company on the 18th Of May, and with the
extensive Inn mprovementS thSt have been made will
DC prepared for the comfortable accommodation Of
from
FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWO THousANp
PERSONS.
The WHITE SULPHUR is now the western termi
nus OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the
cars OF that road In Onnectinn with teegraphic fa.
c1nues) VIII be running to the springs by LIST Jolly
NO pains or expense have or viii be spared to &C.
cure the comfortable entertainment I'm all the varie-
Ties OF accommodation, OF the largo number OF visi.
tors that VIII resort to the Springs the present
con. -
AarOne Of the best LAWN AND BALLROOM
BANDS VIII be IN attendance; an extensive LIVERY
has been provided; and suitable arrangements
made to facilitate every innocent and recreadye
amusement appropriate toa
FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACE.
a number Of Fancy and Masquerade Balls win be
given during the season 80 - 70
Charges win be 425 per week. and 500 per month
Ohd!dren under ten years Of age and colored eer.
wants half price. White servants according to nc.
commodations. -
PEYTONS ds CO.,
PROPRIRTORs.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
May21 anno
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WANTED TO PURCHASE, A ,LuT AT
wv MAGNOLIA Cemetery Address s. 81 j.,
NEWS OFFICE June
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TNKANSPURTATIO w II EC ID -
Il Captains OF small Vessels can find employ.
ment by ap lying at the foot OF Beestreet to JOHN
MCCRADY. NAV az
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WANTED, GENTLEdiGN G IN NEEUOE
w SUMNER CLOTHING, to call and examine
me MAsHlN0TON MILLS BLUE Flannel SUITS,
at GEO aGE LITTLE CO.'S, No 2l3 Klng-atreeM
June tutnsJ mo
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IlDQnts.

WANT BY A SMALL FAMILY,
w TWO ROOMS, one and kitchen room. In
the lower part OF the City. Address, stating terms
and location, j. A. A., POsTOFFIoE
juno 8 IT
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TyO R q sxM n q o M INN.
THE SUMTER NEWS.

PUBLI6RED iT 6UkTER, s.. q. a
COUNTRx; has large cryulation and aSYCras sss
perior advantages % an advertising medium. Torme
low. Addres DARE n OWTHTM -
February "a - Pronri~fo,s-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-03

CONVICTION, GA July g. 1867.
DR.. Prophit.-Having used your Liver Medicine
for more than year in my family, cheerfully re-
commend 1t to all persons suffering from Liver af-
feotions. Dyspepsia Indigestion in any form. I
also recommend your Dysentery Cordial the best
remedy for that disease. .. T. ROGERS
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-03

RETERKNcEs. Governor z. 3. Vance, Charlotte:
W. D. ReyHo'ds Bro, Norfolk; B. G.. Chic, super.
intendent 8. g. b. Railroad, Portsmouth; Colonel g.
L. Fremont, Il. e. Burruss, EGG, Wilmington; III.
&. Thurber b Co.. Langhran Rgbert. New York:
Bernard O'Eeill. Charleston; Alexander Russell.
Savannah. Smos Aur,,a
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
A Very singular Will.
a Novel lniirmaIy.

Yesterday we heard of and read part of
the most singular will on record. The ma
ker of the will is represented to be a shrewd,
| successful business man, who has accumu-
lated quite large fortune He exhibits
no other signs of insanity than may be de-
rived from the extreme occentrieity of his
will, although it is probable the courts
will, in due course, be called upon to de-
termine the question whether tho testator
was of sound and dispos;ng mind.
The will disinherits all the natural heirs
of the maker of it, and devises the entire
property in trust for the establishment OF
an intirmary for cats. A most elaborate
architectural plan for the necessary build
ings is attached to and made part Of the
will. 1t provides areas for that sweet am
atory converse so dear to the feline heart,
and rat-holes of the most ravishing nature
to be kept well stocked. The NEST inge-
NOUS contrivanees are provided for 5ecur
ing to the rat chance Of escape, so that
the cats may not lose tho pleasures OF tho
chase by finding their prey come too east
~. High walls are to be built, with gent
ly-sloping roofs, for the moonlight prom
enade and other nocturnal amusements of
the cats. The trustees are directed to Sc
lect the grounds for this novel infirmary,
In the most popnlous part of some great
ntACAiChA CAtyD iltt VIC altf1StS CaE6 W 10
protected by a competent force of nurses,
from the raVages of men and dogs. No
person of the male sex is ever to be admit
ted within the walls, and no female who
has children or il under thirty years old.
There are hundreds of minute directions
which we have no time to note.
One wonld suppose that in the forego-
ing provisions the testator had exhausted
all the eccentricities of one man, however
unique his nature but the last provision
OF the will seems more ontrageously tizar-
re than any that go before. Says :iie de-
visor {" / have all my life been taught to
believe that every thing in and about nun
was intended to be useful, and that it was
mans duty, as lord of animals, to protect
all the lesser species, even as God protects
and watches over him. For these two COM
bined reasons-frst, that my body, even
after death, may continue to be made nse-
full and secondly, that it may be made in
strumental, as far as possible. in furnish
ing substitute for the protection of the
bodies of my dear friends, the cats-I DO
hereby devise and bequeath the intostines
of my body to be made up into fiddle
strings, the proceeds to be devoted to the
purchase Of an accordeon, which shall be
played in the auditorium of the Cat mfr
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
Taxes and the state Debt.

From all quarters come the grumblings
of an over-taxed people. The Sheriffs of
cou mites in the western part of the State
complain that they find it difficult and fire.
quently impossible to collect the Especial
Tax" We more than suspect the people
find it impossible to meet the burdens
which corrupt Legislature, under the
whip and spur of more corrupt Ring, "
have imposed upon them. We hear
mono express themselves in regard to their
taxes who have not paid more than double
of the very liberal calculations which they
had previously made. The Editor of the
Raleigh Sentinel, writing from Rockingham
county says "John O. Wall, who is poor,
works hard and makes fine tobacco, told
us his tax last year was So Sc; this year,
upon the same property, it was $27." The
same report comes from all sources. The
burdens of the people are even greater, in
the very outset of Radical taxation, than
Conservative speakers and papers predict
ed in the State canvass of 1867. Radical
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
g. Emil many a rose ia bonn 20 blush unseen,
And waste ita fragrance on the desert air."
TestimOny for the south,
AsTTEvIILE, Sept. 18th, 1869.

Mrs. Fl. Waddinger, lady of high social
position and much intelligence, from Han
over, Germany, has recently made tour
Of observation through the South. Her
purpose was to determine, in behalf of
herself and others, the question of removal
to America, and her impressions are com
municated in n letter to the Memphis
appeal, from which the following extract
IA taken:
'Ihe opinion entertained previous to
lay visit that the Southern States were in
many respects far better adapted to the
west has been fully confirmed, and L shall
not fail to advise them of their interest in
the matter, and to use whatever influence
may be able to exert, both among my
friends in Germany as we'll as those in tho
States north and west Of yours, in giving
Gueh directions to immigration"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

pied people for the benefit OF their more
prosperous brethren. It will be in keep
ing with the legislation OF the country
since the war which is continually devislne
means TO retard and hinder the recupera-
ton of the South.
We are accustomed to read in Radical
papers, yes, in those published IN the
South, too. that the improving financial
condition of our people is "the material
results of reconstruction. Yet we know,
as do those editors. that our people have
prospered in spite of the hostile legisla-
ton of Congress. We know, as do they,
that Southern energy, perseverance and
skill have triumphed over the wasting and
destructive effects of Reconstruction. What,
indeed, has Congress done to advance the
material interest of the South Have our
rivers and harbors been improved Has
the cause of education been promoted :?
Have the burdens of government been
lightened Have our necessities been
provided Tor our petitions needed our
wants appreciated or our rights respect
ed ? Negroes have been exalted and made
superior in political rights to the whites !;
they have been fed and educated at the
public expense. while their employers, the
whites, have been ground
down by the burdensome ordinary taxes,
and made the victims of the most extraor-
binary and vindictive special taxation ever
imposed only upon one portion of the PEG
pie of common government.
In spite of all this oppression, the South
ern people have prospered and are pros
pering. By their own labors and courage
and perseverance, under the blessings of
Heaven, our people are gradually regain
ing their liberties and their lost prosperi-
lies. In spite of the private and public
hatred of their own countrymen in the
ACE of the hostile legislation of their ~
Congress. without the aid, yes, without the
,ympathy of any country or people on the
ace of the globe, the people of the South
ire rapidly advancing in material pros
oerity. Instead of becoming bowling
wilderness, as its enemies desired and de-
termined it should be. the South is rapidly
advancing in the scale of wealth and pros
Derity, and is destined to become the seat
If great and powerful people.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
Chinese Immigration.

Hon. r. M. Il. HUNTER, in a letter to a
Kentucky gentleman on Chinese immi-
grafton, says he does not regard this class
of population desirable in Virginia or Ken
lucky, but thinks it may be of great ser
vice in the cotton, rice and sugar States.
Heis of opinion that the question will settle
itself, under the law Of self interest, ire
spective of the views of politicians or the
legislation of Congress.
This is i'll exact keeping with the views
we have entertained and attempted to
make known in our columns. The ques-
ton of Chinese immigration is not and
cannot be a queation OF party politics, but
will be regulated by eelf-interest alto
eether We do not believe that the people
of Kentucky, nor those of Virginia, except
people Neither their climate, soil or pro
ductions suit the Chinese. The same is
true of other Southern States Only
certain sections in the Carolinas require
this class of laborers. And selfinterest
will dictate to the planters in those SEQ
tons the advantages of employing Chinese
laborers, and it will be done without re-
gard to the views of politicians or the
legislation of Congress.
There is but little complaint of the price
of labor We are not advocates of
Chinese immigration to cheaper labor.
We want the quality improved and the
quantity increased. Our agriculturalists
have suffered more from the bad faith of
their employees than from the amount of
wages demanded. Crops have been in
iured and fields have remained untitled on
account of the nnreliability of iaborers.
This has been one of the chief difficulties
experienced.
And, besides, we want more laborers.
Hundreds and thousands of acres of cleared
lands remain idle, and the large part of
the lands of the South have never been
cleared. The negro population is rapidly
decreasing. The females have almost en-
tirely abandoned the fields, and the males
crowd our towns and cities. There is q
general indisposition among them to con-
faithful and Industrious, and we are glad
to know that under all the evil influences
which surround them many, very many
have remained SO, there are no labor
ers better adapted to the wants and
habits of our farmers. But the supply is
not equal to the demand.
Our necessities can better be met in this
Immediate section of tho country by en-
ploying Chinese than those from any
other quarter. And if they could not, our
efforts to obtain labor elsewhere have
proved fruitless. We can get it from
China, and we must have it.
Away, then. with appeals to our labering
classes that the importation of Chinese is
to cheaper human labor out upon efforts
to give il a party aspect. We want good,
reliable and sufficient labor to cultivate
our fertile fields, and we are willing to pay
a fair price for it, and we will have it,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
Terrible Tragedy.
4 Man Attempts to XIII Himself, ana
Shoots IIia Daughter.

We learn from gentleman from Orange
county that terrible tragedy was enacted
near Rapidan Station, in that county, on
Friday last, tho particulars Of which, as
far as we cOnld learn them, were as fol
lows: Mr.. William Walker, n farmer re
siding near l;apidan, determined on put
ting an end to his life while in a temper
airy fit of insanity. ana with this purpose
provided himself with n pistol and went
to an upper room in his dwelling, His
daughter, a young lady Just grown mp, oh
served his movements, and snspectlng ms
intention, followed him to the room tile
door of which was unlocked entering the
room just as her father was cooking the
pistol. Screaming out ut tho top OF hrl
voice in order to alarm the other inmate
of the house and secure their assistance.
sho threw herself upon her father, and
Selling the weapon endeavOred to wrench
it from his grasp. In tho struggle that en-,
sued tho weapon was accidentally fired, ana
tho ball, passing through the hand OF Miss
Walker, entered her left breast, lnilLctlh"
O mortal wound. The unfortunate young
lady was not dead Saturday morning D"'
her recovery was deemed impossible.
The sight of his daughter lying Wel'i,
ing in her blood recalled the father to his
senses, anu ne Alakc no OLHeI "IICA4P'
self-destruction, but with the most agonl2
ing cries threw himself upon her bleeding
form and besought her to live. In ttia
condition the father and his dyins daugu'ti
we're found by other members of the laini
ly, who, alarmed by the report OF the t'9
toll, hastened to ascertain it's cause. a..
Physicians were promptly summoned ~
the wounded girls assistance, and every
thing possible was done to relieve nee SUI
ferings, but, as before sand, IL Is peiie'oN
Iva '''N Lynchburg Ns'eS.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

mary by one of the regular nurses, to be
selected for that purpose exclusively-the
playing to be kept up forever and ever
without cessation day or night, in order
that the cats may have the privilege of al
ways hearing and enjoying that instrument
which is the nearest approach to their ma
tural voice" .,..-.- -
If any journal can give us information
of more singular will than this. we should
like to hear OF it.
Columbus [Ohiol J0urzanL. Mau %.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

The Power OF INSTINCT AS ILLUSTRATED
BY A CAT AsTRoPHER. bait a mouse
with eager desire on the eve of gratifiea-
ton puss intent, crouched, mOtionless.
You have thus the "mise en- scene" Like
a true statesman, precisely {" at the right
time." puss made her leap and caught
nay, ,oas caught by rat trap. Puss fed
in terror : though nearly maddened by the
agony she suffered from the instrument
she bore with her, its teeth buried in her
leg. her instinct with unerring certainty
directed her flight to those whose vocation
it is to succor distress. A gentleman of
the bar with ready charity promptly re-
lieved her. and puss sped away rejoicing,
her gratitude too great for vocal express
sion, but her tail waving in exultation.
Thus guided, let damsels in difficulty
resort to the same feline attorney, assured
that for I" sma" fec their injury will be
redressed and if poor and unable to pay
otherwise than by smile, still assured
that that smile will not only be received
in payment, but repaid by many smiles
"prorided. nevertheless" the client be
young and fair.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

AN AMUSING QUARREL ABOUT MATTRESS.
Dry and tiresome as they may appear, le
gal Investigations very often develop some
most amusing occurrences. Judge Cant
well, at chambers, has had before him a.
case of this character. A Mrs Mary Ward
lodged complaint against her son-in law,
VIM. S. Melton, charging him with steal
ing one mattress, her property. Melton
was brought before the judge on a warrant
duly conceived, and if imperfect liable to
be amended thereafter, and was confront
ed with the formal charge of larceny. A
host of witnesses had been summoned and
were 70 rmally presented by mir" Hill,
the Constable, elect The Judge became
attentive and devoted several hours Of the
afternoon to the investigation, which did
not conclude until evening had fairly act in.
And the plain facts developed from mix
ture OF testimony are most legibly these,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICES. -The Clerk
of the Superior Count has recently made
two appointments of Justices in this coun-
to serve, etc. They are as follows:
Franklin township Robinson.
Columbia township-G. +. Walker
Both parties are we'll known citizens of
the county.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
Proposed Tax Oh Cotton-Southern Recu-
peratiOn.


peratiOn.
Among the Indications of the Internal
Revenue laws to be submitted to Con.
gress," reads a paragraph going the rounds
OF the press, "wiil lie q tax of one cent
per pound on cotton. 1t is believed that
such tax will yield fully $15,O00.O 600 a
year, and this would Justify the repeal of
that portion of the law imposing special
taxes, relieving the laboring and manufac-
turing interests of a great burden"
Relieve the laboring interests indeed |
And where ? Not. surely, in the South,
where that portion of the laboring class
which raises cotton unanimously supports
the Congress which is expected to impose
the tax. On the other hand it will be
robbing those laborerH of from four to five
per. cent of their hard earned wages. Ii
will be taxing the labor OF Southern ne
groes for the benefit of Northern whites
It will be heaping BURDEN upon Grip
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
German Emigration to the south

A day or two ago company of fifty five
German emigrants left New York for Mis-
sissippi, via Washington, Knoxville and
Grand junction. They are the first install
ment of O colony numbering some six hun
dred and fifty, who have purchased tract
of land and propose to locate in the yicini-
ty of Water Valley, Mississippi.
A beautiful founding, left in doorstep
at Pittsburg, Pa, few evenings since, is
to be sold at auction to the highest bidder
next Saturday. An $500 bid hns been
made, The money realized is to be put
to compound interest for the benefit Of the
child, when it arrives at the age of eighteen
years.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

County Historical Society
At meeting of citizens held at Rocky
Point some time since, we were requested
to prepare an address urging the forma-
ton Of n county Historical Society, and
in compliance with the wishes of that
meeting, have the honor of submitting to
the public the follow
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-07-01
commissioner of Common Schools.

His ExCelency the Governor appointed yes
terday as Commissioner of Common Schools,
William d. Henkle of Salem, CoumbanA cOun-
ty, to hll the vacancy 0CcOsloned by the reslgna-
ton Of John A. Norris. Mr. Henkle has been
superintendent of the Public Schools in Salem
for the past six years, and was formerly connect
ed " ith the Normal Schools at Lebanon, Ohio.
He was the Republican nom ine0 for School Com
missioner In 1862, but was defeated with the
entire ticket In consequence of the political re-
action which swept over the State the fist year
after the war began. Mr.. Henckle Is pronounc-
cd by high authority one of the most accom-
pllshed scholars IN the West. lie ls not one
sided man. strong in some things and weak In
O thers, but broad-cullured, symmetrical de-
We loped man. His aLlOlnments are high In al
most every direction. As q matematiclan he Is
perhaps best known, but Is distinguished as u
llnguist and phll0logist and has written many
able articles for the Ohio Educational Monthly,
which have attracted the attention of education
oil men throughout the State. We are gratlhed
that the Governor has filled this important office
with practiCa teacher who possesses the full
est confidence Of the teachers Of Ohio. A work
moro glorious in the future than in the past
will be wrought under such leadership by means
of our magnificent school system Columbus
Journal.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-07-01
Q. +. VENT,
50 WEST FOURTH STREET,
CINCINNATI, o.

NTlHn-An14ltS fO1. was
at home feeding such rebels as called at my
house. Word was frequently brought to me by
my friends of what was transpirlng, and of my
danger. Two secesh women of our town stood
on The opposite side of the street as the office
was being destroyed, and clapped their hands
and leaped for Joy. One of them pointed out
my residence to the rebels, and If had been
murdered and my house burned, and my family
left destitute, this woman would no doubt have
been very much pleased. But she has been call.
ed to her last account, and in the hands of the
Great Judge leave her.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-07-01
From the New York Herald.
The Fifteenth Amendment.

The Florida ratification makes. we believe, the
twenty-hfth State that has ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment of tho Constitution providing for
Impartial suffrage to male citizens above the age
of twenty-one, throughout tho United States.
without distinction of race or color. The whole
numbers Of States at present Is thlrty-seven. The
approval by the Legislatures Of three-fourths of
these thlrtyscyen Is necessary TO fix this amend
ment as part of "the supreme law Of the land. /"
Twenty-eight therefore. being necessary, three
more viii yet bo needed TO meet the requlsltlon.
Under the last reconstruction law (slgned by
President GmnD Virginia, Mississippi and Tex
as, as condition precedent to restoration to
Congress, are required TO ratlfy this amendment.
Rhode Island and Vermont win ratily 1t. In
short, nth the reassemb ling of Congress In De-
eember, we may expect impartial suffrage to be
proclaimed as liked In the supreme law, with
the power to Congress to enforce 1t; and so, af-
ter this year, the negro vote In all the States,
North as we'll as South VIII have to be taken
into the estimates Of the politicians