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IT! 1 A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. cCGBT vl.L L YATES, I EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. J CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. 1 $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. Office on Main Street, ) owe nnriR SOUTH OF MANSION HOUSE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1856.- ( VOLUME 5. NUMBER 21. i . - - - mm WKSL Iwli H III TIIK psftrn&pttwot n..M,'shpH everv Tuesday mining the latest New. full and accu rate Report of the Markets, &c. For tlx- year, if p.-.M in advance 2 00 j.ai.l within Hii months, 50 It" j'.ii-J after the expiration f tin- year, :i 00 QPAaj putnw sending us fivr new sul- Eeribens acirnsnpanirn1 by the advance rab- M-ritiii (10) wiH receive a sixth copy gra ti for ou- year. EVSabteribcru and others who innv w ish t.i icnd lnuiM-v to us, cuii lo so by mail, at ur risk. ADVERTISING. One MM of lb hues or less, tor 3 months, St O0 o M 6 00 M .1 4. JQ Ijy rnkflMod and business (.'arils, not ex ceeding six lino, ier annum, 5 GO t )ne s juare, lf lines, or lens, first insertion, Si 00 l.i "i MbaeqMM insertion, '25 IV Transit nt advertisements must bo paid for in advance. '. if For announcing Candidates for office, in .-tdvuucr. J V Advertisements not marked on the nan script for a specific time, will be in sttited until forbid, and charged accordingly WILLIAM J. YATES. BL&BLS At the Western Democrat Office. I Warrant.-. Marriagt Tu Receints, Subpoenas Licenses, Jnrv Tickets. ,! iVdmiuistrators I Sonus and Letters, - . . B Uoardian Jlouds, Indentures, Deeds fox ewnvoying Lands ox houses Proaecation Bonds, just printed. rC'- Itlanks oi all kinds printed to order ; ;it short notice. .sia be abamst Ccom Charlott.- daring the ' W'nitr-r, fbt the arpoaa M atti ading toe Medical Ijt-cUUPca and IIop;t;ils in New Vmk a::d Phila- i iHwhia. M v N'otes and accounts previous to UM year A are in thv hands of Win. A. I Nreas, Esq.. for i CuUectiou. KOBEBT GIBBON, M. I. I Charlotte, Oct. -JV, kfi& l-tf. ' NOTICE. N CONSEQUENCE of having lost by th. tire which occiirri d in this e-T on the Hi'Sming of the 27ih of Ma.v last, Yariwa Notes ;oid efauaas against anna mas peraons in this and uinias eawntiei whieh notes and elaims, be ta? property t E. C. Srt'.f'i.K, A. BBTH i i: V Co., aieloth is, v. liieb w le plaeel in mv bands for collection: All prisons, tbi-rriVer,agi hssl whom any af sueh claims are still standing un- ; M tde.l. are berebr dulv notified, that auk ss they i appear imaaediately and close up the saaae, by or easn. l snail i.- comp'iieu to me, iw n- . t l 11 I . 1 . L ...I arith, Bills in Eqatty, thereby nibjecting n h n rhmis tu additional and onm c s v costs. s. '.('. tf W . DAVIS. Charlotte, June 10, 1- Tin' Ulmrlttc isiliia! Fire InMuraaicc Cempanj, A CONTINUES to take risks against loss by x I'm-on Houses, GoimIs, Produce, Ac, at aaalratra, Odice in Brawley's Buikliag, up staira. M. B. TAYLOR, President. S. P. ALEXANDER, Vase President. J. A. VOUNO, 1 J. II. WHITE. J. H. CARSON, ) Executive Committte. C. OVERMAN, I A. C. STEELE, J J. II. Wll.st )N", Aeent H NVE HUTCIHSON. Secretary. Juhr 2:1, is;,rt Farnitare, Furniture : I KEEP on hand at any CABl VET ESTABLISHMENT, two . -.is befow the l'ost Dilicc, t har !..ttp, a jjeiieral assortment of Furn iture, which I sell on the aMst r.-a. sonable terms, and make la order sajthiug in niy line. I also keep on hand Tick's Metallic 5Si:riaS Cases, Ami make at the shnrUst notice Mahogany iiul ether Collins. Give me a call. J. M. SANDERS. Charlotte, Sept !. If, tf A Acw Tailoriis Estab lishment. JAMES BRIANT informs his friends mik! former patrons, that be has reopened his TAIL ORING ESTABLISHMENT in Spring s new ltuildin?.nhen! ha will t:- bamv to see any one : ranting any tiling don.- in h:s una. AH work i warranted. Oct. 38th, li-.W 17.(4' , OHicc ul the c. a . n. It. t o.. OCTOBEK -':, 185ft Oa and after Tuesday evening the 4th of .N vember, the 8cb. dnle ,.t the Passenger Train pa this Road w i'l be a follow s : Leave CobunbU 9 t)0 A. ML Arrive in Charlotte 4 10 P. M. Leave Charlotte 7 45 a. M. Arrive ia Cohtmbia :t 00 p. it. ia T. .J SUMNER, '",! Eng. A; Bapt B..ook Sharp Tor tear of Trouble. ALL those indebted to lliown, Hraw lev A: Co., :ther by Note or Account must pay ap between this and November Court, as ww are eoaaneUed hi settle up our Bnauaeaa, ow ing to the death of our Iju.. partner Mr R. II. Brawley. Call and f what vou can for we are in earm t BROWN a CO. Surviving Partner. Oct. 21, ISM. lo-i.t. Bargain Bargain ! CHINA DEPOT. HE. NICHOLS & BROTHER, IMI'OKTKKS OF CHINA, GLASS & EARTHENWARE. Also, a great variety of Ta Trays, Lamps Table Cutlery, Britannia and Block Tiu Wan-, Wood and Willaw Ware, and Housekeeping" frf icles generally, creditors of said Finns reapectirely, aud tha vi vt ir(n ra roMurnnii ,. .v . ! tli v are in the bauds of J. R. Daxikl for iinme NEXT DOOIt TO COMMERCIAL HANK COM .MBit. S. C. y I'ackinjr warrant' d. NEW GOODS. "VrE un receiving oar usual Supply of Fall V a,,d Winter COODS which shall be sold as cheap as the ch'-jip' st. BREM & STEELE. Oct. 7th, 1850. EMBROIDERIES. Swiss,. Jaconet A Cmbrie.Rdgingsft Inserting, 41 " " Flouncing, " " " Collars, " " MoCTBS, teal Lac Set, black and white. HREM & STEELE. Oct. 7, ls.-,0. BOLTING CLOTHS. BBEM A STEELE. Oct. 7, 13f5- HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS. BREM Hi STEEL Oct. 7th 19M "ladies dress silks. rglHK Largest and most varied Stock ever JB offered in this market. BREM A STEELE. Oct. 7, 1810. TICUSLIN D'LAINS, CASHMERES, HJ- PL .AIDS, Kc. BREM ft STEELE. Oct 7, 18.36. LADIES CLOAKS. AVEKY LARGE STOCK, very cheap and elemnt. " BREM A STEELE-14-tf. Oct' 7, IS56. nroticc. The. copartnership of Gh n & McKoy w:is dissolved in the 22o ofjnlv last, J. (J. McCoy having pare based Mr Glen's interest iu the Marble Yard and Nates and Accounts. All con tracts must be nade with J. (i. McCoy, i h.irl itt.-. tetobex 7. 14-tf Valliatole 3L7XXTrt FOIt SILK. f I lrJE imdershgned oflera for sale several val- .L ualdu farms in the Count v of MecklenburjF. N. C i'he tirst is known as 'a'ltc IloEiic Tract, Containing .Icics, on the waters ot needy i reck, commodious D WILL IMG House, good barns, car riage house, and ail other naetwl Mttldaga in excellent order and probably not SUipaased by those on any other farm in the county ot Mecklenburg. There is ulso a Grist and Saw Mill, Gin Housewith Gin runing hy watcr,also aaotoei good Gia and Thresher on the farm. '1 lie rand is in an excellent state ot cultivation, pleasant ly situated, are II waten d,and has 3"o Acres ot clear- d 'and. It is altogether one ol the most desirable p'.iei s in the lertde county of Mi cklenhurg. 1 wish to st-;l this (aim between this date and I tic first ot Januaiy next, and will take pleasure in showing it to those who may call to see it. 1 also Wish to sell An other Tract ot land, in the same neighbofttood, containing 217 Acres, well watered, and having on it a larjje Quan tity of excellent timber COWeuien' to B Saw MilL This place is known as the Pine Hill '1 rat. 1 also w:sb to si 11 v nisojher Tract : on Me Alpine's Creek in Meektadmrg, containing ! l:i Acres, known as the Kea M.ne Tiai t. 'i'lns form is well improved with a good dwelling house and out buildings, is well water d, and lies on the ' PuMer toad. 1 also wish to sell Aiiol her Tract of land lying on the waters ol Sugar Creek, in Mecklenburg county, containing 5 1 A Acres. I also wish to sell niy lite interest in Another Tract, ; of 23 1 Acres, on Sugar Creek, adjoining the a i hove tract of 51 acres. I 1 also wish to sell Another Tract, lying on die waters of Paw Creek, in Mecklenburg cmuity, containing lOo Acres well wateied, and tol erably well improved with buildings, i Any of these farms will be shown at any time to : those who wish to purchase, by application to :he : subeeriber.wua lives on the above mentioned Home ; ract. ALBERT WALLACE. August 3, 183G tf FARMS FOR SALE. HIE subscr.ber off, rs lor sale two farms lying on the waters of ( lear Creek, in M cklenbnrg county the fiist knowa as The Alexander tract, containing 300 Acres. Well improved, with a good and i cotnn.od.ous dwelling house, and , all the out houses necessary for a i farm, in good repair. There is also A good Store-House O.N THE PREMISES. i This property lies 16 miles from Charlotte, 1 at the Cross Koids, on the main road to Con J cord. The farm is in all respects in good con j dition, and contains a quantity of fine bottom land. The other Tract, Adjoins the above, and contains .'a.f.vJKEj. This is alsoa well improved farm, with good buildings, has excellent l imber on i(a a gQOd meadow, and a first-rate cotton Om J here la also on mis place a good faold and Copper ?Iine. Both of the above farms are desirable estates, and will be sold on reasonable terms. Apply on the premises J. M. W. FLOW. July 23, 1856 tf CARROLL MM. HOUSE, 1 Chester, 8. C. THIS huge and splendid thr. e-story liuild- ' ing, on the cast .side of Chester Depot, is j mm open for the accommodation of persons tra- ; yelling by the cars or otherwise. The Pi:op;ietoris weUawuie that nothing short of il well-kept IIoue will induce a cus tom to this, so recently gotten up ; and although Very solicitous of patronage, he refrains from j those thousand-attd-i'Ue promises which have j been made only to be broken hy many of his j illustrious predecessors. Ha confidently hopes j that he will bcsustaitied, and upon trial give such ; satisfutii.n and accommodation as will smd mm ou his way rejoiciucr. J. L. CARROLL. Chester, S- C. Fen. 26, 185G. tf g3f Last Ntlce"23g I BLIC NOTICE is hereby gl en, tbat all the .. HnA Accounts ot Srutt & Allison, Spratf, Daulol 4k Co., and Allison & L.iiii-1. are trans ferred to the undersigned, for the benefit of the JS4 diatv collection, ta" Longer indulgence canno be civon. as the debts must be paid JOHN ALLISON Doc. 25. 185o. tf J. R. DANIEL aa.OOO JF7t5S OX jfic. misc-pitt, atvtt J BOOTS AND SHOES. B Charlotte, N. C. CATALOGUE OF GOODS AND PRICES: ' Heavy double sole Brogans, domestic manu- lacture, all nutr. ners over G, at $1 50 oak sole Brogans, .northern man ufacture, a good article, 1 50 nailed sole Brugans, for miners and Railroad, good, 1 5 double sole, round sram Brogans. 1 40 single sole riveted Brogans, a good aiticle, 1 35 " single sole riveted Brogans, a shade lighter, 1 25 " single sole not riveted, Brogans, a shade lighter, 1 15 n Heavy single sole Brogans, infe rior stock, 1 00 Mens-' kip Brogans, a good article, No 1, (Webster) 1 50 " " " No 2, Y.F.D, 1 35 u " 3, 1 25 lined and bound kip Brogans 1 25 1 50 " calt " 1 75 2 00 " , Oxford calf, 1 75 2 00 Gents' calf Con gress Gaiters, peg, 2 25 to2 75 " cloth Pat. tip " 2 50 to3 00 " fine calf sewed Shoes 2 50 to 3 50 " Pat. " " Oxfir and plain, 3 00 to 3 50 Mens' fine kip sewed, (Planters) I 75 to 2 Oil Gents;fine patent leather Gaiter 4 CO to 5 00 " " D. S. Quilted Boots, and stitched, extra, 9 00 " Qui ited Boots, stitched, ex. 8 50 " " ' No. I, 7 00 heavy calf, D. S. sewed, Planters' Boots, very cheap, 5 00 ' calf, D. S. peg and coik Boots 5 00 " fine calf, cork sole, and made with copper nails, 7 00 fine calf, pp. " " 5 00 heavy JD. S. c.ilf, plain bottom, 4 00 " " kip, 4 00 it 4C welts 2 50 to 3 00 " " Hungarian, common, 2 00 Ditchers and Miners' Boots, 2 50 to 4 00 BOYS' DEPARTMENT. Bo s' fine Congress U alters, Pat. tip and ioxed $2 00 to 2 50 " 'C Ca I f Slinp I 0; fn 1 Ki " Kip Brogans, good 1 25 ' " " " good,No.2, lOOtoliaj " heavy Brogans, D.S., good article 1 25 i " ' from medium to poor 75 to 1 00 I ioutl s' calt and kip Brogans 75 to -8 ' extra heavy and good 1 0;) to 1 25 thick " " 75 to 85 " " light and common 50 to 02 DA DIES' DEPARTMENT. Ladies' line Congress Gaiters, double soles and foxed, tor winter, with heels, 3 00 " fine Congress Gaiters, thin soles, with heels 3 00 fine " 11 " without tips -2 00 to 2 50 " fine ' " " 2 00 to '2 50 " fine French kid, side laced Gaiters, 2 50 " line side laced, ihick and thin soles, silk, 1 50 to 2 00 " fine to common u " l 25 to 1 50 " line tjoat Bootes, best article, flannel lined, for winter, 75 " fine goal Bootes, best article, twilled lined 1 50 " fineeoal Bootes. No. 2, twilled lined 125 " tine Morocco and kid Boots 1 50 to 1 75 " fine patent leather and fancy top, 1 25 to 1 50 " tine leather Bootes, a very lair shoe 1 00 " fine kip and calf, a very good shoe 1 25 " fine Dutch B"oi?, all kip, 1 50 " line Congress enameled and kid Gaiters 1 50 " fine patent leather and enamel 1 12 to 1 25 Misses' Stioes and Gaiters, all grades, prices varying from 75 to 1 '25 Childrens' Shoes 25 to 8 OVER-SHOES AND RUBBERS. Gents' Buffalo over-shoes, for winter $2 00 " sleigh cut Rubbers & ov.jr shoes, 1 00 " Rubber Sandals, one & two straps 1 OH Ladies' Buffalo Over-shoes 2 50 " Cloth Over-Shoes 1 50 " Rubber Boots 1 00 " Buskins and Over-shoes 75 - Sandals 75 Misses' Over Shoes 50 c. to 15 DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE. Shop made Boots and Shoes constantly on hand and macte to ord-.r at short iietice, from the best imported stock. Gents' fine pp. Boots, warranted $8 00 D. sole brad bottoms, Dutch edge 8 50 " " " Dutch edge, footed on old legs, to order G 00 Pp. Foot, d on old legs, to order 5 00 Cents' fine calf Shoes, to order 3 00, 3 50 " heavy kip sewed Shoes 1 75, 2 00 Ladies' line calf Shoes and Boots i 75, 2 00 heavy kip ' ) 50 K7"Goo(!s of our own manufacture are all warranted not to rip. Prices by this Catalogue are for cash only as the floods could not be sold at the very low figure mentioned than tor cash. The above comprises but a small portion of our stock, as it is impossible to enumerate every article in an advertisement, so that it may be understood without seeing the goods. Cash prices of Belts per running foot: 3 inch Bands $ 3J " " 1 4j " -5 5 k " 6 " GA vn j 8 inch Bands $ 60 24 8J " 61 28 L " " G8 32 Pi " 72 j 3G 10 " 41 7G i 40 101 " " 81 j 44 11 " " 8G ! 45 111 " 91 j 52 12 " 96 I 5G il 1 r . M. 111J1V M- M. AX v . . Tl,o ,11, 1, 1 ir in.iv rienend on "ettinf the best A 11 iuunv ...-j 1 i-,- - o article that can be had, they will run straight, hold their width, and run flat to the pulley. These bunds are made of the best oak tanned leather, and the solid part only used- These joints arc put together with water-proof cement, which allows them to he usca in damp places, without any effect upon the joints. The best of copper rivets used. An assortment generally on band, and all kinds made to order. Also, MACHINE BELT CLASP, for connecting Belts or Bands together, to run on Machinery. This Clasp is made of plates of mcta. fluted out on the- inside, making teeth sharp enough to press into the Belt and hold it, without cutting into and impairing its strength, as is the case with making holes to lace through, or otherwise. It is, w hen applied to the B.lt, confined together by means of screw, ( made for the purpose, o as to hold on to every pirticle of the Belt thereby retaining its whole strength. A n assortment alwV8 on hand. Also Superior LACE LEATHER on hand, and COFFER RIVETS, with Burrs. Solan nd Upper Leather of every description consta Of on band, at low prices. rjp- Cash paid for Green or Dry Hides, or taken in exchange for Boots and Shoes, at C.slricea. . OOH A CO. Charlotte. Oct. 7, l?aG. 3m JTotice. A Valuable HOUSE and LOT rpiIE subscriber offers for sale his large and well-improved Hoise fill and Lot, situated in the southern If. I portion ot the town, adjoining the Lots now owned by R. F. Davidson and A. H. Martin, known as the Spratt property. Mr. John R. Daniel is fully authorized to make sale in my absence. Persons in want ot a desirable sit uation in town, would do well to call and ex amine this property. The House and all out buildings are new and in first-rate order. Possession given immediately. Terms made to suit the purchaser. JOHN ALLISON. P. S. The property w ill be rented until the 1st of January, 1857, to a good tenant. August H,"l85G tf NTotico, A Valuable HOUSE and LOT FOR SALE OR RENT. 1MIE subscribers offer their well ii-iks-&. proved Lots in the town of Char lotte, for sale or rent, situated in the"" eastern portion of the town, known as the Penman property, containing 4 lots. The un improved lots are very desirable builditg Lots. Apply to John R. Daniel. ALLISON A DANIEL. Aug-. 10, 185G tf DALLAS HOTEL XPox Sale ox- Ilciit. MThe subscriber offers to Sell or Rent the Dallas Hotel, generally kno vn hy the name of Pegram's Tavern; posses sion given about the hist of February, 157. Any person desiring to purchase or rent, will please call early and examine the premises. This Hotel receives the principal custom iu that section. ANDREW HOYL Oct. 25, 1850. 17-tf r JS ale. fin HE undersigned otters, at private sale, a rnost J- excellent Plantation, lying three and a half miles west of Salisbury, on the SherrilPs Ford road, and about halt' a mile from the Salisbury and Taylorsviile Plank Road, adjoining the lands of Mrs. Murphy, W. S. Macay, Mathew Locke and others. 1 his tract contains X12- X-Q Acres A large portion of which is well tim bered; the reniaindsr is under a hiirh - j i.-i - - ct siaie 01 cultivation, un tins tract is a superior Meadow containing about 40 ACHES; as this land is lying so near Salisbury, a handsome profit can be made from the meadow alone. There is also on the premises a dwelling house, a most excellent barn, and e ery other convenence attach ed thereto. The superio.- locality of this farm w ill make it a safe investment to the purchaser. Terms will be made accommodating. Call on the subscriber at the plantation, or address bv letter at Salisbury, N. C. ANN BROWN July 29, 1856 tf Something that was never offered he fore ! The best Plantation in Meck lenburg County: Also, the best Gin-House in N. Carolina. HE Plantation contains 500 Acres, in the l'l'oviileuce settlement. Ivmg on the wa ters of Flat Branch, 14 miles south of Charlotte Persons wishing to purchase, would do well to call and see for themselves. If this tract be not sufri cient, OTHER TRACTS ol equally good land, near at hand, can be purchased upon fair terms. It there be those who wish to purchase a small tract, they can also be accommodated in the same neighborhood. Also for sale, a Plantation with 340 Acres, with a Cood SAW MILL and a GOLD MINE. lying on the waters of Mile Branch, 8 miles from Charlotte, well timbered. Possession to be given on the '25th day of December next. JOHN S. PORTER. Providence, May 20, 1850. 6m THE WAGON! Why is it Jenkins & Taylor sell Stoves so cheap? Because they buy them fiom the Manufacturers. JENKINS & TAYLOR WOULD respectfully announce to the inhabi tants of Charlotte and vicinity, that they have removed irom their Old Stand, to one door West of Elms & SpraU's Grocery Store, where they have now on exhibition, just re ceived from the North, one of the most EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENTS OF Ever offered in North Carolina, among which will be found the celebrated Iron Witch Cooking Stove ! Which hus gajfjed such a famous reputation in the Southern Country for the last eighteen months. This Stove we warrant superior to any Cooking Stove now i:. use. It is simple in its arrangements, consumes less fuel, and does more work in a given time, than any other Stove now in use. We will put one beside any other Stove of the same size in the United Siates, and if it does not do more w ork in any given tin.e, we will forft it the price of the Stove, and qu.t selling and go our death for the better one. All Kinds of Parlour and Box We have, and constantly keep an extensive and varied stock of Tin. and Sheet. Iron, Japan and Britannia Ware, Brass Kettles, Cast Iron Bed steads, Hat Racks, Cradles iyr., All of which will be sold Wholesale and Re fail, cheaper than has ever been before of fered in this vicinity. We would return our thanks to our triends and customers for the very liberal patronage they have bestowed upon us, and they may rest assured, that we shall endeavor, by close attention to business, together with a deter mination to please, to merit a continuance of the same. Our Motto is "Quick Sale? and Small Profits." Ladies and Gentlemen art; particularly in vited to call and examine our Stock. ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK Attended to with dispatch. N. B. We will tell you w hy we h? ad our advertisement "Wait for the Wagon," it is because we have three wagons constantly traveling through the cout tty with Stoves. VC?" AW orders will be faithfully and prompt ly attended to. Charlotte. Sept. 25. WS-tf 5- urn. Mr Buchanan on the Pacific Rail road. Mr Buchanan, in a. letter to the chairman of the Democratic Central Com mittee of California, dated September 17th, replying to inquiries regarding his position on the Pac ific Bailroad question, says : I am decidedly favorable to the constric tion of the Pacific Railroad : and I derive the authority to do this from the constitu tional power "to declare war" and the con stitutional duty "to repel invasions." In my judgment, Congress possesses the same power to make appropriations for the construction of this road, strictly for the purpose of national defence, that it has to erect fortifications at the mouth of the har bor of San Francisco. Indeed, the neces sity, with a view to repel foreign invasion from California, is as great in the one case as iu the other. Neither will there be dan ger from the precedent, for it is almost im possible to conceive that any case attend ed by such extraordinary and unprecedent ed circumstances can ever aerain occur in j our history. Hasty Bu rials . Another I against the too common practice of hasty j burials, occured in Fremont, Sundusky j county, last week. Daniel Stearns, Esq., ! who had been ill with fever for some time, I ; to all appearance died on Friday afternoon : ' all the arrangements were made, and the friends and the clergyman were assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to the sup posed deceased, when tho body appeared warm to the touch. Restoratives were ad ministered, and in a few minutes the man who had come so near being buried alive, w as sitting up. lie is now in a fair way of recovery. Cincinnati Columbian. Converted to Papacy. Considera ble excitement has be en recently caused in foreign circles of Mme. Henri Rodrigues, l the wife of one of the richest Isrnelitish exchange brokers of Paris, publicly adjur ing Judaism and embracing the Roman Catholic religion. There is a report tbnt tho wife of Baron Rothschild contemplates a similar gymnastic feat. Death from Neglect. A few days since, Mr Babcock accidentally struck the back of his band with a hammer, in his workshop at Schenectady, N. Y., infflict ing a severe wound. Not taking the pre caution to clean the wound properly, some copper filings were left in it, which poison ed bis whole system, and caused his death soon afterwards. Not Afraid of Digkataries. The eccentric Peter Cartwright, the w ell known Methodist minister, was once preaching, when General Jackson entered the church. A pastor in tho pulpit gave his brother Cartwright a nudge, and whispered thaftho old hero bad just come in, as much as to say. "Be careful what you say." But Cartwright, in a loud voice, which could be heard all over the church, exclaimed in response, "Who cares for General Jack son ? He'll bo lost as soon as any one, if he don't repent." The General, when ask ed what ho thought of the preacher, said "Sir, give mc twenty thousand of such men, aud I'll whip the world, including the devil." A Certain Cure for a Felon. We are sure that all who have suffered from a genuine bone felon will thank us for mak ing public so simple and yet so effectual a remedy as the following. In thousands of instances, weeks and months of the most intense suffering have been endured, allow ing of neither rest by day nor sleep by night, and when a cure is at last effected the finger or thumb is often deformed for life. As soon as it ij comes apparent that a felon is making its appearance, which is known by a continued soreness and pain proceeding from the bone, and sometimes evincing but little change for the wort4 for a week or two, take a strong cord of any kind, and wrap it around the finger, above the afflicted part, as tightly as can be borne. Keep it in this condition until tho pain can be endured no longer. Now loose the cord, and as soon as the pain caused by the cording subsides tighten it again. Continue this for several days, or until the folon is com pletely blackened and killed. Wo have known several persons who had been afflic ted with felons to try this remedy with suc cess ; in fact we have never known it to fail. The cording stops the circulation, and thus the sore has nothing to feed on and soon dies of starvation. We have faith in this remedy, even after a felon has made considerable progress. Exchangr. "Hush." Here is the last "good thing" about the hoops : Little Boy. "Ma, what is 'hush ?'" Mother "Why, my dear 7 why do you ask?" Little Boy "Because I asked sister Jane yesterday, what made her new dress stick out so, and she said 'husk " A Western editor savs that a child was I run over by a wagon three years old and cross-eyed and which never spoke after wrads. He also gives his readers Bomo lines which he says were written by a young man who has long since lain in the irrave for his own amusement. REVOLUTIONARY MEN AND REM INISCENCES. A correspondent of the Petersburg Ex press, writing from "near Leetown, Jeffer son county. Virginia," sends that paper an interesting letter about revolutionary men and reminiscences, from which tan make the i follow ing extract : "In the immediate vicinity of tho spot from which I address yon these lines, are 1 the dilapidated and antique residences of j three distinguished Major Generals of tho i American Revolution. Within a radius of ; one mile and a half lived long aud weary ! years, Charles Lee, the sinister hero of j Monmouth ; Horatio Gates, the loser of the I battle of Camden and the southern cam- i paign; and Adam Stephen, tho .rlv friend ! of Washington. In this little village on whose golden forests I am gazing under I the shadows of tho great woods here re mote from camps and the flashing world, these three warriors rusted out the remain der of their lives in inglorious repose, the swords in moth-eaten scabbards, no more to be drawn. Ilore, if I mistake not, two of them died, and soon even these lingering memorials of them will crumble and disap pear, as their figures arc fading from the general mind. Lee's house is a hundred paces from the little assemblage of houses called by his name, and is an oblong building of ftone, with chimneys at each end and midway lo.v, with a rude porch, depending, as it were, above tho rough door, and with a few outhouses. Gates lived somewhat further from the town, in a plain, undecorated build ing; and Stephen occupied a mansion, pro bably built by tho earliest pioneers of tho valley, in which everything is small and confined but tho fire-place. But that is neither small or confined ; it is grand en ormous. Around it, how many good com panions must have gathered in the olden day, and what sounds of revelry shook the rafters overhead ! You may read of Adam Stephen in Spark's edition of the writings of Washington, and there you will find that, among the hardy gentlemen who stood shoulder to shoulder w ith tho young chief tit Winchester, when the Indians ravagod the valley a hundred years ago, was Lieu tenant Stephen. A large landed proprietor hereabouts, he doubtless resented tho tres pass of the Indians upon his grounds, stretching toward the foot of the greatXorth mountain at least we know that he did good service. He was afterwards an effec tive officer of the revolutionary struggle, but left the army about the period of the battle of Trinceton, disgusted at something or other and so came hither, and lived and died. Of Gates and Lee more is known. The story of the woeful quarrel of the latter with Washington at Monmouth, you may read in full in the recently published third vol ume of Irving's great work. It is probable that history will finally show that Lee was not so much in the wrong as the world sup poses. That he made a blunder in ordering his forces to retrent and that Ibis retreat very nearly ruined all the plans of Wash ington, and lost us the battle this is cer tain ; but it was probably an error of judg ment not a want of courage. In Loutz's rrrorit ni n I o M. Vi o itc h i lwircn snllnnltr hf- fore the chief, whose hot anger flames out. All that he did and said afterwards was sul len, too, unfortunately. High words indignant correspondence Washington cold and haughty-Lee raging ; then a court martial suspension for a year and Lee, in utter disgust, threw up his commission, and came hither "to hoe tobacco that be ing the best school for a general," he said, with a sneer at Washington. And here, in this poor and obscure dwelling, as I have said, rusted out the sharp spirit of Lee, and fell into dust and oblivion. With few neigh bors no friends surrounded by hounds and horses, and making the chase his only occupation nearly thus lived the General, and died. One day, long afterward, says a tradition of the neighborhood, Washing ton sent his old adversary a note, saying that he would call on a certain morning, and see him that be hoped that all past conten tion and bitterness hadbei n forgotten he was coming to seo him as an old comrade in arms as a friend. On the day fixed for the visit, Lee sent away all his servants, placed upon the lock ed front door a paper with "N'u meat cook ed here to-day" written thereon, and then followed his servants, leaving Washington to knock in vain. Ho nerer returned ; and with the passing year, the eccentric soldier grew more morose and repelling. The ground-floor of his house was divided by chalk lines merely, forming thus four com partments. In thtf first he kept his book; in the second was his bed; his saddles and banting-gear in the third ; the fourth was used for a kitchen. He could thus nit in one spot, he said, with grim humor, and overlook his entire household. Tired of his dogs and his silent misanthropy at lant, he commenced bis "Queries, Political and Military," an attack on Washington ; but the world declined listening to him ; and then, tired off life, the cynical spiritof Charles Lee fled to other realms. His last words were: "Stand by me, my brave granadiers!" and so he ended. A word now of the third one of my triad of warriors. Horatio Gates came to the old house yonder after Camden. It was the Gates who had taken Burgoyne, and whose popularity at one time overshadowed Wash ington's. But now, alas! how fallen ! Tho breath of an indignant public opinion had blasted bhn; and hie laurels were all seared and withered. He hud lost the battle of Camden had been deposed from the com mand of the army of the South, to make way for Greene over his head lowered a heavy cloud of public execration almost, and Congress, it was soiel, had prepared its thunderbolt to strike him. But the bolt never fell. Tho sad soldier's sorrow waa respected. Thoy left him to die In poaco here enough punishment that tho magni ficent drama of the Revolution was played out, independent of one who had enacted so splendid a part in the earlier acts. These three old wooden bouses are the visible remains of three vigorous lives in them, to the musing eye, tho spirits of Gatea, and Lee. and Stephen, hover around them still, speaking in every whisper of tho pine trees and the oaks those ancient oaks of the noble, English looking "chaso," which murmur yonder beneath the window through whose lengthened vista appears the lone mansion of General Adam Stephen. Here, within a gunshot aln.ost of each other, these meu of history ropced though not happily wo must conclude after all their struggles. Tho current of the Opequon, resonant iu old days with savage shouts, and dyed vitli blood, murmured by them, and perhaps spoke to their minds of other days typifying human things whieh ever bud and flow, and change like the skies of autumn yonder the gorgeous leaves whose colors vury with each day. aa a HORRIBLE CRUELTY. A tragedy took place in Lockport, N. Y., exhibiting such a revolting cruelty as to bo almost incredible. A little boy, five years of age, belonging to a Mrs. Story, on Wash burn street, was roasted alive by a fiend in human shape, named Elisabeth Craig, a white woman, whose husband is a negro. Tho evidence elicited before the coroner's jury, shows that the victim was left with a smaller child by its mother, when Elizabeth Craig, who lived in another portion of the house took the opportunity and entered tho apartment, and proceeded to tho execution of tho deed, which, it has been shown, she had previously threatened. With horrid imprecations of "damn you, damn you!" the child was held on tho fire, by its tor mentor, until its legs and bowels were buincd to n cinder ; then, with Satanic revenge, the boely of tho child was reversed by the mur deress until its back was roasted to a crisp. The little sufferer was found in a corner of the room, and lingered on in an uncon scious state until yesterday (Thursday) morning, when ho showed a return of con sciousness, and was asked by its mother, for the first time, "bow came you to burn yourself.'" answered, " Elizabeth burned mc," and then, us if recalling tho horrors of the awful scene, which were pictured on its imagination, exclaimed "damn you, dumn you!" ovidently in imitation of the impre cations used by its tormentor. Death soon put an end to the sufferings of the child. Prktty Severe. The Rov. Dr. Noyes, of Hartford, Connecticut, once said, when commcminer on that verse of St. Paul: "lk pleased God by tho foolishness of preach ing, to save them that believed,' Paul does not say by foolish prenchThg, for, if it bad been hy that, the world would have been saved long ago." fir" A young gentleman out West com mitted suicide in a novel manner last week. He ate a pint of dried apples, and then drank water till he burstcd. The rash act was caused by his father's forbidding him to grease his moustuch with the butter knife. Artificial Ice. Prof. Meriam, of weather notoriety, is travelling, and has written a letter to the New York Commer cial Advertiser from the banks of the Cuya hoga, Ohio, dated the 31st ultimo. We give tho following extract: "This afternoon I have bnen engaged in examining a machine madoheie for produc ing intense cold by artificial means. The machine, after having been worked an hour, brought down the mercury in the thermome ter to the lino of twenty-four degrocs below zero, which was the lowest degree marked on the scale. I cut an apple and placed it on the outside of one of the metal pipes iu which a current of ether was madu to pass through a vacuum, and in a few minutes it was froze. This machine has bean tww years in being brought to its present statu of great forwardner-s. It is worked by steam. It froezes water, forming blocks of ice twelve inches by six that beiug the size t the metal cells in which tho refrigeration takes place. Each cell is separated from the others by what may be culled the flue. A large number of these cells ere placed in what may be called a square cistern, and f sufficient number to product a ton of ice at one operation. Clothing of persons coming to quarantine in vessels can b frozen by this machine, and thus divested of the germs of pestilence. It can be made tc frot the entire inside of a ship in a fw hour, aud thus purify its hold aud its other apartments; and it is capable of reducing the temperature of stone warehouses so low as to free the goods stored in the re frigerated apartments from every thing irJ-fk-ct. d with yellow fever." K-T 11, n'. !9-4m