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Administrators' Buds and Letters,
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NOTI
1 ahail br ab'it ftnnm Cbarl"4tf daring the
Wiater, tor tb pnqo of attendiii" the Medical
!.. etiu. s and llospit:Ja in N w Vork and Phila
dflphia. J V.ee . aiej ;.er li ills previotti tO till! . 'V
the bund iti Wul V. i weiis, E;
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jttKCSioB.
(TharloU
ROBERT OIBBONT, M. M.
1 :,,. iti-tf.
( let.
.09 Z itK Kim
N CONEQCENCE of having h0 by tin
lite ,;. .. ii. I 111 lain idace, on in:-
hi ;aii!r ! I''- 3lb ii May last, a:i"ii.- N,iii-..
r,i.d claims agaim4 unmcnMia ptmunn in thisand
1 Ijoutuag rowntir h!eh not, -3 and rlaiaM, -.
.1... ;,i.e,:riv E. C. STKKI-B, A. Bftji-
1 m: j C , bum ;i.. rs, hirli avre placed in 'n;
hands ,.i cth e ;ion: All pevaon ,thi 1 . g tins!
iibiu-Miiv of such claims an standing uo-
;. i i. arr li, i"e!.v duly not iih d. tbat nubitM they
anneal immnliatli mihI close np the same, by j
a cash, I idtall be ronux lied t.. ''. furh- '
Itili
uity, thrreby iniltting siicli
.i! and Bum "v cost-;.
tMTSWHS ad III i.i::
S. VV. DAVIS.
1 harktt, Jaae 10, l-".'. tt
Tli M::rJol; leiial Fire
I ai-1! ra :t c Com ;:: y -
A M 'M ES to take rlks against loss bv
H Pin on !! m's, Pnalnce, (., at
nsaal rales. Oul in Brawhy Bailding, ui
taira.
M. B. TAYUK, rrt-si U ut.
S. P. ALEXANDER, Vies President.
J. A VCM'NU,
J II. Will PE, 1
J. II. C"i.'Si, i Esteatve t'onuautte.
I, i IV KM M A N.
A. r. KTKEI.E, J
J. II. V ll.s . .
V.. NYK 111 IVIHSON. fSecretary.
Ji.lv .' , I854i ti
1 ."x Tailoring IX;S-
!i.5S3Siit.
JAMES BRIAXT inform his fri.-tnls n j
former patrons, thai be has npened le TAN.- !
ORIXti ESTABLISHMENT ia Spring's new
BuiMing, where In- will be happy t- see any one
W rilltill
rany bung done m lis line. ju work
ted. !
arrant d
Oct. Hth, 1 -'.
17 -rf
Bargains ! Bargains! :
CHINA DEPOT.
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I
E. KICBOLS k BROTHER,
lairoKTEns of
CHINA. GLASS & EARTHENWARE.
AN. a great variety of Tea Trays, Lamps,
Table Cuti. iv. Britannia aad Black Tin"
'.i . Wowl aad W illow Ware, and
ttomaeMcrrpiH gr .irliclea s: ut rally.
Nl I" 1 11 TO CUM MERlt A I. HANK,
KOLI ibia, s. c.
. i'" Paekiaj warranted.
Nov. 1 1, l-:,:-,. l.-lm
John Hear- aVayt, 11. II..
SURGEON DENTIST,
(GrodWfe of tht Baltimore Collect of
Dental Surgery,
Having lacated p Hrmaa. -utl v. " t. aders hw pro-ll-millial
s. i .o g tl, ,.. t.;,;z,.ns t
Charlotti . v i j
victaity.
Ir. Wayt prepan i and insrmartmcial nalatrs
i iifcianaaiiaiaai ai m.mm. .1 , . . . !
..... - ..,. ..... , ,.. wwrectirt,, of
easkresutai aara accidental deformities of the
toh and jaw. II- i- also prepared to insert
artificial t-,th. after the most approved methods
Otlice on Try on Street, in Carson's new
buibiine;. up stairs.
Nov. J-'h. 20 tf.
Xot ice.
The copartnerslrip of Glen ak McKoy was
dissolved aa the S9d of July las:. J. 6. McCov
having purchased Mr Glen's interest in the
Marble Yard and Kates and Accaanta. All con
tracts must be amde a ith J. 6. McCoy.
Charlitte, October 7. 14-tf
Wanted.
O gkAABUSHELS of dried Peaches.
mm)WWV pealed and unp. aled .for which
taa HIGHEST CASH price will - by
D-c. :. 1866 tf T. M. FARROW.
Notes or IE and.
t- M I MM LD and for sale at the OfTe.
ot rhp "U . st, m J niocrar."" i
TED and for sal
stern Democrat.'
BOOTS AND SHOES.
!r"Fl rl 0 ix
Charlotte, N. C.
CATALOGUE OF GOODS AND PRICES:
Heavy double sol Biogans, domestic manu
facture, all numbers over 6, at ?l 50
" .oak sole lirofjans, northern man
ufacture, a good article, 1 50
nailed sole Brogans, lor miners
and Kailroad, good, 1 9
enable sole, rounds am Broians. 1 40
single so p riveted Lrogaus, a
goo.! ai tir' 3, 1 3 '
sing'e soie iiveted Brogans, a
shade lighter, 1 25
single sole not rivcteJ, Erogans,
a shade lighter, 1 15
Heavy -inirle sole Iirogans, infe
rior stock, 1 00
Mens' kip Brogans, a good article, No 1,
( Webster)
1 50
" " " No 2, Y F.D, 1 3j !
" :i, l 2j !
lined and bound kin Brouars 1 25 1 So. !
calf l 75 2 00 I
n M Oxford calf, 1 IS 2 0'J ;
Cents call Congressfjaiters, peg, 2 25 to 2 75 1
M cloth Pat. tip " 2 50 to 3 00 !
" nae calf sewed Shoes 2 50 to 3 50 I
" M Pt. e Oxfir
, and plain, 3 00 to 3 50 I
(;ents' line patent leather Gaiter 4t0to5 00
I), Iatlted hoots, and
stitched, exira, 9 00
" " tiuilted Boots, stitched, ex. 8 5U
" M M ' No. 1, 7 00
t: heavy calf, I). S. sewed, Planters'
Boots, verv cheap, 5 00
calf, D.S. pet; ami coik Boots 5 00
ti fine cair, cork sole, and made
with copper nai.'s, 7 00
ins calf, pp. " " 5 00
heavy I). S. calf, plain bottom, 4 00
m " ki;, 4 00
m " a is and heavv
welta 2 50 to 3 00
t: M Hnngariaa, common, 2 00
Ditchers and Miners' Boots, 2 50 to 1 00 I
Boys- DEPARTMENT.
BojS fine Congress UattersPat. tip and
foxed 00 to 2 50 :
Calf Sh 1 '25 to 1 50 '
Kip Brogns, gooil
1 2:
" " good,No.2, 1 00 to 1 12
heavy Brogaas, D.S., good article 1 25
' from medium to
.
poor 7'" to 1 00
IToatl s calf aad kip Brosans 75 to f-S
' extra heavy and good 1 0 t to 1 25 j
thick " 75 to S5 ;
, light and common 50 to l2
LADIES- DEPARTMENT.
l.:u!ie line "."oieiiers trailers, doub c sides and
loxed, winter, with 1k.- )s. 3 00
fine t rougreaa Gaiters, thin soles, with
iu i i . 3 00 '
line M " " without
tips 2 00 to 50 1
fitM ' " " 2 00 to -2 50 :
" fine French kid, aide laced Gaiters, 50
M fiueaide laced, thick and linn soles,
etlk, 1 50 to 2 00
tun 10 common ' " 125 to 150
" fine Bootes, best article, flannel
Imtd. tor winter, 7." I
" fine goatBoot .-, best article, twilled lim d 1 50
" line gat Uootea, No. 2, twilled lined 125 '
' :..:( Morocco and kid Hoots 1 50 to 1 75 I
" tine patent leatUer and fancy top, 1 25 to 1 5o
" finefeatltcr Bootes, a very inir shoe 1 00
M tine kip andcalfa very yod shoe 1 25 j
" fine Dutch Bout?, all ki, l 50 I
" fine Grtngreas enameled and kid traitors 1 50
line pateut leather and enamel 1 I- to 1 -25
Mis9es Slioea and Gaiters, a!l grades, jirio
varying from 75 to 1 25
(luldrens' S:.(tj 25 to 88
OVER-SHOES AND RUBBERS.
Gents' BulTalo over-shoes, for winter (2 f)0
' sleigh cat K ubbers fc over shoes, 1 00
; Rubber Sandals, one tt two straps 1 0.'
Ladies' Buffalo Over-siioes 2 .50
: t lo'b Over-Shoes 1 50
Rubber Boots 1 1 ;i
" Buskins and Over-shoei 75
j - ; Sandals 75
: Misses1 Over Shoes 50c. to 5
DOM ESTI ' MAM FAC T U UK.
Sbi p made Boots and Shoes constantly on j
hand and made to order at short notice, tiom I
' the best imported stoc!,
benU' fine pp. Boots, warranted $3 00
" D. soie brad bottoms. Patch edge S 50
u " " Dutch
ed-j;e, footed on old leg?, to order f CO
' p root, a on old legs, to enter 5 00
Geats' fiae calf Shoes, to order 3 on, 3 r,o
" heavy kin sewed Shoes 1 7.".. 2 00
La dies' due calf Shoes and Boots 1 7-"i, 2 00
j " heavy kip " ' ) 50
DTGooda of our own manufacture are all
arr i ated not to rip.
P.,... . ,u... .,.., t V, '.. i
,k L . i.i k u-t .v.
.v. r 'ic vuiu :ivi Li'iu ii i a,aai iu
Bgure mentioned than for cash.
The above comprises bat a small portion
of onr stock, as it impossible to enumerate
every article in aa advertisement, so that it
may be understood without seeing the goods.
Ca.-h prices of Belts t r running foot:
3 inch bairns 0 's inch Bands $ i0 I
:U 94 S' " 64 j
1 " m x!S ! " " 68
41 m " 32 91 " " 7 I
Ct - 3C 10 m " 7u,
5 M -iO 10A " " t-1 ;
S " 44 I l" " 66 :
61 " IS 1U " " V I
7 - 52 12 96 j
LEATHER BELTING.
Th mitilic nil denend on I'eltiiiL' the best
! article that cjii DC bad, tbej will run straight,
bald their width, and run flat to the pulley,
i These banc's are made of the best oak tanned
leather, and the solid part only used. 1 beae
joints are put together with water-prool
..,,.( nl.,,!, illovi lki.ni in he nseoin
ii i ii .1 uivvn. j t ut, ii i an, ,i. - i
i 1 ., . T.. fl,u
loiuts. 'J'lie beat of r, inner rhcts used. All
j ii
assortment generally on hand, and all k.nds
made to oroi r.
Also. MACHINE BELT CLASP, "or
connecting Belts or Bands together, to run o.
Machinery.
This Clasp is made of plates of nictrl
fluted out ok the inside, making teeth sharp
enough to r.s into the Beit and hold it,
without cutting into and impairing its strength,
as is the cas with making boles to lace
through, or Otherwise. It is, when applied to
the Belt, confined together by means ot
screws, (made for the purpose,) so as to hold
on to every prrticlc of the Belt, thereby
retiming its whole strength. An assortment
always on hand.
Also, Sur.rrior I. ACE LEATHER on hand,
and COPPER RIVETS, with Burrs.
s .!in n A 1 " I -,.!. i j
COa-ta tly on hand, at low prices.'
BT - ash p.nd lor Green or Drv Hides, or ,
. , T J CI.... .
Cash prices. BOONE ft CO.
r-i,,l., -.. - is:c
cw Store.
J. & E. B7STOWE
HAVING removed to their Ntw Store on
Main-street, below Young & Willis tub'
Hotel, and opposite Boone & C'o.'s near 8h
Si
iifn ii'lk.ru tlt.iir iii.i Vti-&k An t-Li o I 1 otj.nl- !
J rv
CJ U A zs jy jI j LS n
and such other articles M are usually kept in such
I .1;.,,, (!..; r. ...... t,.
t'OTTOX YAR.
Now in Store :?oo Sacks Salt. 40 Kids. New
Orleans Molasses. 5 Hhds. best PtMrtorico ln.
1 5 hhds. West India do. 5hhds. Cuba. 5 hhds.
or i.iumii Bnsr. 4-j inns, cxrra ao. m
, , , , i , i ti -i-
bbM.Orasbad do. 100 bajrs good Cone. Eng-
lish dairy and common Cheese, Bagging, Rope
and Twiiu, Adamantine and Tallow Candle
North Carolina and Western Whiskey.
All :il Hit Iov't Prices.
PVVe respectfully solicit a call from buyers.
J.
E. B. STOWE.
Dec. !, 1956 tf
PROVIDE nx i : A C A 1 E n V
12 Mile South of Charlotte.
The exercises of the fifteenth Session will open
en the I is1 .'loiMlav of January,
lr:.T.
Terms per Session "f'2l weeks :
Latin, Greek and Mathematics, 12 50
English Grammar, Geography, Ac, G 00
Students will be charged from the day of en
trance to the end of the session, without deduc
tions for lost tune.
December '.K 1856.
E. C. KCYKENDAL.
23-4t-pd
NEW GOODS.
E ar. receiving our usual Supply of Tall
and Winter COODS which shall be sold
chean as the cheapest.
BREM & STEELE.
Oct.
ISM
EMBROIDERIES.
Swiss, Jaconet & (. ambric Edgings A Insertings,
m Flouncings,
Cellars,
' " Sleeves,
Real Lac
Oct. 7.
Sets, black and white.
BREM & STEELE.
is.-.n.
BOLTING CLOTHS.
BREM & STEELE.
Oct. T, 1865-
HARDWARE
OP ALL KINDS.
BREM & bTEEL
Oct. 7th 1F56.
LADIES DRESS SILKS.
HV. Largest;: nd most varied Stoc k ever
. offered in this market.
BREM & STEELE.
Oct. 7, 1S1G.
Mr
rsLiN
P L INS, C A S H M E R E S,
j X' F, I L ;V 1 L' C, OtC
t 1 n " v
BREM & STEELE.
Oe 7, 1856
LADIES CLOAKS.
VERY LARGE .STOCK, very cheap and
ebraut.
BREM & STEELE
Oof 7, 1 -."('.. 14-tf.
FARMS FOR SALE.
THE .siibscr.ber off', rs for sale two farms
lying on tbe waters of Clear Cue!;, in
Mtckteuburg county the first known as
The Alexander tract, containing
300 Acres,
Well improved, with a irood and
eomiiiotl ot s dwelline house, and
il 1 the ot t-h uis s necessary for a
farm, in good repair. There is also
A good Store-House
ON TRS ri'.EMlSES.
This property lies Iti miles from Charlotte,
. at the Cross Ko.ds, on the main road to Con
cord. The farm is 111 all respects 111 good con
dition, and contains a quantity of fine bottom
laud.
The other Tract,
Adjoins the abovp, and con'.airs
ACRES.
This is also a well improved larm, 'vith good
buildings, has excellent 'I nnber on
it, a good mead W, and a first-rate
cotton Gin. There i also on this
place a go d
-olt! v.m Copper ?Iic.
Poth of the above farms are ,!esirat'e estates
and will he sold on r asoaable terms.
Apply on the premises.
J. M. W. FLOW.
July 23, 1856 ti
&C Notice.
m
J5I tit s- !fOTlE is hereby ei-
vcii. that all the Notes and Accounts of
Sprat 4 x Alliaon, Sprall, Daniel
,V Co., and Allison db Daniel, are trans
ferred to the undersigned, for the benefit of the
creditors of said Firms respectively, and that
they are in the hands of J. R. DANIEL for imme
diate collodion. E"b Longer indulgence cannot
be "ivcu, as the debts anna
JOHN ALLISON
1
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J. R. DANIEL
JTotice.
A Valuable HOUSE and LOT
"ox Sale.
T
rpiIE subscriber otters for sale his m
arse and well-improved IIocse
and Lor. situated in the soutbern
nnrtinn it I llf OWN. 301011111,? Wie ll,iv
owned by R. F. Davidson and A. II. Mai tin,
known as the Spratt property. Mr. John R.
Daniel is fully authorized to make sale in my
absence. Persons in want of a desirable sit
nation in tow , would do well to call and ex- j
amine this property. The House and all out- ;
i - -
buildings arc now and in nral-ralc order.
Possession given i immediately. Terms made
to suit the purchasi r.
August ly, 1S56 tf
lOHv ALLISON.
"fSTotice,,
A Valuable HOUSE and LOT j
r.n orz. tV VT I
u Y, ,V xx
i I subscribers o:t i aa.r CTk ;
I nroved Lots in the town ofChnr-
' . f l. - ....,,1 sitnsiti.H in Tin.
: lone, ior .-., -
rn I)
rtion ot tlie town. Known as in
P.nmat. property, conta ming 4 lots. I he an-
improved mm .ire .fJ ,
Aou V tO Jonn U. lamei.
PPI ALLISON & DANIEL.
III H
Central lirtfllktmt
AIR LINE RAILROAD.
We see by the Athens (Ga.)Baaner, that
the people of Gainsville, in that State,
; have taken steps to advance tlie Air Line
scheme. An enthusiastic meetine was held
. there
on the 2d instant, and arrangements
. were made to canvass the country thoroaah
o
iy, lor subscriptions ror siock. i ne At-
Junta Republican says:
"We have received, through tlie courte
sy of Hon. J. P. ReSft. a copy of the ehar-
. , ... T . Pilo ,
i ter or the An J.ine Uaiiroaa Uompany t
1
: South Carolina, as introduced into the
j Legislature of that State,
j It is almost word for word with tlie (Jeor
, gia Air Line Kailroad charter, so far as the
provisions are applicable to the location.
The Bill lias been reported by the Com
mittee on corporations, which in that State
is an important step towards its passage
it;
! It eives a wide latitude for the location of
: td,e Road, which is the more favorable for
its construction. We are assured by Col.
Reid that the only danger of its failure is
for want of time in the Legislature to pass
it. Should it unfortunately fail at this ses
sion, from this cause we may rely on its
passage at the next year's session, and it
need not, therefore, in the least discourage
the friends of the enterprise in Georgia."
.
An Important Arrest.
Washington City, Dec. A preach
er from Louisiana bound homeward was
arrested to-day on hoard the steamer Tele
graph, under suspicious circumstances. A
carpet bag in his possession was found fill
ed with incendiary documents, and the evi
dence is (dear that ho has been engaged in
running slaves to the free States. In his
possession were found documents which
implicates several distinguished northern
men.
PRIVATEERING. Accompanying the
President's message is a letter from the
Russian Charge d'Affaires at Washington,
in which he says : 'dlis Majesty the Em
peror accepts for his part the conditions
under which the United States consent to
the abolition of privateering, viz : that the
private property of the subjects and citi
zens of the contracting parties shall, in
times rf war, be respected by their respec
tive 11a. -al forces, as well as by those of all
the powers which may join in this declara
tion." Grand Lodge of Masons. The Grand
Lodge of Ancient York Masons, held at
Raleigh, elected the following officers for
the next year, vi. :
P A Holt, Grand Master, Alamance : J
T Alexander, G S Warden, Lincolnton : .)
M Cox, G J Warden, Perquimons ; W T
Bain, G Secretary, Raleigh; C W I) Hutch
ings, Treasurer, Raleigh.
Interesting Scientific Question. A
query lias been started in scientific circles
as to whether our earth may not become,
.at some distant day, like the moon in this
wise : At high tide there arc five thous
and cubic miles more of water heaped up it!
those parts of the ocean which have Jew
tide, and the movement of this mighty wave
mut, it is contended exercise a retarding
influence on the earth's rotation by means
of its friction. The amount of retardation
would be appreciable only after the lanes of
ages, and this may now be the case as re-
I gards the moon : hence its slow rotation on
its axis only once in twenty-nine days.
The Cleaveland (Tenn.) Herald says, that
a citizen of that place holding a responsible
county office, has been arrested on the
charge of passing counterfeit bills on the
! Bank of Cape Fear, North Carolina. The j
i name of the individual is not given.
A Vru'ii" UTi! r J?rt7 Ovevtvr: Tlir.
jvtnion iimca was eaiauiisnea in 1 100, nv
John Walter, and inlierited by his son, now
a member of Parliament. It is valued at
T , rri. . , , 1 , . A m ,
$3,740,000. Its principal editor has an
annua salary of $25,000, and its Paris '
correspondenl $10,000. Its advertisements, :
it is estimated, yield it 3,000.000 a year, J
: one Ilrm alone paving $150,000 a year.
the conclusion of Mr Crittenden's ;
' euloffT upon the late Mr Clayton, delivered !
j 1
I iii the Senate, on the 3rd instant, is the
j fullowing remark :
I '-It must be pleasing to us all to lean '
'from the honorable Senator from Delaware, I
;(Mr Bayard,) that Mr Clavton died a I
, 1
i Christian. S ) he should have died. Such
a death gives to hum nity its proper
rliornitv. Full of this world's honor hrdied I
& - j
foU of the more precious hopes that lie i
beyond the grave. Of bim w ho so dies we
j may well exclaim, O death! where is thy
! stinog O firrave! where is thv victory;"'
j O O a)
A great breeze has been raised in Detroit
. r . 1 . j: r 1
inconsequence oi urn u.scon oi norse
wfin 5aUsae. made bv a German in that
city. According to French authority, horse
beef is as good as any; and m Paris at the
present time, sorrel steaks, iron grey chops
and roan sartMges are eaten with grat
relkh.
JEFFERSON'S OPINION OF HENRY.
The folkwingketeh of Patrick Henry
by his cotemporaryMr. Jefferson, will be
found interesting. It is taken from the ad
vance sheets of a work soon to be issued by
a Boston publisher, containing the private
correspondence of Daniel Webster. In
3824 Mr "Webster visited Jefferson at hi
home at Monticello, and afterwards wrote
out the following opinion of Henry, express- i papers.
ed by Mr. Jefferson tit the time. '' His ExCEIXEXCT Gov. J0HX8OX;
Patriok Henry was originally a barkeeper, j The humble petition of ;:11 the Maid
lie was married very young, and going into j whose names are underwr'fie' :
some business, on his own account, was k j Whereas, we, the ham. "to etit'oncrs. are
bankrupt before the year was out. When I j at present in a very melancholy disposition
wasaboutthe agooffifteen, I left the school j of mind, considering bow nil the bachelors
here, to go to the college at Williamsburg. J are blindly captivated by widows, and our
I stopped a few days tit a friend's in the youthful charms thereby neglected: the
county of Louisa. There I first saw and I consequence of this our request is thai your
became acquainted with Patrick Henry. Excellency will, for the future, order that
Having spent the Chrismas holidays there, no widow shall for the future presume to
I proceeded to Williamsburg. Some ques- j marry any young man till the maids are
tions arose about my admission, as 1113 pre- j provided for; or else to pay each of them a
paratory studies had not been pursued at fine for satisfaction for invading our liber
tho school connected with that institution, j tits; and likewise a fine t be laid on all
This delayed my admission about a fort- J such bachelors as shall be married to wid
night, at which time Henry appeared at j ows. The great disadvantage it is to us
Williamsburg, and applied for a license to j maids, is that the widows by their forward
practice law. having commenced the study : carriages do snap up the young men; and
of it at or subsequent to the time of my have the vanity to think their merits beyond
meeting him at Louisa. There were four ' ours, which is a great, imposition on us who
examiners Wythe, Pendleton, Peyton ! ought to have the preference.
Randolph and John Randolph. Wythe and This is humbly recommended to your
Pendleton at once rejected his application. Excellency's consideration, and hope you
The two Randolphs, by his importunity, ; will prevent any further insults,
were prevailed upon to sign the license ; and And we poor maids, as in duty hound,
having obtained their signatures, he appli- j w"' ever Pni.v-
ed again to Pendleton, and after much en- 1 P- 81 being the oldest maid, and there
treaty and many promises of future study ; by most concerned, do think it prop, ,- to
succeeded in obtaining his. The first case lhe messenger to your Excellency in be
wbich brought him into notice was a con- balf of my fellow subscribers.
tested election, in which he appeared as
... ... r CURIOUS INVENTION OF SHOT.
counsel before a committee of the House 01 ;
Burgesses. His second was the Persons j Almost every body has seen a shot tow
case, already weli known. These and r? but perhaps not all who have seen one
similar efforts soon obtained for him so knows what is the necessity for having so
much reputation, that he was elected a ! high a structure for making shot. Pnevi
memberof Lhe Legislature. He wasaswel ! miS to tllC 7ear 1 persons called plum
suited to tin times as any man ever was, j hers were the only ones who made shot,
and it is not now easy to say what we should I The process was to let the melted lead drop
have done without Patrick Henry. II
was far before all in maintaining the spirit
of the Revolution. His influence was most
extensive with the members from the up
per counties, and Li.s boldness and tbeir
votes overawed and controlled the more
cooler or the more timid aristocratic gentle-
men of the lower part of the State. His
eloquence was peculiar, if indeed it should
be called eloquence ; for it was impressivt
and sublime, beyond what can be imagined.
Although it was difficult when he had spoken
to tell what he had said, yet, while he was
speaking, it always seemed directly to the
point. When he had spoken in opposition
to my opinion, had produced a great effect,
and I myself been highly delighted and
moved, I have asked myself when he ceas
ed : "What the devil has he said V I
could never answer the inquiry. His per
son full size, and his manne r and voice free
and manly. His utterance neither very
fast or very slow. His speeches very short
from a quarter to a half an hour. His
pronunciation was vulgar and vicious, but
it was forgotten while he was speaking.
He was a man of very little knowledge
of any sort : he read nothing and had no
books. Returning one November from Al
bermarle court, he borrowed the Humes
Essays, in two volumes, saying he should
have leisure in the YV inter for readinar. In
the spring he returned them : and declared
he had not been able to go farther than
twenty or thirty pages in the first, olume.
He wrote almost nothing he could not
write. The resolutions of 7.5 which have
been ascribed to him, were by many sup
posed to have been written by Mr. Johnson,
who acted a . uis second on that occasion ;
but if they were written by Henry himself,
they are not such as to prove any power of
composition. Neither in politics nor in his
profession was he a man of business ; he
was a man for debate only. His biogra
pher says that he had read Plutarch every
year. I doubt whether he ever read a
volume of it in his life. His temper was
excellent, and he generally observed de
corum in debate. On one or two occasions
I have seen him angry ,and his anger was
terrible ; those who witnessed it were not
disposed ! rouse it again. In his opinion-
he was yielding and practicable and not ' mid it was called Watts roily.''
disposed to differ from his friend--. In pri- j There i- no doubt that Watts or his wife
vate conversation he was agreeable and made this discovery. But the idea, accord
facetious, and while in go nteeie society, a - ! mi,' " eome, belongs to Watts or bis wife,
peared to understand all the decencies and j it was Watts and not Mrs. Watts, who is
proprieties of it; but, in his heart, he pre- ! supposed to have dreamed on the subject,
ferred low society, and sought it as often as ' Watts is said to have dreamed that be was
nAulKIn Tfo would hunt in the nine woo. Is . out in u show r, and that it laiiu d lead IB-
r " I
of Fluvanna with overseers, and people
of every description, living in a camp for a
fortnight at a tine; without a change of
raiment. I have often been astonished at
iiis command of proper language ; how he
attaint d a knowledge of it I never could
Kttle with educated men. After all. it
must be allowed that he was our leader in ',
the measures of the Revolution in Virginia.
In that respect more was due to him than
any other person. If we had not had him, ,
we should probably have got out pretty j
well, as you did, by a number of men of
nearly equal talents, but he left us all far
behind. His biographer sent tho sheets of
hi work to me as they were printed, and ,
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asked for ray opinion. I told him it '
would be a question hereafter, whether his
work should be placed on the shelf of bi--torv
or naneo-vric.
S. CAROLINA MAIDS AND WIDOWS
OF THE OLDEN TIME.
In turning over the leaves of a very de
lightful book, lately published, our eye
chanced to tall on the following petition, .
signed by sixteen maid.-, of Charleston, and
presented to tlie Governor of that province
on March 1. 1733. We publish it for the
amusement of the fair readers of the news-
j into water. But in this process the part
i that first touched the water was always
! flattened. About 1782a man named Watts,
living in Bristol, England, by trade a plum
ber and shoemaker, was assisted by bis wife
in the latter operation. Mrs. Watts was a
woman of some genius, and often reflected
upon the subject of devising some meamf
to make shot more round. It was her par
ticular business to cast the shot, and she
experimented for this purpose by dropping
the melted h ad into oil and other liquids
besides water : but the shot still indented
or flattened on the side which first came
in contact with the liquids, he retired to
bed one night, thinking deeply on the ib
ject of making shot round. In the anxious
state- of her mind her sleep was not sound,
of course. She began to dream, and her
dream is thus related by a writer in the
Scientific American :
She dreamed of going into a neighbor's
shop, a hatter by trade, and while talking
to him she heard shot falling, and on asking
him if he made shot, he went out, brought
in a handful, and they were perfectly round.
In much surprise she exclaimed, 'My God,
how do you make them round ?" 'By drop
ping them from a great, height,' said the
hatter. Mrs. Watts awoke under the ex
citing discovery, aroused her husband, in-
tunnel mm oi nor uream, rrnen mey ooin
dressed themselves, tried it upon the highest
place on their own premises and found the
shot rounder than before, but still indented.
The next day they tried it from the tower
of St. Thomas' church, that leans some feel
over its base, when they attained shot
rounder than the home attempt, but not
yet perfect. The next attempt ?as made
in the shaft of a coal mine, n few miles from
Bristol, at a place called Kingswood, and
from this trial they obtained perfectly
round shot. Watts ascertained the beigtht
necessary, to make thorn round, by trials
at different depths, entered a caveat for a
latent, made known his discovery to a
wealthy acquaintance, erected a shot tower,
realized eighty thousand pound-, undertook
to erect a large block of buildings tit Clif
ton, sunk all he had made before they were
half finished, and became poor in his old
ag. I have passed this block many time,
tead of water, and thi;s was engendered
the idea of giving perfect roundness to shot
bv letting the melted hud fall a irreal dis
tant
.ndu'i Leader.
Hint to Esoaoed Yovko Ladies. It
is probably net generally known, thai
wbenever a woman ana accepted an offer of
marriage, all she ;a3 cr expects to have,
becoms virtuailv the propertv of the man
, - i '
thus accepted as a husband; and no gift or
deed executed by her bet ween the period
accoPtnnce and the marriage is held to
1
be valid; for were she permuted to give
3n-:v or otherwise sottl1 her propertv. he
II.
might be disajfpointed in the wealth he
looked to in making the offr. English
Review.
HOW MURAT DIED.
The sentence of the military commission
was read to him with due solemnity. Be
listened to it, ns he would have listened to
the caranba of unother battle during his mil
Flary life, without emotion or bravudo. Ho
neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for
npp al. He had advanced of his own ac
cord toward the door, a.- if to accelerate, tho
catastrophe. The door opened on a nar
row esplanade lying between the tower of
the castle and the outer walls. Twelvo
soldiers with 1 uided muskets, awaited him
there; i'i.- narrow space did not permit
him to stand at a sufficient distuneo to de
prive his death of a part of its horror. Mu
rat. In stepping over the threshold of his
chamber, ffand himself face to face with
them. He refused to have his eyes ban
daged, and, looking at the soldiers with a
firm and benevolent smile, said: '"My
friends, do not make me suffer by taking
bail aim. The narrow space compels you
almost to rest tho muzzles of your muskets
on my breast; do not tremble, do not strike
me in the fac; aim at mv heart hero it
is."
As ho spoke th is he placed his right hand
upon his coat to indicate the position of hi
heart. In his left hand he hold a small me
dallion, which contained in one focus of
love the image of his wife and four children,
as if he wished thus to make them witness
es of his last look. He fixed his eyes on
this portrait, and received the death blow
in the contemplation of all he loved on earth.
His body, pierced nt so short a distance
with twelve balls, fell, with his arms open
and his face toward the earth, as if still cin
bracing the kingdom he once possessed, and
which ho had come to reconquer for bis
tomb.
They threw his cloak upon his body,
which was buried in the Cathedrul of I'izzi.
Thus died the most chivalrous soldier of
the imperial epoch, not the greatest, but tlie
nior-l heroic figure among tho champions of
new Alexander.
NoitTfl CAKOLLNA. Among the proceed
ings of the Electoral Colleges of several of
the Southern States, over and above their
legitimate duty of voting for President, wo,
find none to which wu can give so hearty an
approval, as the following resolutions by
the North Carolina Eelcctor College. They
are as jasl in their purport, as they are
graceful in their language; and thoy speak,
we are confident, the sentiments of a largo
majority of the Southern people. Charles
ton Mi rrury.
Resolved, That the Electoral College cf
North Carolina, on behalf of the democratic
voters in this State, tender to Gen. Franklin
Pierce, I 'resident of the United Suites, tleic
grateful acknowledgments for the signal
devotion to the constitutional rights of all
the States of the Union exhibited by him
during his entire administration of the affairs
of the General Government,
Resolved further, That the President will
carry with him, when he retires from bin
present position, the sincere wish of every
patriotic heart iu the republic that the close
of his life may be as serene und blissful us
his caret r as President has been ttiumphunt
and pi osperoaa.
The New Cent Pieces. It appears
that the statement that no new cent pieces
have been manufactured is a mistuke.
Congress passed a law authorizing their
coinage, but neglected to provide for their
issue. Tho consequence is, thnt tnony of
them are now nt the Philadelphia mint
await in-,' the order of Congress to circulate.
They ore said to be about the size of a two
and-half gold piece, but somewhat thicker,
though not quite BO heavy have the words
"United .States of America, lc"5G, " en
circling an eagle on one side, and a wreath
enclosing ti e words "one cent," on the re
rerse. There are ao stars on tftesa, They
are composed of copper, nick. l, and zinc,
and are represented to be very pretty, and
math 1 -s burdensome than tho old ones.
Congress will, no doubt soon authorise their
issue.
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DANOEK Of WEAttlKti HoOFfJ Df A Hk;h
Wi.Ni. -During the wind on Saturday after
noon, and while the dust was collecting so
thick that no one could see more than tho
length of an eyelash iu front, a lady dressed
in a most elegant style, in coming round
one of the corners, was lifted off her feet by
the force of tlie wind acting on the reat
expanse of surface which si. t present -d to
it. The wind Unfortunately did not scr her
down in the same position in which she was
before taken'up, but turning her gently Of
one si le, it laid her endwise on the ud
walk, where she commenced a saties of as
toniahing gyrations, roiling over and over
on the hoops of the ckirts, and exhibiting
apeciaa of locomotion which is not yet
generally appreciated, and which may coma
into fashion, with high winds and large cir
clets of lidit material. As the lady thua
rolled over und over, sevens j-ersous wtro
knocked down and passed over by the lady
and tho hoops without over knowing that
anything bud beat them. Fortunate ly for
the lady, the du.St and the astonishment of
the people out of doors permitted but a few
to witness this new method of getting along
in a Stiff breeze, and keeping up full Hail at
the same time. As wo came round a cor
ner, we found the lady wedged betvroen a
lamp post and a hydrant, and immediately
assif.ted her to an upright instead of u i -CWBthent
position. Detroit Adfrtitct
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