North Carolina Newspapers

jjj llj Bll ftimfliix ml KWI A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. BY WILLIAM J. IATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ee and CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. tf. A. TATESfl- i TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1857. (VOLUME 5. New Serles I NUMBER 28. Aa--""-- THE Published everv Tuesday Containing the latest News, a full and accu rate Report of the Markets, &c. For the year, if paid in advance,. . . .$2 Oft If paid within six inontlis, 2 50 If paid after the expiration of tlie year, 3 00 tWAnj person Rending us fire aw sub scribers, accompanied by the advance sub scription (81) will receive sixth copy gra tis for one year. rPSubscrib(-rs and others who may wish to send money to us, can do so by mail, at our risk. ADVERTISING. One s iuare of J. lines or less, lor 3 months, $1 00 . - ji on ta ' 1 ;' 10 00 Professional and business Cards, not ex- ceeu.njE six I mta, per annum, r, One s jwart-, l,i hrt.-s, m less, that insertion, SI 00 ICacli s.m.sc nent bwertMMl, Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. EyFr announcing Candidates for office, ill advance, ty Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific time, will be in serted until forbid, and eliarged accordingly WILLIAM J. YATES. BLANKS the Western Democrat Office. At Warrants, Marriage Licenses, Tax Receipt, Subpoena-, Jury Tickets, Administrators' Bonds a:id Letters, Guardian Bonds, Indentures, Deeds for conveying Lands or houses. Prosecution Bonds, just printed. F" Blanks of all kinds printed to order at short notice. NOTICE. I shall be aba nt from Charlotte dining the Winter, for the purpose of attending the Medical Lectures and Hospitals in New York and Phila delphia. 1,1 v Notes and accounts previous to the year IS56ara in the hands of Wa A. Owens, Esq.. tor collection. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. Charlotte, Oct. W, leStf. lo-tt NOTICE. m CONSEQUENCE of having lost by the " . 1 z .L .1... tire WlUCU OCCUrreu in inn ji.ace, vu uc taoraiaf of the 27 th at May last, vai ious Mates and claims against iiuintTotis ptDMM in this ami adjoining cesiMllri which noi s and claims, be ing the property oi E. C. STEELE, A. Bktu L'KE A. Uo , ami odi 'is. natch ueie placed in my hand lot eotteetions All persons, then foie, against whom any of such ciaims are still .standing un settled, m hereby duly notified, that unless I hey appear iiniu b;uvly and close up the same, by no;': or cash, 1 shall be compelled to file, tol'h with. Bills in E piity, thereby subjecting such persons to additional and II nm IW i J eoata. S. V. DAMS. Charlotte, June 10. ISife. tf The Charlotte TSistita Fire Insurance Company, CtONTINCES to take risks against loss by J Fire on II .ii-. s. Coo Is, Prodacc, Ac, at usual rates. OtHCM in Ibawi.y's litiilding, nj tans. M. B. TA Y LOt, Ft.sKl.nt. S. P. ALEXANDER, V4ca I'rcs der.t. J. A. Yti NU, 1 J. 11. WHITE, i J 11 C KSt "i, Y Execativa Coanatttta. C. OVERMAN. 1 A. C. STEELE, j J. II. WTLS. IN, A cent. E. NYE HOrCHISON. Secretary. July -il, 3G tl A Afiv Tailoring Ustab lidbnicnt. JAMES BRIANT informs his friends and form r patrons, that be has reopened his TAIL ORING ESTABLISHMENT in Spring s new Building, mh -re be will be bappy to sec any one wanting any taing flwne in h.s line. AH work warranted. Oct. SgHth, 1856. 17-tf Bargains ! Bargains ! ! chinaIdepot. HE. NICHOLS & BXOTIIER, niroKTEna f CHINA, GLASS 80 EARTHENWARE. Also, a great variety of Tea Trays, Lamps, Table Catlery, Britannia and Block Tin Ware. Wood and Willow Ware, and MMonackcrpinsr Articles generally. NEXT DOOM TO CMUratOAt, HANK, COLU.1BIA, C. r? Packing warranted. Nov. 11, 1856. 19-lm John Henry Va t. D., SURGEON DENTIST, (Graduate of the Baltimore College of lhntal Surgery,) Having located permanently, tenders his pro fessional eivieea to the citizens of Charlotte, N. C and vicinity. Dr. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates and obturators, and attends to the collection of congenital aud accidental deformities of the ! tee E and ,aws. II .- is a No prepared to insert ! aiuiui.11 leetn. alter t lie most approved Methods MiK.... .... 'l'.. . - ...v. j on street, in Carson s new building, up stairs. Nov. ISth. 20 tf. Notice, The conartnershin of Glen & McKnv dissolved ou the mJM of July last, J. G. McCoy ! havinfr purchased Mr Glen's interest in the Marble Y'ard and Notes and Accounts. Ali con tracts must b:' made with J. G. McCoy. Charlotte, October 7. 14-tf Wanted. O AAfBUSHELS of dried Peaches, -jV W W pealed and unpealedjor which the HIGHEST CASH price will be paid by Dec. 9. 1656 tf T. M. FARROW. Notes of Hand, VST PRINTED aud for sale at the Office of the Western Democrat." STABLES TO UK AT. I OFFER for Rent the Stables on the Ameri can Hotel Lots, excepting the Stalls recent ly erected and now occupied by Mr. D. 11. Robinson. RUFFS BABRINGLR. Charlotte, Dec. 27, 18ofi. 26-tf State of North Carolina, LINCOLN COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, April Session, 156. J. W? Lowe, Ad hit, and others, vs. Rufus Ballard and others. Petition to sell Real Estate for a.-ts in the hands of the Administrator. It appearing noni the affidavit of Petitioner, J. W.Lowc, tbat Rufus Ballaid, David Ballard, I'resley Cox and wife Epsey, the defendants in this proceeding, are uoii-n snlents of this State, and beyond the ordinary pruei ss of liiis Couit. It is therefore oidered tbat ublieation be made in the Western D. mociat ior six wei ks, notify ing tne said defendants that I bey be and appear at the next (. 'ui.it of PI' as and (Quarter Sessions, to be held for t ie county ol Lincoln at the Court House in Liucohiton, on the id Monday in Jan uary, 1K7, then and there to gttrad, answer or draw to Plaintiff's petit ien, or Judgim nr. pro coiift sso, will be taken against I hi ui, and de cree naade rx parte according to the merits tf PUinthf's petition. In testimony whereof, I have this, 4th Dec, l;"i(, signed my name aud affixed the seal of said County J. A. HU8S, Cleik, By W- R CLARK. D. C. 23-nt RATES OF FREIGHTS BETWEEN Clmrlrttoit ;utl v York, By the Palmetto line of Steamers. HYATT, STOGAER & LLOYD, AND General Ctlinii! e'lerclmiito, Adger's North Wharf, C JiVf JttaSATOjr, S. C. 'I'HK undersigned, Factors and Commission X Merc ants, offer to receive, for ward, ami ship merrhai dise and produce at the following rates. 'I he pr.ces luie name i are those which are generally charged by all the line of sail vessels, i tit having no control over any other Line than the one we have an interest in, we cannot say that the pr ces here named can be considered permanent, ex.-e. t by our Line. By that they are permanent. Ti.e 'Pa me to Line" has ten line first class Brigs a d Schooners, co stunt ly running, and-will car ry I eights as follows: Wheat, ii cents per bushel. Flour, IB barre s, 2 I cents. " in sacks, 10 cents. The drayage, wharlage, insurance, and for- wr.rding com miss on, per bushel, lor whe t, is 4 I cts. F our, per barrel, -Flour, txt sack, - lof cts. 13 cts. Freight on a I cases, boxes, &.,&c, irom New York to Charleston, per cubic foot. - - - - - 4 cts. XV e measure everv thing, to i revent over charges. Evey thing shipped by the "P.il metto Line" of vssels (Uollner Potter, New York agents, and Holmes .V Stowry, of harleston) an 1 consigne i to us, shall be freighted tor the above i rices. Produce and M- rchandis consigned to us will have the best attention. IVY ATT, STOUNER 3l LLOY0. August 12, 1S.",G F A L L A K i W B IV T E El GOODS, At Fisher, Burroughs dt Co. WE arc now prepared to exhibit an exten sive Stock ol FALL ami WINTER GOODS. We invite an examination af OUT French Merinos, At.i us D, L lines, Printed Cashmeres, Rich Silks, Bniiilnizinrft, Euibroidi rics, A l:ice:is. and Ladies CLOAKS AND TaL.MAS. BOOTS & SHOES. HATS & CAPS, A fine assortment f the above Goods ex Cellvitt in quality and modTate in pric-s at FISHER, BURROUGHS &. t;o. SMUT MACHINES. The subscribers h.veon bund a mpply ol these superior Machines, which they arc ol lering at low prices lor CASH, and warran ted t ejve talis. i.etion or no bale. Also, a lull assortment of nuine Anchor Brand BOLTING CI O I lls, ilt FISHER. BURROUGHS . CO. Plaster and Cement. 50 Bbls. Piaster ami Cement kr snlc by FISIIEK. BURROUGHS Jk DO. Blankets! Blanket!! Blankets!! Fine Bed and Negro Blatakits. Also, PbiicS, Kersey-, and Liist,s, a largt btock at low prices will be fi.and at l isllEK, BURROUGHS A. CO. Hardware. Shelf Hardware, Iron. SV, I, AGRICUL TURAL IMPLEMENTS, fcc. &c. I'.u nts. Oils, mid Varntab, cons.autly 01. hand and 1or sile. low by FISH ER, BURROUGHS & CO. Mining Rcpes. We have in s'ore two foils 3 inch Grasi Rope that will be sold at New York cost fb cash, Ireight addi d. FISHER, BURROUGHS & CO Charlotte, October 7, 1856. 3m NOTICE. GOLD MOE FOR SALE. I WILL sell on the 19th day of March next, on the premises of the Mine, it being in Gaston county, N" C, on the west side of" Cataw ba River aud South Fork the well-known ctSL!l GOLD miXE, with sixty acres of Land, more or less, attached, w ith tw o good springs; the most of the land is wood-laud. It will be sold on a credit of six months with interest from date, the purchase! giving bond and security. Any person wishing to purchase will do well to call on Win. F. Davidson, Z. A. Grier, Wilson Montgomery, and J. C. Aydlotte, or Wm. K. McLean at the Gold Mine above m. ntioned. WM. R. McLEAN, Ex'r. Dec. 2, 1856. 23-3t VALUABLE HOTEL IX CliARLOTTE, For Sale. BY virtue of a Deed of Tmst to me executed, I will offer at public sale, upon the premises, at 1 o'clock, P. M.,on the 27th of Januaiy next, i. being Tuesday of County Court, the Hotel known as the &M& AOAD HOflSi, situated contiguous to the depots of the Charlotte and South Carolina aud the Norlh Carolina Rail Roads in Charlotte. The Hotel building is en tirely new, commodious and lasty in appearance, and so located as to give commanding ail vautagi s for the patronage of the through travel of both Rail Roads. TERMS The purchaser will give notes with approved seenrity, due one half in six and the cither in twelve months, bearing interest from date. JOHN A. YOUNG, Tiustce. December 3, 1850. 2C-Ct Notice. I will sell at public auction on Wed nesday of t ounty Court, mv HOUSE 'aud LOT situated on the Plank Road. corner of Church and Ninth Streets. JAMES BRIAN. December 22. 1856. 25-6t To Exchange, TOWN Lots improved or unimproved for Negroes. Apply at this office. Dec. 83, leob". 2,"-4t LAND FUR SALE . The subscriber . ffers for sa'e one va uab'e Tract of Laod, l ing within one mile of States ville, N. C, aijoining ihe Janus ofA.K. Simonto , F. 11. Dalton and others, contaiu iag abut On hundred acres of w hich is well t mbered There is an excellent meadow, and a quanti ty of i ood upland ina high state of cultiva tion; there is also a good DWELLIiXti HOUSE , and all nec ssa y out bu !dings. For further art culara ap ly io A. VV Jamison of States ville, ir the Subscriber at Oak Forest. J. B. ADAMS. December 23, 1S.I6. 26 3t EDGE WORTH FEMALE SEMI DT ART, (Srttnsboionn!), 1, . T HE next S ssion of this Institution will com mence on Friday, January '-id, 18S7. The course of study is designed to embrace everything necessary to a Kltll H III is I Ulll urnaillenlH I ClllK alluu. Gn at pro miuence is given to the SOLID BRANCHES. Neither labor nor expense has be, u sp.oeil to secure Instructors of -the highest qualifications in their various departments, and to make Edge worth second to no Institution in the country, in everything necessary to a complete Educa tion. For circulars containing Terms, Course of In struction, Ac. apply to RICHARD STERLING, Principal. Dec. 2 !. 18G. 55-4t EXCMjtJraE ft COL? KCTIOJI" CHARLOTTE, N. C. OJfice Up Stairs in new Uriel: Building op posite Boone Sf Co's shoe store. Drafts on New Y'ork and Charleston, S. C, Gold and Silver, aud uucurreut Bank Bills BOUGHT AND SOLO. And special attention paid to the collection of claims by JOHN McRORIE & CO., Dec 23, 1856 5t Charlotte, N. C. IVoficc Eiuif y Sales. Y order of Court, I will expose to public sale, at the Court House, in Charlotte, on the lOthday of Januaiy next, 7 Likely Negroes: CREACY', ag d Hi to f 5 years, JIM 7.SARAH 25, ALFRED 2d, GREEK 14, CREACY, jr., 7, and JIM, jr.. 3- All to be sold on a credit of 12 mouths, the purchasers giving Bonds with interest from the day of sale, wi:h ap proved security. D. R. DUNLAP, V. M. E. Dec. 9, iSLti tlfjan REAL ESTATE I will sell, on Monday ef January Court, the STORE-HOUSE and DWELLING attached, known as the J. K. Harrison property. Also, 4 Unimproved Lots in Ihe Town of Charlotte, and 500 Acres of Laud in Union County. Terms made known on day of Sale. H. B. WILLIAMS, Trustee. Dec. 23, 18of. 2f)-bt FAMILY GROCERIES. SUGARS Loaf, Crushed, Ground, Porto Rico aud B. C. COFFEE Mocha, old Java, Laguira and Rio, of various qualities, old and new crop. TEA Gun Powder and Imperial, a choice article. MOLASSES New Orleans, Cuba and Cie n- fogos. CHEESE Goshen and Pine Apple. CHOCOLATE No. 1 and La Vanille, the latter a superior article. SARDINES Half and Quarter Boxes. RA11NS Whole, Half aud Quarter Boxes. SICILY ALMONDS, Filberts, Currants, Citron, Mace, Nutmegs, Macarino and Verma cilia. CANDLES Star and other Brands, in whole, half and 6 lb boxes. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR -Whole and quar ter Bbls. CANDIES Assorted and Fancy. CRACKERS Butter and Soda. PICKLED SALMON, Mackerel, Tongnes and Lobsters. Smoked Tongues and Codfish. A good Stock of PltLHE CIGARS, of the Washington, O. R. Salbana, Don Pedro and other Brands, All of which will be sold low for CASH, by THOMAS M. FARROW. Dec 9, 1856. 3h laiijM i fifi LCHARLOTTEgfr Colored Cook and Seaman's Law. The New Ilaven Register, a cotHervative Democratic paper, edited by Oslorn & Baldwin, in a very hot bed of Freesoilim and Abolitionism, makes the following comment, on the late judicious action of our Stale Legislature, on tiiis subject : The South Carolina Legislature have repealed the law imprisoning free colored men, who come into the ports nf tliat State, as seamen or cocks on board any vessel. They are now compelled to remain on board the vessel, while she continues in I port. This is a very commendable act on ; the part of the South Carolinians especially so, at this time, when some of the free States seem desirous of provoking slavehold ing States into an open rupture, by an unwarrantable meddling with the slarery question. It is a good indication. Fiiee Svffrage. This great measure of popular riglit has passed through loth branches of the Legislature by the constitu tional majority, and will be submitted to the people for ratification at the ballot box next August. Let the fifty thousand, freemen of North Carolina, as they enjoy the privilege of free suffrage, remember that it is to the indomitable and righteous perseverance of the Democratic party they are indebted for it. The name of that noble and gallant man, David S. Reid, is indissolubly linked into this great measure of reform. Ashville Neics. Sad Casualty. On the 20th ultimo, Mr Neill McFadyen of this county, while engaged in his Steam Saw Mill, was caught in some part of the machinery and so badly mangled that he survived but two day s afterwards. iV. C. Argus. Great Grain Markets. There were received at Baltimore during the past year 3,440,000 bushels of wheat, 4,081,000 bushels of corn, 847,300 bushels of oats, and 228,200 bushels of rye. 925,000 bbls. of flour were received. At Buffalo, N. Y., the receipts of flour were 1,143,085 bbls.; of wheat 8,843,1 1 7 bushels; and of corn 9,84G,790 bushels. At Oswego, N. Y., 114,143 bbls. of fiour; 8,437,927 bushels of wheat; 3,543,521 bushels of com. At Chicago the receipts of grain of all kinds 24,000,000 bushels, and the ship ments about 20,000,000 bushels. Seasonable. The localizer of theRich mont Whig gets up many very reudabh paragraphs. The following under the heading "A Billious Season," is far from being the worst : The settling up time has arrived, or as the poet expresses it 'The melancholy days have come. The saddest of the yesir," Wlien notes are due, and lengthy bills Come in from fur and near. When "here's a small account of yours" Is whispered in your oar. And won't you please to settle now, Its all the talk you hear. We hope that everybody will b prepar ed to pay their dues ; and not put off till to morrow what can be done to-day. It is a close verging upon rascality for any one to defer the payment of his liabilities at ma tnrity when it is in his power to settle. We know "This is a very fine world we live in. To give, to lend, or to spend in ; But to beg, or to borrow, or to get one's own, Tis the worst world tliatever was known." However, there is a way to make those pay, who can and wont, or in the language of a creditor To avoid all proceedings unpleasant, I beg you will pay what is due; If you do you'll oblige me at present, If you don't, I'll then oblige you. Average Age at Death. The author ities of Massachusetts recently prepared the following table, to show the average ages at death of those engaged in the fol lowing occupations, residing in that State: Agriculturalists 63 Manufacturers 43 Bakers 43 Masons 47 Bank officers 63 Mechanics 43 Blacksmiths 51 Merchants 51 Butchers 50 Musicians 39 Calico-printers 51 Operatives 32 Carpenters 49 Painters 42 Clerks 34 Physicians 54 Clergymen 55 Printers 38 Coopers 58 Public officers 56 Editors 40 Rope makers 54 Gentlemen 68 Shipwrights 55 Hatters 54 Shoemakers 43 Jewellers 44 Tailors 44 Judges 6c Justices 65 Teachers 34 Lawyers 54 Traders 46 Machinists 36 How nearly the above calculation ap proaches to accuracy we are not prepared to say. It preponderates, however, much in favor of agriculturists, or those who lead rural lives. PREMATURE INTERMENTS. The recent unfounded rumor in relation to the premature burial of a prominent citi zen of New York, which gained currency a few days since, has awakened a painful in terest in the subject throughout the whole community. That it is possible for an in dividual to possess all the semblance- of death, aud yet to be iu life, is sustained by too many authorities to admit of doubt. The first recorded instance of the recov ery to life of an individual about to be buried, was that of a woman of Agrigentum, in an cient Greece, whose funeral cortege was ar rested by Empedocles, a man of great med ical skill, and the inmate of the bier was awakened again to life. This instance gave rise to a greater precaution in regard to burials than had heretofore obtained, and a law was pased forbidding any indi vidual's interment before the third day. Custom extended this period to the sixth and often to the seventh day, during which precautions were taken to restore anima tion, if it was simply suspended, often with effect. The Unmans, like the Greeks, paid but slight attention in their earliest years to funeral rites, and were taught by similar lessons the necessity of observing greater precaution. Asclepiades, a physician who lived in the time of Pompey, about one hun dred and twenty years before the Christian era, ou one occasion, returned from his country seat, observed near the walls of Rome, a crowd of people attending a funer al. The funeral pyre was already lighted as he approached, for it was the custom of the Romans to consume the bodies of the dead. Thinking he perceived signs of life, he ordered the flamebeaux to be removed and the fire extinguished. A murmur of discontent arose among the bystanders, which was quieted by the friends, who, at the earnest request of the physician, con cluded to defer the obsequies, and the per son was restored to life. Acillus Aviola was not so fortunate. Having fallen iu a lethargic fit, he was tak en up as dead; his funeral pile was erected, the flame was lighted, and Aviola was placed upon it, and the attendants retired to a short distance to murk the progress of destruction. At this instant animation, which had only been suspended, was reviv ed by the heat of the flames, and he made an attempt to rise. The spectators ran tc rescue him, but their assistance came too late he was killed by the flames. The Praetor Lamia baa a similar fate ; and the life of Tubero, who had formerly been Pra tor, was saved by discovering signs of a return to life just as he was about to be laid upon the pile. These circumstances led the Romans, like tlie Greeks, to defer to a longer time the period of interment, and to exercise more caution in distinguishing apparent from ab solute death. Custom as well as law requir ed that after decease the nearest relative should close the eyes of the deceased. The body was then bathed with warm water, with the twofold purpose of rendering it fit ter to be anointed with oil, if really dead, or re-animating it if the principle of life was merely suspended and still retained posses sion of its tenement. Tests were from time to time applied, to see if death had taken place, and after a variety of ceremonies, which were continued for seven or eight days, during which the body was enveloped in the gums of myrrh and cedar, bitumen and other like substances, and surrounded by lighted tapers and burning perfumes, the body was carried to the funeral pile and burned in the midst of a concourse of rela tives and friends, who marched twice around the pyre, and frequently offered libations to the gods, asking their aid quickly to con sume it. In this manner we find Achillea at the funeral of Putroclus, asking the north and west winds to aid the fire in its work of destruction : "But fast beside, Achilles stood in prayer: Invoked the gods whose spirit uiovi a the air ; And victims promised, aud libations cast, To gentle Zephyr and the Boreal blast." Tliis practice of cremation gradually gave place to the custom of inhumation, which now prevails. It is supposed that this change, which was effected about the time of the Antonies, is due to the introduction of Chris tianity, and was doubtless suggested by the practice of tho Jews and the example of the burial of Jesus Chri.-t. The burial cere mony among the early Christians was al ways in the night, in order to avoid insult from the heathens. This practice is still prevalent in Italy and in England, and in some other countries, in the case of the bu rial of one of the royal family. It is questionable whether modern civili zation has much advanced in the rites of burial, or the means necessary to prevent premature interment. The practice now is, as soon as there is a semblance of death, for the relatives and medical attendants to de sert the chamber, whose management is committed to unsympathizing nurses. The first care of the attendants is to expose the body to the cold air, by which means any latent spark of life which may be still lin gering, is almost certain either to be extin guished or so benumbed that its unhappy possessor only revives amid the horrors of the tomb. Under such circumstances, with no at tempts to discover whether life is still pres ent, and & hasty bnriai, it is not singular that cases of premature interment frequent ly occur. "Numerous instances," remarks Professor Beatty, "are recorded of persons prematurely buried, or actually at the verge of the grave, before it was discovered that life still remained, and even of seme who were resusitated by the knife of the anato mist. A French physician, who wrote in 1742, relates the case of a young woman upon whose body an anatomical examination were about to be made, who revived at tho first incession of the knife, and survived many years. Peu gives a similar case, in which he was about to perform the Cesarean op eration, when the first incision disclosed his awful mistake. Bruhier, in lii desertntion upoli "The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death, and the Abase of Precipitate Inter ments," has collected one hundred and eighty cases iu which persons still living were treated as dead. Fifty-two of these were actually buried alive, four were open ed before death, fifty-three revived sponta neously after being placed in their coffins, and seventy-two were supposed to have died when they really had not. Facts like these are fur from being of rare occurrence ; ma ny are, doubtless, fictitious, aud intended to catch tho ear of excited curiosity, but others are too well substantiated to admit of question. Among these is the case of a woman who was supposed to have died at the hospital Salpetricaes narrated by Louis, the distinguished French writer tin medical jurispudence and was removed to the dissecting room. Louis was told in the morning that moans had been heard iu the night iu this room, and on entering, to his horror, he discovered that the woman hud revived during the night, and actually died in her struggles to remove herself from her winding sheets, which was made apparent ly the distorted attitude of the body. The whole subject while it awakens tho most painful reflections, is yet of sufficient importance not to be passed over without observation, and too much care cannot be taken to ascertain that death has really taken place iu cases where the circumstan ces leave any room for doubt. "To awake," remarks a recent inedicul writer, "from what may seem the swet sleep of returning health, and find one's self not only dressed in the habiliments of the grave, but inclos ed within its remorseless grasp to feel the sickening pang which the first realization of this horrible fact produces to struggle, with no hope to cheer the effect to he, perhaps, the hum of life as it rolls over our heads is an idea so replete with horror, that its risk should never be permitted." Professor of Medical Jurisprudence to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. DRINKING AT DINNER. Not seldom do we hear the opinion ad vanced, that drinking during a meal is an obnoxious habit ; but quite wrongfully ; for the gastric juice may be diluted with a considerable quantity of water without los ing its dissolving power in the slightest de gree. Only a superabundance of water would diminish or arrest the peculiar ac tion of the matters contained in the diges tive fluids. Large draughts of water, there fore, will be most injurious with aliments difficult of digestion, like the fats; and hence the drinking of too much water af t?r fat pork, for instance, is properly avoid ed ; but in countries where soup does not constitute a regulur part the meal, drinking water is positively to be recommended. Beer or wine at dinner are also hurtful only if taken in excess ; for in the latter case the alcohol coagulate the albuminous substances not o.ily of the food, but also of the diges tive fluids, and thus disturbs digestion. If taken in a moderate quantity, these bever ages are calculated to cause the meal to hold out longer ; for the fact that we are not so soon hungry again after a meal with wine than if we have taken only water with it, ii to be accounted for by the slower com bustion of the constituents of our body, in asmuch as tho alcohol we have imbibed ttikes possession of tho inhaled oxygen. Hence, wine with a meal is extremely use ful when a long journey or work iu bund renders it impossible to take food again at the usual time ; so much the more so, as such detention from food itself usually causes an acceleration of the metamorpho sis of the tissues, which beer aud wine ef ficiently obviate. Orr's Chemistry of Food and Diet. Reply to a Challenge. The follow ing is the reply of Mr. Hill, of Georgia, to the challenge sent him by Mr. Stephens : "I regard duelling as no evidence of courage, no vindication of truth, and no test of the character of a true gentleman. I shall be "braggart, liar, poltron" enough, now and forever, to declare tbat what the laws of God aud my native State unite in denouncing as murder, could give me no satisfaction to do, to attempt, or to desire. The determination is bat strengthened, when the contrary course involves violation of my conscience and the hazard of my fami ly, as against a man who has neither con science nor family. But I have had, and shall continue to hare courage to do my duty firmly and truthfully, and to defend myself anywhere, even in the Eighth Dis trict, and if any gentleman donbt it, there is a short and eay way to tost it. YOTJNOJLADIE8' MANIFESTO. The "Young Ladies Matrimonial Club of Frankfort," has through the columns of the Romney Intelligencer, issued an address "to J the gentlemen of Hampshire county and its vicinity," in which they set forth their grievances in a very touching manuer. -Bat for their timidly expressed assertion to the contrary, wo would, notwithstanding our immense regard for the box, be inclin ed to suspect that the Hampshire ladies were not as captivating as the ladies aro elsewhere. Iu no other way could we account for tins indifference of the chevaliers of Humpshire. But without further prelude, we will let the husband seekers speak for themselves, and should any young man in want of a wife, after reading this undress, fail to direct his steps towards Hampshire, he ought to bo doomed to single blessed ness until "the resurrection gnn cracks :" Leap Year is almost gone, arid with it are gone all the efforts which we have been making ever since the first dawn of New Year's day, 1856. Upon that all important morning, we arose bright and early, brush ed our hair, put on our most fascinating smiles, and arranged our toil, ts in a man ner which the most festidious might admire; then, armed with Cupid's most pointed darts we inarched out and arrayed ourselves, not collectively, but individually before tho gen try of Hanpshire, and orally and unanimous ly proclaimed ourselves candidates in the matrimonial campaign of eighteen hundrod aud fifty-six. aud from that time down to the present, have been electioneering with un tiring zeal. But all our efforts have proved unavailing. The gentlemen have gotten hold npon the handle of our sorrows ; the darts have been turned upon us, and instead of penetrating the hearts of thoso for whom they were in tended aud bringing them kneeling to our feet, imploring that mercy which we would so gladly bestow, they have only served to inflict more deeply the wound of the past four years upon our own hearts, by the pros pect of being doomed to disappointment and brought to wait and oecotne old maids while another term of four years is rolling over our unwilling heads. With this destiny staring us in the face, we have met and de termined to make another last and desper ate effort, by publicly announcing our In tention of marry ing as soon as we can severe ally find suitors. Any of us are qualified to become farm ers', merchants,' or mechanics' wives, and rather than miss would take a lawyer or doctor. We aro well versed in the art of housekeeping, and can cook, weave, pin, knit and sew and take care of the to perfection. We have hands as willing and hearts as susceptible of loving, (to say nothing of our beauty and accomplishments with which all are acquainted. as you will find in the world, or any whero else. The address closes with the following importunate appeal to the marrying men : We come, not like Buchanan, asking for the vote of thousands : We ask but one we need but one. Will you not give it ? If not, we think you might at least favor us with a call perhaps upon a further ac quaintance and a consideration of the mat ter," thcro may be a revolution in your minds. Come ! we invite you to come. Let no recollection prevent you, Are you youngaud bashful.' We have smiles enough to make you forget your bashfulness. Are you poor ? You may be "united with your equals iu marriage." Are you a wid ower ? The widow aud the fatherless want a friend. Is age an excuse. The faithful maid desires a companion for life. Indeed, gentlemen, we have those of all ranks and grades and station of society, and we re peat it, we want to marry, and warrant to give satisfaction aud an immediate reply to any gentleman who desires a housekeeper, and will take the pains to call upon, or ad dress "Young Ladies' Matrimonial Club of Frankfort, Hampshire county, Virginia." Fast Life in New Yonx. The fol lowing is a portion of the testimony given in the case of Huntington the forger. It discloses a truly extraordinary picture of fast life iu New York. Such recklessness aud extra vagence are well calculated to startle, and the only wonder is that the mis erable spendthrift was enabled to keep up the system so loqg : Samuel Berry examined. I am the father of Huntington's wife ; the prisouer's family were at my house for some months last spring ; I heard Mr. Clarke describe the contents of the house of the prisoner ; he was correct in his description ; some of the vases, I understood, cost $700 each ; be had a small dog which would weigh two pounds; he gave $36 fur him ; he had another dog that weighed one hundred and fifty pounds; he had a house full of servants ; he bad eight or ten during the absence of bis wife ; he bad two coachmen and two grooms ; be bad a man servant and five or six girls ; a first and second cook ; this is while his wife was absent ; some of them were discharged whan she returned ; I understood ho had a band of music in his bouse; ha made purchases every day ; he bad meat served in silver dishes on the Sabbath ; was very particu lar about his meals ; I understood that ha sometimes ordered very sumptuous banquets I understood be had six or eight horses ; L knew he was preparing stables prior to bis arrest ; I knew that be had purchased a Stece of land at Yonks ra for a suasater real-once.