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B J office up stairs opposite scarr s drug store J A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligemce, the News of the World, Political Information. Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. BY WILLIAM J. VAXES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. s $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. j?E. A. YATES, msnruTP F.rlT(ill. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1857. VOLUME 5. NUMBER 39. THE Published every Tuesday Containing the latest New, a full and accu rate Report of the Markets, Sec. For the year, if paid in advance $2 00 If paid within six months, 2 50 If puid after the expiration of the year, 3 00 "f-Yny person sending us five neir sub scribers, accompanied bj tin- advance sub scription (10) wiU receive sixth copy gra ti f.ir one year. lySubscribers and others who may tl to send money to us, call do so by mail, at our risk. ADVERTISING. O.ie square of 16 lines or less, tor months, St H) M 4. ; " 6 00 m .4 14 lo 00 One s juare. It, lines, or less first insertion, SI 00 j ttach subsc jueiu Transient advertisements must he paid for in advance. TVFor announcing Candidates for office, $." in advance. I V Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for n specific time, will be in serted until toi l. id, and charged accordingly WILLIAM J. YATES. B It & H I $ At the Western !)eiuoer?.t Office. Warrants, Marriage Licenses, Tax Receipt, Subpoena, Jury Tickets, Administrators' Bonds and Letters, Guardian Bonds, Indentures, Deeds f..r conveying Land- or houses, Prosecution Roads, Ca Sa Roods, Attachments, I Mivery Bonds. Fi Fas, co inty and miptrior court. Constables' Bail Bonds, county ami supe-ri- r court Writs, Commissions t- take Depositions. VW Blanks of all kinds printed to order at short notice. Xotice. HAYING returned to Charlotte. I am agtiinat the disposal of tbowr who may reiitire my servi ces in the practice of .Medicine and Surgery. ROBERT (ilBIH N, M. 1. Fel). 3d, W .".7. 31 -tf ; now I I i K. M. Ml U( l!l:N. A. MURCHISON & HOWELL, .'. ;oi IJViff Street, JT. Feb. 3d, 1857. I) I Wiliuiugion, N. mum k iDaaoniT, I. n T T TP ' MCRCUAMT8. Usual aovancks madk on coxsk;nments. Septemlier 2, ld.'.o ly Notice, HATING obtained Letters of Administration lH the estate t W. F. TrOttCT, deceased, I I give notice to all person indebted totlie late bun I of T. Trailer ft. Son, ly uote or book account for the last lour or tiv. years, to come ; forward and pav the nuk wkhoot delay, and 1 tln n hv nave cost, an th tl d up. Feb. 3d, 1857. THOS. TROTTER, Adm'r ai u S-.irvivin;: Partner. The Watch and J r-lrv bnsiness will in the fntan be oiiduct.-.l y It. mibKcrilier, who will span n inum or exii -n-e to irixe m-nral s.-ttis- taction. atch n'MUl :ie' uon' in lier, and at the hort. t notice. THOS. a -ii nor uan TR ITTER. CHINA DEPOT. HE. Hit HOLS & BROTHER. IMPORTERS " CHINA, GLASS & EARTHENWARE. Also, a great variety of Tea Trays. Lamps. Table Cutlery, Britannia and Block Tin Ware, Wood and Willow Ware, and Housekeeping .Mr titles generally. XLYT (t)U TO CUSniERCIAL 1SANK, COLVMBIi, S. C. t" Packing warranted. Nov. 11, I85C. l'.Mm NOTICE. 'rmt THE Wilmington and WeMen Railroad Com pany have made an augemeuts for forwarding all goods consigned to the care ..f the Casnpnnj , and daathMd for ny paint on the Hue of the North Carolina Road, fm tf nrmmittiemt. It lauded on the Company's wharf, there will lie no charge for whartage or drayage ; but these eiises will be incurred if landed on any other w hart, and will be added to the freight on the way-bills, to be collected on delivery, by the North Carolina Railroad Company. N. B. To avoid detention at Wilmington, it is essential that the amount of freight by vessels Hi in all rugrs, few distinctly stated, ill dollars And cents, on each bill of lading, and if goods for more than one person are mehided in the same bill of lading, the amount of freight for each con signee must be separately stated. The foregoing notice has hem received with direction to publish for the inlermation of all con cerned. By order of the Board of Directors. B. L. FKEAJONT, Eng. A Sup t. Office of Engiueer & Superintendent, ) Wihmngton, R. C. Jan- 88th, 17. S " 1! ohm A: Lot for Sale or Rent gwi THE subscriber offers his Dwelling ,4HH House, known as the 'Crystal Pal ace," for sale or rent. The house is , iBL pleasantly situated on the corner of Church and Eighth streets, opposite the residence at Mr George Cross. On the premises are all the necessary out-buildings, in good repair. For further information apply to the undersigned or to J. P. Smith. Terms moderate. J. R. DANIEL. Februarv IT. lfiT FRESH GARDEN SEEDS Scarr & Co. Have received a fresh supplv of LANDRETH'S GARDEN SEEDS, consisting f every variety suitable to tliis cli mate. Als, an assortment of FLOWER SEEDS. Jau. 13th tf Charlotte Drue Store. CHEAP SOAP, Key Stout' tatr Saponifier OR COXCElfTRATED LEV. One pound r.f the Ley with five pounds of Fat w ill make twenty-live pounds of Hard Soap, or one hundred pounds of soft soap. It is admirably adapted for rendering hard water soft, and lit for household purposes. For sale in one pound tins 25 rents each at scarr & co s January 13tfa. tf . Dnij; Store. R A A A W A A From Fatterson, Caldwell co.. N. C, my negro man DICK. He is about six feet high, :." years old, daik complected; has rather a down eounteuance whi n spoken to. lie has a Bat fool and a scar on his head. I will give a reward often dol- liini ti.r Km- . I i -.r.. 1 in any Jail iu North Carolina and cured so that I van get him; or twenty dollars lor Ins delivery to me in Alexander county at my residence ten miles south of Tavlorsville J. H. NEWLAND. tf March 10, 1853 RATES OF FREIGHTS BETWEEN Charleston ;iicl en York, By the Palmetto line of Steamers. HYATT, ST0(iiER & LL0Y1), IT'-A-O TORS AND General Counniwion Mcrctaantn, Adger's Ncrth Wharf, 'J HK undersigned, Factors and Commission L Merchants, offer to receive, forward, and ship merchandise and produceat the following rates. The prices hi re named are those which are generally charged by alt the line of sail vessels, I. ut 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, except by our Line. By that they are permanent. The "Palmetto Line" has ten line first class Brigs and Schooners, constantly running, and will car ry l'i eights as follows: Wheat, (. cents per bushel. Flour, in barreis, 2J cents. in sacks, 10 cents. The drayage, wharfage, insurance, and for W&rdlDg commiss on, per bushel, lor whe.it, is ...... 4cts. Flour, per barrel, - lGf cts. h lour, per sack, - - - - lo cts. Freight on all cases, boxes, A. c, irom New Vork to Charleston, per cubic foot. - - - - - 4 cts. We measure every thing, to prevent over charges. Every thing shipped by the "Pal metto Line" of vssels (l)ollner & Potter, New York agents, and Holmes &, Stowry, of Charleston) and consigned to us, shall be freighted for the above prices. Produce and Merchandise consigned to us Will have the best attention. WVATT, STOGNER &. LLOYD. August 12, 1S;0 A SaO.Tl KSTEA D TOPi 1! C. SM SG-.-b-.J'JPflo $310,000 worth of Farms and Uuilding- Lots, IN the sold i' gion ol "Culpepper ronnty, Va.. to be divided amongst l09fW snoscribers, on the 13th of April, 1."T. Sub-eriptioiis only ten dol lars each; on. half down , the rest on the delive ry 0t the Dee.!. F.verv Mlb.-clilier will get a Bnikling Lot or a Farm, ranging iu value from .Kin to .'i-J."..':t't. These Farntt and Lots are sold m. cheap to indue' setBuuwnts, a surlieient nuin lsr being reserved, the increase in the value of which will compensate for the apparent low price now ask' d. A company of settlers, called "The Rappahan nock Pioneer Association." is now forming and will commence a settlement in the spring. Am ple security will be given for the faithful per formance of contracts and promises. E3PMere Agents are wanted to obtain snb-M-ribers. to whom the most liberal inducements will be given. Some Agents write that they are making $900 per month. Advertising will he done for every Agent where possible. For full particulars. Subscriptions, Agencies. & c, Apply to E. BAUDER, Fort Royal, Caroline Co., Va. Jan. 13, 1657. 3m State otWorth Carolina, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Court of ru.ii.- and iucrttr Sessions, January Term, 16o7. J Richard Peoples, ") T. A. Sha ne and I I I Petition for sle of r" Land. Aliles K. Sharpe, Amimstrators of John Sharpe, decd, vs. Andrew Sharpe and Anzel Sharpe. I It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Auzel and Andrew Sharpe, defend ants in this case resides beyond the limits of jhis State; it is therefoie ordered by this Court, that publication be made six weeks in 1 the Western Democrat, a newspaper publish ed in the town of Cbailotte, notifying the said defendant to appear at the next term of onr Court, to be held for said county, at ihe j Court House in charlotte, on the 4th Monday ia April next, then and there to plead, an- j swer, or demur, or judgment pro coii stco w ill be taken against him. Witness, W. K. Keid, Clerk of our said; Court, at Office in Charlotte, the 4th Monday ia January, 1857, and in the 81st year of i i American Independence. W. K. KEID,C. C. C. 32-6t Prs. fee $6. SOMXTaiMfi WE1DSD. A Hew Tailoring Estab lishment. JAMES BEIANT informs his friends and former patrons, that he has reopened his TAIL ORING ESTABLISHMENT in Spring's new Building, where he will be happy to see any one wanting any thing done in his line. All work warranted. Oct. 28tb. 1R56. 17-tf NO HUMBUG ! fTHE subscriber J- orders for is now prepared to fill all SUPERIOR WATER BUCKETS. He manufactures North Carolina material, em ploys North Carolina eapitaj and lahor, and he solicits North Carolina patronage. By piving him a trial, and by comparing Lis with Northern prices, ne hopes to be able to make a favorable showing. A TRIAL IS WHAT HE WANTS. G. H. MAKEPEACE. tW Messrs Worth & Ufley, of Fayctteville, N. C, are Agents for the sale of the above liuekets. Fayetteville, March od, lb57. y SWAN &, Co's LOTTERIES FAIR & H(mABLE7 Take all bills on solvent Banks, A T PAR Pay all Prizes without Discount. "W. Ho HtJ TCHBJSGH, Agent, AIL AM A, HA. N. B. These Lotteries are drawn every Satur day tiirougtiout tiie year. Frizes range from .-0,000 to .r0,000. ! Price of Tickets $1(1 shares in proportion No orders received for less than $5. March 27th, 1K"7. tf Beaj. Franklin and Prof. DcGrath. Franklin brought electricity from the heavens to earth, but it remained for Prof. De Grath to apply that electricity to the re lief of diseased and suffering mortals dis ease that heretofore baffled the physician's old treatment, such as Neuralgia, Rheuma tism, Pains, Stiff Joints, Deafness, Swellings, Palsy, Piles, Skin Diseases, &c, are now cured by Prof. De Grath's electric oil in oik mmd ttco days. Bead this letter from a physi c.an who his practised since 182b (too well known for comment) : Prof. De Gxath, Philadelphia. Sir: At intervals, during thirty years past, my wile has been subject to rheumatism of the most violent cast say jour times a year somctiiiKS so Bcveieas to make it ne. cessary to administer large doses of the tinc ture of guiaoum and morphia, at.d to rock her like an infant in a large locking chair, to in duce any repose. liaving frequent corres respoudence with my son, (No. 103 Chesnut street, of yL.ur city,) I infoi med him of an at tack she had about the middle of last month. January, which was of such severity as to completely paralyse the system. He, in his anxi, ty of his mother's weltarc, sent me a bottie of your Electric Oil ; but as 1 am one of the practitioners of medicine in our pluce, and not a proselyte to any kind of patent me dicine, I did hesitate to give it a trial ; how ever, on rtflection, i concludtd to try it, which 1 did, tt ptrsionu, oirectly up the letter, and after the third or fourth app.ication ohc ue came rather passive, and before one-thiid of the bottle was u;.ed, not a single vestige of the disease remained in the system, and she still con; inues well, although she jode out a distance of fourteen miles withont a renewal of any of the symptoms. I therefore feel it my duty, for the sake ol suffering humanity, and also fully believing that merit, under all circumstances, should be rewarded, to forward this testimonial. 1 am yours, truly. Joseph P. Elkinton, M. D. New Gretna P. O., Burlington Co., N. J. Caution. There are nume: ous imitations sprung up on the reputation that my article has acquired. The public must beware They are worthless. OCT For sale in Charlotte by Dr. H. M. PRITCHARD, Druggist, sole" Agent, and by Druggists ami country merchants gen erully in the United States. March 18. 2 in. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, LINCOLN COUNTY. Marcus Boyd ") vs 1 ... ... , ' v -Original Bill in Equity. Aliddleton King i J and others. J In this case it appearing upon the affidavit of Marcus Boyd, that Aliddleton King, one of the defendants in this case, is not a resident of this State, and is beyond the ordinary pro cess of this Court: It is therefore ordered that advertisement be made in the Western Democrat lor six w eeks, notifying said Alid dleton King that he be and appear at the next Court of Equity, to be held for the county of Lincoln, at the Court House in Lincolnton. on the 8th Monday ufter the 4th Monday in Feb ruary next, then and there to plead, answer or demur to p'aintirt's bill of complaint, or judgment pro eoiifrsso will bo entered aga nst him, and the case set for hearing as to him a parte, and a decree made accordinly. WM. J. HOKE, C. & Af. E. Feb. 20, 18")7. 34-6w Pr's fee $6. Removal ! Removal ! THE SFBSCRIBER has removed his TIM ATD STOVE SHOP to the House formerly occupied by Messrs. Blair & Orr, two doors east of Springs & McLeod'a corner, where he will keep constantly on hand A complete and lull supply of Plain, Japanned and Planished which he w ill either Wholesale or Retail as low as any other house in this place. He will also keep a full supply of COOK AND BOX STOVES, which he will sell as low as tin y can be afforded in this market. JOB WORK of all kinds done with neatness and dispatch. Thankful for past favors he would solicit a continuance of the same. SAAFL T. WRISTON. February 24, 1857. 34-3m. Exchange Saloon, MINT STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WESTERN DEMOCRAT. CHARLOTTEeP DREADFUL STATE OP AFFAIRS IN UTAH. A letter has been reoeived in Washington city from W. W. Drummond, United States Supreme Judge in Utah Territory, by the administration. It gives a sad and deplora ble picture of affairs in that Territory. The following is taken from the letter: The leading men of the church are more traitorous than ever. Only a few days since all the papers, records, dockets, and nine hundred volumes of the laws, were taken put of the Supreme Court Clerk'-, office, and burned. And this is not th: only instance of the kind. I say to you again and through you to the President, it is impossible for us to enforce the laws in this Territory. Every man here holds his life at the w ill of Brigham Young, and here we are without protection. I am firm ly of opinion that Babbit was murdered by Mormons under direction of Brigham Young and not by Indians. Murder is a common thing here; and Mormons cannot be pun ished with a Mormon jury, witnesses, offi cers, and Governor to pardon. It is too cruel and must not be endured. A man, not a member of the church, is murdered, robbed, castrated and imprisoned, solely for questioning the authority of the church. Persons aro now in the penitentiary, con victed before the Probate Judge, who are wholly innocent of any crime. Is there any other country where this abuse is or would be endured ? Let all, then take hold and crush out one & the most treasonable organizations in America. The administration have had the matter under serious consideration, and will soon appoint a Governor, who will take a suffi cient military force into that Territory to carry out the laws to the fullest extent. The Dismal Swamp Canal, which con nects the harbor of Norfolk with the wateis of North Carolina, is the medium of an im mense amount of business from which Nor folk and Portsmouth receive a large portion of their support. Few, except those en gaged in it, are aware of its magnitude and importance. It makes no noise, no sbuw. The little vessels arrive and deliver their cargoes at the wharves, taking in return freights, and depart for the waters of our sister State without attracting the least notice from the public-at-large. This Canal was commenced in 1767. Ptttrick Henry was one of the first subscri bers. It has enjoyed unusual prosperity, and has paid the State of Yirginia hand somer dividends than any public improve ment in which the State is interested. Richmond IVhig. . Hon. Wm, J. Brown, of Indiana, died on the 18th inst. He was formerly a mem ber of both branches of the Legislature, State librarian, editor of the Indiana Sen tinel, a member of Croncrress, second assis tant Postmaster General under Mr. Polk, and special mail agent for the South and West under General Pierce. Candidates for the Gallows. We learn that as the Express train was coming up on Tuesday last, the watchful Engineer discovered between Battles and Enfield De pots, two large logs laid across the tract just ahead of him. He made the discovery fortunately, in time to stop the train before reaching the logs, and they were thrown off and the train arrived here at the usual hour. The passengers, appreciating the watchful care of the Engineer, Mr. Tar leton, made up a purse, we learn, which they insisted upon his accepting. Weldon Pa (riot. THE RICH MEN OF NEW YORK. The New York Evening Post thus noti ces the errors as to men's wealth, the City Tax Book discloses the under valuations by the assessors, &:c. The name of Astor first suggests itself, as for many years connected with the tra dition of enormous wealth ; and turning to it, we find that Mr William B. Astor is tax ed $3,200,000 real estate, and $755,000 personal estate. We have no means of as certaining the amount of Mr Astor's pro perty, nor is it the business of any but him self to know; but there are many in this city, we fancy, who would be glud to take his property off his hands at the assessment price multiplied by ten. The tax-book contains but four other names of persons who are taxed on amounts exceeding a million of dollars, viz: James Lenox, $1,338,885 ; Stephen Whitney $L 409,000: Peter Lorillard, $1,020,500; and Alexander T. Stewart, $1,069,000. This will probably be a matter of some surprise to our readers, and serve to show the insuf ficiency of the book as a record of the wealth of our citizens. Instead of only five persons worth a million and over, it is safe to say that there are in this city fifty at least who are so rich. In the same way, such well known citi zens as Peter Cooper. Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Law, the Grinnells, S. P. Townsend and others, whose wealth for various rea sons has been more or less the subject of public remark, dwindled to very small pro portions in these pages. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. Disappointment in Love, and Suieide. A young German woman named Carolina Juelich, aged 22 years, committed suicide in New York on Friday last, in conse quence of disappointed love. It appears that she had been deserted some time since by her lover, whose name she refused to divulge. Subsequently she became ac quainted with a young German named Ed ward Shuster, who proffered his hand in marriage, but the reconviction of lier false lover was so firmly impressed upon her mind that, although she received the atten tions of Shuster and signified a willingness to become his bride, still in secret she pined at the loss of the absent lover and secretly contemplated self-dstructiou. According to this young man's story, snys the Herald, he has been in the United States but six months, and hud scarcely known the deceased for three weeks. Being a machinist by occupation he put an ad vertisement in one of the morning papers asking for a situation. The deceased an swered it and requested him to call upon her. He did so, when she stated that she had been deserted by her lover, who was a machinist also, and that thinking it was him who inserted the advertisement asking for a situation she was impelled to answer it, with the vague hope of being restored to his arms once more. From that time an intimacy sprang up between the pair. Shu ster declares he loved her at first sight, and ever after, up to the day of her death. Miss Juelich professed to return his love, and led her ardent admirer to hope for a happy union. The following touching episode, explana tory of her conduct, was found in the pock et of the deceased: "I am broken hearted and lonely. I feel myself forsaken when I find I cannot dis cover one to help mo. No one but myself can tell my feelings, nor can my pen de scribe my heartfelt misery. 1 trust to find an easy death. I feel that I am lost forever. There is only one to whom I might hope for assistance, but I fear he is incapable. The Lord only knows what 1 have suffered the last few weeks. The cold world may, after my death, say bitter things about me; but this I do not mind. I wish all could ..v, una ieaa my heart; they might then find cmse for my untimely fate. There is one who once was a true friend; I will not, however, mention his name. He would be but little astonished at this rash act. Could I but see him now, and tell him all, ho might probably save me. 1 am going on a long journey, and trust I may reach Heaven, where all my worldly troubles will be at and end. Good bye. Good bye." The jury in this case rendered a verdict of "Death by taking laudanum on Friday, March 13, 1857, under the excitement, as the jury suppose, cf disappointment in love." tW Dr. Magoon, recently in a lecture on "Mind your Business," tells the follow ing good one : A young man went from New York to the West, where ho commenced business on his own account, and married. His friends iu the city were interested in his welfare, and when a merchant was about to journey to the place where the young man had located, he was requested to visit the emigrant, and ascertain how he lived, what sort of a wife he had chosen, his pros pects, Arc. Accordingly the New Yorker as certained the residence of his j'oung friend, and called upon him quite early in the morning. He found him in a small neat cottage, and just taking his breakfast. The introduction of the New Yorker to his wife was quite off-hand and unceremonious, and he was requested to be seated, and partake of the morning meal. The young wife had prepared the steak, biscuit and coffee with her own hands, and for a table had used her kneading board, over which a napkin was spread, and the "board" placed on her lap. The New Yorker declined a seat at the ta ble, and took his leave. On making his report to his New York friends as to how he found his young friend living, he des cribed the style as "magnificent." and for explanation of the superlative, he said, that were he the owner of that young man's furniture, he would not take ten thousand dollars for the legs of his table ! gST The corner-stone of the Clay monu ment is to be laid at Legington, Ky., on the 4th of July next. The oration will be de livered by the Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, and not by Edward Everett, as reported. House Destroyed by Fire. We learn from a reliable source, that the house of Mr Charley Davis, of Buncombe county, was consumed by fire on the night of the 1st instant. The family, it is said, were from home at the time ; and the building with its entire contents was burned to ashes. We truly sympathise with them in their distressed condition ; and hope the friends in the neighborhood will lend a helping band in this their time of trouble. Caro lina Baptist. Western N. C. Railroad. The stock holders of this Company will assemble in Morganton on the 2d of April, for the purpose of considering the amendment pro posed to their charter by the last Legislature. COFFEE AN ANTIDOTE FOR POISON The New York Daily News cau tains some remarks by Dr Max Langenschwarz, which are introduced by him as follows : "A very few persons, and I believe but a small number of medical men. know that Coffee is one of the most important anti dotes to many deadly poisons, and to a great many ordinary drugs. This remarkable fact leads to serious considerations, many persons receiving the right remedies, but not being prohibited from taking Coffee, destroy the intended effects of their medi cine, become worse, and lead die physician to change the right treatment into a false and perhaps unhappy one while the pimple knowledge of the above fact whould have contributed to ameliorate their state and to save them. But far more important is it to know that the fatal results of many acci dental, spontaneous or criminal empoison ments could he stopped almost instantly by administering that simple antidote, Coffec while the loss of time iu calling a physician (5cc, is often the only cause of the loss of life." The Doctor enumerates a largo number of poisonous substances which may be cer tainly overcome by the remedy proposed. Among them are Laudanum or Opium, Hemlock, Iodine, Tansy Oils, Borax, all kinds of poisonous Mushrooms, Lettuce, Wild Rosemary, Ac. Ac. &c. "All the effects of those substances are almost instantly destroyed by administering what we call "tincture of raw coffee," or oven by a simple decoction of raw or green coffee, a preparation costing about nothing and which, therefore, ought to be kept ready in every house and in the poorest family. The following is the very simple way to get that tincture : Take a quarter of a pound of green Coffee (common Dom ingo the best) and boil it with one quart of water till it is reduced to one pint then put the whole berries and liquid) in a quart bottle, add one pint of strong alcohol and shake it from time to time a little. j That's nil. This tincture gets stronger from day to day, and will, if the bottle is I well corked, keep for many years witAout j changing. If to the pint of alcohol (about ten minutes before mixing it with th coffee decoction) you add a little spirits of cam-j phor, say two tablespoonfuls, you wih not only uoubL- u. el trblo the ana-poisonous 1 quality of the tincture, but this preparation will then be an invaluable and certain anti dote. "The compound saving-tincttre (of green coffee and camphor) is, in the respective cases of poisoning, tobo administered na turally and by clyster ; the internal dose about ten or twelve drops in a teaspoonful of water every five minutes, and every fif teen minutes when the patient begins to re cover. Larger, and even very large, doses may be given, if the danger of life is immi nent. "The ordinary cooked coffee ( roasted, ground and boiled or filtered) is in the mos cases without any effect, and in some cases even dangerous. In a very few cases only, and particularly as an antidote to opium, I found it highly useful. The principal sub stance acting so powerfully in the green tincture, is a kind of coffee-oil developed in the raw berries." As to other poisons, the Doctor remarks: "In a general toxico'ogle, soon to be published, I shall give the antidotes to all other poisons known ut present : but it may be uscfnl to remark, that in about all cases of poisoning by metallic substances, (as, for example, arsenic, copper, verdigris, Ac.,) the best and surest is to employ instantly a simple pap of common soap that is, pieces of soap stamped with water to a kind cf paste. A part of this paste diluted with a larger quantity of water, will serve for soap- clysters, which in such cases must be ad ministered every five or ten minutes. If the jawbones are spasmodically closed, or the swallowing of the thick paste proves impossible, the same thing, or diluted soap water, must bo administered through the mouth as well as it nan." Morton, the Companion of Dr. Kane. The name of Wm. Morton will no doubt he familiar to all who have read the account of the last Arctic expedition, under the com, maud of the lamented Kane. This gentle man sailed to Englaud with Dr. Kane and thence to Havana, and now accompanies the remaius to Philadelphia. Mr. Morton was born in Ireland, but left his native land at a very early age, and has now been in America about seventeen years. He first become acquainted with Dr. Kane in California, and after one voyage to the Po lar Seas, joined the Arctic Expedition under Dr. Kane, and sailed on the ill-fated "Ad vance." Mr. Morton was the one who j volunteered with the Esquimaux boy to go ' North in search of the Open sea, and after a circuitous and fatiguing routee-of three hundred miles, dragging their sledges over the icebergs, the great Polar Sea was dis- i covered, and the noble Morton (in whom j everv one will become interested in read ing Dr. Kane's account) is now the only living white man who hai ever beheld the great Open Polar Sea, where cold waters roll and toss against the icebergs of the far distant North. Mr. Morton is now bat thirty -five years of age, and has the appearance of one who ooold well undergo the fatigues of an Arc tic winter. A "REVEREND" SCOUNDREL. We have an extract from the office of the Enquirer, published in Paris, Lamar coun ty, Ga., giving a description of one of tbo most consummate scoundrels, in the shape of a clergyman, we have ever read of, nam ed Christopher Columbus Jones. He is said to have been residing in ParU for about a year past, where he succeeded in getting in debt to almost every man in the place, having purchased a carriage, horses and everything else that he wanted, on a credit. He not only professed to save the souls, but also the bodies of men, for he acted in the double capacity of preacher and physician. He is described, however, as having killed more than he cured, in his practice of the healing art, while his ser mons were verbose, prolix and arogant.- But still he succeeded in imposing on the good people of Paris, by his profession of piety, until, on the morning of 14th of Feb ruary, die citizens were astounded with the intelliger.ee that he had eloped, during the previous sight, with the wife of one of the most respectable citizens of the place ! This act of villaby seems to have been the first to open the eyes of the community to the true character of Christopher Columbus Jones, who left a wife and two children be hind him, while his paramour left her hus band and three children ! Persons imme diately set off iu pursuit, and, from the last accounts, were in a fair way of overtaking the fugitives. A Grand Crash. A Scotch clergyman, Dr. Cummings, has predicted the probable 'smash' of (his world iu Juno next, aud as usual with such predictions, among the ignorant there is a great deal of excitement upon the subject in England and France. The eveut is to be produced by a. comet, an erratic member of the planetary world, the re:d nature and substance of which are so little known, that it is the height of pro sumption to base any prediction upon it, involving such consequences to mankind. It is a favorite trick, however, of zealots, who try to arouse the fears rather than the reason of their hearers, to predict the de struction of the world. Yet. as it is a part of a great Creation, mutually dependent, and subjected to the same laws, and noth ing yet created has ever been annihilated, as far as we know or can imagine, there is no reason for believing that this globe will ever be subject to a calamity which would, doubtless, be felt throughout the universe It has endured for thousands o? years, not withstanding its own internal disturbances, and will, in all probability, roll on for thou sands of years longer, till the purjose of its creation is fulfilled. , . . NEVER REPRESS YOUR TEARS. A lengthy dissertation has recently been published by a physician of France, on the beneficial infiuences of groaning and crying on the nervous system. He contends that groaning and crying are the two grand ope rations by which nature allays anguish that he has uniformly observed that those patients who give way to their natural feel ings, more speedily recover from accidents and operations, than those who suppose it is unworthy a iran to betray such symp toms of cowardice, as either to groan or cry. He is always pleased by the crying and violent roaring of a patient during the time he is undergoing a violent surgical opera tion, because he is satisfied that he will thereby soothe his nervous system so ai to prevent fever, and insure - favourable ter mination. He relates the case of a man who, by crying and bawling, reduced his pulse from one hundred and twenty-six to sixty, in the course of two hours. That some patients often have great satisfaction in groaning, and that hysterical patients ex perience great relief from crying, are facts which no pers n will deny. As to restless and hypochondriacal subjects, or tl osc who are never happy but when they are under some course of medical dietetic treatment, the French surgeon assures them that they cannot do better than groan all day and cry all night. Eleventh Horn. The Floyd C. n. Va Citizen states that last week Richard Bal lenger, aged 76, and Miss Lovel, about the same age, were married after a warm at tachment for each other for the last thirty years. Ports op Japan Open. It i stated in a foreign journal that the Emperor of Japan has resolved that two ports of the empir.-. those of Nangasaki and Hakodadi, shall be onencd to the vessels of all nations. There they might repair, take in provisions, estab lish depots of coal. dec. The other port of the empire, moreover, are to be accessi ble to vessels in distress, which may take refuge in them, but which will have to put to sea the moment the dsnger is over. N" foreigner is to be allowed to penetrate iut. the iuterior of the country without a special permission from the chief of the State,.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 31, 1857, edition 1
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