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WILLIAM .1 VATES.
BOOTS & SHOES.
Just Received
FOR THE
SPRING & SUMMER TRADE,
As fine an Aanotf ent of
Boots 33.Ci SllOCS
As has ever been offered to a
Southern People.
Cafl ud see litem at
B M NK & CO"S STORE.
XT" Term, CASH.
Marcb 17. 1807. tf
Notice.
HAVING returned to Charlotte, I mm apain at
tli- JiMMwal of those who nay nejain, my servi
ces iu Ike practice of M-liciue and Sargriy.
KU1IK1C1 U1MJU.H, JSa. LP.
Feb. 3d, K.7. 31-tf
. M. HITRCHISON. A.J. DO WELL.
MURCHISON &. HOWELL,
i ': H T xQI0 1 X TT? ! P W A W TPS
.Vo IOI Walt SI net, Jf. 1.
Feb. 3d. lr7. ly
DR. R . V I S 0 N G,
Charlotte, If.
nAVmG locate d ia thai place, reapeetfidly
offers his Professional Services to the fit i
enaafthe town ainl vicinity.
v OFFICE in the new brick building,
Opposite the luiriit district, Main Street.
April Stith K"7.
BREM & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
IN
TZjyy Ooods,
IE a id are, E!at. and Mlioe,
CHARLOTTE. X. C.
May s, i l-n
I, V.D F3C
The rahaeiibef oftfra tor sale the
wntalioa apoa which be torun-i lv
UTCv, lvin; on tin- wati-rs ot MC
1 ich at Til C'rei k, on the Providence
miles tiom Charlotte, containing abonl
50 or 300 Ac re?.
T
l.tutl is wed ininroveil, ahont one-half
c. ;trril ami in a good stat of cultivation, and
th- wood-land Well timiwred; with a rood
Dwelling House, three jjood Kitchi Haul
aii'l Stablea, all in gaad repair: also, a first rate
Cia Honae anl Screw; Cotton Gin, Thrasher
iuj Kan: a No. a
First rate Saw Mill
in ii .. ...I,;. . L t ,, ,, '.,,.!
till Ol ,,111111 4 ' ' I ' 1 . I l 111, i 1 1 I I i
Tlf Land can he divided to advantage to
Kll I I i.it... I..
Aajr ii-rsun wiahinc to purchase would do
r. to call and examine the Plantation, as I
in d. t. riuin. d to st 11. Thi-v can call on Mr
. l!..ii..l. ... I. :. ... ..i .... .1... .......
mndeaee road, when- Mrs Hutchison formerly
''I: he will show the nremisi s with nl asure
tiid Jir.-rt aaj information ahoiit said laud to the
aaocnoet ia Statesville.
JAS. H KENNEDY.
Hay 5th, 1S-.7. -41 fiin
DR. B. CHERAS
'iiij located at HOXKOE. tenders his nro-
Kifm wm wii' citizens ot me i o, n
" I WMTannding country, and respectfully .soli
tl -ir paOmnage.
ia- OOee at J. BickettV
April l& 4:.-m
Notice.
RATING oldaineil Letters of Administration
.... . ..t.u. m . g . i louei. Ii Ci ':l.i 1 1 . I
nonce 10 au pcraotM indemcd to the late tirm
cr x. 3tii. oy note or book
canal tor the last ma ,.r fire v.-ars. to come
lr' ir.l .... , . 1 ... ...
'4.411,1 i.i i ne sain ' H' il i i :iv nni
ay save cost, as the concern must be set
THOS TROTTER, Adm'r
aLd Surviving Partner.
U-tf
'eh. 3d, 1857.
The Watch and .Tewelrv business will in thi-
oir. n.- conducteil bv the naaorim.f, who will
e na n uns or itnemt to nhre eretii ral natia
,, mucm reji;nnnr none in a superior mau-
4i ioi anoneai notice.
THOS. TROTTEI?.
W. R. BRAILSFORD.
l)lltlik.wlO -eB m .-,
AND At; KN r F)
AlTll..ft., . -
wuu aij fiiiuAm.l.l'llIA PACKETS.
LlRP CHARLKS TON, S. C.
-iklraL advances made on emmigmnana of
ice to my addiesd tor sucli.
.'t- 11, 1653. 71v.
- J -
t' For the Cheapest stock of t lotliiti
U ever saw rro to the Finn., Hum of Fash-
m ol
K"ji.l. six
FCLL1NGS t CO,
State of .ortli Carolina.
Whereas, the east General Assem
bly, hy an act entitled, "A supplementary
net to take the sense of the people of the
State relative to the proposed amendment
of the Constitution," did enact as follows:
Whereas, a hill to amend the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina, has heen
read in each house of the present General
Assembly on three several days, und agreed
to hy twa-thirds of each bonae wncctivelv,
in the precise words following : "A bill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina
Whereas, nt the session of the last Gen
era! Assembly, begun and held in Raleigh,
on the third Monday of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty -four, a bill, entitled "a bill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina." was read three tit.ies in each
bouse of the said General Assembly, and
agreed to by three-fifths of the whole num
ber of members of each house respectively.
And whereas, the bill bo agreed to bavtb
in en du!y published six months previous to
the election of the members of this present
General Assembly, according to the clause
of section one of article four of the amend
ed Constitution, and the directions con
tained in the second section of the said bill ;
and it is the intention, by this bill, to agree
to the preamble and first sccti n of the bill
aforesaid, containing the said alteration of
the Constitution of this State : And whereas.
j a largo number of the people are disfrtm-
cm sen oy me treeiioiu quanncaiion now re
quired of voters for members of the Senate ;
therefore, Y ii mtacted fey At (icneral As
si will, j of the St,tir of North Carotin, and it
is lien by fnucti d by iht authority ofthjt same,
two tliirds of the whole number of members of
ach house concurring That the second
clause of the third section of the tirst article
of the amended Constitution, ratified by the
people of North Carolina, on the second
Monday of November, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-five, shall
be amended to read as follows : '-Everyfree
white man of the ape of hrenti-one years, be
in g u im fire or naturalized citizen of the
I nitea States, and who luu been an inhabi
tant of the State for twelve months i mmedialc-
preceding the day oj' am election, and
shall hare paid public ta.rts. shall be entitled
to vote for a mi mber of the Senate for the dis
trict in which he resides.''
And whereas, it was further provided by
the said act, "that the foregoing amendment
to the Constitution of this State, as embodi
ed in the preceding section, be submitted
by the Governor to the people on the tirst
Thursday in August, 1857. sixty day8 no
tice having been given in ten newspapers1:
NOW. THEREFORE, I do hereby give
notice to nil persons entitled to vote for
members of the House of Commons, that
polls will be opened on ho first Thursday in
August next, by the Sheriffs of the respec
tive Counties, at the election precincts
within the same, to take the sense of tin-
said voters as to the ratification of said
amendment to the Constitution of the State;
those for ratification to votwith a written
or printed ticket "Approved;" those op
posed thereto to vote with a similar ticket
"Not Approved."
Given under my hand, as Govern
or of the State of North Carolina, at
Li.S. the Executive office in the City of
Raleigh, on the 18th day of May,
A. I).. 18.37.
By the iovernor : THOS. BRAGG.
Pulaski Cowper, Pr. Sec'y.
May 26, 1857.
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BOOKS
For Salo
AT Til E
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
The American Sportsman: containing
hints to Sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the
habits of the Game Uirds and Wild Fowl ot
America, by LEWIS.
The Golden Legacy: a stoiv of Life's
Phases.
RlLLS from the Fot N'T.AlX of Life, or Ser
mons to Children, by Rev. R. Newton, 1. D.
THE DAISY (.'m ain or Aspirations: a Family
Chronicle.
Shoepac Recollections : A Way-Side
Glimpse of American Life, by WaLEK March.
KATHIE BKANDE: a Fireside History of a
Quiet Life, by Holme Lee.
Household Mysteries, by Lizzie Pitt.
EL GRINGO, or New Mexico and her People.
Pacx Fane, by N. P. Willis.
Veva. or the War of the Feasants and the
Conscript: two interesting Romances bound in
one volume.
Tor. Napoleon Dynasty, or the History of
the Bonaparte Family: an entirely new work, by
the Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic
Portraits.
Call at P. J. LOWKIE'S
Book Store.
March 31, 1857. 3fMf
H. B. Dowler 6c Co's
CELEBRATED
WHEAT PANS.
The subscriber! are now engaged at Monroe,
Union county. N. C, in putting up the above
named Fans. In their manner of construction
and operations and entire adaptation to the pnr-
poses tor wincn nicy are ucwsjnea. !! im raa
are uneipiallcd by any that hav.- heretofore been ,
offered to the public. They are constructed ot
.he best materials, and none but the best work- i
men ate emploved. An experience of five years
in the business ustiries the belief that entire
satisfaction will be given.
Ail our work w warranted.
All orders will receive prompt attention
aud the machinery delivere d according to order.
Reft rences:
D. A. Covington, J. P. Houston. Mnnroo, N C
Jam. s J Robinson, Beuj Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Wm (J Smith, Dr Wadkins, Anson conntv.
ROSE & STEEL.
MONROE, Union county, March "20th. 6ni
BIS9SD
A icw Tailoring Estab
lishment. JAMES BR I ANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that be has reopened his TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in the up-stairs
of the Building next to the Bank of the Stat.-,
where he will he happy to see all those wanting
any thin? done in his line. All work warranted.
Oct. Sth, 1866. IT-tf
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving; an extensive assortment of Ready
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten
tion. Gentlemen's COATS;
Among their stock m.iy he found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasted ; black and
drab Alpacca in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans;
French and English Drap-dEte; plain and lan
cy Casstmeres. gotten up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Duck ; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks Frocks and Raglans.
PANTALOONS;
Pants of French and American Cassimeres.
black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth and French and Enirlish Drap-d'Ete ; plain
and fancy Linen and Marseilles of all grades.
They would call especial attention to their lot
of
VESTS,
both single and double breasted, embracing black
and Gtrured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles Vests ever offered in this market.
Gents Furnishing Goods,
The largest lot in this market, consisting in part
of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
SHIRTS;
Collars, Byron & Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers; plain and tancy Hosiery ; Gloves, silk, hid,
,&:c.; a variety of Cravats, silk and linen ; Hand
kerchiefs, siik and linen ; Suspenders, &c, &c
ALSO,
A fine lot of n.VTS for the Summer wear, em
bracing all the latest styles ot the Silk, Casstmere
aud Fell Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
They offer the above Goods
VERY LOW FOR CAS If,
or to punctual dealers on time, with the exprcs
understanding that accounts are due when they
want the money.
They return ti-.eir thanks to their customers for
the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
them, and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence in business and uutiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS 6c HEATH,
Chaklotte, N. C.
April 7, 18.77. 40-tf
FOR THE LADIES
TOILET.
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of o very quality; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubin's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, marechale, tea
rose, cedar, heleotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented sill lib, sweet pen, Donn line,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, bl issom, millefiow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, caroli ie, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, aud Geranium
Waters, oi:c. Just received at
SCAUR & CO'S
April 14th. Drug Store.
Soap Potash.
Just received a fresh barrel of Potash, at.
SCARR 6c CO'S
April 1 1th. Charlotte Drug Store.
Temple of Fashion
IS NOW OPEN.
Something Entirely Kcw.
GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old,
who w.sh to wear Good, Fine Clothes, goto
J. W. COLE'S
HEW CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
First Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly occupied bj Lowrie's Book Store,
where you can get the best fits and the finest
clothes for the least money than anywhere else
in the State. The goods are all made up to
order expressly for this market. Everything is
gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles,
and the making of every piece is
"Warranted
to last, or otherwise made good. Let all go
and look at his well selected stock of Ready
made Clothing, and be. sure to examine his
prices; he will put yon up a suit so low that you
will be compelled to wear fine clothes.
Gentlemen wishing any particular suits, by
leaving their measures, can have them in hi
days, warranted to suit or no
x;. ICS.
He intendpRo sell very low and conduct a
strictly Cash Business. The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash System at least 50 per
cent, in his favor. His motto is "quick stiles
and small profits," for CASH ONLY. Yes, If
you want the worth of vour money come to me.
J. W. COLE, Ag't.
Charlotte, April 2H, 1857. 6m
DK. II. U. PRITi MARTS
f!tt ft STOKE
IS REMOVED to the Stand on the North
corner of Public Square, known as Irwin's Cor
ner, where he will be glad to see his friends and
customers
May 12, ltvw. 45-tf
Cigar, Tobacco,
FRTJ I TJ3 T ORE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that
he has just received a splendid assortment of
SPANISH CIGARS
of the choicest brands. Also, a fine aracle of
CHEWING TOI5ACCO,
FRUITS d- CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS. I. PALMER.
Opposite Boone & Co.'s Shoe Store.
Charlotte, April 7, 18f7. 40-tf
A Rare Chance
To get Bargains at Flint Rock,
Catawba county, N. C.
The undersigned, not having sufficient,
water-power to drive all their machinery
profitably, are determined to sell the ar
ticles named below, and therefore offer
them at the very low prions annexed:
A complete sett of Carding Machines. $400.
Power Loom $40, and Cotton Gin $40.
Apply Co T. 6z M. M. MOSEK.
Flint Rock, X C, April 7. bm-pd
FASHION!
Fashion!! Fashion!!!
Well, Who Cares Aboui Fashion?
WBT, imt BQBT,
AS A MATTER OF COURSE
Well, Wliere do You get the Fashion?
Why, at
FULLING S & CO.'S
EMPORIUM OF FASHION,
As Hundreds can testify who have been
there the past week and fitted themselves
out in
1 iPASKIOTAIBIiI tWW
at less prices than at any other house in the
State. Now kind reader if you want to
see the neatest, prettiest, cheapest, most
fashionable and largest Stock of
you ever saw call at FULLLVGS 6c CO'S
EMPORIUM OF FASHION.
next door to the Mansion House, Charlotte.
N. C, where one look will satisfy you that
it is the place for good and fashionable
Goods at low prices. We could go on and
tell you about the different styles of Goods
on hand, but our Stock is o largo, with
such a variety of styles that we will just
say to you all come mid take a look and
satisfy yourselves as our goods will be free
ly shown and prices given. Wo know it
has been a subject of great astonishment to
a great many how it was that we were ena
bled to sell such
Fashionable GOODS
at such
Very Low Prices.
Well, it is simply because we import our
own Goods, manufacture them ourselves
and stdl them to our customers at the same
prices that other dealers pay for them iu
Philadelphia or New York, and then we
give them an article better male and
to give satisfaction or money returned.
We return you our sincere thanks for the
liberal patronage bestowed upon us, and if
selling good and fashionable Goods at very
low prices will insure a continuance of the
same it shall be done at the EMPORIUM
OF FASHION bv
FULLINGS & CO.,
Tkyox Stueet.
May 19. 1857. tf
JEW For the Largest stock of C!oiliing
vou ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FULLLNUS & CO.
BELTS! BELTS!! BELTS!!!
India-Rubher Belts from the Boston Belt
ing Company, at manufacturer's prices.
3 inch, 3 ply 17 cents per foot.
5
0
4
10
12
32
33
60
73
12 " 4 ply 02 "
BOONE 6c CO.
Charlotte. April 14, 1857. 3m
STATE OF NORTH tAKOLLM,
UNION COUNTY.
Cowrt of Pleas and Quarter Sessions April
Term, 1857.
Ferington Little and others vs. A. J. Little,
Executor of George Little, dee'd.
Petition for Settlement.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the CouW,
that Nancy Little resides beyond the limits of
this State It is therefore, ordered by the Court,
that publication be made for six weeks in the
Western Democrat, notifying the said Nancy to
he and appear at the next term of this Court, to
be held for the county of Union, at the Court
House in Monroe, on the first Monday of July
next, to plead, answer or demur, or judgment
pro confess" will be taken against her, and the
prayer of the petition heard. &c.
Witness, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court, at office, iu Monroe, the 1st Monday of
April, 1857. J. M. STEWART, Clerk.
May, 157- Gt-47 (Pr's fee ti)
State ot Ufarfli Carolina,
U.N ION t OL NTY.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions April
Term, 1857.
Jacob G. Long vs. John Cuthbertson.
Original Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that the defendant. John Cuthbertson, is not an
inhabitant of this State, but resides beyond the
limits ot the same. It is therefore ordered by
tbe Court, that publication be made for six weeks
in the Western Democrat, notifying the said de
fendant to be and appear a the next term of this
Court, to be held for the county of Fr.ion.at the
Court House in Monroe, on the fiirt Monday in
Julv next, then and there to plead, answer or d
i mar, or judgment final will be entered against
liiui, and an order ot sale granted.
Witness, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court, at office, in Monroe, the Jsf Monday of
April, 1857. J. M. STEWART. Clerk.
May, isr,7. 6t-47 (Pr's fee $i)
Slate or iorth Carolina,
UNION COUNTY.
Court of Pleasand Quarter Sessions April
Term. 1857.
Joel Bushing vs. Samuel Founds.
Original Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that the defendant, Samuel Pounds, is not a citi
zen of this State, but resides beyond the limits of
the same. It is therefore, ordered that publica
tion be made for six weeks in the Western Demo
crat, notifying the said Samuel t4 be and appear
at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
to be held for the county of Union, at the Court
House in Monroe, on the first Monday of July
next, to pl id, answer or demur, or final judg
ment betaken against him and an order of sale
granted.
Witness, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court at office, in Monroe, the 1st Monday of
April, A. D., 1657.
J. M. STEWART, Clerk.
May, 1857. 6t-47 LPrs fee $6
MRS. 31. J. CRAIG,
Dress iJwXdEilsLoar,
Three doors below Trotter's Carriage Manufactory
4 MJi KJLO TTt&
April , 1856. ly
CHARLOTTES
SPIRIT OP NORTH CAROLINA.
Extract from Irving's Life of Washington.
"Lord Cornwallis, when left in military
command at tho South by Sir Henry Clin
ton was charged, it will be recollected, with
the invasion of North Carolina. It was an
enterprise in which much difficulty was to
be opprehanded, both from the character
of the people and the country. The origi
nal settlers were from various parts, most
of them men who had experienced political
or religious oppression, and had brought
with them a quick susceptibility to wrong,
a stern appreciation of their rights, and an
indomitable spirit of freedom and indepen
dence. In the heart of the State was a
hardy Presbyterian stock, the Scotch Irish,
as they were called, having emigrated from
Scotland to Ireland, and thence to America;
and who were said to possess the impulsive
ness of the Irishman, with the dogged re
solution of the covenanter.
"The early history of the colony abounds
with instances of this spirit among its
people. 'They always behaved insolently
to their Governors, complains Governor
Barrington in 1731 ; 'some they have driven
out of the country at other times they set
up a government of their own choice, sup
ported hy men under arms.' It was, in
fact, the spirit of popular liberty and
self-government which stirred within them,
and gave birth to the glorious axiom 'the
rights of the many against the exactions of
the few.' So ripe was this spirit at au early
day, that when the boundary line was run.
in 1727, between North Carolina and Vir
ginia, the borderers were eager to he in
cluded within the former proviuce, 'as they
payed no tribute to God or Ca?sar.'
"It was this spirit which gave rise to the
confederacy, called the Regulation, formed
to withstand the abuses of power ; and the
first blood shed in our country, in resistance
to arbitrary taxation, was at Alamance in
this province, in a conflict between the
Regulators and Gov. Tryon. Above all, it
should never be forgotten that at Mccklen
burg, in the heart of North Carolina, was
fulminated the first declaration of indepen
dence of the British crown, upwards of a year
before a like declaration of Congress.'
AN UNHEALTHY COUNTRY.
Capt. Isaac J. Allen, of the brig Chin
chili, who reached Baltimore last week,
speaks rather diseouragingly of the climate
in the Isthmus of Panama. He confirms by
the most heart-rending details the immense
sacrifice of life in building the Panama Rail
road. At least 25,000 human bodies lie
blenched beneath the burning sands of its
track, and of the whole number originally
employed in its construction but six suc
ceeded in coming away alive, much less
healthy. He Mates moreover, says the
Clipper, that gold is more plentiful in the
vicinity than in California, hut not looked
up by reason of the prevailing fevers.
One firm, however, aro operating at the
Norris diggings whose monthly receipts aro
;tbout $18,000. The Indians also are very
treacherous and slow to act as guides to
the most favored localities.
The following letter was received hy
the President a few days since, and for
simplicity and unsophisticatedness exceeds
anything that has heen received by this or
any other administration :
Crawford Co., Mo., April 30, 1857.
Mr Buchanan :
Dkak SlB : Mr is the Postmaster
at this place, and he is gone out West, and
has been gone for three or four weeks, and
he has no deputy here, but. I have been
opening the mails and attending to it since
he has been gone, as he left the key with
me ; and the Postmaster told me that I must
make a report at the end of every month
and did not tell me whoT was to write
to, hut I suppose it is to you we should
make our reports, as wo are all citizens of
the government of which you are now Pres
ident. If yoa are not lite right one to re
ceive the report please drop me a few lines,
letting me know who I am to report to, aud
I will write again.
Report at the End of Atp.il. The
weather is cold for the season provisions
scarce and very high But notwithstanding
ull that we have regular mails once a week,
good health, and the people of this country
are universally pleased with your adminis
tration ; this is all I know that would inter
est 3 ou ; if there is anything omitted in my
report please let toe know. My best res
pects to you and Mrs Buchanan."
Mr Buchanan is so well pleased with this
letter that he intends to give the writer a
good office.
Successful Fight with a Panther.
The Olvmpia (Washington Territory)
Pioneer tells a story of a young and sinewy
8eteh farmer, who finding his dog fighting
with a six foot panther, with the disadvan- !
tage on his side, went to his assistance and
gave the panther some heavy kicks with
his thick-soled boots. Tbe beast attacked j
din, nod sernteh and Kit. him uvrplv '
But he and the dog came off conquerors,
the boots doing the principal execution.
A Wiltshire dame, the mother of a large
family, was one day asked the number of
her children. uLa me!" she replied, rock
ing herself to and fro, Tre got fourteen
mostly boys and girls."
CEREMONY OP TAKING THE VEIL.
On Thursday morning last at the Car
melite Convention Aisquith street Baltimore
the solemn ceremony of religious reception
took plane, in the presence of an audience
filling the chapel to its utmost capacity,
anxious to witness the imposing ceremonies.
The American furnishes the particulars as
follows :
Tbe candidates for tho religions state
were Miss Jane B. Ed wards, of Philadelphia,
daughter of the late Thomas A. Edwards,
and Miss Elizabeth Murray, of Brooklyn,
daughter of Purser Charles Murray, IT. S.
N. MtsOrxSdtffirds. now in religious Sister
Agnes of tho Immaculate Conception, was
attended by Miss Mary Carroll, daughter
of Charles Carroll, Esq.. and Miss Murray,
now Sister Juliana of the blessed Sacra
ment, by Mrs. C. Oliver O'Donuell.
Archbishop Is it with your own free
will you demand the holy habit of religion?
Postulants Yes, my lord.
Archhishop Reverend Mother, have you
made the necessary inquiries, aud are you
satisfied ?
Superioress Yes, my lord.
Archbishop My children have 3011 a
firm intention to presevere in religion to
the end of your life and do 3-ou hope to
have sufficient strength to carry constantly
the sweet 3'oke of our Lord Jesus Christ,
solely for tho love and fear of God ?
Postulants Relyingon the mercy- of God,
we hope to be able to do so.
The choir then sang several psalms and
appropriate anthems, while the Archbishop
proceeded to bless the habits and the veils.
The Superioress then invested the novices
with the cloaks and viels, while the choir
sang the anthem :
"The empire of the world, and all the
grandeur of the earth I have despised, for
the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom I
have seen, whom I have loved, in whom I
have believed, and towards whom my heart
inclineth."
The altar was simply and elegantly deco
rated with wax-lights. The novices, who
were young good looking, and said to be
highly accomplished, were the C3'nosure of
all eyes. They received the "bridal veil of
celibacy" from the hands of the Most Rev.
Archbishop Alemany, vested in capo and
mitre, who was assisted on the occasion by
the Rev. Father Pacciarini, and the Revs.
Dr. Duinyhoux, Sotivin and Lyman. The
Archbishop delivered a most impressive
discourse, in which he adverted to the suf
ferings and privations which poor humanity
oftentimes endures, particularly iu this
country, and the necessity there was for
some ministeringangels to devote themsclvs
to deeds of charity and mercy. At the
time when the postulants received the veil
at the hands of the Archbishop, and resign
ed their worldly names, and renounced the
world and all its vanities ; and while tho
other nuns, each of whom held u lighted
candle in her hand, embraced and received
them into the sisterhood, many of their
personal friends in the audience were affect
ed to tears. When the Superioress and
assistant conducted the postulants to the
foot of the altar, the Archbishop interrogat
ed them separately as follows:
Archbishop My children, what do you
demand ?
Postulants The mercy of God and the
holy habit of religion.
Two years after this, should the young
ladies continue in the same mind they are at
present, and their condnct be approved by
the Superioress, the ceremony of profession
will take place. The ladies just admitted
make the number of members in this insti
tution twenty two. Ooe Sister is over 90
years of age and another is over 82 3'ears
of age. One Sister now in good health, has
been a member of the community for 5?
years, and a majority of the whole number
can count a membership of from 20 to 40
3-oars. It is the only Carmelite house in
the United States.
On the morning of tho 14th of May, in
the Chapel of the Convent of Visitation in
this city, Sisters Mary Cephas Sullivan,
Mary Perionno Adam, and Mary of the
Cross McElhill, were admitted to tho holy
profession. The Most Rev. Archbishop
Kenrick preached and presided at the cere
mony, assisted by the Rev. Father Schmedt,
of the Society of Holy Redeemer, and Rev.
Ed-vard McColgan.
I OWE NO MAN A DOLLAR.
Oh, do not envy, my own dear wife,
The wealth of our next door neighbor,
But bid me still to be stout of heart,
And cheerfully follow my labor.
You must know, the last of those little debts,
That have been our lingering sorrow.
Is paid this night ! So we'll both go forth
With happier hearts to-morrow.
Oh, the debtor is but a shame faced dog.
With the creditor's name on his Collar,
While I am a king and you are a queeu,
For we owe no man a dollar .'
Our neighbor you saw in his coach to-day.
With his wife and his flaunting daughter.
While we sat down to our coverless board,
To a crust aud a cup of water ;
I saw that the tear-drop stood in your ey .
Though you tried your best to conceal it .
I knew that the contrast reached your heart
You could not help but feel it ;
But knowing now that your scanty fare
Has freed my neck from the collar,
You'll joiu my laugh, and help me shout.
That we owe no man a dollar
MAD PEOPLE DANCING.
At Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, near Lon
don, a hall takes place every Monday night,
which is thus described:
Shortly after six o'clock the handsome
assembly room, brilliafitly lighted with gas,
becomes the centra! point of aCrnetion to
all the inmates, male and emole. who are
considered well enough to indulge their in
clinations for festivity. On the occasion of
our visit there were about two hundred pa
tients present, together with a few visitors
and many of the attendants. Iu a taised
orchestra, five musicians three of whom
we,e lunatics soon struck up a merry
polka, and immediately the room was alive
with dancers. In tho progress of this
amusement we could see nothing grotesque
or odd. Had the men been differently
dressed it would have been impossible to
have guessed that we were in the midst of
a Company of lunatics, the mere sweepings
of the parish workhouse; but the prison uui
form of sad colored gray presented a dis
advantageous contrast to the gaor jnd
more varied costumes at Bethlehem, and
appeared like a jarring note amid the gen
eral harmony of the scene. In the corners
of the room, whist players consisting
generally of the older inifwhes were seen
intent upon their games; not. a word was
uttered aloud, not a 'gesture took place
that would have, discredited uny similar
sane as-cmbly; yet not a patient was freo
from some hallucination, or some morbid
impulse.
Among tho merriest dancers in Sir Roger
de Coverly was a man who believed him
self to be our Saviour, and who wore in his
hair a spike in imitation of the crown of
thorns; and one of the keenest whist play
ers was an old lady, who, while her partner
was dealing, privately assured us that she
had been dead these three years, and de
sired as a fuvor. that we would use our
influence with the surgeon to persuade him
to cut off her head Iu the midst of such
strange delusions, it was curious to notice
how rationully those who were their dupes
enjoyed themselves; aud it is impossible to
deny that such re-unions aro eminently
calculated to hinder tho miud from mor
bidly dwelling upon its own unhealthy
creations. It is found that the too pro
longed and frequent repetitions of the balls
somewhat diminishes their interest an
evil provided against at Hanwell by re
stricting tho time alloted to them. At nine
precisely, although iu the midst of a dance,
a shrill note is blown, and the entiro as
sembly, liko so many Cinderellas, breaks
up at once, and the company hurry off to
their dormitories.
ADULTERATED LIQUORS.
Tho recent death of a young man iu
Brampton, Canada, from taking tho "es.
sence of brandy," with which he was manu
facturing cognac, and the revelation of the
fact that strychnine is largely used iu the
manufacture of whiskey, has awakened
some attention to the nature of the diinkM
which are sold for pure spirits. Brandy,
in, wine and whi.-key are so adulterated
that comparatively little pure liquor can ho
purchased. Most of the brandies are a
mixture of diabolical ingredients, caustic
enough to burn oak chips, to say nothing
of the tissues of the human body. The
Springfield Republican says :
"No secret is made of this business.
The drug dealers of New York advertiso
openly the compounds by moan of which
tl.e vile imitations of spiritons liquors aro
made. A circular frdln one of these houses
informs the world that brandy number one
the best sort, we take it is made of 'oil
of brandy,' u poisonous ether, oil of bitter
almonds, (as poisonous as prussic acid,)
ethereal wine, alcohol, sugar und Malaga
wine. No 2. Oil of brandy, acetic ether,
tamarinds, cherry juice, sugar, all colored
with burnt bugar. No 3. Oil of brandy,
ethereal oil, hitter almonds, elder flowers,
and tannin. No 4. Oil of brandy, acetic
ether, oil of peach and alcohol. Gin Oil
angelica, oil of jutiiper, rum, essence of
lemon, salt, syrups and water; ifsmokiness
is required add a few drops of creosote, and
to make it biting upon the palate add Mitno
ca untie potash. Theoirouhtr advises manu
facturers to use with discretion tamarinds,
French plums, cherry juice, brown sherry
oak shavings, tincture of cateehu, powder
ed charcoal, black tea. ground rice and
other ordinary materials, well known to
distillers and rectifiers. Wo should advi-e
drinkers to Jt.e these villainous mixtures
with discretion and throw them into tho
gutter."
The adulteration of liquors is carried on
as largely abroad as in this country and tho
custom bouse brand is no guaranty of puri
ty. Thousands of pipes of raw spirits are
annually exported from this country to be
returned in the shape of wine, brandy. A"..,
which contains not a trace of grape join.
Hope. There is no temper so generally
indulged as hop ; other passions operate,
by starts on particular occasions, or in
certain part of life ; hut hope begins with
the first power of comparing our actuul
with our possible state', aud attend us
through every stage and period, alwuys
irr-ing us forward to new acquisitions, a. id
mlding out some distant blessing to ur
view, promising u either relief from pain,
or increase of happ4ucs.