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2! ! v . .X v ... XX"1 V xXX-v.xxvn.v N XX v XX X V mmmmmmm X"V " IHOTHM VBvW I irtfl up stairs opposite SCARR'S drug store j A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political information, Southern Uights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. ti v By WILLI AM J . YATES, CDITOK anh paoMUETOK. m X7 Pi ASSOCIATE EDITOR. THE i A cmoctrtf -published every Tuesday R ainingtiic nwsi i inn uii.i : . . .1 a f 1 a. .c. ! rate K.-port oi tne .u.iimis, w-v.. ...... .,.r "if imifl in advance $2 01 r . 1 1" ' ' 1 if jlaid after the expiration of the year, .'1 00 itaid within six mourns, ... 2 50 Aiiv person sendmg us are mew bud t. .":;'. rs. acc ompaaied by the advance sub ($10) will receive a sixth copy gra 5 1 In m vnv i v aiuM:ka mill ..th.rs who mar wish ; -end Money tu us, can do so by mail, at ; . , 1 r . 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If subscrtbens rcmon to other places infonnins the pnWishers, and the . .. , ent to the former direction, j all Ui niers a) i ' responsible, "I" 1 -it 'ourr.s have tie , i i.i ... ... . . . : i . . le.-ii-'l IIKU lelL ing newsiHrs fnm tle ifiice, or illetl for. ' V I II . The 1 'avinff thetn tttn-: (m iilpm-e of intentii nal bran United St ates Courts have also i. .1 il.i :i Postmaster who rni his dntf of giving ' .' . . i , a reauirvd hy the 1 ost tutrtin nt of the neglect f':, person j , i A-..fr.,m :!.. i.t'noe- ne vsiKiers anaresseti l.iin. ren 1-v- I , 1 r i ' itw. I LWmasler liable l u - i . -' ter f-ir th - ulacription rice. SAM: P. SMITH, iftmrncv Jin'l ConnscSIor iv always be found !, i-ton, Fsq. at the Ottic of Wm. i , t ut -I . ii. W ... ,.iti.ti m i-H 111 1 L'l.1 I A. OWENS, Charlotte, N. C. v i practice in the Courts of this and the j . lining counties. Ol fu k n.-nrly opposite the PostOffice. January 19, 1 S3 . WILLIAM T. KERR, Attorney zz Law lad Si)i:ti;;)i in Fquitv, Charlotte, c:., Will nractio in the Courts off M.-ckVnburg aad III adj.iiuing Counties. Special attention paid ; i!;.-. .'.! el ion of claii Office iu the building feraaerly occttpied by lh' State it ir.k. :;ei 14, l-o-. ..n 1)1!. L. L. POLLOCK s b.s PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to the ritizens of Charlotte and vicinity. ' an Trade street, two doors South of iSeConn H, , ...... IVc -nibiT Ji, 1857. Iy II. . WILUAMS & CO., Dealers in GROCERIES, WHOLESALE & RETAIL, Aw pon receiving a large Stock, and will have - klv additions as their sales may require. Ti y "will sell to the Whotesale Trade at a SU i. I' '.111! 11 IS si1 11- Terms: CSH Or Country FrOUHCe. ...i r..,,.iv I oeoccnpyHie wru h ,., "V : by "I . al- t arrow, uoo.s m,. : !" . I,':,,.I:V,' - if.'. . Is pa low as ii the purchaser were H. B. W I T.I.I VM S & CO. Tan. "Jii, I85d ''-"' ill BLABKS At the Westers Democrat Offieei Warrants. Marriaire Licenses, Tax 1 e . . l!.t Suhnnenas. Jury 1 lckets, A hniuistrators1 Bonds and Letters, i U tardiaa Bonds, Indentures, Deeds for conveying Lands or houses Prosecution Bonds, Ca Sa Bonds, Attachments, Delivery Bonds, fi Fas, co-mty and superior court. CoastabUs1 Bail Bonds, county and sape ri r court Writs, C mmissions bo take Depositions. Wit ness Tickets. Ejectments, Capias lionds. Scire Facia-, Sheriffs Deeds. Jury Tickets, Ac. dre. CP" Blanks of all kinds printed to order M short notice. 500 Gallons Pure Linseed Oil, . T i . a i o' a 4 ti iid s "w HnHnm CONFECTIONERY AND VARIETY STORE. J. . PALMER, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. espectfiillv informs the pubic that he Las on hand a splendid assortment of Confectioneries, West India Fruits, Havana Cigars, Fine Chewing and smoking T- hncco, Snuff. Also, a varietv of Musical Instrument. Yankee Notions, Toys. Willow-ware, afec II- is constantly receivinf; tin- si ove goods and : many otner articles t.o lions r., eiium. ran . Baker, the su I seri 1 r will be prepand. at short notice, to furnish Wedding, Pic-Nk and private Partea with Kssprrtor Cake. Persons wishing anything in my line would do well to -. - - " W Huvin" s' cured the. services of a first r;:te give me a call, as I am determined to keep a I'DIHI t' ioi Ik i A . lit i ' a J. D. PAIjMEK Dee. 22, l-".7. P-tf NEW FIRM. The undersigned having entered into Copart nership for the purpose of caiTYinfr on the VUURLllWIK I y , i DAtrrnv TT TTITT -t,,i p0fn:i ', BAKLli x , ULli and Retail np f fjTrnT FfHTClS1 U-r--l UaitaiBi63 Q s x n . v a m a - a a x am a r lir"- lerive to rail the attenrioii nfth (.irixftis of Charlotte ami Eurrciunding country to their New Stand on Trade Street, between Brem's and r laiiiu uiiiau ;o opwu u Lnuucii wu owhii when they would be pleased to see all their ttii uds and acquaintances. - I- ....... O V. t U. ..... 1 I t.'. . I .1 Om 1 MOODY & NISBET. 'llJ- 25, l-;. PIANOS. Your Pianos in Tune. Th citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country are again reminded thai th-subscriber is al all times pr -pared to repair and tune u , ... fZLxum ..,. uer. He would no! say that an old instrument an m made to sounu as well as a new one wim . .. . i i 'l ,e modern improvemt tits attached, bnl be . 11- . .. ... i i pared to say tiia' :.n oiu lUMruraem wmcu tustifv nrpairs ;;t all, can be made to emit as rood and as sweet a tone a; the same instrument did when new. 11 also intends keeping constantly on band, K'cw Pianos, From (he most celebrated Manufacturer t most In th United Stalest which 1 be sold ai mauufactun rs' prices, with freichl add v OLD PIANOS n'ceived in part nt for new ones, accoromc to taeir value. "lb- also intends keeping constantly on hand, s;cond - Iiaud instrnmentt, to ii or m. i...vi.e-old instrumentB, and are .1. ..i' ulltnni ikf.ni. mat do well to have 1 them repaired andk.pt exposed to sale in this mai ket. I?. nir Shoo and are room at tne Ainsicai Hall, up Stairs over China Hall. 1 ASA GEORGE ( haxlotte, N. C, Jan. 29, Id58. Iy HENDERSON & AIIRENS re nailv reci'ivtng, anu nave nun uu iwuu, u . .. . . , l L.-J .... excellent assonment ;;C.l UIM'lli i'l Fancy and Staple T?T5 1 iTti li 1 &9 3tit .W. The cheapest stock of BOOTS, MHJJ.S ma . .. . . . , . , I o l I I ,ii in tins section oi counin. HARDWARE, G-ROCSRIES, II ATS, UAI'S, AND ISoillief. A large and very cheap stock of I, A GHECS' CLOAKS, &c offer the following goods at th. annexed low srices : M ollt ?1 s, whole leather, -S'l 37j Hoot-.. Kin and Heavy, $2 ?" to f3 , . - '. . . . si III i K Ladi Morocco and goatskin Boots, si to !l Men's Oi l's from S.tn, $15. Basrlaas and Overcoats at all prices. large lot of Pants. Vi-sts, Shirts,Ties. Cravats, Drawers, Cndershirts, Hats and Caps: a large variety of Blankets, Linseya, Broffans, pant Stuffs, &c, a large assortmeat. Fatuilh-s and others in need of any Goods this gill would do w -11 to giv us a call before mak ing tli. Ir pnrchasea, as we are oAVrii (J unusual iaduei ux-uts, particularly to Cash buyers. :.V Store at Springs' Corner. HENDEiiSON ds AHIiENS. Oct. 12, 1857. We have also good assortment of Goods at our Store at Monaow's TtaKOUT, where we offer Goodfl at Charlotte Prices. HENDERSON & AHRENS. es CallSKIU leois, v " " VALl 'ABLE Town Property Tor Sale. The su bscriber tiers for the Lots, front and back, now occupied by the old Episcopal nun ii. i.jij"..-.iv .... , - TheLotsli well, and is a beautitul situation tor lamilv residence: and the Church budding, .i i .1... Mho. with the nuiiumer. - .7T .dditional earn use. miffhi be con- uMU. welling Tl,.. ..... s will be moderate, and made to suit the purchaser For particular M. 1 ; inquire ot . VVINDELL. tf Feb. 2. 1" Ayer's C herry Pectoral, Wistar's Balsam and Lozenges, Rover's Syrup Tar. Hive Syrup, Syrup Squills Syrup Ipecac and all kinds of Pectoral and Cough medicines. For sals by H. M. PRITCHARD. Knw nj Irwin's Corner. SKVFF. Scotch. Mackaboy and English. Gentle men's SNUFFS, just received. OUt) lbs. in Xor. 24, 1857 7nciV corner. 10 Bbk Tare Burning I Inia. ; Store ot FBI I OH Aft 5 Feb. i. Irwin's Corner. Lumler ! We will deliver Cumber ol all uescr. ..;o..s i,Skarlotte at 1 per bund red board mea- sure, 1 dehvereu on uw vmia m W. L & C. L. CLAWSON. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, 31 ARCH 16, Notice, I have this day placed in 1 1 j hands of SAM'I, P. SMITH, Ksj., Pot collection, ail the Notes ami Accounts dm- me at the Shoe Store. All persons in arrears are requested to call at his Office and settle immediately: in so doing they will save costs. J. B. F. BOONE. Feb. 20, 1858. J7-tf The OFFICE recently occupied by Drs. P. C. 6c J. W. Caldwell, on Tryon street, a few doors south of the Mansion House. Apply to J. M. HUTCHISON. March 2. 1858 98 tf NOTICE. All persons subject to pay a Poll Tax to the State ofNorth Caiolina, w lio resided within the limits of the town of Charlotte on the first day of February, or who had been principally employed in any profession or vocation in said Town for tim e months or more immediately preceding the said fircl lay of Fi binary and all persons who owned or were possessed of Taxa ble Property w ithin said tow n, on the first day of February, are hereby notified to give into the Town Clerk, l for the last day of March, 1168, a List of their said Polls and taxable property. The said list shall state the numbers and local situations of the Lots or parts of Lots given in, with the value of which thev are assessed for tsxat on by the state, the number ol wbite taxa- ble Polls, of taxable slaves, and ofFree Negroes, resiam?onthe first of February, on the lands of persons giving h said list. J. B. KERR, Town Clerk. taxat'oo by tiii- State, the number of white taxa March '2. 1858. 0 TVE-IaOES WAHTED I The subscriber begs leave to inform the citi cpnaofthe sitrroniidincr country, that he has 1 ... t,..i:..I...r,. iha ,,r,u,v, ,,r Mirl. I ing a J.OT JTEGHtOE-S of both sexi s, fiom ten to 30 years of age, for which he will pay the highest price that can be obtained for such property North of New Or- I PumiM kavinn coi li nrnnmrtv to dis- - . r. i j j nnsenf. will find i: to their int. rest to call on j him previous to Uing to any other ji-wm. He is dLonosed tonav a hisher nrice in cash than f an v iHUi i oa vei in i u is s ( .on w uuuuut. r.: ... f Aii i he desires isa cad to convince the public of his liberality as a purchaser. He also wishes to buy afew mechanics. Blacksmiths, Brick-Lay- i ers, Carpenters and Coopers. Al! letters ad- dressed He may him will oe promptly anenueu w. je seen at the Mansion Hotel. JOHN ii. SEDGWICK. .. .... .i .. ,1. Salisbn v. N. C, March 3, I IHMf BELTS ! BELTS ! ! BELTS ! ! From the Boston Belting Co., JLl Manufacturer's prices: CASH PRICES: Si m U. . 124 ets. . 1 ' .. 17 1 . 1 1 nor l".nt I 5 6 10 12 1 '14 -M ys do 72 )2 ' 4 ply. n f S ; A ML ESS li E L TS manufac- tured to order at short notice. CONDUCTING HOSE of all sizes or vafer or am pressure, ordered direct froia the Manufacturers. Al.sO, PacklElg of all desciiption, at 53 I 1 ... ...... ,,-.!. ., I vaiwjra r...v.. BOONE & CO. Feb 9. 1358. tf Leather I Leather!! Hemlock Sole Leatfier flood Damasred Sole L 25 cents 20 " ither Best White Oak 35 " Fair " . Harness and Ippcr Leather, French and American Calf Skins, Kip Skins, Tining and Binding Skins, Deer Skins for lacing Belts and plantation use. BOONE &c CO. Feb. P. 1 tf. Just Received, The largest and best selected Stock of Perfumery and Toilet Articles ever offered in this market, consisting of French. English, ( Herman, and Americua Sorts, and for sale at PRITCHARD'S Fancy, Chemical & Drug Store, peo (, frwin'j Corner. To Builders and ionlractors. t PRITCHARD'S Universal Sl re you can procurt an article of MINERAL PAINT at from 4 to 5 ceuUjper lb., of any color, and warranted to be superior to any tiling ev.r offered as proof against time and Wl ntht r ! Drug cV Paint Store, Veb. ! L v. in's Corner, Saponifier, OR COXCKN I'RATED LEY. -Warranted to make soap without lime, and with little trouble. The best and cheapest ar ti le in ie. Price 25 and 50 cent - a can. v.l.l In- OUini-uu;, Nov. 17 Irwin's Corner. Tanners, OR TRAIN OIL. For Tanners and Planters use in dressing and preserving WwaroSiia. - Nov. 24. Irwin's Corner. Seed Potatoes. If vou want to improve your 1 otato Croo. go to Pritchard's and pet your Seed. He l.as just received, from D. Laudreth cc Sou, Forty Barrels Mercer and riiiii-eye. Feb 9. Irwin's Corner. Fresh Baker's Bread. Baperior Bread baked every morning for J D. Palmer's Coufectionery, one door above the Bank of Charlotte. F. b. 2. 1858. WESTERN DEMOCRAT. Charlotte N C. I How TO SAVE Gas. An observance of the following directions by 8 correspond- ent of the Cincinnati Corntneicial may save money to eras consumers, a mutter worth looking after these hard times : 'Th high pressure in the main pipes, it : allowed to go unchecked to the burner i valves, will consume a much larger quunti- j ty of gas than they otherwise would, even j if it is regulated at the burner .'.vt s. The I 'ht mace to retruiate is me main vatvi . t.-.i , near the metre, which should be ,U ott ! until the burners arc just right, with their valves open full. By this means all your burners will be uniform, and the liglit will bo as good with two-thirds of the main valve on as it would turned on full." FOREIGN ITEMS. Leave has been granted to Lord Polmer stou to bring a bill into the House of Com mons, to alter the government of India. There is nothing later from China, but details of the news show that Canton is j virtually in possession of the British. Bombay dates are to the 24th of Jan. The capture of Furruckabad and Futtygur by Sir Colliu Campl ell is confirmed. Af ter subjugating Rohiland he will march on Luckuo.v. Gen. Outrain has twice defeated the rebels at Alumbaugh. In Parliament the Briti.-h government has been defeated on the law introduced by the Administration to amend the law relating to murder and conspiracy, upon an amendment offered by Milner Gibson, . . which censures ministers for replying to the French minister's (Walewski) dispatch . . . , i ... but nrotesses reauiness le amenu nie law i t upon due investigation. The vote 2ir for ministers, and 234 for Gibson's aii.eiidinent. A demonstration was proposed to be held in Hyde Park against the conspiracy bill. The proceedings at the annual meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Company puss- . ed off favorably, the required additional ! capital was authorized. The Turkish Rear Admiral, Mohamed ! Pacha, is among the passengers by the Europa. What is to Become of Mexico ? The London Times says : "There is not a statesman who would wish to see Great Britain hamper herself with an inch of Mexican ground. Let the United States, when they are finally prepared for it, enjoy all the advantages and responsibility ofjown ership, and our merchants at Liverpool and elsewhere will be quite content with the trade that may spring out of it. The capacity of the Mexican population for ap preciating a constitutional rule is not so re markable that we should volunteer to ad minister it." REVivAii of rHE Slave Trade. The N. O. Delta has a long article on the re vival of the Africnn slave trade. Cargoes from the African coast have been lately landed in Pearl river, Mississippi, and the nmiremnts are already at work. 'I ho ves- j sels engaged in this traffic carry the French flag, which the British squadron on the African coast treats with proper respect. The Delta perceives the germ of a cordial alliance between the Southern States and France, in opposition to the aggressive abolitionism of England and of the North. The Washington correspondent of the South says that a movement is already afoot to import and place on the soil of the South, a stated number of Chinese coolies. A large amount of Southern capital, says the writer, will be enlisted in its favor, in the event of Gen. Cass giving his opinion (which has been asked for by a gentleman of Georgia.) in favor of the constitutionality and rectitude of the enterprise. a AVehv Plain Letter. The follow ing letter was sent by a man to his son at college : "My Dear Son : I write to send you two pair of old breeches, that yon may have a new coat made of them. Also some new socks which your mother has just knit by cutting down some of mine. Your mother sends you ten dollars without my knowledge, and for fear you would noi gpead it wisely, I have kept back half a id only send you five. Your mother and 1 are weM, except that your sister has got the measles, which we think would spread among the other girls, if Tohi had not had them before, and he is the only one left I hope you will do honor to my teachings: ;,' v.Hi do not vou are an a-s. and yum mother and myelf are your parents." ctiouate Beautiful Little Allkgohy. A ham ming bird met a brfUerflv, and being pleased with the beauty of its perscn, and the clorv of its wings, made an ofier ol perpetual friendship. "I cannot think of it," was the reply, "as vou once spurned me, and called me a drawhnff doii"' Impossible'' exclaimed the hamming bird. "I always entertained the Highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you. Perhaps you do now," said the other, "but when you insulted me, I was a eater pillar. So let me give you a piece ot advice: never insult the humble as they may some day become your superiors.'" 1858. CHEERFULNESS" f Mr Edwin P. Whipple, nf Boston, one of the few professed essayists in this oountvy. vim inits brillianev of wit and fancv with " - j - w profound philosopldcal penetration, hits for some months past been contributinff to the "Editor's Table" of Harper's Magazine. He favors us in the December number with an iisjininible essay on Cheerfulness, in the cmir!i0 of which we find the following re marks upon that idle sort of conversation which has been aply called ''tattling :" Bllt of aH ti)e pxp.-dients to make the heart leim, the brain cnuzv, and to thin i life down into the consistency of a cam hi m kfrehief. the most successful is the 1 little talk and tattle which, in some .harmed circles, is courteously styled j conversation. How human beings can j live o such meagre fare-how continue I existence in such a famine of topics and j nt,,,l, olln of spnse-is i ! great question, if philosophy could only search it out. All we know is that such men and women there are, who will go on dwindling in this way from fifteen to four score, and never a hint on their tombstones that they died at last of consumption of the head and marasmus f the heart ! The whole universe of God, spreading out its splendors and tenors pleading for their attention, and they wonder "where Mrs Somebody got that divine ribbon to her bonnet !" The whole world of literature, through its thousand t minus of fame, adjur ing thetn to regard its garnered stores of ! b e i emotion and thought, and they think, "It's high time, if John intends to marry Mary, for him to pop the question !" When, to be sure, this frippery is spiced with a little envy and malice, and prepares its small dishes of scandal and nice bits of detraction it becomes endowed with a slightly veno mous vitality of soul, to carry on the machinery of living, if not the reality of life. Seriously, however, this levity tf being, whether innocent or malevolent, which thus splits the mind up into ships and splinters of thought, and leaves it va cant of substance and sap, is it not one, out of many nobler causes, of the rumored lack of cheerfulness in American women? a fact of which we know nothing excej t from the melodious wail, alternating with melodramatic shrieks, that comrs pp from so large a portion of our best feminine litera ture. The men of course, are great rascals and deprive women of their rights, and circumscribe the sphere of their influence, and hypocritically sonnetize Desdemonas of the kitchen and Imogens of the nursery, and are, besides, as superficial as they are wicked all that is freely granted ; but still is it not possible that women, the autocra tic rulers at least of social life, can make it a little better subserve its great purpose of educating and enriching the mind with out any loss to its inoio festive grace and airier charm ?" In the course of the same essay Mr. Whipple exposes the fallacy of Shelley's assertion, that most men "Are cradled into poetry by wrong. And learn in suffering what they teach in song." "Writers who adopt this creed," ho says, "forget that such experience, passed through the dissolving imagination of robust natures, comes out in the form of beauty, are apt to get up an anguish to sing about ; to make their particular griev ance their whole stock of trade ; and, men dicants for sympathy to pass around the hat to collect such coppers of compassion and small change of tears as tender hearts can spare to relieve their puny and puerile miseries. If any good friend to them and to good letters would just hint that the greatest poets are the most cheerful, they would as quickly affect vivacity as they now worship gloom. Sterne states that when he visited Paris, in 1V7. he found that every French woman of fashion went through three stages : first; a coqoette; then, as her charms began to fade, a deist ; then, as she caught a glimpse of the grave, a devotee. One lady, who ought, he says, to have been a deist for gome five years before he had the honor of making her acquaintance, expressed to him her fear that she was beginning to doubt the truth of the Christian religion, Sterne looked In her face where beauty was palpably on the wane, and. as if were overcome by its loveliness, sa:.i, i Madam, it is too soon too soon !" SI e j overjoyed, dropped the deist, reassumed the coquette, and reported till over Paris that the Reverend Mr Sterne had said more for revealed religion in half an hour than all the Encyclopedists had ever said against it. Now the affection of misery in ba'.f the sentimental poetry that spoils tlie spirits of its readers is capable of a con version as instantaneous as the affectation f deism in Sterne's fudded coquette ; for this much is to be said for human nature, that men will adopt sense as readily as non sense, provided it fiat ters their vanity as well." "How late is it!" "Look at the boss and see if he is drunk vet: if he is not, it can't be r.uch after eleven o'clock." 'Does he keep good time?" "Splendid ! they regulate the town clock bv bis nose." cs at.T TJOT A KV.CESEARY OF LIFE. That salt performs an Important ofiee A model f a new and m-vel invention for in sanguification, trnd is regarded by the preservation of simmers, when in dan physiologists as a aecesSary article in our ger r.f fonncering at s. n. hn- reeenlly been dietary. Ls wi ll known. It is therefore in d: po-iteu i i the room of the H.Ue Corn use among all nation?, from the savage to mittee on Commerce al Vnhingtnn. which the most civilized and enlightened people. ; if 1 irate and experience should puccepsfully Thoro are, however, a few members of the 1 demonstrate it to be practicable, will tend whole human race to whom the use of tnble . greatly to the alleviation nf a vast amount salt i unknown, among whom may he j of suffering, and the preservation of life and mimed the inhabitants of Mauntm ami the ( Patajronian Pampas of America (FcPtichs.) I have, says M. Gattott, recently learned of another tribe who never eat-rtUt. It is the Damaraa of tropical South Afr.cn. 1 - .t . a at I, n t.TiH Ik 1h tneir country mce - . . ii i ."!!.. -a. -..;f Europe ,t rs universally oeiiewuu.at ..... is indispensable to life, but M. Gatton in the country of Damaras saw this proven t be a fallacy. He made a journey with ven other men on horse-back, off M weeks duration, with only a pill-box full salt. The whole of them used no more then this. They eat nothing but flesh, and drank coffee alone. There can bo no doubt that people who live on flesh and milk need much less salt than those whose sole nourishment is deriv ed from the vegeta ble kingdom. The half of the people, nf Damara eat nothing but pig-nuts, the most meagre and indigestible of nourishment, and which must be taken in very large quantities to afford subsistence, enough. The Hottentots of Wallfish liny, who live almost entirely on squashes, with the sen on one side and salt Pprin . , ......... -u. . "s tn the ot It r. I,, n'l.nt oilt for nsi.wllth they certainly would do if they experienc. d the same need of it as the Eii o can . Wild animals in Swakop, according tu Gatton. do not frequent salt licks like they do in America. He visited these places, and although the tracks of wild animals were abundant, they were a month old. and indicated that they were passing without coming near enough the salt rocks to lick them. He mentions tribes also that not only eat their food without salt, but actual ly loathe it. American Mid. Gaz. AN ARKANSAS FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS SON. Bob. you are about leaving home for strange parts. You are going to throw me out of the game and go it alone. The odds are agin you. Bob, but romenber that in dustry and perseverence are the winning cards, as they are the " bowers." Book laming, and all that sort of thing, will do to fill up with, bke small trumps, but you must have the bowers to back 'em else they aint worth shucks. If luck run- agin you pretty strong don't cave in and look like a sick chicken on a rainy day, but hold up your head and make believe you are a flush of trumps; they won't, play so hind agin you. I've lived and traveled round some. Bob, and I've found out that as soon as folks thought you held a weak hand, they'd all buck agin you strong. So. when you are sorter weak, keep on a bold front; but play cautious; be satisfied with a p'iut. Many's the hand I've seen em eucred be cause they played for too much. Keep your eyes well skinned. Bob, and don't h t 'em nig you; recollect the gamo lays as much with the head as with the hands. Be temperate; never get drunk, fr then no matter how good your hand, you won't know how to play it; both bowers and the aee won't save you, for there's certain to U o "iiwo il.;.l" or something worse. And , , , . , . another thing, Bob, (this was spoken in a W.T'.fc --- 0 . low tone,) don t go too mucn on wu,, , . . . . i . oueens is kinder poor cards; the more you queens ' . , . llilt ui cm ,7 w w j " - r-j have three, end nary trump. I dont say . . . . i 'i.in t w. UTOI'Ca Till' I' 11- Villi I ' iL discard 'em all; if you get hold of one that is a trump, it's all good, and there's sartin to be one out of four. And above all, Bob, be honest; never take a man's trick wot don't belong to you, nor "slip" cards, or "nig," for then you can't look your man in the face, and when that's the case there's no fun in tho game; its a regular "cut throat." So now. Bob, farewell; remem her wot 1 tell you, and you 11 he sure to uer wot j i uu y ... . w n, slid it you own t a tw " 6. . . a m r mr 1 1 1 k is i . a tt at ttatj.t.v. hpaTI DSES8. v iiijuiiuu. r , ... At the recent wedding of the Princess Royal of England, Queen Victoria wore .i i . .C L...A uaai t.: m n V l-.r ) f0.mcd f the value of the Biiti-li sovereign t 11 I inVVII ttl rMcllt'. HUM omiir j when so decorated, by the following state ment of the value of the jewels ill tlie cr.ovii: The great ruby. 10.01)0; the aqcn marina, 12,000; twenty one diamond- around ti e circle. (1 500 each.) 30,000? two lar.-e centre diamond-, ('2.000 each.) 4.0d0; four crosses, each composed f 23 diamonds 12.000; four large diam mdson tne top ot ... , .rlc There are a number or estnonsn- thecros.es. 40.000 twenty-. diamonds , wnrk A,abama and We.t Ten contained in the fleur-dedis. 1,000; Wfnyfwf Wrge profits pearls -d lmtnonds - t,e - lies and I(.,ufactul, of various kind, of crosses, 14,000. total XLjouo, or ... i.ieh coirl- , . idu ds. checks, tickings, etc., wnicn com, $670,000. Notwithstandmg this enormous - wllere they .eh, a mass of jewelry, the crown weighs only ; , I . t. niueteen ounces ten penny weig h s It measures seven inches in height Horn the BId circle to the upper erosa, and its diameter at the rim is five niches. Any head that would be compelled to wear that , , ii 1.1 I,, vi.ru .... crown naoiTuaiiy. vrvum i;--i.u...v - j ., 1.A I . . . u.oa-v. b-.iues me crown, vu. - wore other jewels, including a brooch COS- .-:T J rM Koh-i-noov diamond. j the value of which is estimated at millions. $2 PEH ANNUM In Advance. ( VOIAIJVTE 6. ) NlMIKR 300. NIW INVENTION property at sea The great principle of (his invention is. thai during a hurricane, or any momeut of impending disaster, when the immense weight of the engines and iron work renders the situation f the vessel eriticul. or the danger of foundering imminent, the turn ing ,f a crank immediately relieves the shif nf her ponderous p uss of iron, which, fulliig through th bottom of the vessel, is eugnhdted, leaving the light, water tight hull fhntingon the top of tho water. Sail being t'en made, the ressel becomes in a mom. nt as manageable, and under as per fect a coi.ii.d. as a Barque r ship. This idea appears chlmeticul, it is true; but there is no Idling, in this age of wonders, what H day amy bring forth in the ouward march of scieiee and progress. The general principles of the invention, as describi d by Jlessrs. Solomon &l Morriss, of Baltimore, the iuvi ntors, is t construct uboof the centre at the bull, embracing the boiler and engin, a moveable water cm pa it men t, titling closely to the rest of the hull, and so ai ian.. d as to be released from the res! of the vestvl at a moment's warn in . Wh. n fiited to the sides it biHces it.-, if. and would maintain its position without other aid. but. for greater sufety, i - kept i i its place, by ing. nh-us machinery. Upon thin moveable portion of ! hull the engines and boilers are placed, on either sides, whi o the walls all around the space ihus occupied, are of polid oak plunk of great thickness. These apartments are, therefore, entirely distinct from the rest of the vessel, and In no wise dependent upon it Wh. n therefor. , the hurricane is at its bight, and it is found absolutely necessary to r lieve the ship, a single turn of the capstan on deck unlocks tho fastenings, and down goes the whole mass, boilers, en gines, chimneys, and all. seething and hiss ing to the b-ttom of the sea. The vessel like an overtasked steed suddenly relieved of its burden, bounds buoyantly over the threatening surge, and. with the storm sails set, gallantly breasts the blast the tem pest becomes a plaything and the Storm King, cheated of his prey, bowls threaten ingly but harmlessly through tho rigging. A COMFORTABLE ESTABLISH MENT. A correspondent of the New York Inde pendent, thus describes the domain of the Duke of Devon-hire: " The domain of the Duke nf Devonshire would cover one of our largest counties. The park which surrounds the pulnce, is eleven miles ill circumference, and Contains :3,J()0 acres. The principal gulden for vegetables, fruit, gr. en house, etc., is 25 acres. There are thirty green bouses, each from fifty to seventy-live feet long. We went into three r four containing nothing but pine apples, ripe: others con taining nothing but melons und cucumbers. One peach tree on the glass wall measured fifty -one feet in width mid fifteen feet high, and bears one thousand peaches. It is the largest in lite w.niu. - a r J (, ,0 f, ,t ,(ng. and ! largest in the world. The grape bouses. wbiffl -hi , . inp ten or twenty pounds sac. One green fJ house had only figs, another only mush rooits. But what shall bo said of the great conservatory, filled with every variety of tropical plants ? It Is one of the wonders of the world. It, covers an acre of ground, is ten feet high, of oval shape, and cost $5J0,t00. It is heated by steam and hat water pi . which in all art six miles in length. Tiie apparatus consume 600 tons of eoal In a year. We saw banana trees ... t.:ir . v i i i u.M-i, i .,..., i. .1-1 jif Fruit. i ee offee trees, bnuiboo, anl. in - , ' hurt, ev. ry trobical plant t! it can bo pami il. Si vera! of tin uabn-trees are from I fiftv to silty fe t high The smoke of the - - . . . immptise fire underneath, is curried in pipes 11 '' T(. J , brooght in taaaal G W jrafds under ground. ().,,. t IniM throws u jet ot uter to the bight of ?5 fe. t. Srccess or Bournes Maxupactuh ISO Es,i Ant.tuiM! vis Mr J. L. It-gere i , communication to llie National American, say-: --That in Georgia, the K.iswoll Company 1ms been very suceess fulL paying regularly from ten to fourteen oer cent, dividends, and extending their I . . . L.'L I.lglicr price loan in.."- mv ...ves are negroes, J Their e-tahli-h- by Mar. j m - t" ,UK ' , , m T,. , I . ni-ceeo'-u nii? m j well. 1 n.i,i r . u,. i j . i l . ..... n im iv I tli one em neueeu uoo'ii I'.i r. -----or..-. f.-w veins they built a fecd, larger than the Sraad dt''.''' ' nast summer, have oompletd a third au- 7 J 1 UM' . oi aamt at PKllttiAa" a f vh. (j. Irwin's Corner. February 2, 1?53 3m-pd
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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