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Conveyances, ic.
- 26, 1853. lv
writing
(,f Deeds
Janu.i
W. A. OWENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
ILL practice in the Court
ing Couaties.
; ofthis and the adjoin
tue Tost Ofkice.
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lanuarv 1!'. 1S5S.
WILLIAM J.
ATTORNEY AT LA W
KERK,
d SOLICITOR
AY EQUITY, Charlotte, X. C.
ILL practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg
am;
the adjoining Counties. Special attention
aui
lo collection oi claims.
f.fr OFFICE in the building
the State Hank.
January 12, lsr.s.
formerly occupied by
U La F. ALEXANDER,
Attorney at Law, Charlotte, W. .
OfHce over China Hall.
August 11, lJj.'fT. J
tfi rfi
A(torney at Law, Charlotte, H. C,
Xb. .r. Springs' Building,
Will in future devote his time exclusively to the duties
of hi- profession.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Jan. 1. 1858. t-
iHtbital Kotitts.
ROBERT GIBBON, M.D.
iHEDIClie AMD SURERY,
Office Xo. 5, liranite How,
CHARLOTTE, X. ('.
February in. ls".y.
MW
R
PEOTFtTLLY offers
his Professional Services
r.
t
the citizens of the Town and vicinity.
April 2
is;
Office in iriiii;. tfuiiamg
DU. L. L. POLLOCK
COFFERS HIS
PROFESSIONAL Shin It LS
TO
HJ'thi- citizens of Charlotte and vicinity.
OFFICE on Trade street, two doors South of
tlit- Court Uonse.
Deeeaaber .!, lsrT. ly
fhave this dav placed in the hands of SAM'L P.
SMITH, Esq., for collection, all the Notes and Ac-
"iints due nie at the Slice Store. All persons in
arrears are requested to call at his Office and settle im
Btediatelj : in to doing thev will save costs.
J. 15. F. BOONE.
FebraaiT 20, 18:8. W-f
T. H. BREM & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Sealers
in
HARDWARE. HATS. AND SHOES.
. CHARLOTTE, X.
Jan. 1. 1S:.3. tf
C.
.lliaiinerv AND MANTUA MAK
ING ESTABLISHM ENT.
IMjRS. p. M. SMITH would inform the publie that
iTM-she intends carrying on the above business at
hr residence, next door to the new. Episcopal Church.
!:e would also inform the ladies that .-he has just re-
eived a supply of Ronnet Trinmiags, consisting of
1 lowers. Feathers, Broaches, kc.
Wet JT. 1S5T. BO-tf
MILLINERY AXD DRESS-MA KING.
IRS. WUKALAN respeetfally informs the ladies of
A liariottf anil vioinity. that she hu returiH'il. and
"'trs h-r services to hor old customers anil friends.
BcaideBCC one door above the Post Otticc.
Jne 3o. 1857.
YYrE will deliver Lumber of all descriptions in
w Charlotte at $1 per hundred, board measure
Cr Si delivered on the cars at Fort Mills.
v : ; mm
SCARE & CO,
Druggists & Chemists.
No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
NVlTJJ the attentionn of Physicians,
L Planters.
.Mercnants. c, to tucir new
and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI
CALS, &e. The extensive patronapre they
have received from the Physicians of Char
lotte and its vicinity is the best guarantee j
!of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold bv !
them.
March 30, 1858.
-glIVK THEM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC
JT PAINTS:
Cheap, Durable and Protective : Weather and Fire
Proof. For sale Wholesale an Retail by
SCARR & CO..
Feb. 0. Chemists k Druggists.
PATENT MEDICINES just received from the Ware
house: Avers' Cherry Pectoral. Rogers' Liverwort
and Tar. Wistar'a Balaam, (luysott's Sarsaparilla and
Yellow Dock. McLane's Pills Strong's Pills, Avers'
Pills, kc, kc, at
April 1st. SCARR k CO. S, Druggists.
Wood's Hair Restorative.
A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the
Hair has just been received direct from New York, bv
March 16. SCARR k CO.
S
AVAGK'S I'RSINA. or Canadian Beau's Crkase.
in elegant application for imparting a beautiful
orloss to the hair, for sale iit
March 10. SCARR
k CO.'S Drucr .Qtore.
Bouquet D'Orleans, or xx Bourbon,
From groves of pweet flowers this perfume was culled,
Where deep golden summers exalt the perfomc,
Where the breeze from the South in the deep glen is
lulled,
Where flowers exhale, hut forever resume
To impart this aroma, 'tis the sweetest, the best,
It steals o'er the senses like the nectar of Jove,
To the bouquet of beauty it gives a new ttest,
I the pride of the toilet and the perfume of love.
Distilled with great care from the ehoh-c.-t flowers of
the South, expressly tor the Bondoar, Toilet and Hand
kerchief. For sale in Charlotte by
March 10. " F. SCARR i: CO.
KID UL.OYES.
ANCASTER'S KID CLOVE CLEANER, an un
failing preparation, (asv and simple in application,
removing all stains and grease from the Ulove; at.
March 10. SCARR k CO.'S Drug Store.
The Circa t Kiiglisli Uemedy.
8111 JAMES CLAUSE'S CELEBRATED
FEMALE PILLS,
PUEPAKEO FROM A PKESCglPTIQJi OF .-'111 J CLARK
K. I)..
PHV:
l C 1 A N ; K X I 1 1 A 0. B I I N A R Y
ro the ql'ee:
rpiIIS well known
inown medicine is no imposition, but a
I sure and safe rcmedj for Female OilBCUlties anq
t h;tructions. from anv cause whatever: and although
j a powerful remedy, they contain nothing hurtful to the
' constitution. To" MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly
suited.
These Pills have never been known to fail where the
Directions on the 2d page of Pamphlet are well observ
ed. For full particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, of the
Agent.
X. B. $1 and 6 postage stamps enclosed to any au
thored Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 30
Pills, by return mail.
Sold in Charlotte by F. SCARR k CO.. sole Agents,
and by Haviland, Stevenson & Co., Charleston. Whole
sale agents.
March 2, 1859. 7
FRESH BAKER'S
CSUPERIOR Bread baked every
BREAD.
r r l
ni'.ig Hr lai.nne-.
at J. D. PALMER'S Confectionery
above the Rank of Charlotte.
February 2, 1858. tf
one door
NOTICE.
TAX LTSTS for 1856 are now in my hands
t:
readv for inspection, l request an persons ro in
form me of any Taxables which have Inen nsteu. eomi-
now ana pai your i.
X. H. Delinquents for 1854 '55J
tr. n,u- rimr Taxes'.' If vou do. now
do you ever intend
is a favorable time:
if voii io not, come, and I will take pleasure in handing
over vour receipts, as they are accumulating on my
haui: E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
March 30. 13i7.
mnCFim. of BREM k STEELE was dissolved by
mat mil consent on the 1st day of
n. i.,,.;..,.c fit' th Firm is in mv hands
annary, 1858.
for collection
nd settlement; and I r.ereny rcspcriianj ie.,.
- . . . .-..ii.. ,( ,n
ier.on
idebted to the late firm ftj BOOK Account io
come forward
and settle between tins dale ami me im
.,11 .......... r,t
tla v
I ..fJnlv. 18:
Illl
H :; I do OSSUXC oil nv ""-
ilue the
tion.
firm at
liiut time will be put in suit for eoilee
A. C
ELE.
Charlotte. Feb. 16, I")5.
41m
T
HE dnbseribera mtorm tne cmen.- m n.mi.
. . i i .. . t.i: m
and vicinity unit usey nave e-uopn.-i.vw
LUMBER
in town, where they intend
YARD
keeping a suppl
of all
. Mr
kind- of Lumber for boiMing ana omer purposes.
Jonas BttdiaiU is their agent in town application
033
l... ...a,., in him ,.r to either ct the
under.-i;
ued.
PORTER.
Oct c. is:7.
MILLER .v.
FT T '
THE undersigned having entered into Copartner
ship for the purpose of carving on the
CONFECTIONERY, BAKERY, FRUIT
AXD ItKTAlL
arocery Easiness,
r. . ..ii tUm attention of the citizens of Char-
i.,i'tP nnd Mirroundinff country
i;t'r ii'a " ..... ...v ...
to tlieir .(' cnami
on
Trade Street, between
Snmtt & Daniel's old
lb-em a ami f ran Keni i:ai .
Stand, where
they would be
plea
ed to see all their friend, X'TnBET
January
If
O.t-tt
STRAYED,
BnHcriher on the 1st of March
F
ROM the subscriber on tne i.-i oi jao
Cheraw and Chesterfield youn nouse,a ia 1
almllt
Also.
about
Stock
lifteen hands higO, wan io oi w..., . ;
nt the saiae time and place, a GRKl HOKI b.
the same height. Any person taking up saul
Will be libcrallv rewarded by delivering them at
M:ii R Morrow s. one
mile south-east oi vnariowe. auj
information thankfully received.
March 16, 1858. :t-pd Mc. J. GALlaHER.
Town Taxes.
I now have the Tax Lists for 1857 ready for settle
ment Persons liable to pay tax will please cal on the
undersigned and settle forthwith. It is hoped that this
notice
ed.
will be sufficient, as tne mracj u.u.-i .-e "
A. HARRIS.
'I.. it ii !! n tnr
"Western Democrat.
CHARLOTTE, X. 6
HOW A
THRIFTLESS FARMER
WAS
REFORMED.
Tf you have a place for everything and keep
it in its place, if you have a time to do business
and to do it in its time, you will find that you will
unve ousHiess nistcau oi Dusiness unvws vu,
1 l m . i n l r J
and so you will have leisure instead of constant
worry. It pains me to see men undertake any busi
ness of moment. They are as sure to become entan
gled; and thrown on their backs, their business a-top
of th ".-in, as they are to undertake it. Take farm
ing fur instance. Now I venture the assertion
that two thirds of the farmers in this State are
burning green wood this terrible cold weather. Go
into their houses, and vou hear the sissing of the
beech, or manle. or elm. as like to the death dirge
of a cockroach as can be. Out of the chimney j
tops comes furtli smoke a.s dark as Tartarus, and
their wives and hired girls are cross as a bedlam.
These men could not find time to cut their wood
and have it seasoned. Now I charge it on you,
that you fail not to Jo all that you undertake in
order. Every d;;y accidents, casualties, catastro
phic, providences are taking place, because men,
women and children have not time to do things tis
they might to he done. I must tell you a story
which is a fact. "When I was a boy, there lived
in my native village a family by the name of Wil
son There were lour boys and four girls, and
they were exceedingly gifted- Not one of them
was there who did cot rank in beauty, intellect
and personal physical power a good way above
mediocrity. They all had more than common
educational acquirements, i'or they learned easily.
The girls all married early, and to men of high
promise. The men all married and to respectable
women. Yet all remained poor. Their failure
was directly attributable to a want of order. .Xot
one of them was ever known to do a thing in its
time, nor ha ing anything in its place with one
exception, and Iil is the hero of my story. Of one
of the girls T mny say truthfully that for over
thirty-five years she has never seen the sun rise,
always going to bed past midnight and rising past
midday. But to my story. Erastus Wilson was a
farmer a shiftless, slovenly, disorderly, slip-shod
farmer. The winds and the waters, the sun and
rain, darkness and broad-day, all conspired to do
liiin harm. His gates were unhung, hi
hogs'
noses were unwrung, bis sheep could leap
his
fences like wild deer, his cattle were seen with
l .1 a M 1 1 ' il
boards over tneireyes, great spiaeu cuains on men
necks, yokes on, and "tied head and foot." His
horses were as thin as a Rhode Island spare rib
vou could see the sun rise through them. 11 is
windows had old hats, old coats, old newspapers,
and shingles, instead of glasjj. His corn was
stunted, his meadows half covered with grass, and
around and about him the spirit of decay seemed
to brood. Yet he worked hard, did not drink, nor
&mble. nor ouarrel. In fact, he was a pious man,
it he did everything in the
wrong time
and the
wrong wav
Thus he
lived
till h
hair
turned gray, and
poverty sat at
of his family,
going to bis
is table an acknowledged member
One cold December day he was
rn, and it happened that he lifted
t;ii HIS eve-, i;;iu aiar uii in uuc oi nw ut
something to him like deer-horns sticking through
the top of a snow drift. He was all alive. He
would make a conquest SO over the fence he leap
ed and made for the deer. lie waded the drifted
and nndrifted snow till he reached the spot, when
behold ! instead of the horns of a buck, there
stuck up the ttco handles of his plough ! He was
very angry, started to go back, when he said
1 .1 V ... ...... ...... ..4 I,, . !r
he heard a voice as audibly as ever a voice spake,
sav, "Erastus Wilson
for leaving vour plou.
you ucserve a
good
floggim
!i out ni the snow
It
is by
Pick
such heedlessn ss
!..L..w w-w v4 .11 horn r-i-ii'fi In ,ftvrvtV.
Ill) V(
ir plough end take it to your
rn.
He immediately set about it, and by what means
he did it he never could tell. But through that
deep snow and ovejr the drifts he dragged the im
nlement to the fern. Once there he took a raw
idc,
stripr.ed himself naked, and addressed h
im-
self thus "Erastus Wilson, you are a mean, amy,
poverty-stricken-man. All your long life you have
been too lazy to save what you have earned, or too
careless to do it. You deserve a flogging. Here
j.- th? plono-h whose handles you could never see,
till you tbousht them the horns of a deer, then
vou could wade drifts waist deep to get them.
You deserve a good flogging, you careless block
head, and yon shall have it," and he laid the raw
hide on to his body, legs and feet, till he raised
great whales, skipping around the floor naked and
screaming, while he would say, ' Leave your plough
out
' will vou ? Pretty tanner you are, am t you :
I "11 8C
i I cfMir reucn vou ueiiei. jiin.nv-
ged himself most soundly, dressed lmnseii, ana
went in. Froin that flogging he came forth a
t I 1 1
changed man. lie was prompt, orderly, savin
and up with the times. His neighbers
prised. His family was wonder-struck,
to thrive, and in less than three years
were sur
11 e began
his farm,
his flocks and herds all bore the evidence of being
under the guidance of a spirit whose energies were
of the amplest order. X. ('. Planter.
Literary Men and their Wives. I do
maintatu that a wife, says Sara Coleridge, whether
. ..1.1 m&v nsi.-s her eveninirs most ham'ilv
in the presence of her husband, occupied herself,
in conscious uiai. miu ia vnn
i " i. t-li hnttnr
that she is sua better occupieu,
, . mi i . i.
though he may but speak with her and cast his
eyes uponherfrom time to time; that such even-
inga may
be looked torwaru to wun great ue.-uc,
and deeply regretted when they are pai
forever. Wieland, whose conjugal fe
sassed away
elieity has
been almost as celebrated as himself, says, in a
letter written after his wife's death, that if he but
knew she was in the room, or if at times she but
stepped in and said a word or two, that was enough
to gladden him. Some of the happiest and most
loving couples are those who, like Wieland and
his wife, are both too fully employed to spend the
whole of every evening in conversation.
Contract for Camch.
Washington, April 2. The Government made
a contract to-dav with a citizen of Texas, to purchase
camels to the' amount of 825.000. Surely thc
-camels are coming."
OW THE ORIGIN OF MALARIA. j
Some interesting experiments have recently;
been instituted by MM- Savi and Passeriui,
Pisa, ltiaiy, on the noxious qualities oi some plants
supposed to be a source of malaria. The results of
these we shall here briefly state.
The chara, a genus of plants which grows very
plentifully in the marshes, exhales, especially du
ring summer, a fetid smell, similar to that of the
marshes themselves. This has led some to suspect
that theee plants, daring their growth, decay, and
decomposition, might be the cause of the makn-ia.
To clear up this doubt, MM. Savi and Passeriui
undertook a series of observations on, and annaly
sis of, the more common species, the chara vulga
ris and the chara flexibili.
They found these plants covered with an exter
nal crust of carbonate of lime, the quantity of
which, always considerable, diminishes successive-
and gradually during the four months ot May,
June, July and August, which are precisely those j
in wntcn tne influence oi tne miliaria is mui
n 1 1 - ...
strongly felt. Among the other elements of the
chara they detected also a fat volitile substance,
hitherto unnoticed, which containing azote, has an
analogy with animal substances, and produces the
fetid smell which gave rise to these researches.
They named this substance puterine, from the vul
gar name of putera, which the Italians gave to
the plant.
After examining the chara in its living and per
fect state, they submitted it to putrefaction by
steeping it in water. Decomposition began to
show itself very soon. Aretic acid was formed,
united with carbonate of lime, and disengaged the
carbonate acid, which, rising into the atmosphere,
produced a scum over the surface of the water.
The smell f the plant began to exhale at the same
time so powerful as to cause serious accidents and
violent headache to the persons exposed to it, even
at a great distance. By degrees the plant assumed
a dark color, became soft and soapy, and was final
lv reduced to a blackish mixture, formed of frag
ments of woiidy fibres and of very thin coal, unctu
ous to the touch, and wi :h an intolerable stench.
In the last stage of putrefaction, the water in
which the plant had been steeped became stink
ing, blackish, and mucilaginous ; on its surface
was formed a dark pellicle, sprinkled with yellow
ish stains, refloctinir in some points the color of the
rainbow, and emitting a disagreeable odor ; when
exposed to the action of fire it yielded azotic pro
ductions. The same experiments, carried on with
covered vessels, under the action of solar heat,
gave the same results. Repeated upon the chara
of brackish waters, the saline principle of which is
so powerful as to destroy all other plants, the ob
servations presented the same phenomena, but
with a greater degree ot intensity.
MM. Savi and Passeriui think themselves enti
tled to conclude, from these repeated experiments,
that tlie puterine, or feted principle of the genus
chara if not the only and general cause of the ma
laria, is, at least, one of the most poweiful causes
of its production in Italy. This mischievous prin
ciple, the order of which is the same with that of
marshy exhalations, extends its influence with still
greater effect whenever the diniinuation or evapor
ation of the waters leaves the plants uncovered,
and by its volatility it escapes, and is kept suspen
ded in the atmosphere.
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
The following, by the profound "Squash," of
California, "a man no less distinguished for the
profundity of his thought than the pleasing humor
of his wit," was " studded tip whilst a settin onto
the Plaay fence, watchin of the American Hag
wavin from the top of the liberty peal, and a tuch
in oft' fire crackers now and then." Who can read
it without imagining himself standing in his revo
lutionary sire's regimentals, singing the Declara
tion of independanee, or contemplating the taking
and sacking of the British capital single-handed?
( ) miety rag ! O boot eons peece of cloth !
.Made Up of red and white and blue stripes,
And stars painted on both sides
All hale! Agin I'm -ittin in the unbrains
Shades, and admirin of thi grandieur,
And suckin into my ehist the gentle zeffers
That ar holdin you out ni onto
Strate. Grate flag I When I shet
Mi ise and look at ye, and think
liow as when you was little, and not mutch
Bigger than a small peece of kloth, and
Almost as tender as a sheete of paper, yu
YYos karried all thru the revolushun-
Ar war, and have some few times since
Held up yer hed with difficulty, and
How tremenjus yu are now, I feel
Just as if I shud bust and fill arouud, and want
To git down off the fence, and git shot,
( )r stabd, or hit on the hed with a stick of
Wood, or hung, for mi kuntry.
Frodijus banner! Would'nt T shake to see
A Chinaman, or a small onnatcherlized
Furriner undertake to pul you down !
If a Chinaman, I wud slai him, and kut
Off his kew, and bar it off in triumf !
Before I'd see a slit torn in thee or the sakrclejus
Ilaii(i of a fo kuttin yu up into bullit
Patchin, I'd brace mi back agin a waul (or a
Hon: e, or a fence, or a board as it mit be)
And fite, and strike, and skuawd, and
Kick, and bite, and tear me klose, and
Loze mc hat, and git hit on mi bed, and
On mi leg, (hard) and akrost the smaul of
Mi back, and fall down, and git up
Agin. And kontimur the struggle for half or
Thre qworters of an hour, or ontil I gott
Severely wounded.
Tcrrifick emblem ! how proud you look,
And how ability sassy yu valv round
A snappin, and kickin, aud skarin of horses;
I spoe youre almost tarin to git into a
Fite with sumbodv, and satisfy your kar-
Niverus dispersishum by eaten up a whole nashun;
Grate flag ! I don't no witch makes me feel
Tlie most patriotick, you or the fourth of July :
You aint made of the same kind of stuff, altho'
Sublym and terryble to kontemplat.
But I klose, and waiv my last adoo,
However trvin to mi feelings it ma be,
: pf bcgin to stick me
n.i i. ,.. i&rinee aud hitch about,
And "it down oft of the tence, lor aireauy ine
; And thretten to make mc tar mi kloze aftd make
4 !f h')Iler-
THE SUNKEN SHIPS AT SEBASTOPOL.
The Oonstantinople correspondent of the' London
Times writes :
"The schooner Silver Key and steamer General
Knox, belonging to the American Wrecking Com- j
panics which undertook to raise the vessels of war j
sunk in the harbor of Sebastopol, have returned to
Constantinople, and are advertised for sale. The
attempt to raise the sunken vessels has completely
failed ! not nni; of them was recovered. The Black
; Sea teredo, so often attributed to the weU-cak'ula- j
i ted imagination of the Russian Admiralty, i i a I
j stern reality
! Russian fleet.
It has eaten. up the bpdy.f tlie
leaving only the outer shell. Jjke 1
wheel of the Twelve Apostles has been brought
down as a specimen. Although it consisted ol j
stron" mahogany, two years and a half in the wa- j
ters of Sebastopol have reduced its weight to al-
jo external change w visiuie ck ;
ovtnrna p.nAnM is visible Do-
, f j j wherc the Kreeav miners :
- k their hafts Tij'0 must approved contri-
van ccs
were tried bv the two rival companies
The vessels were caulked and made seemingly wa-
j tcr tight, but when it came to pumping, it was
found that the timber was so rotten that the water
! percolated everywhere through the galleries made
I bv the teredo. To this in itself invincible diflicul-
tv, must be added the iact that most oi the vessels
. . n .1 , .1 1
had sunk Iroin tour to six tathoms into tne muu.
Even if the ships had been raised they would have
been of no use. As they could not be raised it
was tried to blow them up in order to clear the har
bor, which at this moment is so blocked up that
only a narrow channel marked out by buoys is left,
through which small vessels with difficulty can
wind their way. The damage doue to the timber is
however so great, that not even the attempt to
blow the vessels up succeeded. As much as 5,000
pounds of powder wTas tried with a two-decker, but,
as the rotten timber had too little power of resis- j
tance, the result was that the weakest point gave
way, and the explosion tore out a small part in the j
side of the vessel, leaving the rest altogether tin-
touched. The harbor must thus remain blocked j
up until by decrees the work of the teredo is done, j
and the ships fall to pecies. According to the ac-
count brought down, eighty-one vessels were found j
sunk, which is much more than ever was known or
supposed. The companies have brought up suffi
cient anchors, cables, &c, to pay at any rate, part
of their expenses, and probably the llussian gov
ernment will make up the difference."
Decision of Character. "Washington" was
never known to desert a cause he had once embraced,
or change an opinion which, from a full kuowledge
of facts he had deliberately formed." This helped
to make him a model man, and carried him through
many of the difficulties with which he was often
surrounded. It is a most desirable trait ill man's
character. Firmness and decision are golden jewels.
Very few attain sufficient strength and firmness to
sav No! every time it should be said. It is human
weakness to waver. Difficulties daunt us, and
temptation steals upon us. Of all men, the inebriate,
in his efforts to reform, stands in need of firmness
and decision; the cravings of his depraved appetite
are hard to resist, and nothing short of an inflexible
No, will place the evil behind him. If he wavers
if he falters, he is lost in the wilderness of intoxi
cation again; while if he clings to his purpose to
drink no more he is safe from his besetting sin.
Strive to place yourself upon a rock of firmness
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against which the storms of temptation may beat and
not prevail. tpiru j mc kj .
G ift Enterprises in N ew ork .- Few people
have any idea of the immense amount of swindling
earned on through the so-called gift concerns J
y ithin the last two days some five hundred and ,
forty letters have been token from the post office, ,
directed to such estabhsdiinents. Three letters
contained an aggreg.e of fl50, and money will ,
1 .11.. 1. .x,.wl mvii -vf of mm t- lion HtOV
prui aulf u iuu.il. in . .-I i . I..-- ....-..."v
shall have been opened. l ne euia seni in return,
purporting to be gold, are believed. to be invariably
base-metal. One chain exhibited at thc Mayor's
office and awarded to a "lucky" ticket-holder, was
valued by the proprietor at $15, but probably did
not cost over twenty -five cents. It was brass, or
some equally cheap composition, with a thin wash
of something that glittered like gold. The method
of working these enterprises is to get directories of
cities and towns throughout the United States,
address flaming circulars to hundreds of thousands
of persons, advertise in country papers, establish
agencies here, there and everywhere; and fmrn this
broadcast distribution of seed, the operators do not
fail to reap a large harvest of profits. Xtw York
Paper.
A KHAKP -UEASLIiE. J. lie Itc . i ?r i u.uj.c
r. rr . T T..i CJ1
of Miclugan, was once a member of the Ohio Annual
Uontercnce. At one oi tneir suuug a oioiuei
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tried for hersey, and, finally, the charges ere
considered proved and he wa.s duly convicted.
The members sat silent, perhaps revolving in their
The members sat silent, perhaps revolving in their
own minds what punishment ought to be meted
out to this erring brother who did no understand
the Book just exactly as they did. At length thc
presiding bishop askeu
"What will thc Conference do with the brother?" ,
Up rose refer Sharpe, and. with great gravity,
said, "I move that he be burned at the stake."
The motion was a strong one, aud it brought into
such a glaring light the folly of punishing men for
errors of judgment, that the Conference made the
Benteace as gentle as they possibly could.
Found his Match. We saw a good thing
av. In the Court of Quarter Sessions, a petty
case was
beinsr tried. A well known criminal
lawyer, who prides himself upon his skill in cross
examining a witness, had an odd-looking genius
upon whom to operate. The witness was a boss
shoemaker.
"You say, sir, that the prisoner is a thief!'
"Yes, sir; cause why, she confessed it."
"And you also swear she bound shoes for you
subsequent to the confession?"
"I do, sir."
i.Tht." rivintr a sAfaeious look to the court
ffP ar(1 u understand that vou employ dishouest
people to work for you, even after their rascalities
are .uu". .
"Of course; how else could I get assistance from
1 r.V"
a HjyerT that witness.-. Paper.
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ADVICE TO YOUTH.
Eighteen things in which young people render
themselves very impolite:
1. Loud laughter.
2.
8.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Reading when others are talking.
Cutting fiuger-nails in company.
Leaving meeting before it is closed.
Whispering in meeting.
Gazing at strangers.
Leaving a stranger without a seat.
X want, rif reverence for superiors. .
9.
Iteadinsr loud in company without being as
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ked.
10. Receiving a present without some' inauifesta-
tion of gratitude.
11. Making yourself the topic of conversation.
12. Laughing at the mistakes ot others.
13. Joking others in company.
14. Correcting older persons than yourself
especially parents.
10. To commence taiKing ociore
la. lo commence
others are
through
1(3. Answerincr questions when put to others.
17. Commencing to eat as soon as you sit down
to table And
18. In not listening to what one is saying ia
company unless you desire to show contempt for
the speaker. A weU-hred person will not make an
observation whilst another of the company i
addressing nimseii to n.
BSTWhat should a child three years old nay,
five or six years old be taught? Strong meats
for weak digestion, make no bodily strength. Let
there be nursery tales and nursery rhymes.
1 would say to every parent, especially to every
mother, sing to your children; tell theiu pleasant
stones; if in tho country, be not too careful lest thej
get a little dirt upon their hands and clothes; earth
is very much akin to us all, and in children's out
of door tilav soils them not inwardly. There is in it
a consanguinity between all creatures; by it wo
touch upon the common sympathy of our first
substance, and beget a kindness for our poor
relations, the brutes.
Let children have free, open air sport, and fear
not though they make acquaintance with the pigs,
the donkey and the chickens they may form
worse friendships with wiser-looking ones; encourage
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familiarity will all that lovo to court them dumb
animals love children, and children love them.
Above all things make them loving then they
will be gentle and obedient; and then, also, parent,
if you become old and poor, these will be better
than friends that never neglect you. Children
brought up lovingly at your knee will never shut
their doors upon you, and point where they would
have you to go.
Judge Dooly was a man of undoubted bravery
as well as waggery. Once on a time he had the
misfortune to offend Judge White, who wore one
cork leg, and challenged Judge Dooly to mortal
combat. The two Judges met on the field at the
hour appointed, but Dooly was alone. White sent
to ask where his second was? To this Judge Doory
replied, "He has gone to the woods for a bit of
hollow tree to put one of my legs in, that we may
be even."
The answer was too much for bis opponent; he
turned on the only heel he had, and left the field.
LIFE AT SALTLAKE CITY.
Under this head, the California State Journal
publishes an interesting article containing inform
i anon i :i i ,u: it-ii uy t
,
ation furnished by a rentleman who had just no-
We give an extract:
Our informant states that the famous Echo Can-
11 . ! W, , i, l.nf lwi w.int 4 ,(" i, ft i 1 1 1 .' otki An C9
Mormum ronuer thc fortifications much les.
formi(Jable There ;s a tl and widc canai cut
eanon ft aQ(j &t
arc gjg a
into thc monni from the end of
Rtone arc in the
Oo,nmand thc passage of the canals,
X
, , , j thfst; are nothinir but small arms. The
Mormons depend much upon rolling heavy rocks
upon the troops from the mountains upon each
side of the canon, the sides of which arc some 300
feet in height, and are of solid rock The canon
itself averages from one hundred to two hundred
feet in width. As thc rock rolling is a piece of
sport not confined to one party, thc American com
manders may choose to play at the same game.
We understand that the terrors of thc pass alluded
to are much exaggerated, and that thc troops now
at Utah could and would go through were it not
for the snow. Our informant gives some amusing
intances of thc working of the "peculiar system. '
He was present at a trial in one of thc Wards of
Salt Lake City, each of which has a Bishop of thc
Church.
A complaint was made before thc Bishop's court,
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, g J I w
. -j, , WOJ olwillt lVfv wnru nfnw Hhft ,..
spi'
j, the hf;ad ofr faTni! ont
f had not visited
, . a nn
all of hit
trd hnr rnnm
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Tl.,. I. . . , tl . . . r. ,1 imiiL rut 1kfntion
, of the
; g ten niltcii. JThJe &
, r, h brotnfir of
church as his No. 2, in less than one week, she
herself doing the courting. At the house where
our hero boarded, there was a young girl of seven
teen, and as he exprcwed it, she was "a real beau
ty." A young fellow of twenty-three was court
ing her, and hi rival was one of thc "apostles," a
man of fifty. Thc old fellow represented to her
that if she become his wife (his 12th) sho would
be su-e of svlvation, as she would have a "head"
that had been in the church twenty years, and had
been tried, and that if she married the young man
there was no certain jy that he would not apoHta
tize and go to California, and she would lose her
crown of glory in heaven. The argument of the
old fogy were backed by her parents, and the lover
lost his bride, who wan duly "sealed to the apos
tle. It is said that this is a common occurrence.
Operations of the United States Mint.
The coinage of the United State mint, in Phila
delphia, for the month of March was $250,725 50
5n frnld: nrineioallv in double eairles; $370,000 ia
silver, wholly in halt and quarter aoiiar pieoea, au
7 I I a' - '
, $18,000 in cents.
Scolding is the pepper of matrimony, and the
ladies are the pepper-boxes. So says an old fogy
bachelor.
February 2, ls;.3.
oni-i'd
June 1. 1857. t '
YV. 1. C. L. LLAN&U-N.