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WllMiJH 3o YATES, EmTon Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1858,
SIXTH VOLUME MHBER 309,
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traal Hotrcts.
SAM: l SMITH,
Ittoraey ami Counsellor at Law
MAY ALWAYS BE FOUND AT THE OFFICE
ui. Juhusttoa, L.
. y- prompt attention Riven to Collections, writing
(fffet-ds. Conveyances, kc.
januan 2, 7
W A. OWKNS.
UTTORKE AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C
VM7ILL practice in the Coort3 of this and the adjoir.
f f i r Coiintie -
HFFICE nearly orrostTS the Post Oma
Jaanary 19, 1858.
II Lai ALEX A N D E St,
Attorney at Law, Charlotte, . C.
Office over China Eall.
Ansnt 11. 1857. J
lltaracr at Law, Charlotte, K. C
V'(. ". SprtHlft lit! if:! r I'-l,
Will in fotwre devote hu time exclnsivelv to the duties
'I uir profession.
S3, w. rjiivxs,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Jan. I. 1858. tf.
Htoical Sfbtitts.
ROBERT GIBBON, M.D.
run u
MEDICINE AMD SURGERY,
Olliie No. 5, Granite Raw,
CHARLOTTE, N. V.
February 1!'. 1858.
DRS. I OV St WHITE,
ediciae and Surgery.
WSf Offk k up Stairs in Springs' Bnilding.
C J. FOX. M. D. W. E. WHITE, M. D.
April 3, 1858. 3-if
ivotic e.
IX those in.lebte.l to the subscriber will make Im
mediate settlement, or their Notes and Accounts
will be placed in other hands fur collection.
Apr:! .:. 1858. 3-tf C. J. POX.
1K. K. WYSOXCJ,
UESPECTFOLLt offers his Professional Services
M the citizens of the Town and vicinity.
April 28, 1857. Office in Springs' i'.uildin?.
J J
1 have this dav placed in the lianas oi p.-vat u r.
SMITH, Esq., for collection, all the Notes and Ac- '
'ws due me at the Mice ww. n fmswmB i
n m ;u.- requ. tcd to call at his Otfceaad settle im-
Hiatelj ; i. so doing they will save cots. ,
J. ii. F. ROOXE. ;
Febraarv 20, lsr,-. ! T-tf j
Mil I l L'i i- i 'i i''V.V-ll A IXli.
M,l . 1 I. IK I VI . I' ' ' 1 ' ' " J -- -
M. i i j- r
HEAL AM respectfully nforms the lad.es of
Chariot and vicinity, that she has returned and
';;hr IT 2 ,U7 ,,1V,5IVm;'o.Un
esidence one door above the I o?t O.h.c. ,
um "" ls",T-
rr.o
& Oil II 1
I now 1,-ve the Tax Lists for 185? ready tor settle-
E"nt. Persona liable to nay tax will please call on the
dersignedaud settle forthwith. It is hoped that ibis
Bote will be sufficient, as the money mut be t-uliect-
t i. S A. HARRIS.
Jmeli8-.? tf Tax Collector.
( VKii PAID FOR H1DFS
TMRKK HOOKS SOtm OF THE MANSION HOl'SE.
April !. Is5tt. tf
Tan nark IV anted.
1 CORDS OF TAN BARK WANTED.
ior n un u i u t v; ..... - i
tf BOONE c CX.
1 ',.1. .1.-. -V ,,-;il ,r nstltl-
Marcfj 30.
D. P. Mcl0 i
Action and Coiumisioii Merchant,
F(r the sale an.l purchase of Stocks, Bonds, Real
E&tate, Negroes, &c.
Office 198 Exchange Row,
rou tiRl K. V.
r-vrmm , -
P in;..,,).. u.An;.. will lie criven to the Sale of
thandie and Produce generally. Sold in Charlotte by F. SCARR & CO.. so,e Agents,
Refkrs to Fisher A Burrou-h- . j. i B. B. Stowe, and and by Haviland, Stevenson i Co., CharlesUTS"hole
M. HoweM, Charlotte. agtS-, or a
Apnl .'7, 18S8. 3m k March 2- 1858- -V
BOOTS AND SHOES.
BOOVL A; CO.
A RE now receiving ami openiosr the CHEAPEST
J ,tock ofHu(TS and SHOES they have ever had :
the pleasure of offering to the public, and as they wish
to do an entire casn ousi-
XIOSS. they will offer
Kare Inducements to Cash buyers.
la w imtamet where goods have to be charged, an j
mmthommf eksy ot 20 per cent, will be made.
April 6, I8S8. t; B0UXE & CO.
L dies fine black Lasting Gaitei3
4 , , "''"g ,7. ,; 7
at SI cash, at BOONE & COS.
Celts' fine Calf (kid top) Gaiter,
for $2 plain do. Si 75. BOONE & CO.
H ILES nest Ladies Uoat ROOTS and Ifaskms, tor
Its. SI 40, cash.
BOONE CO.
MM iSSES. Boy's, Youths, children's and infants
i?Jl RanK. SltaOK Ar. tiaito.V
in endless variety, and at cspascBOEXTEO low rfcicss,
April 6, 1858. at BUUXbB.
(;KNTS- FNK ;ALF pegged B
$f $ ,,ExSra cash' If
April 6.
ROGANS,
BOONE'S.
"i ENTLEMEN who wish a fine pair of Boots or
H a Gaiters, and have the CASH, can be suited at
BOONE'S for let money than at any other house in the
Sta:e. We mean w hat we ear. BOONE .v CO.
FAIR NOTICE.
ALL Notes and Accounts due us, i.ot settled by the
first of May next, will be put out for rolleetipa.
April 6,1858. BOONE CO.
Men's un-bound Kip Brogans,
Good article, at $1 prime do. SI 25.
April ij. BOONE i CO.
BOOiWE'S is tho only House in town that
will sell Miles' fine DRESS MOOTS for ST.
GENTS' Bay State SUPPERS, $1 00
; Enamelled " T5
M lioau ' 65
April 6, 1858 BOONE k CO.
I A DIES' fine Kid Buskins and Slippers, at $1 cash,
J for sale at BOONE'S.
Ladies' fine od d silk Lasting Gaiters. $1 25 Con
gress do. Si 50, cash. BOONE k CO.
THE undersigne.l having entered into Conartntr
ship for the purose of carving on the
C0KFET1KERY, BAKEUY, FRUIT
AND UETAIL
Grocery jsl&Xtolg&&9
Bcu leave to call the attention of the citisens of Ciiar
ittt' and snirrounding country to their New Stand on
Trade Street, between Brem'a and FrankenthaH's. at
Spratt ft Daniel's id Maud, where they would be
pleased to see all their friends and acquaintances.
MOODY i NISBET.
January 25, 1858. 93-tf
SCAEE & CO.,
Irus;'jits V i Itesiiit-,
No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C,
5NVITK the Rttentionn of Physicians.
Planters, Merchants, c.. to their new
and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI
CALS. ,vr. The extensive patronage they
have received troni the 1'Uysieians ot L.nar
lotte and its vicinity is the best r,iarantee
lof the PCHITV OF THE DRUGS sold by
then.
March 30, 1353.
Ca
IVK THEM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC
l.IN"Tt:
t hean. Durable and Protective : Weather and Fire
Proof. For sale Wholesale an Retail by
SCAUR .v- CO.,
pe0. o Chemists i Druggists.
PATENT MEDICINES just received, from the Ware
house: Avers' Cherry Pectoral. Ropers Liverwort
and Tar. Wistar's Balsam. Guysott's Sarsaparilia and
V el tow Dock. McLaues Pills', Strong's Pills, Avers'
Pilhs, fce., Jcc, at
April 1st. SCARR k CO.'S. Dniggists.
Wood's Hair Restorative.
A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the
Hair has iust been received direct from New York, by
March 16. SCABS & CO.
.WAGE'S UBSINA, or Casapian Bfar s urkase,
Hk i: a. '. uuah r ' I-f-iiiT;flll
gtoss to the hir, for sa-e at
. M:irch i6- SCARR
& CO.'S Drug Store.
fn'Orleatl, or XX BoCRRON,
IfOUqMCI M9 VI It.l",
yrnm provf s of sweet flowers this perfume was culled.
where deep golden summers exalt the perfume,
Where UK nrecze ioiu uv"u wwr
li!i.-d
I
Wln re tlowers evhale. out forever resvme
"J 'tis the sweetest, the best,
Tmnrt ,;ke the nectar of Jove,
Vo !he bomiuct of beaot, i, gives a new .est
fa ,he loilet and ti,e perfnaM of love.
- Diniiled with great o're from the choicest flowers ot
the South, cxprcsslj for the Bond. nr. Toilet and Hand-
kerchief. For sale ia Charlotte b,
h r. SCARR i CO.
K I ffh 4wTjO VES.
7r' f , r ,VFn
H" AXCASTERS kID OLO E CLEAN fcK, an un-
JL failing preparation, easy ana simple in nppiicaHon,
w..v:n.r all atflina and areose from the Glove; at
March 18. M Aliu v i u. a urg cswro
The Creal Enlih Ztcmefly.
SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED
FEMALE PILLS,
ritEPARKn FROM A 1 KKCHlPTION OF SIR J. CI.ARKK. . P..
PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE QVBBS.
THIS well known medicine is no imposition, but a
sure and safe remedy for Female Difficulties and
Obstructions, from an v cause whatever; ai;d although
a powerful reniedv. tin v contain nothing hurtful to t'.e
constitution. To' MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly
suited.
These Pills have never been known to fail where the
Directions on the I'd pace of Pamphlet are well observ- ;
el. For full particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, of the
j Agent.
B. SI and f postage stamps enclosed to any an-
thorized Agent, will insure a dou:c, containing uicr
uionzcu Agrui, ui ill
ih1b h- return mail
u
Office or the Literary Board, )
IIaleigh, May 4, 1858. j
The following distribution of the Literary Fund tor
the first six months of the year 1858. among the several
counties of the State, is ordered by the Board a tabu
lar statement whereof is annexed.
The amount due the respective counties will be paid
to the persons entitled, at the Treasury Department, up
on a compliance with the provisions of law on tiie sub
ject. Madison and Poik counties wiil receive their
shares from the counties from which they were formed:
Jackson liv per cent, of amount allotted to Macon, and
the balance from the share allotted to Ilavwood.
THOMAS BRAGG,
Pres. ex-orhcio of Lit. Board.
Pulaski Cowpeh, Sec'v to the Board.
CouHtiet. Fed. Pop. Dist. Share.
Alamance 10. ICG $1219 92
Alexander 5.003 000 36
Anson lO.ToO 1290 72
Ashe 539 1024 C8
Beaufort 11,710 1405 92
Bertie 9.973 1196 76
Bladen 8,024 9!2 88
Brunswick, 5,951 714 12
Buncombe. 12.338 1480 56
Burke 6,919 8JC 28
Cabarrus 8.674 1040 88
Caldwell 5.8H6 7o0 32
Camden 5.174 620 88
Carteret 0.208 - 74 1 96
Caswell 12,161 1459 32
Catawba 8,234 988 03
Chatham 16,055 1926 60
Cherokee 6,703 804 36
Chowan 5.252 630 24
Cleavcland 9.t'97 1163 64
Columbus 5.308 606 96
Craven 12. ::' 1479 48
Cumberland 10,634 1276 06
Currituck 6.257 750 84
Davidson 14,123 1694 76
DaVie 6.998 839 76
Duplin 11,111 1333 32
Edgecombe 10,018 1302 12
Forsyth 10.627 1275 74
Franklin 9.510 1141 20
Gaston 7.228 867 36
Gates 6.878 825 36
Granville 17,303 2076 36
Greene 5.320 638 52
Guilford 18.480 2217 60
Halifax 13.007 1560 84
Harnett 7.089 850 70
Haywood 6.907 828 84
Henderson 6.883 825 96
Hertford 6.656 798 72
Hyde 6,585 790 20
Iredell 13,062 1567 44
Jackson
Johnston 11.149 1337 92
Jones 3.935 472 20
Lenoir 6,181 741 34
Lincoln 6.924 830 33
Madison
McDowell 5.741 688 92
Macon 0.109 740 28
Martin 6,961 835 82
Mecklenburg 11.72 1 1406 88
Montgomery 6.166 739 56
Moore 8.552 1026 26
Nash 7,905 948 58
New Hanover 14,236 1 70S 32
Northampton 10.7.51 12t;7 72
Onslow 7,040 844 80
Orange 14,957 1794 84
Pasquotank 7.708 924 96
Perqutmona 6.030 723 60
Perron 8.825 K-59 00
Pitt 10,745 1239 40
Polk
Randolph 15.176 1821 12
Richmond 7.936 952 32
Robeson 11.080 1329 60
Rockingham 12.363 14S3 56
Rowan 12.329 1479 43
Rutherford 12,338 1486 56
Sampson 12.311 1477 32
Stanly 6.348 761 76
Stoke's 8,490 1018 80
Surry 8.132 975 84
Tvrrell 4,432 534 24
Union 0.258 1110 93
Wake 21,123 2534 76
Warren 10.306 1243 92
Washington 4.70 573 60
Watauga 8,348 401 76
Wayne 10,317 1233 03
Wilkes 11,642 1397 04
Wilson 6,754 710 45
Yakin 0.51 1 1141 32
Yancey 8,068 968 16
3t 752,542 $90,425 04
EECEIVING,
A Large Stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods.
ijL Bennetts and Ribbons, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Ladies' Shoes, a large Stock of Groceries, a
Full Supply of Hardware,
Fancy Goods; Watches and Jewelry, and 10,000 other
articles not mentioned.
jBr Please call at Springs' Corner before buying
ami oc
i... et jfii.ri that it is alter an me oesi iiiacc i" c u
Goods low.
HENDERSON & AIIRENS.
X. R. We have also a full Stock of the above Goods
at our Store at
MORROWS' TURN OUT.
To which we would invite the attention of the public
in that neighborhood. HENDERSON L- AIIRENS.
April 6. 1858.
3-tI.
NOTICE.
o
T-T? VOTES and ACCOl MS are in
the hands of
W OWENS. Esq., for collection
and th'e
wishing to save time ami money, must
settle bv CASH
before the lt ot July, IWHJ.
FULLINGS k GO.
Mav 4. 1858.
.'ni.
Police.
LOST, on or about the 14th March last, a Note on
E A. McLeod for S' 2"., given 8th March Ust, and due
twelve mouths after date. The payee is hereby notihed
r
.i -i v... i mud ., - i , rf, ofM 1 1 .i t inn
or
order.
Mav
M. li. CALUo KL.I
1853. 3t-pd
NOTICE Trust Sale.
BV VIRTUE of a Deed of Trust, to me executed by
J. C. M x.re aad M. LV L. Moody, I will expose to
public sale at the Court House door in Charlotte, on
Saturday, the 22d of May next, a
House and Lot,
in the town of Charlotte, on Trade Street, now occupied
by J. C. Moore as a residence. The building contains
a convenient Store Room.
A credit of three months, with interest from date, will
be eiven. Note negotiable in the Bank of Charlotte
vv ill be required.
SAM'L J.
f)-5t
LOWRIE. Trustee.
April 20. 1S38.
TAXES.
The Tax Lists for 1S57 are now in
niv hands ready
for inspection
. -
Those
owing T;ixe? for past years are earnestly re-
quested to make payment
E
G. GRIER, Sherin -
April 20, IS 58
AVestexn Democrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The Confluence Kansas Bill. The Rich-
mond South savs:
'It achieves "a Congressional recognition of the
Lr-eomnton Constitution. It affirms the principles
for which the S uth has contended throughout
the struggle. It admits Kansas into the Union as
a slave State, and thus consolidates the victory of
.
154. In practice as well as principle, it is
now
established that no 1 ederal j rohilition will avail to
restrict the expansion of pro-slavery power'
m . .
Mr E. Fountain, of Halifax, X. C, while super
intending the saw mill of Lr Wm. Hunter, near
Enfield was killed by the circular saw On Tues
day last while placing a stick of timber on the car
riage, lie fell against the saw which was then in
motion, und both arms, and his spine were horri
bly mutilated. He died in a few hours.
Captivity of the Oatman Girls. In
1851 the report reached California, and speedily
i ha nn pntorr.risino-
l l 1 I - . 1 . ' l -..tIHVlV '''.. V ..i.-.- v. - - - - .
w lute t
mile of tho nam ivf Oatnian. consisting ol
. . 1 '
nine persons
while endeavoring to reach Call tor-
nia from the Eastern States
bv the old Santa Fe
route, and alter
ufFering from the
misfortunes of
i jaded teams, approaching famine, and many other
ills, were set upon by Apache savages; six of the nine
murdered, the seventh, a boy of fourteen years, left
for dead, and two girls carried into a cruel captivi-
tv. where the vounecst died of starvation, and
the other suffered the most inhuman cruelties.
The boy recovered, and finally reached California.
But nothing was heard of either of the girls up to
March of last year, when, by a singular train of cir
cumstances, it was ascertained by persons at Fort
Yuma, that one of the irirls were still living among
the Maiiove Indians ; and bv the offer of a ran-
soin and strenuous endeavors on the part ot a Air
Grinnell, a mechanic at the Fort, aided by a
sagacious Yuma Indian, the girl Olive was re
stored to liberty and to her long lost brother.
Judge Lokino. This honest and fearless ju
dicial officer, who Was thrust out of office in Mis
saehusetts by a Black "Republican" Legislature,
on the meanest of all pretexts, was confirmed by
the U S. Senate as Judge of the Court of Claims,
to which post the President appointed him in place
of Judge Gilchrist, deceased.
The President could not have made a more ju
dicious selection, and it is a fitting rebuke to Gov.
Banks and his pliant Legislature who were but too
ready to sacrifice their honor to reach a political
opponent, and he holding a judicial office.
The Boston Post says :
"Our country never witnessed so malignant a
hunt of an official as was seen in the persecution of
Judge Loring by the "Republican" party; and his
removal was the worse political act ever consum
mated in this State. The act of President Buch
anan, in conferring on him, a national appointment
on t he bench of the Court of Claims, is simply ren
dering justice to a wantonly abused man, and will
meet the hearty approval oi" the candid of all par
ties. Dissolute Females in New York. The an
niversary of the Magdalen Society in New York,
was held Friday, at the Asylum in Eigthy-fifth
street. As usual the majority of the audience
were ladies. Statistics were produced, showing the
frightful increase of prostitution in this city, and
from these it would appear that there are within
three miles of the City Hall, no fewer than four
hundred houses of it i fame, containing at least four
thousand abandoned females. Including street
walkers, the police returns show that the whole
number of professedly dissolute women in the city j his Vied and close his eyes in sound sleep ; then if
cannot be short of tivtn'y-fve thousand! The j aroused in a natural manner, he would awake per
Society is not able to accomplish much in the w::y j feetly rational, and without the slightest conscious
of reciaiminfr these women, not only for want of ness of what had iust passed, Csually in the
funds, but because of
indisposition on the part
of the public to identify themselves with it, from
motives of false delicacy.
Burial of a Greek Bishop at Cairo.
Yesterday a patriarch died, and to-day we went
out to witness the f uneral procession with the
thousands gathered in the streets; out we saw a
great many sights among tne ivraos stealing me
wax candles from the officers, who bear them .Jong
rhts
lighted to the tomb. Ihe sword and the bayonet I denly commenced praising his goods and trying to
were raised to quiet the mob. At length the grand j s?.;l to' him, evidently falling into that state of som
procession was seen advancing in great splendor. 1 nainbulism whilst awake, and mistaking him for a
A large car, drawn by six black horses, upon which j customer. It required a considerable effort, he
the corjse, in a recumbent position, was borne i said, to arouse him.
under a canopy, dressed in his robes of state, with j Turing the time we were experimenting upon
a frolden mitre upon his head, elevated ur;on eush- j him, he was drinking a good deal, but I never saw
ions so
hi"h that we could see him distinctly with
his lon'c ffmriifcr h.'ard. as if : sleep; a bish
op ue-
i
hind as if sunnortincr the head, dressed
in his
greek costume shining with gold; other priests in
clerical robes at Sis side, and before the car were
' many
more w :
ith lone robes of different colors, and
! badges of mourning
chanting
as they went bear-
; inn ornamental class lamps
with lights in them,
j Two bauds of music, of a military character, were
! in the procession. It was a strange and repulsive
sight.
We were told that the corpse was carried to the
Creek church and seated in a chair as if alive, that
the priests advanced and kissed his hand, after
which a sermon was preached and his virtues eulo
gized. After the services his embroidered robes
were removed leaving him clad in white satin. The
people were then privileged to advance and kiss
his foot, or robe, or any part of his jrarments. He
was then conveyed to the tomb below, placed up
ri'.'ht in a chair, to remain in that position tin- Ufe Jiippocratic expression, ihe only signs ot nie
molested in the solitude of death until another were gasps at short intervals, but they more re
bishop die, when the crypt is opened for his re- , sembled spasm of the diaphragm than any rouibin
ception in the same manner. They are thus scat- ed effort of the muscles to effect respiration. He
cd around the vault until decomposition changes was pronounced dying; and all sat awaiting the
their attitude in mouldering away. It i i twelve result, when, from the much prolonged intervals
vears ince one has been interred in this dreadful between his gaspa, I supposed the next one to be
charnel house.
Something New. A correspondent of the
FavPtteviRp (T. nn. , Observer, writing from Boss
Station Jackson county, Ala., under date of the
lll' v.. " T -
,... . ii .x anrp nrrei m.irp inaien two
i ,,i..hT G.p cinrp arm irax a mule and
.
CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM.
Reported hi Robert M. S.erlinj, M. D., of Va.
A case of somnambulism fl so call it, in default
0f a better name) came under uiy notice about a
year since, which presented some interesting and
novel features ; and with the hope that its publicu-
tion may tend to throw light .upon the physiology
-i-L- 1 1 . . . ..,,...,.,,'..,.!,. ,,...,11 tliiit em.
OI IIIO Oram, uui wvn iu ucumuj iijrn
dition of mental action known as mesmerism, I
send it for insertion in the American Journal.
The subject of this affection was a man thirty-
two years of age. He had spent the greater part
j of his life as cietk in a mercantile house, and rhir-
; ing the spring of 1S55, came to Markbain Station,
to live with a relative of his. who had established
a store there. For many years he had teen very
dissipated, and had been treated several times for
delirium tremens he told me.
During the course of the following full, one of
the young men who lived in the house with him,
found that when suddenly awakened, ho would
commence to talk about his goods, imagining that
he was making sales to a purchaser, and urging
him to purchase some article. He found then, if
ho nretended to be a inirchaser, Mr. A. wouui
0
on recommendinif his goods, would get out ol bed,
j - -
..1. i- . i; J ..!
- C IJ
search lor his yard sties, measure on any
number
l Of yards called tot, wnetner it was oi suk, cimn, oi
, calico, Irom a newspaper, lhat H he representca
, one of the voung ladies who usually made pur-
chases at the store, Mr A.
the deference ho usually
A. would treat him with ail
bestowed upon ladies,
never for an instant seeming to doubt that he was
dressed and wailing upon the lady in the store, but
would t dk about, laugh at, and joke over his goods
as he was known to do while selling goods to ladies.
When in this state, one after another the young
men were brought up and introduced to him,
sometimes as ladies, and sometimes as gentlemen ;
always after he would call them by the name by
which they were introduced, and behave in all re-
spects towards them as if
... . i
they were the real per-
sonages leprcscmcci. ooinenmes one uuiu n.
present a rowdy, and curse and swear ; Mr A.
would immediately seize him and attempt to put
htm out; often the' scuffle was very severe and long
eont'nucd, and during the scuffle some persona
i n ...1J
! standing by would pinch and slap him, to which
be seemed very sensitive, but was not at au arous
ed from the delusion by it.
Whilst in that state he knew no one, not even
h's employer, who was often present ; indeed, until
introduced to any one, he would pass them as a
pillow or post, not seeming to be aware that he was
a human being, but when once introduced, he
never after forgot the imaginary person, but would
recognize and talk to him whenever he met him.
He would, when told to go to the books and make
off a long account, put on his overcoat and spurs,
though he was in night-clothes and had on neither
socks nor shoes, and start out of the room on a
collection expedition. When brought back and
told the gentleman he sought was in the room, he
would, in his usual bland manner, present the ac
count and request payment, urging him after his
custom to do so. lie was once captain of a militia
company, and if at any time one of the company
struck up a march, he would hasten to put on his
drill-coat, sash and sword, though his legs and
feet were bare, and commence to arrange those
present in a line to go through a regular drill. In
fine, toll him lie was at a ball, he would immedi
ately think he was there, and would act according
ly ; so if you told him he was in Baltimore, Phila
delphia, or New York. He could not be made to
lose sight of his own identity, but upon every
thing else, his mind seemed to act upon any sug
gestion, no matter by whom made.
So long as he was acting under a delusion it
was impossible to awaken him ; numerous attempts
were made by myself and others, but we could by
no effort used succeed in the slightest degree, but
if left alone for a few minutes he would return to
morning after
he had been experimented upon.
fie would awake complaining a good deal of sore-
j ncss and lassitude, but had not the slightest idea
of its cause. At last his employer, at his urgent
! request, forbade r.ny repetition of the experiment;
j all saw, too, that his health was growing more pre-
j carious, and abandoned it, for fear of doing him
injury.
A short time after, his emplover told me, while
standimr conversing with h m on business, he sud-
, him intoxicated, and he attended u nis ouMness
with great regularity.
coon
more,
after, however, he
commenced
rrnKing
and his stomach be
I coming irritable, an attack of delirium tremens
supervened. Opium, morphia, brandy, and the
; nervous stimulants were u.-cd. but fo no avail ; lie
sank daitv, though the irritability of the stomach
had been tubdued, and he could retain whatever
medicine was administered. He would lay m bed
all dav and night, imagining he was selling goods
to some one, handing a dun to some one, or eu
gaged in his u.-ual avocations, but when spoken to
he would answer any question rationally about his
feelings or condition. lie remained in this state
for a week or ten days, gradually sinking during
the whole time, until the night before Ct;rifma,
when I was s'-nt fur in haste to see him, the mes
senger at the same time telling me he was dying.
I hastened to him and found all pulse had left the
wrist, his extremities cold, and his fare wearing
' t"6 la?G ne suddenly sprang into tne miuuie oi me
floor, and it rcouired the combined exertions of
, g
three of us to replace him in bed ; then, upon fecl-
ing his wrist, the pulse was very perceptible in it
, and seemed to increase in fbice. Some brandy
was trivtrii. wwicu s(iuuu nu" vin-
w
fieultv. and seemed to revive him more. Soon af-
3 tr he sank into the same state again. Attain,
when expecting death, he sprang up as before.
He continued in this state for about a week, when
on the morning before new year's he suddenly ex
pired. No post-mortem wos made, circumstances pre
vented, but so far as the syinpti nis went they gave
no evidence of any serious organic lesion of any of
the viscera. The prominent symptoms in the case
were great prostration, accompanied with delirium,
but the delirium was never violent, and he Of.ver
became comatose ; on the contrary, up to Christ
mas eve, there was no time when he would not
answer rationally any question put to him. He
' seemed to die from complete exhaustion of live
nervous force, which for the week proceeding
his death seemed to be flickering like a candle that
had burnt out.
Such was the history of the case, as far as I
thought it important to note it down. His som
nambulistic exhibitions and illness were witnessed
by numbers of gentlemen and several physicians
besides myself, attracted some from interest in the
patient, and souie from curiosity. American,
Journal Medical Science.
AN INTELLIGENT WITNESS.
Not many years ago a criminal was tried inn
adjoining county, in which one Ben v. as a
material witness for the State. 1 he charge was
that Foster made an attempt to kill one S. with a
four pound weight. Ben was a stout, strong man,
with huge lungs, and not in a habit of refusing a
social drink with a friend. He was only a tolera
bly good naturcd fellow when he had "a brick in
his hat," and feasted on the details of a fisticuff
with great relish. Ben was called up by the
State, and politely requested to tell all ho knew
about it. After squaring himself round a time or
two, and adjusting his quid, he began in his nasal
voice :
"Well, we all went to the sale there was a big
crowd thar some was drinkin' and some wan't I
was, Judge, sorter so myself. Well, Noel Hales
was thar trjin to by an old spotted sow that run
close to him. Noel is a good feller, Judge, but he
ain't smart; he went to Jackson onst, and his dad
dy got out of sight, and he went about axing eve
ry man he met, 'What's daddy?'"
"Go on, Mr , tell us all about the 6ght."
"Well, as I was savin', Noel wanted the sow,
and was afeared he couldn't buy her without pot
tin' somebody to stand for him, and I told hnn etf
he'd make me safe I'd do it or die; und he said
he'd pawn his gun, but hit was at Wingatc's shop
to be fixed. I told him. "All right, Noel," hit
shan't break squares with us, no how. Well, Noel
bid three dollars and a dime, or a quarter, and I
can't say which, in thr positive"
"Go on, sir, if you please, about the fight."
"Well, give me the time to bring it round right.
Well, Noel didn't git the sow, because John Wait
bid more'n she was wuth. Well, then a cow was
put up, and Foster bid ten dollars and a quarter,
and she was knocked off to him Foster said he
only bid ten dollars, and S. said he bid ten and a
quarter. They got to disputin', and I thought
enough was said for a man to fight on, but Foster
took it. They kept on jowcrin , and at last S. told
Foster he d be
said he'd be
of he'd scrupulate. Foster
cf ho'd coiTibolicate from what
he said. Well, about this time I felt dry, and went
over to the doggery with several, and we all tuck a
stiff drink I tuck mine with swectnin', Judge.
Well, Noel Hales seemed hurt about not gittin' the
sow, so I says, 'Noel, lt us have seme music to
make us feel better.' Sez he, 'Ben, I know you
arc a friend to me, and ef you'll git Abe Lard to
play 'Cotton-eyed Joe,' I'll treat to half a pint.'
Well, in this time we hcarn the fuss over the way,
and went out, and who should we sec but S. lying
down on the pizzar, and Foster as pale as skimmed
milk. Sez I, 'Men let's have a fair fight.' Some
one said, 'Ben, they've already fit.'"
"Mr , did you see the fight?"
"Well, I can't say I did, nor I can't say I didn't
I monght, then again I mo'ihn't."
"Bo vou recollect anything about it, or were
you in a condition to recollect;"
"Well, Squire, you rather got roc thar. The
fact is I sometimes git dhcombobolated, and iny
remembrance ain't very clave; but one thing I'm
sure of, Judge, and that is, Noel treated; ef he
didn't I'll be !"
Here the State informed him that he could
stand aside, and the Court not happening to hoar
the oath, the witness was permitted to retire amid
the suppressed laughter cf the whole court room.
Brandon Republican.
Rich People. We frequently see in the pa
pers slams made at rich people. Scripture is
quoted to show that it is very hard for them to
get to a better world than this, and many very
smart and witty things are said at their expense.
Some try to make it appear that riches unfit a man
for the enjoyment of every blessing, spiritual or
temporal that a man who has a heap of money
never sees a moment of pleasure is, in fact, a
poor, miseraoie, uegraucu creature, iow, wo
have always looked at these things in quite a dif
ferent light. For our part, we think rich folks a
gn at blessing to any community. Indeed they
are useful we mean those who are liberal and
possess a g od deal f public spirit. Their money
helps to build up towns and cities, erect cVmrthes
and colleges, construct railways and telegraphs, and
to improve the country iti a thousand different
ways. Very Ubeful people, we think, for many
tilings. As to whether they are the miserable
creatures wc read abemt, experience has not pre
pared us to .ay. One thing we will sny, however:
i we would very kindly comment to relieve auy buffer
in" creature of a few thousand dollars.
Mill Pondh. Tn Scotbmd, on almost every
moderate sized farm, the farmers have suitable
threshing machines, built up permanently in their
bams. In the north of Scotland a great propor
tion of these machines are driven by water. As
their principal grain crop id oats, the straw of
which is almost as valuable, when newly separated
from the grabs, as ordinary hay, it is usual f-r them
not to thresh out their grain any faster than they
requre the straw. Consequently a very smaU
stream of water, when proper care is taken of it, ia
all that is wanted for their purpose. To btaie
this water they are often at considerable cost, and
, are carful not to waste itcollecting it in water
tight poods, were it remains until required.
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