North Carolina Newspapers

jl O 3F" 37" I O JE3 ON THE wE?T SIDE OF TRADE STREET SB Q per annum IX ADVANCE. CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS. AND THE GLORY OF THE ON'E IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER WJ&MABI So YlIl, Em ako Proprietor. CHARLOTTE. N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1858. SIXTH VOLUME NU M B E It 310. THE -Published every Iuesday,(o) BY YATES, Editor and PitorniKTort. WM. J Edwin A. i ates, Associate Luuor. j ! i S2 oo fp)W ib advance II i,.,id aitM- sis months , I after the expiration of the year oo v per"- seadiag as Ire nkw M.bscnbcrs i.b-d l.v lii--si.lv.in.-e sul.-rii.tum (10) WlU ' '.. .;vil, ". ..i.v rratis for one year. .i ..... .mil i. tln rs who may wish to send " . At, mi i.v man to as. ran no at our risk nioucj It.-tlrs of .Itlvertisinffi i i". ' .......,1... 00 on no oo I :i- qoare l 1 ; Dues or less, mm ."'"": S 4 6 13 s. first insertion insertion advertisements must 10 S i 1 i it..- sunare. i.r h j, . u 1 . ..-.j u-n t ......... be paid for in T i in -lent jihalie. advance. r announcing Candidates for Office, $5 in .lvertisements not marked on the inserted until manuscript forbid, and itii time. ill c . ; j . t r r d areor lUglT. fecial Jloticts. SAM: P. SMITH, Attorney and t oiint'lSor at Law -eg V ALWAYS BE FOUND AT THE OFFICE fit ,i Win. Johnston, Esq. a. Prompt attention gives to Collections, wntiag of Deeds. Conveyances, ice. Janiiai v 26, 185. W. A. OAYENS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C. S'll.L practice in the Courts ottlus and the adjoin- V i ' 'ounties. OFFICE NKAIM.V bumarv 19, 1858. rosin tiik Post Office. II La F. ALEXAXDEK, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, W. C. Office over China Hall. August 1 1. 1.".7. ' Attorney at Law, Charlotte, R. C, AV ", Spring Building, Will in fnl ure devote his time exclusively to the duties his profession. s' 7V. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CHARLOTTE, X. V. Jan. 1. 18.-.8. tf- ROBERT GIBBON, M.D. Office No. 5, Granite Row, CHARLOTTE, N. C. February 19, 1838. f2. FOX & WHITE, Medicine and Surgery. OrriCl up Stairs in V. J. FOX, II. 1. April ::. isr.s. -prinj W. 3-tf Building. WHITE, K M. P. NOTICE. iUm imA, l.t. d to the subscriber will make in K 1.1 mediate will he place settlement, or their RMMatw" 1 in other hands tor coiieeiioii. April 1858. 3-U C. J. FOX. IKS. IS. vvso, S li ESPECTFULL1 offers Ins Professional Services and vicinity. - . r.. :i .1 : .. . t.. tin- citizens of the Town April 28, 1837. jmct in springs duuuiuj;. Mil. L IXER Y A DRESS-MAKING. t RS W1IE KL N respectfully informs the ladies f lUrUarh.lte and vicinity, that she has returned, and nttm l,..r mrM to her old eustomers and friends. Resideace one door above June SO, 1S"7. the Post Office. Town T:es. 1 i ,,,. Tm l.Uis for 1 85 1 reani ilx for settle meat. Persons liable to pay tax will please can on . i . i. ...1 !.., t h i . nun mi .... - - nnilrrsiirncdand settle rortftwiin. n m 1"'" ii, .ti. .. will Im snllu ient. as the money mu t he eollect- ed. Jane t'. 1837. tf A. HARRIS, Tax Collector. CAS2I 1A1I FOES HIDES, IBY ss. TVE- HOWELL, THKKK noons SOCTH OK T11K April ls;,S. tf MANSION HOCSK. I. P. MctMN.LD, Auction and Commission Merchant, For the sale and purchase of Stocks, Roods, Real Estate, Negroes, .vc Office 198 Exchange Row, COLUMBIA, CJ. fr-lT Particular attention will be given to the Sale of Merchandize and Produce generally. Rarau to Fisher Jk Burroughs, J. k B. B. Stowe, S M. Howell. Charlotte. April JT, 1S.-.8. ."im and NOTICE. fkCR NOTES in the hands of Out AIAjVU i.1 mtv wF w. . OWENS, Esq., for wishing to save time and money, before the 1st of Julv, ISM. collection ; ami uio.-i- el 1011 : ami t must settle by CASH FULLINGS & CO. Mav 4. 1858. 2 m. Tan Bark Wanted. lOOO CORDS OF TAN BARK WANTED, for which the Cash will be paid BOOTS AND SHOES. booi; & CO. ARE now receiving and opening the stock of HnoTS and SHOES they hi CHEAPEST ive ever had the pleasure of offering to the public, and as they wish to ,loi,ri entire casli tousi- HCS they will offer Hare Inducements to Ctish buyers. In n-irif instance where goods have to be charged, an adtlitional charge of 2 per cent, will he made. April G. ls:. tf BOONE & CO. Ladies at 1 cash, fine black at Lasting Gaiters BOONE & CO S. Gents' fine Calf (kid top) Gaiters, S2 plain do. $1 70. BOONE fc CO. ILES1 best Ladies' Goat BOOTS and Buskins, for Si 40, cash. BOONE 4: CO. "ISSES, Boy's. Youths, children's and infants in endless variety, and at cspbkcedenteo low prices, April 0, 1858. at BOONE'S. GENTS' si j.") to SI April 6. FINE CALF pegged BROGANS, 50 Extra S, cash, at BOONE'S. a "1 ENTLEMEN who wish a fine pair of Hoots or aiters. and have the CASJF, can be suited at S for ten money than at any other house in the We mean what we sav. BOONE A; CO. BOON State. FAllt NOTICE. ALL Notes and Accounts due us, not settled bj the first of May next, will be put out tor collection. April 6, 18:8. BOONE k CO. Men's un-bound Kip Brogans, Good article, at SI prime do. SI 25. April ;. BOONE ft CO. DO O IYER'S is the only House in town that will sell Miles' fine DRESS BOOTS for $T. CENTS' Pay State SLIPPERS,. '; Enamelled li Roan u April 6, 1858 Si 00 7 " 63 BOONE ft CO. ADIES' line Kid Buskins a:;d Slippers, ;it Si cash, J for sale at BOOM-, o. Ladies' tine col d silk Lasting Gaiters. SI Go Con gress do. SI 50, cash. BOONE !c CO. er "r iy Ti OO'V 1 rfTI HE unders isrned bavins entered into Copartner s h il lol i lie purpose oi ran mg . ..c CONFECTIONERY, BAKEUY, FKUIT ASl) RETAIL Business, P.cir leave to call the itteiitiun of the citizens of Char h.tte and surroundins cuntrv to their New Stand on Trade Street, between I'.rcm's Spratt A Daniel's old Stand, pleased to see all their friends January '-'.". 1858. and Frankenthall's, at where they would lie uid acquaintances. MOODY .t NISBET. 93-tf SCAEE & CO., Sr5Sa;Eis &: Chemists, No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. NVITE Planter the attentionn of Physic . Merchants, ftc. to their ans, new and coninlctc stock of DRUGS, CI1E.MI- ( M.S. tv.-. The extensive patronage tney havc received from the Physicians of ( har lotte and its vicinity is the best guarantee of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by them. March 30, 18:8. IVE THEM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC PAINTS-. Cheap, Iurahle and Protective ; Weather ami l ire Proof. For sale Wholesale an Retail by SCARR .t CO.. Feb. 0. Chemists & Druggists. VTENT MEDICINES just received from the Ware iiouse: Avers' Cherry Pectoral. Rogers' Liverwort j r. m:.... n-.i...... :iivs..!t's Sarsanarilla ami :M1U 1... i.i.i. c j i Yellow Dock, McLane's I'ills, Strong' Pills, fcc, fcc, at Pills. Avers . Druggists. April 1st M AKK X V. O. Wood's Hair Kctoriative. A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the ll-'ir has iust been received direct from New York, tr, Marthie. SCARR & CO. c ww.r i-nsrVA. or Caxaimax m:ah Bear s urkask Plan elegant application for imparting a beautifu tnaa i it the hair, lor sale at " March 16. SCARR k CO.'S Drug Store. w Bourbon, From "roves of sweet flowers this perfume was culled Where deep golden summers exalt the perfume, W here the breeze from the South in the deep glen lulled. Where flowers exhale, but forever resume To impart this aroma, 'tis the sweetest, the best, It steals o'. r the senses like the nectar ot Jove, i. ti... lumflnrt ofbeautv it irives a new .est. Is the pride of the toilet and the perfume of 1 Distilled with great care from the choicest the South, expressly for the Boudour, Toilet tcrfnme of love t flowers of and Ihuid- kerchief. For sal March 10. in c imu ioi i ... F. SCARR & CO. . ,i . .i ... ... KID GLOVES. ANC ASTER'S KID GLOVE CLEANER, an nn- Jr;i;n nrmaration. ease ami fiuiuic ... F1"" i .;-. ..ii t:.;s :1nd rreuse trom tne .iow at March lb SCAUR k CO.'S Drug Store. The eMi-eal Esilili Remedy. sin JAMES CLAKKfc A i M.r.i)iiAii.e CKMALK VA$, rurAKD F.-., M a raasewmoa of b j. clakkk. IMIYSU IAX K.XritAOUDINAUY TO TIM CUB. M. I).. T na ii i.,,. medicine is no imposition, but a Ilia nin .. . , .--., : .i.:... .A oire and 1 ..!'.. rrmedv tor UTOllf Wim-UlMr...... . Obstructions from any cause w.oue -r. - j.. .t,.,- rtmtatn nothing liurt'i.i to h he a noweriui vrmi.ii , .. .... , . constitution. To MAKKIKD LAMBS it is peculiarly suited. These Pills have never been known to fail where the i .....r, nf Pamnhlel are well obaerr- 1(U1 I'll lilt.- M I , . . .1 For full particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, ot the ed Ajrent. N H tl nd t postage stamps enclosed 10 mm3 mm- thorized Agent, will insure a oouie, - V'tti n Charlolte'by F- SCARR CO sole Agents, and by Barilaad, Stevenson & Co., Charleston, Whole sale agents. March X, 1858. "Western Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. felT Frank Leslie's paper gives the following in reference to distillery milk in New York: Frightful and loathsome Disease among the Cms in the stcill stable. With regard to the cows that are kept and the milk that is produced in these stables, we find that a distemper broke out in the swill stables near the South Ferry about twelve years ago, and from them it spread through all the swill stables to New York. At first it was almost uniformly fatal. It was no uncommon thing for a milkman to milk his cows in the morning, and on his return find two or three dead. Cows which took the disease lived from j two hours to a month, and were generally milked to j the last. The disease still prevails to an alarming extent in the swill stables, and bears the same character. A cow that dies suddenly generally swells to twice her natural size. On opening it J the inwards are found hiirhlv inflamed with all the appearance of consumption, with cough and fever. On opening them the lungs will be found destroyed except a part about as large as a man's hand; this swims in a mass of purulent matter. This disease, which we have just described, has prevailed for the last twelve years in these stables. Cows still die in t- in daily from it. The only remedy that has been found, is to cut a slit in the cow's tail, and insert some of the matter from a dead cow's lungs. All fresh cows as they are introduced into these stables, are so inoculated. The tail generally rots off, and about one cow in five dies. On removing the skin, the whole of the hind part of the body will e found, in many instances, to be mortified. Dui-mir the time the cows are under the influence of the inoculation they are milked wiih the others, and the milk sold. One milkman in these stables had twenty-five fresh cows inoculated at one time; and the milk from those cows, during the time they were under the influence of the operation, was sold with the other milk. White Slavery ix New Enoland. "We extract the following from a letter published in the Richmond Enquirer, and dated the 5th iust., at Lowell, .Massachusetts : As a freeman (?) of the North a laborer 1 desire to pen a few lines for the perusal ot your readers. You know that we are nil freemen here in name. You are also aware that we have a great army of philanthropists (great in number) and anti-slavery champions. 2s ow, to show you how they pra tice the theories of freedom they are so ready to preach, allow me to cite a few facts: We have in New England a large class of people who are necessitated to hire away their labor for a livelihood. Many of them, especially the opera tives in our cotton mills, are, as Hon. Jas. H. Hammond of South Carolina, has said, "essentially slaves." And at no time has this fact been more true than now. Our "cotton lords,-' who own our "cotton mills," all good Black Republicans, (?) take advantage of the times, and actually force their one natives, makins necessity their "fugitive slave law," to work for starvation '1 hese very people, whom they so oppress, are so poor that they cannot get away, or do otherwise than submit. 1 ask what kind of slavery can be "black er'' than this, for the time being? NOT THE FIRM of FI LLINGS & CO. was dissolved by mutual consent on the 1st day of January last. In retiring from the Firm, allow me to return my sincere thanks to the citizens ofNorth and South Carolina for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us. and to request a continuance of the same for -Messrs. SPRINGS A HEATH, who h ive associated themselves with E. Fullings under the Firm of FULLINCS, SPRINGS k CO. who will conduct the Clothing business on the same terms and with the same advantages as heretofore. The Notes an I Accounts of Fullings & Co. will be found in the handa of W. A. Owens, for collection. JOHN TOWN LEY. Tl III." VI.' W V If M f.f . . . Hl'lUAUa . CO. ocg leave to preseni uieinsuives i mc . .ii.i . .. i ... i . . North am! South Carolina; and m so doing, would earn estly solicit a continuance of the liberal patronage he S t 0 W I 'd on the well known linn ot Fullings & Lo. would say with much assurance that we have the TMraest. X att st and CJteapest - .it - Stock of Gents' &. lioys ' flnthino- ever offi red . this State. ! It is a bold assertion but nevertheless true: becanse we bay the materials and manufacture ..ur own goods. thereby saving the manufacturer s prolit. wnicn is at least 'J.") per cent. Moreover, every article ol Llotuing passes tinner tne supcriii '- ..,.t roll.nuKt it is not received. We can, the , .i : ,.f .,.. rvf 1 i n 'i-tii and if efore. ,r.tr.;ii the m&kicz of all eoods that go from our house. FULLINGS, May 4. 1858. tf SPRINGS & CO. Kaglaits ! We ure receiving by materials imaginable. Haglans 2 every steamer t all kinds of Fullings, Spring k Co. Mav 4th tf CASSMERE At unv price yon may want. A but nevertheless true. Nothing wiih a manufacturing hoose. FULLDfGS Mav 4th. SUITS, nother hold assertion. i.K.e being conncctei SPRINGS k CO. White Linin. White and Fancy Marseilles, lower than the same kind can be manfaciured in the United States, at FULLLXGd, sumisus & cu. tf Mav 4th. Boys' Clothing. To parents we would Bay, you can nam mu s.-.-or-. un-.n at our Clothing Store, where we keep all kinds, which i m k . . ,. is well maue. Mav -tin. FULLING SPRINGS & CO. TRICKS tri ks : : Ladies1 and Gents' Trunks. A good assortmenl Vallices. Carpat Bags, Mav 4th of etc.. at low prices. FULLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. TAXES. TIm Tax Lists for 1857 arc nov r in mv hands readv for inspection. Those owing Taxes for past years are earnestly re- quc ted to make payment. E. C. GRIER. Sheriff. April 20. IS'oS. tf DISCUSSION ON DRESS. We see it stated that a discussion took place in the General Conference of the M. E. Church, now in session at Nashville, upon a resolution recom- mending the striking out of the Discipline the sec- tion "On Dress." Some of the Reverend speakers were very pointed, severe and sarcastic in their re- marks. One of them declaimed in a most eloquent manner about gold studs, gold shirt buttons, gold spectacles, gold headed canes and five hundred dollar breast-pins. His style rose to the sublimity of his theme, and his speech throughout was t'raiK'lit with :i most refreshimr fervor. Methodist preachers, he said, would haste to meet the rich, loaded down with jewelry, when they came for ward to join the Church, while the poor and af flicted were neglected and uncared for, etc., etc. Another, in replying, said : "If 1 understand the General Rule, it is against the putting on of gold simply as an ornament, which certainly does not apply to such things as spectacles and canes. i And if these things were forbidden, there is not a word in the Scripture -against men wearing, but only "the women;" so that on scriptural ground we might claim an exemption from the law. Another said : "We may carry as many gold dollar pieces in our pockets as we please; but if we happen to stick ! a little bit of it about here somewhere, laying his hand upon his breast, somebody is greatly scan- ! dalized. We may store up as much of the gold as we can in our colters; but if we should make a hole in a gold dollar and hang it to a button-hole, j some one would immediately be ofiFendcd. 1 heard the eccentric Mr Maftit say, that when some one ; asked why he did not preach against dress, he replied, that when he went bird-shooting, he al- j - "I 1 1 .1 1 1 1 2. A ways tried to snoot uown tne oiru, aim not w shoot off the feathers. I never did preach against dress : I always found enough else to preach about: I prefer to preach Christ and him crucified." Another, C. F. Deems, spoke in favor of ex punging the rule, and among other things, said: j "Ike rule might do lor some little band, ttie para- site of an established Church, that dareu not call itself a Church; but for us it was contemptible. ; It would do for the regulation of a society, but tor i the Church t assume to be the mantua-inaker, milliner, and tailor of her members, was a con temptible desecration of her sacred office." After considerable debate the whole subject was indefinitely postponed. LTJSUS NATUR2E. A gentleman in Henderson county, Ky., writes to the Louisville Journal as follows : "I have just returned from a visit to one of the most extraordinary curiosities ever known in the history of the human race. A negro woman, be longing to Mr Samuel Stitcs, of this place, gave birth, eight days ago, to four living children join ed together by pairs in a still more peculiar manner than the Siamese Twins. The two boys are con nected at the shoulder, and from the hip to the knee joint, leaving the lower joint ot the legs and the feet of each perfectly free J he girls are joined at the shoulder with this difference from the bojs, that they have but one arm issuing from the junction of their shoulders. They are joined from the hip down to the foot the two legs ending in one foot. In regard to the color of the children, nature seems to have been quite as eccentric as in their for mation, one of the boys being black and the other as white as the child of a white woman : and so with the girls. 1 hey all seem to be perfectly healthy, and the mother is doing uncommonly well. Mr Sutea, who is a man of wealth, takes great pleasure in showing the twins to his friends, and their 'levees' have been greatly crowded for the last day or two. Respectfully, N. D. TARRY SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. Under this head, the I a bird net. After a while the yelling of the dri Petersburg Democrat says that if the Delegates to ver3 ana the cracking of their long whips, are heard the Commercial Convention will take note of the ;n the distance ; and soon the ponies are seen tear- following particulars on their way, perhaps they mav find food for valuable reflection They will start in some stage or railroad coach made in the North ; an Engine of Northern manu facture will take thpir train or boat along ; at every , meal they will sit down in Yankee chairs, to a Yankee table, spread with a Yankee cloth. AVith a Yankee spoon they will take from Yankee dishes sugar, salt and eoffee which have paid tribute to j Yankee trade, and with Yankee knives and forks (hey will put into their mouths the only thing ! Southern they will get on the trip. At night they will pull offa pair of Yankee boots with a Yankee bootjack ; and throwing a lot of Yankee toggery m a Yankee chair, lie down to dream of Southern independence, in a Yankee bed, with not even a thread of cotton around them that has not gone through a Yankee loom, or out : of a Yankee shop. In the morning they will get up to fix them selves bv a 12x14 Yankee looking glass, with a Yankce'bmsh and comb, after perhaps washing off a little of the soil of the South from their faces, with water drawn in a Yankee bucket and put in a Yankee pitcher, on a Yankee wash stand, the part ner in honorable exile with a lot of Yankee wares that make up the sum of furniture. TiiK End of the World. A disciple of the A disciple of tiie the conclusion that ;s the end of all sub- r.ronhet Miller has arrived at tl the n resent vear is to witmss lunary things. According to a Syracuse Journal, the result is reached by a mathematical process. I he square root of the cost ofEsekiel's chariot was .;"Co. From this, extract 'prophetic value' of scarlet lady of Babylon," 1 .287, and we have Take from this the cube ram mentioned by the prophet as "pushing westward," 4.7-V7, and we have for remainder, 'l.lA. Deduct from this "the number of beasts" mentioned in the Apocalypse, i'G, and we get the result, 188, the year in which the end of the world is to take place. Re markable logic truly, but who knows what a day mav bring forth. We must confess to some scep ticism nevertheless. r.o r.C iU Onions. Pr Hall says, onions are VHV KS ble articles niost nutritious, healthlul. and detestable articles of food found in our markets. A few grains roasted cofiee, eaten immediately afterwards, or a : teaspoonful or two of vinegar swallowed, removes at once the odor from the breath. SALT MARSH PONIES. It is known to comparatively few, especially ot the younger people of this part of the tat , that there is a section of the country in North Carolina where Ponies are reared. The passengers in their voyage from Newbern to Beaufort saw many ot these ponies feeding in their pastures on the salt marshes of the mainland, and on the marshes ot the sand bar which stretches along our coast, senara- ting the waters of the Bounds from those of the ocean. Many ot these marshes anora very cau,u- sive pasturage ot the best kind lor came, winter I - A. and summer ; and those of them best adapted to the purpose, are used for pony pastures, and on them the inhabitants of that part of the State raise what they call the "Marsh Grass or "Dank 1 ony a species ot smalt norse, name to me sou , i : i-. i : i .1 , . . . we were told thev had been reared there since e the time the memory of man runneth not to the con trary ; and tradition says that Sir Walter Raleigh's men found them their, and that great man import ed the Stock to England, whether as a curiosity or for crossing with the English Stocks, we are not informed. The pure blooded marsh pony is small, though considerably above the average size of those of the Shetland variety, sometimes seen in this coun try. They differ in color, and vary in size. In winter their hair is long and shaggy ; but in sum mer, short and sleek. 1 hey are tough, hardy and durable, far beyond the fine bloods of the country, generally ; and some of the most perfect models of the Horse have been found among them. They are nearly all "natural pace rs," and cannot often be excelled as saddle horses carrying the rider with surprising ease and comfort carrying him hand somely and speedily, day after day. We have heard of a physician in one of the Eastern counties who did a large and extensive practice on one of those ponies, using no other horse, and afterwards sold him for a very large price. The only care this horse required after a hard day's work, was to be turned loose on the common to shift for himself. He was always r,.i,hr fnrco.'vir-i' novt lnnrnino-. Durinsr all that time his owner never ted him a ear of corn or a blade ot fodder. Many of them will not eat corn, and there is a risk to run in attempting by starvation, to tea ten them to feed on the provender usually fed to other horses. The slender feeding they require when taken beyond the reach of their native pastures, if allowed to grase on the common makes them the cheapest horse known- At home, they require, and receive, nothing beyond what they can gather from the marshes. In former times they were lightly esteemed ; but of late years, a first rate pony will readily command from SI 50 to 200. They are used either in harness or under the saddle ; but are not, we think, depended on for heavy work. There are two days in each year when the own ers of the jinnies visit the pastures and have what thev call "pony rennings." These are very pub lic days, and large numbers of people usually at : tena hem. The objects in view arc, either In brand the colts which have been dropped during the Spring, or to take away such of the horses as the owners may wish to use or sell. Last Saturday (May 15th) was one of those days, and on the 15th July is the other. These are days of excitement and fun, as well as of business. It is said to be rare sport to catch and confine the ponies. honi ed and reared on the sand banks and marshes at some distance from the habitation of man, they are w;i, .,e mountain groats : and to canture them re- quires fkill, courage and stiength. 1 he first thing necessary to be done to catch them, is to build a strong pen on a point of land jutting out into the water, leaving the land side ; 0pCn g0 that, the ponies can run into it. Mounted drivers are then sent out through the pasture, to drive up tne neru wnne tue pcopic, vno mic as sembled on the occasion, arrange themselves in two rows, leading from the pen like the wings of i i i i ! a.. - ...l. 1 ...- in- throusrh the tall crass. The people at the pen remain quiet, and in due time the drove rush into thenen. when, so far as that goes, they arc secure. The two wings come together, and the pen is then closed up on all sides. The ponies are trembling with fright, and pack themselves so closely to'-ether in one end, that it is no uncommon thing to see one pressed up above the rest and flounder ing on the backs of the herd. But to catch them, one by one, and bring them out, is said to be the work of difficulty and daring. It requires a strong and fearless man to do this successfullv. The mode is to enter the pen ami catch them by the head or around the neck, and by physical strength overcome them, and lead them out. fWe think a better plan could be adopted. The man and horse struggling amidst the herd, is sometimes on top, and then under, the rest all of them rushing, rearing, and jump ing, in the wildest confusion, so that spectators are alarmed for the safety of the man. Bat having once overcome one of them and secured him with a bridle or halter, he is submissive, and yields without further resistance. In a lew weeks they became tame and confiding, and are then ready for service. S'i t ixO-tt ry Vi' 1 h win. TOKI-7ADOES. T. LOCI8, 3Iay lti. A violent ton rec jn this vicinity on Wednesday last. on t. Louis, Alton and Chicago J Lor is. 31 a v 16. A violent tornado occur- 1 he train Railroad was blown oft the many per.-ons tract at Lexington, Illinois, ami seriously injured. Towm in the vicinity were hall prostrated, and some persons were killed. Another tornado occurred at Springfield, 111., and many houses were destroyed. A Patent "Killer." The Buffalo papers tell of the exhibition in that city of a little brass gun . .1 .1 . . , - 1... so coiisiructeu uiai a routrc. i.uui i i'i.uimin u.t breech which contains tour char re i pletiished by means of a hopper, and fired as rapidly as a man can work an ordinary lever backward and iorwaro. The piece is discharged by electricity. By means of the lattery and wires connected with the cylinder by which ignition is caused, the cylinder hmmM r.erfectlv electrical, which keen ii tu cool '-'-'-' I J as if continually lathed tcith iee. Some two h un- of d red rounds were hred in rapid succession .at u.e rate ot 3 rounds per minute, at tne ena oi wnicn ! time, without using the sw- b once, the breech was i much Colder than when the firing commenced. MARRIAGES OP CONSANGUINITY, We find the following in the proceedings of the National Medical Association ofMay 6: Dr S. M. Bemis, of Kentucky, read an able .and learned report on the "influence of marriages of consanguinity upon offspring," from which we ex tract the following valuable statistical information: Your reporter has made great effort to ascertain the proximate percentage of the deaf and dumb anil blind in our asylums, who arc the descendants of blood intermarriages. 1 fci.l, however, that my researches give mo au thority to say, that over ten per ceut. of the deaf and dumb, and over live per cent, of the blind, and near fifteen iter cent, of the idiotic in our State in stitutions for subjects of those defects, are the off- n wont 1 . v, . i t i : j i jsiue iroin ine lacus which l ubtc irnini-u uv ; corresponding with gentlemen who have given I close attention to these points, a curious but per fectly legitimate process of computation confirms 1 me in the opinion that those estimates arc very j nearly correct. The classes ( I), K, F, G give 77 marriages of cousins, 2 K5 of which have given I- i ii i ii i l ! issue to deat and dumn, nimd, idiotic, or msana children. Admitting the same ratio to prevail, the Ohio report, which contains 157 marriages of cousins, followed by deaf and dumb, blind, idiotic, or insane offspring, would indicate the existence of '.V-Vl other marriages of cousins in the same opu lation not f llowed by such defects. The counties which furnish this 157 marriages, as above, and are supposed to comprise in their limits 332 unre ported marriages, making a total of -183, contained in 1850 a population of 1,528,238. If the same ratio be supposed to exist throughout the Union there would be found to the twenty millions of white inhabitants six thousand three hundred and twenty-one marriages of cousins, giving birth t 3,909 deaf and dumb, blkd, idiotic and insane children, distributed as follows: Deaf and dumb, 1,110 Blind, 048 Idiotic, 1,854 Insane, 299 Then if the figures of the last United States cen sus still applied to our population, there would now be found in the Union 0,1:10 deaf and dumb, of whom 1,110, or 12.8 per cent., are children of cousins. 7,07S blind, of whom 048, or 0S.1 per cent, are children of cousins. 14,257 idiotic, of whom 1,844, or 12.93 per cent., are children of cousins. 14,072 insane, of whom 209, or 01.9 per cent, are children of cousins. A TERRIBLE CONDITION. A Paris correspondent of a Manchester (Eng.) paper states very positively that there has beca another plan organized to assassinate the Emperor of France. It was to have been earriod out dur ing the recent grand ceremony of opening the Boulevard de Sebastopol. That was to be princi pally a civic ceremony. When the plot was dis covered, it was made entirely military. The street was lined on each side with troops as the Emperor and Empress, with their attendants, passed along it. In an account of the fete we observe tliat the car riage of the Empress followed at a good distance behind the Emperor, who was mounted on horse back. The writer we alluded to gives the following in substantiation of his statement : Connected with this, I can relale to you a curi ous circumstance that has just occurred, and for which I can vouch. Last week, one of the very highest placed functionaries here, and 06 '1 of the nearest, if not the nearest, in habitual confidence to the Kmpcror Napoleon III., called upon a lady friend of mine, with whom, and with whose hus band, he has been upon intimate friendship for the last fourteen years. Both this lady and her husband are foreigners, settled in Paris. The personage I speak of made the; visit in (piestion oa purpose to ask these freindf of his what property they had preserved in tiieir own country, and how far they had identified their fortunes with those of France; and the language he held was textually this : "With all that my position obliges me to know, I cannot reconcile it to my long standing friendship for you and yours not to enlighten you upon the reality of the situation we are, all ol' us, now living in France. The Enij eror's existence is an all but impossible one ; he is so surrounded by plots that every day brings to light, so compelled now to sus pect the very individuals who serve him in the in terior of the palace, that it is next to a positive miracle that he ehottld escape. His own faith in his preservation is shaken; and from day to day, from hour to hour, anything may happen in Paris, and Paris become a place where no one who is not forced to live should be desirotM of prolonging his stay. All this may met occur it is possible that ; nothing (tf1 it at all may happen, but it in just as possible that it may all occur any day ; and that ; being the real state of affairs here, I cannot recou : cile it to myself not to warn you. If I could mime to you the man that uttered these words, you would at once see that, unless thev were pronounced by Louis Napoleon himself, thev could not be 00 by any one more important. : 1 confess my own impre.-.sion is. not that the plots for assassination will succeed in their direct and present form, but 1 Srmly bejreve they have an ; other danger, which is evident to some few of those who live in Loaifl Najoleau'.-i intimacy. The notn n oi an incessant and norriDie danger nangmg over his head, has WO possessed the Emjcror, that, in spite of all his resolves to the contrary, his nervous system is shaken to the roots, and he is in that pec iliar state of mind that prevents a man from seeing straight or moving straight. He no longer enjoys his liberty of action or thought, and his own mistaken acts it will be that will probably one dav bring a fatal crisis on. This is mterestinir. whether true or not. But . - , . m . -n "'"X-v , - - - lit 11. Jion itiiiuic tn tuv va-iwiuvm v vat d monarch tin: sword of Damocles over h head, constantly, suspended by nothing stronger than a hair ! Humble men may weH wonder what in all this world could compensate them for this terrible and enduring condition of suspense. Tfast there is a secret organization to kill the Emperor, seems to be probable. The attempts already made on his life seem to be proof enough of it; but besides this, we have the reiterated state ments of it from all bides. March M, tf tiC'U- O v v-v.