North Carolina Newspapers

(: - :V-'"-i;V..-..r..M--i---r ... -r , S : , -- V - - i: I"-' V:v::.V:1:-,::'-l; : i..-- .- . - ; . - f-. . 77l ( vK-Jvt--t j -. -, . II , ' v J . - ;i v ." fit" 'J i . ' v ' .j ir'Wr r -- : .,- - - , -i : . - L 1 1 I' ft VOL. iIII. THIRD pL'BMSHliU WEEKLY J. J. BUUXER, Proprietor and Editor, j J. J. STEWART, Associate Editor. RATES OF SfllCItlPTION OjJE ItEAnj, payable in advance se.. . , .tf.ou , -I.... 1 .50 ....... 10.00 1 m,n rn. I Six Months, 5 rit'S Untuu aildrepfl, 1I0.M HEMS, TOIBS. UEAU.& FOOT STONES. &0. IOUM U OHIO vav rBiiMM ui eouii i mema 10 niamend J. and tliepui.no-, anu in thn mot hod would I a 11.1 t rillllllV. Still in mnlkiirl n-nnU . ' I - - - " V V fur meeting ditrnandM in Li line of butsiness. ' JleXinow prepared to furnish all kind of (Jravf StoiicH. Iroui tlte'ehcnpiMt Head Stones, to th costlinnt iivuuuiiKM'its. Those prcfeiing ntvlen al t''ry costly worts not on huud, can accoiiimodatcd on short time, Htrletly in ae tiurdiiuci) with xpi'i ificatiuiiM, drafts, and the tTiii.i of the coiitr.ict. Satisf.ictiou guaran irpft. He will not he undersold, North or loath. OrdeiH H(dictcd. Address, 7;tf JOHN' II. IfULS. 8aliaburr. R. A. MURPHY I, Having nain Organized for lUlXKSS, have just opened a STOCK of GOODS, entirely new and fresh, in the oora funnel ly ociiupicd an the1 Hardware Store, and next (Joor, to iJingham & Co., to the in?pectiii of which they most cor dially iuviid the public. Their w;ih carefully selected by ihe senior mem ber of the fir in in person, and bought at rat. s which will enable them to" sell as low, for, CMS, as i ' V XTATTCtCt in the City, for Good of same quality. Their Slodi i genwal, t -bracing nil l vivi ious brunchea of '1 5 Groceries, Crocheri Ware, Boots and Shoes Sole Leather, Calf nd Binding Skins, Grain and . Crass, Scythes, Cap, Letter and Xote Pajxr, EX VKL OPES, PEXS, IXK, fr., ami a beautiful assortment of , i - I hey fee jnssured of their ability to give entire f iti.faction, and especially in- vite old frrej.ds and customerMo call and hring with them their acquaintances, 1 hey expect jam! intend to maintain the . - r -r v., xiuuu i o z. rvii fiv w wriT t? ivi cio Hi Entire Slock Dry Good j . .... v, .... luaiui.iiii inei"1" ouiuc tu euupose mat tne water is reputation of the Old Mnrnhv "ir- ' forme.l in ti. a.tam k- .u .-. which is well known throix'-lii.iit W,.i - - - ... .... . ....tir-i.. .....i,... tv North CnrolTna. All they nsk is an ex niniijaiion of their slock and the prices.. No trouble t nhow goods, so come right uhJig. Their motto, Small jtfajifs, ready pay and QUICK SALES. With a good stock, low ; prices, fair .dealing and . " I i ..H..M, in,- , ii..Ii... .. . ,. . : . - . prompt attention, they will ..u,.irjo merit then- share ot the pub- j he pnirnnago They are in the market , T. H i 1 1 I. ! . 1 f Itt' l a. muus or produce and solicit calls irom .h i -..IT. I i I'oiu both sellers and htivern B.& A. MURPHY. KOBT. MUKl'HY, ANDKKW MtJKIMIY. " Salisbury, March 23, 1872. f27:ly A M. Sullivan. J. I. Gowan. FlTr'a,r ATATIMtbtm UllVlf,; Ul illllriU, f. I 11 K under.tigiu'd having associated them- w "uiuess unuertuo Urm name or A. M. SULLIVAN, CO., t r AVK opened iu U. J. Uolines new builj HiDg. next iloor to the Hardware Store, lie re, the v wi I be pleased to meet old and friend. They have a magmlicent room- t III1' I 'I f ir.ii t Ah 1' I A? . - t v '.,.(, auu oeM m town and STOCK. OF GOODS, pOMPlySING a grntral nnrtiiieut. Uard V wan, excepted, and will warrantee as I,""1 ''Hrains ii eanbe sold br anv Uouse in J; Uth. They will doal heavily B Urocerien l eounry Pi.Kluee, buying ami selling, aud i p all who wish either U hut- or sell to call "".V'n . A. M.gULLIVAK.ACo. 21th, ltv. lOitf A MBMnihre Ilrick oue with 7 rooms and a 1 u. ; i . w vfj wu ""; niuaicu in me til lll.f'iKu.rfe', .... ti. ........ . -.1. . , i . ' ie!rai.ie part of Tow-, persons wjshinir I' n h.ie til, i nii; apply at this tifliee. i jfic JLm 3E5 . "CAMPAIGN LOGIC,- li our friend when you meetln the Street. '- 2 2 Tnth hUr" Cigar and Flk, Or the Chappaqua man, with tfls Beet. On freedom and auffrage, both are rather too strong, J? or tt man . ?. o . t . , - i oomnern born. f honf ' ,nd"8tr7. nd a big warm heart, 1 6 pre8ent rncu-bent by nature is -horn. Ifjou'r UlkSngof Hoe,Good Uquor or Dogs V 1 y Grant wyour man, and atways at home. But apeak in fin.ni.l iou 11 find he'a a stranger inclining to i i roam. Our Country endangered by centralization Of power in a military Can-Can. 1 And if wa . . ! .. " J PWer' Gr,'' . v vo. v , mure 10 our nation uiiw. . uot relies on bis braina. Justice. Honor, -ml Bight. sy ' sift. ' ne very nnt THE PORTRAIT OF EDGAR A. POE. Slowly I raised the purple folds concealing That fur0 . nt.niiiil j. .1 . - ---- an me morning oeam ; hile slumbering memory thrilled at its reveal- inn. "6 Like Memoon, waking from his marble dream. Again I saw that broVa trauslucent pallor, The dark hair floatinc o'er it lilra - 1 he sad, sweet mouth whose haughty valor T.firl u .,- j- . J iireuw vi impenauig aoom. Eyes, placid, calm, with -something in their VIQIAtl V 1171VI1 That was not of earth's mortal m;Ttv Kr. btrange mythic faiths, and fantasies Elysian. -t.hu f, Bwcev ureama oi lairy land forlorn. Oft has that nal c a-- cauiibCAj Wy lonely musings at the midnight-hour ; Transform iner the dull lif it nl,.,i With marvel, with mystery, and with power." Often, in some ashn ovoninn !n rii Have stood entranced by a moulding tomb: Hard bv that vininnnrv T oka t A ..I. here sleeps thejshrouded form of Ulalume. Oft in some starlit night have heard thechimin kji ir ou menow Delia on the keen air; And felt their molten, golden music timin io me nearis puise, answering unaware. Sweet, mournful eyes! long closed on earth's sorrow, Sleep restfullv after lifc'a Sleep, wayward heart, till a cool, bright xnorrow Thy sou 1 refreshed, shall bathe in mornings 1. O ueaiu : Though clouds and sorrow rest upon thy story , ". ........ ...v me uraiMM-y oi my pall, lime, as a birthnghtrshall restore thy glory. -iiu iieaven resinare all the stars that fall ! L. R. B. WHAT FOLKS ARE MADE OF. The rfiimber of bones in a human body is generally estimated at 245. of w!iirli there are reckoned in the skill, head and face, 61 : in the trunk. 64 fll til at ma and hands, 60 ; and in the legs and feet, vv,. migiii ui iue BKeieion is about AM.e-.eiun me weigritot the whole body. - ..cm cu as a lever, is times as strong: as sandstone. 3A aIra and Ash, and twice as strone as " lilt V V uur 4rA . t 1 ' 1 he number of muscles in man ia --, - -" uuiucr. . . ... . being more than jwice the number of the Dones. ine bulk of the body, upon an average, is equal to a cube of a little more vnau sixteen mciiesn aside, and the amount of water eauals a mL , littl J mrethan fourteen inches on a eide, or t .i . ...... Ul neany ttiree-tonrths ot the body. A adt.lt d.inks about fifteen hundred pounde of water yearly, and throws off fi . t .i . rtl,u luruws on, I An adolt diinks about fifteen hundred ' pounde of water yearly, and throws off throogh the various waste-gates, nineteen hundred pounds. - The difficulty of ac- counting for the four hundred poinds hag , ld some to supoose that the watr ia - ... l , tji. iu .. v I mi- iniinn nri rri ,r,,., j oxygen and hydrogen ..v ra.io ma), uavo ueen enumerated are found in almost every part of the body Common salt fehlnriA ri..m :. 'I lii all. I I i in everv fluid n,l anv,A . t The whole amount in the human hodv U 277 trrain. Tt m.. .- jl, J UH,8. c -- ' " iuiuuuaui Carbonic acid is found in ,h MW. alimentary canal, the blood and urine 'lh nmniint r( .kAn,'. I fi' r . . ... i - -... v. iivuuic miu, However. t. r . vanes, being troinyone to three pounds in twenty-four hours, and the causes of varia- ll0' re temperature, age, sex, state of i. .1.1. j; , . . .iviiui or urease, aeveiopment ot the body muscular exertion or renose. Thi tram (carbonic acid)" contains in every 100 r" . , - - - , -J r.unds23 pounds of carbon (charcoal) and 72 pounds of oxygen (gaa). Hence, tllA tnnTimnm , M -I .U..U capes in this form from the lunM of a foil g,Ln man U Ibo" fifteen Ounces u b waii is auoui, uiteen ounces iu rna tm v m w . . . i. . t , i 1 twenty-four hours TLeaver"Semotofairwhichpasses ... ...... wi mug; ni rncu inspiration ana expiration is labout 20 cubic inches ; 4 1. . J .1 a niuouiik Dassea inron?u them in twenty-four hours is about 622.000 cuhir to 000 llo- Lvar A 'ru- gre incites, or. as others estimate it. from 3 000 I , - . . . temperature the greater the amount of i. u . j j animal heat to be. generated, and, conse- OUentlv. the crekter th rnnnnnt f .ir t o beieeneraled. and. conse. a -Ti be consumed. Also, a person laboring ,n 4he open air breathes more deeply than one confined to the house. From a series of 5,000 observations made by Dr. II UTcmssox, the following principle is deduced : "For every- inch of stature from five to six fret, eight additional cubic inches of air are given out at a forced ex- piration after a full inspiration." That is, if a person five feet six inches iu bight can expiie422 cubic inches, a person five feet seven inches can expire 430 cubic inches, The nails of the hand grow about two- fifths of fl linAnor vniplr wV,1a nr,k . " "-"-i "mv iuuwui me eet require foai times that period for the same amount of growth. Cases are on recora wnere tne nails nave been shed periodically. The time necessary for a nail to grow its whole length varies from twelve tO tWflntV WApk TKa naila ardi thickest at their most convex portionsf ua. oi weir eoge a ; tney grow only so e.ting stranger For necilj W week noth long Mtbeji are cut, and among the litera-ling was seen ufhirn or) heard cf him. ry class of the Chines who never cot ; The banker was in a evr of excitement. njeur paiift tney are saia to attain on Iv a 1 . . V. . lenP'th rtf trn i,iol . t r i - .nan, iue arerag weignt of tbe brain ?p e average capaci of the eran.. of German, and u"f!TM?0eBeio.eh.?.AI.E.t -t4 crmmaui cpnuuuea izz cuLic The amount of blood in a health body is about eighteen' pounds, or ten quarts. The f eart is six inches in length and four inches in diameter, and beats 70 utej 4.200 limes per hour, 100,800 times I Deraav. 36J722flon UmMiur vor " h threeW.Dd'te'n s pcruay, ooja,ouu umes per year, 2,565, tout ot it f 175 uncefl per mini ponnda Dei? hod:7?. tub. dw. Tn n SAi i:r- Z i .u L" V 1 " through the aorta 1L500.000 tous of blood; i ' The amount of eraetric iuiee secreted bv iiie siomacu otaj welhred, grown person has been estimated at from 60 to 80 onnrM in twenty-four hours. 'A healthy stomach contains no eastric mice except where food is taken, and bv its contact with the surface of the the secreting organs to pour out the gastric fluid in the requisite quantity. If the stomacn is in a uealtny condition, and the biaiul health v. the auantitv of fabric juice generated M thrown out will be just . - v - . w Buracieni iar neaiinv aierestion. it Hih condition of either organ be impaired, the cient in quantity or ritiated in quality. iec us siuav ourseires. that we mav understand ourselves better. The DroDer stuay ot mankitia is Max. L.EAXDER (i. IjAGGERLY. South Ilutler, N. Y. ALADDIN IN CALIFORNIA. TRANSMUTING BAE METALS INTO PL RE GOLD. A Chemists Wonderful Discovery Half a million cj Dollars Manufac- l turedtn lico Months -The Coin Pronounced to be the Purest Gold 1 Ever Put in a Crucible. From .the $an Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 11. The following story, as reported to us, has much of romance in it. but the future may demonstrate its truth, revolutionize wnuuicitc, uu ui&e me possessors oi tne marvejl in talisman the veritahlo M idaa of the (ninteenth century. It is sri83 than the discovery of a chemical piWss, which,! when, applied to base nfetals, stransmutes them into gold pure, shill ing, rentable eold. The rumors of tbp ing, rentable eold. diamond discoveries in Arizoua have s ine- what precipitated the disclosure of the iacis we are aDout to relate, and through I - v .mm I U UIU liliUI ill1 11 1 . WM eonsidtrbis sutements too imnnm..i I L . '.I I 11 . ... oe wunueia trom tne Dutdic. 1 ? f XUE MODERN MIDAS. qftJA,w m it i , , m 7 7". V. 7 a ,,'t,,, '"u,K,nS It Lr"! ?- ' Pre81enledJ hi' j T i - I 1 c"" " ed. an. ",terT,ev the manager. t ' T ' ,occuP5ed with I his CnR nvprhnritonol mil , "...... I ... e ry. . "ur,B '.pa- per discount, and rarrassed with the fTt 8 of 11.88eI8 01! loans 'or which he held eollatral in th hnr,';..:.,., .K, viv"t ,,u irarrassea w-i PPef 8 pnosses on loans for wh collateral in the shapeof mining 8eemlnP7 descending on his hands 8UrveFd hl8 8UPf8 customer a mrt.r;e rds of salt He and al- u j t t l nad falleo from the ntation newcomer's lips, he saia : . sir can't do it. Very sorry but t rt J Ve HU r ',,BI? accom'Ufue r owp Customers. Doing nothing on ' outsiae to-day, at any rates 1.bVlr?nS?r madJ no "P. but de" P8ea; a leatnern valise on the banker's i j..l j l i i i uw vpeneu auq iook Halt trom It "M,,!0,,W. petal, looking half like f?Pperd! Ld,f bV " handed it to am. . a da in nn nt mmuv n n.i curiously, and returned, it savins- he was no judge of mineral subtances. and no time to study this particular specimen. A CONFIDENTIAL PERSON'S JUDGMENT. if lip unnld The -itranger asked him v.iww com i ue faw lit he be kind enough tc s. fidmtial person, ori wl i I .1 if. . ... I know gold ff he saw it and, if not, would . . - ; hose judgment be nd determine tl ' lid for some eon- i j raV'Jro f88af 1a e the ?? lu'P ftf 1 he proposition was relucfantlv fli-t.eP..,t . . , j ...... to. Une of our most nrominent aam 1 i r- v i o was summoned, and after examining tie ! excitement.! whpro ii name, tr.m i .. r.-..rw ,...u iiK Minug, wnii visible . ceiving jioj satisfaction; depaiitd, taking It Wltll him nrnmSji'ni. . . .1 ' w" "u, uroiuisiusr to renort on it i j ll . " j- "u - v... 11, ; . u,,e ai I,ool' I'unctnaily at j r nav r.i. ...a . . A . . 1 . 11 metal. wohih hid iJl" Z , "Z I ""'I "M'c" uau ueen run into the torm Lf a bar, and had all the appearance of .u t . . . . Flarance oi f . i- Ua u Y ".V"" ' ". 7 iuc oiumary goiu ingot ot commerce. "Tbatjopks like gold," said the ban- ker 5 It h gaii lhe (t , a thousand fine the purest I have ever put in alrucible." l ; akOther beaechixg test. The stranger said nothing. The oth- ers plied him with questions concerninr the source from which it came. He civilly but firmly declined to furnish anv inform- ation, requesting them, as a further test of its genuines s, to send it to the mint in . I. t '. : . m . .1.;. .1 iuio v.njr mr coinage, x o (uis iney assen- ted, and the bar was sent, with" other bars, to the mint.: It was there again submit- ted to lbs tests usual in such cases, and the next j day-its value i was returned in double eaglessomething more than eight thnnaonil' 1itt1.M k.'U 1 1 tht credit of the now decidedly inter- SALISBURY, N. C. SEPTEMBER lie cnulH tl.i.a- nAi.s.U .i , ... nuiui,t uui iuc uwutr ' r .i , - P t iue eoia. ne ran ortr all tb min ; news of the public presrf for some record of a sttike in tbe gold pr ducing district : -and, if the truth must be told, he wished !or 80Iue '"telligcnce of liudacious rob- . beiy of the treasure-box fan upcou un-rnnntrv stage, or of the rifling ol some bank or assay oce,in which bis riw friend should piay a prominent part A SECOXD IXSTaLmeXT. So well satUfied was lfe of the correct ness ot this latter conject on the point of advertisin by him, under peculiar cir re that be was the possession umstances, of a I large quantity of refined 'gold, wheti the ucppwiior appeared brft.feIng with him a much larger piece of tLe same ruelal as formerly, which, with some ceremony and dignity, he submitted for inspection This was done, and then the stranger in quired if the banker was entirely satisfied of its genuineness. rfectly, perfectly," was the answer. ' It is gold. Where did you ret iif" "I MADE IT MYSELF." It is no wonder that the amaa'ng dis closure almost unmanned the listener. The stranger quietly said : "I made it myself:" and after a pause he added : I can make it by the ton. I can freight a hip with . within a month from the time I have enlarged my present laboratory, as I am now about ir, da." The banke r plied him with questions as to Us locality, and with prayers to be permitted to vUit the scene ot his mar vellous labors, but to no purpose. He then held up before the discoverer the power which they would wield in the community, the vast possessions which they might acquire, and the certainly of making together a tame unequalled since the world began- He represented to liiin the; impossibility ot concealment, except with the aid of one situated like himself, who could turn this new accession into the now steady money n'deB of commer cial exchanges and swell without destroy ing them. He attempted to ehow him the dargcr tohimsell from the chagrin of those w hose val ues he mi h t i in ua'r oi des tro v and tue neea ol cau.iou m self his terrible secret. .1 in . . . J utilizing for him- TUE SECRKT NOT DISCLOSED. His bearer eat with impui turbable counteuai.ee until the close of the banker's harangue, and llun replied : "I will make you the depository of my gold. You may eontiol its is.-ue, and we will together f hare the power it brings. 13ut my proctss mutt remain lorever i.i my own heart. I shall never reveal it. 1 will! irinir Vim ... o f..... ,1..... .... ,,, ,t uav8 iuore than .m have now in ylr vaults. My laboratory is near the lew Tark. in a building which would attract no atten - iioii, save noiu its dilapidated appearance, j ermine is so acutelv sensitive as to its I was at work there duriig the most of own cleanliness that'it becomes paralvz the past winter, and haveby degrees sue- ed and powerless at the slightest touch ble wi,ln,.77r"b.r. f:..r:w,?r"''a"llement ot tssnowwhitefurwhen ""V 'iiuh. x nave Rtvc-rai ways oi access l it and never use the same way twice in t I admit I have experienced some fear of u.fcovery and attack, but my guaids are my dogs.iand they arefaitilul and silent. 1 here is now more danger than ever in the increasing volume of my product which will need other means cf transporting raw material and bringing it back in the shape of gold than this old valise and my hands." J THE CHEMIST'S LAB0KTORY. He then turned to a convenient table and wrote a few lines, which ! .n.li in an envolope and handed t the lankr. i in re is the direction to my retreat. I shall return in a week with more gold, and if I fail to come you miy know some evil has befallen me. Then come to me." The banker promised faithful obser vance of the injunction, and with many protestations ot mutual fidelity and good will they parted. The paper has never been opened and the manufacturer of gold steadily and punctually reappeared, u..gi.iKiu weeuiy enormous addition to ' e . "'" ot ,l,e L,,,k- eiid that ,U-re " ,,alf a mi,Il(n have been man j ufactuied wiihi,, the past two mouths and j deposited in the bank. THE MANUFACTURED COIN IX CIRCULATION, Some nf it liac Loan ...1 . . t "JVV " -u:rieii into anu put in circulation. Many of our readers w ho believe they are hsi.dli n rr tUa nro ic uniiuiiiig me pro- ducts of our gold mines, now daily receive ' and n.ivmit il.ij Q..t.c., .1 c ' and payout this substance, created from "etals by one of our most unobtrusive c t zena smB r i,., . ""uiv v.. .i. nan uicu run iiio tb i4Ai in uaiP, uiiu, plainp ed with the brand and records of our most lamous rennerr. anrl lias bon m . im i .t. P . ' banking institution on a colossal scale", to l. ..Lit, 1 . .. v. . .-luun.-ui u un me couiiiurauveiy smalt . . . beginning of one of our noted banks and beginning of one of our noted banks, and , ITa a " V eXch'ne -""'"- r "l" o. lue proaucts , ot tne world. I he scheme is vast, pro portioned to tne power which two men bold in their grasp. It is frightful to re fltct what may be on the result of their ambi;ion, if it should pass beyond its present reasonable limits. An Artificial Man. X Paris journal ist tells of a man, recently arrived in that city, who is the victim of a steam boiler explosion to such an extent as to make necessary the following additions to what was-left of nature's handiwork after acci cident : One wooden arm aud two wooden legs, a glass eye, a nose made from the skin of the forehead, a silver jaw, a palate composed of a bit of caoatchoue, and a stomach consisting of a sort of truss. He will make the tour of Europe as an artis facial curiosity. "The mother of true wisdom is th will." 12, 1872. SMOKING WHAT THE HABIT DOES FOR BOYS. A certain doctor, struck , vith the .sy. , UVK ' n IIU 11JC i - . laree number ol bora nm or 1 i r i i i . i was led to inquire into the cflect the habit had upon the general health. He took for his purpose 38 boys, aged from 9 to 15, and carefully examined them. In 22 there were various dis orders of the circulation and digestion, palpitation of the heart; and a more or less marked taste for strong drink. In 12 there was frequent bleeding of the noise, 10 had disturbed sleep, and 12 had slight ulceration of the mucous membrane of the month, which disap peared on ceasing from the use of to bacco for some days. The doctor treated them all- for weakness, but with little effect until smoking was discontinued, when health and strengh were soon restored. Now, this is no "old wife's tale," as ihesii facts nre given on the authority of the British Medical Journal. A Lady Visits Heaven-and Re turns to Earth. On the 7th, Mrs. Gardner, wife of a farmer living near Eastman vi lie, Ottowacounty, died un der circumstauces the most extraordi nary. Two of her sisters were dead, one recently, only a few weeks ago. The cause of Mrs. Gardner's death was a congestive chill, and after she had been consdered dead for six hours and was being prepared for the grave, she returned to consciousness and talked freely with her attendants. She stat ed to those around her that she had been to the better land and had seen both of her departed sisters with other friends; that it was a most beautiful land beyond all description! She said that she had permission to return to tell living friends of what she had seen, but that she was anxious to again return, bhe passed away 60on after making her statement and seemindv overflowing with iov and hanninM There cau be no question as to the cir cumstances above relaUd. Detroit Tn bane. A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. iiie lollowiug beautiful sentiment was recently uttered by Judge L. T. Snead : "The idea that the judicial officer is supposed to be vested with ermine. i i . .......v, tnoi'J? tabulous and mythical, is yet ! Inore eloquent in its significance. We 1 are told that the little creature called the hunters are oursuinr It tl.ov Cnr, ,..:l i i i- i'"v" V,th "lire the pass lead.ng to tts haunts, - - - - .j ...... iu no iiuum: . toward which they then draw it. know ing that it will submit to be captured rather than defile itse f. Ami n i;L- sensibility should belong to him who comes to exercise the august Unctions oi o utige. EFFECTS OF ELECTRICITY ON MILK. Mr X. A. Willard, iu his address be foie the Northwestern Dairymen's Asso ciation, gave the following interesting facts. Mr. Andrew Cross, the celebrated Eng lisli experimenter, considered that the roots and leaves of plants were in opposite Biaies 01 electricity, dome ot bis expeii ments in tins direction are very interest ing. He cut two branches from a rose tree. They were as nearly alike as pos- sioie, wiin 1 ne same number of buds, and 00111 equally mown. An arrangement was made Yy which a negative current of .. vn i.ijr M9 pi-cru luroiigu one, and a positive current throuirh the othr fn n few hours the negative rose drooped and died, but the positive continued it (r, -. ness for nearly a fortnight ; the rose itself 1 1 1 t .... Decame lull blown, and the buds expand 11 eu ana survived an unusual length of time. Again, he was able to keep milk iui nine itkb in me hottest weather of summer, by the application of a ,.r . :.: i .. sweet lor three weeks in Hh ,ni,.i vi.iiiil i po-iiivt riecinciiy. On one occasion he kent fish e kent hsne nnir tne electric action for three months, and at the end of tbatjjuie they were sent to a friend, whose domestic knew nothing of the experiment. 11 fore the cook dressed them, her master asked h. r whether she thought they were fresh, as he had some doubts. She renin d ili:it kh. ...... .i . . . . 'hey were fresh ; indeed, she would swear I . ------ .Mw " -o cult: that they were alive yesterday. When served at table, they appeared like ordi nary fish, but when the family attempted to eat them, they were found to be per fectly tasteless the electric action had taken away all the essential oil, leaving the fish unfit for food. However, the process is exceedingly uc. M f r keeping fish, meats, Jcc , fiei.li aud g.-oj for ten days or a fortnight. Now, this is consistent with our obser vation aod the facts known to every one io the habit of handling miik. When the coudition of the atmosphere is iu a nega tive electrical state, or shows a deficiency of positive electricity, a state of weather which we designate a sultry, close, mag gy, and the like, there is always difficulty in keeping milk sound. Even iu good, healthy milk, the fungous germs, eommou to all milk, increase and multiply with great rapidity, producing tbe common lac tic acid fermentation, or louring of the fluid ; bat in case of fungi from decom posing animal or vegetabl matter come ia contact with the milk, rapid decompo.i- tion takes place, and, we have rotten, milk, putrid odors and Hosting cm ds. Tbe ex posing of each curds to the atmosphere as well as the aeration of milk to improve its condition are both philosophical, be cause these minute organisms of fungi are effected by the oxygen ot the air, which checks their development and mal implication. Tbe influences of electrical action is a question entirely new to tho dairy public, but it is oue concerning which Itbiok some useful suggestions present them selves for our consideration. When the electrical equilibrium is disturbed, or when the slate of the atmosphere indicates a preponderance of negative electricity, we are all aware of the fact by its depress ing influences. At such times it is impor tant that we tks more than ordinary care in ths handling of milk ; that it be kept out of hirmful odors; that attention be iven to its aeration and such treatment be given it as shall -be inimical to lb growth aod development of fungi. And again, the fact that milk may be kept sweet a long tiro? in hot weather by electrical action will offer a very impor tant suggestion to iuventois in the preser vation of milk, and pei haps in the im provement of cheese factoiies. 1 believe that we are only on the threshold of the cheese-making art, and that as we become acquainted with the laws of na ture and their application, great progress is yet to be made in every branch of dairy husbandry. PARAFFIN E DESTROYING LICE ON FOWLS. A correspondent inqaireswhat par af fine is and whether it can be used for the destruction of lice on fowls. Paraffine, propeily so called is a solid, and cannot very well be used for the purpose named but there are numerous tarajfinc oils that might be so used, and with good effect under som) circumstances. Paraffine was first obtained from wood tar. It is a white, waiy-lonking sub stance, without last or smell, aud it is not at all greasy. It resists the action of acids, alkalies and chlorine, and hence was tl ed paraffine, because it seemed to be with out affinity. It has been procured iu con siderable quantity fmra peat, and many of the readeis of Rural ma A remember the enthusiasm wi:h hich was hailed the an nouncement that the pat-bog of Ireland could be made to yield unlimited quanti ties of a beautiful white mineral wax which was tn drive tallow, oil and ordinary max out of the maket for illuminating pur poses. The parnffiue oils are vtry simi lar iu constitution to kctocue, aud ate used in similar lamps. When oily substances .ire ustd for de stroying insects, they act in the following way : Almostall insects breathe through holes in their sides, known as spiracles, these sipracles b-ing connected with a curious set of tubes known as tracheae, which take the place and perform tbf same functions that the lungs do iu the higher , ... ... . animal. V hen the body of an insect is smeared with oil these suiracles are clot ed, and the insect is suffocated, aud a it has no power of blowing out any foreign matter from these spiracles as e do from our uiouuis ana noses, it lias no power of teut : I ' : r nig me application oi ou or grease. Hence grease is one of the best applications when . . . ... uie nigner animals are mtes'ed with exter i . nai parasites ; but when bens are sitting ou eggs lor tbe purpose of hatching it wil not do to grease their leathers, as in their case me grease is transferred to the eggs, cioes tne pores aud prevents certain pro cesses which are necessarv to incubation Find dust seems, however to be nearlv as effectual as grease, for it clogs up the iraciuae ol the paraeites and kills them. ii. .i . .... nence uie poer ol the so called insect powders, and hence the fondness of hens and other siltirg birds for w hat is known as du-t-bath. The best powdrr in com mon use, however, and one that is rx r. fectly safe, is sulphur. It is best applied "una pepper box or hour-dredger, and shouldbe dusted very throughly between hm? learners and over the ejfs and nest i. . i , r uave ineu it and can speak for its emcacv. RADICAL USE OF THE NEGRO It was not supposed that when the ne pro wan invested with the franchise he would have more than one vote. That wa as much as was allowed the white man, and no one imagined a uccro rouM exercite a greater u mount of sufTerafre for .i i i . . . tue puonc good. Uut our Radical (iov ernment, in its desperation, holds a differ ent opinion. There is now t.n lonir aouoi, but that the Radicals of Wasbire j,. . .. . iun cuy sent several hundred negioes irom inai city to vole in rwih Carolina at the last election. The Patriot states that seven hundred were shipped on a steamer to Noifork. and thence tent bv rail to their destination. Tbe W a hi op to n correspondent of the Herald trivet the following item in conformation of the fact : I he Colored Vote is North Car olina. The statement having been de nied that colored men left this city and voted at the recent election in North Car olina, the L beral Republican Committee in mis cuy has already in its possession the affidavits of over fifty colored men who voted in that f'tate at the last elec tion. The Patriot affirms that the same game is to be played in Pennavlvania that Camekox his already made provision for large importations; and a correspondent ol ibe Baltimore Garette chronicles the arrival of two ear loads from the Vallev of Virginia at Cbsmbersburg and Harris- ourg men u t tug. When God's flail of adversity is upon us. we Should not be ike the chaff which flies in to tbe face of the tbretber. bnt ike the precious min which lies at his feet. From ih Ourlou Ieacrax.1 THE GOLD MINES OF MECKLEN BURG COUNTY. No. long since a test by assay was made in the city, of New York of tht sa) phuretie gold ores taken from the Wilson Mine io this county, belongiog to J. If. ' Towusend of New llaveo, Connecticut, which proves very conclusively the im mense value oi tbe sulphur tie brown ore veins in the oaart famnUn f Ult.... mv.vM barg county East and West of Charlstte. Nr. J. T. Clark tba 8aperiuteudeat of the Wilson Mine, used for soma times ten stamp battery, and til m&kStvr nut m w . - -mw w of ibe ore from fifty t aiitr doIUr ton, which was cousllrrrdby mtT Udj tn tbe community a splendid yield; bat from variwus teat mLi Af tt. -n... from Lis battery, be was satisfied that thm largest portion of the gold escaped, aod could not be collected by the ordinary era cess oi mining, l berelore be bexed ap and sent to New York three or four tons of his ore to be tried bj fire assay. The result oi this experiment proved tbe ore to be worth $755 per ton, showing very clearly that he had lost $700 oat of every ton he had put through Lis mills. Now these are facts worthy of the con sideration of every person now engaged or who ma V hrrrftr- n ta rA tn it. mining business. Can the rrfrartorr area of our quartz veius be assayed with simi lar result s on a larre scale! If so. then there is no mining ronnir in th n-M superior to old Mecklenburr couoiy. N. v. a ui.iv ou iruuiao in getting out toe or in Urge quauitirs, bat we have here tofore found very great trouble in gttticg the gold nut of it Mr Clark, who has managed his mine admirably fiom the begiooing, aod has taken a large quantity of ore from the veins a hich aie inexhaustible, very soon discov ered that he was not gettiog near all tbe gold his ore contained, very pronerly used tbe precaution to save all the tailings from bis mill. These ta.linra ar just to a proper condition to t assayed. na accoraitig to tbe test above referred to th r.; is enough on hand at the mine to make a large sum of money. This Wilson Mine has besn works-? down to the depth of three hundred ff by an inclined shaft, through L' n m.! the ore and waste dirt from tbe to i.p is drawn up on a railroad by mean ( a steam engine which affords ample powrr besides for milling purposes. But with out stopping to lake oat tbe ore, except as they cut through it with their tnt nels, they have beeu pressing on, exr!oring tbe ruiue, until they have established its permatietiey beyond doebtribd It U imr ouo of the best mines in the United Stales The McGinn Mine is situated or the same side of Merklrtiburg cOunlv with the Wilson Mine, and very near tie cel ebrated old Tapps Miue, it being cm cf the veins hading from the Csppl Mine. This mine is also in successful operation under the management of Mr Pond, an intelligent California miner, who is using a sump mill with copper plates differen tly arranged and differently prepared for catching the gold from anything that we ever h id in this county, and 1 under slaud be is producing the wonderful results fiom it in the way of making g-dd, and no doubt w ill bring about a gnat revolution iu mining interests of the coun The old Capps Mine is still lying idle. Practical miners from California and else where come out bete, they hear f this pro perty, go to m-. it, walk iv. , the b ll and see ht a pte.it ..ni'..!ri! ,f okhas been done there ; h.-ar trom t!.?- popi. bow rich its gold ores are, asi'i 1 1;-. luge qnan lily of gold it bus yielded, and Mr tho immense piles of refused ore lying upon the surface containing gold enough to pay for the mine twice over. They all want the mine and talk about buying it, but finally back out, afraid of tbe cost. And thus, this valuable property with its mag nificent gold veins, is permitted to lie idle fiom year to year, while men, pratieal la other things, c,me here and purchase oth er and inferior mines, because they get them cheap, and aft-r workingawhile fall and go back Lome cursing the gold mines in North Carolina became they failed, as they would fail in any other business wiih the same management. As a general thing r have bad as few failures in the gold mines of this part of North Carolina as they have had io Cali fornia and Colorado. Gentlemen wLi have visited both countries say that lis North Carolina mines, in this section ir; just as good as the Western tnioc. an: the average y.eld of the ores richer. A '. l..t i. ... . . j . , -a California country in tbat we can work a. t nitr a rrni lariuurt orer l.j- the vear while llirv can an r amk (,, -. April to Nov mb r, and we pay oor L :. '. from seventy-five cents to one dolUi- a half per day. while th v Dav their Lr :, from three to five dollars per day. . provisions of ajl kinds high in proporti wood from fifteen to twentr dolla - cord. iiriu The Canterbury Cathedral. crF tbat was damared bv fire'tL, .,:i..cr and seriously threatened with d.strurticji is one of the most ft moos iu that rououy or in tbe world. In it iL . 1. 1.-.,4 Thomas A'lkcket was marJtted. His shrine was once visited by t l.unar.dj of pilgrims. Tbe steps that ni m m ara well-worn. There is a coiiucs ritt... pavement in front r.f the si f ine Wl-v old Harry VIII had th L... . f.U- " - a auo Archbishop borned. aod the ahrin stroyed. The Catlnslral is verv eld, jts foundation bavins; been laid I? -!... ago, in A. D. 597. Many cuuotrt relics ana many iomos commetDormUve of scm of England's famous men are gathered withio the walls of this ancient d;fif ortunsuiv these htstorie tronhU. k.. been preserved, although so erWly threatened with destruction, Semtimd.