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CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
($2 PER ANNUM
j In Advance.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Office on Main Street, F
ONE DOOR SOUTH Of SADLER'S HOTEL, $
VOLUME 5.
NUMBER 9,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1856.
OK TIIK
TERMS OF THE PAPER :
Ttoo Dollars a ijtar, in fcmtt
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Having recently visited New-York, and se
lected from the old and elegant
Foundry of Geo. Bruce, Esq;,
A Ql'ANTITY OF
We are now prepared to Execute
Xtx "tl3.o !Oost St37-Xo,
AXX KINDS OF
"JMmitiptv the .Trans, aittf ote
tnultijl'i Use sHfs,"
Is our of the established umxiuisof btU inese.
$9'
okki.ks roi;
PAMPHLETS, CLERKS' BLANKS
HANDBILLS, SHERIFF'S do.
CRDS, CONSTABLES' do.
( IRCPLABS, MAC ISTliATESMo.
LABELS, ATTORNEYS do.
Olt FOX
A3 aVttlJEllfe iifi WOES
Keijuired by the business t ' immunity,
WII.I. ME EXUtieD WITH
TXT S "3? NBS
3 I S A T E2
Various ls-iiacis of
;SmdJ cvO saeJUtevl 1a:)1
ALWAYS ON HAM).
Or (fmntti to rter
DiO! KAGC iHiS IvNOHilN.
rajiUE vni reigned Wgs 1 :r.e
n to rot tire bia thanks tethoso
bvorod hi'ii wit!i a call dur-
. ;. laal y em : and be wonM
-ctfttlly uiforai the pnblie thai
h - s r moveil to tin- Machine
i :i fonvmdj arenpied by Ifeaore. CleoMDe A
VVbMiaaait, ajaaning Mr. J. RudisilFa steam
I" Mills, arhrw he is pn pand to execute
won ia his line as cheap and as good as can
J NK in the Stain.
Tiiraing, Cattiag Screws. Uepair
ia Boilers and Kniaes of all
descriptions, Making and Re
pairing Mill Spindles, Wood
Plainer, Making Ploughs, Iron
ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoeing,
&,c., we will yield to no one
for neatness, wear, ami dispatch. Inter
i j Shoaa $1 S5, common ditto $1, e;u-t-
stt'ej Uti4, or St. el plate. S"?.
I bare :.! creeled an Air Funiace fr niend
' : Brass, which answers Inely. The public can
--v t bra and cmiposition castings by call-'-
at tU ahove . stablishun nr. and turnisbing
i tus. Old llrana aaolarrl oTnrat art duc d pric-.
ah aratacaa and despatch. Old Cupeer and
Bnmaraatcd.
s J. PERRY.
t ".i-trloftf, Jan. 1. I8of.. tf
BOOKS
or Sale
vr ibr.
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
T'lt VE W FF RCHJU3 B, or E vr.l.v Years
IX TIIK F vit WBBT B liobert Carlton.
THE AD VESTURES OF HAJJI RAF.A
:k v, l'. rsla. and lfc-:':: Edited bv James
nrr.
STAMiOFE BURLEIGH, 7 Jrsuitrs in
"ttr limn,. One of the mon inU'iestiug Novels
Oiat has bivu writleu in manv vears by lll n
Ma. '
THE MUSEUM af Rt aaaakahk and luter. st--'
Eveata, contaiuiug Historical Adventures
ad larid ela.
BLANCHE DEARWOOD-aTale ofModern
l. if...
EVEXISd TALES heats a selection of
aad ifa and suj. rnatura! Stories, translated
"an th- Chines", Turkish, aud Geruiau, and
" laj.iled by thmry St. Clair.
LEXICON OF FREE
MASONRY,
Containhifir a d-tinition
": -II its commnnicabb; terms.
The True Masonic Chart, by J. L. Cross, G. L
Th.- Fre.-Slason s Manual, bv Rev'nd K. J.
Stewart.
The New Masonic Trustle Roard.
THE ODD FELLOWS' MANUAL, by the
T. A. B. Orash.
1-"WR1E & EXXISS,
katiotta, March 4, ls,"0 Book-Selles.r
Ji. W. AVIS,
A.ttomey At Counsellor at Law,
" x
nil. M. J. RAI,
Throe doors below Trotter's Carriage Manufactory
f It. lit LOTTU.
April 22, 18.TG.-ly
URS. WHEALAX,
Opposite the Iot -Office-
ALL DRESSES cut and
made by the celebrated
A-lS-; method, ana war
ranted to fit,
BONNETS
Trimmed in the latest style, at
the .lirt-st notice.
Charlotte, 1-Vb 12, tf 1
TO THE PUBLIC.
I HA VE .H ST RECEIVED and opened the
l:i reel and most varied stock oi
Drugs, Medicines. ( lieiu
ieals, Paints, Oils, Win
dow Glass, Puttv, Dye
Stnlls, Perfumery, Toilet
Articles, &c &c.Poir5EVER offer
ed IN THIS MARKET.
All of which will be sold at extremely short
profits, for cash.
I defy competi tion and if you want articles
in my line, call, you shall he satisfied, both
with regard to price and quality.
Rcsjf etfully, &e.
II. M. PRITCHARD, IVf. ,D.
Wholesale tV Retail Druggist,
( KAMTE ROW, No 3.
Charlotte, May G, 185G. if
NEW TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
4E.EXA1VDER St E.EMTEE.E
5 ) I LI) inform i)w
V V chiaeaa (' Char
; lot.'i-and the SlUTOUBding
, eoimtrv, that tiny have
taken the room 4,
: Sprins' Row. t'or
m. rly oeeupi-d by R. M.
R -hison. wdctp they in
tend cMSvmf; on the T.i-
LOUNG hl !.i:ss in all
' its branches. Having en
ngod the aerrieea of A.
, D thape, wliosc renut.i-1
tion as a Cutti r, is well known in this comniuni
' ty, they f :-l :o hesitauey in Baying that they
an- as well prepuvd to rtye satisfaction as any
o: h. r -ilahiishiif-nt in this part of the country;
ami by close application and strict attention to
businesSa they hope to merit a liberal shan' of
patronage, (iooil tits wairantcd.
1 Fashions received monthly from the best
reports. ALEXANDER A LENTELE.
A uirnst 10, I HOC tf
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.
THE suhscriber announces
to the public generally, that he
r
I - i e . . i u :i i.iigu assori-
LtlW men! of new
lloths,
Cassimeres
AND
CT G iillemcn's wear, and will
be sol. I p Omsk at a small prol;t,or made to or
der Beeordine to the latest styles. Shop next
door t Elm...' Grocery Store.
pt.
29, 1S3L 10-lf D. L. REA.
J. BET
ttzktie:
m ah OULD inform his customers, that he has
V v tak n the room lately occupied by Mr.
R. M. R bison, three doors east of the. Charlotte
tank All work done by htm shall be executed
iu the best style, for which in every instance,
payment is n uuiud in cash before taking the
vrorkaway. ALEX. BETHFNE.
Jn ne S," 1856 3w
If
AND
JEWELRY.
HOMASTRQTTEB
A SOX have just re-
. hred t and will V regn-
lariy reoeirbag additions thereto) a chaiea stock
of ban bsoaae and fashionable WATCHES from
thiiBOMl c 1 brat d makers. Also, a rich assort
ment ot
Fashionable Jewelry, Chains, &c.
All of which will be sold low for cash, or on short
time to punctata dealers.
TIH MAS TROTTER & SOX.
Charlotte, June 10, 1350 tf
:i DeeS8 softh of the mansion house,
Charlotte.
S. M. HOWELL
HAVING made more extensive preparations
for the Manufacture of
SADDLE and HARNESS,
He would respectfully inform the citizens ot
North Carolina, that he is now pnpai ed totur-tuvni-h
SADDLES Ar HtRtSS
of a superior quality, of his oten manufacture,
Very Lowest Possible Prices.
XVantins Saddles
By leaving their orders, can be furnished as low
they can procure the same at the North.
April IS, 1650 tt S. M. HOWELJL
B00N & C0.'S
i,aat t. emir
rorium
NO. 3, BRICK HANGE,
Opposite the
BURNT DISTRICT
WHERE thev will be pleased to aee their
old friends and customers.
m M
1
fi 9
Harness
n
Hdus of tip
Killed by Lightning. On Friday
morning last, about 2 o'clock, during a se
vere thunder storm, Mrs. Sarah Watson, a
widow lady residing in town near the Rail
Road, was struck and killed by lightning.
She had apisen from bed and was at the
fire-place lighting a candle when the acci
dent occurred. The other inmates of the
house were aroused by the crying of htr
little son, and efforts were made to resus
citate her but they were unavailing. She
was a very estimable lady, and by this aw
ful dispensation of Divine Providence three
little boys are left orphans at an early age.
Salisbury Banner.
Tuiflini Cause. Paul Stillman died
in Now York, Thursday, from exhaustion,
consequent on the amputation of a foot.
He had worn a tight boot only two hours,
and produced a wound which resulted in
the loss a foot, and finally of his life.
One of the Tricks of Burglars.
From a confession made by a rogue, now
in jail at Hartford, Ct., for various burgla
ries recently committed in Farmington, it
appears that one of the gang with whom he
wus connected, travelled through various
towns seMing polishing powders, with a view
of ascertaining where silver plate was to be
found. In visiting dwellings, he was ulways
quite bold in following the inmates to ad
jacent rooms, to test his powders upon sil
ver spoons or plate. He made a memor
andum of what he saw, in a book, noting
particularly thbse houses where a dog was
kept.
. .
A Good Lesson. The Cincinnati Gaz
ette learns that "A young and handsome
girl, residing on Sycamore street, attempt
ed, on last Sunday evening to committ sui
cide by swallowing a large do-e of lauda
num. Soon after taking it she rued the
rash act, told what she had done, and be
came exceedingly afraid she would die.
A physician was called in, used the stomach
pump, and yesterday tho girl was doing
well, and not only likely to recover from
the effects of the poison, but also from a
love fit, that it seems induced the foolish
attempt. '"Oh, Doctor!" said she to her
physician, "wouldn't it have been horrible
to have killed myself for such a timid fel
low as ; why, when he heard of it he
stiid he always thought I was a blamed
fool ."
EXECUTION OF SALIZAR.
Walker, the new President of Nicara
gua, continues to punish all who oppose his
government.
Marino Salizar, executed on the 4th tilt.,
by Walker, at Granada, was a prominent
politician in Nicaragua, and was a candi
date for the Presidency. The El Nicara
guensc says :
"Shostly after his arrival in this place he
had an interview with General Walker,
which lasted a few minutes. When it was
ended he returned to his place of confine
ment, and was made aware that 5 o'clock,
P. M., of the same day had been determin
ed upon for his execution. He appeared to
be prepared for the announcement, as, from
the moment he was taken, ho was well aware
of the usual penalty attached to the crimes
of which he had been guilty. His interview
with General Walker took place about
eight o'clock, A. M. During the remain
der of the day he was attended faithfully by
Padre Vigil and other fathers of the church,
and devoted himself, without interruption,
to making his peace with an offended Deity,
and standing in the presence of the august
majesty of the King of Kings.
Throughout the afternoon ho prayed
earnestly in front of an image of Christ on
the Cross. As his final ho-!r approached
the holy sacrament was administered to
him, and his spiritual advisers exhorting
him to keep his mind fixed steadily on his
Redeemer. His devotions were not disturb
ed until the officer upon whom devolved the
duty of his execution entered the apartment
in which he was confined, to inquire wheth
er he would prefer a standing or sitting pos
ture in front of the soldiers who were to fire
upon him. He preferred sitting; and the
same chair in which General Corral was ex
ecuted, was placed upon the spot selected
for the occasion the precise place on which
General Corral suffered death.
When the evening dress part-de conclud
ed, a file of twelve men were detached to
execute the decree of justice, while the
main body of the troops stationed in the
city formed three sides of a square in front
of tho wall against which the prisoner's
chair was placed; the detachment of twelve
standing about fifteen paces distant from
the wall.
The prisoner having announced that he
was re ady, he was escorted to the place of
his execution by a guard of four men and
the venerable Padre Vigil, who ceased not i
his pious exhortations.
Salizar was dressed in a blue cloth jacket
and coarse dark linen trowsers, presenting
verv much the appearance of a sailor. He
walked from the guard bouse in his stock
ings and carried in front of him a crucifix,
upon which he looked with much earnest
ness and to which he addressed his prayers.
Having taken his seat, the Padre joined
him in a short prayer, after which the per
sons assembled around were asked if they
forgave him the many wrongs he had per
petrated towards their city and their gov
ernment. Being answered in the affirma
tive, he tied the handkerchief about his eyes
himself, and while calling upon Jesus to
forgive him, the word was given, the sol
diers fired, and the soul of Salizar took flight
into the spirit world.
New Material for PAPER.-The Cleve
land Plaindealer says : 44 The Planet has
, brought down from Lake Superior a thous
! and pounds of moss for Dr. Terby, of De
j troit, who has been making experiments
upon it in the manufacture of paper. The
i Doctor says that the moss makes a beauti
j ful white paper, without any preparation
of the raw material for the common paper
mills. In all respects it is equal to linen
! rags, and can be found in unlimited quan
tities on Isle Royale and several other lo
calities in the vicinity, at a very small
comparative cost."
VW A gentleman, Mr. G. W. Stell, re
siding near Petersburg, Va., caught a neigh
bor iu a beaver trap a few mornings since.
Mr. Stell had experienced considerable dif
ficulty in keeping his watermelons quietly
"at home o' nights," and hit upon a beaver
trap to solve the mystery of their disappear
ance. Accordingly he set one, upon the
plan of a steel trap, though large, without
teeth. In the morning, instead of a thieving
negro, he found an honest neighbor fearful
ly crouching over it fast. Imagine that
neighbor's feelings!
. .
A Max that Believes in Music.
Some philosopher remarks: "Music not
only improves a mail's tastes, but his mor
als. It gives him a taste for home that
amends his habits wonderfully. We be
lieve in music, and candidly think that one
flute will do as much towards driving row
dyism out of a neighborhood as four police
men and a bull dog."
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
HELD AUGUST TH, 185t).
154. 1850.
7 i I
COUNTIES. & 6
6 a 6 i
C -A O
o S
o es R
W G 2' O
Alamance, 696 597 91G 045
Alexander, 2,'J5 441 406 411
Anson, 255 902 326 75U
Ashe, 550 671 734 708
Hurke, 333 751 569 505
Buncombe, 502 775 958 787
Bladen, 620 426 608 481
Bertie, 410 490 469 545
Beaufort, 572 901 539 833
Brunswiek, 435 416 404 468
Cabarrus, 425 624 426 665
Catawba, 739 310 968 158
Craven, 63S 599 784 535
Cumberland, 1473 9'j7 1575 923
Chowan, 283 245 291 230
Columbus, 512 304 589 306
Camden, 125 461 107 473
Carteret, 399 403 493 502
Cherokee, 427 684 632 574
Caswell, 1007 220 1120 211
Chatham, 1017 1137 1166 1062
Caldwell, 219 620 438 425
Currituck, 544 158 556 146
Cteavehuid, 978 336 1109 138
Davidson, 679 1292 823 1199
Davie, 364 610 353 586
Duplin, 1061 225 1113 155
Edgecombe, 1404 155 1563 189
Forsythe, 897 802 1080 926
Franklin, 713 339 744 334
Gaston, 808 138 759 133
Granville, 1078 995 1225 994
Guilford, 528 1615 571 2059
Greene, 358 351 432 289
Gates, 422 351 459 392
Haywood, 345 350 537 254
Halifax, 584 551 736 584
Hertford, 237 306 335 393
Hyde, 303 397 332 501
Henderson, 243 687 668 647
Iredell, 392 1256 351 1349
Jackson, 366 255 572 106
Jones, 230 229 261 180
Johnston, 936 744 1036 817
Lenoir, 394 274 499 263
Lincoln, 573 296 614 222
Madisou, 428 311 575 250
Martin, 696 299 706 340
McDowell, 217 674 536 395 i
Moore, 605 752 733 677 j
Montgomery, 145 741 211 725!
Macon, 229 390 367 396
Mecklenburg, 1023 652 1024 623
Nash, 1H5 95 1107 93
Xew Hanover, 1109 424 1522 570
Northampton. 641 490 695 428
Onslow, 596 238 771 108
Orange, 963 1080 1119 1045
Pasquotank, 331 496 330 502
Perquimans, 343 .334 3u4 348
Pitt, 725 708 775 716
Person, 601 331 678 384
Robeson, 782 679 773 669
Rockingham, 1036 310 1168 439
Rowan, 932 976 885 905
Rutherford, 621 1019 1070 781 ;
Randolph, 403 1378 560 1281
Richmond, 113 708 246 556
Sampson, 860 599 990 497
.Surry, 797 464 877 579
Stokes, 036 437 709 493
tanlv, 95 874 166 797
Tyrrel, IDS 275 1J4 309
Union, 729 472 835 273
Wake, 1541 1170 1693 1124
Warren, 754 168 819 101
Washington, 245 388 261 377
Watauga, 157 423 257 392
Wavne, 1145 304 1332 274
Wilkes, 325 1261 609 1264
Yadkin, 650 758. 633 838
Yancy, 639 349 810 320
43,705 46,620 50,769 44,175
40,620
44,175
Bragg's maj. - - 2,085 B.'s mj. 12,594
THE LEGISLATURE.
We believe that the following is a cor
rect list of the members elect to the next
North Carolina Legislature:
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.
Camden and Curritvek J B Jones.
Gates and Chowan Dr. R Dillard.
Washington and Martin . Chesson.
Northampton T J Person.
NaskL N B Battle.
Warren William Eaton, jr.
Franklin P B Hawkins.
Pitt M L Carr.
Onslow E W Fonville.
Duplin W J Houston.
Mecklenburg W R Myers.
Lincoln, Gaston y Cataicba J H White.
Rutherford and Cleaveland Dr. C Mills.
Burke, McDowell and CaldxcellVf W
Every.
Buncombe, Yancy, 5fc. David Coleman.
New Hanover Owen Fennell.
Edgecombe H T Clarke.
Greene and Lenoir J P Speight.
Wayne C II Brogden.
Craven J Miller.
Carteret and Jones W P Ward.
Johnston L B Sanders.
Wake G H Wilder.
Granville C H K Taylor.
Orange P C Cameron.
Chatham R E Rives.
Cumberland and Harnett D McDiarmid
Sampson T H Holmes.
Caswell S P Hill.
Person J W Cunningham.
Rockingham G D Boyd.
Stokes and Forsyth J J Martin.
Cherokee, Jackson, fyc.--V H Thomas. 33
KNOW-NOTHING SENATORS.
Pasquotank and Perquimans Jno. Pool.
Hertford R G Cowper.
Bertie J B Cherry.
Tyrell and Hyde F M Burges.
Beaufort Allen Grist.
Halifax M L Wiggins.
Rowan and Davie Dr. J B Ramsay.
Cabarrus and Stanly E R Gibson.
Anson and Union Dr. Myers.
Surry, Ashe, Yadkin and Watauga A
Bryant.
Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus A J
Jones.
Richmond and. Robeson A Dockery.
Moore and Montgomery S H Christian.
Randolph and Alamance M W Holt.
Guilford Ralph Gorrell.
Davidson J W Thomas.
Wilkes, fredell, Sfc.R. Parks. 17
DEMOCRATIC COMMONERS.
Alamance D A Montgomery and Geo.
Patterson.
Anson A J Dargan, W M Picket.
Ashe Allen Gentrv.
Burke F P Glass!"
Buncombe M Erwin.
Bladen G M White.
Catawba G P Rowe.
Craven C Kelly, H C Jones.
Cumberland and Harnett J G Shepherd,
J Stewart, L Bethea.
Chowan J C Badham.
Columbus D T Williamson.
Caswell Wm. Long, E K Withers.
Chatham R C Cotton, D Hackney, T
Bvnum.
"Caldwell C W Clark.
Currituck S B Jarvis.
Cleaveland -W M Blanton, F S Ramsour
Duplin B Southerland, VV R Ward.
Edgecombe R R Bridgers, J S Dancy.
Forsyth J Masten, J A Waugh.
Franklin Dr. L A Jeffreys.
Gaston Richard Rankin.
Granville T L Hargrove, J M Bullock,
T B Lyon.
Greene A D Speight.
Gates H Parker.
Haywood Dr. S L Love.
Halifax Win. Hill, J W Johnson.
Jackson 3 R Dills.
Jones W A Cox.
Johnston B H Tomlinson. Asa Barnes.
Lenoir S W Bright.
LiucolnA. P Cansler.
Madison- Dr. J Yancey.
Martin S W Outerbridge.
McDowell J C Whitson.
Mecklenburg W M Matthews, W F
Davidson.
Nash- G N Lewis.
New Hanover -T H Tate, S A Holmes.
Northampton M V Smallwood, J Mason
Onslow- L W Humphrey.
Orange W F Strayhorn, J F Lyon.
Pitt Dr. W J Blow,.Ed. Moore.
Person R H Hester.
Robeson Giles Leitcb.
Robeson Morrison.
Rockingham -A M Scales, T. Settle, jr.
Roican-V A Houck.
Rutherford Eel. Toms, Amos Harrill.
Sampson O P White, J M Mosely.
Surry R E Reev s.
Stokes J F Hill.
Union D Rushing.
IUAc---N G Rand, A M Lewis, M A
Bledsoe.
Warren Wm. A Jenkins, Dr. Thomas
Pitchford.
Wayne -E Sauls, E A Thompson.
Yancy I A Pearson. 80
KNOW-NOTHING COMMONERS.
Alexander A C Mcintosh.
Bertie D Outlaw, John Wilson.
Beaufort J R Stubbs, J Eborn.
Brunswick T D Meares.
Cabarrus C N White.
Camden D D Ferebee.
Carteret W Rum'ey.
Cherokee C M Stiles.
Davidson J M Leach, J P Mabry.
Davie W B March.
Guilford D F Caldwell, L M Scott, E
W Ogburn.
Hertford J B Slaughter.
Hyde J C Jeunett.
Henderson John Baxter.
Iredell 1 Q Sharpe, A B F Gaither.
Moore W B Richardson.
Montgomery- 3 Wr Crump.
Macon D'W Siler.
Pasquotank WTE Mann.
Perquimans 3 M Cox.
Rowan- H F Hall.
Robeson Giles Leitch.
Randolph H B Elliott, A G Foster.
Richmond .
Stanly M P Waddjll.
Tyrrell 3 A Benbury.
Washington H A Gilliam.
Watauga G N Folk.
WUkes A W Martin, P Eller.
Yadkin Col. Speer. 40
Democratic majority on joint ballot only 56.
The Popular Vote for President
in 1852.
The following is a table showing the pop
ular vote for President at the election in
1852:
Popular Tote In 1S53.
Whig.
15,038
7,404
34,971
30,359
6,293
2,875
16,660
64,933
80,901
15,855
57,068
17,255
32,543
35,077
56,062
33,860
17,548
29,984
16,147
38,556
262,083
39,058
152,526
179,122
7,626
Dern.
26,881
12,193
39.665
33,249
6,318
4,318
34,805
80,597
95,299
17,762
53,806
18,647
41,609
40,022
46,880
41,842
26,876
38,353
29,997
44,305
324,882
39,744
169,220
198,568
8,375
FreeS
Alabama,
Arkansas,
California,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
N. Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York,
N. Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
R. Island,
100
a 160
62
9,966
6,934
6,606
365
8,030
54
29,993
7,237
6,695
350
25,329
59
31,682
8,524
644
S. Carolina, (Electors chosen by Legis'e.)
Tennessee,
Texas,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Total,
58,898
4,995
22,173
57,132
22,240
57,018
13,552
13,044
72,413
32,658
8,631
8,814
1,393,089 1,596,395 158,123
Electoral
No. of
Tote or 1653.
Electors. Pierce. Scott.
Alabama, 9
Arkansas, 4
California, 4
Connecticut, 6
Delaware, 3
Florida, 3
Georgia, 10
Illinois, 11
Indiana, 13
Iowa, 4
Kentucky, 12
Louisiana, 6
Maine, &
Maryland, 8
Massachusetts, 13
Michigan, 6
Mississippi, 7
Missouri, 9
New Hampshire, 5
New Jersey, 7
New York, 35
North Carolina, 10
Ohio, 23
Pennsylvania, 27
Rhode Island, 4
South Carolina, 8
Tennessee, 12
Texas, 4
Vermont, 5
Virginia, 15
Wisconsin, 5
Total, 296
9
4
4
6
3
3
10
11
13
4
12
6
8
8
6
7
9
5
7
35
10
23
27
4
8
13
12
15
5
254
42
MISCE
LIVE FOR SOMETHING.
The smallest insect in creation has its
appointed work to do. The atom that floats
before us, the softest zephyr, the faintest
ray of reflected light, each has its separate
portion of labor. They all exift for a pur
pose either for good or evil. Seeing this,
as even untrained eyes and uncultivated in
tellects must, how culpable are we if we
have no aim beforo us if we listlessly
arise and move around or worse, if we
spend the time God has given us to improve
in soulless pleasure or contaminating ac
tion. We may be poor, persecuted, sick,
chained to adverse influences, but no cir
cumstances can absolve us from a work to
do. We may be blind, deaf, crippled ; He
who permitted our adversity, gave us our
appointed path, and the light to walk there
in. We may be Bunyans shut up in prison,
our limits circumscribed, our movements
clogged, but as far as we have capacity
we can all write pilgrimages. They may
be written in patient endurance of suffer
ing, in holy trust under the darkness of af
fliction. They may be written in penitent
tears, and transcribe by angels into the
books of Heaven.
And the work we do. What shall it be
for good or for evil ? Shall wo exalt or
drag down ? bless or curse, build up or des
troy ? One or tho other wo must be pursu
ing. Our every look, thought, and action is
reflected in a pure or pernicious influence,
by the minds revolving around our sphere.
Momentous power! thus to choose or reject!
A work to do ! You are not exoeptcd,
woman of fashion, nor yoo, gold-worshiping
man. Through the walls of adamant
are built up around your soul though the
thick drapery of selfishness is folded over and
over your hearts, the voice of the Eternal
will penetrate, "Live for something." The
very heaven that bends blue above yoo
the very earth beneath your careless tread
the flowers of humanity that bloom along
your pathway the weed that withers under
your loathing glance the y earning of your
immortal spirit, that cannot be suppressed ;
the voice within you that cannot be silenc
ed all tell you of that work to do. How
beautiful your lives might he made, ye who
have power ; do ye ever think of it ? Look
back along the life yon hare traveled ; hare
yon buili any temples where simple good
ness may worship 1 Have you planted
here and there a tree that will live when you
are gone, and yield fruit that, as it is pluck
ed, will call forth sweet memories of your so
journ here ? Hare you erer made your
name a household word, or hare you lived
but to build houses aud buy merchandise,
and erect an altar and a temple and m mon
ument to corrupt and perishing self ? How
are you to answer those questions who stand
up beforo the Omnipotent? Not then with
a laugh or sneer, or a clod marble face, for
the thousands of opportunities that you
have murdered will rise up in that hour to
condemn you.
COUNSELS FOR THE YOUNG.
Never be cast down by trifles. If a spi
der breaks his thread twenty times, twenty
times will he mend it again. Make up
your minds to do a thing, and you will do
it. Fear not, if a trouble oomes upon yoo;
keep up your spirits, tho' the day be a dark
one.
If the sun is going down, look ap to the
stars ; if the earth is dark, keep your eye
on heaven ? With God's presence, and God's
promises, a man or ohild may be cheerful.
Mind what you run after ! Never be
content with a bubble that will burst, or a
firewood that will end in smoke and dark
ness. Get that which you can keep, and
which is worth keeping.
We are soon Forgotten. We hare
often thought that man's pathway from the
cradle to the grave was a strangely incon
sistent one. Life, 'tis true, has its strange
and eventful scenes, mingled with sighs,
shouts of joy, smiles and tears. And yet,
with these manifest sighs and tears, there
is a cold philosophy lords it over our being,
and rules our immortal souls by shutting
up the very fountain of tears. Day after
day are we witnessing this cold philosophy
of the world. Man's death and burial cre
ates no sad thoughts beyond the circle of
the home where he was most intimately
known. The din and bustle of the world
goes on as ever, the hearse and the funeral
train sweep by, and mayhap a few of oar
fellows on their way to the haunts of busi
ness, halt but a moment to ask of the de
ceased, and then walk on forgetful that a
heart has oeased to beat forever. Even
the mourner's tears that gush up with a
seemingly ceasless flow, are soon dried up,
and the veil and scarf, the dark badges of
death are cast aside, and the lifeless clod of
the valley forgotten, amid the pomp and
airy vanity of a vain glittering world. But
such iu life. If we die to-day, the sun will
shine as brightly, and the birds sing as
sweetly to-morrow ; not a wheel in the great
machinery of the business world will cease,
and scarce a voice of mirth be checked.
This is life ; how rapidly it peases and how
soon we are forgotten!
' -" Q e'v i
Jov in Adversity. All birds when
they are first caught and put into the cage,
fly wildly up and down, and beat themselves
against their little prison ; but within two
or three days sit quietly upon their perch,
and sing their usual melody. So it fares
with us, when God first brings us into
straight ; we wildly flutter up and down,
beat and tire ourselves with striving to get
free, but at length custom and experience
will make our narrow confinement spacious
enough for us, and though our feet should
be in the stocks, yet shall we, with the
Apostles, be able even there to sing praises
to God.
Remedy for Injuries. Hare any one
wounded you with injuries 1 Meet them
with patience. Hasty words rankle the
wound ; soft language dresses it ; forgive
ness cures it ; and oblivion takes away the
scar.
"Pa Doe It." "You Tommie, my
son, what's that you are saying ?"
"La! ma, I just said confound it."
"Why, my son, mother's astonished to
hear you talk so. That's naughty !"
"I says worse than that sometimes. I
just cusses right out- -just like anybody.
You know all men cusses!"
"Ah, my son, gentlemen do not cure !
Low trifling men curse ; but gentlemen of
good manuers and good sense con't."
"Well, anyhow, my pa does it.
"Run along to play Tommie, and he a
little man. Don't say suoh naughty things !"
Enter Father. "Pa, are you a gentle
man ?'
"Yes, my eon: I try to be one; bat what
makes you ask such strange questions, Tom
mie ? Who says otherwise ?"
"Nobody, sir, but I was a thinking that
somebody tclled me a story- you or ma
one."
"Thomas, what do you mean T"
"I jest means, Pa, that you eusees, and
Ma says gentlemen don't. And I know you
do; cauee I beard you cum the carriage
driver t'other day, and i have been saying it
ever since."
Peggy! Peggy! come take this hoy to
bed!" Mobile Tribune.
Donnelly wrote home recently that Mo
Graw bad died from an " affection of the
throat." He was hung last season in Cal
fornia.
CHARLOTTE, V. C.
)t- 1, 1S56. tf
I Charlotte, July 8, 1856. ff