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WKSTERN DEMOCRAT. CHARLOTTE 0 From U.e K O. Mtdtral If Surgical Journal FACTS WORTH NOTING. The lute Mr (iallatin. Treasurer of hu United Seated, reckons the entire up"rt-ti-.u f Mack into the territorial limits of the KetMiUic. at ;100.IHM now jmt lM than four million ! M. Humboldt, in the work ulHtvt- MathM IPmrmmml Nnrrative,) mhl ii the jmjpattt&m f Mack farts the Hriti-h We,.t liiIU-s from HMO 17. which HTlirr in 10G years, the MMMBM Hj-'gre-Mte of 2.IM M). Thisaregate includes neither the clave imported openly up o 1H-J4, a per'uMl of years later, nor thne imported at an earlier date, reaching back for the West ludks to l.r(M u perind of 177 years trrrfrrf to M. Humboldt'.-' poiul of departure a period of more than a hun dred years before the first white immiruiit. rem in d the sijon s of this He.ublic. M. HosnfaoUt smv- : "The whole Archi- iehigo of Ike Wet Indies which now com prises scarcely 2,400,(M)0 negroes and nw lattoft free and slaves, received from lo7U to 1H25, tunny ii.OUO.WM) if Africans." VII 272. Add t this all the importations, of which no exact records exist, from loO.'J to 1G70 a periijd of 177 years, and then add tlie enormous importation since 182o, down to the present da , Aug. 8, 1S5G". to which dd rut natural increase as proved by the ctatistieul history of a handful of sbtves imported at a comparatively hte period iirto the slnve-holding States of this lb -public, not exceeding 300,000, yet soon multiplying to 4,I(M).1)(M). These 300,000 ought to have been extinguished wholly ere )Uiw according to the ratio of decline ob terved in oilier t-Uivtliol.ling l:u.i. cn idi r these thingj, yc warping philanthrop ists of tho North, aud of realms beyond the ceuii. and of tho islands of the distant seas ween for the many millions imported flaring 350 years from Africa, whom the vitul statistician can nowhere find but in theobliious grave, in mouldering bones. 'hy should the heart of the great world Kob itself into convulsions over the slftve liolding States' of the lb-public, the OSSUJ of the African desert, where alone the ne gro has a hjHiiP, if not freedom, where he prospers most, has the greatest amount of the physical comforts, increases fo.-tot, lives tho longest, and en joys the best health, slaves nevertheless. The negros of Africa uow more than ever eat one another. They aro ever -vhcrc cru-hid out beyond the Jimits of the sluvehohling .States. A French naval odic. r, who, with his uite, was hospitably entertained by the the Negro King of Dnhomey, during the Presidency of Napoleon, now Emperor of the French, relates that tho King feeds his large army of female and male soldiers with the llesh of his captives, whom he can jiow no longer sell to tho whites. The French ofHccr, shocked at seeing human beings thus butchered, frequently plead with the King to abandon this practice, but was always answered by his Majesty pud f ihinet with hearty laughter for his in effable absurdity. "The chief ornament of the royal resi dence, containing ir,'MM) inhabitants, is human skull-s of which, when a number was wanted to pave a court or decorate a ceiling, it was not aM unusual prcoesa to hare suinc scores of petsons massacred for the purpose." (National t'yelop. v. 210. ondu, 1S-18.) Tho female part of the army is nearly as large as the standing army of the L'nited States usually is in times of peace. A NUT FOR THE ABOLITIONISTS. On Friday last, a respectable and intel ligent free negro woman, appealed In court before his Honor Judge (iiluier and mnaY application for h ave under our laws, to sell herself la James J. Tinsley iisq., of Cas cade in this county as a slave. His Honor instituted very rigid inquiries into her mo tives &e., and caused both parties to un dergo a careful examination on oath, to show that no improper or undue influence had been brought to hear, and that th;s step was of her own wish and will. Her value was then estimated at nine hundred dollars, and the order was accordingly made that upon Mr. Tifisley's paying $450, or one half her value. Rod giving bond to the am. unit of fotlii that she should not become char geable to tho county, bin-should liaxoajp his lave. The woman is 21 years old. health v, of line size aud has three children, and is bc.des a woman of most excellent char acter. Mr Tinsley is oue of the first citizens in this oounty. of intelligence, integrity and influence, and is withall a good and true American, who favors tho extension of slavery . Vanrille Register. GOV. AIKEN. We find the following article republished In the Charleston Courier from that vile Abolition sheet, the New York Enquirer. We do not credit the imputation upon Uov. A-.k-'u which it conveys i "A Significant Ut ii.ent. A public speaker, in addressing ft lrge Republican meeting in l'rovidence, the other day. took occasion to draw a contrast not only between Massachusetts and South Carolina, hut be tween the true and false gentleman in Caro lina itself instancing in the latter connec tion tho generous bearing of Governor Aiken in conducting Speaker Banks to the Chair, and the brutal assault of Froston F- Brooks, upon Senator Sumner. After tho meeting he was greatly surprised to re Oeive a note from Governor Aiken himself. Hading that he had heard the speech and Soliciting the pleasure of a personal inter view, Tho speaker had not imagined that Governor A ikeu was within a thousand miles of Providence, Under the circumstances, and to prevent misconstruction, ho tlu.ught it more proper Jo refrain from the interview, aud sent to Governor Aiken a courteous note excusing himself. A very handsome letter whs received in replv. expressin - groat satisfaction at tho whole tone pad tenor of all tho Sjoeehes upon the occasion, and indicating a gvoeral HOajlljatsin the seatigjLCjiU utter.'d. SCENE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN. From Dr. Kune'a new work, upon his Arctic ExpeUitiwi, we make the following extract. It will be remembered that he started a asuond time in search of Sir John Franklin, in November. lt52, and for about .'Wears it was not certain that he was alive. He has published an outline of his excur sion, and we take the follow ing interesting sketches : The first is a sei ne with the moon nud sun Ix'ih shining. The second is a descrip tion of one d" Ins many vigeu-eios vf tiiut most perilous ad'euture : "The moon is nearly full, and the dawn ing sunlight, fwiiig'ing with barn, invests t-vervthing with an atmosphere of ashy gray. It elothes the gnarled hills that make the horizon of our hay, shadows out the terra ces i dull definition, grows darker ami colder its it sinks in the lard and broods sad aud dreary open the ridges nd meas urless plains ufjflS that make up the rest of our field of view. Rising up above all this, aud shading down Into it in strange combi nations, is th- intense moonlight, glittering on every crujr and spire, bracing the outline of ihehaekgn.iiud with contrasted lightness, and printing its fantastic profiles on the snow-field. It is a landscape such as Mil fern or DnptS might imagine inorganic, desolate, and mysterious! 1 have, come down from the deck with the feelings of a man who has looked upon a world unfinish ed by the hand of its Creator." Here is a thrilling narrative in a different vein : We fastened at last to the great floe near the shore, making our harbor in a crack whidi opened with the phangea of the tide. The imperfect diet of the party was showing itself more in the decline of their muscular power. They seemed scarcely aware of it themselves, and referred the difficulty they found in dragging and push ing to something uncommon about the ice or sludge, rather than to their own weak ness. But, as we endeavored to renew our labors through the morning fog, belted on all sid is by ice fields so distorted and rugged of L. defy our efforts to cross them, the trutn seemed to burst upon every one. We had lost the feeling of hunger, nud were almost satisfied with our pasty broth and the large draughts of tea which accompanied it. I was anxious to send onr small boat. the Brie across the iumme hill at Appah, where I knew from the Esquimaux we thould find plenty of birds; but the strength of the party whs insufficient to drag her. "Wr were sorely disheartened, and could only wait for the fog to rise, in the hope of some smoother platform than that which was about US, or some lead that might save us the painful labor of tracking. I had climbed the iceberg; andtlere was nothing in view except the Dairy m pie rock, with its red brassy face towering in the unknown distance. But I hardly got back to my boat before a gale stre.ek us from the northwest, and a floe, taking up a tongue of ice about a mile to the north of us, began to swing upon it like a pivot, and close slowlj' in upon our narrow resting place. "At first our own floe was also driven be fore the wind: but in a little while it encoun tered the stationary ice at the foot of the very rock itself. On the instant the widest imaginable ruin rose around us. The men sprang mechanically each one to his sta tion, bearing back the boats and stores : but I gave up for the moment all hope of our escape. It was not a nip, such us are familiar to Arctic navigators; but the whole platform where we stood, and for hundreds of yards on every side of US crumbled and crushed ond piled and tossed itself madly under the pressure. 1 do not believe that our little body of men, all of them disciplin ed in trials, aide to measure danger while combatting it I do not believe there is one who this day can explain how or why hardly when, in fact we found ourselves afloat. We only know that in the midst of a clamor utterly indisoribable, through which the braying of a thousand trumpets could no more be beard than the voice of a man, we were shaken and raised and whirl ed and let down again in a swelling waste of broken hammocks, and, as the men grasped their boat-hooks in the stillness that followed, the boats edded awav in a tumultuou ; skreed of ice and snow and water. We were borne along in this manner a? long as the unbroken remnant of the in shore floe continued revolving, utterly powerless, aud catching a glimpse every now and then of the brazed headland that looked down on us through the snowy skv. At hist the floe brought up against the rocks, the looser fragments that hung round it begun to separate, and we were able hv oars and boat-hooks to force our battered little flotilla clear of them. To our joyful surprise we soon found ourselves in a stretch of the land-water wide enough to give us rowing room, end with the assured promise of land close ahead. "As we seared it. we saw the same for bidd en wall ot belt-ice as at Sutherland and Hakluyt. We pulled along its margin, seek ing in vain either an opening or access, or: a uook of shelter. The gale rose, and the ice began to drive again ; but there was nothing to be done but get a grapnel out to the belt and hold on for the rising tide. The Hope stove her bottom, and lost part of her weather-boarding, and the boats were badly chafed. It was an awful storm ; and it was not without constant exert;on that we kept afloat, haling out the send that broke over us. and warding ,,' boat-hooks. "At :i'clock the tide was high enough for us to scale the ice-cliff. One by one we pulled up the boats upon a narrow shelf, the whole sixteen of us uniting at each pull. We were too much worn down to unload but a deep and narrow gorge opened in the cliffs almost at the spot where we clambered up ; and, as we pushed the boats into it on an even kneel, the rocks seemed to closp above our beads, until an abrupt turn in the course of the ravine placed a protectiug cliff between us aud the gale. Wc were com pletely encacd. HE HORSE-SHSE. Si i'EIustitiox vrs- jchp&tu Cbntuby . From the Greensboro" Times. History iufofflss s that from the earliest davs the superstitions among mankind have been wout to evoke the aid of "Charms" i . . i . i . -i re ua.vii-.w i ami "Amuici - " . ... . . . 1 a. 1 1 , ! aud ' 7"c;uitawocs oi witcncran, aiiunuie sought titroby to escape distempers and all the thousand ills to which flesh is heir. When we read accounts of Us' supersti tions awe with which these ehar.ns are re sarded by heathen nations, we are pained at the mental htultijieatjon, aud we should feel "-rati fid that our lot was not cast umid the gross darkness of Heathenism. The first amulet or charm worn by the Ancients consisted of a Httis metal trinket around the neck or wrist, and was sometime used for religious purposes, and from this pro ceeded the custom of some nations in plac ing texts of these laws written on plates of metal, on the door of iiouseb and places of public worship. At onetime thC'Anodyne Necklace " made o the briony root was in high repute, as it was believed to possess the power of assisting children in teething! But we will not enter into a detail of the foolish whims of the ancients, for however degrading to the intellect of man the rev erenpe for charms may be, it is not all con fined to the dark oges, as there are thous ands even in this land of Bibles, Schools and Colleges aud boasted intelligence, who are not a whit behind the most untutored savage In their reverence for and belief in the efficacy of some "fetish" to preserve them from reai or fancied dangers. Who has not beard of rabbjng a black suail over a wart nine nights in succession to cause it to disappear, or the hand of a dead criminal thrice over a wen, with the belief that the vdcad stroke,"' as jt is termed, will cure it ? This last named folly was enacted at a re cent execution of a criminal in one of the Western .States. Same believe that a toad encased in a small bag and hung arouud one's neck will stop the most severe case of bleeding at the nose ; while some put great confidence in a piece of lace worn in the same manner, if bought by oue of the opposite sex without any explanation being givep to the purchas er as to the iutent of thus using it. Among some of the Catholics, the "Holy Sign" or Sign of the Cross is resorted to as a cureall; while some protestants, equally silly, resort to the patella of a sheep or "cramp bone," as it is usually called, to cure cramp or other spasmodic diseases ! Others again procure the tail of a black cat, and having pulled one single hair therefrom, rub the tip over the eye nine times, to cure a ivest or sty. Even here in this city, abounding in intel lectual luminaries, there may be found quite a number of Maduirtt's, with an outlandish cognomen, who assay to teU hidden myster- ies by their incantations equally as absurd , as any thing we have narrated, and they j drive a brisk business too at the expense often, of those who move in the higher cir- cles, persons who, one might suppose, were ; 1 , , possesseu or more gumpuon man 10 oe ; deceived by the silly prognostications of these "Gypsies who every ill can euro Except the ill of being poor Who charms 'gainst love and agues, sell Who can in ben-roost set a spell, Prepar'd by arts to them best known To catch all feet except their own Who as to fortune, can unlock it, As e asily as pick a pocket." Yet hundreds believe their blasphemous stories far more perhaps than they do the first Chapter of Genesis! We remember stopping once at a farm house in S. C, where wc found the good dame busily engaged in "working over" a tempting specimen of fresh butter, and, as was very natural with such an oih subject before us, our tongue ran very glibly while we discoursed about farming in general and butter-making in par ticular, and in the course of our remarks, we happened to mention the facf. that our wife had been sadly puzzled of late, to ac count for the "frothing" of the cream while attempting to churn it. "Oh, I know what's the matter with it," said the old lady, " its bewitched." "Indeed !" said we, "do you really think so ?" "Yes, that's the sole cause I know, for I used to be bothered in the same way till I found out how to break the ipcll."" "Well, madam, will you be kind enough to let us write the secret?" "I will ; but you must not let on that I told you, 'cause I may be troubled again by the old witch." We promised the utmost secrecy of course when she proceeded to give the following modus operandi for exercising the evil spirit. "Iu the first placo the cows must be milked with silver in the piggin, and if that don't answer, put silver in the churn, and if that fails, set a largo empty iron pot over a very hot fire and when nearly red hot at the botton, pour in the cream from the churn. tet jire to it and burn it all up. That will lix it, to a certainty." So ue thought so far as the cream was concerned, but when we returned some doubts as to its efficacy on the next churn ing, she assured us that there would bo no more trouble about "frothy " cream. "We listened to it all with a look as wis 3 as an owl and twice as solemn, although there was J a suppressed commotion beneath our vest to j which we would have liked much to give vent in a loud "guffaw," but wo lunw that nouki be unpardonable rudeness, so , . . ! , v n UUVU lllllll V C Ijail KflllJ lilt- j'i.U- lIVCS for an audience, and then it wouid have done you good to hear us 'det out, think." "Hut what of the horse shoe ?" ask we the reaaer. We beg pardon, for we had almost over looked the first division of our random thoughts which were led into this channel bv notieinrr. durinc ono of our marniiiv ! rambles recentlv. a horse-shoe nailed to tho j ,i, -,i c "-1 a , P door-sill of a residence in the verv heart of , i t us city ! I ram the outward appearance of j p , i,wU,uK i.u..s surroundings, one migui . suppose the inmates belonged to the refined and intelligent class of society, 9ud were very far removed from the rulgni herd who put faith in such foolish exorcism of "the powers of the evft eye f hat on inquiry as to the subject of that pedal protection of the horse being found there, we were told it was a "charm !" Whethe-r it was ever worn by Barn urn's "woolly" pony or not our in formant could not sav. We imagined, however, that we could decipher, just be neath it, those ominous letters, u-u-M-n-u-G , done faintly in charcoal, etched probably by some daring speciuica of "Young Ame- rica " who Had the temerity thus to give the man, who put up that "fetish," his just due by posting biiu briefly, as an unmiti- . . i . gate ass. -j , I .. , n l . . K o lini.n u 1 1 f I coin Iw another Bathing our renovated sight In the free Gospel's glorious light, We marvel that it was ever night.. Ye may smile, or coldly sueer, The while, each ghostly tale wo hear, And wonder why they were believed, And how wise men could bo deceived ! New York. W, li- H. The Successful Treatment of Fe vers. The People's Medical Enquirer of London, contains a letter from Dr. A. La combs, Health and Port Physician of Puerto Cabello. in which he says: "You will be graiified to learn that I have for years banished bleeding from the prac tice in fever cases. I seldom lose a patient when called jn in the first instance, whether the fever be termed intermittent, typhoid," inflammatory or any thing else. In most cases I obtain a favorable modification of the symptoms by administering an emetic ; while, with quinine or pipeline alone, or combined with mild laxatives, I obtain a cure in a comparatively short period of time. I have often saved many in the last stage. Tbe chrono thermal practice is most indubitably the most efficacious in all kinds of fevers, as will be readily admitted by all capable of forming a fair judgment should interest not interfere. In former years the general practices of this country in fever was bleeding in the first stage of the disease, and the average of deaths was from twenty to thirty per centum. The average of deaths now, without bleeding is only two and a half to four per cent. Dr. Otto Ulrich, a respectable medical gentle man of the island of Trindad, told me some years ago iu Caracoas, that the average of deaths in the above island, where bleeding was then profusely used, was forty eight per cent in cases called fever." Epidemic Among FlSH. A curious phe nomenon has just exhibited itself among the finny tribe in some of the rivers of Michi gan. It is announced that during the past week, the shore of Grand river have been strewed with dead and dyiug of unusual size. The same epidemic prevails in the Shinaase. This is the second time during the present season, that the waters of these streams have been thus scourged, A few months ago, every form of creeping thing known to that country, was cast dead upon . , . tne oanKs, in great numoers. Ajizaras or enormous size and offensive appearance, were piled in heaps where they were thrown by the eddying current. Rats, snakes, and almost every species of scaly and slimy monster, shared a like fate. Now, however the disease, or whatever it may be called, is confined to the fish, and is necessarily at tracting much attention among the men of science and others, as to the causesof such extraordinary mortality. Poisox of the Spider. There have been noticed in several instances recently serious results attributed to the bite of a spider. The latest occurred in Cincinnati, on Thursday last, which is stated to have resulted fatally. A young man named William Haughton, employed in a dry goods store, was taken to a physician's office in a great state of suffering, caused by a spider's bite near the abdomen, received a few hours before. The sufferings of Mr II. continued to increase until late in the afternoon, when he died, apparently from the effects of the bite. The case has excited considerable attention in the medical profession, and the physicians of that city state that it is the only affair of the kind which has ever come within their knowledge. A European, recently traveling in South America, lay down to sleep on the bank of the Orinoco. He was awakened by loud at cries from his boatmen, nd found himself encircled in the folds of innumerable snakes. The natives at once delivered him from their hideous coils; but, although the serpents were of a harmless kind, their embrace proved fatal; the poor man's reason was overthrown by the horror of the shock, and he died of delirium. Retukned. The young lady who eloped a few months since from the city of New York with a distinguished 'Major," has returned with a minor in hor arms. How to Know a Fool. A fool, says the Arab proverb, mav be known bv six- things anger without cause, speech with- out profit, change without motive, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and not knowing his friends from his foes. N. C. Coal and Ikon. We have un- doubted an tlwit cfntJno- iUt ti, ,o h j of . , , . nouuemg a sale of tho coal land of Mr Haughton, and the iron ore land of Mr Unthank, on Deep liiver, is premature. ; No such sales had taken place as recently ; as a week ngo.Fayetteville Observer. Fight Between Mexican War Steamers. New Orleans, Nov. 3. The crew of the Mexican war steamer "Democrata" recently J ran oil" with the vessel, and appearing lffore1I C"eoalcos, forcibly earned off the o Hector ot the port and the specie, a,, . X 1 . The wir steamer Guerrero was sent in pursuit of her? and met bei off Cmneachy. A fii?'lt ensued, which was witnessed bv the passengers of the schooner Joven Maria. wL-ieh arrived at this port ; but the'result is unknown. I NEVER GOSSIP, Ob, no, f nev er gossip 1 I have enough to do to take care of my business without talking about the affairs of others, Mrs, Smith. Why, there's Mrs. Crocker, she deals in scandal by the wholesale; it does seem to me as though that woman's tongue must be almost worn out; but no, there's no danger of that If everybody was like me tiiere wouldn't be much trouble in the world. JD, no, i never gusip. oui uiu i vou know that Miss EllioU- had got a new sik dr MrS- Smith ? You didn't! well, 1 a'-, M T . T) . . li.l I she has; its a real brocade; I saw it myself. 'i ' m I do say it's shameful for her to be so extravagant; I mean to give her a piece of my mind, Mrs. Smith. You believe her uncle gave it to her ? Well, I don't care if he did ; why, ils only two montlis since her father failed, and now, to see her dash out in this style, it's a burning shame. I suppose she thinks 6he's going to catch young lawyer Stanhope, but I guess she'll find herself mistaken ; lie's got more sense than to be caught by her, if she has got a brocade silk dress. And there's the upstart dressmaker, Kate Manley, setting her cap for the doctor's son ; the impertinence of some people is perfectly astonishing. I don't think she's any better struck him with his open band, then step than she ought to be; for my own part, I j ping back and drawing his pistol- Being never did like her, with her mild, soft losk, 1 informed that Dr. F. was unarmed, he put when any one's around; my word for it, she can look cross enough when there ain't; then she says she's only seventeen ! Goodness knows she's as old as my Arabella Lueretia, and she's well, I won't say how old, but she's more'n seventeen, and I ain't ashamed to say so, either; but I guess Dr. May's son will have more discretion than to think of marrying her. Some folks call her handsome ! Well, I don't. She ain't half so good looking as my daughter Jane. Then the way she does up her hair in such fly-away curls; and if you believe it, Mrs. Smith, she actually had the impudence to tell me. that she couldn't make her hair straight ns my Maria Jane's. Impertinence ! if she'd let curling papers and curling irons alone, I'd risk but what her hair would be as straight as anybody's. But what do you think of the minister's wife Mrs. Smith I You like her. Well, all I can say is, you've got a very peculiar taste. Why she's proud as Lucifer; been married a whole week, and hasn't been to see me yet. You presume she hasn't had ! time ? I don't see what the minister wanted j to go out of town to get him a wife for, any ! way ; and then, above all things, to get that j little girlish-looking thing. Why didn't he : take one of his parishioners ? There's my Arabella Tjieretia would h ive madp him a 1)etter wife tian heg gQt mny Then , , . . f R. . , ' , , , ', , . . , T , I years older than the minister! I should l- ;.- ;p t ,i;.i.' I r - ! daughter's age, Mrs. Smith ! If some folks would mind their own business as I do I'd thank them. Waverley Magazine. FROST AS A MANURE. We know of no treatment so directly beneficial for almost every class of soils as that of throwing up land in narrow ridges, in the fall or early winter. There are few soils worth cultivating at all, that do not contain more or less materials which can be made available to plants by the combined action of air and frost. Take two plots of heavy soil side by side, and let one lie unmoved till spring, while the other is deeply plowed in autumn, and the result will be very visible in the spring crop. Bit the manner of plowing is important. To secure the greatest possible advantage, a single furrow should be thrown up, and another back furrow directly upon it, so as to produce a high ridge, and another ridge is to be made in the same manner with a deep dead-furrow between the two. The process is to be continued thus through the field, so that when finished, it will present a surface of high ridges and deep dead furrows, succeeding each other, about once in two. or two and a half feet. If prepared in this way, the frost will penetrate far downward, loosening and disintegrating the soil below the furrows, while the ridges will crumble down, as they will not hold water, the air will circulate freely through them, decom posing the mineral portions, and conveying in the ammonia and other gases. This 1 operation will be equal to ten or more loads j of good manure, upon, clay or compact soils. In the Spring it will only be necessary to run a plow once or twice through the center of each ridge, and then level the w hole down with a heavy harrow. Another advantage in this process, is that when land is thus prepared, it dries out and j warnM several days earlier in the Spring, Again, there are some soils that are exhausted upon the surface, but which j contain poisonous substances in the Sxiibsoil. ! lt thid subsoil is thrown UP in ewaet with air and frost during winter, these poisonous compounds (usually proto-sulphate of iron I -n i i j , or manjneee) will be destroyed, or changed to a harmless form, during the winter. The above practice' ii especially to be recommended m the garden. One of the I most successful cultivators of an acre of ground in our acquaintance, digs it up in the fall to the depth of three or four feet, making deep trenches and high ridges, so ! that the whole acre appears to be covered with high wiurows of hay placed closely together. We strongly urge every farmer who has not tried this method, to lay out their plans now for experiment in this way, on a ; larger or smaller scale, during the present i season. TIic Duel fcc-tsreen Messrs. Pryor and Finney Exchange Hotel, . Richmond, Nov. 2, 1856. To the Editors of the S. S. Democrat You will no doubt, have had, previous to this reaching you, a whole series of reports relative to the recent duel between Roger A.. Pryor, of the Richmond Enquirer, and Dr. Oswald Finney, Senator from the Ac- comae district. The following particulars are reliable : On Friday -afternoon Dr Finney, whilst at this Hotel, became very talkative with some acquaintances and a group of bystanders, on the political sub- .," tUa Aarr anAntr t( nArnnna and ; ;,flPS. am, r,frrinff to Mr. Prvor. iu j nQ yery Decotning language, branding him j COWrard &c. Mr Pryor hearing of Dr. F.'s remarks, proceeded to the hotel, to learn if the report was true, and for tho ! purpose of chastising him with a small cane. Here ho learned Dr. F. was at dinner, so at Mr P.'s request Mr Irving waited on Dr. F. informing him that Mr P. wished to see him. Understanding that Dr. F. was armed, Mr P. procured a pistol, and, on Dr. F. coming out of the hotel on the side-walk, Mr P. met him, and demanded to know if what he had heard was true ; Dr. F. answer ed in the affirmative; whereupon Mr P. his pistol m his pocket aud repaired to ns room. That night Dr. F. sent Mr P. a challenge by the bauds of his friend, Dr. A. Marshall, and the next morning the parties met at the back of the Holywood Cemetery, on tho canal, in Henrico county, some two miles from the eity, where at ten paces they stood and fired- Mr P, firing at the word "one," the ball passing on the hip and around the back of his antagonist, where it came through and fell on the ground, causing a flesh wound. The fire of Dr. F. had no effect on Mr. P., and all parties were then driven home. Dr. F.'s condition is not dangerous. I.IST OF PREIVIIUIfIS To be awarded at the Annual Fair of the Mecklenburg Agricultural Society to be held in Charlotte on Thursday and Friday, 20th and 21st of November: Best managed Farm $10 2d best 85 Essay on Agiiculture 5 " 3 " Stallion, 7 years and under " Brood Mare " Colt, 2 years and under " Pair Harness Horses M Single Buggy Horse M Jack, 10 years & under " Jennet o 5 3 3 2 5 3 o 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 a l 2 2 1 2 J:ick Colt, 2 " Mule, 10 " " Colt, 2 " Durham Bull " Cow " Calf Devon Bull ' Cow 41 Calf, 9 years and under Native Bull " Cow Calf, 2 Bo;ir, 2 years old, of any breed (i 3 it it Pig, 6 mos old or under Sow and Pigs i tc 1 3 ' 3 1 1 1 " 50 cts 1 1 " 50 cts 4 Buck Sheep, of any breed 3 Ewe " " 2 Yield of Cotton, in lbs per acre Bale of Cotton, quality and packing 3 Yield of Hay per acre 3 " Corn per acre on improved land 5 Single bushel of Corn 1 Yield of Wheat, per acre, on improved land 5 Single hushel of Wheat 1 Yield of O.its, per acre, on improved land 2 Single bushel of Oats 1 Yield of Rye, per acre, on improved land 2 Single bushel of Rye I Yield of Barloy per acre on improved land 2 Single bushel of Birley 1 Yield of Turnips on J acre, 1 bush, exhibited 2 Yield Sweet Potatoes 44 2 " lrih 41 2 B irrel of Flour 2 Doz Cabbage Heads 1 J Bush. ugar or other Beets 1 $ Bu,h. Car.-ois 1 ' Parsnips I Bull el Fall Apples home growth 2 2 Dorse Piow, home ma, .niacin re 2 1 "1 Threshing Machine 5 Scythe and Cradle " 2 Cam Sheller M 1 Buggy ' 5 " Harness " 3 POULTRY. Pair Turkeys, natives, 1 ' iieese " 1 " Brahmas or Shanghai Fowla 1 " Game " 1 " Bantan 1 " Aylsbu y er Kouen " 1 " Common " 1 u a 2 o 3 50 cts 3 50 cts 50 cts " 1 " 50ets " 50 cts 1 " 1 I 1 " 50 cts " 50 cts V 5Q cts 5;) cts ft i 'i i m 50 cts 3 1 50 cts t 3 2 m 50 cts 50 cts 50 cts " 50 cts - 50 cts " 50 cts " 50 cts 44 50 cts c i " Muscovy Ducks 1 LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 5 Lbs Butter, home made 1 Jar Preserves " 1 Vickies " 1 10 Yds Jeans Cloth" 2 Domestic Carpeting 3 Pieced Bed Quilt 3 Double wove Cqunterpane 1 2 Socks or Stockings " 1 Alum or rice Basket 1 Specimen Needle Work 2 L Lbs domestic Soap 1 6 Dm tallow Candles 1 25 Lbs Grapes 2 44 50 cts 44 50 cts 44 50 cts 44 1 44 2 2 44 50 cts 44 50 cts 1 44 50 cts 44 50 cts 4 1 44 50 eU Bottle Wine, home made 1 Decrease of Stock in SorrnwK VrGmA.-Tl Fbyd (Va.) Intelligencer learns from a gentlemen who has beer, a close observer for a number of years, and who resides in efce Southwest, that there will be a great falling off in the resource, of that section of the State, in consequence of her decrease in stock driving. Notwith standing a large number of cattle U j passed down the valley, yet that after all naci Deen anven, which is tho case nou- there is a falling off of from 16,000 to 20 00o on the amount drove last year, from Tei nessee and Southwestern Virginia, the decrease being principally from the South. DALLAS HOTEL Th. subscriber offers to R.n r . iibUB the Dallas Hotel, generally know, Z the name of rarranra Taw. J sioa given about the first of February In: - Aiiy person desiring to purchase. please call early and examine the nr.-mi.. or n nt, wiU This Hotel receives the principal custom that section. ANDREW HOYL 17-tf Oct. 25, 185(5. NOTICE. The undersigned, as the Executor of the W Will aud Testament of John Blount, dee'd, will expose to publio sale on the plantation of said Testator, lying fifteen miles Southwest 0fth town of Monroe, in the county of Union VD Tuesday the 25th day of November ueu' large amount of real And personal property to sistin of Four Tracts of Land, as follows : The Home Tract, adjoining the laud ofRolieu Delaney, the Given tract aud others, contaiuim about three hundred and twenty acres uro which there is a good Gri.st Mill. " U The Weaver Tract, adjoining the above tract William Walkup and others, coutamWiuW one hundred and eighty-live seres, A third Tract adjoining Hie Home tract snd others, containing sixty-seveu acres. A fourth Tract, known as u Stewart tract adjoining the lands of William WiueWet j' A. MeNeely and others, containing about oue hundred and twenty-three acres. The foregoing lands are well improved, and are jrood Cotton and tirain lands, and are very well watered. ALSO , Sixteen Valuable Negroes, Consisting of Men, Wonu n and Children; tut negroes are all young and likely. About '.5 0,00 O Lb. Cotton, iu tho seed. About 700 Biigliels of Corn. Horses, Mules, Stock of Cattle, Hogs, Farming Tools, Hlacksmith's Tools, a first rate lioad Wagon, Fodder, Oats, Jluy, 4&.c, Ac. A credit will be given- Terms made known ou the day of sale. The sab- will Continue from day to day until all the property is sold. WM. STEWABT, LYr. Oct. 27, 18."0- 7-r.t FALL AND W 1 n T IS 1C GOODS, At Fisher, Burroughs & Co. WE arc now prepared to exhibit an exttn. mvc Stock ot FALL and WINTLR GOODS. We invite an examination of our French Merinos, Man Di La iocs. Printed Cashmeres, Uich Si Ik h , Bombasines, Embroideries, Alpaecms, and Ladies CLOAKS AND TaLMAS. a 3 2 2 1 a Q 1 :t 2 3 .') Carpetings, Oil Cloths and Ruga. A lull usxirtmeiit, just received at FlttHEK, BURROUGHS & CO. Blankets! Blankets!! Blankets!! Fmc B d and Negro Ui.iuln t-. Also, Plaids, Ketsey and Livnty, a large stock at low prices will lui found si 1'lSHEK, BURROUttiiS & CO. BOOTS & SHOES. HATS & CAPS, A fine assortment of the above 6a tl Cellcnt in.qu.iliiv and moderate in prio t FISHEK, BURROUGHS 6l CO. I g 1 SMUT MACHINES. The subscribers huvc on band a snpfrfj u( these superior Machines, which lliey arc oh tering at low prices lor CASH, and warrant ted to give fatislaiHion or no bile. Also, n full assortment of geauiae Anelief Brand BOLTING CLOTHS, at FISHER. BURROUGHS A CO. Mining Ropes. We have in s'ore two ( oils 3 inch iras Kope thai will be sold at eworkcoat f cash, freight added. FISHER, BURROUGHS & GO Charlotte. October 7, lHob". 3" Tailoring Establishment. . The undersipned La purchased tbe entire in terest of D. L.R-aiubi Tailoring Estahlisbaa OB Mint Sireet, two d wc.-t of Huggins A ,lir' ty's Dry Good Store, at which place be hopr U see his friends, auJ n citizens rem rally sfW town and countiy; be WW b. h.ippy to wait ou thru', take their measure w give them fits of the latest style aud fasbam. All work warranted. . Lall om; and all and encourage honie indutr? Mr Ilea will remain as Cutter for the couceru JAMES P. ALEXANDER N. 11. D. L. Ilea request? all persons iW ed to him for the years l5:i-'54-'5-r-anu m either by Note, or Account, to cit'l and i1 W cash or note ossh is ju-eferahlo as money wvrv much needed. D. L. Oct. 21, I860, 16-tf $50 Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on tbe 3 instant, my boy NED; said boy wfP ' chased from the estate of James L. Dafi' deceased, of Providence, Mecklenburg co0B ' and is extensively known in th;t vlcinitji is about 3.5 or 40 years of age, 5 feet, I ! r inches in height, bas had an arm broken, disfigured slightly, do not remember wbie ' he ia intellint ar,,t hla.lr The above re- ward will be paid for bis delivery to we. . Ar $35 for his lodgment in jail, sol can iel,f within fifteen days from date of this, or $ 2j bio his delivery or lodgment, so that i can g4 -in any length of time, and $2 extra f.re J shot pnt iuto him will be paid with PJfS Any information concerning said boy , be thaukfaily received, and liberally ref,r ed. ROBT. 8. HUNTLY, Walkersville, Union Co.,N N. B There are reasons to believe toi has been enticed away by a white man. Sept. 30, 1856 tf GAimxaa, Me., June 22, 18 Wn. II. Dvea Dear Sir: I have ties of Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative, and can j ly eay U is the greatest discovery of the )t restoring and changing the Hajr, B'Vreh,ir Kt I was as trrav as a man of seventy. MX now attained its original color. You can recotu- ed its original coior. - ---- -y mend it to tht world without the least k; w case was one ol tbe worst kind.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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