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A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. BY WILLIAM J. TATES, ? KDITOI AND IT.OPRfr.TOn. ) CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. TERMS PS. A. 7AI2S3 I ASSISTANT KIITOn. VOLUME 5. New Scries j NUMBER 25. i u JiiKuii i , ujirfUJL Ltiori rt j, loop.- THE 2 v Published every Tuesday Containing the latest News, a full and accu rate Report of the Market-, &c. &lJtiata : F..r t?i- rear, if paid in advance,. . . .$"2 00 ; If paid within sis month- '-2 5! f paid after the expiration of Ike year, 3 00 ;-.iiv person sending us five new sub scribers, accompanied by the advance sub ptioa II") will receives sixth oopy gra j;, .,r one vcar. ; V Subseribers and ethers arlM may wl-h t -end money to us, can do . by mail, at oat rik. ADVERTISING. re of !( una or lcs.-, lor mon'i..-. SI oo t, fi OQ it M J Frsfeatiaael Bad bngincai I 'arils, mm ..- ceedun si laws, pei anaaca, r on ae square, ! linea, ot lass, first WSeition, 00 Kadi sii!---1 ucni insertion, 35 rrausieut adrelthfcments must be : naid fr in idvance. t a '. 'J'I'it anwtnucing Candidates for office, ' (55 in adrance. j :: Advertisements not marked on the uanascripc fit a specific time, will he in- ri. d until f..rl.i.!..M,d eh.-,, -..,-.! ace..rdii.L'Iv I I.I.I A M .1. YATES. i At the Wester Democrat Oliicc. w Marria; I aicenses, Tax Receipts, Subneuju, Jury Ticket Administrators' Buds and Letters, Gaardiaa Bonds. ludentores, 1 !-. for coi .-eying Lands r bouso I'msfcutitui Bumlst, i 1-' printed. '. 9 Bktuk -at -ii-T ( Lfadd printed to order NOTI 1 ahail br ab'it ftnnm Cbarl"4tf daring the Wiater, tor tb pnqo of attendiii" the Medical !.. etiu. s and llospit:Ja in N w Vork and Phila dflphia. J V.ee . aiej ;.er li ills previotti tO till! . 'V the bund iti Wul V. i weiis, E; 'I jttKCSioB. (TharloU ROBERT OIBBONT, M. M. 1 :,,. iti-tf. ( let. .09 Z itK Kim N CONEQCENCE of having h0 by tin lite ,;. .. ii. I 111 lain idace, on in:- hi ;aii!r ! I''- 3lb ii May last, a:i"ii.- N,iii-.. r,i.d claims agaim4 unmcnMia ptmunn in thisand 1 Ijoutuag rowntir h!eh not, -3 and rlaiaM, -. .1... ;,i.e,:riv E. C. STKKI-B, A. Bftji- 1 m: j C , bum ;i.. rs, hirli avre placed in 'n; hands ,.i cth e ;ion: All pevaon ,thi 1 . g tins! iibiu-Miiv of such claims an standing uo- ;. i i. arr li, i"e!.v duly not iih d. tbat nubitM they anneal immnliatli mihI close np the same, by j a cash, I idtall be ronux lied t.. ''. furh- ' Itili uity, thrreby iniltting siicli .i! and Bum "v cost-;. tMTSWHS ad III i.i:: S. VV. DAVIS. 1 harktt, Jaae 10, l-".'. tt Tli M::rJol; leiial Fire I ai-1! ra :t c Com ;:: y - A M 'M ES to take rlks against loss bv H Pin on !! m's, Pnalnce, (., at nsaal rales. Oul in Brawhy Bailding, ui taira. M. B. TAYUK, rrt-si U ut. S. P. ALEXANDER, Vies President. J. A VCM'NU, J II. Will PE, 1 J. II. C"i.'Si, i Esteatve t'onuautte. I, i IV KM M A N. A. r. KTKEI.E, J J. II. V ll.s . . V.. NYK 111 IVIHSON. fSecretary. Ji.lv .' , I854i ti 1 ."x Tailoring IX;S- !i.5S3Siit. JAMES BRIAXT inform his fri.-tnls n j former patrons, thai be has npened le TAN.- ! ORIXti ESTABLISHMENT ia Spring's new BuiMing, where In- will be happy t- see any one W rilltill rany bung done m lis line. ju work ted. ! arrant d Oct. Hth, 1 -'. 17 -rf Bargains ! Bargains! : CHINA DEPOT. - : I E. KICBOLS k BROTHER, lairoKTEns of CHINA. GLASS & EARTHENWARE. AN. a great variety of Tea Trays, Lamps, Table Cuti. iv. Britannia aad Black Tin" '.i . Wowl aad W illow Ware, and ttomaeMcrrpiH gr .irliclea s: ut rally. Nl I" 1 11 TO CUM MERlt A I. HANK, KOLI ibia, s. c. . i'" Paekiaj warranted. Nov. 1 1, l-:,:-,. l.-lm John Hear- aVayt, 11. II.. SURGEON DENTIST, (GrodWfe of tht Baltimore Collect of Dental Surgery, Having lacated p Hrmaa. -utl v. " t. aders hw pro-ll-millial s. i .o g tl, ,.. t.;,;z,.ns t Charlotti . v i j victaity. Ir. Wayt prepan i and insrmartmcial nalatrs i iifcianaaiiaiaai ai m.mm. .1 , . . . ! ..... - ..,. ..... , ,.. wwrectirt,, of easkresutai aara accidental deformities of the toh and jaw. II- i- also prepared to insert artificial t-,th. after the most approved methods Otlice on Try on Street, in Carson's new buibiine;. up stairs. Nov. J-'h. 20 tf. Xot ice. The copartnerslrip of Glen ak McKoy was dissolved aa the S9d of July las:. J. 6. McCov having purchased Mr Glen's interest in the Marble Yard and Kates and Accaanta. All con tracts must be amde a ith J. 6. McCoy. Charlitte, October 7. 14-tf Wanted. O gkAABUSHELS of dried Peaches. mm)WWV pealed and unp. aled .for which taa HIGHEST CASH price will - by D-c. :. 1866 tf T. M. FARROW. Notes or IE and. t- M I MM LD and for sale at the OfTe. ot rhp "U . st, m J niocrar."" i TED and for sal stern Democrat.' BOOTS AND SHOES. !r"Fl rl 0 ix Charlotte, N. C. CATALOGUE OF GOODS AND PRICES: Heavy double sol Biogans, domestic manu facture, all numbers over 6, at ?l 50 " .oak sole lirofjans, northern man ufacture, a good article, 1 50 nailed sole Brogans, lor miners and Kailroad, good, 1 9 enable sole, rounds am Broians. 1 40 single so p riveted Lrogaus, a goo.! ai tir' 3, 1 3 ' sing'e soie iiveted Brogans, a shade lighter, 1 25 single sole not rivcteJ, Erogans, a shade lighter, 1 15 Heavy -inirle sole Iirogans, infe rior stock, 1 00 Mens' kip Brogans, a good article, No 1, ( Webster) 1 50 " " " No 2, Y F.D, 1 3j ! " :i, l 2j ! lined and bound kin Brouars 1 25 1 So. ! calf l 75 2 00 I n M Oxford calf, 1 IS 2 0'J ; Cents call Congressfjaiters, peg, 2 25 to 2 75 1 M cloth Pat. tip " 2 50 to 3 00 ! " nae calf sewed Shoes 2 50 to 3 50 I " M Pt. e Oxfir , and plain, 3 00 to 3 50 I (;ents' line patent leather Gaiter 4t0to5 00 I), Iatlted hoots, and stitched, exira, 9 00 " " tiuilted Boots, stitched, ex. 8 5U " M M ' No. 1, 7 00 t: heavy calf, I). S. sewed, Planters' Boots, verv cheap, 5 00 calf, D.S. pet; ami coik Boots 5 00 ti fine cair, cork sole, and made with copper nai.'s, 7 00 ins calf, pp. " " 5 00 heavy I). S. calf, plain bottom, 4 00 m " ki;, 4 00 m " a is and heavv welta 2 50 to 3 00 t: M Hnngariaa, common, 2 00 Ditchers and Miners' Boots, 2 50 to 1 00 I Boys- DEPARTMENT. BojS fine Congress UattersPat. tip and foxed 00 to 2 50 : Calf Sh 1 '25 to 1 50 ' Kip Brogns, gooil 1 2: " " good,No.2, 1 00 to 1 12 heavy Brogaas, D.S., good article 1 25 ' from medium to . poor 7'" to 1 00 IToatl s calf aad kip Brosans 75 to f-S ' extra heavy and good 1 0 t to 1 25 j thick " 75 to S5 ; , light and common 50 to l2 LADIES- DEPARTMENT. l.:u!ie line "."oieiiers trailers, doub c sides and loxed, winter, with 1k.- )s. 3 00 fine t rougreaa Gaiters, thin soles, with iu i i . 3 00 ' line M " " without tips 2 00 to 50 1 fitM ' " " 2 00 to -2 50 : " fine French kid, aide laced Gaiters, 50 M fiueaide laced, thick and linn soles, etlk, 1 50 to 2 00 tun 10 common ' " 125 to 150 " fine Bootes, best article, flannel Imtd. tor winter, 7." I " fine goatBoot .-, best article, twilled lim d 1 50 " line gat Uootea, No. 2, twilled lined 125 ' ' :..:( Morocco and kid Hoots 1 50 to 1 75 I " tine patent leatUer and fancy top, 1 25 to 1 5o " finefeatltcr Bootes, a very inir shoe 1 00 M tine kip andcalfa very yod shoe 1 25 j " fine Dutch Bout?, all ki, l 50 I " fine Grtngreas enameled and kid traitors 1 50 line pateut leather and enamel 1 I- to 1 -25 Mis9es Slioea and Gaiters, a!l grades, jirio varying from 75 to 1 25 (luldrens' S:.(tj 25 to 88 OVER-SHOES AND RUBBERS. Gents' BulTalo over-shoes, for winter (2 f)0 ' sleigh cat K ubbers fc over shoes, 1 00 ; Rubber Sandals, one tt two straps 1 0.' Ladies' Buffalo Over-siioes 2 .50 : t lo'b Over-Shoes 1 50 Rubber Boots 1 1 ;i " Buskins and Over-shoei 75 j - ; Sandals 75 : Misses1 Over Shoes 50c. to 5 DOM ESTI ' MAM FAC T U UK. Sbi p made Boots and Shoes constantly on j hand and made to order at short notice, tiom I ' the best imported stoc!, benU' fine pp. Boots, warranted $3 00 " D. soie brad bottoms. Patch edge S 50 u " " Dutch ed-j;e, footed on old leg?, to order f CO ' p root, a on old legs, to enter 5 00 Geats' fiae calf Shoes, to order 3 on, 3 r,o " heavy kin sewed Shoes 1 7.".. 2 00 La dies' due calf Shoes and Boots 1 7-"i, 2 00 j " heavy kip " ' ) 50 DTGooda of our own manufacture are all arr i ated not to rip. P.,... . ,u... .,.., t V, '.. i ,k L . i.i k u-t .v. .v. r 'ic vuiu :ivi Li'iu ii i a,aai iu Bgure mentioned than for cash. The above comprises bat a small portion of onr stock, as it impossible to enumerate every article in aa advertisement, so that it may be understood without seeing the goods. Ca.-h prices of Belts t r running foot: 3 inch bairns 0 's inch Bands $ i0 I :U 94 S' " 64 j 1 " m x!S ! " " 68 41 m " 32 91 " " 7 I Ct - 3C 10 m " 7u, 5 M -iO 10A " " t-1 ; S " 44 I l" " 66 : 61 " IS 1U " " V I 7 - 52 12 96 j LEATHER BELTING. Th mitilic nil denend on I'eltiiiL' the best ! article that cjii DC bad, tbej will run straight, bald their width, and run flat to the pulley, i These banc's are made of the best oak tanned leather, and the solid part only used. 1 beae joints are put together with water-prool ..,,.( nl.,,!, illovi lki.ni in he nseoin ii i ii .1 uivvn. j t ut, ii i an, ,i. - i i 1 ., . T.. fl,u loiuts. 'J'lie beat of r, inner rhcts used. All j ii assortment generally on hand, and all k.nds made to oroi r. Also. MACHINE BELT CLASP, "or connecting Belts or Bands together, to run o. Machinery. This Clasp is made of plates of nictrl fluted out ok the inside, making teeth sharp enough to r.s into the Beit and hold it, without cutting into and impairing its strength, as is the cas with making boles to lace through, or Otherwise. It is, when applied to the Belt, confined together by means ot screws, (made for the purpose,) so as to hold on to every prrticlc of the Belt, thereby retiming its whole strength. An assortment always on hand. Also, Sur.rrior I. ACE LEATHER on hand, and COPPER RIVETS, with Burrs. s .!in n A 1 " I -,.!. i j COa-ta tly on hand, at low prices.' BT - ash p.nd lor Green or Drv Hides, or , . , T J CI.... . Cash prices. BOONE ft CO. r-i,,l., -.. - is:c cw Store. J. & E. B7STOWE HAVING removed to their Ntw Store on Main-street, below Young & Willis tub' Hotel, and opposite Boone & C'o.'s near 8h Si iifn ii'lk.ru tlt.iir iii.i Vti-&k An t-Li o I 1 otj.nl- ! J rv CJ U A zs jy jI j LS n and such other articles M are usually kept in such I .1;.,,, (!..; r. ...... t,. t'OTTOX YAR. Now in Store :?oo Sacks Salt. 40 Kids. New Orleans Molasses. 5 Hhds. best PtMrtorico ln. 1 5 hhds. West India do. 5hhds. Cuba. 5 hhds. or i.iumii Bnsr. 4-j inns, cxrra ao. m , , , , i , i ti -i- bbM.Orasbad do. 100 bajrs good Cone. Eng- lish dairy and common Cheese, Bagging, Rope and Twiiu, Adamantine and Tallow Candle North Carolina and Western Whiskey. All :il Hit Iov't Prices. PVVe respectfully solicit a call from buyers. J. E. B. STOWE. Dec. !, 1956 tf PROVIDE nx i : A C A 1 E n V 12 Mile South of Charlotte. The exercises of the fifteenth Session will open en the I is1 .'loiMlav of January, lr:.T. Terms per Session "f'2l weeks : Latin, Greek and Mathematics, 12 50 English Grammar, Geography, Ac, G 00 Students will be charged from the day of en trance to the end of the session, without deduc tions for lost tune. December '.K 1856. E. C. KCYKENDAL. 23-4t-pd NEW GOODS. E ar. receiving our usual Supply of Tall and Winter COODS which shall be sold chean as the cheapest. BREM & STEELE. Oct. ISM EMBROIDERIES. Swiss, Jaconet & (. ambric Edgings A Insertings, m Flouncings, Cellars, ' " Sleeves, Real Lac Oct. 7. Sets, black and white. BREM & STEELE. is.-.n. BOLTING CLOTHS. BREM & STEELE. Oct. T, 1865- HARDWARE OP ALL KINDS. BREM & bTEEL Oct. 7th 1F56. LADIES DRESS SILKS. HV. Largest;: nd most varied Stoc k ever . offered in this market. BREM & STEELE. Oct. 7, 1S1G. Mr rsLiN P L INS, C A S H M E R E S, j X' F, I L ;V 1 L' C, OtC t 1 n " v BREM & STEELE. Oe 7, 1856 LADIES CLOAKS. VERY LARGE .STOCK, very cheap and ebraut. BREM & STEELE Oof 7, 1 -."('.. 14-tf. FARMS FOR SALE. THE .siibscr.ber off', rs for sale two farms lying on tbe waters of Clear Cue!;, in Mtckteuburg county the first known as The Alexander tract, containing 300 Acres, Well improved, with a irood and eomiiiotl ot s dwelline house, and il 1 the ot t-h uis s necessary for a farm, in good repair. There is also A good Store-House ON TRS ri'.EMlSES. This property lies Iti miles from Charlotte, . at the Cross Ko.ds, on the main road to Con cord. The farm is 111 all respects 111 good con dition, and contains a quantity of fine bottom laud. The other Tract, Adjoins the abovp, and con'.airs ACRES. This is also a well improved larm, 'vith good buildings, has excellent 'I nnber on it, a good mead W, and a first-rate cotton Gin. There i also on this place a go d -olt! v.m Copper ?Iic. Poth of the above farms are ,!esirat'e estates and will he sold on r asoaable terms. Apply on the premises. J. M. W. FLOW. July 23, 1856 ti &C Notice. m J5I tit s- !fOTlE is hereby ei- vcii. that all the Notes and Accounts of Sprat 4 x Alliaon, Sprall, Daniel ,V Co., and Allison db Daniel, are trans ferred to the undersigned, for the benefit of the creditors of said Firms respectively, and that they are in the hands of J. R. DANIEL for imme diate collodion. E"b Longer indulgence cannot be "ivcu, as the debts anna JOHN ALLISON 1 -:.: rt J. R. DANIEL JTotice. A Valuable HOUSE and LOT "ox Sale. T rpiIE subscriber otters for sale his m arse and well-improved IIocse and Lor. situated in the soutbern nnrtinn it I llf OWN. 301011111,? Wie ll,iv owned by R. F. Davidson and A. II. Mai tin, known as the Spratt property. Mr. John R. Daniel is fully authorized to make sale in my absence. Persons in want of a desirable sit nation in tow , would do well to call and ex- j amine this property. The House and all out- ; i - - buildings arc now and in nral-ralc order. Possession given i immediately. Terms made to suit the purchasi r. August ly, 1S56 tf lOHv ALLISON. "fSTotice,, A Valuable HOUSE and LOT j r.n orz. tV VT I u Y, ,V xx i I subscribers o:t i aa.r CTk ; I nroved Lots in the town ofChnr- ' . f l. - ....,,1 sitnsiti.H in Tin. : lone, ior .-., - rn I) rtion ot tlie town. Known as in P.nmat. property, conta ming 4 lots. I he an- improved mm .ire .fJ , Aou V tO Jonn U. lamei. PPI ALLISON & DANIEL. III H Central lirtfllktmt AIR LINE RAILROAD. We see by the Athens (Ga.)Baaner, that the people of Gainsville, in that State, ; have taken steps to advance tlie Air Line scheme. An enthusiastic meetine was held . there on the 2d instant, and arrangements . were made to canvass the country thoroaah o iy, lor subscriptions ror siock. i ne At- Junta Republican says: "We have received, through tlie courte sy of Hon. J. P. ReSft. a copy of the ehar- . , ... T . Pilo , i ter or the An J.ine Uaiiroaa Uompany t 1 : South Carolina, as introduced into the j Legislature of that State, j It is almost word for word with tlie (Jeor , gia Air Line Kailroad charter, so far as the provisions are applicable to the location. The Bill lias been reported by the Com mittee on corporations, which in that State is an important step towards its passage it; ! It eives a wide latitude for the location of : td,e Road, which is the more favorable for its construction. We are assured by Col. Reid that the only danger of its failure is for want of time in the Legislature to pass it. Should it unfortunately fail at this ses sion, from this cause we may rely on its passage at the next year's session, and it need not, therefore, in the least discourage the friends of the enterprise in Georgia." . An Important Arrest. Washington City, Dec. A preach er from Louisiana bound homeward was arrested to-day on hoard the steamer Tele graph, under suspicious circumstances. A carpet bag in his possession was found fill ed with incendiary documents, and the evi dence is (dear that ho has been engaged in running slaves to the free States. In his possession were found documents which implicates several distinguished northern men. PRIVATEERING. Accompanying the President's message is a letter from the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Washington, in which he says : 'dlis Majesty the Em peror accepts for his part the conditions under which the United States consent to the abolition of privateering, viz : that the private property of the subjects and citi zens of the contracting parties shall, in times rf war, be respected by their respec tive 11a. -al forces, as well as by those of all the powers which may join in this declara tion." Grand Lodge of Masons. The Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons, held at Raleigh, elected the following officers for the next year, vi. : P A Holt, Grand Master, Alamance : J T Alexander, G S Warden, Lincolnton : .) M Cox, G J Warden, Perquimons ; W T Bain, G Secretary, Raleigh; C W I) Hutch ings, Treasurer, Raleigh. Interesting Scientific Question. A query lias been started in scientific circles as to whether our earth may not become, .at some distant day, like the moon in this wise : At high tide there arc five thous and cubic miles more of water heaped up it! those parts of the ocean which have Jew tide, and the movement of this mighty wave mut, it is contended exercise a retarding influence on the earth's rotation by means of its friction. The amount of retardation would be appreciable only after the lanes of ages, and this may now be the case as re- I gards the moon : hence its slow rotation on its axis only once in twenty-nine days. The Cleaveland (Tenn.) Herald says, that a citizen of that place holding a responsible county office, has been arrested on the charge of passing counterfeit bills on the ! Bank of Cape Fear, North Carolina. The j i name of the individual is not given. A Vru'ii" UTi! r J?rt7 Ovevtvr: Tlir. jvtnion iimca was eaiauiisnea in 1 100, nv John Walter, and inlierited by his son, now a member of Parliament. It is valued at T , rri. . , , 1 , . A m , $3,740,000. Its principal editor has an annua salary of $25,000, and its Paris ' correspondenl $10,000. Its advertisements, : it is estimated, yield it 3,000.000 a year, J : one Ilrm alone paving $150,000 a year. the conclusion of Mr Crittenden's ; ' euloffT upon the late Mr Clayton, delivered ! j 1 I iii the Senate, on the 3rd instant, is the j fullowing remark : I '-It must be pleasing to us all to lean ' 'from the honorable Senator from Delaware, I ;(Mr Bayard,) that Mr Clavton died a I , 1 i Christian. S ) he should have died. Such a death gives to hum nity its proper rliornitv. Full of this world's honor hrdied I & - j foU of the more precious hopes that lie i beyond the grave. Of bim w ho so dies we j may well exclaim, O death! where is thy ! stinog O firrave! where is thv victory;"' j O O a) A great breeze has been raised in Detroit . r . 1 . j: r 1 inconsequence oi urn u.scon oi norse wfin 5aUsae. made bv a German in that city. According to French authority, horse beef is as good as any; and m Paris at the present time, sorrel steaks, iron grey chops and roan sartMges are eaten with grat relkh. JEFFERSON'S OPINION OF HENRY. The folkwingketeh of Patrick Henry by his cotemporaryMr. Jefferson, will be found interesting. It is taken from the ad vance sheets of a work soon to be issued by a Boston publisher, containing the private correspondence of Daniel Webster. In 3824 Mr "Webster visited Jefferson at hi home at Monticello, and afterwards wrote out the following opinion of Henry, express- i papers. ed by Mr. Jefferson tit the time. '' His ExCEIXEXCT Gov. J0HX8OX; Patriok Henry was originally a barkeeper, j The humble petition of ;:11 the Maid lie was married very young, and going into j whose names are underwr'fie' : some business, on his own account, was k j Whereas, we, the ham. "to etit'oncrs. are bankrupt before the year was out. When I j at present in a very melancholy disposition wasaboutthe agooffifteen, I left the school j of mind, considering bow nil the bachelors here, to go to the college at Williamsburg. J are blindly captivated by widows, and our I stopped a few days tit a friend's in the youthful charms thereby neglected: the county of Louisa. There I first saw and I consequence of this our request is thai your became acquainted with Patrick Henry. Excellency will, for the future, order that Having spent the Chrismas holidays there, no widow shall for the future presume to I proceeded to Williamsburg. Some ques- j marry any young man till the maids are tions arose about my admission, as 1113 pre- j provided for; or else to pay each of them a paratory studies had not been pursued at fine for satisfaction for invading our liber tho school connected with that institution, j tits; and likewise a fine t be laid on all This delayed my admission about a fort- J such bachelors as shall be married to wid night, at which time Henry appeared at j ows. The great disadvantage it is to us Williamsburg, and applied for a license to j maids, is that the widows by their forward practice law. having commenced the study : carriages do snap up the young men; and of it at or subsequent to the time of my have the vanity to think their merits beyond meeting him at Louisa. There were four ' ours, which is a great, imposition on us who examiners Wythe, Pendleton, Peyton ! ought to have the preference. Randolph and John Randolph. Wythe and This is humbly recommended to your Pendleton at once rejected his application. Excellency's consideration, and hope you The two Randolphs, by his importunity, ; will prevent any further insults, were prevailed upon to sign the license ; and And we poor maids, as in duty hound, having obtained their signatures, he appli- j w"' ever Pni.v- ed again to Pendleton, and after much en- 1 P- 81 being the oldest maid, and there treaty and many promises of future study ; by most concerned, do think it prop, ,- to succeeded in obtaining his. The first case lhe messenger to your Excellency in be wbich brought him into notice was a con- balf of my fellow subscribers. tested election, in which he appeared as ... ... r CURIOUS INVENTION OF SHOT. counsel before a committee of the House 01 ; Burgesses. His second was the Persons j Almost every body has seen a shot tow case, already weli known. These and r? but perhaps not all who have seen one similar efforts soon obtained for him so knows what is the necessity for having so much reputation, that he was elected a ! high a structure for making shot. Pnevi memberof Lhe Legislature. He wasaswel ! miS to tllC 7ear 1 persons called plum suited to tin times as any man ever was, j hers were the only ones who made shot, and it is not now easy to say what we should I The process was to let the melted lead drop have done without Patrick Henry. II was far before all in maintaining the spirit of the Revolution. His influence was most extensive with the members from the up per counties, and Li.s boldness and tbeir votes overawed and controlled the more cooler or the more timid aristocratic gentle- men of the lower part of the State. His eloquence was peculiar, if indeed it should be called eloquence ; for it was impressivt and sublime, beyond what can be imagined. Although it was difficult when he had spoken to tell what he had said, yet, while he was speaking, it always seemed directly to the point. When he had spoken in opposition to my opinion, had produced a great effect, and I myself been highly delighted and moved, I have asked myself when he ceas ed : "What the devil has he said V I could never answer the inquiry. His per son full size, and his manne r and voice free and manly. His utterance neither very fast or very slow. His speeches very short from a quarter to a half an hour. His pronunciation was vulgar and vicious, but it was forgotten while he was speaking. He was a man of very little knowledge of any sort : he read nothing and had no books. Returning one November from Al bermarle court, he borrowed the Humes Essays, in two volumes, saying he should have leisure in the YV inter for readinar. In the spring he returned them : and declared he had not been able to go farther than twenty or thirty pages in the first, olume. He wrote almost nothing he could not write. The resolutions of 7.5 which have been ascribed to him, were by many sup posed to have been written by Mr. Johnson, who acted a . uis second on that occasion ; but if they were written by Henry himself, they are not such as to prove any power of composition. Neither in politics nor in his profession was he a man of business ; he was a man for debate only. His biogra pher says that he had read Plutarch every year. I doubt whether he ever read a volume of it in his life. His temper was excellent, and he generally observed de corum in debate. On one or two occasions I have seen him angry ,and his anger was terrible ; those who witnessed it were not disposed ! rouse it again. In his opinion- he was yielding and practicable and not ' mid it was called Watts roily.'' disposed to differ from his friend--. In pri- j There i- no doubt that Watts or his wife vate conversation he was agreeable and made this discovery. But the idea, accord facetious, and while in go nteeie society, a - ! mi,' " eome, belongs to Watts or bis wife, peared to understand all the decencies and j it was Watts and not Mrs. Watts, who is proprieties of it; but, in his heart, he pre- ! supposed to have dreamed on the subject, ferred low society, and sought it as often as ' Watts is said to have dreamed that be was nAulKIn Tfo would hunt in the nine woo. Is . out in u show r, and that it laiiu d lead IB- r " I of Fluvanna with overseers, and people of every description, living in a camp for a fortnight at a tine; without a change of raiment. I have often been astonished at iiis command of proper language ; how he attaint d a knowledge of it I never could Kttle with educated men. After all. it must be allowed that he was our leader in ', the measures of the Revolution in Virginia. In that respect more was due to him than any other person. If we had not had him, , we should probably have got out pretty j well, as you did, by a number of men of nearly equal talents, but he left us all far behind. His biographer sent tho sheets of hi work to me as they were printed, and , ... . T ... 1 .1 I " . - f .. I asked for ray opinion. I told him it ' would be a question hereafter, whether his work should be placed on the shelf of bi--torv or naneo-vric. S. CAROLINA MAIDS AND WIDOWS OF THE OLDEN TIME. In turning over the leaves of a very de lightful book, lately published, our eye chanced to tall on the following petition, . signed by sixteen maid.-, of Charleston, and presented to tlie Governor of that province on March 1. 1733. We publish it for the amusement of the fair readers of the news- j into water. But in this process the part i that first touched the water was always ! flattened. About 1782a man named Watts, living in Bristol, England, by trade a plum ber and shoemaker, was assisted by bis wife in the latter operation. Mrs. Watts was a woman of some genius, and often reflected upon the subject of devising some meamf to make shot more round. It was her par ticular business to cast the shot, and she experimented for this purpose by dropping the melted h ad into oil and other liquids besides water : but the shot still indented or flattened on the side which first came in contact with the liquids, he retired to bed one night, thinking deeply on the ib ject of making shot round. In the anxious state- of her mind her sleep was not sound, of course. She began to dream, and her dream is thus related by a writer in the Scientific American : She dreamed of going into a neighbor's shop, a hatter by trade, and while talking to him she heard shot falling, and on asking him if he made shot, he went out, brought in a handful, and they were perfectly round. In much surprise she exclaimed, 'My God, how do you make them round ?" 'By drop ping them from a great, height,' said the hatter. Mrs. Watts awoke under the ex citing discovery, aroused her husband, in- tunnel mm oi nor uream, rrnen mey ooin dressed themselves, tried it upon the highest place on their own premises and found the shot rounder than before, but still indented. The next day they tried it from the tower of St. Thomas' church, that leans some feel over its base, when they attained shot rounder than the home attempt, but not yet perfect. The next attempt ?as made in the shaft of a coal mine, n few miles from Bristol, at a place called Kingswood, and from this trial they obtained perfectly round shot. Watts ascertained the beigtht necessary, to make thorn round, by trials at different depths, entered a caveat for a latent, made known his discovery to a wealthy acquaintance, erected a shot tower, realized eighty thousand pound-, undertook to erect a large block of buildings tit Clif ton, sunk all he had made before they were half finished, and became poor in his old ag. I have passed this block many time, tead of water, and thi;s was engendered the idea of giving perfect roundness to shot bv letting the melted hud fall a irreal dis tant .ndu'i Leader. Hint to Esoaoed Yovko Ladies. It is probably net generally known, thai wbenever a woman ana accepted an offer of marriage, all she ;a3 cr expects to have, becoms virtuailv the propertv of the man , - i ' thus accepted as a husband; and no gift or deed executed by her bet ween the period accoPtnnce and the marriage is held to 1 be valid; for were she permuted to give 3n-:v or otherwise sottl1 her propertv. he II. might be disajfpointed in the wealth he looked to in making the offr. English Review. HOW MURAT DIED. The sentence of the military commission was read to him with due solemnity. Be listened to it, ns he would have listened to the caranba of unother battle during his mil Flary life, without emotion or bravudo. Ho neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for npp al. He had advanced of his own ac cord toward the door, a.- if to accelerate, tho catastrophe. The door opened on a nar row esplanade lying between the tower of the castle and the outer walls. Twelvo soldiers with 1 uided muskets, awaited him there; i'i.- narrow space did not permit him to stand at a sufficient distuneo to de prive his death of a part of its horror. Mu rat. In stepping over the threshold of his chamber, ffand himself face to face with them. He refused to have his eyes ban daged, and, looking at the soldiers with a firm and benevolent smile, said: '"My friends, do not make me suffer by taking bail aim. The narrow space compels you almost to rest tho muzzles of your muskets on my breast; do not tremble, do not strike me in the fac; aim at mv heart hero it is." As ho spoke th is he placed his right hand upon his coat to indicate the position of hi heart. In his left hand he hold a small me dallion, which contained in one focus of love the image of his wife and four children, as if he wished thus to make them witness es of his last look. He fixed his eyes on this portrait, and received the death blow in the contemplation of all he loved on earth. His body, pierced nt so short a distance with twelve balls, fell, with his arms open and his face toward the earth, as if still cin bracing the kingdom he once possessed, and which ho had come to reconquer for bis tomb. They threw his cloak upon his body, which was buried in the Cathedrul of I'izzi. Thus died the most chivalrous soldier of the imperial epoch, not the greatest, but tlie nior-l heroic figure among tho champions of new Alexander. NoitTfl CAKOLLNA. Among the proceed ings of the Electoral Colleges of several of the Southern States, over and above their legitimate duty of voting for President, wo, find none to which wu can give so hearty an approval, as the following resolutions by the North Carolina Eelcctor College. They are as jasl in their purport, as they are graceful in their language; and thoy speak, we are confident, the sentiments of a largo majority of the Southern people. Charles ton Mi rrury. Resolved, That the Electoral College cf North Carolina, on behalf of the democratic voters in this State, tender to Gen. Franklin Pierce, I 'resident of the United Suites, tleic grateful acknowledgments for the signal devotion to the constitutional rights of all the States of the Union exhibited by him during his entire administration of the affairs of the General Government, Resolved further, That the President will carry with him, when he retires from bin present position, the sincere wish of every patriotic heart iu the republic that the close of his life may be as serene und blissful us his caret r as President has been ttiumphunt and pi osperoaa. The New Cent Pieces. It appears that the statement that no new cent pieces have been manufactured is a mistuke. Congress passed a law authorizing their coinage, but neglected to provide for their issue. Tho consequence is, thnt tnony of them are now nt the Philadelphia mint await in-,' the order of Congress to circulate. They ore said to be about the size of a two and-half gold piece, but somewhat thicker, though not quite BO heavy have the words "United .States of America, lc"5G, " en circling an eagle on one side, and a wreath enclosing ti e words "one cent," on the re rerse. There are ao stars on tftesa, They are composed of copper, nick. l, and zinc, and are represented to be very pretty, and math 1 -s burdensome than tho old ones. Congress will, no doubt soon authorise their issue. m m m DANOEK Of WEAttlKti HoOFfJ Df A Hk;h Wi.Ni. -During the wind on Saturday after noon, and while the dust was collecting so thick that no one could see more than tho length of an eyelash iu front, a lady dressed in a most elegant style, in coming round one of the corners, was lifted off her feet by the force of tlie wind acting on the reat expanse of surface which si. t present -d to it. The wind Unfortunately did not scr her down in the same position in which she was before taken'up, but turning her gently Of one si le, it laid her endwise on the ud walk, where she commenced a saties of as toniahing gyrations, roiling over and over on the hoops of the ckirts, and exhibiting apeciaa of locomotion which is not yet generally appreciated, and which may coma into fashion, with high winds and large cir clets of lidit material. As the lady thua rolled over und over, sevens j-ersous wtro knocked down and passed over by the lady and tho hoops without over knowing that anything bud beat them. Fortunate ly for the lady, the du.St and the astonishment of the people out of doors permitted but a few to witness this new method of getting along in a Stiff breeze, and keeping up full Hail at the same time. As wo came round a cor ner, we found the lady wedged betvroen a lamp post and a hydrant, and immediately assif.ted her to an upright instead of u i -CWBthent position. 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