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J A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany.
BY WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA?
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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1857.
VOLUME 5.
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Warrants, Marriage Licenses,
Tax Receipts, Sabhaenai, .Jury Tickets,
Administrators' Bonds and Letters,
Guardian Bonds, Indentures,
Deeds for conveying Lands or houses,
Prosecution Bonds, Ca S. Bonds,
AttadiBicats, Delivery Bonds.
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ry Blaaks of all kinds printed to order
at short notice.
K. M Ml Iti 1HSON. " A. J- IIOW ELL
MURCHISON &. HOWELL,
COMMISSKN MERCHANTS,
o. 104 WmUi Street, .1. I
Feb. 1857.
lv
Not ivv.
HATING returned to Charlotte, 1 aBB again at I
the oSbbmobI Bff those w ho may n ipiiie ny servi- j
rcfl in the inactive of liedirhac and Snrgvvy.
ROBERT G 1 DIM N, M. D.
Feb. 1-57. M-tf
Wilmington, N. C. j
3J ew-lTorlaL,
&ENERAX COMMISSION
M EKCHAITS.
UstTAt APVANI Ks MAM OS CONSIGNMENTS.
September , 18jt ly
Bargrnia Bargains
chinadepot.
H E. NICHOLS fc BROTHER,
iitroacrafl or
CHINA, GLASS & EARTHENWARE.
AW, a great variety of Tea Travs, E;nups.
Table Cutlery, Uritaintia and JJIork Tin
Ware, Wood ami Willow Ware, and
Mlonsr keep ins: .trtieles generally.
NF.Vr DOOB Ti CUMMI'.lii I.M. BAXK,
eoiJ tiBi t, s. C.
r!tT Paekiafj Hsnauteek
N..v. It, 1856. 19-4m
Notice.
HAVING obtained Leateasof Administration
npou the estate ot W. P. Trotter, deceased, 1
nve notice to all pftsoui ind btvd to the late firm i
.if" T. Trotter & Son, by mSe ..r book
account for the last four or five years, to eosse
forward and pay the same without delay, and
ihen bv save cost, as the ce.iu.em must 1m- set
tled up. TBOS. TROTTER, Adta'i
and Surviving Partner.
Feb. :id, 1357. 31-tf
The Watch and Jewelry business will in the
future be conducted bj the subscriber, who will
spare no aius or exp 'jise to give gen era! satis
faction. Watch repairing done in a Miperior man
ner, and at the rikstteal notice.
Til OS. TROTTER.
Executors' Sale.
THE undersigned Executors to the will of
Wiu. Oats, dec"d,late ofCleaveland county. N.
C, will si ll on the premises to the highest bidder,
300 Acres of Land,
on Persimmon Crek, eight miles east of Shelby,
in Cleavelaud county, N. C, on Tuesday the ad
day of March next. On the land is a good Saw
Mill, a Wool Factory of two Carders, 'J in Spin
dles, 8 Looms with other necessary machines for
the manufacture of tine C'asimeres, Jeaus, Liu
aeys, te., with other BjssSSBary improvements.
The Laud is of gool quality, and mostly wood
land, oulr a few acres having beeu cleared.
Terms will be accominodatin-'.aud made known
uu day of sale. P. OATES. Ftw-.
W. S. A. GATES. "
Muddv Fork, Ckaveiand Co., N. C.
Jan. 20. 1S:7. 29-fnv
R.EKTT.
THE MEOITIYTAIN HOTEL
MORG ANTON, No. Ca.
THE most eligible and desirable Hotel in the
Town of Morgauton. N. C, or in the western
part of the State, is offered for rent with its furni
ture, on low and accononodatiug terms. It baa
had, and still couliuues to have the largest share
of patronage. Any acisoa deeiioua of engaging
in the business, would do well to call inunedintc
ly and examine the premises. Further particu
lars can be obtained on application to
J. M. ILYrrOLDT.
Feb. 3d, igg. 31-5t
IN pursuance of a Resolution passed by the
Board of Directors of the Western Plank Road
Company, at a meeting of said Board held at
Charlotte this day. (the 26th January,) I do
hereby requesc the Stockholders of said Company
to meet at the house cf Mr. R. A. RozzeU, in
Mecklenburg county, on the 5d daj' of March
next, on business of importance.
C. C HENDERSON. President.
Feb. 3d, 1857. 31-lm
N. B. The securities to the Bonds of said
Company are also requested to attend at the
same time and place, or to be represented by
proxy as securities. C. C. H.
IVew torc.
J. & E. B7STOWE
HAVING removed to their New Store on
Main-street, below Young & Williams'
Hotel, aud opposite Boone & Co.'s new Shoe
Store, where tiny now have on sale a large stock
OF
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1 J a vny u w J
and such other articles as are usually kept in such
Houses, including their Domestic and
COTTON YARN.
Now in Store 300 Sacks Salt. 40 Bbls. New
Orleans If olasBes. 5 Ilhds. best Portorico do.
5 bade. West India do. Shads. Cuba. 5 hhds.
of (rood Brown Sugar. 40 bbls. Extra do. 15
bbls.Crushad do. J00 baps good Coffee. Eng
lish dairy and common Cheese, Bagging, Kope
and Twine, Adamantine and Tallow Candles,
North Carolina and Western YYhiLcy.
All at Hie Lowest Prices.
E"Wo respectfully solicit a call from buyers.
J. tv E. B. STOWE.
Pec 9, 1956 tf
A Act Tailoring Ustab
liwhwi mt
JAMES BRIANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that he has reopened bis TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in Spring a new
Building, where he will be happy to see anyone
wanting any thing done in his line. All work
warranted.
Oct. 28th, 185G. J7-tf
RATES OF FREIGHTS BETWEEN
Clii a i 'Icftton iibI Icv York,
By the Palmetto line of Steamers.
WT1TT, STOGKER & LLOYD,
AND
General Coiiniiiion lUcrcliitntK,
Adger's North Wharf,
THK undersigned, Factors and Commission
X Merchants, otfer to receive, forward, and
ship merchandise and produce at the fol lowing
rates. The prices here named are those whieh
are generally charged by all the line of sail
vessels, hut having no control over any other
Line than the one we have an interest in, we
cannot say that the prices here named can
he considered permanent, except by our Line.
By that they are permanent. The "Palmetto
Line" has ten line first class Brigs and
Schooners, constantly running, and will car
ry freights as follows:
Wheat, i cents per bushel.
Flour, in harrels, 2. cents.
" in sacks, 10 cents.
The drayage, wharfage, insurance, arid for
warding commission, per bushel, for wheat,
is ------ 4 cts.
Flour, per barrel, - I6f cts.
Flour, per sack, - - - - 13 cts.
Freight on all cases, boxes, fc.,&.c,
lrom New York to Charleston, per
cubic foot. ----- 4 cts.
We measure every thing, to prevent over
charges. F.very thing shipped by the "Pal
metto Line" of vssels (Dollner & Potter,
New York agents, and Holmes At Stowry, of
Charleston) an-' consigned to us, shall be
freighted for the above prices.
Produce and Merchandise consigned to us
will have the bfst attention.
WYATT, STOGNER & LLOYD.
August 12, 18.56
A HOIGSTEAB FOR 10!
$310,000 worth of Farms and
Building- Lots,
IN the gold region of Colpewper coonty, Vs.,
to be divided annngst 10100 sobscribers, on the
13th of April, 1857. Subscriptions only ten dol
lars eaeh; one half down, the lest on the delive
ry ot the Deed. Every subscriber will get a
Building Lot or a Farm, ranging ha value from
$ ID to 5t-2r,0. These FatBM and Lots are sold
bo ehean to induce settlements, a snffieieat num
ber being reserved, the increase in the value ol
whieh will compensate for the apparent low price
now asked.
A company of settlers, called The Rappahan
nock Pioneer Association," is new forming and
will commence a settlement in the spring. Am
ple security will be given for the faithful per
formance of contracts and promises.
tV More Agents are wanted to obtain sub
scribers, to whom the most liberal inducements
will he given. Some Agents write that they are
making 9200 per month. Advertising will be
done for every Agent where possible. For full
particulars, Subscriptions, Agencies, ore.,
Apply to E. BALDER,
Port Royal, Caroline Co., Va.
Jan. 13, 1857. 3m
DISSOLUTION.
The Copartnership of FISHER, 15117
ROUGH8 & CO. was dissolved by mutual
consent on the first of January, 1S"7.
All persons indebted to the said firm are re
quested to make "iM.MF.niATi:" payment to
FISHER A BURROUGHS.
January ISA, 157.
H1W
The undersigned having purchased MrN. A.
Hoxie'a interest in the firm of F.. B. & Co.,
will continue business at their OLD STAND.
In returning thanks Cm the liberal patronage
bestowed upon the old firm, they hope, by con
stant attention to the wants of their customers
to merit a continuance of the same.
JOHN FISHER,
JOHN C. BURROUGHS,
Charlotte, January 13, 1P57. 3m
FRESH
GARDEN SEEDS
Scarr & Go.
Have received a fresh supply of
LANDRETH'S GARDEN SEEDS,
consisting of every variety suitable to this cli
mate. Also, an assortment of
FLOWER SEEDS.
Jan. 13th. tf Charlotte Drag Store.
CHEAP SOAP,
Key Stone state Saponifier
OR COXCEHTRATED I.E1T.
One pound of the Ley with live pounds of
Fat will make twenty -five pounds of Hard Soap,
or one hundred pounds of soft soap.
It is admirably adapted for rendering htjd
water soft, and is fit for household purposes.
Forsale in one pound tins 25 cents each at
SCARR & CO'S
January 13th.
tf Drug Store.
John Henry Wayt, M. D..
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery,)
Having located permanently, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, N. C, and
viciuity.
Dr. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction of
congenital and accidental deformities of the
teeth and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods.
IV Ladies waited on at their residences if
on Trj-on Street, in Carson's new
building, up stairs.
Nov. inih. 20 tf.
State ol'Aortlt Carolina,
MECKLENBURG COUNTY,
Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions, )
Jaxuaky Tkhm, 1857.
Richard Peoples, "J
T. A. Sharpe and
Miles It. Sharpe,
Aministrators of
John Sharpe, dee'd,
vs.
Andrew Sharpe and
Auzel Sharpe.
I Petition for sale of
r Land.
J
It appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court, that Auzel and Andrew Sharpe, defend
ants in this case residen beyond the limits of
jhis State; it is therefore oidered by this
Court, that publication he made six weeks in
the Western Democrat, a newtpaper publish
ed in the town of Chailotte, notifying the
said defendant to appear at the next term of
our Court, to be held for said county, at ihe
Court House in harlotte,on the 4th Monday
in April next, then and there to plead, an
swer, or demur, or judgment jrra covfesM will
beti.ken against him.
Witness, W. K. Reid, Clerk of our said
Court, at Office in Charlotte, the 4th Monday
in January, 1837, and in the 81st year of
American Independence.
W. K. REID,C. C. C.
32-Gt Prs. fee $6. J
VALUABLE LAND
AND
Mills for Sale.
THE subscriber being determined to move
to the South-west, is desirous to sell his well
known tract of Land, lying in Stanly county,
and on the waters of the Yadkin River con
taining Eighteen Hundred Acres.
Said laud is well timbered, and that which is
cleared is very fertile, and in a high state of
cultivation. A good Dwelling House, out
Houses, Earns, &c, are upon said tract. Re
loning to the said tract, is a most
Valuable Merchant's Mill,
situated on the Yadkin river; said Mill is
entirely new, coniajr.s thiee runners, and is
located directly opposite the Yadkin Manu
facturing Company. The water power on said
tract, is regarded by competent judges as su
perior to any in the State.
Ai.y amount of machinery can be used suc
cessfully on th river, and the roads to and
from the Mills are good and superior to any
other roads, leading to any other mill in Stan
ly county.
Persons wishing to engage in Manufactur
ing pursuits, would do well to call on the sub.
scribe,-. He has several other iratcts, not
adjoining the above, which he wr.'jld also like
to sell.
Terms Baale Easy.
Those wishing to buv such property, can at
all times find the subscriber on the premi ses
MARVEL KIRK.
Stanly Co., N. C, Feb. 17, 1857 33-3m.
The subscriber, near Armstrong's Ford on the
South Fork of Catawba River, has for sale
TWO NEGRO HE1V,
one a brick-layer, stone-cutter and stone mason;
height ( feet, weight lc-0 or 190 lbs, and is good
disposed. The other a good house-servant, six
fi i t high, weight 175 lbs., copper colored, with
a first rate disposition. Warranted in every
respect.
LEROY STOWE.
February 10, 1857 :-t
REMOVAL
The subscriber informs his friends and the
public generally, that he has removed his
Tin Shop
to the house 1 door West ot'Brem & Steele's
store, formerl, occupied by A. Bethune &
Co. as a Tailor shop, where he intends to
keep a general assortment of
Tin Ware and Stoves,
which will be sold or as reasonable terms as
anv other shop in this place.
To accommodate his friends from the coun
try, he proposes to lake all kinds of
PRO D UC E
in exchange for TIN WARE or STOVES.
He returns his than!.s to the public for their
liberal patronage, and he hopes by attention
to business to still merit their custom.
B3T All orders for
3oT3 worK
will be punctually attended to, and at the
shortest notice.
R. W. MOORE.
Charlotte, Feb y 10, 1S57 Cm
NOTICE.
THE Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Com
pany have made arrangements for forwar ding all
goods consigned to the care of the Company , and
destined for any point on the line of the North
Carolina Road. 'rcr of commissions.
If landed on the Company's wharf, there will
be no charge for wharfage or drayage ; but these
expenses will be incurred if landed on any other
wharf, and will be added to the freight on the
way-bills, to be collected on delivery, by the
North Carolina Railroad Compar.y.
H. B. To avoid detention at Wilmington, it
is essential that the amount of freight by vessels
shall, in all cas, be distinctly stated, in dollars
and cents, on each bill of ladingand if goods for
more than one person are inclnded in the same
bill of lading, the amount of freight for each con
signs must be separately stated.
The foregoing notice has been rccci-ed with
direction to publish for the inlormation of all con
cerned. By order of the Board of Directors.
S. L. FREMONT, Eng. & Snp t.
Office of Engineer & Superintendent, ..f
Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 2Sth, 1857. J 1u
WESTERN DgyOCftAT.
aCHARLOTTE.
lloos us Kexticky. A letter from
Fleming county, Ky., dated 12th ultimo,
estimates that 30,000 hogs have perished
in that State during the late cold weather,
j and, in relation to the future, remarks:
Contracts are making for April aud May
delivery at 4 1-2 and 5 cents for stock
hogs; and fat, November delivery, $4.25 to
$4.60 per 100 pounds gross.
. .
Dreadful Accident. We are sorry to
hear that an explosion of fire damp occurred
in (he Egypt Coal Mine, on Deep River, on
Friday last, by which five men, out of six
who were in the mine at the time, were
killed. We have not heard their names,
but understand that they were all laborers,
and Irishmen, and from what we heard of
the character of those employed at the mine
when we visited it last year, we suppose
that they were very worthy men.
This lire damp, or explosion of the gas
which collects in coal mines where ventilation
is difficult, may be prevented by care; but
miners become careless by long habit, and
neglect the necessary precautious. Observer.
The Queex of England's Head-Dress.
This pretty affair has 20 diamonds in a cir
cle, worth $7,500 each two large ones
worth $10,000 each, four diamond crosses
in the same worth $G0,000, four large dia
monds cn the tops of the crosses worth
$20,000, twelve others in fturs de lis worth
$50,000, eighteen small ones also worth
$10,000, pearls and diamonds upon the
crosses and arches, worth $50,000, 141
small diamonds $2,500, twenty-six diamonds
in the upper cross worth $1,500, two cir
cles of pearls which are worth $15,000.
All these stones are set in gold, and cost,
aside from the precious metal, $559,500.
Within the limited shores of England, whose
government supports a woman who wears
this bauble on her head on state occasions,
there arc at least one hundred subjects per
day who die of actual starvation.
LADY BULWER
In every man's cup of life, surgit amari,
aliaeid. Bulwer'a bitter drop seems to be
his wife. Thirty years ago, when Miss
Bosina Wheeler, (an Irish lady) married
the author of "I'elham," then only a " rising
young man," she was one of the handsomest
young women in London, with considerable
accomplishments and some talent, to boot.
Incompatibility of temper, (her's was sour
ed, it is said, by curt treatment from her
aristocratic mother-in-law,) caused a sepa
ration after a couple of years, and the ill
sorted pair have not met for nearly twenty
years. The husband pursued his career,
which has been a very brilliant one. The
wife, who had previously shown some abili
ty in a story called the '"Supper of Sallust,"
in Frazcr's Magazine, also threw her mind
into authorship, and came before the world
in 18J39, with a novel called "Cheveley, or
the man of Honor," the great aim of which
was to satirize her mother-in-law, her hus
band, and her brother-in-law Sir Henry
Bulwer. In twelve months more, out came
her "Budget of the Bubble Family" also
in ridicule of her husband and his imme
diate relatives. A third novel, of the same
class, was "Behind the Scenes." She has
written four other works of fiction, in which
her husband is not alluded to. There is a
new novel from her pen announced, to be
called "Very Successful," in which, rumor
reports. Sir Edward is to get "particular
fits." It will be illustrated with engravings
caricaturing her husband. Lady Bulwer
L3 tton has a very handsome income se
cured to her by the deed of separation.
When Sir Edward succeeded to his mother's
estate at Kncbworth, worth some 15,000
per annum, he was very liberal, and wholly
without solicitation on her part, he trebled
the allowance which his wife had previously
received from him. Lady Bulwer Lytton
generally resides at Florence, with Mrs
Trollope as her companion, house mate,
and anti-husband counsellor. ILsr Lady
ship's personal attractions, once so con
siderable, have disappeared absorbed in
unromantic obesity and she has now turn
ed "the sharp corner" of her tiftieh year.
An excited gentleman once announced
to the Connecticut Legislature a steamboat
explosion, as follows:
"Sister Meaker and ledgers of the mem
bismature, the Ell;ver Ollsworth has hiled
her buster."
Cheering News. Husbands and heads
of families will be delighted to read the fol
lowing from the correspondence of the New
York Tribune :
I have to chronicle an event of the very
highest importance which recently happen
ed at the French Court, and which cannot
fail to interest deeply society in America,
as well as in Europe. The Empress Eugenie
made her appearance last week without any
crinoline or hoops, and looked the better for
it. Feminine diplomatists predict now a
speedy fall of the reigns of hoops, though
it is not yet certain whether even a French
Empress may be able to succeed with such
a coup d'etat, and to overrun an ugly fash-
I ion by her sovereign will.
A BRILLIANT ROMANCE.
Sary Tompkins.
By Lieut. A. Brick, B. F. R., (Bare Foot
ed Ranger) Author of "The Spectre
Suill Tub," The Last of the Pollyvcogs.
"The Haunted Beer Barrel." $-c.
CHAPTER I. THE COURT.
Deep night in New York! Night, to the
high and tho lowly the vicious and the
wretch to all was in deep night ! The gas
lamps threw a pale and sickly light upon
the now almost vacated sheets for it was
deep night ! Now and then a vigilant watch
man crawled out of his favorite drinking
saloon, though not very often, to sec that
nobody had carried off the city. (The au
thor intends this as a joke, and the reader
is requested to laugh.)
In a fashionable 03'ster saloon in Five
Points, in a stall, sat two men. One was
the Count Alfred de Flunkey the other,
Henry Podgera son of old Podgers, a wealthy
retired clam merchant. The Couut de
Flunkey was apparently about twenty-eight
years old. He was dressed in armor, wore
a military cap with feathers, and his feet
were encased in russet boots. His com
panion, Podgers, was about nineteen. He
wore a new suit of ready-made clothing, a
white hat, cloth pumps, and in a word
his appearance spoke the man of fashion.
The ordinarily handsome and ingenuous
countenance of the Count de Flunkey was
now covered with a frown. He was ab
stracted. He would take a spoonful of
oyster soup and raise it to his mouth then
his coal black eagle eyes rolling wildly the
while, he would slubber, like the Arabian
charger at his oats, and the soup would
drip down upon his mailed breast. At
length, bringing his clenched fist down up
on the table with tremendous force, the
Count cried, "By Heavens, Sary Tompkins
must be mine ! Ho, without there ! Bring
ten cents worth of gin."
The gin was brought !
It was drank !
And the Count, telling tho barkeeper to
"charge it," left he saloon arm inarm with
his friend, the young and accomplished
Podgers.
CHAPTER II. SARY TOMPKINS.
Fifth Avenue ! Time, night. Scene,
Tompkins', the retired lobster dealer's
princely mansion. Bright the gas lamps
shone over fair women and brave men, (this
expression is original with the author.) and
all went merry as several marriage bells.
The spacious and gorgeously furnished
drawing rooms of the princely Tompkins
were thronged with the beauty and chival
ry of Fifth Avenue. Like a pure diamond
amidst trinkets of brass, shone Sary Tomp
kins. The pen refuses its office, and the
author must content himself by remarking
that she was supremely beautiful. How
truly and beautifully has Keats said :
"It's a tarnal hard thing to describe a
lovely woman."
"Count Alfred de Flunkey!" cried a ser
vant in liver-.
The Count entered, A smile lit up his
noble countenance. Bowing with exquisite
grace to the assembled elite, he advanced
with lordly strides towards his betrothed,
Sary Tompkins.
The merry night sped on. The silver
winged hours flew by. Still the brilliant
assembly at Tompkins' remained. The
best of feeling prevailed. Wit, sentiment,
beauty and chivalry crowned the glowing
hour. But oh, hark! The bell rings. A
huge man, with a fiery nose, enters the
marble halls of Tompkins. In a voice of
thunder, he cries :
"Ladies andgen'l'men, I'm a perliceman,
an' nothin' shorter, an' I'll ax ye if Count
de Flunkey is in this 'ere august 'sembly.
'Cause if he is, I'm ordered to arrest 'm,
unless he immediately squares up his wash
bill with Mrs. Bridget O'Flannigan."
"Fellow away! Slave, avaunt " crietho
Count de Flunkey, in a voice hoarse with
passion and gin.
"Not by a great sight, ole feller ; yer
must pay this 'ere bill or go to the
tombs!" And the obdurate policeman laugh
ed loudly and defiantly.
Tompkins was bewildered. At length he
became highly indignant. He tore his hair
and foamed at the mouth. He then, with
a terrible jerk, tore off his coat tails, and
danced with rage, like a Tuscarora savage.
Rushing to the Count, he yelled
"Viper, and this from you ! Dog pol
troon puppy ain't yer ashamed of yer
self With a cryr of despair, Sary now rushed
forwards. Raising herself up to her full
height, she said
"Policeman, how much is this bill V
"Two dollars and twenty-seven cents, if
you please, mum !"
"Then, there there is the sum, Take
it and away away !" And Sary threw the
money at the policeman's feet and fell into
a swoon. She was pulled out by three ser
vants in livery and the policeman.
Tompkins was an attentive spectator to
this heart-rending spectacle. Tompkins
had a heart. Thirty years intimate asso
ciation with lobsters had not entirely crush
ed the finer feelings in his bosom. Tomp
kins was affected. He wept. Suddenly
starting up, he bounded like a gazelle to
wards Count Alfred de Flunkey.
"Come to my arms, my noblo feller,"
cried Tompkins, and the Count was locked
in his f Tompkins') arras. It was a moving
spectacle. Some of the guests were moved
to tears, while others moved to the ante
room, where the brandy and sugar were :
Now it was that Sary Ehone forth with
singular brillianey. Rushiug forward to
ward her father and Count, she said
This is all of this interesting story that
will be published in this paper. The re
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er what Sary said also what the Connt de
Flunkey said ; and also what she said then.
Toledo Commercial.
The reader will see that the above is a
burlesque on a tale commenced in several
papers not long since, for the conclusion of
which the reader was directed to subscribe
for some trashy northern paper.
From the Greensboro' Patriot.
A WARNING TO THE LADIES.
Messrs Editors : I feel it my duty to
warn the ladies of this part of the State,
especially those of Guilford, Randolph and
Davidson, against tho snares of a certain
young man from Indiana, who has been, for
the last seven or eight months, endeavoring
to pass himself off as a single man, in search
of a wife ; but who, I am informed on un
doubted authority, has a wife and child in
Indiana. I shall hold his name in reserve,
to be given to the public hereafter, if cir
cumstances shall make it necessary.
Said young man is rather prepossessing
in appearance, good address, fair education,
medium height, weighing some L'15 or 140
lbs., dark brown hair which turns back na
turalbj from one ear to the other, black eyes
full round face, rosoy cheeks, wears side j
whiskers some times, beautiful teeth and j
shows them plainly when laughing ; is pro- j
bably some 20 to 22 years of ago, appears
to have no trade or profession but that of a
singing master. I deem a further descrip
tion of this youthful impostor unnecessary.
Any further information that may be de
sired concerning him, can readly be ob
tained at New Salem or Union Factory.
The above facts are furnished to the Press,
to put the public on their guard, at the re
quest of several, by One who K?ioics.
GRAVE OF PRESIDENT MONROE.
The New York Times calls attention to
the fact that the remains of President Mon
roe are interred in a burial ground
of that city, without even a monument to
mark his resting place. He lies beneath a
simple slab, upon which is merely tho in
scription "J. Monroe, Robert Tillotson.
Vault No. 147." There is nothing to indi
cate that the James Monroe mentioned is
the Monroe who was in the battle of White
Plains, and received a ball in his shoulder
at the attack on Trenton ; who fought by
the side of Lafayette of Brandy wine ; who
was Minister to France in 1784, and after
wards to England, who was Secretary of
State in 1811, and for two full terms
president of these United States. Yet such
is the fact that lhe weather stained slab of
marble, two feet square, is all the monu
ment Ex-President Monroe has. The Times
state the following additional facts :
As Mr. Monroe was a Virginian, it is the
supposition of most people that ho died and
was buried within the Old Dominion, hut
this is an error.
Mr. Monroe, in his last days, resided with
S. Gouverneur, late postmaster of this city,
wlio married his only daughter, their resi
dence was on the corner of Prince and Elm
streets.
The venerable Dr. Francis tells us that
he often met Mr. Monroe walking out when
the weather was fine, and that on these oc
casions he was the object of most affection
ate attention. He has often met him mak
ing purchases for the family, at Centre
Market, where all the stallmen knew and
honored him. He was tall and spare, very
modest in his bearing, dignified and gen
tlemanly. In his address, he was hesitat
ing and diffident, as polite to the poorest
and humblestas any. He wasoue of the most
industrious of men, a hard student, and his
cares left their marks on his face. The
wound that he received at Trenton war, felt
for many years afterwards indeed through
out all his life he occasionally suffered from
it.
His last illness was a long and tedious
one. His attendant was Ida san-in-lavi "s
family physician, Dr. Eerger. Ho expir
ed at 10A o'clock on the morning of the 4th
of July, 1831.
His funeral was a very imposing one, the
largest at that time had ever been seen in
New York. The miiitary under General
Jacob Morton, Grand Marshal, filled Broad
way from Prince to Broad street through
which it passed to the cemetery. The day
was fine, and the signs of mourning were
generally adopted by our citizens. The
vault in which his dust still lies, is on the
east side of the cemetry just to the right of
the main walk as you look in from the en
trance. The passer-by will notice a small
pole, on which a dove house is perched
within a yard of that dove house is the sa
cred spot.
Mr. Monroe shares even his grave with
another man. He had no wealth when he
died, and in his death no tomb of his own.
ADVICE TO A YOUNG LAWYER.
The following letter was addressed by the
late Judge Gaston, of North Carolina, to
his friend and relative, John L. T. Sueed,
uow Attorney General of Tennessee, when
he was about to commence his legal career :
Nkwbern, March 6, 1844
My Dear Sir: I bad tho pleasure of re
ceiving a few days since, your affectionate
letter of tho fourth of this month, and has
ten to assure you that I am gratified at be
ing named as one of your references) in the
card which you have caused to be publish
ed. In your professional and private life I
shall always take a deep interest. You
have entered ou a career in which diligence
can scarcely fail to seoure you success.
Every motive that cau be addressed to a
good heart and a sound head concurs to
impress upon.a lawyer, the conviction that
he owes to his clieut tho utmost fidelity.
He is charged with tho interest of one una
ble to act for himself, and he is faithless to
the triut, if he leaves any honorable means
unexerted to secure and advance those in
terests. IChere is no mode so sure of rising
to eminence la the profession as the exact,
punctual, prompt aud steady discharges of
this duty. In the greater far greater
number of cases, m which a lawyer is en
gaged, extraordinary talents are not requir
ed; but in all, negligwnce may prove fatally
destructive. An established reputation for
diligence must therefore command employ
ment. No man of common sense can be
willing to confide important concerns to tho
management of a careless Attorney.
Next to diligence in the discharge of the
immediate duties which you owe to your
client is the obligation of endeavoring to
perfect yourself in the knowledge of your
profession. Suffer no day to pass without
study. Read slowly make what you road
your own by eviscerating the principles on
which the doctrine rests. It is impossible
to charge the memory with a vast number
of merely arbitrary distinctions; but the
principles on which they rest are few, and
these may be faithfully treasured.
Iu making these suggestions, I am not so
much influenced by the belief that you need
them, as by a desire to show that I am dis
posed to aid you in any way 1 can. To
give counsel is to assume the office of a
friend, and that office is one which towards
you I shall always be happy to discharge.
"With great esteem and affection
Truly yours,
WILL. GASTON.
To John L. T. Sneed, Esq.
PHYSICAL ASPECT OF MAN.
We see from an English Journal that an
examination of twenty thousand infants at
the Maternite in Paris, gives for the weight
of a new born child six and a quarter lbs.
At Brussels the same mean value holds
good. It is further stated that for about a
week uftcr birth, this weight undergoes an
actual diminution, owing to the tissue des
truction which issues through the establish
ment of respiration, and which for the time
exceeds the gain from nutrition. For this
same ago, the male infant is heavier than
the female ; but this difference gradually
diminishes, and nt twelve years their weight
is sensibly the same. Three years later,
at the period of purberty, the weight is one
half of what it is finally to be, when full
development is revealed. The maximum
weight eventually attained is a little more
than twenty times that at birth, this holding
for both sexes ; but since tho new born fe
male weighs less than the standard, and
the new born male more, the weight of the
adult male is 137 lbs., and of the female
121 lbs. The mean weight of a man, irres
pective of his period of life, is about 107
lbs. ; and of a woman, nearly 94 lbs. Tho
mean weight of a human being, without re
ference to either age or sex, is about 99
lbs. M. Quetelet, to whose researches the
Maternite is indebted for the above statis
tics, gives it as his opinion that communi
ties seem to bo under the influence of un
changeable laws as much as individuals :
"In communities, men commit the same
number of murders each year, and does it
with the same weapons. We might enum
erate, beforehand, how many individuals
will imbrue their hands in tho blood of their
kind, how many will forge, how many pois
on ; very nearly as we enumerate, before
hand, how many births and deaths will take
placp.
Hourible Cruelty. Milano. who at
tempted to kill the anointed Kiifg of Na
ples, suffered such horrid punishment in
t ! sis world that he deserves at least as pleas
ant a hereafter as his royal tormentor:
"He was stripped, bound hand and foot,
and hung to a beam with his head down
wards ; he was tormented In this position
for two hours, burning wisps of straw be
ing held under his head. He was also
bound and hung up by the ears, causing
him the most agonizing pains in the head
and ears; and the ground beneath him was
covered with burning coal.-, so that with
his bare feet lie could not staud. He was
also tortured with alternate applications of
cold and boiling water, and his shoulder
bones were pulled out of joint with ropes
tied to his arms. Lastly, he was scourged ;
and those who saw his naked body declare
that the skin was blackened with green and
yellow marks upon it, hideous to behold."