office up stairs opposite scarr'S drug store A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Litture, and Miscellany,
BY WILLIAM J . YATES,
EDITOR AN'D PROPUIF.TOK.
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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0h. A. YA'fS3Ji
ASS'KIATK EDITilll. '
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1857.
( VOLUME 5
2STcr Series J NUMBER 36.
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At th. Western Democrat 0
Warraata. Marriage Licence a,
Tai Beooipta, SabpiH-na, .bu y Tick
AdtNiaitrator-V I' nl- a id L tters,
Gaardiaa !-.ud--. Iiuleotnre-.
ts.
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1 t'.r nmrpviix, Lands or house
t .r
I'l-.i-.-eution 11.
Ata '!no'nts
1 i I -a. mty
:oi -. La
1 ' 'iverv
I!
urt.
of all kind printed to order i
at sunrl alieo
HAVING r rar d toCh irlotte, I am ag
, dwpueal of rimae who 1 1: y n ipiin my
- in the practice of M iy
KOltEBT Gil BOX, M.
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I. A!iVAN M!K ON' CO SOTO 3
i in.-.-r USX ly
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HAVING obmlw i J.. ;i rs,
llfMMI til'
(ate at V. I. Tn
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brtf arm
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in rome
'i in !: to ail p r.iiis
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aeeuaal 'i the laal fuav or ii.
i i" Hi
y uute
v. ais,
i-.!w:i:d aad pay the ; in wBhiatt ! lay
tiarebv save cost aa the en -i- aiwt b
aad
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1 ii I U n TER, Adm'r
ii d Sp.! ivhj
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Pa in. r.
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loan
pao-
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tVateh aad .Ti-w.-l:.
be i. -.; In, .! ht t..
lio IMUtS ,HT ' S US'"
i ill in the
bo will i
n ral ;:; -slip
i .i ;- uii.u-
1 1 ;!.:. VLatch o puring i
u. i, and at the .- bort st n
1 ill is T!: UTER.
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KICH0LS
E:oiiiE:n.
DtTOSTES.) :'
CM1NA. GLASS EARTHENWARE.
Al. a greal variety af T a Trays, Lamps,
Table t'u'h-rv, Britaaau and Bioch Tia
Ware, Wood aad Willow Ware, and
Hfcutau 'ieej':nz .frlcea temtraily.
NKAT DOM T COXMCRC1AL liANK,
Packing warranted.
N... II, It
i'Mm
dii JvavAa. lev J S'jiU
HOROANTON, No. Ca.
THE BSQ4 eJtgiblr and d Parabk- Unti l in the
Town af Manfaatan, K. t'.. or in !..- weal rn
part of the Stan-, is off r. d fa rent with i;s mini-
lure, on low and .-ic ..uimodating tersas It has ;
had, aad still c inars to have the largest .-hare 1
afparroaaga. Any peraasp deairwns of engaging '
in tin- baauni'ss, w ould ilo w ii t. call nam. ;- '
11 .
call unm, di:
iy aaw eaaauae lae pwraswa.
Fnrtber particn
ition to
Ja can .n :!.',
j. U IIAPPOLDT.
T' h. 3d, i-r.7. :ti-r.t
NOTI
' 1 I?
a, v.
THE Wilinin.'ton aad VTrbl Railroad Com
paavjj have saaag strtanp aarnlii fss foi at aidmg -ill
I".. 'j d to use car.- of the Casapaarj .and
destiu. d tor asry point .n ibe r.ne of the North
Carolina BoOd, finei rf rsanaitriiaas.
If lauded on the Compnij wharf, th. re wiH
!. no charge for hartage or drajMe j bal these
1 xpenscs will be hstat u i if landt d on say other
wharf", and will be added to iho freight on the
way-bills, ro lie collected on delivery, by lb
North nrolina Eailroad Comp.iiiy.
N. It. To ae:d detention at Wibnington, it
is ess- ntial that the amount 01 fit ight hy ves ;
shall, in all rur, be distinctly stated, in dollars
and ceuts, on each bill of hiding, and if good- for
more than one pnaoa are included in the suae
bill of lad-.ng. the amount of fn ight for each con
signee mn.t be separately stated.
Th- foregoinjr notice his h.en received with
dir.-ction to publish for tie- iuiorniation of all con
cerned. By order of the Hoard of Directors.
S. L. riJEMONT, Eng. Snp't.
Office of Engineer & npirintf ndent, 0 .
Wilmington, N. C. Jan. ii'-tb, 1p57. S
r 4 -1
1
J. & E. B. STOWEjCommis -d
AMNO removed to their New Store on, T1v,rm . n t ,
Main-street, b low Young !v Williams' -tf Idi'JIU tJ: j i j
Hotel, and opposite BoorJe & Co.'s n w Shoe
Store, whore Ihey now- ham on sale a base Mock
OF
rrn rr- oi
g) n
Jl v i jS. j
aad .-ui 'i otberartich
1 :.s are usually kept in rach
s, including then Domestic 'and
COTTON YAU-i.
Now in Store 300 Saehf Salt. 40 Shis. New
Orleans Molass s. ." Ii'ii. best Poriorico do.
5 hhds. West India do. &hhd. Cuba. 5 hhds.
of goad Braoru Sugar. 40 bbls. Extra d.
bbli.Cnwbad do. 00 bar? good 6onVe. Eag'
dairy and rnmnxn Chetae, Baftip, Kp:
and Twini Adamantine and T-i!ow Cacdiea,
North Carolina and V stin Whiak,-.
All t the LiOivcnl isrirei;.
: ; w
Dec. !,
rvspctiaUy aaat a caU fraan buypra.
J. & E. li. STOWE.
10ZG tf
p p p g JJ
GARDEN SEEDS
S c a r r
Co.
I lav.- received a fin ab
annnTv
LANDliETH'S GAUDEN REEDS,
consisting of iv ry vari tv enitahie to this t-Ii
mate
Aleo,
went of
Charlotte Dnic Siorc.
Jan. 13th
tf
CHEAP SOAP,
OR
:d let.
ti::- pooad of the Ley with Eve pounds of
Fat will raaa rweute-bv, ru'uudsel Hard S
oap.
or o.-- hitndn .3 pounds i slr aoaa.
p
admit ably
ted ftr rentleffng hard
water
Fur
naft, aad i-- ft for bonsi hi Id pinpos. s.
sale ia on!- pound tins eeptseacb
SCAKli fc UOS
-at
January I3t!i.
tf
1M
e Store
S . Jfia Jit i ifia i aa ta uaiJk-'tL'i
JAMES BR 1 ANT
i ::; ... his friends
nil! -r n.!. :;.. II:;" I; - t ; u -i;.!i:s l Aj 1.-
i,.
OK1NG ESTABLISHMr:?;i in Spnirgs new
Building, a li he will ! happy to see any one
wanting any thing done ii: !i line. All work
wanaul d.
D1TPG t'rs"!' LS1V1 i-" i; :'ri
t?ln)rfatnsi :iir.'5 Tf . ?t.
By the Falrr ot-ro line of Steamers.
ill .41 I, Si-JoALK LLull,
"t . r " Ti 33 r"f.
A S l
Scnerstl C"i o
. e :
m i;ts.
Vvharf,
u. :
'I I1E aadersigaedj Factors and Commission
Merc ants, oflTer to recetye, forward, aad
ship merchandise and province at the following
rat. '1 he prices ii. i name ; are th e which
are generally charged by all the line of sail
vessels, in' having no control over aay other
Line than the o;;.' we have an interest in, we
cannot say that the pi cos here named can
he considered permanent . excei t by o:;r bine.
By thai they are permanent. The ''Palmetto
Line" has ten fine first class Brigs and
Schooners, en .slant! y running, and will car
ry i eights as follows
Wheat, rcats per bashel.
Flour, in barre's, 2 cents.
ii in sacl.s. 10 cents. -T-ie
drayage, wharfage, insnrance, and Car
warding com mi si on,per bnshel,lor whe . t,
is - - - - - . 4 1 cts.
K!our, per barrel, - 1' ct.
i rioar, pel sack, - - - - i s cts.
t Freight on a I cases, boxes, Sc., Ac.
lroui New fork to Charleston, per
rnbic foot. - - 4 cts.
We measure cverv thins, to reveal over
; charges. Kvery thins shipped by the "Pal-
I met to Line" of vrssoli (Doliner ft Potter,
Aew i oi k arents, and Holmes V Stowry, of i
. Cbarlestoa) an1 consigned to a-, shrli be
. freighted ii,-r the above rices.
Prodaee and Met chamlis consigned to us
; will '.tave the liest attention.
WTATT, STOGNER & LLOYD.
Aagnst C2, 18.".6
A ko:
. -
$320;GOO worth of Farms
Bnildmg Lc. .
IN tin- gold r gion id'Cnlp pp t county, Va..
to be divih-d :;;imiijr-t l'',-J' t! 81 !-er".1er--. on tin
:U!i of April. I -".7. Snbscnptions nnrv ten dol
lars each ; one half down, the nrsl on lac delive-
ry nt tin
li- .'d. Every subscriber win pt a
Ftailding Lot or a Farm, ran
js! t. ..". it to. Thest; Fair
ln; in vann- from
- and Lots aresokl
cheap to induce settlenx nts,a surrici. ut ama
h -r neint! reserved, the increase m tne anie
of
which will e nip. asate for iln- appan nt low pr
; aow ashed.
A company afacttbiM,'caHed 'JOeKappahs
: nock I loneer Association, is nov
rormiBC ai
will comm. nee a Settlem. nl in the s-ii iie". Am- ,
jde secarity will be given for the Bdthful per-1
formanee of contracts ami promises.
IT?" Mor- Agents are wanted (b obtain snb-1
ci ib.-rs. to whom the ni. -t lii val iadueemeals
will be given. Some Agents write thai lin y are j
sahiaar $900 pet mout!;. Advertising nd-l 1m' i
done for every Agent where possible- For full
particulars, Subscriptions, Agenciea, Ae.,
Apply to E. BAl'HEB,
Tort Royal, Caroline Co., Va.
Jan. l't, lS7. 3an
Executors' Sale.
THE andersigBed Executors r th.- will of J
Win. Oates, d. c"d, late ot Csnaveland omnty,K. j
C, will s. II on the pn Buses to the highest bidder,
:iOO Acres orL,.-mel,
on fl lssillOll f"n i h rurht miles ast ot Shelby.
hi Cfeavchuad county. N. c, on Tuesday lfc 3d j
aay ot MarcB m-xt. tn the and isa go. o oaw
Mill, a W.H.i Factory of two Caidrcs, .1U Spin-di.-s,
6 Looms with other u ceasarr laacJuni s tor
the aiaaafaHuni of fine Casaimercs, Jeans, Liu
sevs, dec, with other nc ssarv baprovements.
Tha Land is of good quality, and mostly wood-
land, only a few acfeu having been clear
ed.
T-rms will he aoeanuaodathur, and made known
on dav of sale. OATES? ts-7-
8. A. OATHS. ( -Muddy
Fo.k, deaveland CV., N. C.
Jan. 20, 157. -Om
23
KEPERS TO tmi: EDITOR or THIS PAPER.
Wilmington. IVb. 3, .-:57. ISm-pd
Wi'miugton, Charlotte & Ruth
erfrrd Railroad Cciapan,
A SPECIAL MEETING of the Stockbotd
XX. ofttia Comnanv is aapointed to he held
in
iac iown i v. liunn-riun, on inescuy. toe J.tn
; day of Mareb n -xr, tiiass upon the aiut udmi-nis
to mo eruuier of tne company.
Jv ordf-r ot'tiic Hoard.
II. W. GUI03T, Pres'4.
! Feb. 2::, 157. :54-St
DISSOLUTION;
Tii- Conardu rsliin of F1STIKP RTn?
I BOUGHS & CO. wss dis-so!v-d bv nukaal
oon lit on flu- first of .January, ISf73
Ail perBoaa indebted to il.ehaid lirm are re-
qneab ate make ui3fs rotate paTment to
FISHES & BURHOUGIIS.
January 3th, !-.?.
aa isc to is! a ia Ml o
The nndersigned having purchased JlrN. A.
IIi;i-"s iiit' rest in the In in oi V., li. A: Co.,
will continne bnsinesa at their OLD STAND.
In returning tliauba fot the lib. ral patron; ie
betitowed upon the old fina, they hope, by con
staul attention to the wants of their customers
to umril a rontinnance of the same.
JO? 'X FISHEB, f1
JOHN" C. "KKOUCHS.
Charlotte, January 13, t-."J. 2m
House & fyt CbL'atkGs5tcMtl
i nii.sausciiDU on ins Lfweiunc
Hous.-, known a the '"Crystal Pal
co, lor sale or rent. J he house is
,plea.-sanllt situated on the corner of
and Eighth sir its. i.raoeite the residence
ot MrG orge t'reaa On the pn mises are all the
necessary out-buildinss, in eood repair. For
further
ie
rmatioi
.'III V HI 1 iif i.iiu.
i . . . i. i
tnea or
. r
iith
'I'enna
aOderate.
J. K.
DANIEL.
Febnu
1651
1 1 1 I
ITJ1 Of
flue I?. H. Daridaou an
1 the
J rwin
etioh
Hi
y.'i:.- & Co.
in- in infc lianus
fli!" i'..'"
all the Notes exceeding 100
20-di.ys before the AprilCoOrt
time. Saiidh r amounts will
- paid immediately, (if not
J. P. SMITH.
33-3w
will be pnt in sail
if not paid by tha'
ii i spi cted to l
sooner.)
F h. IT, l - 3r.
PliOTECT10l,
The s ason b 'Ing near at hand ior t!
ti..! ot Thnnd r t?ii)'.nir aud beins; lb
e yisita
uuently attended with serious r-.-uits both toLifeand
Prop, rty, i! is prop r to u aeeessaiy means
furlho pinfi-ci.... of tout tamiliea and proD'rty.
wha-u ( ..n I).-mi;;;' ny prom-i iy supplying J'our
buildings with LIGliTNiNG KOiS. Having
be, n engag 'd in thebusin ss for oyer six years
ia and North Carolina, and be
; pio-
vid'd with the bet ixcomraendatiens,
i
boi
to be able to give entire satisfaction to
ma v employ me.
i iriir pel u:auentl- It-cat. d ill t!;i.; ii!
11 who
i
work dole by me v. ill be kept in good repair
free of chargf,
Orders addressed f ate through the rt
i !":! . ot i. ft a: the Residence Wilkinson!
v. ;il meet WHO prompt
nuoUa
L. J. HAWLEY.
Cll.!
-. r. b. 17, d.
s
I I'l I.lli.lil
I( E
II. BEYERS &
. are in my :hands
9C concei m d wiH
id s; ttle Ibe same,
pposite th. Court
The S i ii l
('(., and of J.
for inuii- dial
please manlhti
Call at Severs'
Honse.
F b. I4tb. 1
Accor.nts ot
)ULS CO.
lection. The
one by on.', ai
-tc buildinjr o
W3I 8. NORMENT.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA;
LINCOL
X COIW TT.
i a i c a
.
Boyd 1
s.
Middleton King
Original bili in Equity.
ad others. I
In this case it appearing upon the affidavit
ol In a reus uoyd, that Minute ton King-, one of
the defendants in tnis case, is not a resident
of ttns Mate. i:id is beyond the ordinary pro
cess of this Court : tt is therefore ordered
;;.at advertisement he made in the Western
Democrat .'or six week, notifying said Mid
dleton Kir;;; thai he ho ami appewr at the next
Court ol Konitv. to be held lor th county of
Cinco'.n, at the i on it llou-e in Lincolnton. on I
th. Sth Monday ;.lter the 4th Mondaj in Feb- j
raary next, then and there to i plead, answer j
, j , . I 1 V. VLr-.lllllili'lcVfl V.jFlU till ; Hi
judgment pro conf. so will bt entered against
him, and the case ret tor healing as to him I
ind
a decree ma
il v
WM. J. IIOK E, C. & M. E
Feh. 0, 1S'7. 3 !-0w Pi's fee $6.
Removal ! Removal !
r.
V
-'IV 1 :
J iyr.3
THi: SUBSCRIBER has remored his
I a.ii
to the TToii- ruerly aocapied by Messrs. Blair
& Ozr, two doois east of Springs A McLeod's
acr, v. Derr nc n :.i ae, p eoxisiauu e:i ujuju
A cunaulcte and full srrpplv !
4
Plain, Japaaaed and Plssished
.... -i ".I li't 1 . ' T" -I 1 .
n.
a n- wiueiiacr non s;ue oi neiaii .1- 10 w
as any
r house in
ippfy of
tins plao
lit- v- iil also
keep a nil
COOK AND BOX
T1 'fi
OVES,
which he will sell as low
as tin v can be afforded
iu this marfcet.
JOB WORK
of all kinds don.- with neatness and dispatch
: mm.
tl : Yi
It
Thankful tor past fuvois he would solicit a
continuance of iLe same,
SAM E T. WRISTGX.
Febrnary 34, 18S7. ".4-om.
I
I
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.!
CHARLOTTE.
From the Charlatan Mcrctnj.
Law for the Srrr-nrrssiON of Small
Spanish Coins The only objocticn to
the proposed Act of Congress, n lating to
small silver coins of Spain, in circulation
among us, is, that it appears to be an at
tempt to repudiate the national currency
of a friendly nation, whose standard of val
uation the United States assunu-d on the
establishment of their coinage anti mint.
The silver on c or dollar, of Spain, was
taken as the unit for our decimgd divisions
and proportions, into 50, 2.5, 10 and 5 cent
pieces. The 4ths, 8ths and lGth.s of a
dollar, according to the Spanish system,
are equally honest and accurate as our own,
though sometimes more worn. If these
Spanish pieces had been received at the
Post Offices, Custom Houses, or Mints of
the United .States, at the eums they call for,
and then been gradually rccoined. it would
seem better than to disqualify them by an
Act of Congress, after they have been worn
out by our own people, when, in fact, they
are entitled to credit and respect among
us. The depreciation forced upon them
by law is not a just one, and we only ex
pose ourselves to a reaction hy Spain and
her colonies, where our coins are beginning
to be treated with similar rigor and de
ductions. The old Spanish standard has always
deserved the credit of full measure and
weight: Their dollars have been preferred.
and their fractional divisions were well
proportioned.
Coinage is a national affair one of those
claims of sovereignty cace people require.
An attempt to depreciate the value of
such coins, after they have been honestly
tamped, of full weight and fineness, ex
poses our own to a similar injustice abroad.
The introduction of the avoirdupoise or
Spanish weight into our money scale, was
an unfortunate one in some respects; but
after accepting it, we should not disparage
the element we still employ.
The Cotton Supply had called forth a
discussion in the British House of Commons
at the last dates. Mr. Hatfield adverted to
the increasing demand from the English
manufactories and the hiyh priee paid to
the United States for the raw material, in
stead of fostering the policy of looking to
the vast possessions of the empire in India.
Mr. V. Smith replied, from the ministerial
side, that the government were willing to
entertain any specific proposition from Mr.
Ifuiiield on the subject. lie denied that it
had been neglected stating that experiments
had been made and still being made, but
except in Bombay, hut little success had been
met with.
Patrick Hexry's Grave. The Milton
Chronicle says:
" We mean no reproach to the State o
Virginia although she ought to blush if
she knows how ! when wo announce that
to this day the grave of the illustrious and
immortal HkxRY is without even a stone
or stick to mark the resting place of his
bones. And there is but one person living
who knows his grave with certainty from
others that surround it, and that person is
a venerable negro who has often watered it
with his tears. The apparent negligence
; of ,iis relations happened, as ve learn, in
this way: Virginia claimed the grave as
her property, and promised to erect over
it a monument worthy of the man and as
imperishable as time. She has neglected
to do it but having recently erected a
bronze statue of Henry at Richmond, a few
of his relatives have concluded to jdace a
marble slab over his remains.
The lih is 3 l(V 9 ft, of the purest
y t . , m
white American marble, and contain
this
inscription:
To the memory of Patrick
May 29th. 1530. died June
1
; Henry, born
6th, 1790 iTis fame is his best epitaph.' "
.
Tun Camel. It often happens that in
ascending an acclivity or muddy road the
Camel fells on his knees his lore feet slip
ping he does not then try to rise, but
goi a on in that position, nor does he try to
ight himself until he is out of the bad
Tti- ...-ic:tl- filirie a,n mAV roil Ofiiuitnl
j "- .-j.. . ....
j ly after a rain. He must then be brought
! to a halt as he is liable to break his legs,
j particularly the hinder ones. There is not
the same amount of danger on ground til
j though the Arabs in the latter case cover
i the Camel's feet with a sort of moccassin
I or shoe of bullock's hide, to protect them
j from being cut when they.alip.
i The Camel is tlic most gentle animal in
j existence, aud the most submissive. It is
' stubborn, it is true, bat not so much so a.
I the male, and it is easily and quickly cor
j reeled. It i- so patient, that it will pro-
coed with its load until totally exhausted.
. and then it falls never again to rise. Du
ring a military expedition of the French iu
Algeria, m the montn ot April, lt-44, it was
astonishing to see their Camels, although
reduced to skeletons, making such forced
marches with their loads. Mules, in their
condition, could not have carried even
their saddles.
13T Rev. Geo. C. Foote, an Episcopal
clergyman, rector of Whitcrnarsh Parish,
near Philadelphia, a few days since an
nounced to his congregation that he bad
become a convert to the Romish Church.-
T m WATfN-
uuguu ui tut; iuosi i;,im'::iiinu' cuar
acter, occurred in Washington city on
Saturday morning, whicjresulted in the
death of David Hume, a prominent citizen
of Alexandria, Va., LyheaAuud of Col. D.
C. Lee, formerly of Lom county Va, but
for several years a 1400 clerk in the Pen
sion Bureau at Washington, aud a member
of the Council of that city :
It appears that Mr. Hume, a well-known
citizen of Alexandria, attended the Presi
dent's levee Friday evening, in company
with his daughteaf .nd (we believe another
young lady. While slowly movingwith the
immense throng that literally filled the en
tiro first floor of the Executive Mans ton, a
gentleman immediately ia front of him turn
ed suddenly around, seized him hy the col
lar, and accused him of picking his pocket.
As might have been expected, very angry
words ensued, which resulted in an exchange
of cards, the accusing party proving to be
Col. D. C. Lee, who has for several years
held a clerkship in the Pension Bureau.
The Star of Saturday contains the fol
lowing evidence given at the coroner's jury :
Solomon 6. Heaton saw the transaction
:i t the President's levee; whs passing towards
the East room with a lady, and near the
doorway of the President's reception room,
came up in the rear of Col. Lee ; noticed
that he had one or two ladies with him ;
stood there for a moment, the crowd being
so great could not pass; a gentleman com
ing from the reception room met them and
seemed to bo trying to pass us and go out ;
deceased wast this gentleman ; Col. Lee
stood rather facing deceased, and while in
that position saw Col. Lee put his hand on
his pantaloons pocket ; he then spoke to
deceased, and at the same moment stepped
up to him and collared him, saA'ing, "You
have my pocket book ;" could not say if
deceased had a lady with him or not; Col.
Lee remarked further that he would not let
him go until he gave up the pocket book,
and the Colonel then called for assistance,
turning his head towards witness ; deceas
ed, did not reply immediately, but looked
surprised ; his first reply, that witness heard
was: "For what reason do you make this
charge ?" Mr. Lee did not seem particular
ly excited; Lee said: "Sir I felt your
hand in my pocket and saw you take it out;"
deceased replied that he had not taken the
pocket-book, and seemed surprised at the
charge, and immediately enquired of Col.
Lee his name ; Col. Leo gave his name and
turning to witness said here is a gentleman
who knows me ; Col. Lee still retained his
hold upon his emit during this conversation;
witness said to deceased that he knew Col.
Lee ; deceased began to get a little excited,
manifesting some feeling, and said to Col.
Lee, "Come, go with me ;" witness then
passed Co.". Lee, and that is all he .-aw of
the occurrence then ; came up to the office
about i this morning, to room adjoining ;
soon after came into this room ; found Col.
Lee ; made inquiry how the affair terminat
ed last night ; he was relating the circum
stance ; the chief clerk, Mr. Cole, of the
Pension Office, opened the door, came in,
e.nd inquired if Col. Lee was in ; immedi
ately two gentlemen came into the room ;
Col. Lee was standing by the desk at that
time ; two or three other gentlemen were in
the room ; recognised the deceased as one
of tiio gentlemen who entered ; Col. Lee
passed towards the door f xim his desk, ad
vancing somewhat towards the gentlemen,
or in the direction of the door ; think de
ceased remarked, 'you are the gentleman I
mpt last night at tho President's, and ac
cused me of taking your pocket book,' en
quiring at the same time if he recognized
him ; Col. Lee replied that he did recogniz
ed him distinctly ; they enfered into con
versation, and deceased undertook to ex
plain why he should not be accused of com
mitting an act of that kind ; remarked that
he had lived an upright man for forty-five
years, aud had probably given away more
money than Col. Lee was worth, and ask
ed what motives he could have in picking
his pocket al-o, if he still reiterated his
charge; CoL Lcc answered that he did re
iterate his charge ; they stood facing each
other at that time ; deceased had a black
cane, with a bent handle, in his hand ; (a
cane was identified by witness as the one ;)
deceased struck Lee over the head as
many as three times ; Cd. Lee retreated,
decease at the same time striking him with
a cane ; heard the report of pistol ; after
wards saw the pistol in hands of CoL Lee ;
deceased f.-ll over and exclaimed that be
was a dead man ; Colonel Lee stood lean
ing forwards at the same time he fired, with
ids back towards the deceased; thinks he
must have reached his hand around and
fired under his arm ; Col. Lee told witness
this morning tht after witness left him at
the levee a gentleman touched himand said:
"You have mistaken yoar man," telling
him who deceased was, that he wus a Mr.
Iluine of Alexandria.
King F. Page testified to being in an ad
joining room, and hearing a noise as of
- cufrling or striking, and on entering, de
ceased was falling ; assisted in laying him
hack and opening his clothes ; Col. Lee
was walking back and forward, and said
You must not blame me. gentlemen. I
did it in self defence ;" saw no deadly weap
on in the hands of the deceased.
Drs Storrow and Berry made an exam
ination of the body, and testified to the ef
fect, that the ball entered the abdomen one
inch from the medium line and three inches
below the umbilicus, passing inwards, and
downwards, causing death by hemorage.
and probably by pressure on the ppinal
cord.
The news of Mr. Hume's tragical end
causod the most intense excitement in Al
exandria. A commit tee-of 1 00 citizens reach
ed Washington city about 2 o'clock Satur
day, and having obtained the body return
ed with it immediately to Alexandria.
After firing the fatal shot, CoJ. Lee im
mediately surrendered himself to the civil
authorities.
The Star has the following notice of the
deceased :
"He was a gentleman of means, noted
for his being governed by a scrupulous
sense of propriety in all his conduct through
life, for his active benevolence, and, indeed
for the possession of just such traits of
character as secure for one tho confidence
and regard of his fellow citizens. He came
to Alexandria to reside from Orange court
house, Va, was a widower with four children
two of them being grown-up daughters,
who are now in this city at the residence of
a relative. His nie was about 45 years.
He was a member of the extensive and so
well-known family of Humes of Fauquier.
"D. C. Lee is ulso an aged man of fumi
lv, and a member of the Board of Common
Council of this city from the first ward."
A correspondent of a Baltimore paper
says :
Mr Lee was immediately discharged from
tho Pension Office. He left the city for
Virginia after giving bail, passing incog
through Alexandria. The son of Mr. Hume
made an attempt yesterday to come to
Washington in pursuit of Lee, but his ob
ject was discovered and prevented by his
friends.
I am informed that Mr. Dodge, a promi
nent and highly respectable citizen of
Georgetown, found Mr. Lee's pocket book
in his pocket yesterday and returned it to j through tho middle, leaving tho lower ex
him shortly after the murder, and there can tremities in possession of Mr I. Casanave,
bo nodoubt that tho perpetrator of the theft ! of that city, and brought the upper portion
was one well skilled in operations of the ! with him to Texas. We must now render
kind. James Cogan and Southey Parker ' a familiar passage thus : Dust though art
are co-securities of Lee in $2,500 each. and fo marllc thou must turn. Verily,
Mr. Hume who was a wealthy merchant this fa a progressive ago ! Houston Tele
of Alexandria, is thus spoken of by the : HfV
Gazette :
It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow
that wo rooord iu. another column, the death
of David Hume, Esq., of this place. The
heart-rendering circumstances of this dread
ful affair arc detailed and wo can now
add nothing to them. When the nows was
received here, the whole community, and
especially the merchants, felt as if they had
indeed, lost a friend and a brother. Ho !
was an active, enterprising man aud re-' I
moved here, but a few years ago, from !
Orange county, (where, and iu that neigh
borhood, he has numerous friends and con- j
ncxions.) Engaging in mercantile pursuits,
he has ever since, pursued, with zeal and
energy, his extensive business. Ho was a j
favorite with all our cit'zens. Popular in
his manners and deportment, a gentleman !
in feeling and character, and of a kind dis- !
position, he made friends every where. He j
was, too, in the meridian of life, and of a
fine and commanding personal appearance,
and looked as if his lease of days wo uld be
long upon earth. Alas ! he has been called
suddenly from time to eternity.
--j SM
BACHELOR LAWYERS.
The bachelor "barristers" of Cleveland
went, off lately and had a supper all by
themselves. We subjoin some of tho sen
timents given at the supper:
1st. The President elect of tho United
States The first from the illustrious order
of ft. B's.
2d. The Bachelor Barristers of tho Clcve
land Bar Unterrified by "eyes," invinci
ble to "arms," we meet to "celebrate."
5th. Bachelor Banisters Whenever
they go to "court" with an "attachment the building with shouts of rapturous ap
suit" on hand, may their "pleadings" never j plause. He was sent to Congress in 184b
be "demurred" to, or their suits dismissed
with prejudice.
Gth. The Cause of Single Blessedness vs.
Love in the Cottage.
7th. True Friendship unknown except
to men.
9th. Our future " Fathers-in-Law "
Where are the'?
10th. Domestic Relations Another name
for the halter.
11th. The Critic's Pen Its widest field,
Woman.
12th. Woman's right An alarming fea
ture of the day, and we frown upon the
movement.
14th. Woman's Helplessness We "de
mur to the pleadings."
15th. The Press Tho true conservator
of our free institutions; the only kind of
i'iv..t." tntarfttod Iiv- I.Ef helors.
' , . ' ,i , Makuvino in HagTif and Rkpextixo
The following toasts were then volunteer- ,
e(j . at Licisuke. Lnder this bending, the
1st. The Hen-pecked Husband -"Ye J Louisville Journal, of tho 24th ult., has tho
who have tears to shed prepare to shed following paragraph:
them now." About a month since, there prevailed an
3d. "Matches are made inlleaven" We ; abunduuee of gossip relative go a eonpti of
admit the adage, but deny the authority. j young folks from the city, and their mar
Jtl. The Married Man "Tho victim of ! ria!e at Charleston. Ind. The afiVr has
false pretences."
JFiT We know a respected gentleman in
Monroe county, who many years ago saw
ed a cord of wood to pay, in advance, his
first year's subscription for a newspaper.
He is now, in his ripe and vigorous old
age, worth a quarter of a million of dollars.
EMBALMING THE DEAD WONDER
FUL DISCOVERY.
Dr. Thomas Holmes, for six years exam
ining physician for the Coroner of the City
and County of New York, after having de
voted a number of j'enrs to chemical re
search and experiments for the purpose of
finding a method of preserving dead bodies,
has discovered a means, formerly unknown,
which in every respect is fur superior re the
Egyptian mode of embalming is no ex
posure of the body, removul of any portion
of it. or an envelopment iu deep folds of
linen are required. His process instanta
neously arrests deeouipo-iiion, de-troys all
offensive odor, restores quite a natural ap
pearance of the body, nnd preserves it from
decaying for an indefinite period of time.
The operations are performed, with no in
convenience or trouble, in a few moments,
by simply opening a vein iu one of the limbs
and ejecting into it a fluid. Experiments
bare been made in this city within the last
two weeks which render it certain that this
invention is all that it claims to be. Wo
witnessed on Saturday last, at the cabinet
ware-rooms of Mr 11.1. Pnnnell, on Main
street, toe bodies of two children one a
mulatto child four or five months old, and
the other a negro child about five years old ;
both of which hud been dead a week or ten
days, yat, looking as plump nnd fresh ns
though just fallen asleep. They had been
embalmed soon after death by Dr. Holmes'
process, by way of experiment, and up to
this time there ha.s been no sign of decay
in any part. The principal physicians of
the city examined these bodies on Saturday,
and all, without exception, expressed them
selves satisfied that no more complete suc
cess could bo desired.
One important fact in relation to the em
balming process should rtot be omitted.
The bodies thus embalmed grow gradually
hard and firm as rock. Dr. Holmes brought
with him to Mew Orleans one that hud been
i embalmed nine years. Ho there saved it
A CASE FOR YOUNG MEN.
The Texas Civilian, in a notice of Hon.
James S. Green, recently elected Senator
from Missouri, has the following:
"The sou of extremely poor parents, in
Fauquier county, Virginia, he removed to
Missouri, about 1840, at the age of aboat
18. In 1842 ho was employed as koeper of
village bar, at $8 per month, his first en
trance into town life. In that situation, a
lawyer iu the village made his acquaintance,
discovered his talent, and tendered him
books and his own tutorage, if ho would
stud' law. Green readily acceded, and
read for a vear behind the bar.-.whenever
the demands for drinks allowed him time.
Within two years from that time he had
taught a country school, attended a gram
mar school himself; made several speeches
before a debating club, und received license
as a lawyer. He then represented his
county in a Democratic State Convention of
1848-4 and there made his debut as a poli
tician, in a speech of astonishing beauty,
elegance and power. His fame as a prodi
gy was carried to the extremes of the Stale
by the returning delegates, and he was
placed on the electoral ticket for Polk and
DuIIhs. It was in that canvass that wo
first saw him. Ho was traveling and de
bating with tho most eloquent Whig of tho
State. Before a mixed crowd of two thou
and people, where his untagonint bad tre
mendous prestige, Green rose triumphantly
above him, broko tho magic spell of his
fame, and carried off the banners. As he
descended from the stand the ladies threw
briquets at his feet and tho audience shook
'48-'50, and by Mr. Pierce appointed Min
ister to New Granada. Ill health rendered
his stay short. Last year he was again
elected to Congress, but now, before taking
his seat, he is eh vated to the Senate.
Fa.stek and FasTCX. This age (says
the New York Day Book) is getting so
"fast" that it will bo rmcessury to get an
improvement on the telegraph soon. We
learn that pr'u ute telegraphic wires through
the city are getting into use. Some of the
lurge jobbing houses have wire running to
the "Commercial Agencies." While- a per
son is negotiating for the purchase of good
in one part of the store, a clerk is talking
with the Commercial Agency' tome blocks
olf about his habits and pe cuniary resour-
i ces.
already had a denouemeut. and tho im
agined happiness of the runaways termi
nates with a petition filed by one of tho
parties in Chancery, praying to be dirorced.
The marriage was a runaway mutch and
the bride left word at home, that M Ciiurli-i
and I could not wait."