North Carolina Newspapers

s INS mm affiCE op-stairs opposite scarr s druq store 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 PROPRIETOK. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. QE. A. YAIS5 j Assort ate num. TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1857. (VOLUME 5. KTow Series f NUMBER 37. mm&m mm mm mm wmm? am THE JS&tsUtn gmtmoctax Published every Tuesday Containing the latest Nl -ws, a full unl accu rate llepnrt off tho Markets, &c. 9B1B1I9 5 For tlie year, if paid in advance 2 00 If paid within six months 50 If paid after the expiration .f tin year, 3 00 MPAny person pending us five mew sub scribers, ueenuapanied by the adrance sub scription ($10) will reeeireamxtbeopjgra In for nni- vi'nr iry.Siibscribcrs and others who may Irish ! to send money to us, can do so by mail, at u;' risk. ADVERTISING. O m iiuare of 10 liaea or less, tor J months, 51 00 . ii ( 00 m " l " M 00 O m iTiarc, If. lines, or less, first insertion, 81 00 Kacli s. tMM insertion, 3 Transient advertisements must be paid f r in advance. j fSFFot announcing Candidates for office, $.") i;i advance. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific time, will be in serted until forbid, and charged accordingly WILLIAM J. YATES. B h ft ii I S ! At the Western Democrat Office! Warrants. Marriage Licenses, Tax Receipts, Bubpoeuns, Jury Tickets, Administrators' Bond and Letter, (yoardiaa Bond, Indenture, Dfltd-i for conveying Lands or bouses, Prosecution Bund, Ca Sa Bonds, j Attachments, I !iverv Bonds. I i Fas, eo-tnty and sujH'rior court. XV Blanks of all kinds printed to order at short notice. 1IAYING r tinned toCharhiHe, thr diMriri'il of thorn- who may r qni .m r r DV :i a: i i- r.. in Ike ii. act: c o4 c lie ROltKtn GIBB4 N, M. D Feb. 3d, 14.-.7. :.l-u a. M. MtTRCHISO!C. A.J. linVVF.I.!.. MURCHISON 4?c HOWELL, I '4 ' v ; f r t ft ri H n la i JJ Jjt t Afii Jk l.'a.va. ..j,.oh'jJ. j.;.Xi U UL .fa. :o l fTmH strirs, I. Fob. 3d, I Km. I v try f.i f; f rt -ft 71 Wilmington, N. C. rieVTlo I I iTl T IT ? T TO OT ft W X' m T h n j 'i t'A 4y Jsf t tv I'waii aovances maoe o. cossicnsicnth. S-j;iemliei 2, lB."ii" ly Kotice. HATING obtained Lcttersof Admiuiatratlon upon the estate ot W. I. Tl ottel. d- as I give aotiee to all persona ind bted to the bite firm ,.f T. T roller &. Xou. by note ui book aeeoaat for the, last Ibnr r fiv years, to come f..nv;ml and pay th same without delsy. and thrreby save cost, a the coticern o ust s-t-lied up. T1IOS. 'I KOTTER, Adm'r ai d Surviving Fartiier. IM. 3d, I--VT. ol-tf Tie ntnA Wau h and Jewelrv lmsinr will in the be conducted by the subscrttHT, who will spare no pain r esp use to give '. n- rai satis taction, watch r pauiuguuii in a : up n. iii.u:- tier, ana at tnc suwrtest ien.ee. Tl !.-. TROTTE1 Barain! Bargain ! : CHINA DEPOT. nr. kicuols Tbrotreh. IMPORTEK9I OT CHINA. GLASS & EARTHENWARE. Alr. a great variety of Tea Trays. Lamps, Table Cutlery, Britannia and Block Tin Ware, Wood aad Willow Ware, and Daxtc.feecjafMg' rJ isles geueraity. xr.xr aoon to comsicrci.1. bank, cof.tr A III 4, '. TIT Packing warranted. Nov. IS. JS':. PMirt to Fi.msrio. TUB .W1'.T.1I. ests:f, MORGAN TON, No. Ca. TlIK nt eligible and deairable Hotel in the ' Town of Morgan ton. N. t'., or in the western , part of tli!- State, is olF -r, d (of rent with its furni ture, on low and accommodating t iraa It has had. anl still eontinnca to have the largest share of patronage. Any perron desiroos of engaging I in the business, weald do well to call imiictfate ly anl examine the prcmi-i s. Further particu- la-s can be abtaiaed uu application to J. II. HAPPOLJ-T. Feb. 3d, 1SS7. :u-:t NOTICE. THE Wilmington and Weklon Railroad Com pany have made anaagran nts mm forwarding all mom consigned to the care of the Coaapanj . and qLliare tor any point on las inn- (t the Noith Caroliaa Road, wm f mnwristinn. If lauded on the Company". wharf. tbre will be no charge for wharfage or drayage : but these expenses will be incurred if landed on any other ! wharf, and will he added to the freight on the way-bills, to he collected on delivery, by the North ' arolina Railroad Company. N. P. To avoid detention at Wilmington, it fa essential that the amount of freight bv vessels i shall, is all rates, be distinctly stated, in dollars and cent, on each bill of lading, and If goods for more than one person are included in the same bill of lading, the amount of freight for each con signee mut be separately stated. The foregoing notice has been received with direction to publish for the information of all con enicd. By order of the Itoard of Directors. S. L. FREMONT, Eng. & Snp t. Office of Engineer A Superintendent, . Wilmington, N. C. Jan. USth, 1S57. l'u Xcw Store. AVIN0 r,.moV(.u t0 tht,ir New stor(. on H M:un-strcet, below Tonne &. Williams' Hotel, nd opposite TJoone & Co. 'a now Shoe Store, where they now have on sale a large stock OF eg ig m n s 9 and such other articles as arc usually kept in such Houses, including their Domestic and :otto VIR. Now in Store 300 Sucks Salt. 40 DMs. New ui h-aiis moiasses. ; iinus. nest I'orroneo no. 5 hhds. West India do. 5 hhds. Cuba. 5 hhds. of good Brown Sugar. 40 bids. Extra do, IS bbls.Cru-.had do. 100 bags (rood Coffee. Enor- i liah dairy and common Cheese, Bagging, Rope and Twine, Adamantine and Tallow Candles, i North Carolina and Western Whiskey. All at lEie Lowest Prices. I 17 'We respectfully solicit a call from buyers. J. & E. 11. STOWE. Dec 0, 1956 tf FRESH GARDEN SEEDS Scarr & Co. Have received a fresh supply of LANDRETIl'S GAlilEN SEEDS, consisting of c vi i v variety suitable to this cli mate. Also, an assortment of Jan. 13th tf Charlotte Drus Stor.?. CHEAP SOAP, Key iojBc Nl;;i S.ipoBiiiici OSt COXCEHTRATED LEY. One pound of the Ley with five pounds of, it will make twenty-five pounds of Hard Soan. ! or one hundred pounds of soft soap. It is admirably adapted lbr rendering hard w:Uer soft, and is lit lbr household purposes. Forsale in one pound th;.-; -J." n nta each at SCARR. 6e GO'S 13th. tl' D'Ufr Store. RATES OF II1EIGHTS BETWEEN Clutrtrslon :isl JVew York, By the Palmetto line of Steamers. HI ATT, STGGSER & LLOYD, AND General Commission nerebnat, Adder's North Wharf, 'HE undersigned, Factors and Commission 1 1 p m err ha i disc and produce at the following rate-;. 'J he pr.ces here named are those which are generally charged by all the line of sail vessels, I ut baving no control over any other Line than the one we have an interest in, w e cannot say that the pr cea here named can be considered permanent, except by our Line. By thai they are permanent. The Palmetto Line"' has ten line first class Hngs and Schooners, constantly running, and will car ry lieiehts as follows: Wheat, li cents per bushel. Flour, in barrels, 2 1 cents. " in sacks, 10 cents. The drayage, wharugo, insurance, and for warding com Lniss.oii, per bushel, lor wheat, is . - - - - 4 cts. Flour, per barrel, - - - - If. cts. Flour, per sack, - - - - 13 cts. Freight on a'l cases, boxes, Ik., Ac, Irotti New fork to Charleston, per cubic foot. - - - - - 4 cts. W e measure every thintf, to prevent over charges. Every thing shipped by the "Pal metto Line" ot vessels (I)ollncr t Potter, New York agents, and Holmes & Stowry, of Charleston) and consigned to us, shall be Freighted for the above rices. Produce and Merchandise consigned to us will have the best attention. WYATT, STOGNER LLOYD. August 12, 18."G A EI075ETEAD FOR $10! - - fee i3 .:Jj:: LU'OU ll . P3a $310,000 worth of Farms and Building" Lotc, IN the gold region of Culpepp r county, Va., to be divid.-d amongst lOSOO snbscribers, c;ii the 13th of April, is'tT. Snl scriptions only ten dol lars each; nn' half down, the r st on the delive rv of the li'i'd. Every subscriber will pet a Building Lot or a Farm, ranging in value from .!ti to $35,OJ)0. These Farms xnd Lots are sold s: cheap to induce scttleuw nts, a si;nica-i min- 11 T b"inS reserved, tin inrrease in tuevatnem which will compensate for the sppan ut low price now asked. A comivinv of settlers, called "The Rappahan nock Piont i r Association," is new forming and will commence a setts tin nt in the spring. Am ple s curity wilt be given Cm the faithful per formance of contracts and promises. If More Agents are wanted to obtain sub scribers, to whom the most liberal inducements will be given. Some Agents write that they arc making $200 per month. Advertising "i'l be done for every Arent where possible. For full particulars, Subscriptions. Agencies, ore.. Apply to E. RAUDER, Port Roval, Caroline Co., Va. Jan. 13. An Stale of Mori h Carolina, MECKLEXBU Hi QOV X T Y, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessitmt, January Term, I.r. Richard Peoples, ") T. A . Sha pe ai.d Miles K. Sharpe, Aministrators of John Sharpe, dee'd, vs. Andrew Sharpe and Auz. 1 Shaipe. I Petition for Bile of Land. It appearing to the satisfact.on of the Court, that Anzei and Andrew Sharpe. defend ants in this case reside- beyond the limits of jhis State; it is therefoie o. tiered by this Court, that publication he made six weeks in the Western Democrat, a reiv.-paper publish ed in the town of Chailotte, notifying the said defendant to appear nt the rext It rm of our Court, to be held for sa d county, at the Court House in har!otte,on the 4th Monday in April next, 'hen and thereto plead, an swer, or demur, or judgment pro rontsso will he t ken against hi.u. Witness. W. K. Raid, Clerk of our said Court, at Office in Charlotte, the 4th Monday in January, lt-57, and in the 61st year of American Independence. W. K. REID,C C. C. 132-t Prs. fee $6.) r. ss. Commission and Forwarding I?IERHAiT, REFERS TO THE EDITOR OF THIS I'APF.R. Wilmington, Fob. 13, 18."7. Lim-pd Wiluiiugicii, Charlotte & Ruth erford Railroad Company. A SPECIAL MEETING of the Stockholders of this Comnanv is annotated to be beld in I the town of Wilauneton. on Tnesdnv. the 17th ; day of March next, to pass upon the amendments to me cnaiter ot the company. J5y order of the Board. H. W. GLTON, Fres't. a4-4t Feb. 2:k 1857. DISSOLUTION. The Copartnership of FISHER, I?TR ROUGIIS & CO. was dissolved by mutual consent on the first of January !f&7. All persons indebted to the said firm are re quested to make "immediate" payment to FISHER & BURROUGHS. January loth, W7. kv wmm. The undersigned having purchased MrN. A. Hoxie's interest in the firm of P., 15. A. Co., will continue business at their OLD STAND. In returning thanks for 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 K5, lrw. 2m ESoginc & Ijoi for Sa te or Rent THE subscriber offers his Dwelling- .tt?.H. TIoiik.- L-,i,w,i .ij tlw. '-r "i-i -f..i i..i --"- .' , .......... .... ..... ij nni x ii if IB ace," for sale or rent. The house is HLpleasantly situatid on the corner of : Chinch and Eighth streets, opposite the residence of Mr George Cross. On the premises are all the necessary out-buildines, in good repair. For lunuer intormation apply to me unaeisignea or to J. P. Smith. Terms moderate. J. R. DANIEL. February 17, 1857 PROTECTION. The season being near at hand for the visita tion of Thunder Storms, and being frequently attended with serious results both to Life and Prop rty, it is proper to use necessary nutans for the protection of vour families and propert v, which can h done by properly supplvmg your buildings with LIGHTNING RODS. Having liei n engaged m the business tor over six years in Virginia and North Carolina, and being pro vided with the best recommendations, 1 hope to be aide to give entire satisfaction to all who may employ me. I t.e ins liermaneTitl.c lnid this nlace. nil woik done by me will be kept in good repair i free of charge. Orders addressed to me through the Post Office, or left at the Resilience of K. Wilkinson, will meet with prompt att ntion. L. J. HAWLEY. Charlotte, Feb. 17, 1 -.",(!. 33-if Take Particnlar NOTICE. The Notes and Accounts of H. SEVERS & CO., and of J. DL LS & CO., are in my bands for immediate collection. Those concerned will please march up, one by one, and settle the same. Call at Severs' new building opposite the Court House. WS! S. NORMENT. Feb. 14th. 1857. 33-3t STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. LINCOLN COUNTY. Marcus Boyd ") . s I ... , " Original Bill in Equity. Middleton King , 3 and others. J In this case it appearing upon the affidavit of .Marcus Boyd, that Middleton lvinir,one of the defendants in this case, is not a resident of this State, anil is beyond the ordinary pro cess of this Court : It is therefore ordered hat advertisement be made in the Western Democrat loi six weeks, notifying said Mid dleton King that he be atid appear at the next Court ot' Equity, to be held tor the county of Lincoln, at the Court House in Lincolnton on the St Ii Monday i.lter the 4th .Monday ic Feb ruary next, then and ther? to plead, an-wer or demur to p aintifPs bill of complaint, or judgment pro confesso will b entered aga nst him, and the case set tor hearing as to him cx nartt, and a decree made accordinly. WM. J. IIOKK, C. & M. E. Feb. 20, IS")?. 31-Cw Pi's fee $6. Removal ! Removal ! THE SUBSCRIBER has removed his VEX AilP STOVE SHOP to the House formerly occupied by Messrs. Iilair A- Orr, two doors east of Springs & McLeod's coiner, where he wiil keep constantly on Land A complete and lull supply of Plain, Japanned and Planished TIM WARES, which he will either Wholesale or Retail as low as any other house in this place. He will also keep a full snpplv of COOK AND BOX STOVES, which he will sell as low as th y cau be afforded in this market. JOB WORK of all kinds done with neatness and dispatch. Thankful for past favors he would solicit a continuance of the same. SAM'L T. WRISTON. February 34, 1SS7. 34 -3m. A New Tailoring, JEslab lislnnenl. JAMES BRIANT informs his friends xnd former patrons, that he has reopened his TAIL ORING ESTABLISHMENT in Spring s new Building, where he will be happy to see any one w mting any thing done in his line. AH work T.arranted. Oct. 26th, 1866. 17-tf WESTERN DEMOCRAT. CHARLOTTE.'J SCIENCE OP THE GUILLOTINE. A correspondent of the New York Times who witnessed the execution of Verger, gives a graphic description of the science of the guillotine : The scaffold is erected about eighty feet from the front door of the prison, on four permanent blocks of stone, in.the centre of the roadway leading from theirison to the street. The equaro is planted with trees. On both sides of the roadway stood a double file of soldiers with presented arms. When Verger issued from the gate, supported by the executioner and the chaplain, and saw standing before him the fatal instrument, his force forsook him and he sank down. It was this passage of eighty feet that was terrible for the criminal, for he knew that the moment he ascended the eteps before him his beau would fall. Verger was hurried along to the fatal steps. On the way ho did not cease to re peat "Lamb of God, who takest awny the sins of the world, have pity on me!" He cried also, " Vive Jesus Christ.'' The scaf fold was at an elevation of about five feet from the ground. Arrived on the next to the last step, he fi lled on his knees on the floor of the scaffold, pronouueeda few words of prayer, and then addressing the chap lain, said "My brother, I charge you to make amende honorable in my name to all my superior ecclesiastics whom I have of fended or made sorry; tell them that I de mand pardon of them as I pardon them my self. I offer my life in expiation of my faults." lie then kissed the crucific and turned and gave a hasty embrace to the chaplain : but he never rose to his feet. As he attempted to do so the executioner, who stood behind him, pushed him forward on to the slab which carried his head under the knife. This slab, which is so placed as to receive the body as the criminal rises from his knees on the last step or floor of the scaffold, is n new invention, used now only for the third time. It receives the body from the knees to tho upper part of the chest, of necessity leaving the neck and bead projecting ueyura. a.- ino ciimtuni fails upon it, instead of being obliged to tie him there, as was formerly the custom, an operation that was sometimes difficult if the prisoner saw fit to struggle, springs now suddenly seize the body and hold it firm. This slab slides easily in grooves, and a slight pressure on the person of the criminal pushes it forward and places his neck in the notch into which the knife falls. A man is on the other side ready to seize his head as it passes, in order to steady it, while another stands ready to pull the rope which lets the knife fall. The knife is, in form, like the knife of a straw cutting box, only much heavier. It is placed diagonally in the two uprights, along the side of which it glide -like a saw mill gate, its diagonal position gives it a sawing motion in cutting through the neck. It falls about twelve feet, and so nicely is its weight adapted to the force required, that it not much more than cuts off the head without superfluous noise. The moment the knife falls, the springs relax by n quick movement, the body is rolled off on to a bascule at the side, which, in turn, tumbles the body on a board, at the end of which stands two men ready to seize it, and slide it into a close carriage which stands ready backed up for the purpose. In like man ner, the man who is charged with the hold ing of the head lets :t drop into a basket at his feet, seizes the basket and hands it to a man off the scaffold, who immmediately places it in a wagon with the body ; the doer of the wagon is closed precipitately, and at once moves off the ground. All this is but the work of an instant. When Verger was pushed forward on the board, be raised up bis shoulders as if to try to release himself from the cramps. His head was bare, and as he did so, he turned his face upwards sufficiently to take n last hurried look to the side where I stood. I shall never forget this last glance of the criminal. His face was then injected, no doubt from being pushed forward so sud denly on the board. As he made this movement, tho executioners pushed bis shoulders hardly down on the board, and this movement served the double purposo of bringing the body flat and of sliding the head under the axe. The little wheel at the top of the upright turned half round, and the knife fell ! The whole affair was accomplished with such rapidity that a great majority of the audience did not know that it had occurred. Indeed, its rapidity was its most frightful feature. From the moment the condemn ed man issued from the gate till his body bad left the ground, was but one minute by the watch ! The assassination was not less maguificently performed than the ex piation ! A Usurer's Epitaph. It ie said the following is a common epitaph for money lenders out West. "Here lies old thirty-five per cent. The more ho made the more he lent, The more he got, the more lie craved; The more he made, the more he shaved ; Good heavens! how can such a soul be saved." ON THE VENOM OP SERPENTS. The following is by S. Gilman, L. L. D., published in the St. Louis '-.Medical Jour nal," and is certainly the most interesting article wc ever read on the subject: "There is much in the history and habits of the reptile tribe, however repulsive they may be in appearance, that is very interest ing. During a sojourn of two or three months in the interior of Arkansas, which appears to me to be the paradise of reptiles, I paid some attention to that branch of his tory called ophiology. I found four dis tinct varieties of rattlesnakes. ( Crotalus.) of which the Crotalus Horridus and Cro talus Kirtlnndii are by far the most numer ous. The former is the largest serpent in North America. The family of moccasin ' snakes (Colluber) is also quite numerous, there being not less than ten varieties, j most of which being quite as venomous as ! the rattlesnake. By dissecting great num bers of different species I learned that the anatomical structure of the poisoning ap paratus is similar in all the different varie ties of venomous serpents. It consi?ts of a strong frame-work of bone, with its ap propriate muscles in tho upper part of the head, resembling, and being in fact a pair of jaws, but externally to the jaws proper, and much stronger. To these is attached by a ginglymoid articulation, one or mote movable fangs on each side, just at the verge of the mouth, capable of being erected at pleasure. These fangs are very hard, shap, and crooked, like the claws of a cat, and hooked backward, with a hollow from the base to near the point. 1 have occa sionally seen a thin slit bone divide this hollow, making two. At their base is found a small sack containing two or three drop of venom, which resembles thin honey. The sack is so connected with the cavity of tho fang during its erection, that a slight upward pressure forces the venum into the fang at its base, and it makes its exit at a small slit or opening near the point, with considerable force; thus it is carried to the bottom of any wound made by the fang. Unless the fangs are erected for battle, they lie concealed in the upper part of tho mouth, sunk between the external and internal jaw bones, somewhat like a pen-knife blade shut up in its handle, where they arc covered by a told of membrane, which encloses them like a sheath this is the vagina tfentis. There can bo no doubt that these fangs are frequently broken off or shed, as the head grows broader, to make room for new ones nearer the verge of the mouth; for, within the vagina dentis of a very huge crotalus horridus, I found no less than five fangs on each side in all stages of formation the smallest in a half pulpy or cartilaginous state, the next something harder, the third still more perfect, and so on to tho main, woll set, perfect fang. Each of these had a well-defined cavity, like the main one. Three fangs on each side were frequently found in copper heads, vipers, and others. The process of robbing serpents of their venom is easily accomplished by the aid of chloroform, a few drops of which stupifies them. If, while they are under its influ ence, they are carefully seized by the neck, and the vagina dentis held out of the way by an assistant, with a pair of forceps, and a fang be erected and gently pressed up ward, the venom will be seen issuing from the fang, and dropping from its point. It may thou be absorbed by a bit of sponge, or caught in a vial, or on the point of a lancet. After robbing several serpents in this manner, they were found, after two days, to be as higely charged as ever with venom of equal intensity with that first tak en. During the process of robbing several species of serpents, I hincculated several small but vigorous and perfectly healthy vegetables with the point of a lancet well charged with venom. The n?xt day they were withered and dead, looking as though they had been scathed with lightning. In attempting to preserve a few drops of venom, for future experiments, in a small vial with two or three parts of alcohol, it was found in a short time to have lost its venomous propensities. But after mixing the venom with aqua ammonia, or spirits of turpentine, or oil of peppermint, or of cinnamon, or of cloves, or with nitric or sulphuric acid, it still see'ms to act with undiminished energy. It is best preserved, however, for future use by trituration with refined sugar or su gar of milk. A very fine, large cotton-mouth snake, being captured by putting a shoe-string around him, became excessively ferocious, striking at even the crack of a small riding whip. Finding himself a prisoner, without hope of escape, he turned his deadly weap ons on his own body, striking repeatedly his well-charged fangs deeply into his flesh. Notwithstanding this he was put in a small basket- and carried forward. In one hour after he was found dead, and no amount of irritation could excite the least indication of life. A large rattlesnake, beheaded instantly with a boe, would an hour and a half after, strike at anything that pinched its tail. Of several persons who were testing thir firm nessof nerve by trying to hold tlie hand steady while the serpent struck at it, not one could be found whose hand would not recoil in spite of his resolution ; and one man, a great bully, by-the-by, was struck on the naked throat with considerable force by the he&d- i less trunk of tho serpent, and staggered back, fainted and fell, from terror, j Seven venomous serpents belonging to five different species, were made to fratern ize and dwell amicably in one den. A beau tiful pair of long-bodied speckled snakes, known as kingsnnkes. known to be fang -less, and consequently without venom, were duly installed as members of the family. Some uneasiness was perceivable among the older members, but no attempt was made to destroy the intruders though they might have been killed instanter. The next morning four of the venomous serpents were found to have been destroyed by the king-snakes, and one was still within their coil, and the two remainingones would make no effort at self-defence. A largo rattle snake seemed stupid and indifferent to his fate. He could not be made to threaten or give warning even with his rattles. The smallest kingsnake was afterwards innocu lated with the poison of oue of the serpents he had destroyed, and died immediately af ter thus evincing that they must have ex ercised some power besides physical force to overcome their fellow creatures. FEMALE APPAREL. The localizer of the Richmond National American, who is quite a connoiscur in mat ters of dress, submits the following very sensible remarks on "Female Apparel," in his issue of Saturday last; . ' The females of republican America "use up" more silks, satins, scarlets and velvets, (things which, as Franklin says, put out the kitchen fire,) than any other women in the world. The habit of wearing their best dresses in the streets is confined to American women. In England, France, &c, rich satins and velvets are not thought suitable for walking dresses; and we sap pose some European ladies of the highest fashion would think themselves inexcusa bly extravagant, if they trailed these costly ! materials through the dirty thoroughfares. We are among the last to propose Euro- j pean examples to the imitation of Ameri- j cans male or female ; may we not lo.irn wisdom from the habits of those foreigners. The adage that "fine feathers make fine birds" seems to have an undue weight with Our fair countrywomen. Let them observe tnat almost every oiro ot o.n:t - I o is remarkable for its little intrinsic value. The hen, the duck, or even the goose, has more real value than the peacock or the ! parroquet. Yet we by no means wish to restrict the ladies, especially the young ones, to brown and drab. A lady of good taste may always array herself neatly and i handsomely at a moderate expense ; and some ladies can appear as well dressed with an outlay of ten or twenty dollars, as others can by expending hundreds. Over- i dressing is not usually considered as the fault of those who call themselves the "higher circles," by them it is regarded as a symptom of vulgarity. It is like the guilding and embossed work which wc see on some oooks wnen a volume n exces sively decorated in this way, knowing ones suspect that it has but little intrinsic worth to recommend it. HEAD SALTS FOR BED BUGS. Every good housewife that has the good fortune to read the "papers-," will bless us for the following information, as long as she lives. It is death certain death to bed bugs. Let the incredulous just catch one of those pesky animals and apply it to his nose, and if he den't "keel over" in less than no time, he or she may publish us a quack. We have seen it tried, and can vouch for its efficacy, and advise every lady and old bachelor in the land to cut the ac quaintance, at once, of those unwelcome night travelers, that so impudently intrude upon "scenes sacred to neatness and re pose." Now for the remedy we got it from a woman and she got it wo know not where, but from some good newspaper, of course. Here it is : "Alchohol, half pint: sal ammoniac, 1 ounce; spirits of turpentine, hulf pint; cor rosive sublimate, 1 ounce; camphor, 1 oz. Put the camphor into the alcohol and dis solve it, then pulverize the sal ammoniac and the corrosive sublimate and add to it ; after which put in the spirits of turpentine, and shake all well together. This will end fhe days, and nights too, of any bed hug it touches; and on. washing the bed stead, as well as the chinks and crevices of the room with it, they become so unpleas ant to this species of night walker, that they will either die or decamp for parts un knowu." Octraoeous Treatment of a Torso Wife. Our quiet little town has been thrown into a burst of wild excitement about a domestic affair of an atrocious nature which transpired in our midst. Mr (we withhold his name on account of ' friends) a young gentleman of fortune and family, not long ago ler! to the altar one of the loveliest of her sex. and up to the time of this most extraordinary act, they appear ed to live in tlie full enjoyment of connubial bliss. Tlie particular are briefly these: Oa Thursday morning last, Mr arose at half past 6, A. M. He dreed himself with his u-ul deliberation aad taste. Jat as his wife was about to robe herself ia her daily habiliment, the brutal husband seised her iiooded crwn k'ut, aud delibc-ratelr -eating himself upon it, he rnaaeaced ring ing I am Fitting u the style. Mary," Are His wife fainted. We understand that his lawyers will rely upon iasanity for hi de fence. Cfmimma (K ) Age. THE BITERS BADLY BITTEN The contemptible practice of "horning.' or serenading with horns, tin pans, and other discordant instruments, newly married people, is still too prevalent in this country, f.hie took jdace in an adjoining town last week, in which the "homers got the worst of it. A lady, who had beon the house keeper for some years of a respectable physician was married to a gentleman residing some disLmec awny. WlrTesba was making preparations for the wdding, it came to her cars that a party of young fellows were making ready to serenade the wedding party with tin pans and horns. She applied to the doctor for advice and a prescription. lie gave her a plentiful dose of ipecac, which she mixed in a cake designed for the uninvited guests. The night of the wedding came, and with it the tin pan serenaders. Tlie tnarr; igo ceremony had scarcely been performed before the ears of the bride, bridegroom and guests were saluted with most hideous sounds from without The doctor thought it was best to invite the outsiders in aud treat them, to stop their noise. He ac cordingly appeared at the door and polite)! invited the serenaders to come in. The invitation was accepted, and the bride, with a degree of magnanimity altogether un expected, proffered the wine and cake with her own hands. They all partook and went quietly away, ashamed of what they had done conquered by kindness. They hail scarcely reached their respective homes before they were seized with sickness at tho stomach The doctor who had put up ths prescription had a dozen calls at once, and till his patients appeared to be affected in a similar manner. As he knew what tho malady was, he of course gave himself no uneasiness. A thorough emetic no doubt hail a salutary effect, and the patients felt better after ejecting the bile which had caused their first uneasy symptoms. The verdict of decent people in the neighborhood w here this took place a in favor of tha bride. Rochester Union. Tub St. Loins Suspension Bridoh. The St. Louis Lender gives the followiug specifications of tho proposed bridge over the Mississippi river at that place : "The length or span will be 1G00 feet, with width sufficient for railroad oars aud teams. The cables of iron wire on which tho bridge will be suspended, will be fifteen inches in diameter, and capable of sustain ing, with the stays, a weight of 20,000 tons, while the weight of the ronding will be 2,000 tons. These cables will weigh 3,420,000 pounds. The cost of these cables alone is equal to the entire cost of the celebrated Suspension Bridge at Niagara. The bridge is to lie suspended at a height of 80 feet above high-water mark, so that no obstruction will be offered by It to any, even the fullest chimneys of steamboita. The estimate of the cost of the work, al lowing a liberal margin for all contingen cies, are $Lf00,000. Five years will be required to complete the whole." A Rare Case or Lonokvitt. A correspondent of the Boston Morning Star, writing from Nottingham, New Hampshire, gives the following account of a venerabls lady : ''There is living in this town, at the house of A brain Thompson, her grandson, a mother in Israel, at the advanced age of 106 years. Though she has been blind for .30 years, and is also very deaf, yet her mental faculties are bright; and especially her memory, which is remarkably retentive. She will often sing in a clear, and with quite a strong voice, verses of different hymns, and will also correctly repeat numerous Scripture passages committed to memory seventy 3'ears ago. It would do any Christian good to hear her. She sits up from eight in the morning till eight in the evening, without apparent fatigue, in an old fashioned flag-bottomed chair, as she desires uo other. She it aa neat and tidy in her dress as many a maiden of thirty -five. She craves hearty or solid food twice a day, which is not often common to those of her age. She is the mother of twelve children, the oldest of whom is eighty-four years and the voungest sixty years. She has living eighty-one grandchildren, two hundred aad thirteen great-grandchildren, and eight great-grvt-grandcli3.1ren. She ta about fire feet in height, and weighs one hundred and twenty-five pounds. She enjoys gvA health for one so gd-w LicEBAL- I U said that tha of France has bcUwed a g ifi of five hun dred thousand francs oa tha widow of tha unfortunate American who was sfc by tha (wntinel ia the debtor's prhmt of Chchy This U kind and considerate and rosWe great credit upon the Emperor. One hun dred thousand dollar does nt go far lo a.rd restoring the hast kaehaad t tha be reaved wbiow. but U asay help other.