Btt UP-STMRS opposite SCARR'S drug store A Family Paper , devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Sonthcrn Rights, Agricnltnre, Literature, and Miscellany.
If WILLIAM J. YATES, I
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. J
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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Notice.
1' VIN(! r nrn d to t'harlottr, I am again at
meal Of those who may require my'scrvi
- . the practice of StVdiciue and Surgery.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
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Notice.
iVTNQ obtained Letter.. .f Adininistration
a ihf estate ot W. I. Tl ott. T, cease.l,
n.itiee to all BRI90IM ind
hti'd to til.
iate him
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Oil. ly note Ol l).,K
-uautforihfl last tour n years, to esnw
..laud :iv tik sain w ilhoiit d. lay. and
t'. ... i.ii. .ml iK ffinm-rH n:Ut le si-t-
t.' d up.
Tints. TKIXI I r.K, Ada r
ill d Stirviving l'aitner.
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Ft.h. :d, 157.
The Watch and J. m by bnsmesa will in the
mra be conducted by the salweribiar, who will
re no i)aius or exp;aae to rive peneral sutis-
tiwn. Vati b repaii in dole
in a Mini nor nan
r, :.u l at the siiotiest noun
rilOS. TROTTER.
&2on e A ijot for Sale.
THE subscriber oftVn bk Dwelling
Home, known as Ike ' Crystal 1 al
III
ace." fr sal-. The house is
r 3
.pleasantly situated on the earner ot
i unit .i and Eighth streets, afpeeate tnerid-nci
: Mr; orjr.- Uraaa. On Mm pn aaiaea are all tin
u ni wrjr 7iutdiuildinrs. in Mod repair. Foi
laitli r int'orniation apply to the undesigned or
to J. p. South. Terms moderate.
J. K. DANIEL.
February )7, lt?57
John Henry Wayt, B. !
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery,)
Ravins l.u-ated Dermanentlv, tenders liis pro
fessional services to tin
Charlotte, N. C,
citizens ot
and
vic'iiity.
Dr. Wayt prepar. s and inserts artificial palates
nd obturators, and attends to the correction at
ienital aud accidental deformities ot th
teeta and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods
IV Ladies waited on at their residences il
! ipund'
Ornee on Tryou Street, in Carson's new
building, tip stairs.
Nov. 1-th 80 tf.
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of LOWRIE fc ENNISS is
tliis day dissolved by uiutuul consent. All
persons having claims Hffaiant the lute firm
please pteoont them to p. J. Lovrie for
settleini-nt, who alone is authorized to attic
the same.
LOWRIE Ac ENNISS.
March 10, 1S57.
Havinej sold out to Mr P. J. Lowrie all my
a iu the Books, accouuts, r.otes, SLc,
"criii'r to the tiuu of Lowrie db Enniss, all
utdi bti d will make pauient to him, as he
U alane authorized tost ttle the sam'.
Hardh 1K".7. J. H. ENNISS.
fi O T 1 C E .
All persons indebted to the late firm of Low rie
Bnnnu are leoneated to settle the same ya
IB diately, as the business of the late firm must
daaal. I will continue the Book business
I my own hook. Call and sec inc.
P. J. LOWRIE.
March 16, 1857. tt
The Charlotte .VButml fi'irc
Insurance Company,
CONTINUES to take risks against Wm by
Fin- on Houses, (roods, Produce, Ac, at
usual rates. Office nearly opposite Kerr's noteL
President M. B. TATLOR,
Vice President C. OVERM AN.
Sec'y & Tr.-asr E. RYE HUTCHISON.
If. B. TAYLOR, ('. OVERMAN',
J. A. YOUNG. WM. JOHNSTf N,
J. H OAKSOX, S. T. WRISTON,
F. SCARR,
April 28, 1857. tf
BELTS! BELTS!! BELTS!!.'
Tndia-Rnbbcr Bt-Tts from the Boston Belt
ing Company, at manufacturer's prices.
11 inch, 3 ply
4 41
5 "
6 "
7 "
10 "
12 "
12 " 4 ply
17 cents per foot.
OO 41 I
32
38
00
73
92
BOONE fie CO.
Charlotte, April 14, 1857. 3m
BOOKS
Salo
THS
AT
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
THE AstBStlCAN SPORTfrMAX : containing
hints to Sportsmen, not- s on ahootingr, aud the
habits of the Game Birds aud Will Fowl of
Aineiiea. by Lr.wis.
The Golden Legacy: a story of Life's
Phases.
RHXS frnra the Foi ntain or LIFE, or Ser
mons to Children, by Rev. 11. NEWTOX, D. D.
The Daisy Ch ain or Aspiration-;: a Family
Chronicle-.
Siioepac Recollections : A Wy-Side
Glimpse cf American Life, by WaleH March.
KaTHIE BRANDE: a Fireside History of a
Quiet Life, by HOLME LEE.
Hot sKiioLU SlVSTESIES, by Lhude Pitt
El Gringo, or New- Mexico and hex People.
Paul Fane, by N. P. Willis.
VET A, or tie- War of the Peasants and the
Conscript: two interesting Romances boned in
one volume.
The Napoleos Dvxasty, or tin- History of
the Bonaparte Family: an entirely new work, by
tie- Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic
Portraits.
Call at P. J. LOWRIETS
Book Store.
March 31, 1857. 39-tf
BOOTS & SHOES.
Just Received
FOIl THE
SrSIRfi & SUMMER TRADE,
As fine an Assortment tf
As lias ever been offered to s
Southern People.
Call and see them at
BOONE & CO'S STORE.
Terms, CASH.
March 17, 1857. tf
H. B. Dowler &t Co'j
CELEBRATED
VV II E A T F A IV S.
The Bubscriben are now- engaged at Monroe,
Union county, N. C, in putting up the above
named Fans. In their manner of construction
and operations and entire adaptation to thejpur
pos. s for which they are designed, tlieso Fans
ari uwanalled by any that have 1- : : rfore been
oft" red to the public. They are cotLstrueted ol
.he best uatunals, and none nut the b -at work
aaen are employed. An experience of iiv, yean
in (he business justifies the belief ii,.it entire
satisfaction will be iv B.
All our work is warranted.
JAU oru- rs will receive pnnnpt attention
and the machinery delivered according to order.
Reft rt I'cesi
D. A. Covington, J. 1. Houston, Mnnroe, N C.
James !1 Robuson, Benj Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Win G Smith, l)i Wadkius, Anson county.
UOSI-: & STEEL.
Moxrue, Fiiion county, March 20th. Gm
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscriber oilers for sale the situa
tion known as
"White 53 a II,"
In the Steele Creek neighborhood,
Directly on the main road leading from
Charlotte to Itorkville, seven and a halt
inib-s from the former place and about four
miles from the Charlotte and S. C Railroad.
The tract contains FOUR HUNDRED
AND FORTY ACRES, of which about
one-fourth is uncleared, the remainder near
lv all under fence, urn mostly in n good !
I t, ;.e, 'n,,c.,. ,-,in.l !
repair and the buildings second to none in j
the country. The Steele Creek lands are
noted for their fertility, and this place ranks
among the boat. There are four churches,
a flourishing Male Academy, and female
school within convenient distauces.
The community is unsurpassed m trie
general intelligence, public spirit, high
toned morality, nnd sociul qualities ot its
citizens.
Persons wishing to purchase will apply
to M. X. Hart, Esq. to W. S. Prather on
the premises, or to the subscriber iu the im
mediate neighborhood.
An indulgence of one, two, and three
3 ears will be given.
J. B. WATT.
March 9, 1S57. 3tn.
Trt
- sJ
A .ew Tailoring: Estab
lihmeiit. JAMES Blil ANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that be has reopened his TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in the up-stairs
of the Building next to the Bank of the State,
where he will Ire happy to see all those wanting
anv thing done in his line. All work warranted.
j
Oct. 2-th, 1856. 17 -tt
FOR THE LADIES
TOILET.
A larye assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality; French, English and
American Pomades for" the hair; Labia's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, marechale, tea
rose, cedar, heleotropCj rose, new mown hay,
sweet assessed shrub, sweet pea, mouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, milleflow
ers, upper ten. jasmiue, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, &c. Just received at
SCARR fie CO'S
April 14th. Drug Store.
Soap Potash.
Just received a
fresh barrel of Pol.-isli, at
SCARR A: CO'S
Charlotte Drug Store.
April 14th.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFULLY inform their friends nnd
tie- public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment of Ready
Made Clothinfir at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to w hich they invite atten
tion. Gentlemen's COATS;
Among their stock may be found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasted; black aud
drab Alpacca in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans;
French and Enghsh Drap-d'Etc; plain and lan
cy Casshneres, gotten up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, iu suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Ducfc; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks Frocks and Raglans.
PANTALOONS ;
Tants of French and American Cassimeres,
black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth and French and English Drap-d'Ete; plain
aud fancy Linen and Marseilles of all grades..
They w ould call especial attention to their lot
of
VESTS,
both single and double breasted, embracing black
and fijrured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles Vesta ever offered in this market.
Gents Furnishing Goods,
Tk ' largest lot in this market, consisting in part
of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
Collars, Byron & Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers; plain and tancy Hosiery ; Gloves, silk,. kid,
&c.; a variety of Cravats, silk and liu n ; Hand
kerchiefs, silk and linen ; Suspenders, &e., &c.
ALSO,
A tine lot of HATS for tin- Summer wear, em
b racing all the latest styles of the Silk. Cassimere
aud Felt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
They (fer the above Goods
VERY LOW FOR CASH,
or to punctual deali rs on time, w ith the express
understanding that accounts are due when they
want the money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the liberal patronage heretofore bestow ed upon
tlteiu, and hone to merit a continuance of
the
ef
same bv diligence in business and untirini
forts to' please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS
& HEATH,
Charlotte, N. C.
40-tf
April
185
Cigar, Tobacco,
AND
FRUIT STORE.
THE subscriber respectfuDy informs the citizen-
of Charlotte and surrounding country, that
he has jut received a splendid assortment of
SPANISH CiGARS
of the choicest brands. Alfo, a line article of
CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRUITS it- CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS. D. PALMER,
Oppnsiie Boone & Co.'s Shoe jbi.es e
Charlotte, April , lcb7.
40-tf
A Rare Chance
To get Bargains at Flint Rock,
Catawba county, N. C.
The undersigned, not having sufficient
water-power to drive nil their machinery
profitably, arc determined to sell the ar
ticles named below, and therefore offer
them at the very low prices annexed:
A complete sett of Carding Machines, $400.
Power Loom $40, and Cotton Gin $40.
Apply to T. & M. M. M0SE1L
Flint Rock, X C, April 7. (Jm-pd
yfia4e cdt :o-'ia Carolina
Office. Court of Equity Ciciveland County.
NOTICE is hereby gi ven that, I. Durham and
wife Ann, Jacob Carroll and wife Sarah, I, i).
Durham and wife Elizabeth, John Cline ami wife
Lucinda, Thompson Evans, Thomas Evans, and
Louis Evans non-residents of this State, be and
appear before me at my office in Shelby, on Mon
day the first day of dune next, then and there to
file their several and respective claims to the
money arising from the sale of the lands of Jesse
Evans, dee'd., late of Rutherford, now Cleave
land count v : that their several claims may here-
, .. , 4- .1... re-...,- r.fV .:t.i- ft...
ported to Hie next leini oi uk i mm wi J"i"".'.""
Ckavelaad county, to be held at fhaRoufwHoose
in Sheiby, on the I Itli .ou.iay aitertn. .i
day in March, A. D- 1851 , for the farther
1th M un
orders
of the Court. By order oi thet ourt ot isqmty tor
CI. aveland oonnty, -'.'.. 1 1th Monday after the
4th lionday in Seiitember, loti.
THOS. WILLIAMS, C. & M. E.
Shelby, North Carolina.
April 7, JSw. 40-tiw " IVa fee 6.
Liehining Rods.
L. UAWLEY & CO. oft'er their ser
vices to tae publie for the purpose of supplying
buildings with LIGHTNING ROUS. Having
been ens o'ed in the business lor over six years
in Virginia and North Carolina, and being pro
vided with the best recommendations, I hope
to be able to give entire satisfaction to all who
mav employ me . , h
Having permanently located in this place, all
w ork done by nie. will be kept in good repair
free of charge.
Orders addressed to me through the If oat
Ofr'"e or lett at the. Residence of N. Wilkinson,
will meet with proinptaUentKm;LEy &
Charlotte, April 7, 1857.
TIRS. ML J. CRAIG,
Dress 3bC,l5.oir,
Three doors below Trotter s Carriage Manufactory
CMMM.OTTE.
April 22, 1856. ly
WESTERS DEMOCRAT,
HCHARLOTTE.
The National Hotel Malady. The
Washington Union :?ays :
"While we are not disposed to give coun
tenance or currency to the dark insinua
tions which have been made by several of
our most respected cotemporaries in regard
to what is termed "the National Hotc-1
poisoning;" and while we are satisfied that
most of the reports in regard to this laments
ble affair are greatly exaggerated, if n -t
wholly unfounded ; still there is a sufficient
left of a fearful reality to call for the strictest
and most searching official investigation.
Such an investigation should have taken
place weeks ago. It cannot with propriety
or safety be postponed a day longer. It is
alike due to the good name and best interests
of the federal capital ; and the city authori
ties owe it to themselves and to their con
stituents to meet the inside and outside
pressure ot public opinion in this matter
promptly, energetically, aud without fear
or favor."
Colored Candy is Potsoxors. At a
recent meeting- of the Select Committee ol
the British House of Commons to inquire
into the adulterations of all articles sold" for
food, &c, Dr. Taylor, the celebrated Pro
feasor of Chemistry at Guy's Hospital,
made the following statement in regard to
colored confectionaries :
"In red candy, vermillion and red lead
were used ; and in the yellow, oxide of load
and chromate of red, which was very dan
gerous, and had been known to be the cause
of the death of a child in 1850. The ex
tract of bitter almonds, which -was very
much used in confections, was a most pow
erful poison, as it contains from six to
twelve per cent, of prussic acid. Twenty
drops of the oil killed a woman forty-nine
years of age i i half an hour. A com
pound of it called 'almond flavor' was much
used, but was very dangerous, There was
an instance in which half an ounce had
killed awoman thirty -six years of age in
halt au hour.
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A FllEXCH GUNI'OYVUKR Plot. It is
confidently stated that there was ground
for the rumor, that dangerous plats against
the life of Louis Napoleon were discovered
recently, at the last moment liefore the
timo appointed for their execution. The
Paris correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian says:
A plan did exist, not only for putting an
end to the Emperor's life, but for committing
murder wholesale, after the fashion of the
gunpowder plot. The details have been
confined, with comparatively wonderful
secrecy, to the people about the Tulleries
and prefecture of the police. The affair
would seem to have been organized for
some tolerably long while, and the moment
of actiou was fixed for the first night when
the court should visit the Theatre Francais.
This theatre, situated at the end of the
Rue Richelieu, and annexed to the Palais
Royal, is, for the greater part, ht.ilt over a
ground floor of shops. Most of these are
occupied by tradesmen well known to the
authorities; but in the narrow and some
what dark passage which runs from one
entrance door of the theatre into the Palais
Royal, there is a collection of small shops,
one of which was unoccupied, and had
escaped the notice of the police.
The line of shops lies immediately under
the imperial box at the Theatre Francais,
and this shop was accordingly hired by the
individuals who meditated the attack I am
going to relate. Little by little, and as
they hoped, unperceived, they had intro
duced combustibles of all sorts into this
closed shop, which was thus representing
Guy Faux's cellar. The day before the
Emperor's visit to the theatre, however, to
witness the performance of " Fiammina,"
the locality being minutely examined, this
shop excited attention, and the very day of
the state visit, it wits opened, eutered into,
and the Whole of what it contained dis
covered. The plan had been to blow up
the imperial box and all that side of the
theatre; but it is said that, had the combi
nation even not been discovered, there was
not a sufficient quantity of combustibles
amassed to have made the execution pos
sible. A Western editor once apologized to his
readers somewhat after this fashion;
"We intended to have a death and a
marriage to publish this week, but a violent !
storm prevented the wedding, and the j
doctor being taken sick himself, the patient
recovered, and we are accordingly cheated
out of both."'
Men are like bugles the inon teas
they contain, the iurmer you can ueir
them. Women are like flowers the more
modest and retiring they appear, the better
vou love them.
The following question is now before the
Hitchabobpackwack Debating Society :
which has ruined the most men
giving
credit or getting trusted (T We should not
wonder if this led to a considerable wrangle.
We await the decision with much interest.
CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN
SLAVER.
Horrible Scene cv Board. We learn
from the Kingston Journal that, on the 16th
of April, Her Rritann'c iVr.josty's brig came
into St. Ann's Bay, having in tow an Ameri
can schooner with 373 slices on board from
Africa bound for Cuba. The name of the
schooner is not given. Great excitement
prevailed at St. Ann's in consequence of
this affair. It was rumored that another
slaver was off the coast from Africa, and
a British steamer had started in pursuit.
On boarding the schooner a horrible
scene presented itself. The captives were
in a most wretched condition all of them
were naked and a majority of them on the
verge of starvation ! They were packed
very closely together, and covered with
vermin, and it is stated that 137 of the mis
erable captives had died on the voyage.
Another account says :
The slave schooner has two decks, and
between the captives were packed in such
a manner that they had scarcely room to
move. During each day of the voyage
they sat in a painful posture, eighteen
inches only being allowed for each to turn
in, and in a deckroom 30 feet iu lencth,
300 human beings were stowed away, and
brought up in platoons once every day to
get a small portion of fresh air. The
schooner draws but six feet of water, is of
great breadth, and flat-bottomed, and was
thus built to enable her, in case of pursuit,
to run into a port where there is not much
depth of water. The interpreter slates that
when slave-trading captains cannot escape
cruisers they make their way to a particu
lar point of land on the Cuban coast, run
the -vessel ashore, and leave the slaves to
perish. The place alluded to is surround
ed with rocks none but flat-bottom boats
can get in and the whole of that portion
of the coast is blanched with human bones.
It was also ascertained through the inter
preter that several vessels were left on the
fricau coast that they were soon to have
;ailed with full cargoes that upon an aver
age two vessels departed weekly, each with
500 to 700 slaves on board that the trade
was rapidly increasing and that the slaves
on being landed in Cuba were worth from
$500 to $700 each
THE GREAT EASTERN.
Wo learn by the late news from England
that itis expected that this monster steam
ship, now being completed in the Thames,
will be ready for launching in August. Be
ing G80 feet long, she is to be let in the
river sideways, and will truly represent a
town going into the water. Lengthwise
she would stretch nearly across the stream.
Her tonnage is 22-500. which would enable
her to take in the united bulk of the Col
lins and Cunard lines of steamers and sail
off with them as a soldier sails off with his
breakfast. With all this great bulk the
Great Eastern will draw but 30 feet of wa
ter, and that too with 1,200 tons of coal in
her bunkers. It is thought that the first
port she will touch at here will be that of
Portland. She will he a sight to see.
There will be in all 22 engines, including
all sizes : 4 for working the paddle wheels,
2 'for working the capstan, getting up an
chors, and pumping out ship, 2 for revolv
ing the screw, (to prevent its creating re
sistance when uncoupled and the ship is
working under sail and paddle wheels, and
10 donkey engines, or stejirn pumps, for fill
ing up boilers. The large, screw engines
are also fitted with a separate steam cylin
der, to aid in starting and reversing, which
cylinder might also be rated as a still addi
tional engine.
The tonnage of this ship, by our govern
ment measurement, would be about 22,000
tons. The displacement of water, or the
actual supporting capacity, will bo about
27.000 tons. The weight of the hull, rig
ging, and enginery will be about 7000 tons,
I and a sufficient quantity of coal for a full
I Australian voyage is estimated at from
5,000 to 6.000 tons, leaving a clear capaci
ty for freight of about 14,000 tons.
If the very gigantic clipper ship Great
Republic, the mammoth steamship of Avar
Niagara, and the Collins steamer Adriatic,
at this date the largest steamships a float,
were each to be fully loaded, and then
transferred bodily, with their loads, into the
hold of the Great Eastern, it would appear
from the figures that the whole would make
but a fair cargo for this novel chart."
Porter's Spirit,
Scratches in Horses. It is said that
this often troublesome disease unless very
niar be cured by washing thoroughly
-fifa castile soap suds, and then rubbing
'with lard fried out of salt meat. Keep clean
and wash with grease every other diy until
a cure is effected. Leaving mud to dry
! unon the leers of a horse is one crreat cause
rftJa ansk' sad Wmf oteaMttfai
by want of care arid cleanliness when in
muddy weather.
To make Whitewash that will hot
Rcb off Mix up half a pailful of lime
j and water ready to put on the wall ; then
take one gill of flour and mix it with the
water ; then pour on it boiling water suffi
cient to thicken it; pour it while hot into
the whitewash ; stir all well together, and it
b ready for use.
TERRIFIC SCENE IN CHURtSHM
Marriage Ceremony Interrupted !
The Lancaster (Penn.) Expiess of Wcd-
j uesuuy, soys ;
"A scene of the wildest excittrment occur
red last evening at St. James' (Episcopal)
Church, in this city, which, for a time
threatened to be very serious in its conse-
j 1uences
It having become generally
known that the marriage of two young la
dies, both highly esteemed raid enjoying an
extensive circle of friends and icquaintances
was to take place in the church, the one at
seven and the other at eight o'clock, an un
usually large congregation collected to wit
ness the ceremonies. Long before the hour
named for the first marriage, the church
was crowded to its utmost capacity. The
pews, galleries and stairways nd vestibule,
were packed full of meu, women and chil
dren, and by the time the brh'al party ar
rived many persons were unable to gain
admittance, who consequently collected at
the windows on the street.
The appearance of Mr Fisher and Mis
Diller, at about 7i o'clock, was the signa)
for a general and disgraceful scramble for
available positions for witnessing the cere
monies. Many of those present appeared
to have no regard for their own decency or
the sacred character of the house. They
stood on the seats and even scrambled on
the backs of the pews, the spectacle pre
sented being more like what is sometimes
seen in a theatre than we ever witnesed in
a church. Amid this coufusion the solemn
aud impressive ceremony was commenced
by Rev. Jacob W. Diller, brother of the
happy bride ; but before its conclusion the
confusion was renewed in consequence of
many persons becoming alarmed by the
creaking of a bench in one of the galleries
which they supposed was the gallery itself
giving way under the great weight upon it.
The ceremony being over, the bridal par
ty had scarcely retired from the church,
when an old bench which had formerly been
carried into the organ gallery gave way un
der the weight of those standing upon it.
The crash started a frightful panic. Some
person in the gallery cried out that the gal
lery was falling, and a general stampede
'commenced in all parts of the church. The
lower windows were thrown ur, and used
by many as a means of exit. One young
gentleman was so terribly frightened, that
he quite forgot the lady he had escorted to
the church, and made a break through the
nearest window, carrying with him the en
tire lower section of sash. He was quickly
followed by a couple of ladies, and others
were prevented from leaping out by those
on the inside who had presence of mind
sufficient to see that there was no real dan
ger, except that which arose from the panic
Several ladies got out of one of the gallery
windows, descending on the vestry roof,
and from thence into the church-yard. A
number of ladies fainted, which, with the
screaming and praying, the rattling of
blinds and broken glasses, presented a
frightful spectacle. -Those under the gal
lery supposed to be falling, mado a rush in
the direction of the pulpit, overturning and
slightly damaging the baptismal font, and
carrying away the bannister in front of the
chancel.
Dr. Atlee, who had been sent for to at
tend to those supposed to be injured, finally
somewhatquieted the tumult by announcing
that nobody was hurt and that there was no
real danger. But the crowd still lingered
to witness the nuptials of Mr Elder and
Miss Calder, until Dr. Bowman unnounced
that the ceremony would not be performed
in the church. ven tneii many persons
regarded this as a ruse on the part of the
Doctor to get clear of the crowd, and it was
not until the Sexton began t turn off the
eras that the church was cleared. The se
ond bridal party repaired to the residence
of the, bride's father, where the ceremony
was performed by Dr. Bowman, and the
happy pair at once prepared to start on
their wedding tour in the evening train.
High Trice for Corn. Corn is selling
in Siouxcitv, Iowa, at g'3 a bushel. Through
the middle portion of tbo State hay is in
demand at &20 per ton.
The Coolie Trade and its Horrors.
A few weeks since, 1322 coolies arrived in
Cuba, in four vessels, and of this aggregate,
four hundred and fifty, or more than one
third, perished on the passage. The total
number that arrived on the Island, from
April, 1857, was 10,534, and 1,789 died on
the passage. The trade, so far as Cuba is j
concerned, is said to equal, in all its revolt- !
ing features, the African slave. The Cali- ;
fornia Chronicle, of a late date, says :
"We hear of these wretched beings dy- ;
ing on their passage from Canton to Callao
oi hunger, thirst, and foul disease engen
dered by close confinement, without air or '
nutriment, in the holds of ships. We hear
qf these unfortunates murdering one another ,
in the agony of their suffering; and yet,
although the thing is plain and palpable,
before our very eyes, the civilized, the
Christian world, shrugs its shoulders, ex- !
claims "horrible." and leaves the helpless
creatures to their fate."
The most important element of success
is economy economy of money and econo
my of time.
BEAUFORT, N. C.
The town itself is beautifully liTuated on
a small peninsula formed by the waters of
the Harbor, Newport and North rivers, and
streams tributary to these. The channel of
the Harbor sweeps around tbo town in the
form of a aemi-circle, from Lennox ville on
the east or near OoJbmt's point on the north
west. fVuth and east. Shaekleford Banks,
a low line of sandy heaeh. strrterws many
miles, while on the south snd west Bogue
Banks, of similar character extend, both pro
tecting the entire harbor from the fury of
the winds. In front of the town lies the
opening of the harbor, less than half a mile
in width between the extreme points of the
two banks of which we have spoken- On
the eastern extremity of Bogue banks, snd
directly in front of Beaufort, la situated
Fort Macon. West of us lies Shepard's
Point, the Eastern terminus of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad, and the alto
of a future city. This locality is separated
from us by Newport river, which running
a north and north-west course, bounds Beau
fort on the west.
The town is regularly laid off in squares,
containing four acres, each square being
subdivided into eight lots of half acre each.
The streets, crossing each other at right
f ugles, run nearly north and south, eaBt and
west. Front street, following the shoreline,
pr sents an irregular appearance, but lit tlo
pams having been taken, either In posi ion
or ions traction of the places of business
located thereon. The residences at the west
ern end of the street, as well as those farther
east bare been pieced more symmetrically.
The buildings which have been erected in
the past three years, and those now in pro
cess of erection are decided improvements
ob those built at an earlier date.
Beaufort contains two Methodist (one o
thef is an African Church) and one Baptist
Church, and on the 14th of the present
month the corner-stone of an Episcopal
Chinch was laid, that denomination using
for the present, the Court-room, for its ser
vices. When the lost named church icom
pleted there will be ample room for tho en
tire population, the present churches aft'ord
in" seats for 1,200. There are in success
ful operation several Male and Female
Schools, which will favorably compare with
those in other localities of the State. The
average attendance upon the schools is
about 200, which number will undoubtedly
increase when tho advantages which this
point presents for the establishment and
permanency of schools shall be properly
understoeid.
The Hotel accommodations, at all times,
except for a few weeks during mid-summer
are sufficient, and are not surpassed by any
of the hotels in tho State, all things consid
ered. We lack seriously a good market,
and any man of industry and perseverance,
who is acquainted with the business, would
find it greatly to his pecuniary advantage to
keep this market well supplied with tho ne
cessaries and delicacies of life.
The population of Beaufort consist of
about 1000 souls, generally thrifty, but,
with few exceptions, not given to habits of
great industry. Why the mass of this pop
ulation does not present an appearance of
industry to a casual observer, is easily ac
counted for. Their wants are not numer
ous, and nature has been so bountiful here,
that those wants are easily supplied.
Hence, no great exertion is requisite. Xo
town of our acquaintance is so free from
glaring vices and immoralities as is this.
Beaufort Journal.
The Atlantic Railroad will make a con
nection between Charlotte and Beaufort.
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
The New Orleans Crescent contains
quite an interesting account of a factory
for the manufacture of cotton seed oil, that
has just been established in that city, at a
cost of 05,000. The seed is hulled by a
machine tho hulls are used for fuel and
the kernels, which descend upon a heated
iron table, are cut Into fine pieces and
placed in bag's, which are. subjected to a
pressure of two thousand tons in a press
worked by steam admitted from below.
The oil runs into a vat, from whence it is
pumped into the clarifying house, where it
is clarified and barreled, ready for trans
portation. It is sold readily for one dollar
a g dlon. while the cake commands thirty
dollars per ton, for feeding cattle. Tho
prevent capacity of the mill, which runs
night and day, is 9d0 gallons per day.
There is room in the building, however, for
machinery sufficient to turn oat 2.500 or
3,000 gallons per day. We are glad to see
this movement in the South. It i- the firt
attempt of the kind in that sectiou of tho
Union. A mill of a similar class is in stu:
Orssful operation at Providence, Bbads
Island, and last year consumed no less
fhaVi 14,000,000 pounds of aeed.
gaxuvs a Mas at Auction in Imp ia.
The Sheriff of St Clair county advertise
a negro man for sale at public auction, be
being guilty ot the "high misdemeanor" of
having come into the State of Illinois and
remaining there for ten days, for which of
fence he was fined $50, as provided by the
Black Law of 1853, and in default of p ly
ing which fine, the Sheriff of the count;, in
which be was feund is directed to sell bj ri
to anybody willing to pay the $S0.
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