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BY WILLIAM J. YATES, ?
EDITOR ASD PROPRIETOR. J
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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Notice.
HAVING returned t Charlotte, I am Bgaia at
1m tlinpwl of those who may require my tern
in ill nractice ol M. ilu-iiie am
,urerer v.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Feb. Si,
31-tf
k. u. MCKCHISOX. A-J- BOW ECU
MURCHISON &. HOWELL,
COM 1 USSIGH meechants,
.Vo. tot Wati Sfrccf, J Fi
Feb. 3d, 1867. Ij
DR. R. WYSOKG,
i harJotfe. N. C.
I I AVINC located in this place, respectfully
1 I otters his Professional Services to the citi
xtlis of tli.' town and vieinity.
IW OFFICE in the aew bride bniliiing,
opMsise tlie barn! district, Mala Street.
April 2&tk leJS7.
15 It I'M & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
in
Xjsry Goods,
Hardware, GHal, ami lioew,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May S, Is.,:. t-t-tl
B,.:& FOR NILE.
dRft The sn'scriber offers tor sal- the
JZafctp&g hniiaiioii upon which he Imnn rlv
lived, rriBfij on the wars w Jh -Mw
111 111 C'ret k, on tbe 1'i ovideliee
Road, six miles from Charlotte, rnu'iaiuiuguhout
or OO At rt
The Land is well improved, about one half
cleared ami iu a r,od stale of euliivatiou, and
cbe wood-land well timbered; with pood
Dwelling House, three pood Kitchens, Barn
and Siabli-s, all in jrood lvpair. also, a first rate
Oin House and Screw; Cotton Gin, Thresher
aud Fan: also, a
First rate Saw Mill
in gsd repair, all of which I offer with the land.
The Land can be divided to advantage to
suit purchasers.
Any person wishing to purchase would do
well to call and examine the Plantation, as I
am detensined to seB. They can call en Mi
X l!-;ick, who lies adjoiniug. on the main
J'.' ideaee road, where Mrs Hulchison formerly
iv. il: he will ahssr the pmntaes with pk as are
and dir. ct anv intonuation about said laud to die
subscriber in fUlUsnilh
JAS. H. KENNEDY.
May r.th, lsr.7-
44 dm
BSThe 4 lst Annual Conven-
asOa tiou of the Protestant Episeo
iaJ Church in the Diocese of X - Carolina, will
be held in St. Luke's Church, Salisbury,
on the Fourth Wednesday (27th, of May
next.
EDWARD LEE WIN SLOW, Sec'y
bit. n. ciiears"
Havrog locatid at MONROE, lenders his pro
Misnal services to the citizens ot the Town
and surrounding country, aad respectfully soli
cits their pstrenagn.
Hf Office at J. Bickett's.
April js. 43-.1m
Notice.
HAVING obtained Letters of Administration
upon the estate ot W. P. Trotter, deceased, I
give notice to all persons indebted to the late firm
of T. Trotter & Son, by note or book
accoaal tor the last four ,r five years, to come
forward and pay the same without delay, and
thereby save cost, as the concern must be set
tted op. THOS. TROTTER, Adm'r
ar.d Surviving Partner.
Feb. 3d, 1857. 31-tf
The Watch and Jewelry business will in thr
fhtsre be conducted by the subscriber, who will
JPaiB no pains or expense to pive peneral satis
6e4 ..n. Watch repairiup done in a superior mau
n r, and at the short st notice.
THOS. TROTTER.
W. W, U1WW dt o.,
- ii ii a f Si 3 3AI L Lii'I,
MINT STREET,
Cliarlotte, 3T- O
The Charlotte Mutual Fire
Insurance Company,
CONTINUES to take risks against loss by
Fire on Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at
usual rates. Office nearly opposite Kerr's Hotel.
President M. B. TAYLOR.
Vice President C. OVERMAN.
Sec'y & Treas'r E. NYE HUTCHISON.
IL'i'JTJS 01 L'Z '
M. B. TAYLOli, C. OVERMAN.
J. A. YOUNG, WM. JOHNSTON,
J. II. CARSON, S. T. WRISTON,
F. SCARR.
April 28, 1857. tf
BELTS ! BELTS!! BELTS!!!
India-li uhber Belts from the Boston Belt
ing Company, at manufacturers prices.
3 inch, 3 ply 17 cents per foot.
4 4 44 OO 44 M
5 M 27 "
6 " 32
7 M :is "
10 - GO "
12 " " 73 "
12 " 4 ply 92 " "
BOONE & CO.
Charlotte. April 14. 1857. 3m
BOOKS
Sale
AT T11K
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
THE Amkrican SpoRTSMAS: containing
hints to Sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the
habits of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of
America, by Lew is.
The Golden Leuacy: a story of Life's
Phases.
RlLLS from the FOUHTAII of Life, or Ser
mons lo Children, by Rev. R. Newton, D. D.
The Daisy Chain or Asp'naiions: a Family
Chronicle.
Shoepac Recollections' : A Way-Side
Glimpse of American Life, by Waler March.
Katihe Branoe: a Fir side History of a
Quiet Life, by Holme Lee.
HOUSEHOLD Mysteries, by Lizzie Piit
El Grixco, or New Mexico and her People.
Pai l Fank. by N. P. Willis.
VEVA, or the War of the Peasants aud the
Conscript: two iutensting Romances bound in
one Volume.
The Napoleon Dynasty, or the! History of
Ihe Bonaparte Family: an entirely new work, b
the Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic
Portraits.
Call at P. J. LOWRIE'S
Book Store.
Ma. ch 31, 1S57. 39-tf
B OO TS & SHOE S.
Just Received
FOR THE
SPRING & SUMMER TRADE,
As fine an Assortment of
BOOtS 133. ci Slioos
As has ever been offered to a
Southern People.
Call and see tliem at
BOONE & COS STORK
T Terms, C ASH.
March 17, 1S5T. tf
H. B. Dowler &c Co's
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subscribers are now engaged al Monroe,
Union comity. N. C, in putting up the above
named Fans. In their manner of construction
and operations and entire adaptation to the pur
poses for which they are designed, these Fans
are unequalled by any that have heretofore been
offered to the public. They are constructed of
.he best materials, and none but the best work
men are employed. An experience of five years
in the business justifies the belief that entire
satisfaction will be given.
All our work is warranted.
tW All orders w ill receive prompt attention
and die machinery delivered according to order.
References:
D. A. Covington, J. P. Houston. Monroe, N C.
James B Robinson, Benj Morrow , Mecklenburg
county.
Wm G Smith, Dr Wadkins, Anson county.
KOSE & STEEL.
Monroe. Union county, March 20th. Cm
LAND FOB SALE.
The subscriber ofl'ers for sale the situa
tion known as
'White Hall,"
In ihc Sieele Creek neighbor hood,
Directly on the main road leading from
Charlotte to YorkviUe, seven and a half
miles from the former place and about four
miles from tbe Charlotte and S. C Bailroad.
The tract contains FOUR HUNDRED
AND FORTY ACRES, of which about
oae-fbnrth is uncleared, the remainder near
ly all under fence, and mostly in a good
state of cultivation. The fences are in good
repair and the buildings second to none in
the country. Tbe Steele Creek lands are
noted for their fertility, and this place ranks
nmong the best. There are four churches,
a flourishing Male Academy, and female
school within convenient distances.
The community is unsurpassed in the
general intelligence, public spirit, high
toned morality, and social qualities of its
citizens.
Persons wishing to purchase will apply
to M. N. Hart, Esq. to W. S. Prather on
the premises, or to the subscriber in the im
mediate neighborhood.
An indulgence of one, two, and three
l ears will be given.
J. B. WATT.
March 9, 1857. 3m.
A Xew Tailoring Estab
lishment. JAMES BRIANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that he has reopened his TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in the up-sfeirs
of the Building next to the Bank of the State,
where he will be happy to see all those wanting
any thinp done in his line. Ali work warranted.
Oct. 28th, 1856. 17-tf
FOR THE LADIES
TOILET.
A larpp assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality ; French, English and
American Pomades for the hai; Lubin's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, marecbale, tea
rose, cedar, hcleotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scent-d shrub, sweet pea, mouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, milleflow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, &c. Just received at
SCARR & CO'S
April 14th. Drugstore.
Soap Potash.
Just received a fresh barrel of Potash, at
SCARR 6c CO'S
April 14th. Charlotte Drug Store.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment of Ready
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite attcn-
Gentlemen's COATS;
Among their stock may be found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasted; black and
drab Alpacca in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans;
French and English Drap-d'Et .': plain and fan
cy Cassimeres, gotten up in nic suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Duck; each .style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks Frocks and Raglans.
PANTALOONS ;
Tauts 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 would call especial attention to their lot
of
VESTS,
both sinple and double breasted, embracing black
and figured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles Vests ever offered in this market.
Gents Furnishing' Goods,
The largest lot in this market, consisting in part
of plain aud fancy Linen and Cotton
Collars, Byron fc Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers; plain aud fancy Hosiery ; Gloves, silk, kid,
&C.; a varietj- of Cravats, silk and linen ; Hand
kerchiefs, siik and linen ; Suspenders, &c, &c.
ALSO,
A fine lot of HATS for the Summer wear, cm
bracing all the lanwt styles of tbe Silk. Casshnere
and Felt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
They offer the above Goods
VERY LOW FOR CASH,
or to punctual dealers on time, with the express
understanding that accounts are due when they
want the money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
them, and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence iu business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS 6t HEATH,
Charlotte, N. C.
40-tf
April
Cigar, Tobacco,
AND
FRUIT ST ORE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that
he has just received a splendid assortment of
SPANISH CIGARS
of the choicest brands. Also, a fine article of
CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRUITS & CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS- I). PALMER,
Opposite Boone &, Co.'s Shoe Store.
Charlotte, April 7, 1857. 40-tf
A Rare Chance
To get Bargains at Flint Rock,
Catawba county, N. C.
The undersigned, not having sufficient
water-power to drive all their machinery
profitably, are determined to sell the ar
ticles mimed below, and therefore offer
them at the very low prices annexed:
A complete sett of Carding Machines, $400.
Power Loom $40, and Cotton Gin S40.
Apply to T. & M. M. MOSER.
Flint Rock, N C, April 7. Gm-pd
State ot orth Carolina.
Office Court of Equity Chaxeland County.
NOTICE is hereby given that, I. Durham and
wife Ann, Jacob Carroll aud wife Sarah, B. D.
ife Elizabeth. John Cline and wife
Luciuda, Thompson Evans, Thomas Evans, and j
Louis Evans non-resiaents oi tins ctate, dc ana
appear before me at my office in Shelby, on Mon
day the first day of Juue 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 county : that their several claims may be re
ported to the next term of the Court of Equity for
Cleaveland countv, to be held at the Court-House
in Shelby, on the 1 1 th Monday after the 4th Mon
day in ltach, A. D., 1857, for the further orders
of the Court. By order of the Court of Equity for
Cleaveland county, N. C 1 1th Monday after the
4th Monday in September, 1856.
THOS. WILLIAMS, C. & M. E.
Shelby. North Carolina.
April 7. 1857. 40-6w Prs fee $6.
Lightning Rods.
L. J. HAWLEY & CO. offer their ser
vices to the public for the purpose of supplying
buildings with LIGHTNING RODS. Having
been engaged in the business for 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
may employ me.
Having perm?.nently located in this place, all
work done by me will be kept in good repair
free of charge.
Orders addressed to me through the Fost
Office, or left at the Residence of N. Wilkinson,
will meet with prompt attention, &
Charlotte, April 7, 1857
"mrs. m. J. CRAIG,
Three doors below Trotter's Carriage Manufactory
C IS 1 HL.O TTJE.
April 22, 1856. ly
WESTEM DEMOCRAT.
CHARLOTTE3
NEW USE FOR COTTON.
A few months since we directed attention
to this subject, stating that some useful
substitute for leather would be a most val
uable invention to the community, owing
to its scarcity and increasing price. We
notice in late European exchanges that pre
pared moleskin (thick cotton twill, with a
nap) has been substituted to a large extent
in France for calf-skin leather in the upper
part of shoes, and this has arrested a furth
er advance in the price of leather in that
country. In our own markets, the price
of leather has till no kept iteadly in
creasing. The principal cause of this, we
are told, has been drain upon lides from
our own markets to those of France, Ger
many, and England. At present, the tide
appears to begin to ebb as retards the
price of the sole leather, but not of fine
calf skins employed for the uppers irf shoes;
nor is it to be expected that the price will
fall, as the demand for it is greater than the
supply. We regret this, for the finer kinds
of it have almost ceased to be emp'oyed in
the manufacture of ladies and clildren's
gaiters, bucskins, 6cc. Sheep-skir leather
half tanned, thin as wrapping paper and
almost as tender, has been used es a sub
stitute for it, while coarse paper, f a most
wretched description, is employed for inner
soles
The uppers of foot clothing made of such
material cannot withstand the action of
water ; rain penetrates nearly as freely as
blotting paper, and to use a conmon but
appropriate term, "they have no wear in
them." Some substitute for suck material
would be of great importance for the cheap
shoes of children andyonth, especitlly girls.
The employment of strong moleskin for
this purpose, as has been done in France,
would be an improvement, as we therefore
suggest its use ; it is cheap, light, and
would prove more durable, wc believe, than
sheep-skin leather. Scientific American.
A Novel Finale. We find in the New
York paper the following account of a clos
ing scone in the recently ndjourned Black
Republican Legislature of that State:
Shortly after G o'clock, the Senate cham
ber becoming densely packed with specta
tors and lobbymen, some industrious wag
busied himself in sprinkling cayenne pep
per over the carpets iu the room and on
the registers, the effects of which were al
most instantly perceptible on those pres
ent. The slight and irregular coughs and
delicate sneezing soon increased to a gen
eral and prodigious cough, sneeze, hawk-'
ing. spitting and blowing of noses, the
"noise and confusion" of which at times
entirely precluded the possibility of hearing
anything else. So general did the scene at
length become that nearly every Senator,
not excepting the President, was seized
with the mania. The chamber, which was
crammed to an uncomfortable degree, in
cluding a number of colored persons, now
became tho scene of a general cough, sneeze,
and blowing of proboscis, so as to render
it impossible for business to proceed.
A Bridegroom Rusticating. John
Dean, who recently kicked up a great hub
bub among the Codfishtocracy by marrying
the wealthy Miss Boker, is rusticating in
the pleasant little village of Prankville, a
few miles east of Riverhead. He is board
ing in the family of Mr John N. Sayer, and
is being tutored and polished by the Rev.
Mr Reid, a Congregational clergyman, pre
paratory to his debut among the fashion
ables in Fifth avenue. It seems he was
sent down there by his lawyer, and to avoid
recognition he assumed the name of John
Johnson. The manner in which his true
name and character leaked out was on this
wise: A few days after his arrival a letter
was received by the worthy Postmaster of
that village, directed to John Johnson, and
as there was a young farmer living in that
neighborhood by that name he took it out
and opened it. It proved to be from Dean's
wife, and as it was filled with such matters
as a good wife knows only how to write to
an absent husband, Johu Johnson farmer
concluded it was not for him, as he was
not the owner of such a piece of animated
luxury, so he returned it to the Post office,
and in a day or two John Johnson No. 2,
i. e. John Dean, called and claimed it.
Singular Occurrence. Some few days
since a negro man named Albeit, in tie
service of Messrs. Crew and Pamberton,
Richmond, in attempting to blow his nose,
forced one of his eye balls from the socket.
The negro vTas in good health at the time,
and experienced no excessive pain by the
accident. lie was immediately placed un
der the care of Dr. Hancock, and is now do-ino-
well. The case is certainly a novel one,
but is nevertheless true.
An old moid recently died at Newton,
N. EL, who left property to the value of
nearly $40,000. She was all her lifetime
getting reac'y to be married, and had stored
up 182 sheets, 63 coverlets, 50 blankets, j
37 beds, with 1,120 pounds of feathers, 54
pillows, 43 handkerchiefs; while the whole
amount of her wearing apparel did not
exceed ten dollars in value.
THE NATION AI HOTEL MALADY.
The New York Academy of Medicine
held its regular meeting on the evening of
the 6th inst., in the chapel of the Universi
ty, and a large attendance was present.
Dr. Mott informed tho meeting that Dr.
Wynne, from Baltimore, was present, who
would communicate certain interesting in
formation to the Academy concerning the
sickness at the National Hotel, Washing
ton. He (Dr. M.) felt great interest in the
subject, and was very desirous to hear Dr.
Wynne. He was sure all the members en
tertained the same feeling. Ho was not at all
satisfied with the reports and explanations
that had heretofore been offered. We at a
distance hardly knew what judgment to
form upon this interesting subject. Facts
and information, therefore, would be very
acceptable; by which they might come to
some definite conclusion.
Dr. Wynne was cordially received by the
Academy, and occupied their attention for
nearly an hour, in first briefly detailing the
facts as they have already been stated by
the press, and then upon these deduced a
theory referring the cause of the disease to
the offensive effluvia arising from tbe sewer,
and also the bad ventilation to which the
house was subjected, especially in cold
weather. Several examples given by Dr.
Wynne, from medical history, proved that
precisely such a disease has often been pro
duced in establishments, hospitals, armies,
&c, from putrid effluvia. He stated that
Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Boston, who was at
Washington during the prevalence of the
disease, very justly remarks that "no chem
ical or reliable medical evidence, has yet
been adduced to prove that any one of the
persons who were sick with this disease had
taken poison of any kind into their stom
achs." Now the question arises, can dis
ease, presenting the characteristics of the
one just described, be produced by putrid
exhalations arising from deficient ventila
tion ? If so, without the adduction of new
evidence, tho endemic must be attributed
to this cause.
Doctor, afterwards Sir John Pringle, the
president of the Royal Society, than whom
no man of his day was a more acute obser
ver, in his observations on the diseases
of the English troops in Flanders, says that
whenever the marsh, near which the army
was stationed, was foul with animal impur
ities, the soldiers were invariably seized
with bowel irritation, amounting even to
dysentery. This observation made by this
distinguished army surgeon, has been cor
roborated by the experience of every one
having the medical care of bodies of garri
soned or field troops since his day. The
experience of our own army in Florida, and
more recently in Mexico, shows the great
prevalence and malignity of bowel affec
tions among those who are subjected to pu
trid exhalations. Nor is this confined to
those who are confined to the wretched
quarters of the soldiers of an army in the
time of war, or to the ill ventilated apart
ments of the more wretched in populous
towns, butoften invaded the luxurious dwell
ings of the more opulent classes.
Dr. Rigby, in his evidence before the
health board of town commissions, says-that
he has often been enable to detect, by the
sense of smell, the poisonous exhalations
from sewers iu the more fashionable parts
of London. Ho considers the sense of
smell as very important to a physician. A
crafty nurse, says he, may hide much from
the eye, but she can conceal but little from
the nose of a medical man who is at all ex
perienced in these matters. He is clear in
attributing an attack of puerperal fever
which seized the inmates of the Lying-in
Hospital under his charge of defective sew
erage and ventilation. Dr. Dray, of King's
College, is equally positive in tracing con
sumption to the same cause, and Dr. South
wood Smith bears ample testimony of its
powers to produce fever.
There are instances in which the attacks
from this cause assume each one or the
other of these forms, and others in which
two or more are conjoined. This was espe
cially the case in the Croydon epidemic
which occurred in 1852. Mr Granger, who
was sent by the board of Health to investi
gate the cause of the outbreak, and who,
among other like causes, attributed the
epidemic to the effluvia which escaped from
the gully-holes of the old sewers, says : Be
sides the attacks of fever, there was a large
amount of diarrhoea. Mr Thompson had
fifty cases in his practice, all evidently at
tributable to and forming a part of the epi
demic. In the Croydon epidemic, a lead
ing characteristic of all the cases of fever
was diarrhoea, and Dr Granger says that,
in this outbreak, gastric disturbance, trace
able to putrid effluvia, was uniformly pres
ent. A case, nearly allied to this, is that
quoted by Christisou, in his work on poi
sons, of the school of Clapham.
We gather from the Chapel, Hill
Gazette that the following named gentlemen
will graduate in June next with the first
distinction, viz: A. C. Avery, of Burke,
Robert Bingham, of Orange, Benjamin F.
Grady, jr., of Duplin, Joseph Venable, of
Granville, Jas. L. A. Webb, of Tennessee,
J. E. Wharton, of Guilford.
It has been decided that J. L. A. Webb
shall speak the Salutatory; B. F. Grady, jr..
the Greek Oration; Jos. Venable, the French
Oration, and J. E. Wharton the Valedictory.
DO UNTO OTHERS AS TB WOULD
HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU.
A correspondent of the Blair county (Pa)
Whig furnishes that paper the particulars
of the following interesting incident of
which be was an eye witness. It occurred
a few years ago on the line of the great in
ternational improvement of that State. It
was one of those acts of genuine kindheart
edness which fill the mind with involuntary
consciousness that there is something of
tbe angel still in the common nature :
"At the point this side of the mountain
where occurred the transhipment of passen
gers from the West, was moored a canal
boat, awaiting the arrival of tbe train ere
starting on its way through the East. The
Captain of the boat, a tall, rough embrowu
ed man, stood by his craft superintending
the labors of his men, when the cars rolled
up, and a few moments after a party of
about half a dozen gentlemen came out
and deliberately walked up to the captain,
and addressed him after something of this
wise :
'Sir, wc wish to go on East, but our fur
ther progress depends on you. Iu the cars
we have just left a sick man whose presence
is disagreeable. Wo have been appointed
a committee by the passengers to ask that
you will deny this man a passage in your
boat. If he goes, we remain, what say
you ?"
"Gentlemen," replied the captain, "I have
heard the passengers through their commit
tee. Has tho sick man a representative
here ?'
To this unexpected interrogatory there
was no answer, when without a moment's
pause the captain passed over to the car,
and entering behind, in one corner, found a
poor emaciated worn out creature, whose
life was nearly eaten up by that canker
worm, consumption. The man's head was
bowed in his hands, and he was weeping ;
the captain advanced aud spoke to hira
kindly.
"O, sir," said the shivering invalid, look
ing up, his face now lit with trembling ex
pectation, "are you the captain, and will
you take me ? God help thee ! The passen
gers look upon me as a breathing pestilence,
and are so unkind ! You see, eir, I am dy
ing ; but ot, if I am oparod to reach my
mother, I shall die happy. She lives in
Burlington, sir, and my journey is half
performed. I am a poor painter, and the
only child of her iu whose arms I wish to
die !"
"You shall go," said the captain, "if I
loose every passenger by the trip."
By this time the whole crowd of passen
gers wore grouped, around the boat, with
their baggage piled on the path, and they
themselves awaiting the decision of the cap
tain before engaging their passage.
A moment more and the decision was
made known, as they beheld him coming
from the cars with the sick man cradled in
his arms. Pushing directly through the
crowd with his dying burden, he ordered a
mattress to be spread in the choicest part
of the boat, where he laid the invalid with
all the care of a parent. That done, the
captain directed the boat for starting.
But a new feeling seemed to possess the
astonished passengers. With one common
impulse they walked aboard the boat, and
in a few hours after, another committee was
sent to the captain, entreating his presence
among the passengers in the cabin. He
went, and from the midst there arose a
white haired man, who with tear-drops in
his eyes told that rough, sunbrowned man
that they felt humble before him, and asked
his forgiveness. It was a touching scene.
The fountain of true sympathy was broken
in a heart of nature, of all present. On the
instant a purse was made up for the sick
man, with a "God speed" on his way home
to die in the arms of his mother.
THE BOY ON THE WITNESS STAND.
Judge Grosh, of Pennsylvania, commu
nicates the following to the "Ambassador."
After the plea "not guilty" was entered,
and the jury was sworn or affirmed, a small
very intelligent looking boy was called to
the witness stand. The defendant's attorney
objected to his testifying on account of his
age, 4fec. The attorney for the Common
wealth said the boy was unusually intelli
gent, and requested the court to examine
his competency, and I proceeded accord
ingly, very mildly :
Judge- What is your name, my son ?
Boy. . (Giving bis name
very distinctly, which I do not now remem
ber.) Judge. Where do you reside, my little
man ?
Boy. In this city, sir.
Judge. Have you a parent or parents
alive and residing here ?
Boy. One only ; my mother.
Judge. Do you attend school, my son ?
Boy. Yes, sir.
Judge. I presume, from your intelli
gence and praiseworthy conduct here, that
you will soon be allowed to attend the High
School, aud become a useful man and, if
necessary, assist your good mother.
This drew tears of pleasure to his eyes,
and he replied that by the favor of the
School Directors he had attended the High
School for the last six months.
Judge. How old are you, my good boy ?
Boy. -My mother says that on to-morrow
I will be thirteen years old.
Judge. Are yoa here to give evidence
to the court nd jury in this case T (nam
ing) Boy. Yes, sir; if required so to do.
Judge. Do you know the solemnity of
the obligations of n judicial oath, my son !
Reflect before you answer.
Boy. (Very modestly.) I think I do.
Judge. What will bo your punishment,
my dear boy, if you swear falsely, or speak
a lie on oath ?
Boy. I Vill he sent to the penitentiary,
(weeping.) and thus break my dear mother's
heart. (There were other tyci besides his
in that house overflowing with tears.)
Defendant's Attorney, f frowning. J Boy
don't you know that if you tell n lie on your
oath, when you die you will be endlessly
torturfd in a fiery pool ?
Boy. That would be an additional in
ducement to speak tlic truth, the whnh)
truth, and nothing but tho truth ; but that
punishment ian be avoided by a timely re
pentance; but repentance will avail nothing
to keep me out of the penitentiary.
Judge. You re a noble boy ! Who gave
you these excelle.it instructions?
Boy. My motbyr, sir.
Judge. Such a u other deserve such a
son ! May our heavenly Father bless you
both ! Mr. Clerk qualify the witness.
He has, in this examination, given us more
common sense information on the binding
nature of judicial oaths than ail dr musty
books in the court room could do. Repeal
your laws for the punishment of perjury,
and false swearing will be as common as it
is now rare. An honest person will speak
the truth without an owtii ; but a dishonest
one, were it nt for fear o immediate pun
ishment, wouW never testify truly, if a lie
would, in his estimation, benefit him more
than trutlu
ENGLAND AND CHINA.
The instructions of the Brititdi govern
ment to JLord Elgin, tho newly appointed
envoy to China, are represented in foreign
papers to be as follows: To provide for
the establishment of a college at Pekin for
the instruction of British youth in the lan
guage and policy of China; to secure the
opening of eight ports, instead of five, for
consular residence and commerce; to ob
tain the right of hunting anywhere on the
coast, for tbe purpose of discovering, re
pairing and refitting vessels; and the right
of establishing forts at Canton, at Shan
ghai, and at several other placet. These
demands are much more moderate than was
expected, nd fall very far short of what is
supposed to he the object of the war. It
Is probable, therefore, that these demands
constitute merely the ultimatum, to be pre
sented immediately, as the alternative to
war. China may secure peace by yielding
at once to these demands, which, by the
way, are made in behalf of France as well
as of England.
Will the Emperor ojhiua yield 7 It is
impossible. The feeling of the people is so
hostile to the English, that the Emperor
can make no concessions for tho sake of
peace. In fact, as we have already seen,
the Emperor has issued a proclamation
which is tantamount to a declaration of
war, and a war of extermination. ( The
consequence is that, on the other side, it
will be a war for subjugation.
The armament equipped for the China
seas will be the largest and best appointed
that has ever floated from tho shores of
England. It will comprehend the effective
steam floatilla which was prepared for the
destruction of Cronstadt, and a great num
ber of the best disciplined troops in the
world. The moment the British ultimatum,
as ft bore given, shall be rejected, a novel
and magnificent scene of war is to be open
ed; and one, perhaps, which is not to end
until England shall bring under her domin
ion the southern provinces of China, or
until the English shall be as completely
expelled from China as the Portuguese
were from Japan.
John Chinaman is not idle, meanwhile,
nor at all unaware of the designs of the
"foreign devils." With a remarkable de
gree of sagacity and forecast, the Chinese
have anticipated the plan of the British
operations as completely an if they had
been officially advised of it. The river Pei
ho and the great canals were to have been
seized by the British forces, whereby com
munication with the interior would have
been commanded by them, but the Chinese
have taken measures to block this game.
Chinamen by thousands will be sacrificed
in this war; but that, though it is sickening
to humanity, is of little moment in the view
of the Chinese, who do not. as a nation,
cherish strong attachment to life, nor enti
mate it as highly as is done iu less crowded
nations. Suicides are v ry common among
them, and iu war they can stand kJli::g
as well as any people in the world. They
are gradually becoming imr skilled in
artillery practice, and have great facilities
for castiug cannon, aud are diligently pre
paring for the conflict. They will not bfl
frightened into a peace, and it will tako
years of war and desolation to bring China
into a state of sujection like the Ea-t
Indies. It is into such a war that England
invites the United States to enter- a war
for the extension of British dominion.