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BOOTS & SHOES.
-if
Just Received
Foil THB
sp:;r & suaiieb trade,
As tine an Assortment of
Hoots SliOCS
As has ever been offered to a
Southern TeopSe.
Call ami see then at
BOONE & CCS STOKE.
jr Terms, CASH.
March 17, 1857. tf
Notice.
HAVING returned to Charlotte, I am again at
the disposal of those who may n quire my si ivi
es ill lie- practice of Medicine and Snrg.ry.
ROBERT GIBBON, ML D.
Feb. Si, WW. Sl-tf
h.M. Ml KCIMON. A.J. UOWEIX.
MLTHCHaSON & HOWELL,
r i i. nT irtTVRT IPT" ! O , TO
.7. lOl Wall Slrat. .'. 1.
Feb. 3d, 1?;07. ly
DR. R. WYS0HG,
Charlotte, W. C.
n.WIXti loeat. d in this plae-, respectfully
..tf-rs his riidi liisisl "1 rrirrs IS thr riti
7.1-ns ef the town and vicinity.
fSf OFFICE in the n w brick building,
oj'; ite ike bans! district, Main Street.
April 23th 1H57.
BIIBI & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
IN
Goods,
Gardwarf, Eial. ami Allocs,
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
May 5, 1857. 44-tf
Sffe M:''';,"-'!,"r off,'r9 k,i" sale the
. . plantation ajion which h' foruvrly
ifViF- lived, lvmr on t!. wati rs oi .m.--
Micbael'a Urn '.. on the lrovid nc
Ruad, .ix miles firaat Charlotte, contaiuing about
or 300 Acre.
T!i-- Land i we,l improved, about one-wall
cleared and in a trood st.it! ofviillivatioii. ;md
the w,HKl-!:.nd mm tituhin-d; with a good
IHrdHng Ii.'s-, dtfra jrod Kltebena, Barn
and St th!' s. all in pond repair; also, a lirst rate
;m Honaa and !Scr-w; Detton Ginf Tiuosbei
and Fan: also, a
First rate Saw Mill
La good repair, all ofwkb h I ofief with the land.
Tii" Land can be divided to advautape to
suit pan-lias: rs.
Any p-rson iririuM to pmehnse vroald do
well to call and exanune the Plantation, as I
aai d unite d to telL Tin y can call on Mr
N. R rck, who lies adjoining, o the main
Provi ! tic road, wh Tr M s Hmehiaon form erly
liv d; he will show the premises wi'h pleasure
ao I din-et any intoi ination about said land tothe
subscriber iu Statesville.
JAS. H. KENNEDY.
Slay 5th, 1857. 44 6m
DR. B. CHER AS
Raviaf; loo it d :.t MONIiOE, tenders his pro
fesMoaa aervioea to the citizens ot tht Town
aud Barroaadinfj ronntnr, and iiwn" iftillj soli
cits th ir patronage.
C Oaee at J. BickeUV
April -'"i. 43-e?m
Notice.
HAVING obtained Letters of Administration
upon the estate ot W. P. Trotter, oVeeased, I
pive in.tic - to ail persons indebted to the late firm
of T. Trotter t Son, by note or hook
eemrnt lor the last four ot rtv,- years, to eojar
Hnvard and pay the s:.m without delay, and
thereby save co.t. as the kau m mn; In- set
tied up. THOS TBOTTES, Adm'r
and Surviving PartnCE.
Feb. 3d, I8S7. 31-tf
The WateJi and Jewt hy business w ill in th i
fnture be eondneted by the subscriber, who will
span- M p uns or -xp . use to pive genetal satis-
wetion. Watch fepairing done in a mum rior mnn
n r, and at the shortest notice.
THOS. TROTTER.
W. R. BRAILSFORD,
A SI) AUbM I F li
rt-M.TIMOUE AXI ritILAIi:i.PJIIA PACKETS.
CM A HL L Ti .V. . C.
UUUkAL advances mad on COoahjOaiaaMi of
prodv.ee to mv addict lot such.
I. II, loj;. 71v.
For the Cheajxst st.xk of 'lothing
you ever saw go to the EinKrium of F:ish
o( PULLINUS & CO.
State or.Yorth Carolina.
Whekkas, thf last OkkekaL Assem
bly, by an act entitled, "A supph tin ntary
ad to take the sense of the people of the
State relative to the proposed amendment
of the Constitution," did enact as follows:
Whereas, a bill to amend the Constitution
of the .State of North Carolina, hits been
read in each house of the present General
Assembly on three several days, and agreed
to by two-thirds of each house respectively,
in the precisn word following : "A bill to
amend the Constitution of the State ot North
Carolina :"
Whereas, at the session of the last Gen
end Assembly, begun and held in Raleigh,
on the third Monday of November, in the
vear of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty four, a bill, entitled "u hill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina." was read three times in each
house of the said General Assembly, and
agreed to by three-fifths of the whole nurn
her of members of each house-respectively,
And whereas, the bill so agreed to bath
been duly published ix months previous to
the election of the members of this present
General Assembly, according to the clause
of section one of article four id' the amend
ed Constitution, mid the directions con
tained in the second section of the said bill ;
and it is the intention, by this hill, to agree
to the preamble and first seeti, n of the hill
aforesaid, containing the said alteration of
the Constitution of this State : And whereas,
a large number of the people are disfran
chised by the freehold qualification now re
quln d of voters for members of the Senate;
therefore. Be it enacted hy the Ghrueral As
srmbly oj'lhe State ofXorUi Carolina, and it
is hereby raorfn the authority oftht same,
tiro thirds of the whole number of numbers of
eueh house concurring. That the second
clause of the third section of the first article
of the amended Constitution, ratified by the
people of North Carolina, on the second
Monday of November, iu the year of our
Lord eighteen hundn d and thirty five, shall
he amended to read as follows : "Every free
white man of the age of twenty -one years, be
ing a native or naturalized citizen of the
United tilatct, and who has been an inliabi
dint of the Stale fur twelve months iinmediutc
Im pre' cding the day of any election, and
shall have' paid public taxes, shall be entitled
to rote for a member of the Senate for the dis
trict in which he ri.sidis."
And whereas, it was further provided by
the .-aid act. ''that the foregoing amendment
to the CocMtitutiotl id' this State, as emboui
i d in the preceding section, be submitted
by the Governor to the people on the first
Thursday in August, 16."7. sixty days no
tice having been given in ten newspapers":
NOW, THEREFORE, 1 th. hereby give
notice to all persons entitled to vote for
members of the House of Commons, that
pedis will be opened on the first Thursday in
August next, hy the Sheriffs of the respec
tive Comities, at the election precincts
within the same, to take the Sense of the
said voters us to the ratification of said
amendment to the Constitution of the State:
those for ratification to vote with a written
or printed ticket "Approved ? those op
posed thereto to vote with a similar ticket
JW Approved"
Given under my hnnd, ns Govern
or of the State of North Carolina, at
L.S.J th. Executive o See in the City of
Raleigh, on the 18th. day of May.
A. D-. 1-C7.
Ry the Governor: THOS. BRAGG.
Pulaski Cowpbr, Pr. S c'y.
Mav -J). Ir57.
BOOKS
37or Salo
AT THE
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
The America Sportsman: containing
hint to Sportsmen, not. s ou shooting, and th.
habits of the Gams Rials and Wild Fowl of
America, by LEWIS.
The Golden Legacy: a story of Life's
Phases.
Kills from the FonKTAES of Life, or Ser
mons to Children, by Rev. R. NEWTON, 1). D.
THE Dais? CHAIN or Aspirations: a Family
Chronicle.
Shoepac Recollections : A Way-Side
Glimpse ef Ami rican Life, by Waler March.
RATHE Bk AND E: a Fireside History of a
Quiet Life, by Hoi m:: Lee.
Hoeskiiolu Mysteries, by Lizzie ritt.
El Gringo, or New Mexico and her People.
Pali. Fane, by N. I'. Willis.
Veva, or th.' War of the Peasants and the
Conscript: two uitercstiag Roajances bound in
!:: volume.
THE Nai-ot.t-on DvnasTY. or the History of
the Bonn parte Family: an entirely new work, hy
the Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic
Portraits.
Catl at P. J. LOWRIETS
Hook Store.
March 31, 1857. 39-tf
H. B. Dowler 6t Co's
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subscribers are now engaged at Monro-,
I". ....n coimtv. N. C. m nuttiinr tin the :djov?
nami d Fans. Iu their manner of construction
and operations and entire adaptation to tasganr
pos. s for w hich they are deoMrnpfl. these Fans
are unequalled hy nay that have heretofore bom
oti" red to th -pu'ldic. They are construct.-1 ot
.he best utemda, and none hut the 1. st werk
men are employed. An experience of five yt ars
in the husiness justiti -s the belief that entir.
satisfaction w ill be given.
AH our WOtk is warranted.
All orders will receive prompt attention
and "the m;udiiucry delivered according to order.
Reft re nee si
D. A. Covintrfon, J- P. Houston. Mannas, N C.
Jam s 1 Robinson, Renj Morrow, Mecklenburg
eoanty.
Wm G Smith, Dr WaJkins, Anson county.
ROSE ci STEEL.
Monroe Union county. March -20th. 6m
MI
,7 Fl
13
A .c Tailoring Estab
lishment. JAMES BRIANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that be has reopened h:s TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in the nptain
of the Building n. xt to the Bank of the State,
w here he will be ' appy to see all thos wanting
auv thin"- done iu his line. All work warranted.
Oct. 2tb. 1856. 17-tf
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
FurniMhitis: Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFFLEY inform their friends and
th. public generally that tin y 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 atten-
I tion.
Gentlemen's COATS;
Amonpr their stock may be found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasu d; black and
drab Alpacca in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans;
French and English Drap-d Ete; plain and lan
cy Cassimercs, gotten up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; white Linen
D: ill and Lineu Duck; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks Frocks ami Raglans.
PANTALOONS;
Pants of French and American Cassimercs,
black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth and French and Eniriish Drap-d'Ete ; plain
and fancy Linen and Marseilles of all grades.
They would call especial attention to their lot
of
both single and doable breasted, embracing black
and figured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles V sts ever offered in this market.
Gents Furnishing Goods,
The largest lot in this market, consisting iupart
of plain and fancy Euc n and Cotton
Collars, Byron & Bishop: linen and cotton Draw
ers; plain and tancy Hosiery ; Cloves, silk, kid,
A.c; a variety of Cravats, siik and linen ; Hand
kerchiefs, siik and linen ; Suspenders, tc, &c.
A fine lot of HATS for the Summer wear, em
bracing all the latest styles of the Silk. Cassimere
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
uud. rstanding that accounts are due when they
want the money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
tin in , and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence in business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS & HEATH,
Charlotte, N. C.
April 7, 1857. 40-tf
FOlt THE LADIES
TOILET.
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brashes of every quality ; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Labia's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, mar.eliale, tea
rose, cedar, heJeotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, mouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, milk-flowers,
upper ten. jasmine. Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, aud Geranium
Waters, Ac. Just received at
SCARR & CO'S
April 1 1th. Drug Store.
Soap Pota!i.
Just received a fresh barrel of Potash, at
SCARR cc CO'S
April 11th.
Charlotte Drug Store.
Temple of Fashion
JS NO W OPEN.
Something Entirely New.
GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old,
who w h to Wear Good, Fine Clothes, goto
J. W. COLE'S
NEW CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
First Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly occupied by Lowii. 's Book Store,
where you can get the best fits and the finest
clothes for the l.-ast money than anywhere else
iu the Suite. The poods are all made up to
order expressly for this market Everything is
gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles,
and the nniking of every piece is
"Warranted.
to last, or otherwise made good. Let all go
and look at his well selected stock of Ready
made Clothing, and be sure to examine his
prices; he will put you up a suit so low that you
will be compelled to wear fine clothes.
Gentlemen w ishing any particular suits, by
leaving their measures, can have them in W
days. w u ranled lo suit or no
Mil Ics.
He intends to sell very low and conduct a
strictly Cash Business. "The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash Syst. m at least "20 per
c. nt. in his favor. His motto is "quick sales
and small profits," for CASH ONLY. Yes, if
you want the worth of your money come to me.
J. W. COLE, Ag't.
Charlotte, April 28, 1857. inn
DR. 11. M.TlU i I HARD'S
DRUG STORE
IS REMOVED to the. Stand on the North
coruer of Public Square, know n as Irw in's Cor
ner, wh r he will he glad to see his friends and
cast omen
Hay 12, 1857. 43-tf
Cigar, Tobacco,
FRUIT S TORE.
j THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and mrrounding country, that
j hi; has just received 9 splendid assortment of
SPANISH CIGARS
of the choicest brands. Also, a fine article of
CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRUITS t- CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS. D. PALMER.
Opposite Boone &. Co.'s Shoe Store.
Charlotte, April 7, 1S57. 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 named below, and therefore offer
them at the very low prices annexed:
A complete sett of Girding Machines, f 400.
Power Loom $40, and Cotton Gin $40.
Applvto T. &'M. M. MOSER.
Flint Rock, N C, April 7. 6m-pd
FASHION !
Fashion ! ! Fashion ! ! !
Well, Who Cares About Fashion?
WHI; Wm? BflBT.
AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
Well, Wliert do You get the Fashion?
Why, at
FULLTNGS & CO.'S
EMPORIUM OF FASWON,
As Hundreds can testify who have been
then the past week and fitted themselves
out in
A f AsaiHOHABil SuTff
nt less prices than at any other house in the
State. Now kind reader if you want to
see the neatest, prettiest, cheapest, most
fa'shiouable and largest Stock of
OJlotl3.1aa.g?
you ever saw call at FULL1NGS & CO'S
EMPORIUM OF FASHION,
next door to the Mansion House. Charlotte.
N. C, where one look will satisfy you that
it is the place for good and fashionable
Goods at low prices. Wo could go on and
tell you about the different styles of Goods
on hand, but our Stock is so large, with
such a variety of styles that we will just
say to you all come and take a look and
satisfy yourselves us our goods will be free
ly shown and prices given. We know it
has been a subject of great astonishment to
a great many how it was that we were ena
bled to sell such
Fashionable GOODS
at such
Very Low Prices.
Well, it is simply because we import our
own Goods, manufacture them ourselves
and sell them to our customers at the same
prices that Other dealers pay for them in
Philadelphia or New York, and then we
give them an article better made and
:el:fl -a. jxt n. 23 id
to give satisfaction or money returned.
We return you our sincere thanks for the
liberal patronage bestowed upon us, and if
selling good and fashionable Goods at very
low prices will insure a continuance of the
same it shall be done at the EMPORIUM
OF FASHION by
FULLINGS 6c CO.,
Tkyon Street.
Mav 10, 1857. tf
For the Largest stock of Clothing
you ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FULL1NCS & CO.
BELTS! BELTS!! BELTS!!!
India-Rubber Belts from the Boston Belt
ing Company, at manufacturer's prices.
3 inch, 3 ply 1 7 cents per foot.
4 4. m oo
5 " 27 " "
6 " " 32 "
7 " " 38 "
10 " " GO "
12 " " 73 " "
IS " 4 ply 02 " "
BOONE & CO.
Charlotte, April 14, 1857. 3m
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
UNION COUNTY.
Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions April
Term, 1857.
Ferington Little and others vs. A. J. Little,
Executor of George Little, deed.
Petition for Setth mi nt.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that Nancy Little resides beyond the limits of
this State It is then lore, ordered by the Court,
that publication be made for six weeks in the
Wi stern Democrat, notifying the paid Nancy to
be and appear at the next term of this Court, to
be held for the county of Union, at the Court
House hi Monroe, ou the first Monday of July
next, to plead, answer or demur, or judgment
pro confisso will be taken against her, and the
prayer of the petition heard. &c.
Witness, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court, at office, in Monroe, the 1st Monday of
April, 1857. J. M. STEWART. Clerk.
May, 1857- fit-47 (Pr's fee $u)
State of Morth Carolina,
UNION t OUNTY.
Court of Pleas anel Quarter Sessions April
Term, 1857.
Jacob G. Long vs. John Cuthbertson.
Original Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that the defendant. John Cuthbertson, is not an
inhabitant of this State, but resides beyond the
limits ot ih..-same. It is therefore oidend by
the Court, that publication be made for six weeks
iu the Western Democrat, notifying the said de
fendant to be and appear at the n xt term of this
Court, to be held for the county of Union, at the
Court House in Monroe, on the first Monday in
July next, then and there to plead, answer or d -
mnr, or judgment final will be entered against
hit i, and an order of sale granted.
Wituess, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court, at office, iu Monroe, the 1st Monday of
April, 1857. J. M. STEWART, Clerk.
May, 1857. Gt-47 (Pr's fee $6)
Slate of" IVorth C arolina,
UNION COUNTY.
Court ef Pleas and Quarter Se ssions April
Term, 1857.
Joel Rushing vs. Samuel Pounds.
Origmal Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that the defendant, Samuel Pounds, is not a citi
zen of this State, butiesidis beyond the limits of
the same. It is then ton-, ordered that publica
tion be made for six weeks fan the Western D' mo-
crat, notityingthe said Samuel to be and appear
at the mxt Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
to be held for the county of Union, at the Court
House in Monroe, on the first Monday of July
next, to plead, answer or demur, or final judg
ment be taken against him and an order of sale
granted.
Witness, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court at office, in Monroe, the 1st Monday ot
Anril, A. D., 1807.
J. M. STEWART, Clerk.
May, iar7. 6t-47 L Pr's fee o
Leather! Leather! Leather!
Hemlock Sole 28 to 31 cents. Oak Sole from
35 to A'i; Heavy and Light Upp. r, Kip Skin,
fine French and American '"alt Skins, Linings
and Bindings of every description, lor sale for
cash- BOONE & CO.
Charlotte, June 2, 1857. i
W1STEBR PEJ0C1AT.
CHARLOTTE.
Moke of the Famine in Michigan.
Distressing scenes. The Michigan famine
is sadly pictured by a writer from Detroit,
who says that in Gratiot county he saw a
woman who sustained her sick husband and
two children on maple sugar and leeks
several days before she could get other
relief; she then had to carry the provisions
several miles on her back. This woman
had taken care of her sick husband- siuce
last August, and her family of two children,
beside which she made 100 pounds of
maple sugar, cleared the ground and hoed
in two acres of spring wheat, and planted
some corn and potatoes. She was habited
in tattered garments.
Another family of a father and three
daughters, aged fifteen, twelve and ten,
said they lived on milk, maple sugar and
leeks for a week after they could borrow
nothing more, before supplies reached
them. Two other families, consisting of
four grown persons and seven children, and
who considered themselves well off, had uo
bread-stuffs except two bushels of spring
wheat, and a like quantity of oats, which
they had got for seed. This they mixed
together and ground in a coffee mill. Milk,
and a few fish they had caught, constituted
their supplies.
QUARTERLY REPORT OF COLPOR
TAGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
During this the first quarter of a new
year in Colportage, God has given mo
greatly increased success and encourage
ment in my toils. In the 19 counties visi
ted this quarter, I found the doors and
hearts of the people of all denominations
open to this work of God for the salvation
of His poor; and such a cheerful readiness
to help it forward by their prayers aud
contributions as I have never seen sur
passed. Iu these counties, as I visited the poorer
class, I found great need for the work.
Besides 21 public addresses, and getting
men to act as Colporteurs, recommended
by ministers aud christians of different de
nominations, and receiving mnnpy for sup
port of the work; I visited, talked on re
ligion or prayed with 545 families; of whom
107 neglected church; 45 destitute of the
Bible; 120 without all other religious books;
247 never had a religious visit or prayer at
their houses before; and distributed over
144,000 pages of gospel truth free of sec
tarianism; also talked to upwards of 800
Sabbath School Scholars, and aided in
organizing 7 of these schools where such
never existed before. Thus the work
serves as an auxiliary in turning the people
from darkness to light.
That every laborer and friend in this
humble work may be stimulated to greater
diligence and faith, I would here state that
different Ministers of this city (Raleigh)
say that they believe the Tract work done
here has contributed much to the promo
tion of the recent extensive revival in Ral
eigh, during which about 150 have been
hopefully converted. I feel it due to say
that Ministers, and Female Tract Distribu
ters, and other active persons here, have
voluntarily done a great part of this work.
May God continue to bless the gospel seed
sown here by every one for the salvation
of the souls of old aud young, rich and
poor.
In a country neighborhood, accompan
ied by two friends, I visited, talked and
prayed with 33 families, only 4 of whom
ever had a religious visit before, and only
7 of them ever owned a page about Jesus.
In these families we began to teach 7
fathers, 19 mothers and 29 children, the
alphabet, who never knew a letter beforp
also engaged three suitable persons to visit
them every week and continue this instruc
tion around the firesides of these humble
poor. This course is preferable to a Sab
bath School for such persons at first, be
cause they are less intimidated, and the
social influence thus brought to bear upon
them at their own homes, is most powerful
for good.
In another neighborhood I found all the
poor families supplied with the Bible and
some tracts, which I was unable to account
fori as there had been no Colporteur in that
county. The explanation given was, that
a pious lady near by had visited them ail
to instruct aud give them these books and
tracts, most of which had been furnished
by her father, who had been a member of
the American Tract Society 20 years, and
who has been a firm and active friend in
the cause, buying thousands of pages annu
ally to give away, which Gd has greatly
blessed in the reformation of a dark section.
Although he is near 80 years old. yet he
continues to act as a voluntary Colporteur;
and gave me half of his annual coutribu
tionof$I00. His interest was enlisted in
this work by the influence of the late Hon.
Duncan Cameron of oar State, who was
Vice President of the Society until his
death.
I visited another promiuent gentleman
who expressed himself with great decision
and interest, that State pride, together with
the privilege of doing so much giMd for the
-ouls of the poor aud all, should prompt
every North Carolinian to a readiness in
"iving to the support of this work at home.
He agrees to give $50 three times a year
a Colporteur's Salary.
Yours truly,
WM. J. W. CROWDER-
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Can a Child live without Clothing ?
The following account of an extraordinary
experiment recently made by a parent with j
bis infant child, for the purpose of ascer- ;
tabling whether he can dispense with cloth
ing, is taken from the Dublin Evening
Mail :
"The subject of the costume of the an
cient Britons has often been discussed ; it
has been asserted that they were naked.
Those who opposed that view adduced as
reasons the coldness and variable nature of
the climate. The question has been set
at rest by an experiment which has recent
ly been made on a child at St. Anne's
Blarney, near Cork. The child is fourteen
months old, aud is the sou of Mr. , who
determined to ascertain what the human
frame would bear. The child is perfectly
naked night and day ; he sleeps without
any covering, in a room with the thermome
ter at 38 degrees ; from this he goes iu a
bath at 118 degrees ; he sometime goes to
sleep in the bath ; he is perfectly indiffer
ent to heat or cold ; is lively, active, cheer
ful, and intelligent? his appearance con
stantly reminds the observer of the best
efforts of our best painter aud sculptors.
Therein is the beau ideal ; he is the reality.
His simple, natural, easy, graceful and
ever-varying postures, are charming. He
arrests the attention and commands the
admiration of all who see him. The pecu
liar character of his skin is very striking ;
it is exquisitely healthy and beautiful. It
may be compared to the rays of the sun
streaming through a painted window.
During the progress of the experiment he
has cut three teeth without manifesting any
of the disagreeable symptoms usual to
children iu that condition. He appears to
be quite insensible to pain. Occasionally
he has an ugly fall, butnotasound escapes
from his lips. His mauuers, demeanor and
general behavior, are equally striking. His
mode of saluting a person is to take the
hand in a graceful manner and kiss it. He
is under the complete control of his father,
and is perfectly quiet during meals, and
also whenever he is told to be so. He goes
about all day, amusing and occupying him
self in a quiet way. No one accustomed
to children would know theie was a child
in the house. So incredible are these re
suits, that some of the residents at St. An
ne's regard the whole matter with mingled
feelings of horror, amazement and wonder.
Those who have made a careful observa
tion for themselves and prefer the evidence
of their eyes rather than their ears, see
nothing but to admire and respect. No
doubt some of them would even go so far
as to repeat the experiment on their own
children, were it not for the feat of that
terrible question, "What will Mrs. Grundy
say
7"
fjT The citizens have agreed to cele
brate the 4th of July with the usual cere
monies. The Odd Fellows. Masons. Sons
of Temperance and the Rifle Guards will
appear in procession on that day. B. R.
Moore, Esq., will deliver an address on the
occasion, and L. Brown, Esq., will read the
Declaration of Independence. Dr. M.
Whitehead has been requested to read the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Salisbury Banner.
A SCORE OF PRINTERS.
In our office, says the Cincinnati Union
ists, are twenty printers engaged. Only
look at them ! In ages ranging from twenty
to thirty ; in size and complexion, from the
ordinary stout (we never knew a fat prin
ter) to some that might crawl through a
greased flute, as white as Circassians, aud
others brown or rosy as your "Georgia
cracker," or Pennsylvania publican.
Some bearded like the Pard, others smooth
faced as the Greek slave. One has traveled
all over Arkansas, aud seen the wild Loire
in the Pampas of South America; another
has been out on the broad ocean, and has
seen life before the mast ; another graduat
ed at West Point, served in the army, ai
accompanied Col. Doniphan in his Xene
phonic grand campaign all over New Mex
ico. What a book he can write. Another
ha3 kept tavern, sold goods at auction,
traveled over the United States several
times, been well off and broken often.
Two have been "on tin- stage," a profession
printers are much addicted to, for about
half the actors on the American board are
printers. One we believe has preached
sermons, another has lectured to crowded
houses. Another has served in Mexico
with Gen. Scott. A sixth has been a stump
orator, member of the Legislature "out
West," and fought a duel, we believe.
Three have practiced medicine, kept store
and dealt in horses, cotton and negroe .
Two have held municipal offices. Four or
five have been officers or privates in various
military companies. One served with Gen.
Houston in the Texas revolution, and one
in the Canadian rebellion. Six or eight
have edited and published newspapers in
various parts of the United States. One has
been officer of a packet on the "raging ca
nawL" One was wounded leg off at the
storming of Monterey. Another has clerked
it on a Mississippi steamer ; was blown up
and slightly killed. Some are or have beeu
married; some are old bachelors. All have
seen more or loss of life and its changeable
scenes. They are all live men, good prac
tical printers, speaking various languages,
and form a newspaper corps bard to surpass
or equaL
HOW TO AVOID PAT.
It will scarcely be credited that, in the
country filled with Pbaroah's lean kine. a
b.ok has made its appearance, setting forth
the causes and the remedy of inordinate fat.
The book is by Dr. Dan eel of Paris, and
has already reached its third edition in a
country, whore the human race appears to
be dwindling away both in numbers, rotun
dity and stature. We have heard of Fal
staffian Englishmen and of fat Germans,
but it was long ago a conceded fact in
England that on one pair of English legs
do march three Frenchmen that is, a
Frenchman is but one-third part of an Eng
lishman in blood, muscle and pluck. Such,
at any rate, used to bo the opinion in Eng
land, and, though the Crimean war may
have produced some modification of It in
regard to valour, it certainly showed that
the French soldiers are very diminutive
specimens of humanity. With doe defer
ence, therefore, we think Dr. Dancel would
better write a work : "How to become fat,"
iustead of "How to avoid fat," and It will
he equally useful and popular in France and
America.
In lieu of such a volume, the next best
thing is to take Doctor Daucel's rules for
avoiding fat, aud reverse them, so as to en
able lean persons to become oorpulent. -
According to tho doctor, a sedentary life
promotes obesity ; so also, a great fondness
for farinaceous, starchy and sugary diet,
waut of thought, a great absorption of fluids
by drinking much, by frequent tepid baths,
or even by constantly breathing damp air.
The chief cause mentioned, however, is
eating and drinking more food than enough.
Almost every one takes more food than is
requisite for the support of the system ; such
us have good digestion, says the learned
writer, convert the surplus into fat, whilo
those who have not, transmute it into pains,
cramps and headaches.
To diminish fat our physician directs the
patient to live principally on meat, eating
little else, and drinking as little as possible.
Vegetables, soups, puddings, tarts, fruits,
breads aud cakes, iu their protean forms,
have carhou aud oxygen for their prinoipal
bases, and water is the protoxide of hydro
gen ; all of which substances are the ele
ments of fat. Tho principal base of meat
is azote or nitrogen, which does not enter
into the composition of fat ; hence lean
meat is a good diet for tho aspirant after
leanness. Carnivorous animals are never
corpulent, and pigs are fattened by meal,
vegetables and milk, rather than meat.
The smallest possible quantity of liquid is
un indispensable condition.
In addition to these counsels of Dr. Dan
ce, we are told that soap pills and alkalis
are administered to aid in relieving the sys
tem from fat, though, with the caution that
the remedy i fcometiiuos worse than tho
disease. It is stated that some terrible
cases of fat have been cured through read
ing this book, and that, among others, a
monster baker, so fat he could not walk or
lie down, was enabled to loose forty pounds
in three months, and to diminish bis abdo
minal equator about forty centimeters.
Tho treatment prescribed tor him was for
breakfast a beef steak or cutlets, a cup of
coffee and a very small quantity of vegeta
bles for dinner, plenty of meat and little
else ; and a bottle or a bottle and a half of
liquid per day.
We think, then, we cannot be far wrong
in recommending our lean aud shadowy
countrymen to take the doctor's directions
to fat people, and violate every one of them.
Eat farinaceous food ; think as little as
pos.-ihle ; delight in bread and vegetables,
and devour little meat especially while
the weather is so hot aud the prices so high
and only use soap pills on the surface of
the body. Then shall we have men about
us that arc fat, aud women, substantial aud
genuine, like the solid domes of our early
history, from whom sprang the giants of '76.
DEsrKRATE Fight with Robbers The
San Autonia (Texas) papers of the 30th
ult., are filled with the most exciting ac
counts of a recent dreadful encounter with
a baud tf ruffians, in that city, during
which five persons were killed, and one
wounded. It appears the Sheriff, with a
posse, surrounded a house iu which a party
of well known thieves aud other despera
does were found concealed, and a desperate
fight ensued. The Texan says ;
"A mun named Fieldstrop killed one of
the desperadoes, and was shot through the
h.-ad by another. At this awful juncture,
Jim Taylor, than whom a braver man never
lived, gave orders to some three of his com
rades to follow him. aud at tho same mo
ment he broke through the window into the
darkened room. As he entered. Bill Hart,
a notorious character, shot him through tho
un ast, and at the same moment a gnu was
pointed at Bill Hart by another person,
when Taylor exclaimed, "he has shot me.
let me shoot him," and fired. Both fell.
Citizen?, commenced ruhing in well armed,
as weil as many of the desperadoes, and
the shooting became general. The gang of
rowdies broke from the room by a buck
door ; many of them wh. came up after the
melee commenced, immediately fled, finding
that they were coming to close quarters.
By this time at leant three hundred citizens
had collected, all well armed for it was
wall known that this gang of rowdies could
have at their command seventy five or one
hundred men within fifteen minutes. Many
of them came iu sight, but very wisely with
drew. Five persous were killed, two citi
zens and three ef the desperadoes-
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