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TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1857.
VOLUME 6
Numher 267.
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BOOTS & SHOES.
Just Received
FOB THE
SPRING & SUMMER TRADE,
As line an Assortment of
Boots ci3.ca. Shoes
As has ever been offered to a
Southern People.
Call and see tie-in at
BOONE GO'S STORE.
X-iT Terms, CASH.
March 17, 1857. tf
Notice.
HAVING returned to Charlotte, I am again at
Ike disposal of those who May require my servi
ces in tiM practice of Medicine and Surgery.
KOBERT GIBBON, M. D.
F. '.. M, Wtt. M-tf
k. m. mntousox. howeia.
MURCHISON &. HOWELL,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
JTo. tot MViff Street, I.
Feb. 3d, 1-C.7 ly
DK. R. WYSONG,
Charlotte, If. C.
I'AYIXG located in this place, respectfully
I I eii. ts Ids Professional Services to the citi
k"d ,if the town and viciniiv.
tV OFFICE in the new brick building.
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oitiMjMtf trie imrut district, .nam mnn,
Aril -i-ih 67.
BllEM & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
IN
Dry Groods,
Hardware, fc3aS-.. and Shoe"!,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
May 5, lsfjt. 4-tf
lniljljirVRRY AMD
DRESSMAKING.
Hi mi i lfullj nferw the Ladies of Charlotte
nnd vicinity, that she has relumed, and oilers
her services to ber old customer;, and friends.
RESIDENCE OPPOSITE THZ POST OFFICE-
Charlotte, June :0, ls."iT.
OLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
This lu-titution. located iu the N'orth-Eastern
art oi Iredell cuuntv, N. C, wil' rc-onen its
v rcisi s on the zzd
.Lucy t Ji, v. U. Cfcj
'1 teaeher?.
f July, under the Presi
, a-sisted by accomplish-
Board and Tuition wiil range from 55
to 5 per Session of live months;
Tuition always in advance.
Thtse coming from a distance will find Salis
bury a convenient point to oltain conveyance.
Amti'.geiiit-nts have been made with W. 11.
'rant, praprietuc of the Mansion llimsf fm the
ranvmieaee of students.
For further infuimatioii. nddrcss
REV. lb CLEGG,
Oliu.ln del cou.itv, N'. C.
JnneSS. 1."7. r145t
DR. B. CHER AS
Raving located at MONROE, tenders his pro
Vssiomd Br r vices to the citizens ot the Town
and Surrounding country, aud respectfully soli
cits their patronage.
: W OSes at J. Bickett'a.
April !. 43-3m
Notice.
HAYIHG obtaincl Letters of Administration
anna the estate ot W. P. Trotter, deceased, I
pw notice to all penMMBi indebted to the late firm
T. Trotter V Son, by note or book
account for the last four or five years, to come
yaawl and nay the SSSSe without delay, aud
r'!,V SilVe ii;st- ms the eooi-fi'ii miKt do ct
THOS. TROTTER, Adm r
and Surviving Partner.
F. 3d, 1837. 31-tf
1 ii" Watch and Jewelry business will in the
er.mv be conducted by the subscriber, who will
"'' io pains or expense to give general satis
ctioa. Watch repairing done in a superior nian
aud at the shortest notice.
THOS. TROTTER.
IT For the Rente! stock of Clothing
von, ever saw go to the Emporium of Pseh
gf FLLL1NGS As CO.
JTtT For the Prettiest swck of Clothing
Jon ever s;;w to the Emporium of Fash-
f'f FULUKGS ft 0O.
Eor the Cheapest stock of Clothing
you em saw go to the Emporium of Kash
I, nf,t FULLINGS ft CO.
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State i orth Carolina.
Whereas, the east Generae Assem-
j BEY, by an act entitled, "A supplementary
' act to take the sense of the people of the
I State relative to tho proposed, amendment
ot the Constitution," did enact as follows :
Whereas, a bill to amend the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina, has 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 precise words following : "A bill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina :"
Whereas, at the session of the last Gen
eral Assembly, begun and held in Kaleigh,
on the third Monday of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-lour, a bill, entitled ''a bill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina. " was read three times in eacii
house of the said General Assembly, and
agreed to by three-fifths of the whole num
ber of members of each house respectively.
And whereas, the bill so tigreed to hath
been duly published six months previous to
the election of the members of this present
General Assembly, according to the clause
of section one of article four of the amend
ed Constitution, and the directions con
tained in the second Section of the said bill;
and it is the intention, by tins bill, to agret
preamble and hist sccticn ot tm
aforesaid, containing the said alteratii
ie bill
n of
the Constitution of this State : And whereas,
a large number of the people are disfYan-
ciuseu ov me rreenoia o-iauncaiion now re-
quired of voters for members of the Senate; !
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therefore, 1- it enacted by Uie General As- i
., ..... i- , . 1
scmblyoi the Slate " iXorth Carolina, ana ft I
chised by the freehold qualification now re-
is here bit enacted bu tin authority of the sunn:,
two-third of tlx whole number of members of
each house concurring. That tin; second
clause of the third section of the first article
of the amended Constitution, ratified by the
people ot North Carolina, on the second
Monday of November, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-five, shall
be amended to read as follows : 'EvtTU free
white titan of the age of twenty-one years, he
i a a native or naturalized citizen of the
United States, and who has been an inhabi
tant of the Stati for twelve months immediate
ly preceding Hie day of any election, and
shall have paid public ta res, shall be entitled
to rote for a member of the Senate for the dis
trict in which he resides.
And whereas, it was further provided by
the said act, "that the foregoing amendment
to the Constitution of this State, as embodi
ed in the preceding section, be, submitted
by the Governor to the people on the first
Thursday in August, 1857, sixty days no
tice having been given in ten newspapers":
NOW, THEREFORE, I do hereby give
notice to all persons entitled to vote for
members of the House of Commons, that
polls will be opt ned on the first Thursday in
August next, by the Sheriffs of the respec
tive Counties, at the election precincts
within the same, to take the sense of the
said voters as to the ratification of said
amendment to the ( 'onstitution of the State;
those for ratification to vote with a written
or printed ticket "Approved;" tho.e op
posed thereto to vote with a similar ticket
'Ay Approved.
Given under my hand, as Govern
or of the State of North Carolina, at
L.S. the Executive office in the City of
Raleigh, on the 18th day of Mav,
A. D.. 1857.
By the Governor: THOS. BRAGG.
Pulaski Cowper, l'r. Sec'y.
May 26, 1857. 2m
BOOKS
For Snlo
at Tin:
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
The American Sportsman : containing
bints to Spmtsmen, nntes on shooting, and the
habits of the Osnte liirds and Wild Fowl of
Ami lie;:, by LLWIS.
The tioLBKN Legacy: a story of Life's
Phases.
Rills from the Fountain of Life, or Ser
mons to Children, by Rev. B. Newton, D. D.
TheDaisV Chain or Aspirations: a Family
Chronicle.
SHOEPAC RECOLLECTIOK8 : A Way-Ride
Gi'miiis. of American Life, by Wals h March.
KaTHIE BkaNDE: a Fireside lli.-toiy- of a
Quiet Life, by Holxe Lee.
Household Mysteries, by Lizzie Pitt.
El GarNGO, or New Mexico and her People.
Fai l Fane, by N. P. Willis.
Veva, or the War of the Feasants and the
Conscript: two interesting Romances bound in
one volume.
i
Tut: Napoleon Dynasty, or the History of
the Bonaparte Family: an entirely new work, by
the Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic
Portraits.
Ca.l at P. J. LOW R ICS
I5ok Store.
March 31, 1857. "9-tf
H. B. Dowler &. Co's
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subscribers are nnwengaaed at Monroe,
Union county, tf. C, in putting up the above
nanted Fans. In their manner of construction
and oj-rat ions and entire adaptation to the pur
poses for which they are designed, these Fans
I are unequalled iy any that nave neretotore d"
' offered to he public. They are constructed ot
the best materials, and none but the best work
men are employed. An experience of rive years
! in the business justifies the belief that entire
satisfaction will be given,
j All our work is wan Mill J.
f"r All orders will receive ptajsnpl attention
j and the machinery delivered according to order.
Reft rences:
D. A. Covington, J. P. Houston. Munroe, N C.
James T Robinson, Benj Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Win C Smith, Dr Wadkins. Anson countv.
ROSE ft STEEL.
MONROE, Union countv. March 20th. Cm
JiSik
A Xew Tailoring Kslab-
JAMES BRIANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that he has reopi ned bis TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in the up-staiis
of the Building next to Ike Bank of the State,
where he will be happy to see all those wanting
any thing done in his line. All Work warranted.
Oct. SRtb, 1856. 17-tf
John Henry Wavt, H.
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Denial Surgery,)
Having located permanently, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, N. C, and
vicinity.
Dr. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction o '
congenital and accidental deformities of the
teeth and jaws. He is also prepared to insert,
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods
Ladies waited on at their residences if
required
Office on Tryon Street, in Carson's new
building, up stairs.
Nov. 18th. 20 tf.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing: Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFFLLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment of lieady
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten
tion. Gentlemen's COATS:
Anions' their Stock mav be found Mack Cloth
i Coats, single and double breasted ; black and
' drab Alnacca in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans:
1 French and Euglisb Drap-d'Ete; plain and ian-
cy t-assnneres gotten up in nice suits; plain and
J : r- . , .
LIn;n iSx!' m Ttli"?
Drill arid Lineu Duck; each styie embrac.
.u-hv. i.',,.i-0..,n?..i.,n,
'he auterenf cuts, Sacas i locks auu Kaglans.
lancy E.inen Marseilles, m suits; wmte Lmien
acing
PANTALOONS :
I Pan ts of French and American Cassimeres,
black aud fancy ; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth and French and Enelish Drap-d'Ete; plain
! all1 faIlcy Linen and Marseilles of all grades.
They would call especial attention to their lot
VESTS,
both single 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 iu this market, consisting in part
of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
Collars, Byron & Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers; plain and lancy Hosiery ; Gloves, silk, kid,
&c; a variety of Cravats, silk and linen ; Hand
kerchiefs, silk and linen ; Suspenders, &.c, & c.
ALSO,
A fine lot of HATS for the Summer wear, em
bracing all the latest styles of the Silk, Cas. imere
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, aud hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence in business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS 6l HEATH,
Charlotte, N. C.
April 7, 1857. 40-tf
FOR THE LADIES
TOILET.
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubin's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, marecbale, tea
rose, cedar, heleotrope, rose, new mown bay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, ntouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, milleflow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, &c. Just received at
SCAUR & CO'S
April 14th. Drugstore.
Temple of Fashion
JS NO W OPEN.
Something Entirely New.
GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old,
wlio wish to wear Good, Fine Clothes, go to
J. W. COLE'S
NEW CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
Eirst Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly occupied by Lowrie's Book Store,
where vou can ret the best fits and the finest
clothes for the least money than anywhere else
in the State. The goods are - all made up to
order expressly for this market. Everything is
gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles,
and the making 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 wishing any particular suits, by
leaving their measures, can have them in 12
days, warranted to suit or no
sales.
He intends to sell very low and conduct a
strictly Cash Business. The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash System at b ast 20 per
cent, iu bis favor. His motto is "quick sales
and small profits," for CASH ONLY. Yes, if
vou want the worth of your money come to me.
J. W. COLE, Ag't.
Charlotte, April 23, 1857. 6m
DR. H. M. PRITIHARD'S
DRl(i STORE
IS REMOVED to the Stand on the North
corner of Public Square, known as Irwiu's Cor
ner, where he will be glad to see his friends and
customers.
May 12, !So7. 45-tf
Cigar, Tobacco,
FRUIT J5TORE.
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 C- C0XFECTI0XERIES.
JAS- D. PALMER,
Opposite Boone & Co.'s Shoe Store.
Charlotte, April 7, JS;7. 40-tf
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
CHARLOTTE.'i
THE MILITARY REVOLT IN INDIA.
The last advices from India represent
the revolt among the native troops as as
suming a formidable aspect. The muti
neers have committed great atrocities, mur
dering and brutally mutilating the Europ
cans who fell into their hands in Meerut, of
which the mutineers took possesion, the
inhabitants committed far greateratrocities
than the sepoys. Mrs. Chambers, wife of
the adjutant of the 11th Native Infantry,
murdered in her garden. Her clothes were
first set on fire. She was then shot and
cut in pieces. Capt. McDonald's wife was
persued, seized aud frightfully mutilated ;
but her children were all fortunately saved.
Other women and military officers and
civil residents were murdered. The loss
of property and of life is described as dread
ful. The part of Meerut in which the in
surrection raged is a wilderness of ruined
houses.
The jail in Delhi was burned, and 1,400
prisoners liberated. Not a single Europ
ean or native Christian found in the city
was left alive. The rebels attacked the
magazine, which was defended for a while
by a few Europeans. As the rebels ef
fected an entrance, the magazine was
blown up by Lieut. Willoughby, Commis
ary of Ordnance, and 1,000 rebels are
said to have perished by the explosion.
The fate of Lieut. W. is unknown. At
Lahore, all the nativo troops are reported
in a state of mutiny. European regiments
were being hurried to the scene of the re
volt, and as soon as a sufficient force was
collected, Delhi would b6 attacked and no
mercy shown to the insurgents. This is a
most serious revolt against British rule, and
its suppression will cost a fearful sacrifice
of human life.
"Death in the Pot." The Fayette
villo Observer treats skeptically a state
ment that cow's milk is unhealthy for chil
dren." If by the term "children" sucking
infants are meant, tho statement is true to
some extent. Where the mother fails to
supply her child, cow's milk is often used,
and often with fntnl r.onpo1;ifrir,os. Tf the
cow runs at large cropping all kinds of
green weeds and bushes, the milk is unfit
for an infant. But if the cow is kept away
from green food, particularly weeds and
wild onions, and is fed upon corn or pea
meal and good well cured hay, fodder or
shucks, there is no healthier food for an in
fant. The milk should be mixed with twice
its bulk of warm water and sweetened with
clarified sugar. As the infant gets larger
the water may be gradually diminished and
the milk increased. This is the true state
of tho case. Clinton Independent.
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IS THE MOON INHABITED ?
Recent discovery by the Astronomer Hanser.
It has long been known that the moon
revolves on its axle in the same time in
which it revolves round the earth, and that
it consequently always presents nearly the
same side towards the earth, while the
other side is never seen from our globe.
No bodies of water or clouds can be seen
on the moon by the aid of the most power
ful telescope, nor is the apparent direction
of stars close to its edge changed by refrac
tion, as would be the case if an atmosphere
enveloped the Moon. Hence it has been in
ferred by Whewell, the reputed author of a
late work entitled "Of Plurality of Worlds"
that the moon has no atmosphere or water,
and, consequently, no inhabitants.
This inference is shown to beinconclusive
by a recent discovery of the astronomer
Hansel, whose study of tho moon's motion,
continued for many years, has established
the fact that the centre of gravity of the
moon, instead of being like the earth, at
the centre of figure, is beyond that centre,
and farther from the side next to the earth
than it is from theother side by seventy
four miles. The nearer side of the moon,
therefore, is a vast, expanded protuberance
or mountain, seventy-four miles high; and
any fluid, whether air or water, would flow
downwards from the nearer to the farther
side cf moon, where, for aught we know,
intelligent living beings may exist. The and privations of the troops, and extent
nearer side of the moon cannot be inhabit- j and horrors of the mortality. "If we con
ed, at least by beings to whose existence I suit," he says "the medical statistic of
air and water are essential, as is the case
with all terrestial animals.
The late celebrated mathematician, Gauss
proposed as a means of settliug the ques- ,
tion whether ihe moon is inhabited that a huge '
monument should be erected on the steppes
of Siberia, as a signal to the inhabitants of
the moon, in the hope that they might be
induced to erect a similar signal to apprise
us of their existence. The discovery of
Hansel shovs that such an
experiment
could be attended with no success, inas
much, as the inhabitants in the moon, if
there are any, being on the farther side,
could never see a monument on the earth.
It may not be uninteresting to add, that
it has been discovered, within a few years,
by means of long continued, hourly obser
vations with the barometer, that the moon
exerts an appreciable influence on the pres
sure of the atmosphere and also by means
of long-continued magnetic observation that
it exerts an influence on the declination of
the magnetic needle.
THE TECHNICALITIES OP LAW.
A favorite subject of popular denuncia
tion is what is called the technicalities of
the law. And, at first sight, they seem to
deserve all that is said against them. For
what is apparently more absurd than that,
if a decedent, in his will, leaves property
to his wife "during her widowhood," the
limitation is legal; while if he devises it to
her " on condition that she remains unmar
ried," the restriction is worthless? Or,
why, common sense may ask, should a
grant to A, for his life, and afterwards to
the " heirs of his body," convey an estate
in tail ? Why should the phrase "children
living at the time of his decease" divide an
estate equally among surviving children
grandchildren and great grandchildren
per capita, as the law has it ? Why should
a contract to give an assistant fifty per
cent, of the profits of your business make
him nothing but a clerk, while a bargain
to share with him half the profits elevates
him to the condition of a partner ? A
careless thinker, recalling these and other
technicalities of the law, might almost be
pardoned for pronouncing the whole science
a farce.
But Pope has shrewdly said, M a little
learning is a dangerous thing." For a
thorough knowledge of jurisprudence re
veals the reasons for such technicalities,
as well as the advantages they afford. Take
the distinction between a "limitation" and
a "condition precedent" wo use the legal
phraseology for its greater definiteuess as
applied to property devised to a testator's
widow. The law, at first, decided against
any restriction on the widow marrying
again, arguing that such restrictions were
opposed to tho true interests of the com
monwealth. Hence a devise "on condition
that she remains unmarried," came to be
considered invalid. But the hardship of
the cases, which frequently occurred, where
the widow marrying again, took the proper
ty to a new family of children, who had
jione of the blood of the original deviser,
induced the courts to wink at a restriction,
though, for the sake of consistency, they
were forced to compel the use of a differ
ent phraseology, such as ''durante vidui
tale," that is, "during widowhood." A
"condition precedent" is now known, by
every sound lawyer, to be worthless in a
will. If the Widow Is to be provcutcd from
marrying, the estate must be devised to her
under a "limitation."
The explanation of pther technicalities
would be easy, for the law, however absurd
it sometimes seems, is always strictly logi
cal. These technicalities, too, assist to
give it precision. 1 heir very subtlety
enables a competent conveyancer to draw
a will, or prepare a deed, so that no possi
ble controversy can arise as to its true in
terpretation. A long series of decisions,
extending over several centuries, has de
termined the exact meaning of every word
to be employed, and of every collocation of
such words. It is not generally known,
perhaps, that the disputes which occupy
the time of the courts, unless in mere con
troversies as to fact, may always arise
from wills, deeds or contracts, drawn up
without the intervention of lawyers. With
in the present generation, the British Par
liament, desiring to simplify the law, en
acted that the plainest form of words, as
"I, John Smith, sell my horse," should
be sufficient to convey an estate iu fee;
but it was found immediately, that if this
practice was resorted to the greatest ambi
guity would arise, controversies be multi
plied in consequence, and no man know
how to devise or convey an estate properly.
In fact, as the most eminent judges de
clared, the whole phraseology of the law
would have to be remodelled by new cen
turies of laborious decisions. On the whole
it is better to leave legal technicalities
where they are, for to destroy them would
only render the invention of fresh ones
necessary. Phil. Ledger.
How Fast they Died. The eminent
Dr. Bandens, in an able report on his of
ficial mission to the Crimes, affirms that,
for sometime, two hundred French soldiers
expired daily between that region and Con
stantinople, and that the official bulletins
coavey no adequate idea of the sufferings
the hospital establishments, the number of
deaths recorded in the hospitals was about
sixty-three thousand ; thirty-ouo thousand
in the Crimea, and thirty-two thousand at
Constantinople." Was another campaign
possible ?
APT ILLUSTRATIONS.
CF" Humphrey Marshal describes the
American party as "a broad and quiet
river thattakes itsnoiseless way through the
plain, diffusing fertility and beauty on all
sides, and losing itself only in the expand
ed ocean of the nation's weal ! An ex-Know
Nothing friend of the Louisville Democrat
says that, according to his experience, it is
like a country mad he once traveled, which
at the start, was broad and plain, straight
and smooth, promising a pleasant journey
and speedy arrival at the desired goal ; but
soon began to twist around fences and wind
through the woods, becoming less distinct at
every step, until, at last, it ended in a rabbit.
track, and ran into the ground.
THE THINGS THAT WS EAT.
It is a subject of sensible remark by all
who properly consider the matter, that
scruples and prejudices by which we en
deavor to thwart the dispensations of Provi
dence are more than idle. One of the most
absurd of these is the fancy some people
have for depriving themselves of the me
terials which have been placed at our dis
posal for the purpose of food. Many per
sons appear really to esteem it a virtue to
condemn themselves to entire abstinence
from animal food. Others regulate their
diet according to notions which examina
tion in the light of science would speedily
explode.
A prejudice against fish has been at times
general ; and during the prevalence of chol
era, especially, the public could not be
persuaded that the danger lay, not in eat
ing fish, but in eatiug it when not perfectly
fresh. One ill effect ascribed to fish is the
production or augmentation of skin diseases.
This is supposed by many to have been the
origin of the partial prohibition among the
Jews; whereas, it is more probable that,
like other laws regulating their diet, it was
framed with the view of keeping the He
brews a distinct nation. An old Roman
law prohibited tho use of poultry ; and a
reference to Apicius, the great oracle of
Roman cookery, will show how much our
modern bill of fare is limited by prejudice.
They considered as delicacies many things
we could not be induced to taste. On the
other hand, pork, which is among us a
favorite meat, has been the abomination of
Eastern nations. The two national dishes
of China are dried sharks' fins aud birds'
nest soup, the nests being formed of a sea
weed coated with a galatinous matter de
posited by a species of barnacle.
The old Britons denied themselves hare,
goose and fowl. Blackbirds were classed
by Cranmer among choice articles of food,
and cranes, herons and curlews were eaten
in the middle ages. If we look at the habits
of various nations with rpgard to diet, we
oan hardly discover anything belonging to
the animal or vegetable kingdoms that has
not been, at one time or another, used as
food. Experience also has taught us what
kinds of food are most nutritious, and
i science lias explained why they are so.
j 1 e hrst great principle in regard to food
j seems to be that, as the conctituents of the
blood may be arranged in the four clases
of water salts substances containing
nitrogen, as the albumen and fibriu of the
muscles, and substances containing no
I nitrogen, as fat so in food the same four
constituents should be present, for the sub
stances cannot be converted into each
other. All four are contained in animal
and vegetable food, aud in milk. The
similarity in composition, between fat and
Sugar and starch which form the chief partof
vegetables, has long been known to be very
close, but it is also discovered that vegeta
bles contain a substance identical with the
albumen and fibrin of the blood. These
elements, however, are in different propor
tions in different substances.
From tho fables, that Hercules lived on
beef aud figs, and that Chiron fed Achilles,
in his infancy, upon the marrow of lions
and bulls we see that the ancients had a
correct notion of the value of animal food.
To do work, food rich in nitrogen is re
quisite. Highest in this scale stand the
flesh of the mammalia ; that of a darker
color is rather more nutritious than white
meat; the flesh of birds and fish is less
nutritious than that of animals. Neither
albumen nor fatty substances are alone
capable of affording proper nourishment.
Animals fed on fresh butter, lard aud fat,
have died starved, though in a remarkable
state of embonpoint. It is probable that
fat and other non-nitrogenous substances
merely se rve for the purpose of respiration
by means of their carbon. Tho effect of
an abundance of fatty and vegetable food
in producing fat, is familiar to every owner
of live stock. Fowls are fattened for the
London market by being confined in the
dark, and crammed with a paste made of
oat meal, mutton suet and molasses, or
coarse augar mixed with milk. On this
iiet they are ready in a fortnight, but can
not well be kept longer. The influence of
external temperature, excess of food, and
want of exercise upon the condition of the
liver, is seen in that especial delicacy foie
gras. The goose destined to furnish the
luxury is shut up in a basket where it can
not move, kept in a room highly heated
and assiduously stuffed with food. There
is a hole in its prison through which it
pokes its head to get at a trough of char
coal and water. In a month the liver have
acquited the requisite size and true flavor.
There are some human beings who subject
themselves to a similar discipline a course
of craming and stuffing, heated rooms and
an idle life. They would do better, if in
stead of taking medicines for dyspepsia,
they would give full play to the faculties of
mind and body, and proportion their food
to the requirements of nature, without any
experiments in the way of departure from
the ordinary experience of men iu regard
to suitable variety for the table. Man i
an omniverous animal neither a vegeta
rian nor a muttonarian and the permis
sion given by Divine Providence to "slay
and eat." as well as to use the fruits of the
field for food, is significant of the certainty
that our health aud comfort wiil be best
promoted by a compliance with this wise
provision. New York Express.
ANECDOTES OP THE LATE MR.
MAHCY.
An anecdote, hitherto unpublished may
serve to illustrate his pleasant humor.
While ho was Governor of this State, be
was visiting Nowburg on some public occa
sion, aud with a party of gentlemen, Whigs
aud Democrats, was at the Orange Hotel.
Good humor was prevailing, and one story
suggested another. The Governor always
enjoyed a story, and could tell one with
excellent effect. A whig lawyer was pres
ent, aud the Governor recognizing him,
said:
"Ah, j-es, I'll teU you a good story of
Spooner. The other day he came up to
Albany on his way to the Whig Conven
tion at Utica, and so he took it in his way
to call on me to get a pardon for a conviot
at Sing S'aig. I heard the ease, examined
the documents, and being satisfied that all
was right, agreed to giant the request.
Spooner handed me the paper to endorse,
and I wrote, Lct pardon be grauted. W.
L. Marcy,' wher Spooner cried out, 'Hold,
hold, Governor ! that's the wrong paper !'
And sure enough, it was a Whig speech
thai he teas going toviake at Utica, abusing
mo tho worst possible way. But I bad
grunted pardon in adTance, and I supposo
he committed the offeice afterward."
The story was received with great ap
plause, and Spooner being looked to for a
response, instantly went on with the fol
lowing, which for an extempore story cer
tainly is capital:
"Yes, gentlemen, yes, I did. And when
tho Convention was over, we went to
Niagara Falls, and as we were dragging
on by stage over miserable corduroy roads,
banging our heads against the top of the
coach and then coming down as though we
were going through tho bottom, the stage
came to a dead halt; the driver dismounted,
opened tho door and requested uh to do
scend. Wo did so, supposing that soma
accident had occurred. When we wero
all out, standing on tho ends of the logs of
which the road was made, the driver took
off his hat and said, "Gentlemen, we stop
here out of respect for the Governor: this
is the identical spot where Marcy tore his
pantaloons "
Tho story was heard with great gollifioa
tion, in which no ono joined more heartily
than the Governor hinifself.
The pantaloon incident deserves to be
recorded in every history of this great man.
He was sent out to hold special sessions of
court to try tho Anti-Masonic parties
charged with murder. Ho was to receive
a salary and his expenses. With that nice
regard for details that belonged to his ster
ling character, he kept a minute account
of all his expenditures, and handed in the
list on his return, without thinking it neces
sary or proper to revise and strike out
those items of a private nature which other
men. less scrupulous iu greator matters,
might have carefully suppressed. There
stood the tailor's charge for mending. The
political foes of the judge, when he came
to be a candidate for Governor, found it,
and paraded it before the world in the
newspapers; and making an effigy of Mr
Marcy, suspended it iu the streets of Al
bany, with a great patch on the pantaloons
and the tailor's charge on the top of that !
A story is told of him and his friend Gen.
Yv'ool, which possesses soino interest at
the present time. Ferty years ago, Gen.
Wool was a dry goods merchant in Troy.
Having failed in his business, he was in
doubt whether to study law or pursue somo
other career; and having great faith in the
judgment of young Marcy, with whom he
was intimate, ho referred his difficulty to
him. Mairey unhesitatingly dissuaded him
from studying law, and advised him to ap
ply for a company iu the new levies which
were being made to prosecute the war.
The advice was followed; and hence, thro'
Mr Marcy 's counsels, the city of Troy bas
lost a respectable lawyer, aud the country
bas gained an admirable officer. New
York Paper.
Value of the South. The New Orleans
Delta estimates the number of slaves at the
South at over three and a half millions,
and their aggregate value, at present prices
at fully sixteen hundred millions of dollars.
The cotton plantations in the South it
estimates at about eighty thousand, an i the
aggregate value of their annual prodmt, at
the present prices of cotton, b fully one
hundred and twenty-five millions of dollars.
There are over fifteen thousand tobacco
plantations, and their annual products may
be valued at fourteen millions of dollars,
There are two thousand six hundred sugar
plantations, the products of which average
annually more than twelve millions There
are five hundred and fifty -one rice plan
tations, which yield an annual revenue of
four millions of dollars.
m
A Mopbl Citt. Chicago is indeed a
singular place. In murders, roblerie,
violence of all kind, gambling, drunkenness,
Republicanism, and the various other
prominent vicei, it goes a trifle ahead of
any city in the country. Ito Mayor is the
tallest, and said to be the meanest, man in
its borders; and its police arc the terror of
all honest, peaceable citizens who happen to
1 out after dark with a few pennies in their
jockets.