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W INTERN I) MOCK AT. C CHARLOTTE. For A Wtstern Democrat. THE YOUNG MEN S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION." One if the noble-t institutions in this town, b llM Young M. i.N Cliristian A--o-riation. Th pious ingi -xiuity of t!ie good ha- her devised an organization better fitted to accomplish two groat Bad impor tant end-, viz: the social, intellectual and nigral improvement of its own members, and the temporal and spiritual welfare of those- connected with it. yet in whose be half this organization ex rt- ita influence. There is such variety in rs plans and in its means of usefulness, that it is practically the ally of nearly every good enterprize known to society and to the church. There is so much symmetry in its constitution, nnd such is the practicable working f its different departments of labor, that it is capable of becoming the auxiliary to more objects of philanthropy ami religion than any other Bwciirtj of which we have any knowledge. Jt has its committees for peeking out and n lieving the de.-titute: for making the acquaintance of young nu n on their tir.-t arrival in the town, for the pur pose of aiding them in finding employment, nnd for the purpose of surrounding them with moral and religious influences; it fur nishes teachers to the Suhbath .Schools: it Conducts strangers to the house of (od: and. in a word, responsive to every call of benevolence and Christian zeal, thirf society conies forward with all the alacrity and iirlr of its youthful vigor, wih the offer of its warm heart and stiong arm, f. cling honored in having its services accepted, and delighting to render ;ts efficient aid. Such are its relations to society at large, Mich its external work. As to its inner life, w feel assured that had the Young .Men's Christian Associa tion no other object tl.n the improvement of its own member-, this atoM would ren der it worthy of the sympathy and support of every youth of genuine fi . lings and hon orable principles; for such is the nature of its organization that it calls into play and develops the finest social qualities of our nature, it throws young men together in such a way as to excite tho kinde.-t intere.-t in each other, to soften and break down prejudices, and to awaken sentiments of mutual esteem ami friendship. I'nlike other associations among young men which Sometimes luad to rivalries and discord to the encouragement of coarse and vulgar uiai. tiers, to the indulgence of a taste for low nnd degrading pleasures, and the formation, perhaps, of dissipated habits, the intercourse which results from this association in all elevating, pure and refining. It lends to repress whatever is rude, selfish. ai;d sensual, and to give de velopment to all that is disinterested, gene rous and manly; for around nil of its meet ings, even those that, are merely literary and most unreservedly social, there is thrown the gentle and sweetly constrain ing iniluence of our common christian ifv; ami in all the genial flow of youthful spirits, in all the collision of mind with mind, while there is over3'thing iu the ardor, and spirit and glow of the intercourse to make it plain that it is a young men's association, still it is never forgotten that it i:; a young men's Christian association. W. BANK DIVIDENDS. We copv from the Raleigh Register the following opinion of the Attorney General iu regard to the tax on Bank dividends: WakkBXTON, N. C, duly JrT.7. MkI. V. COL'BTS, Dear Sir: Your communication of the Joth inst., asking my opinion as to whether dividends arising from stock in the several Jtanks of the State are subjects of taxation under our present revenue law, has been received, and I hasten to reply. i am of opinion thai the dividends arising from stock in the several banks of the State, an? taxed under our revenue law, section 20th. The tax imposed on stock wned by individuals or corporations in said banks section 133, Revised lnw I look upon as a separate and distinct tax, upon an en tirely different subject, having no connec tion whatsoever with that upon dividends; tho one is payable to the Treasurer of the State by the officers of tho bank the other to be listed by the owner, and paid to the Sheriff of the county. This 1 believe to have been the iutention of the Legislature, and 1 am of opinion that they had a right to impose both taxes. You call my attention particularly to the charter of the Bank of the State. 2 Revised Statutes, section 13th, page til. reads: Each share owned by individuals shall be subject to an annual tax of S3 cents and no more, which shall be reserved out of the profits as they accrue." This I think prohibits the Legislature from increasing the tax above 25 cents on the share; and it was for that reason thut in the late Revised Laws, section 133, you find that the I5ank of the State is excepted, but 1 think it docs not prohibit tho Legis lature from taxing the dividends arising from stock iu said Hank. I am therefore of opinion that dividends upon stock owned by individuals in the Rank of the State, are taxed by our Revenue Laws. I know there is a diversity of opinion in regard to this matter, and I suppose the whole sub ject will be carried to the Supremo Court for construction. 1 have not thought it at all necessary to give iu full, the reasons for the opinion to which I have arrived. Yery respectfully, vour ob't serv't, WILL. A. JENKINS, Attorney General. VjT Yesterday, as the Schooner Bennett Flanner was going down the river, and about ten miles from towu, the Captain heard some knocking in the hold, where npoa he had the hatches taken off. and found nnder the deck a negro fellow named "Burton," belonging to T. D. Walker, Esq., of tills? placo, who had secreted him self there with the view of getting off to New York. The boy was nearly dead and could not have survived many hours long er. He afterwards stated that there was wnother boy in the hold named Mordecai, belonging to R. K. Bryan, Esq., but al though diligent st arch has been made, he has not been found. If there now, he is. in all probability, dead from the fumes of Spirits of Turpentine, of which there was n quantity iu the hold. "Burton" was brought up to town. Wil. Journal. From the WilmingWh Journal. CHARLOTTE For the first time for very many years we passed last week a few hours in the village of Charlotte. town if you please, Mr Fulton. Ed. Dem. The place itself is pretty much the same the population seems to have been a good deal changed. Either faces once known had become un familiar, or new ones had taken their places. Something of both we suppose. The village is very unfortunately laid out, having, in fact, only two streets Main or Tryon Street and College Strcpt or Avenue. The others are mere alleys be tween yards, narrow and unimproved. At and iu the neighborhood of the point where the two streets intersect, there are some imp niiing and costly blocks of lofty build ings worthy of Broadway, but scarcely hanaouiziii" with their location, and draw ing attention to the unfinished village air of tilings beyond their immediate precincts. It would appear as though the speculative spirit had been infused into the minds of our Charlotte friends at the same time that the "rest of mankind" were suffering from a similar disease, otherwise it would be difficult to account for the erection of vast four story buildings, where so much ground remains unoccupied, upon which equally serviceable buildings, for all useful pur poses might have been erected at a frac tion of tho cost of the tall ones there now. Lot. we understand, ran up to a prepos terous price. Still the stores are very fine, there are evidences of energy and capital, and if the village, as a whole, is wanting in beauty, it is full of life, contaius a fair proportion of clever people, and will be I sure to recover from the temporary backset, umh r which every business community in the State is suffering. From what we could learn by conversa tion with some gentlemen at Charlotte, we were led to believe that the prospects for a Mecklenburg subscription to the Wilming ton, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad, are rather slim, and not much certainty about tho Union county subscription. Our in formants may havo been mistaken, how ever. Charlotte, we think, would like the road to come to her, either from the East or West, but not to run through. If the East- I em end is built, all right then she don't want the West. If the Western end then still better she don't waut tho east. a -t- TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. The following preamble and resolutions, relative to the death of Professor Mitchell, were adopted by tho Board of Trustees of Davidson College at their session on the lth instant. Davidson Coli.kok, July 1G, 1857. On motion the Rev. W. W. Pharr, C. L. Hunter, M. I)., and Edwin R. Harris, Esq., were appointed a committee to prepare re solutions expressing the views of the Board of Trustees of Davidson College, in relation to the death of the Rev. Elisha Mitchell, I). 1., a Professor in the University of North Carolina. Tho Committee offered the following, which were unanimously adopted. Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Da vidson College lias just heard of tlie death of a venerable and learned Professor of the University of North Carolina, the Rev. Eli sha Mitchell, D. D., who fell as a martyr to Science by a mysterious dispensation of Providence ; and, whereas, his name is in timately connected with the building up and dissemination of sound learning in this State therefore Resolved, That we TJeeply deploro the I by the Church of Christ, of which he was ) an active and useful member, and by tho . Institution of which he was a distinguished j and prominent Professor. Resolved. I hat it becomes us, as a body of christian men, to bow with reverence and humility to this dark, melancholy and inscrutable dispensation of Providence, thus impressively reminding us that "in the midst of life, we are iu death.'" Resolved, That we cordially extend to the family and relatives of the deceased our -ineere condolence and heartful sympathies in this their sudden and afflictive bereave ment. Resolved, that a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions bo forwarded to the family of the deceased, to the Presidcut of the Faculty at Chapel Hill, and to the Raleigh papers, with the request that the same may be published. E. NYE HUTCHISON, Sec'y Board Trustees of Davidson College. From th.r. Salisbury Banner. MEETING OF THE ALUMNI OF DA VIDSON COLLEGE. According to previous announcement, a number of the Alumni of Davidson College met in the Chapel, at 0 o'clock, A. M., on Thursday, llith July. On motion, B. F. Little, Esq., of Rich mond. N. C was called to the chair, and J. (.I. Ramsay, of Rowan, appointed Secre tary. The meeting was then opened with prayer by Rev. P. T. Peuick. On motion it was resolved, that J. G. Ramsay, John C. Cannon, and P. T. re nick, be appointed a committee to draft a Constitution and By Laws for the perma nent organization und government of the Association ; and to report at the next meeting in 1858. Messrs. Rumple, Penick, and Cannon, being appointed a committee to report Of ficers and an Orator for the ensuing year, reported as follows, vis : B. P. LITTLE Esq., President. Rev. R. N. DAYIS, Vice President. F. H. JOHNSTON, Treasurer. J. i. RAMSAY. M. D. Sec'y. Which report was unanimously adopted. Jas. M. Hutchison, Esq., of Charlotte, N. C. was appointed to deliver an oration before the Association at the next anuual meeting. Upon motion, J. M. Hutchison, Thomas Grier, J. McQueen, S. C. Alexander, and J. D. Wilson were appointed to prepare and publish a short address to the Aluniiii bo fore the next meeting. On motion it was resolved, that the Re publican Banner publish the proceedings, and other papers friendly to the Associa tion be requested to copy. The meeting then adjourned, to meet again at 84 o'clock, A. M., on Thursday of Commencement, 1858. J. G. RAMSAY" Sec y pro tem. SUDDEN DEATHS. Many persons have a dread of sudden death ; even gome of the old liturgies have a special petition for deliverance from it as an evil. In certain coses, it may be when the young man in the prime of manhood is cut down like a flower from the midst of all life's hopes and schemes ; when the strong man is stricken down from beside his bride at the altar, or the mother is snatched away from the cradle of her babe, perchance violently torn from earth by the lightning's stroke or some catastrophe then, indeed, there may be something even peculiarly heart-rending in the very suddenness of the stroke. But where death, without even a moment's warning, comes naturally, as it came to the late Secretary of State, at the close of a long course of life, industriously, earnestly and well spent in the service of his country and of mankind, there is often scmething peculiarly fitting and evon beautiful in the very suddenness of the stroke. In such cases, it becomes the very perfection of death for the man whose work is done. Tho pain absolutely nothing, death is without this sting. The bite of a mosquito or the prick of a pin would leave its trace upon the countenance, where this leaves none. It would seem, therefore, the most perfectly natural of all deaths, for there is no disproportionate wear and tear of one organ, but simply a ceasing to live. The weary whee ls of life stand still, not from disorganization, but simply from want of any further motive power. The causes of this class of sudden deaths are of course various, sometimes quite mys terious. In the case of Secretary Marcy, it was supposed to be the heart, perhaps it is more commonly the brain. These two between them are the chief centres of the most suddenly fatal diseases. Perhaps the case of nervous or simple apoplexy is the most remarkable of all these. It gives no mark of its approach, and it loaves abso lutely no trace of disorganization or distur bance in any part of the physical frame work. Not a muscle or a nervous centre may retain the slightest trace of the pres ence or tho absence of any agent noxious or necessary to life, otherwise than i s usual. It is a simple failure of vitality, nd the anatomist feels, at the conclusion of his work, that could the mechanism of nature only have been kept in motion during a few seconds of respite, and the vital spark have returned to its duty, it would have found no part of the material frame-work in the slightest degree injured or even pained. These attacks usually occur in old age, when the work of life is done, and the great work of rightly parting with the earth alone remains. Thus, for instance, Mr. Murcy was in tho 71st year of his age. He had served his country in war, served as Sec retary of War, and succeeded Daniel Web ster as Secretary of State, and had grace fully laid aside all these duties. At such a period, since death must come, there are many advantages in a quiet departure like the one alluded to. "Softly, suddenly and alone," was the earnest petition of one well known in regard to his death. In such cases the pain of parting is spared that most terrible of pains to many a well con stituted mind. Rousseau wished to gaze on the setting sun for the last time. And there must be something in consciously looking at the earth, the sky, old scenes and old friend for the last time, of which we can never conceive fully but onco in life, and that once give buck no record, unless It be by that last anxious glunce around. But what that feeling must be of slipping off from the shores of time, and treading out into the deep waters of death, the foot steps losing their hold upon earth and be ing swept away out into the great ocean of unknown future ; what the sense of all that is, who shall tell ? Many a brave and good man who fears not death dreads dying. In regard to tho more immediate cause of these sudden deaths, the too severe ex citements or exertions of public life must tend to produce them. There is a wear and tear, not only of the intellectual sys tem, but of the heart with all its hopes, fears and anxieties, upon which the cares of statesmanship must tell daily. Nor is it commonly considered that the reaction from such cares and duties may often prove as injurious as the over pressure of them. It has ofteu been remarked how fatal the 4th of July has been to our great men. It is even now fresh in the the momory of all that General Taylor could and did better withstand the camp life of a Mexican cam paign than a 4th of July at the White House. There is, thero must be, to every patriot, a certain excitement about that day that in nice cases of disease brings tho work of years to a crisis, and thus carries many a noble spirit to its long home. m PROPAGATION OF FISH. The legislatures of Massachusetts, Con necticut, Ohio and New Hampshire, have appointed special committees to investigate the subject of artificial propagation of certain kinds of fish, which has been so successful of late in France and Germany, and for centuries in China. Reports have been made by the Massachusetts and Connecticut Committees, and the conclusion arrived at is that the trout, pickerel, yellow perch, sun-fish and eel can be easily and profitably propagated iand raised in water adapted to their peculiar natures. One dollar bills on the Bank of Wadesborough are circulating in Milton, X. C. The Chronicle says," it is only necessary to say that this Bank issues no bills of a less denomination than $3. Sudden and Excruciating Death. On Monday last, says the Columbia (S. C.) True Carolinian, Miss Anna Sloan, the eldest daughter of Col. Wm. Sloan, encountered death in a manner as sudden as it was excruciating. She was engaged in refilling a camphene lamp, the wick of which she failed to extinguish before she commenced pouring the fluid, in consequence of which the fire came in contact with the camphene, exploding the can and completely enveloping her in the. flames. She lived for three days after the accident, suffering the most intense agony all the time. THE WHEAT CtOP. The accounts all over the Union agree that' the wheat crop of the U. States is to be large, and from abroad the same news is confirmed down to the last dates, when the harvest of the south of France had commenced. That is to ' say, in ronnd numbers the agricultural labor of France, the U. States and Great Britain, will re ceive a value of at least $250,1)00,000 in wheat alone, as the consequence of a fine season. All other crops promise equally well. The most important at the North, hay particularly, will ensure cheap food. These circumstances point to a very large addition to (he world's capital. Labor has been employed in turning floating capital into fixedness at a time when the annual supply of floating capital was disminished by bad harvests a large number of men were engaged consuming food and material iu the Crimea, fighting and building forts. Still other thouands were employed, con suming food and material by converting produce, iron and wood into railroads, while for several seasons while this process was going on, the harvests were short. In three successive years France lost in wheat by bad seasons $40,000,000 per an num. Her losses in vines and silk and inundations were as large, and losses in other countries were large. This year the tables havo turned, tho expenditure is smal ler, and the products of the earth immense ly greater. The question now arises what are we to do with our surplus quantities ? It will be found, however, that great as are the supplies the demands upon the United States, of course at lower prices, will be equal to those supplies. -- GEN. WALKER'S PLANS. The St. Louis News professes to give some inklings, "on good authority," of what Gen. Walker is doing and expects to do. That Journal says: "Gen. Walker can secure five thousand men and a quarter of million of dollars, be sides canon, shells, shot, ammunition and supplies to any needed amount within 30 days' notice. The money ($250,000) is ready and subject to his draft at any mo ment. Walker does not desire more than one thousand men, as he is satisfied that with that number of men he can conquer and keep possession of Nicaragua, iu spite of all the Central American armies that can be brought in the field against him. He is operating quietly at present, and keeps his own council; but tho departure of an other expedition to New Orleans sometime the coming fall, well appointed, and with Walker at its head, is an event that may be seriously expected." A Free Fight in a Church. A free fight came oft' in the Baptist church, Lanisburgh, N. Y., on Saturday. A quarrel started between a Baptist and Presbyterian, words led to blows, and finally, a regular knock-down occurred, in which some very dangerous weapons were used, and blood was spilled on both sides. Two of the parties engaged were very severely inj'ured, while the three others were more or less bruised and .scratched. They all brought up at the end, iu the Police Court, showing the effects of the fight most unmistakably in their appearance. The express train on the North Carolina Railroad, which was sometime since dis continued between Goldsboro and Raleigh, has again commenced running the entire length of the road, from Charlotte to Golds borough, instead of stopping at Raleigh. ISP Action for work and labor done in cutting ditch on defendant's land. Plea Payment, and set off in bacon and corn meal. Plaintiff's son on th e stand. Recollects the ditching perfectly, but seems to forget all about the bacon. "You say your daddy did all this ditch ing ? Do you know what he got in pay for it?" inquired Col. C. for defendant. "He never got nothing that ever I heard on, that's what he never got," answered the witness. "Did'nt your daddy get corn and bacon from defendant in pay for that ditching ?" "Never heard of his gettin' no corn or bacon." "What did your daddy and his family live on last summer ?" "Vittles, mostly." "What sort of victuals ?" "Well, meat and bread, and some whis key." "Where did he get that meat and bread?" "Well fust from one and fust from an other." "Did'nt he get some of it from defendant?" "He mought." "I know he mought, but did he? that's tho question." "Well, he mought, and then again you know ho moughtn't. (With considerable excitement and in tones of thunder.) "Answer the question, sir, and no more of this trifling with your oath. Did your daddy, or did he not, get corn and bacon from the defendant for ditching ?" "Well now he mought ; it dont occur adzactly, you know." Here his honor interferes, and with a stern, injudicial frown, addresses witness thus : "Witness, you must answer the question or the Court will be compelled to deal with you. Cant you say yes or no ?" "I reckin." "Well then answer yes or no. Did, or did not your daddy get corn or bacon from the defendant at tho time referred to ? in quired the Court." fNow fully aroused and conscious of his danger. Well Judge, I can't adzactly re member, you know, seein' as how its all dun, bin gone and eat up ; but, (planting himself firmly as one determined to out with it) to the best of my rekerlection, if my memory serves me right, he mought and then agin he moughn't." The plaintiff saved his bacon. Verdict accordingly. RESUSCITATION FROM A TRANCE. A young lady, an attendant on the Prin cess of Denmark in 1797, after having been confined to her bed for a length of time with a violent nervous disorder, was to all appearance deprived of life. Her lips were quite paie ; her face resembled that of a dead person ; and her body grew cold. She was removed from the room in which she died, laid in a coffin, and the day of the funeral was fixed on. The day arrived, and according to the custom of the coun try, funeral songs and hymns were sung before the door. . Just as the people were about to nail on the lid of the coffin, a kind of perspiration was observed to appear on the surface of her body. It was greater every moment, and at last a kind of con vulsive motion was observed in the hands and feet of tho corpse. A few moments after, during which time fresh signs of re turning life appeared, she at once opened her eyes, and uttered a most pitiable shriek. Physicians were quickly procured, and in the course of a few days she was considera bly restored. The description which sho herself gave of her situation is clear and remarkably curious, and forms an "authentic addition to psychology. She said it seemed to her as if in a dream, that she was really dead ; yet she was perfectly conscious of all that hap pened around her in this dreadful state. She distinctly heard her friends speaking and lamenting her death, at tho sido of her coffin. She felt them pull on her dead clothes and lay her in it. This feeling pro duced a mental anxiety which is indescriba ble. She tried to cry but her soul was without power, and could not act on her body. She had the contradictory feeling, as if she were in her own bod-, and yet not in it, at one and the samo time. It was equally impossible for her to stretch out her arm, or to open her eyes, or to cry, although she continually endeavored to do so. The in ternal anguish of her mind was, however, at its height when tho funeral hymn began to be sung, and when the lid of the coffin was about to be nailed on. The thought that she was to be buried alive, was the first one which gave activity to her soul, and caused it to operate on her corporeal frame. PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTS IN FRANCE. The trial of three Protestants, MM. Massy, Ram baud and Ledoux of Tonzac (Charente-Inferieure,) for having been pres ent at a meeting consisting of more than twenty persons, held without authorization of government, was mentioned some weeks ago. M. Massy was, moreover, charged with having publicly insulted a cure, and with having turned, the Roman Catholic religion into contempt. The Siecle now offers a detailed account of the proceed ings which led to the trial. That journal says.- "M. Massy was invited by M. Rambaud, a farmer, to visit him aud to read the Scriptures. " On the day appointed, M. Massy, not having a horse at hand, gave up the projected visit. But he subsequent ly met M. Ledoux, a tradesman, who offer ed to drive him to the house of Rambaud. On arriving there they found that the fami ly, after having waited for some timo, had dispersed in tho field, and were engaged in their usual occupations. But the youngest son ran off to fetch his parents, and in the meanwhile a considerable crowd of persons, numbering more than one hundred, flocked to the house and courtyard, in order to listen to the words of M. Massy. The lat ter, surprised at the number around him, demanded the cause, and was then informed that the cure of the parish had on the pre ceding Sunday announced from the pulpit that a leopard devouring all that it encoun tered, was prowling about the country; that the ferocious beast would probably appear in his parish, but that he should decidedly go to meet it on his arrival; then dropping the metaphor, the cure added that the leopard was a landowner of the name of Massy. The crowd had consequently as sembled to witness the encounter between the cure and the leopard. M. Massy con tented himself with reading the 23d chapter of St. Matthew, in order, as he said, to prove to the audience that religion is holy in spite of the faults of those who teach it. A person present asked M. Massy if he believed in the Virgin; upon which he re plied "The miraculous conception of our Lord Jesus Christ is a mystery I worship; no woman has so many claims on our vene ration as the Virgin Mary, because she was chosen by God to conceive the Saviour of the world." "But," said another party, "we are told that the Protestants believe that the Virgin had other children, and that she did uot always remain young." M. Massy, in reply, read tho chapter in St. Mark, where it is recorded that Jesus had four brothers, named James, Joseph, Judas and Simon, and several sisters, and he reminded his hearers that at the time of the crucifixion the Virgin was thirty-three years of age. In. returning home M. Massy met the cure, who thus addressed him, "I have already said, and I repeat it to you, what St. Polycarp said to Marcion You are a demon vomited from hell for the misfortune of the country." A lively dispute follow ed, but the provocation was not on the sido of M. Massy. We have not the honor of belonging to the Reformed Church, but the religion to which we belong orders us to protect the weak from the strong, the op pressed from the oppressors; it teaches us to look upon every man as a brother, with out inquiring into his religious belief, and to respect liberty of conscience and of worship. For those reasons do we struggle against all aggressive tendencies from any quarter that they may proceed. We are the antagonists of every intolerant clergy." WATCHWORD CHANGED. The Know-nothing watchword, the eves droppers say, Was to ask in a whisper, "Have you seen Sam to-day V But since the election, they've changed it we bear, And the brethern now ask, "Have you seen Sam this year ? ' poiflON-TBA-THE CHINESE. Much apprehension is felt among the tea drinkers, lest the Chinese, who hate all foreigners, and who at present have especial cause to hate the English for their unjust aggressions, should poison all the tea and other articles of luxury, for which the world is dependent on them. It is known that the administration of poison is their favorite mode of effecting their revenge. It is also known that they have already tried in that manner to wreak their revenge on the English (including all foreigners) since the breaking out of hostilities between them and the English. While it is almost irrational to suppose that any nation the Chinese even however insulted, injured or oppressed, by another nation, would run the risk" of ruining its foreign commerce forever, by poisoning all its exports, which are bought by all the civilized nations of the earth, just to revenge a wrong com mitted by one nation; yet caution and admonition, especially when coming from such a distinguished source as the London Times, should not lightly be passed over We therefore give, for what it is wortb, the following short extract from that journal : "Is there anybody so foolish as to suppose that the Chinese will not poison every box or chest of tea, preserved ginger, sweetmeats, chow-chow, marmalade, or anything else that fs exported from China for the use of foreigners? We believe honestly and truly that the destruction of human life in this country and in America, from the use of poisoned tea, will be the most fearful calamity that has ever visited the two countries in this century. It will kill more people in England than were killed in the Crimea. It will destroy more human life in the United States than our wars, the yellow fever, or the cholera. People continue to drink tea, and think there is no danger! It will be a fatal mistake. Wait until the cargoes of tea now on their way to American ports are landed. Those who dream that we shall escape poisoned tea, had better preserve the extracts from the "Times." We have no doubt that our warning articles about tea will save thou sands of lives in this country. We wish all would take the warning in time." The National Hotel Epidemic. "We publish in another column the report of the Academy of Medicine of New York, on the singular and disastrous epedemic which prevailed at the National Hotel, in this city, during the past winter. This report 4 very emphatic in tracing the source of the disorder to malarial influences. The opinion of the members seemed to be very generally in favor of the report, and it was adopted by a large majority. Barn Bcbnt. On Sunday the 5th instant, the barn of Wm. P. Herdy, Esq., of Kernersville, Forsyth county, was struck by lightning, from which it took fire and was consumed. There were in the stables at the time, two horses and a mule. One of the horses was killed by the lightning; the other horse and the mule was saved by the most hazardous exertions. There were quantities of grain, hay, &c, consumed by the flames. Greensboro Patriot. The Revival. The Quarterly meeting of the Methodist Church, in this place, closed on Sabbath night. Thirty-live white, and many black converts were made. Yorkville Enquirer. Baun Burnt. We learn that a large barn on the plantation of Paul C. Cameron, Esq.. in this county, was struck by lightning on Thursday night the lGth instant, and set on fire, and so rapidly was it consumed that five negroes who were in it barely escaped. About 400 bushels of wheat were destroyed. Hillsboro Recorder. Fanaticism. Deacon G. P. Stebbins, of the Free W7ill Baptist Church in Alpine. Michigan has been expelled from the Church for voting for Buchanan at the last Presidential Election. Columbia Times. Vaccination. Dr. Wm. Yates, who first introduced vaccination into the United States, died recently at Morris, New York, at the age of 90. He was a native of England, studied under Sir James Earle at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and attended Abernethy's first course of lectures. The first child vacciuated in South Carolina by Dr. David Ramsay is stiii living, and in this neighborhood. Columbia Carolinian. ASafeMan to Issuue. By a steamboat explosion on a WTestern river, a passenger was thrown unhurt into the water, and at once struck out lustily for the shore, blowing like a porpoise all the while. He leached the bank almost exhausted, and was caught by a by-stauder and drawn out panting. "Well, old fellow," said his friend, "had a hard time, eli?" "Ye-yes, prepretty hard, considerin.' Wasn't doin' it for my self, though: was a workin' for one o' them insurance offices in New York. Got a policy on my life, and I wanted to save them. I didn't care." Spider Bite. Our exchanges throughout the country record numerous cases of poisoning by the bite of spiders. In most cases, says the Providence Journal, they have yielded to treatment; in a few, they have been fatal. Whether these insects are more abundant this season or more venomous, or whether the cases have been more generally recorded, we do not know. It is said that catnip, externally applied, is a remedy. Whiskey, taken freely, is said to be too much for almost any other poison. We are requested to an nounce WM. K. KE1D a? a candidate for re-election to the Office of Clerk of Mecklenburg. Election on the first Thursday in August. A Valuable Medicike. TW;.. - ent week, says some newspaper no U. pTe six of oar friends, who have been in? th trv Prof. DeGrth. El V?duNta . . . .. .v. uii lor bl - matism, in consequence of having ge, n preparation advertised in our columns iS called upon us to state the result of ik r t"iowua assure u ,l their Rheumatic pains have been cured by a few applications of Dp 7 "Electric Oil," and they recommend itr?th' to all who are afflicted with anv of. v. inn Tshirh it i. H.;nAj l "i di. u w cure i be had of the agent here. See advertigV " in another column. seient July 13. 2m. We are authorized , te for i announce candidate lor rn 1 77 StfST" to the office of CleA l Superior Court of Mecklenburg County pf tion the first Thursday iu August. 1(x" The JUSTICES of the Peaec of M. , k, County are requested to meet in CharS Tuesday of the July Court, being the 2i), n for the nurnose of takinsr infftmnrfi n Ust-. 1 for propnc minsrto ropriety of malting a subscription t0 tli. u-7 lington, Charlotte and Eudterfordton Raii-H'r A full attendance is desired. W. K.EEID, Clerk. July J4th, 1857. NEW STORE At Morrow's Turn-Out HENDERSON Jb AH KENS take pi0iUn in informing their friends and nessTSI generally, lhat th.-y have opened a BKAwnr OF THEIR STOEJg, at Morrow's TunSw in Mr Wallace's Ston --Room, where we will U. ' and offer at and below Charlotte prices, an P cellent assortment of Superior Clothing; Shoes; Hats; Hardware1 GROCERIES, Bonnets, trimmed and untrimmed Tobacco and Cigars; AND FANCY GOODS. All persons in want of goods would do w11 to call in, as it will save them the trouble 0f coming to Charlotte. HENDERSON & AHREJJS July 21, JS57. 00-tf WANTED," SOME GOOD MINE US AND LABORERS, At the 13 ANGLE GOLD MINE, Concord, Cabarrus county. N. C, where good WagM will be jgiven. None but steady mn in d :ipply. EP Apply to the Superintend itt at tin- Miuc July 2J, iS',7. 2t-pd. ; RE ATE ST SAIE YE1 The subscriber, as Agent, will .sell to tin- liiglj. est bidder, at or near the Public Square in Char totte, on Wednesday the 2!)th day of July, (b ing Court week) the following properly, viz: SO new Corn-Shellers, 40 one-horse Plows, 20 or 30 new Bedsteads, 2 Garden Engines, 12 double-acting Lift and Force Pumps. 1 or 2 Pluneing Machines for dressing lumber, One of these Machines c;iu be w ;u at the store of Messrs. Ikcni & Steel. One second-hand 4$ octave Melodian, of superior tone; One portable Forge, drc. Terms, all purchases less than ten dollars. Cash; over ten dollars, good noie healing interest from date, payable in six months. S. A. HARRIS. .Aent. July 14th. 65-3t. Iflilk! MILK!!! THE subscriber informs the citizens of C'lir lott; that he has made arrangements tor supply ing families with Milk every morning. Til"'1 desiring it will please give him noiiee, and be will deliver the Milk at, their dwellings. He would inform those who might prefcf to purchase their Milk from him instead tt beinjf troubled with keeping a cow, thai he is willing to buy their cows and pay the cash mark t price fur them. W. A. COOK. Charlotte, July 14, l v-37. TRUST SALE. Will bj sold, on Saturday the day of August, !he property conveye d in trust t ni by Jos W. Ross, consisting of HOUSE and LOT on which said Ross now lives, situated in the Eastern part of the Town; Household and Kitchen Furniture ; Horses ; Wagons. Ac, &c. W. R. MYERS. Trustee. July 14, 1857. Go-It .TOO Head oi' Beef battle Wanlnl. Also, 500 HEAD OF SHEEP At 100 Head of HOGS, And 12 or 15 No. 1 Milch tows. I DESIRE to purchase the above amount 4 Stock. Those having any for sale will d wi ll to give me a call, as 1 am willing to pay tin hieln' market price. Fanners will find it to ill -ir advan tage to sell their Beeves, Sheep or Hogs to me instead of butchering tin ins. lv s. jw 1 think j can remunerate them as wi ll if not btttei ihau" they butchered thems lvi S. W. A. COOK. Charlot.e, July 14, 1857. Town I)utcbr. notice! Those indebted to the Estate of R. H. BRAW; LEY, deceased, having had twelve month indulgence, are expected to nuike settlement the July Court, or costs may be incurred. J. M. HUTCHlSOlf July 14th. 65-3t Administrator- Situation Wanlcd- A gentleman who is cowpetcvt to take clisrg of an English school, or the English depart"" ot an Academy, desires a situation as T :i-li i " Salisfaciorv references friven. luiilias to character and ability. Inquire at this office, or additaa JLNH'S. i July 7, 1857. 5t-pd Charlotte, I.? PARHAM'S SPRINGS. M: S: &I1ELKY, CLE AF EL AND COUNTY, X-C THE subscriber lias purchased llllH a beautiful location, tim e ini',jS liilH-yinl ahalf-N. W. of Sh. il. v. N C wlim-on is on.- of the BEST WHITE 8l PHfJB SPRINGS ever discovered, and h he has Hu d up with every view to coiutrt and convenience. .On a prouiineniiu m ar hy'1 has nearly completed a large Imd coniinodKH HOTEL, which will be kepi equal to any No" or South, atfording Health, Pleasure, or K ''' tion. The Establishment will be open to Visi tors by the lOtli of July next: th" meantime the 'SUELHV Hotel" will affjj J eomniodation said convenience to the 8PR"5j Tle re are several Springs, all irnnr -gua -d v minerals, highly supeiiof for drinking aud b1" ing. Being in neighborhood to several ottj 'Parham's BlMKM affords opportunities! centre which others' cannot command. OP Terms will be moderate. w. pabham. Shelby, Cl avcland Co. N. C. June'
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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