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CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
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(VOLUME 6.
I Number 269.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1857.
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JmXXXX For
Tli" subscribers nft r for sale
1300 Acre ol Land
In one body (oue thousand of
which is in woinls) lying in
( Saston county on both side of the
Soinli Folk of the Catawba Biver,
i n.iis .V'i in -west oi vwaqan1, ami witnin
three niihsof the line of Rai.'roud now building
tV.nii Charlotte to Lincolntoii.
A!-". Two Hundred Acres, one-third of which
y unili r cultivation.
AN". 250 Acres on the South Fork in a good
Mil-- af ctiltiv.'ition.
Th shove-are pood Farming Lands, nnd will
IraoM in lots to suit purchuseis. 'Dims easy.
On one of the tracts there is a water power
nf feet, with command of the whole Kiver.
Prisons wishing to examine these Lands will
In altrnaVd to by the parties at Stow s ille.
J. &.. E. li. 8TOWE:
Charlotte, Jane 2. 18T7. 48-tf
500 Head oi Beef
Cattle Wanted.
Also, 500 HEAD OF
SHEEP At 100
Head of HOGS,
And 12 or 15 No. 1 Milch Cows.
1 HESIKE to purchase the bovpamotint ot
Sl.x k. Thie having any fur sale will do Wa II to
give uw- all, as I am willing to pay the highest
mkH price. Fanners will find it to their advan
tage s.ll th.ir Beeves, Sheep or Hogs tome
instead of butiln iing themselves, as 1 think I
can remunerate them as well if not better than it
th.v butchered themselves.
W. A. COOK.
Charlotte, Julv 14, H.". Town Butcher.
BOOTS & SHOES.
Just Received
Foil THK
SPRIRC &. SUMMER TRADE,
As line an Assortment f
Boots and Shoes
As lias ever boon offered to :i
Southern People.
Call and see them at
154 H N K
Terms, CASH.
March 17, 1S5T.
& C)'S STORE,
tf
k. m. mvwemsoa. -J- howjux.
MURCHISON &. HOWELL,
commission iierceAiHts,
Jl'o. lo t Walt Street, .1. JT.
Feb. ii, 1K"7. ly
DR. R. WYSONG,
Charlotte, W. C.
n AVIKO located in this place, respectfully
offers his Professional Services to the citi-ii-ns
f the town anl vicinity.
fir OFFICE in the new brick building,
ff milr the burnt district, Main St ret t.
April -2.-th USS3.
BRED ev STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
Dry Gt-o3c3Ls,
Hardware, Hat-, and Shoes,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 5, ltJo7. 4 1 tf
TIILMM.UY Af
DRESS-MAKING.
HtS. W8IAUJI
KesprcsaaUy informs the Ladies f Charlotte
and vitinity, that she has returned, and offers
hirservices to her old customers and friends.
RESIDENCE OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE-
Charlotte, Junr 3fa t99.
DR. B, OjRERAS
lUriag locat. d at MONROE, tenders his pro
! MMBal servic s to the citizens ot the Town
"'id surrounding country, and respectfully soli
cits th-ir patronage.
Office at J. llickett's.
April . 4:5-:ui
J" For the Neatest stock of Clothing
you ever saw go to the Emporium of Fasli
""(f FELLINGS & CO.
l or the Prettiest stok of Clothing
vwa area
ion of
a w
go to
the. Ei
F.
i
FELLINGS
&if Pof the Ctu :pest stock of ClutbiuJ
"'! wet saw go to the Emporium ol" F:. Li
' FELLINGS o: CX.
Country Merchants
Are resptbtfully invited to
call and examine my Wholesale
Prices of cioice
AD MEtflCINES,
put up in any style to rder, by
PRITCHARD,
Druggisiand Apothecary,
July 2, 1857. Irw in's Corner.
Otto of Rose
A Urge assortment of Lubins'. Glenn's and
J. Hanles' splendid EXTRACT TOILET
WATERS, Soaps, Brushes, Jfcc, &c, just
at hand, at
Pritchard's Fancy Drug Store,
July 28. Irwin's Comer.
Port Monuaies.
A new and beautiful assortment, just
received at
Pritchard's Drug and Chemical House,
July 23. Irwin's Corner.
Blake's Aromatic Bitters,
An excellent Tonic and anti-Dyspeptic medi
cine, just at hand at
Pritchard's Depot of choice
JPamdij divines.
July 28. ' Irwin's Comer.
Yeast Powder, Yeast Powder,
Now selling at 15 cents per Box, (former
price 23 cents,) at
Pritchard's Corner Store.
July 23.
SOLUBLE ESS. OF CAMPHOR.
For d seases of the Throat, Mouth, Stomach
anil bowels, prepared and so u at
Prtit hard's Drug and Chemical Storr,
J" 18. Irwin's Corner
Condition Powders.
Farmers and others interested i:: fine Stock
are assured that these preparations are unsur
passed as a h alth-gi ing remedy tor Horses,
cattle, and ..li kinu.-s ot aipck. For sale at
Prichard's Whaltsalt and
lie I ail If rug House,
July 2S. Irwm's Corner.
Patent Medicines.
Call at PK1TCI1AKD S DRUG STORE,
Irwin s Corner, for the most approved and
popul .r medicines ol the cay.
July 28.
OILS, OILS, OILS,
A large and complete assortment for all uses
and purposes, jusl to hand at
Prttchard's Dispensing Drue Store,
July 28. Irwin's Corner.
Wye Slisil, ye ttteiflis
T lie cijr brsl or Itlis tliiaa -ot &rti-Jsc, con
sisting, 111 pair, oi
Solution of Tin,
Extract of Logwood,
Cochineal, Mai'ulcr, tte.,
may bt bought low at
I' i ilehard' a Drug House,
July 2S. Irwin's Comer.
DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA
CORDIAL.
Jacob's, Stabler's ami Benard's Kemedies
for the above diseases are the best now in
use, at
' itilin rd' s Wholcsalt Drug ITmisr,
July 28. Irwin's t'orner.
TRY IT! TRY IT!!.
HfliuboM Conctntrated Ex'iact nfltucha,
i he best medicine iii the work! tbr class af
Diseases iTproiMMea to treat. Try it. For sake ai
J ' rilchmd's Dnig House,
Julv Irwin's Coiner.
BOOKS
For Sale
AT Till-.
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
Tut: American si-ortsmax : coaroiiiiag
hints to Sportsiiien. notes on shootiiiL'. and the
habiis of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of
Ann rica. by 1, EVIS.
Tut: GkiLDEX Lr.o.M'V: a storv of Life's
Pfaaa s.
It ii.i.s from the For ST AIM or Lipr, or Rr
mptis to Childn it, by Kev. R. Nkwtox. 1). 1).
Tilt: DAISY Ciiaix or Aspirutions: a Family
Chronicle.
Siiokpac RscoLUSCTIOXa : A Way-Side
Gliuipae of American Life, by W ai.hi M .OtCH.
Ka i iih: 15t: xi)t:: a Fireside History of a
Quiet Lite, by Uoi.m:: Li:k.
Jlorst:iioi.i A1vsti:riks, by lbszie l'itt.
Kl. (ilJIXtJO, or New Mexico and !ier People.
iAt i. fank,i.v n. v. wan..
VKVA, or th" Wat of the 1. ;,s:il.ts Hlal the
Conscript: two interestiii5r BwtuaUB bound in
oiii voiunn-.
Tin: Nim)I.i:ox Dvxastv, ir the History of
the Bonaparte Family: an entin -iy new work, by
the Berkhy lieu, with tweufy-twa authentic
Fort rait d.
Gail at P. J. LOWWETS
Boole Store.
March 31, 1857 30tf
H.
B. Dowler &. Co'3
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subscribers are now enracrd af Monroe,
I'nion eminrv. N. C, in puttiiiff up the
above
nan: d Fans. In
tie ir niaiuii
construction
and operations aud entire adaptation to the pur
poses for which they are designed, these Jans
iiv unequalled by any that have heretofore been
offered to the public. They are constructed til
ihe best materials, and none but the best work
men are employed. An xn ri-m-e of five years
in the business justifies the belief that entire
satisfaction will bo given.
All our work is warranted.
I V All orders will receive prompt attention
aud t!i - machinery delivered acceding to order.
Jlffc) enccs:
D. A. Covington, J. P. Ilousfon. Mauroo, N C.
Jam. s B Robinson, Benj Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Win G Smith, Dr Wadkins, AusOB countv.
ROSE fc STEEL.
MoxROE, Cuion county, March "20th. 6m
Situation Wanted.
A gcutiemtMi who is comp'-ti ut to take charge
of fn English school, or the English department
of an Academy. d sires a situation as Teacher.
Bariafianary P :'erene a riven. Both pa to t haracter
audabiOty. lnquiiv at this office, or address
Ji Ml S.
J 7. l-."7. t-pd Cli.trMto. N. C.
John Henry YVavt, M. !.,
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental 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 of
congenital and accidental deformities of the
teeth and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods.
t Ladies waited on at their residences if
on Tryon Street, in Carson's new
building, up stairs.
Nov. 18th. 20 tf.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensiveissortment of Ready -Made
Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten
tion.
Gentlemen's COATS;
Among their stock may be found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasted; black and
j drab Alpacea in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans;
Fn nch and English Drap-tl Ete; plain and Ian
cy Cassimeres, gotten up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Duck ; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks. Frocks aud Raglans.
PANTALOONS ;
Punts of French and American Cassimeres,
black and fancy ; black and fancy Alpacea, steel
cloth and French and English Drap-d'Ete; plain
and fancy Linen and Marseilles of all grades.
They would call especial attention to their lot
of
TESTS,
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 in this market, consisting in part
of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
Collars, Byron & Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers ; plain and fancy 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, Cassimere
and Ftdt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
They offer the above Goods
VEJl Y LOW FOR CA SIT,
or to punctual dealers on time, with the express
UmlelsUtutliiiir tlial aCvontils aif due vtlicix tliev
want the money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the libei al patreuage heretofore bestowed upon
them, and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence in business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call aud examine their Goods.
SPRINGS 6l HEATH,
ClIARXOTTE, N. C.
April 7, 1857. 40-tf
FOR TI5E LADIES
0 1 L E T .
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brashes of every quality ; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubin's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, maiccbale, tea
rose, cedar, hi leotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, uiouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, milleflow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, dfce. Just received at
SCAUR fc CO'S
April 14th. Drug Store.
Temple of Fashion
IS
NOW Ol'JhjJS.
Something Entirely New.
GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old,
who w sh to wear Good, Fine Clothes, goto
J. W. COLE'S
NEW CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
First Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly oceupic d by Lowrie's Book Store,
when; vuii can get the best Jits and the hurst
. t -. . . . 1 - I . ,
clonics lor me least monev man anywnere eise
in the State. The goods ore all made up to
order expressly for this market. Everything is
rotten up in the verv latest and neatest styles,
ind the making of every piece is
"Warranted
to last, or otherwise made good. Lot all go
and look at his well selected stock ot Keady-
made Clothincr. and be sure to examine his
prices; he will put you up a suit so low that you
will be compelled to wear tine clothes.
Gentlemen wishing any particular suits, by
leaving their measures, can cave thrm m VZ
lays, warranted to suit or no
sales.
He intends to sell very low and conduct a
trictlv Cash Business. The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash System at least 0 per
cent, in his Error. His motto is "quick sales
and sm; ill profits,'' for CASH ONLY, Yes, if
von want the worth of your money come to me.
J. .W. COLE, Ag't.
Charlotte, April 38, 17. tmi
Dii. n. At. nu n hard's
DRUG Si 'OKU
IS REMOVED to the Stand on the North
coiner of Public Square, known as Irwin's Cor
ner, where ha will be glad to see his friends aud
customers.
May 12, 157. 45-tf
Cigar, Tobacco,
fruitItore.
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. Al:), a fine article of
CftKWING TOBACCO,
FRUITS CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS. p. PALMER,
Opposite I km 4 Cto.'fl S5oe Store.
Charlotte. A pril 7, 1 -"7. 40-tf
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
fiCHARLOTTE
A REMARKABLE MURDER TRIAL
IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
The Young Lady who poisontd her Lover
Her Acquittal.
Great excitement has been) created in
the British Empire by the trial Madeline
Smith, of Edinburgh, for the- murder of her
lover at Glasgow, one Pierre Efnile L'An
gelier. This extraordinary investigation ex
tended over nine days, and the British pub
lic on both sides of the Tweed followed the
inquiry with breathless attention from the
commencement to the close. The outline
of the case, which became known in the
spring of the j-ear, revealed the fact that a
lady of education, of good family aud ex
cellent prospects in life, handsome, accom
plished, and extremely young, was charged
with murdering her lover by means of poison,
in order to marry another. Her grandfather
was one of the most renowned architects in
the British Empire, and his plans for tin
new House of Parliament were adjudgec
second to those of the successful competi
tor, Sir Chas. Barry. The Scotsman, af
ter giving the charge of the Lord Justice
Clerk to the jury, saj's :
The jury retired about len minutes afhr
one o'clock, immediately upon which tie
audience in court fell into keen excitemoit
and discussion. At thirty-two minutes ptst
one, the jury bell rung, aud they cntertvd
the box three minutes afterward. The
prisoner still gave no symptoms ofemotioi.
The Lord Justice Clerk intimated thst
it must be understood that thero must be nc
expression of feeling oy tho audience,
whatever at the verdict.
The names of the jury having been called
Mr. Moffut, of the high school, was an
nounced as chancellor, and read the ver
dict as follows :
"In regard to the first count, the jury,
by a majority, find a verdict of not guilty.
"In regard to the second count, the jury
find, by a majority, a verdict of not proven.'
The Scotsman says : Instantly on the
announcement of these last words a vehe
ment burst of cheering came from the
audience, especially from the galleries,
which was again and again renewed with
increasing loudness, in spite of the efforts
of the judges and officers of the court.
The excitement produced outside the
court when the verdict baeame known was
immense.
Whilst the chancellor was reading the
verdict the prisoner gazed at tho jury
steadily, but with no signs of agitation, and
when the erdict of "not proven" on the
third chaige was pronounced her bend
slightly fell, her face broke into a bright
but somewhat agitated smile, and her hand
was warmly grasped by her agent (Mr.
Rankin) on one side and the jail matron on
the other expressions of sympathy which
seemed to affect her more deeply than any
incident of the nine days' trial.
The Lord Justice Clerk in thanking the
jury for their services (and intimating that
they would be releived from similar duties
for five years) stated that they would have
perceived from what he had said to them
that his own opinions quite coincided with
the conclusion at whicli they had arrived.
The prisoner was then dismissed from the
bar. The report that she had sailed for
the Enited States is not correct.
The dead man, L'Angelier, is not one
whose fate thero is any need to commisser
ate. His conduct to one who had been his
victim wag base and unmanly in the last
degree, and can only be excused on the
ground stated by the Lord Advocate, that
by the law of Scotland an irregular mar
riage might be held to have taken place,
and that L'Angelier had a right to consider
Madeline Smith as his wife and to prohibit
her union with another man. It appears
that the prisoner was left at Clapton board
ing houso in 185.3, when she was only 17
years old, aud that within two years of that
time she met with the deceased, said to be
a native of Jersey, and at that time in the
employment of a Glasgow warehouseman,
at a salary of 8s. or 10s. a week, with his
board and lodging. L'Angelier paid his
addresses, which were well received by the
young lady, but forbidden by the parents,
who, doubtless thought his position and prws
pects not such as would entitle him to ask
their daughter's hand. Months passed,
however, and the intimacy of the puir con
tinued. Madeline slept on the ground floor,
nnd used to receive the visits of her lover
first at the window and then in the room it
self. In the spring of 185G we find from
her letters that she had been seduced by
L'Angelier. and from that time to the close
of the year she writes him almost daily in
the wild style with which the readers of the
triul are familiar. By the beginning of the
present year, however, her passion had
cooled. A Mr. Minnoch had proposed in
all innocence to her, and in spite of stolen
interviews and boarding school heroics she
thought it better to have a solid Glasgow
man of business than a French clerk on
30 a year, who boasted to everybody of his
success with women in general, a:;d herself
particularly.
But L'Angelier had no notion of giving
her up. lie did not, it appears, insist upon
her marrying him, but he would not allow
her to marry any one else. It was in vain
that she wrote to him that their love had
mutually grown cold, that they had better
forget each other. Einile would show her
letters to her father and Minnooh if the
match were not at once broken off. This
Wfs the motive for tho crime alleged by the
prosecution. Under tho threats of the
Frenchman, Madeline is obliged to write
back that the affair with Mr. Minnoch, is a
false report. She seems desirous to get
L'Angelier away, so that her marriage
might take place before he could
prevent it. On the 9th of February
she is distracted with terror. Sho im
plores him not to bring her to open
shame, and solemnly declares that she has
no other engagement having, however,
promished her hand to Mr. Minnoch on the
28th of the previous mouth. Dates now
become of importance. Tho prisoner for
some reason or other feigns a renewel of
her attachment for L'Angelier. She wishes
to bring him back to her ; the prosecotion
say that she may poison him she says
that might coax him to give back the let
ters. On February 17th he dines with Miss
Perry. He tells her that he is to sec Miss
Smith on the 19th. We know not if he did
see her on that day, but we know from the
testimony of 4iis landlady that on the night
he was seized with a sudden illness as
men are ill fromarseuic. That the poison
er administered poison on the 19th of Feb
ruary is the first charge of which she was
found not guilty. Every Glasgow chem
ist's book was searched, aud no purchase
of arsenic was proved prior to the 19th, so
that with respect to this first day there was
sufficient doubt to justify a verdict of full
acquittal. But on the 21st Madeline pur
chases arsenic at the shop of Mr. Murdoch.
She signs her name as required by the act of
Parliament, and not only gives her real ad
dress, but has the dose, value sixpence
oaly, put down to her father's account.
Miss Smith explains the purchase by stat
ing that she used arsenic as a cosmetic, by
dissolving it in water with which she wash
ed a process respecting which scientific
opinions are divided. However, L'An
gelier is agaiu ill on the night of the 22d,
but recovers a second time. Time passes
on, and we must conclude there are more
negotiations for the surrender of the letters,
for Miss Smith still keeps her engagement
with Mr. Minnoch.
On March Gth she again buys arsenic
to poison rats or improve her complexion,
according to her various accounts and this
time it is in company with Miss Buchanan
a young lady from the Clapton school.
L'Angelier goes to Bridge of Allen, to re
cruit hisjhealth, and not to the Isle of Wight,
oOO miles off, as his mistress advices.
There he writes her a letter, saying he bo
lives that she is going to marry Mr. Min
noch, and demands direct answers to sever
al questions on that subject. He is proved
to bo anxious for a letter in answer to this
last missive ; when he receives it he returns
in perfect health. He comes in the highest
spirits and says the letter has brought him
back. On the 22d of March he goes out a
little before 9 o'clock. He is seen saunter
ing along in the neighborhood of Blyths-
wood square, about 20 minutes past 9.
About 9 he makes a call on a friend who
is not at home. Then wo lose sight of
him for two or three hours, He had gone
out to see the prisoner, having come back
all the way from Bridge of Allan for the in
terview ; he had reached the neighborhood
of the prisoner's residence the question is
did they meet. The prisoner says no; that
the interview was for Saturday, not Sunday.
The prosecution asserts that they did. At
all events L'Angelier is found, four hours
afterwards, in ngonies, at his own door.
He is doubled up, speechless, and has not
strength to turn the latchkey. He dies, and
dies of arsenic. The prosecution avor that
he is poisoned by the prisoner ; she declares
her innocence, and suggest that he must
have done it himself in a fit of jealousy.-
A Scotish jury, however, decides by a
majority, and tho majority has declared
that the evidence is not sufficient to prove
the prisoner guilty.
PERSONAL BEAUTY.
Anecdote of Commodore Barclay.
In Russell's Magazine, the editor alludes
to the fact that "in 'Jane Eyre,' Miss Bronte j
very effectually explodes the conventional
notion of novelists that personal beauty is
essential to awaken interest hi their char
acters," and mentions the following story,
which is told of Commodore Barclay, who
fought the battle of Lake Erie against
Perry: "Ho was engaged to be married to
a fine English girl. At Trafalgar, with
Nelson, he lost an arm. At Lake Erie he
lost a leg. On returning to England, feel
ing his condition very acutely, he sent a
friend to his betrothed to tell her that, un
der tho circumstances in which he found
himself, he considered her a released from
all engagement to him. The lady heard
tho message, then said to the friend : 'Ed
ward thinks I may wish our engagement to
be broken because of his misfortunes, does
he ? Tell him that if he only brings back
to England body enough to hold the soul he
carried away with him, I will marry him.' "
To Be Hrxo
We learn that W. Carter,
who was tried at the late extra term of the
Court 'or Chester District, for the murder
ot Gibson, i' juad guilty and sentenced
to Lc Lung soitio ii;ne in September next.
THE GIANT DARDBN.
From the West Tennessee Whig.
Miles Dardex. Some weeka ago we
gave a few facts in regard to the weight and
dimensions of this extraordinary man, and
promised our readers, through the courtesy
of a friend iu Henderson county, farther
items of interest. The friend we referred
to was Rev. John Brooks, whose veracity
we believe, has never been questioned by
any one. He writes as follows :
"Mr Darden was born in North Carolina,
in the year 1798, and departed this life at
his residence iu Henderson county, Tenn.,
on the 23d day of January, 1857 in the
fifty -ninth year of his age.
He joined the Baptist Church in early
life, and shortly after emigrated to Tenn.,
where he connected himself with what is
called the Christian Church, but had not
been a member ot auy church tor years
past, but was moral and fond of conversing
on religious subjects. He was a kind, ob
liging neighbor, aud fond of company.
About fiften years ago he joined the masons
He was married twice. Bis children ar
very large, but probably none of them will
ever be more thau half tho weight of their
father. He was quite active and lively,
and labored until about 4 years ago, when
he became so fleshy that he was compelled
to stay at home or bo hauled about in a two
horse wagon.
In 1849 he made a co--tract with a tailor
to furnish him with a fiuo coat for $50
tho cloth was to cost five dollars per yard.
Upon measurement it took twelve yards of
cloth. So the tailor lost ten dollars and tho
making. Tho tailor states that three men,
each weighing over 200 lbs., put the coat
on, buttoned it around them, and walked
across the square at Lexington.
In 1850 it took 13i yards of flax cloth,
yard wide, to make him a coat.
It took 16 yards of cambric for his shroud
24 yards black velvet to cover the sides
and lid of his coffiu 125 feet of plank to
make his coffin.
His coffin was 8 feot long.
Across the breast 32 inches.
" " head 18 "
" foot 14 "
Its depth, 35
. He weighed in 1845, 871 pounds.
His height was 7 feet G inches.
His weight. wfc lie a;d as nearly as
could be ascertained, was a fraction orcr
one thousand pounds."
"The (Man) Hunters op Kentccky."
Kentucky is famous for its sharp shooters
and shrewd hunters, and is also sotiewhat
noted for its great men ; but it would also
appear that her fair duughters are deter
mined to bo not less known to fame oi more
backward in "doing the State some service,"
though in a somewhat different direction.
If the men of Kentucky have been cefebrat
ed as hunters of wild animals and other
game, the girls may henceforth be ftmous
as hunters of wild men, or young gentle
men who are over fearful of the arrows of
Cupid. The followingadvertisement, which
we cut from the Newport (Ky.) Daily
News, will explain our meaning :
"Xews for those I Like.
After mature deliberation, I have con
cluded to unite my fate with one of the fol
lowing gentlemen, providing they are so
disposed : Samuel Smith, Titos. Brooks,
Win. White, James Smith, Hunt Thomas,
Daniel Thatcher, Alexandria ; Win. Mc
intosh, Jas. Morris, Dale; F. North, John
Talieferro, Mt. Pleasant ; Jas. Taylor,
Oliver Root, Albert Berry, Richard Cald- j
well, Newport; Franklin Spillman. Jas. j
Merman, Jas. DeCourcy, Thos. DeCourcy. 1
Cold Springs; J. C. Gatise, Jas. Stillwell. j
Isaac Homer, Mt. Vernon ; Wash. Berry, i
John Hawkins, Lush Taliaferro, Newport; 1
Henry SpiiTman, Alexandria ; Edward Air,
Newport. j
I hope from this number one will come
forward and address Ada M. Scott,
Newport, Campbell Co., Ky, (
P. S. In answer to your letter, I will
send my proper name."
This is a new and improved system of
making tho delicate preliminary arrange- (
incuts for matrimony, and we think, on the
whole, it is an improvement upon the old
system.
VW Dr. Binn, in his "Anatomy of Sleep,"
gives some directions for going to sleep.
We assure the Doctor that his directions
do no good in a land of dog', cats and
musical instruments. The latter keep
persons awake by pleasant sensations, (? )
but the former by horrible discordant
sounds. We go for using on the four
footed creatures glass bottles thrown with
force, brick bats, boot jacks, tongs, old
shoes, sticks, empty ink-stands, blacking
brushes in fact anything that will abate
the nuisance and allow a man to get
at least 4 hours' sleep each night.
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Indian Hostilities in the West.
St. Paul, Minnesota, July 29. Advices
from the Sioux Agency, dated the 26th of
July, report that 10,000 Indians are defy
ing the U. S. troops, aad hostilities are una
voidable. The settlers are flying for pro
tection. Governor Medary is there, en
deavoring to preserve peace. He sustains
the action of the Superintendent in refusing
to pay the annuities until the Sioux nation
shall deliver to him the infamous Iukpadtita
band of murderers. This the Sioux refine,
and are trying to bring about a collision
with the government troops.
THE COMET.
The announcement by authority of tho
appearance of another comet, which is rap
idly making its way towards the earth, has
aEafitly revived the interest which was felt
a short time ago in these eccentrio bodies.
Bat since the failure of the comet which
was to have destroyed the earth on the Kith
of June, to become so much as visible to
the naked eye, little reliance is placed upon
any engagements that may be made for tho
comets by the astronomers. Like theatri
cal stars, they sometimes disappoint tho
multitudes who are on tiptoe to admire
them. One great astronomer says that
comets are as numerous as fish in the sea,
and another that at lea.t rn millions are
in the habit of passing through our system.
Tho ancients had a tradition that, about
1707 years before the Christian era, the
planet Venus changed her color, sixe, figure
aud course, and about that time a comet
made its appearance which is said to bavo
revisited the earth in seven equal revolu
tions of five hundred and seventy -five years.
Of course we cannot expect thi greut com
et to be anywhere near at present, though
the subject is not unworthy the attention of
Rev. Mr Cumings, of London, aud of tho
St. Louis astronomer, who prophesied that
Cnrondi let, six miles below St. Louis, wiw
to b. destroj'ed. If those excellent and"
learned persons can make it appear that
the coun t of 17(57 B. C-. referred to by
Gil-bon in his Decline nnd Fall of the R
mnu Empire, did effect an alteration in tho
color, magnitude, figure and course of Ve
nus, nnd if they can show, which cannot bo
very difficult, that comets are sometimes a
little ahead of time, they may beget nn in
teresting suspicion in the public, mind that
the coming comet is the same gentleman
who made Venus change color, and ro-
awaken a lively concern as to tho stability
ofourown respectable planet. A celebrat
ed astronomer, indeed, maintains that tho
visitation which affected Venus was not tho
first of the same comet, but that, iu all pro
bability, it has had eight revolutions, in
stead of seven, and then the first would
have been 2342 B. C, instead of 1707.
which is just about the time of tbo deluge,
so that it might have been one of the agen
cies employed in bringing about tho food !
Taking this in connection with the atmos
pheric phenomena of the present your, and
the frent. qunntity of rain, wo suggest that
here uro sonic grounds for getting up an
other panic.
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A MAN 1'ROPOSINO TO MARRY ANOTHER
MAN Anle-niortem Examination. Some
time ago, it will be remom bored, a singular
case came up hi the Richmond Va., court,
u which a young vmn named Lipscomb
sued another young man named Thomas
Linton, for breach ot promise, fari.t a ,
seems, was of such remarkably feminine
appearance that his friends en.-ily persuaded
Lipscomb that he whs a female in disguise.
and so enamored did ho become of Linton
as to ak and receive a promise of mar
riage, which, of course, the latter waa
unable to fulfil. But on attempting to ex-
ilain why he could not " come to time,"
the fond "lover" would'nt believo a word
of it, and full in tho belief Uiat his cnamo
rata was a woman and nothing shorter, ho
sued for breach of promise. Tho case
created no little excitement in Richmond.
An examination by five experienced phy
sicians was ordered by the court, so that
there should be no possibility of mistake.
and they reported that Linton was undoubt
edly a man; so Lipscomb lost both his
lady-lovo and his law-suit. Linton has
recently arrived in this city, and such wus
his womanish appenrauco that suspicion
was created as to his sex, and the Guards
were ubout to arrest him, and would have
done so but for the interference of a per
son who knew the young man. Last night
Linton again got into trouble, through full
ing into the hands of a party of young men
who believed him to be sailing under falsi .
colors, and were about to have an cxainina-.
tiou to test the in atier. A gentleman cog
uizant of the history of Linton happened
to be present, and upon his representation
Linton was vet free. Feminine beauty
would seem to be anything but a desirable
gift for a Son. Washington Star.
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Mklanciioly Si'iciok. We are pained
at learning from the American Presbyteri
an, puUtolntl at Grevncville, T- u., that tho
Rev. 8. Y. Wyley committed suicide uear
that place a few days since, by cutting his
throat. He was an Old School Presby
terian minister, and n useful, talented and
highly resjxMitcd man. He waa laboring
no doubt under temporary insanity.
Thk Model , Lady, Tho model lady
puts her children out to nurse and lends
iapdogs; lies in bed till noon; wears paper -soled
shoes; pinches her waist; gives tho
piano fits; forgets to pay her iniliim r; cuts
her poor relations; goes to church when she
has a new bonnet; turns the cold shoulder
to her husband, and flirts with his "frieod,n
never saw a thimble; don't know a darning
needle from a crow-bar; wonder whero
puddings grow; eats ham and eggs .;t
private, and dines on a pigeon' leg in
public; run mad after the last new f isliionj
d ats on Byron;-adores any man who griiaj
behind a moufct-iche; and, khou asked i!"
age of her youngest dull, replies: "'DoiiV
know indeed ask Bcti! '