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office upstairs opposite scarr'S drug store J A Family Paper, devoted to Slate Intelligence, the News of the World, Political In formation, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany.
BY WILLIAM J. YATES,
EIUTOR AN! FIOTIItTOt.
CHARLOTTE. MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1857.
VOLUME 6-
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Land rr sale.
The subscribers offer for sale
IgOO Acres of 8. acid
In one body (one thousand of
which is in wis) lyuMr in
ftastosi county on both aides of toe
South Fork it the Catawha River,
11 laiiea North-west of Chart attc. and within
three milt s of the line of BwTwd now building
jaw Cii.irlottt' to Lincoluton.
Alas, Two Handled Acn s, im ihhd of which
i- nu l l vnttH sties.
A . 25U Acm on the .South Fork in a pood
M ! ! . uitivatioii.
The :lo,' rood Fanning Lands, ami will
! n.J.1 in lots t, nit purchasers. Yatans easy.
Oa one of hVs tracts then is a water nnwm
of "-'i .' t. u lib rouiuutiel of tie- u hole River.
PmMU wMmag t-o examine these Lands will
b' atteataVd to lv tin parties at Stow esv ille.
J. sc. E. B. 8TOWE.
ClrarUstte, June ti, W7. 4-tt"
oOO E3rael oi' Beef
Cattle Wanted.
Also, 500 HEAD OF
SHEEP 4. 100
Head of HOGS,
Aud 12 or 15 xNo. 1 Milch Cows.
I DESIRE to porchaae the above aanoant of
StiK-.k. These INN iuj; any for sale will do well to
fZ'w , me a eat!. :,s I am willing to pay tin- highest
itiaiVi-t price. Farmers will find it to their advau-tair-
to sell their Beeves, Pheen at lloijs to nu
issstBsd of buteh' iing Ihi iwivea, as I think I
-ju i . ju mn i it lie in as well it not better than if
they butchered aheanslvOB.
W. A. COOK.
CtVorlottc, July 14, l-.",7. Town butcher.
BOOTS & SHOES.
Just Received
FOR THE
SPRIXG & SUMMER TRADE,
As fine an Assortment of
Boots v:ncl
- has ever been offere.1 to
a
Southern People.
Call ami see them at
BOONE & CO'S STOKE.
JC-c" Terms, CASH.
March 17, 1857. tf
DR. R. WYSONG,
CbrMte. A. C.
I T WING loeaf-din this place, respectfully
I I offer his Professional Services to the citi
zens of the town and vicinity.
! tr" OFFICE in Springs1 building.
April -'fh IflK.
BREM & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
IN
Hardware, Hat, and hoes
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
May 5, IS57. 44-tf
11. La F. A L E XAADER,
Attorney at Law,
CHARLOTTE, tL C.
Office over China Hall.
August 1 1, lfC7. v
VALl A RLE
PLANTATION
FOR SALE.
The subscriber being desirioas of
removing to the West, otl'ers for sale
his valuable
TRACT OF LAND,
lyinp 4 miles south of Charlotte, on the Charlotte
aud Columbia Kailroad, contuiniiiji about
430 Aci-oaa
150 is in cultivation, 7." of which is fresh land.
The balance is woodland except 30 acies.
On tho promises is a giod
Dwelling House and all neees
ary ent-nonsca, a ton-House and
ii i
-a
Screw, &c. Th.-re is an excellent Well ot water
in she yard. A Cold Mine has been opened on
the land.
Persons aVaihma sf purchasing a Plantation
with almost every advau;;!re, would do well to
call aud examine the Remises, :s it is seldom
tiiat such property is OBeted to ih- public.
If glOta will be taken iii whole tr tor a part
of the purchase money. I will take pleasure in
hawing the I. rind to anyone desirous of purchasing-.
Possession given by the 1st of Janu
srv. ljjod.
B. K. SMITH.
Aug- 11, 1:7. 69-tf
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CLOTHING
AT COST.
A chance is now offced to the commu
nity to obtain rare largains out of our
varied Stock of
CLOTHING
and Furnishing Goods,
AT NFW YORK COST.
Tt is entirely unnecessary o tell you
what wo have, but would request you to
come and see for yourselves.
Perhaps it will be asked why we are sell
ing off at Cost! Wo don't 'do it because
it is fashionable, but because we have con
nected ourselves with a large Manufac
turing House at the Ncrth, to take effect
the Jst Jan., 1858 ; ard we don't want any
of our present stock u liand. So come.
OM and all, buy our goo s at COST, nay
the I! ASH, and help u.s oi in our honest
designs.
gPBINGS k HEATH.
Sept. 1st. 72-tf
DAILY EAPtESS
Between Charlotte an4 Columbia
EACH WAX
inn AiM.us dAracrfss cm. nave cnin
menecd ruuniiur a Daily Lineiof Ernmnhc.
tweoi Charlotte and Columbia and all interme
diate points
Leaving their Office in ChtrWfas at 7 o'clock,
a. in., ariiviiir in Columbia at Hp. m.
Leav.- their office in Columbia 17 Kicliard.son
street, at is o'clock, a m, aniveat Charlotte at
:mo p m.
Fiewht intended for this linetnust be left at
the Office befece 7 o'clock, a m.
Merchants and others oid.-riig goods by this
line, will rind it a safe, speedy aid cheap "mode
of transportation.
Bankers will rind it to their interest to patron
ize this line, as there is not tLe V ast possibility
of a loss.
The patronage of the publ ic .s toliciti d.
F. M. KEA. Art. Charlotte.
J. B. EZELL, Lgt. Columbia.
Benlejnher 'a, 17. 5t
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
CLEAVLLAND COLM V.
11. P. Schet k. ct al. )
vs. 0. L Injunction.
John Cline. )
Whereas H. F. Sehenck, J. 0. Williamson
and John H. Peeler, have tiled 1 the Office of
the Clerk and .Master in Equity tr Ch-avcland
county, a ISill of complaint againsslohn Cline of
the State itf Texas, praying, aaaonr ether things,
that t!ie said John Cline may b( enjoined and
restrained from leaaoving from thi 8tate of North
Carolina certain NgTO slaves in .iid bill named;
And the said H. F. Sehenck anJ others, Plain
tiffs, havinjr entered into bond as required lv
act of Assembly and the fiat of Jus Honor. W. 11.
Battle. J. S. C; Therefore, unt ice is hereby given
to Defendant, John Wine, and each and every
person acting as his SgCUt, that they are enjoined
and restrained from removing the shires men
tioned in the Bill, or aur one or more of them,
from this State, and that the said John Cline be
and appear at the next Term of the court of Equi
ty for the county of CleaTt land, to be held at the
Court House in Shelby on the 1 1th Monday af
ter the 4th Monday iii September next, then ami
thereto plead, answer or demur to PhrinrMfc hill,
or tin-case will be set for hearing exparte asto
him, and heard accordingly.
WITNESS, Thos. Williams. Clerk and Master
of oar said court of Equity for the county of
Ch aveland, N. C, at Office m shell. v, the I Itl
Monday after the 4th Monday m March, A.D.
M&7. TllO.. 1 l-l. 1 A.US, t. 51. t.
Shelby, N. C, Aug. 17, 1&7 71-bt
CITY OF MOKEIIEAD!!.
GREAT SALE OF LOTS!!
ON THE ELEVENTH fll-ral DAY OF
Noveuiber next, at the Ciiy ot Motehead, will be
sold at uubhc auction, the Lots ol said City.
This is the new City laid oil by the "Shepard's
Point Land Cainpany," at the te minus of the At-
lau ic and orih Carolina Kail Koad, at Beaufort
Ilarhor, N.C., immediately at the Atlantic Ocean.
The various Reports of the L . S. Coast Surv y
establish the greai excellencies ol this Harbor, for
facility of entrance, depth of water and security
from wind or wave, whilst Fort Macon completely
commands the entrance.
The interior communications by water and land
mist make this a great Commercial City. The
:.st pr eductions ot me lertile vai eysot ine noon
oke, Tar and Neuse Rivers and the commerce of
those izreat inland seas the Albrmarle, Currituck,
( 'raotan and Pamlico Sounds, will reach this fine
Harbor throuih Core Sound on the north, whilst
Rogue Sound will bear on its bosom the agricultur
al products, lumber, naval stores and line ship tim
ber of the regions lymsr souih.
The A- fc N.C. Kail Road which will be ready
for use by the first of January next, passes through
the entire length of the City to Us wharf in 18 feet
water at low tide, and connects with the great N.
C. Rail Uoad (of which it is a continuation) at
(joldsboro.
The N. C. Rail Road, amonsi the best in the
Union, 323 miles long, is completed to Chatlotie,
where it connects through the South Carolina and
Georgia Rail Roads with Atlanta and the south
west; and by its western extension, now in rapid
progress, it is contemplated to r. a-li the trade ol
Memphis and the Mississippi Valley by the net
Huik of all the rail ways that connect at Atlanta,
Chattanooga, or with the East-Tennessee Rail
Road.
The Port of Beaufort, C hattano ga, Memphis
and St. Diego in the Pacific, ate about the same
parallel of lattitude; and if thai parallel be exttnd
ed across the Pacific, it will reach Shanghai, the
nearest great Port on the eastern Continent :
therefore, if the Pacific Railroad ever be construct
eil (and that should be done forthwith) why may not
this new City became the Atlantic mart tor the
commerce of the East Indus?
Two short Kailroads will connect the two great
Coal FieWs ot the State, lying on the north and
south of the North Carolina Railroad, with that
road ; and it is confidently expected that a vast
coal trade will be carntd on through the new ciiy;
if so, may not Beaulort become a great coaling
Port, not only for purposes et commeice. but to
liirnish the supplies to steamers passing so near
the entrance going north and south ; and may not
the new city become thai great "entre depot" be
tween the north and south, to which our able and
distinguished countryman, Lieut. Maury, relers
in hislinrivaled Statesmanlike paper on the com
merce of the Amazon, South America and the
Gulf of Mexico ? .
The ciiy of Morehead is situated on a beautiful
neck of land or dry plain, almost entirely surround
ed with salt water: its climate is salubrious; its
sea-breeze and sea-batiinm d.hghtlul; its drinking
water good, and its fine chalybeate spring strongly
impregnated with sulphur, will make it a pleasant
waierme place.
As not a lot has been or will be sold until the
day of sale, all will have an equal chance to
get the best lots and to suit themselves.
It will be the RTSt instance of as entire new
city on the Atlantic coast being brought into
market at once ; and capitalists may never have
aain such an opportunnv tor ;ood investments,
tor a great city must and will be built at this place.
J. M. MORLHEAD,
President of Sheppttd's Point Land Co.
September 1, 1 t.Y7. llw
Cash Paid For Hides.
THE highest prices will be paid for Hides be
S. M. HOWELL.
3 doors South of the Mansion Hotel
Charlotte, Oct. 30, 1655
Cry Is,
STILL THEY COME.
RCCGiVOd this day another sup
Olr of fresh DRUGS, MEDICINES &CHEM
ICAEH. Also, a splendid assortment of Sur
gical Iiistruuieilis, consisting in part
of Post lfurtett, Trepauing and Amputating
laseg, Teeu J- oreeps, opeeara m, Banna ts,
(entirely new style) sprintr and thumb Lancets,
Scarificators, Cupping Glastu s, and many other
articles in tins une ol gootts. an oi wuicn i-rac
titioneTS of medicine and Surpery are respect
fully invited to call and examine.
For unit at t.ctrcmtly short profits, at
PRITCIJAllirS WkeUtaUand Retail
Sept. 8. Drug House, Irwin's corner
Another Supply
Of tlte most unique and magnificent Toilet Arti
cles, consisting in part of hair, teeth, nail, tlesb,
bat. cloth and otttef Brnsnes.
Turkish Colognes,
Extracts. Soaps,
Bohemian Pungents,
Frankipuiie, etc., &C,
which will be sold low at
Pritchard's Fancy Drug Store,
Sept. 8. Irwin's Corner.
WOODLAND CREAM!
WOODLAND CREAM!!
An unequalled ami exquisite Pomade for the
linn'. Just received lroni the manufacturers, at
Pritchard's Drug and Chemical House,
Sept. f. Irwins's corner.
Tooth Ache.
Another supply of Cu minings (c Flagg's
NERVE Anodvne, an instantaneous cure
for the tooth ache, at
PRITCHARD'S,
Sept. 8. Sole Agent for Charlotte,
Country Merchants
Are respectfully invited to
call and examine my Wholesale
Prices of choice
AI1 MUJHCINES,
put up in any style to order, by
F1U 1CHAKU,
Druggist and Apothecary,
July 28, 18.")7. Irwin's Corner.
White Lead.
10.000 Lbs. White Lead, in oil, just
received and for sale at PRITCHARD'S
Aug. 18. Drug House.
Faint or Linseed Oil.
SOO Gallons just received tmd for sale
at the lowest market prices, at
tji: I I f H a b ivs
jyrr. 18. Drug Sf Chemical Store.
VARNISHES ! VARNISHES I
A large stock now on hand, consisting of
Demon, Furniture, Copal, Coach-body, Ja
... -1 . i ,. f i ,
pan, c.,' wnicn win ne soiu ior casi. lower
than any other House in Charlotte, at
11. M. 1'KllUrlAKU s
Wholesale & Retail Drug Store,
Aug. 18. Invites Corner.
Condition Powders.
Farmers and others interested is line Stock
are assured that these preparations are uiisur
passed as a h, altd-giving remedy for Horses,
Cattle, and ..II kinds ot &;ock. for sale ar.
Pritchard's If hull sale and
Retail Drug House,
July 2S. Irwin's Corner.
Patent Medicines.
Call at PR1TCHAKD S DKUG STORE.
Irwin's ( orner, for the most approved and
popular medicines of the day.
July 28.
Grass Seeds!! Grass Seeds!!!
A large assortment just received, comprising
the following varieties:
Whilt Clover, Red Clover, Timothy, Millet,
Blue Grass, Lucerne, Syc.
The above seeds are warranted to be FRESH
and GENUINE. For sale at
Pritchard's Wholesale Sf Retail Drug House
Aug. 25, 1857. In win's Corn er.
WHITE LEAD.
At PRITCHARD'S you can buy, for
cash,
pure bite Lend at cents per lb.
Drug Store, Iricin's Corner.
Another Decline In Quinine
At Pritchard's Large Drug and Chemical
House, Inrin's Corner.
This article may now be had at $2 50 per
ounce, for Cash ONLY.
EXELITOR'S SALE,
Lands, Mills and Town Lots.
Pursuant to the Will of the late ANDREW
HO YL, dee'd, the undersigned will sell on the
premises, one mile east of Dallas, M. C.,the very
valuable property known as the
HOYL'S MILLS AND PLANTATION.
The tract of Land contains about FOl'R HUN
DRED ACRES, and is a very productive and
valuable Farm with excellent Meadow. The
Mills are newly repaired, and consist of a Float
Mill with French Huns; Corn and Saw Mill
with a large custom. Sale at the Mills, on the
SIXTH oi OCTOISER, 18."7, on nine months'
time, with interest from the Jst of November.
Also, will be sold on the premises in tin
town of Dallas, on the 27th of OCTOBER next,
TWO IMPROVED LOTS, now occup-ed by
John II. Rob' its. Terms same as above.
Also, a tract oi Acres, on Little Catawba
Creek known as "Frederick's Ford." Sale on
the 6tfa of October. lo7. terms same as pre
cedimr. THUS. GRIEB, K,,Iltnrs
W. P. HYM m, i
Aujr. 27. 72-Gt
State of North Carolina,
UNION COLN'IY.
Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions,
July Term, 1S57.
Stewart, Houston, and "j
'Covington, I Original
vs. 'Attachment.
Wyatt Austen. J
It appearing tothe sati-factiqn of the Court
that the Defendant, Wyatt Austen, is not an
inhabitant of this State, but resides beyond
the limits of the same; it is therefore ord red
hat nnblicatioii be niide for six weeks in
the Western Democrat, notifying said de
fendant to be and appear at the next c ourt,
to be held for the county of Lnio-i, at the
Court House in Monroe, on tbe first Monday
of October next, then and there to plead,
answer or demur, or final judgment will be
taken against him.
Witness, J. M. Stewart, Clerk of our said
Court at office, 1st Monday of July, 1857.
tjt J. M. STEWART, Clerk
TOTOS DEf OCSAT.
CHARLOTTE.
Land in tub West. The Rev. C. P.
Jones, in a communicati is to the N. C.
Christian Advocate, speaking of a recent
visit to Asheville, says:
"The lands in the vicinity, especially on
the French liroad, are rich and very pro
ductive. The growing corn looks better
than any I evjr saw. I have been in the
bottoms of the Cape Fear, Neuse and Roan
oke rivers and have looked with admira
tion upon fields densely filled with luxuriant
corn, but never have I beheld such as I
have just seen growing in the valley of the
French Broad. I was in a part of Mr
Woodfin's farm, the rows of which ire
3 feet apart and the stalks about 15 inches
giving over eleven thousand stalks to the
acre, which will make about one hundred
and twenty bushels. Mr W. gathered a
year or two ago, off of an tcre of this land,
one hundred and forty-nine bushels, three
pecks and two pints. Off of twenty acres
of another field, I was informed he gather
ed two thousand bushels. Talk of Missouri
and Texas as corn growing countries; what
country can beat this ? And this land is
in the old North State, and, until recently,
very cheap and in a regiou so healthy thaf
people to have a spell of sickness now and
then must take medicine 1 Hut generally
it is as hetilthy as any country in the
world."
It mr.y be that it is not generally
known to the public that the Washington
National Monument has ben roofed over;
that all work upon it has bfen stopped for
more than a year past ; tint it has been
raised but Jour feet since its construction
was intrusted to Know Nothing misman
agement; th.it the treasury is in a most dis
tressingly embarrassed condition ; that
there is not enough of money in it to pay
the salaries of the different officers, aud
certainly none to purchase cement, and
that immaculate Board of Managers, wlw
boasted that they would finish the monu
ment, are no w quarreling among themselves.
Hut such is the truth.
GPThe Frotestant Methodists hwe
located their College at Jamestown, Guil
ford county, N. C Their building will
cost $20,000. They have a male, school
Ciillpjrp. the Yadkin Institute, a w miles
above SalinDury. rni oriek. building GU
y 30 and 2 stories high cost $3000. Tbe
Principal gives the Trustees $40 a year
for five years, for the privilege of teaching
in the house and taking upen himself the
responsibility of keeping up the school.
lie has about 40 scholars. This same
society aim to have a fine Female Seminary
about 20 miles East of Salisbury.
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A DROVE OF IRISH BULLS.
We agree with the Philadelphia Sunday
Transcript that the followiugnvay be "back
ed" against anything ever rj-oduced. It
was written half a century agoby Sir Boyle
Roche, a member of the IrisI Parliament.
"The TroubI' d Times of Njiiety-eight,"
when a handful of men from the couutv of
m
Wexford struck terror into the hearts of
many gallant sons of Mars, as well as the
worthy writer himself. The letter was ad
dressed to a friend in London, and is old
enough to be new to nine outof ten of our
readers:
" My Pear Sir: Having now a little
peace and quietness. I sit down to inform
you of the dreadful bustle tnd confusion
we are all in from those blood-thirsty reb
els, most of whom are, tlwnk God, killed
and dispersed. We are in a pretty mess ;
can get nothing to eat, not any wine to
drink, except whiskey ; and when we sit
down to dinner we are obliged to keep both
hands armed. While I writ this I hold a
swoi d in each hand and a pisiol in the other.
I conclude from the beginning that this
would be the end of it, and I see I was right;
for it is not half over yet. At present there
are such goings on that everything is at a
stand still. I should have answered your
letter a fortnight ago. but did not receive it
until this morning. Indeed, scarce a mail
arrives without being robbed. Not longer
ago than yesterday the coach with th'e mail
from Dublin was robbed near this town.
The bags had been left behind for fear of
accident, and by good lick there was no
body in it but two outside passengers, who
had nothing for the thiees to take. Last
Tuesday notice was given that a gang of
rebels was advancing here under the French
standard, but they had no colors nor anv
drums except bagpipes.
Immediately every man in the place, in
cluding men women and children, ran out
to meet them. We soon found our force
much too little ; we were too near to think
of retreating. Death was in every face ;
but at it we went, and began to be all alive
again. Fortunately the rebels had no guns
but pistols and pikes, as ve had plenty of
muskets nnd ammunition, we put them all
to tbe sword. Not a soul of them escaped,
except some that were drowned in the adja
cent bogs ; and in a very short time nothing
was heard but .-ilence. Their uniforms
were all of different colors, b it mostly green.
After the action we went to rummage a sort
of camp which they had left behind them.
All we found was a few pikes without heads,
a parcel of empty bottles of water, aud a
bundle of French commissions filled with
Irish names. Troops are now stationed all
around the country, which exactly squares
with my ideas. 1 have only time to add
that I am in a great hurry.
P. S. If you do not receive this, of
course it must have miscarried, therefore I
beg you will write and let me know.
THE HORSE CHARM.
Or the Great Secret for Tarring Horses.
The horse-castor is a wart or excrescence
which grows on every horse's fore legs, and
crenerally- on the hind leers. It has a
peculiar rank, musty smell, and is easily
pulled off. The ammonical effluvia of the
horse seems peculiarly to concentrate iu
this part, and its very strong odour has
great attraction for all animals, especially
canine, and the horse himself. For the oi
of cumin the horse has an instinctive pas
sion both are original natives of Arabia
and when the horse scents the odour ho is
instinctively drawn toward it. The oil of
rhodium possesses peculiar properties. Al
animals seem to cherish a fondness for it
and it exercise a kind of subduing influence
over them. The directions given for tarn
ing horses are as follows : Procure some
horse-castor and grate it fine. Also get
some oil of rhodium and oil of cumin and
keep the tree separate in air-tight bottles.
Hub a little oil of cumin upon your hand
and approach the horse in the field, on the
windward side, so that he can smell the
cumin. The horse will let you come up to
him then withoutany trouble. Immediately
rub your hand gently on the horse's nose,
getting a little oil on it. You can then
lead him anywhere. Give him a little of
the castor in a piece of loaf sugar, apple, or
potato. Put eight drops of oil of rhodium
into a lady's silver thimble. Take the
thimble between tbe thumb and middle
finger of your right hand, with fore-finger
stopping the mouth of the thimble, to
prevent the oil from running out whilst you
are opening the mouth of the horse. As
soon as you have opened the horse's mouth,
tip the thimble over upon his tongue, and
he is your servant. He will follow you like
a pet dog.
SKETCH OF PARLIAMENT.
The Christian Intelligencer has a letter
from an American in London, giving a pen
and ink sketch of Parliament, as follows :
"At 4 o'clock last evening I went to visit
the House of Parliament. The new build
ings are a perfect wilderness of Gothic
towers, groined ceilings, snperb halls, lined
with marble statutes of departed states-
oieu. auu wainuia. Muttons or uimmuj
enough to endow a scjiool in every parish
have been lavished on this gorgeous edifice.
As we reached the door of the House of
Commons, the elegantly dressed doorkeeper
called out, "The Speaker is in the chair!"
I was shown to a seat in the small Speaker's
gallery. The hall is superb in ornament,
of oblong shape, with rows of green cush
ioned benches on each side, and no desks
in front of members. The Speaker wears
a huge wig and gown. The members, most
outlandishly, all wear their hats, except
while speaking. The effect is exceedingly
bad. I was also surprised at the youthful
appearance of many of the House; at least
a score of them seemed like members of a
senior class in college. A considerably
loud conversation was carried on during the
the debates, aud members were walkiujr
about continually.
The speaker of the evening most listened
to was Mr. Gladstone, of Oxford. He is an
easy nonchalant converser, with no elabor
ate harangue ; but his style was very at
tractive. While he was speaking there was
a constant cry of "Hear, hear," which
sounded like " Yeh yeh yeh." After
him came the Chanceller of the Exchequer,
a graceful, fluent statement maker. Lord
Palmerston pulled off his hat and spoke in
a slow, careless , tone for half an hour. He
does not look so old as I expected. Sir
James Graham is a huge, easy country gen
tleman, who sat like a man of leasure in a
coffee room. The only outer and shabby
member, in face, figure and dress, is the
Radical Roebuck, of Sheffield. He has a
waspish petulance in his tone, and is a man
for "inquiries" and "investigations." The
old heroes, Sir Charles Napier and Gen.
Williams, of Kars, attracted much attention.
As a body of men, the House of Com
mons is not as imposing in appearance
as our American Senate. Lord John Rus
sell sat smiling and silent, DTsraeli looked
sarcastic and sullen. He is the sharpest
debater of them all.
From the House of Commons we go by a
splendid hall to tbe House of Lords. Their
room is the most superb in the kingdom.
It is a blaze with crimson and gold. As we
enter we see the noble Lord Shaftesbury
on the red cushion by the door. Beside
him, that handsome youthful face, under
the thick golden hair, belongs to the Duke
of Argyle, the rising hope of Scotch Pres
byterians. Old Lord Aberdeen sets next,
in a deep reverie.
Those magnificent women in yonder gal
lery are the wives and daughters of the
Peers. I do not know enoghh of millinery to
describe their, rtg" for your lady readers ;
but it may be some gratification to Ameri
can ladies to know that the lace and pearled
bonnets on the head of the ducheses and
countesses were fully as large as a saucer !
Their faces were generally fair and brilliant
in beauty.
I came away from the house of Lords
(which contains many able and noble charac
ters,) in nowise converted to a belief in the
hereditary houses of legislation.
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OCT A Western puper offers to write
"Mr," before or "Es," after the names of
such of its subscribers, in directing their
papers, as will pay in advance.
LINVILLE RIVER.
From the Ashetille Spectator,
There are numbers of natural curiosities
throughout the South which are never seen
or heard of except by somo adventurous
traveler and knowu intimately only by the
intrepid mountain hunter. Thus these cu
riosities remain unnoted, while yearly thou
sands of our citizens go Northwards in
search of health and pleasure. Among such
may be classed the Falls of the Linville
River iu Burke county. We doubt not but
numbers of persons in Burke county never
heard of them. They are to be found in
tbe North West corner of that county, uear
to that famous tree upon which the fesur
counties of Burke, Watauga, Yancey aa
McDowell corner, and about nine miles
from the Piedmont Springs. Tho facilities
for getting to them are as yet about no fa
cilities at all, an idea may be formed from
our experience :
Leaving Childsville on tbe morning of
Tuesday, in company with Col. Childs, we
rode within three miles of the Falls, and
then leaving our buggy we went on horse
back to the house of Mr David Franklin,
one mile from the Fulls. Mr Franklin con
sented to become our guide ami after a
short rest we moved on to the Falls. Hav
ing arrived iu half a mile of them we dis
mounted and proceeded on foot, being una
ble to ride on account of fallen trees. We
soon reached the river, the din of the water
fall having for some time been roaring in
our ears, we then crossed it, to do so being
compelled to put certain portions of our per
son in a state of nature. Having crossed
wo proceeded down the eastern bank
through a wild and irregular growth of ivy,
laurel and whortleberry bushes. It is rath
er singular that on the west bank of the
LinviUe, the soil is rich and covered with
a most luxuriant growth of trees, while on
the east bank, just here, for some distance
out, nothing of any worth grows. The
river where we crossed it has as clear,
smooth, an appearance as any mountain
stream ; it soon becomes agitated by slight
rapids until suddenly it is divided by a huge
rock and dashes over a fall of about twenty
feet, it then boils and surges in a most ter
rific manner for ubout two hundred yards,
.- i.;., V U i tiii.o sovorul times, twist
ing and turning in every shape that human
imagination can fancy.
Following our guide we seated ourself on
the top of a rock around the bf.se of which
the river rushes in its wild carter. About
forty feet below us on one side dashed the
troubled waters of the Linville, on the other
these same waters having forced themselves
through a passage not more than ten feet
wide made their descent over the last und
lighest fall. Here the mist was rising, and
the rays of the sun as it shone through
caused the peculiar view which resembles
so much the sulphurous flames, which Bun-
yan so well describes as arising from a cer
tain dark abode, that it gives the cavern
under the lower fall the name of the Devil's
Iole. Our position was a commanding one
but not such as a person with weak nerves
should seek. As we gnzed far dorn the
course of the river we could see the stream
again assume its comparatively placid ap
pearance, but now instead of banks almost
even with its bed it was locked in by an
impenetrable mass of chimney rocks, which
continue for miles down its course, rising in
the most majestic grandeur to a height of
one, two and three hundred feet aud in some
places near a thousand. At one point we
are informed the rocks close over the river
and it is easy for a person to jump from one
bank to the other.
The grand sublimity of the scenery which
is hereabouts presented to tho eye cannot
bo surpassed by any in the world. Lan
guage fails to describe it and the pencil of
the artist can give but a faint conception of
its beauty and magnificent grandeur. Here
it is that man feels his insignificance and
trembling kneels with awe and fear. We
have seen Niagara in all its artistic splen
dor, and we have seen what was called
grand scenery but never, never have we
seen anything to equal the scenery of Lin
ville Falls, nor do we ever expect to see the
like again until we revisit them.
Ere long tbe pencil of the artist will
trace the rarest beauties and give them
to the world's view. Ere long the spirit
of enterprise will make good roads, and
build a good House, at which visitors may
stop. No place can present the same at
tractions a?a watering place that Linville
can. Its beautiful scenery that never lias
been fully explored its healthful climate,
the excellent water of the Rattlesnake
Spring, the fertility of the soil, and last,
but far from least in the pleasure seeker's
eye, the large quantity of game which is to
be found thereabouts. Hav ing spent the
afternoon at Linville we returned to Mr.
Franklin's House and there rested for
the night. The next day we visited the
Gingercake Rock. This Rock is a curious
formation resting on a ridge between the
Hawk's Bill and tbe Gingercake mountain,
very near to the latter. It is a high rock
conical in shape, between fifty and seventy
feet in height, about six feet through at tho
base and rising to a thickness of twenty-five
or thirty feet. This rock is flat on top and
covered with grey moss. On one end of its
top there lays a rock about fifteen feet long
and four or five feet wide with a thickness
of about four feet. This rock is to all ap
pearances just about to fail at least ten
feet of it projecting from the edge of main
rock the whole presenting the appearance
of having just been dropped in its place and
lodged for a little while, thus making one
of the grandest sights that can exist in na
ture. He . span ding the mountain wo walk
ed over to the chimney rocks and there we
had presented to us as beautiful a landscape
view as can be found iu Carolina, unless it
be that from tbo (op of the Pilot Knob.
Tho eye has a full open scope from tbe
Grandfather Mountain entirely around to
the Roan aud even beyond that. Tbe val
ley of the Catawba is open to the view from
its origin to its source, the whole of Turkey
and North Coves, with their rich fields of
waving corn. In the dim, durk distance a
lone mountain rises to tbe view, which from
iU location we supposed to be tho Pilot.
Ju.-t as the sun fudo beneath tho horizon it
casts forth a clear red light and you see
Hashing iu its blaze the windows of the
houses of Morgautoii, from tho same source
a golden tings is thrown upon every lenf,
and everything is mellowed into soft Loveli
ness in tbe nccomplisbmeiit of nature's
most splendid creation. Far, far beneath,
hid amid a mass of shrubbery and rooks, the
Linville finds its way to Catawba. Turn
ing to our guide we asked "Does tho Linville
run there," he replied "Yes, and poor thing
it sees troublesome times before it gets out of
there too." ra have never seen anything
which gave one so forcible an idea of man's
littleness us this poin:. The chimney rooks
of the mountain are about three hundred
feet high, from their base the mountain de
scends with fearful rapidity into tin' Linville
river, how far it is beyond our power to
estimate but it seems like it was almost into
the bowels of the earth. It seems as if one
might fall
"From morn till noun, from noon till dewy eve,"
and but then fathom its depth ! We looked
and turning looked again, gladly would we
have spent hours upon that summit but
nature changes not to suit man's wishes,
and days must end on the mountain top as
well as in tfc valley. We turned to Mr.
Franklin's house, thankful for what wo had
seen, but wishing that we could spend weeks
roaming among the beauties of that moun
tain country.
THE LOAF.
Onco upon a time, during a famine, a rich
man invited twenty of the poorer children
iu the town to his house, and said to them :
"In this basket there is a loaf of bread for
each of you ; take it, and come back every
day at this hour till God sends us better
times."
The children pounced upon tho basket.
wrangled and faught for the bread, and each
wished to get th j largest loaf, and at last
went away, without even thanking him.
Francesca alone, a poor but neatly-dressed
little girl, stood modestly apart, took tho
smallest louf which was left in the basket,
gratefully kissed the gentlemanly hand, and
then went homo in a quiet and becoming
manner.
On the following duy the children were
equullv- ill-behaved, and tho poor Francesca
this time received a loaf which was scarcely
half tho size of the others. But when she
came home, and when her sick mother cut
tbe loaf, there fell out of it quite a number
of bright silver pieces.
The mother was alarmed and said, "take
back the money this instant, for it has, no
doubt, got into tho bread through somo
mista'ie."
Francesca carried it back, but the be
nevolent gentleman declined to receive it.
"No, no," said he, "it was no mistake.
I had the money baked in tho smallest
loaf simply as a reward for you, my good
child. Always continue thus contented,
peaceable and unassuming. The person
who prefers to remain contented with the
smallest loaf, rather than quarrel for the
larger one, will find blessing in this course
of action still more valuable than the wo nay
which was baked in your loaf."
"Better a poor but peaceful life.
Than wealth and fortune bought with strife."
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AGE OF ANIMALS.
A bear rarely exceeds 20 years ; a dog
lives 20 years ; a wolf 20 years ; a fox 14 or
16 years; lions are long-lived. Pompojr
lived to the age of 70. The average of cats
is L years ; a squirrel and bare 7 or 8
years ; rabbits 7. Elephants havo been
known to have lived to the great age of 400
years. When Alexander the Great bad
conquered Phorus, King of India, he took
a great elephant which had fought very vali
antly for the king, named him Ajar, and
dedicated him to the sun, and let him go
with this inscription: "Alexander the son of
Jupiter, bath dedicated Ajax to the son."
This elephant was found with this inscrip
tion 950 years after. Pigs have beeu
known to live to the age of 30 years ; the
rhiuocerouj to 20. A horse ha been known
to live to the age of CO, but averages 25 to
30. Camels sometimes live to tbe age of
100. Stags are long lived. Sheep seldom
exceed the sgc of 10. Cows live about 15
years. Cuvier considers it probable that
whales sometimes liv e to the age of 1,000.
The dolphin and porpoise attain the age of
30. An eagle died at Vienna at the age of
104. Swans have been known to live 3f!0
years. Mr. Mallerton has the skeleton ot
a swan that a'.tained the age of 200 years.
Pelicans are long lived. A tortoise has
been known to live to the age of 1U7.