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r D For the Western Democrat. DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN ALEX ANDER COUNTY. At mating f a portion of the Demo cratic c'tizen of the county of Alexander, helil at the Court Hom in Taylorville, on Tuesday f th II arch Term. J. E- Brad b irn. &q., was called to the Chair, and J. A. Baker requested to act as Secretary. The Chaintiiiii then briefly explained the object of the meeting ; and on motion, the following pmti men were appointed a Com mittee to draft resolutions for the consider ation of the meeting, viz: V. D. Marshall, Jas. F. Monday. Dr. W. F. Connolly, J. T. Asbury and A. C Stewart. The committee retired, and after con ultatiMn. reported the following resolutions which were unanimou.-ly adopted: Whereas, There i to be held in the town ot Charlotte, oa the I4th of April next, a Convention for the purposs of nom i rinting a Democratic candidate for the offio nf Goveraor, .-Liid other purposes; and as we f. el if o.ir privilege as well as our dutv to ba repre.-euttd in said Convention, therefore. Revived. That the time, place, and holding of said Conventiou meet with our hearty approbation. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint fiftv delegate.- to represent u in said Con mention. Resolved, That we reaffirm our unwaver ing adherence to the great fundamental truths embodied in the known pinciples of thu National Democratic party, and tliat we regard its preservation M I be tody Mile guard ami bulwark for the maintenance of our Constitution, and of our Federal Union. Keolved. That President Buchanan, hy 1 is bold, fearless and Constitutional stand on the exciting isues of the day, meits and sbwald oowtnand the entire confidence of all true hearted Soufhernerl and 1'iion loving men of whatever section. Resolved, Tliat we regard the factious opposition of the Right Hon. Stephen A. Douglas to the Administration, a having placed him beyond the jiale of Democratic ranks, and that he now stand identified witb thu Jlla-k Republicans in their damn ride work foi the overthrow of the Consti tution and the oppression of tli South. Reaolvtd. Tiat Governor Ifragg, by the able ami efficient ndudnitSt ba of oar - :ife affairs, baa in evert way proved r.ortl.y of the confidence ii posed ia him by hi fellow cit liens. Resolved, That all true Dtmocrata should look wifl; scorn upon the efforts of certain aspiring and unprincipled politicians, en-dcavor-ng to disorganize our party and strew the si- ds of dissension among us. Resolved. That V. IV, Uolden, Esq-, is our ir?t choice as the nominee of be party f.,r Gorern'n but that we pledge ourselves to support whomsoever the Conveutioa hall iioiuiaate. In seeordance with the second resolution the following gentlemen were appointed by the Chairman, as delegates: fal I-aac T MeCurd e, A B Oxfcrd. W C Lire my. J f u M ij H 11 Teaue, 3;a Bowman, J II Newland, II A Oxford, lit N Noiton, Gtuie Mclatoafa A Retetnan, Adam Floweis, I .; v.d Boatiin, V P Lippaid, J I Rodgers. M Swam, AC .S ew !-, v" A Pool, W S Pool, J I Uouday, J Suae, H James, W P Buike, lt V F Com.ollv, J T Asburv, l)r I Stircwalt, David Little, J Fry, C White, J Bently.J A Johnson, RCChi man, A RsiBHiger, E iiajipian, Nrlsun Ci w,,diiithr. Cam i Herman, Mc. Moose, L Herman, W l M r.-hn!', I.df:iii liowman, J L Burgess, t. Urooch, S Kirde, m Tritt, J l Campbi il, t Gaison, It (i Martin, J Tbompsou, J S Bcmicu, J Deal, Jr, and D l.:iile, I'.fq. ?t!aj. Neal. of Ashe, bring present, was cailt d upon, and addressed the assembly i:i a few well timed and appropriate remarks. On motion, the Chairman and Secretary were added to the list wf delegates, and the proceedings ordered to bo published in the Raleigh Standard, and that the West ern Democrat, Western Sentinel, and Ashe ville News be requested to Copy. Oa motion, tho meeting adjourned. J. E. BKADBURN, Cb'n. J. A. Dakkk, Soc'y. -a- a THE METHODIST CHURCH. The returns of a ! t' e eoafi rences and missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, forty-seven in num ber, have been officially received by the authorities of that denomination, and tho result furnishes the following statistics : Number of travelling or itinerating preachers, 5,365; in 1 855 thoro were 4. 80S; in 1854. 4.834; iucrease over tho previous year, 47. Number of supernumerary or retired preachers, 711; in 1855, 690; in 1854, 600; increase over the previous vear, 21. Total number of preachers, 6,134. Number of local preachers, 6.713; in J655 there were G.oLH); in 1854. 6,149; in crease over the previous year, 126. Number of members, 700.968; number in 1855, 692,265; number in 1854. 679.282; in crease over the previous year, 6.062. Number of probationers, 110,155; in 1855 107.176; in 1854. 194,074; decrease within the past year, 5.166. Total raembeiship. 800,327; in 1855, 799,431; in 1854. 787.358; iucrease over the previous year, 20,192. Including benevo lent contributions, amount contributed for general missionary purposes, $2:26,597; for the Sunday School Union, $14,652; for the Tract Society $27,313. The numbers given above are those only of the one branch of that Church. To make the record complete, and as a matter of historical accuracy, there must be added 2.171 traveling preachers, 163 supernume rary, 4.600 local preachers, and 648.708 men.bers of the Methodist Episcopal Cburch South which will give the total number of Episcopal Methodists in the Uuitcd States as follows : Travelling preachers 7.332. supernumerary 874. local preachers 11.316 aud members 1.444.035. Total, preachers aud members, 1,463.559. a . Business Improving. We have accounts from almost every section of the country of the gradual revival of business. The cotton factories at lncaster, it is stated, are about to resume operations. At Lewiston, Me., all the mills will soon be at work, with 16,000 additional spindles iu one of them. The Woodsocket (R. I.) cotton mills, which have been running only five days in the week, are about to be put upon full time. Iu Massachusetts, the Bay State Mills, at Lawrence, now employs 600 hands, and will, ii is believed, ere lung be iu full opera tion. Health is the greatest of all bodily pleas ures, but Iba least thought of. Foreign Intelligence. LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamship Canada arrived on the 1 1th, bringing advices from Liverpool to the 27th ultimo. The sales of cotton for the week amount ed to 51.000 bules, at an advance of Jd. some circulars quote a fraction higher. Stock on hand 207.000. of which 100,000 are American. Manchester advices favor able. Breadstuff quief Provisions have a declining tendency. We cpy the following additional news by the steamer Europa : ENGLAND. The Government was defeated in Parlia ment on the sec nd reading of the bill to amend the law relating to murder and con spiracy, upon an amendment offered by Milner Gibson which censures the Minis ters for not replying to Count Walew.-ki's despatch, but professes a readiness to amend the laws upon due investigation. The vote was 215 for the Ministers t 234 for Gibson's amendment, a majority of 10 against the Government. A demonstration in Hvde Park against the conspiracy bill was proposed for the Sunday following the sail ing of the Europa. The directors of the Bank of England have decided that no further reduction of the rute of discount shall be made at pres ent. INDIA. British surrcss over the Rebtls. Bombay dates to the 24th of Janunry bave reached England. The reported cap ture of Purruckabed and Fntteghur by Sir Collin Campbell, is confirmed. After sub jugating Robilcand, he will march on Luck now. Gen. Outram, at the Alumbnh, continued to hold his position, not withstanding re pented attacks by the enemy. On the22d December he attacked the enemy, about 5.000 strong, who had taken up a formida ble position on his right flank, and com pletely routed them, killing 250, and cap turing four guns. On the 12th January Gen. Outram was attacked by 30.000 of the rebels, who were repulsed with the loss of 400 men. The post Alumbagh was again assailed o:i the 16th, and the attack lasted for eleven hours, the enemy being headed by a Hindoo fanatic, who was wounded and taken prisoner. Tho insurgents were dri ven back with severe loss. With the force at his disposal, 4.000 men. Gen. Outram is fullv able to maintain his position. Oh the 21th of December Col. Rowcroft's rtdumn, consisting of part of the Naval Brigade and two Ghoorkha regiments, at tMcked a body of rebels. 5.00J strong, in the Goruckpore district, and entirely routed them. Tins victory has cleared that part of tho country. l$rigad:er Campbell with a small force from Allahabad, marched against the rebels iu the neighborhood aud attacked them n the 4th of January, killing upwards of 350. The Bareillv insurgents, about 1.000 in number, attacked Huldwaiwh, 18 miles from Nynee Tab on the 1st of January, but were driven off by tho Ghoorkbas with the loss 20 killed. A small force from Doesa, under Major Kaines, marched against tho village of Bowah on the Gib of January, and engaged the rebel collected there. After a sharp fire 'f musketry the village was carried by storm, and the enemy driven out. A few officers were wunded in this affair. The Blnpal Contigent were disarmed at Sehnre on t lie 12th of January, by the force under Gen. Rose. About 150 prisoners were tried by court-martial, and shot by musketry, and many others were killed in attempting to escape. The papers state that the country all over is being trauquilized by degrees ; but a vast amount of work has still to be per formed. I M POT ANT FROM CHINA. Bombardment of Canton The City in Pos session of the English and French. The city of Canton was virtually in the possession of the English and French, on the ISth of December. Admiral Seymour, iu a dispatch, dated Dec. 29th, says : "The city of Canton was assaulted and taken by escalade this morning, by the naval end military forces of the allied powers, with very trifling loss as to the number, but most serious in the loss of Capt. W. T. Bate, of her Majesty's ship Acteon, who was killed by a jingle ball whilst reconnoi- treing a suitable position for our soaling ladders." The French Admiral writes : "Canton is at the mercy of the allied forces. Tbe north forts seem to have been abandoned. The flags of France and Eng land are hoisted on the five story pagoda. Our loss is small for an attacking oroe. I am acting in ownoert with Admiral Sey mour and General Straulienaee, tm make sure the results of the victory obtained by the anna of England and of France. The fire from the allied fleet was excellent, and contributed in u small degree to the success-" Lawyer's Fees. lu an article on Ham. ilton and Burr, in Russell's Magazine, it is related that a merchant once offerod Ham ilton a fee of a thousand dollars, which he rejected as too great, though he was the most eminent lawyer, (Burr, his equal, only excepted.) theu in the city of New York. And the writer goes on to say that the "re jection of the fee is an example of self denial, to which law history furnishes us with nothing similar." Law history supplies us with moreextra ordiuary things than this. Those in this community who knew two of our late de ceased lawyers know that they sometimes declined fees altogether, and sometimes re fused to take as much as was offered. But a rarer case than this was that of a North Carolina lawyer who had received a retain er of $500 from the State in a celebrated land case, and returned it to the State Treasury on being elected Governor before the case was tried. As to the amount of the fee. a thousand dollars now is a small affair. We read of fees of $100,000. and even of $100,000. Ther is one lawyar at the North who, we understand, has long refused tu receive a less fee than $500. Fay. Observer. UV REQLEST COTJNTRT GIRLS Metta Victoria Fuller, in th Ohio Culti vator, in a sisterly way, thus ta.'ks to coun try girls : The farmers' daughters are soon to be the life, as well as the pride of the country; a glorious race of women, which no other land can show. I seek not to flatter them, for before they can become this, they will have to make earnest efforts of one or two kinds. There are some who depreciate their condition; and some who have a false pride in it, because these demand more con sideration than they merit. A want of intelligence upon all tho subjects of the day, and of a refined education, is no more excusable iu a country, than a town-bred girl in these days of many books and news papers. Many gills are discouraged because they cannot be sent away from home to boarding-schools. But men of superior minds, and knowledge of the world, would rather have for wives, women well and pro perly educated at home. And this educa tion can be had wherever the desire is not wanting. A tuste for reading daes wonders. There is a "farmer's daughter" in this room in which I am writing, a beautiful, refined, and intellectual woman ; in whose girlhood books were not so plentiful as they are now, and who obtained her fine educa tion under difficulties which would have discouraged any but one who had as true a hive for study. I will state why I think the country girls are yet to prove the hope of this country. The women in towns and cities are becom ing so universally unhealthy and so almost universally extravagent, foolish, and fash ionable, that men are almost in despair of getting wives who are not invalids, and of providing them with what they demand after they have! married them. Unless a young man bus the fortune (good or bad) to be the inheritor of wealth, be must spend the best bloom of youth in acquiring enough "to start upon," as people are expected to bein now-a-days. Men, even in high places, would go to the country for their choice, if they met there equal refinement and intelligence. Women are preparing to take a noble stand in history, and they cannot do it iu ignorance. Ttwn girls have the advantages of more highly polished manners and greater ac complishments ; but country girls have ;n finTtely more to recommend them as rivals of their fair city sisters. They have more truth, household knowledge and ecanomy, health (and. consequently, beauty), sim plicity, affection, and freshness of impulse and thought. When they h ive cultivated minds, they have more chances in their favor for good sense and real ability, be cause so much is not demanded by the friv liiies of society. The added lustre of foreign accomplishments could easily be caught Wy such a mind, from a very little contact with the world. I would nt speak as though our farmers' daughters were deficient in education. Many brilliant scholars and talented women majr be found among tlu-m ; in New-England this is especially so ; but I would seek to awaken the ambition of all to become that admired and favored class which they ought to be, if they will but unite refined culture w ith their most excellent graces. A sweet country home, with roses and honeysuckles trained to climb over it ; with good taste, intelligence, and beauty, within; toil enough to insure health, and leisure enough to court acquaintance with books and flowers, and the loveliness of nature ; with peace, plenty, and love ; is surely one of the paradises which heaven has left for tbe attainment of man. FORTUNES OF A PIN. In the year 1787 a boy called Lafitte first appeared in Paris. He was poor, and greatly desired an inferior situation in a banking house. Furnished with a letter of introduction, he went to the house of a rich Swiss banker to ask for employment. He was friendless, timid, and care won, and the banker thinking him unfit for a clerk, told him that he had no room for him in his office. The lad left the banker's richly gilded room with a sad heart. While crossing the court yard, with drooping head, he saw a pin on the ground; he stooped down, toak it up, and placed it carefully in the corner of his coat. He didn't think at the time that this act, so trifling in itself, would be the turning point in his life, and the means of his fut ure splendid success. The banker saw from his window what had taken place; and attaching great impor tance to trifles, he was impressed by the circumstance. This simple action gave him the key to the character of Lafitte. He thought that any young man who would take care of a pin, would surely make a good clerk, and merit the trust and good wishes of Ids employer. Tho same evening, Lafitte received a note from tbe hanker, offering hiin a situa tion in his counting-room, and asked him to come and fill the situation at once. The discerning banker was not deceived in his hopes, for he soon found that tbe young pin snvr possessed all the good qualities he expected. From a olerk, La fitte soon advanced to cashier, and at length was received into partnership, and afterwards became the owner of the largest bunk in Paris, and one of the richest men in the world. He was not only rich, gener ous, great and powerful, but was chosen a deputy of the people, and made President of the Council of Ministers, and was iu every respect the most influential citizen of Francs. Belladonna and Scarlet Fever The use of belladonna as a preventative of scarlet fever has been followed with great success on the continent of Europe and elsewhere. No eotTee nor vinegar should be taken while using it. Any pbysiciau or Druggist will direct how to use it. If any one tells you it's no use fry it it can do no hurt in small quantities any how. The best physicians of Europe say it is of use, and anything is worth trying to avoid that horrible scourge scarlet fever, now once more upon ita rounds through the country. FATAL AFFRAY IN DARLINGTON DISTRICT. From the Camden Journal. We have learned from a private source of a most unfortunate occurrence, which look place at Cartersville, Darlington Dis trict, on Tuesday last. It appears that on the Monday previous a man by the name of Windham, known to be a dealer in liquor and trafficker with negroes, took from the Depot at Carters ville three barrels of whiskey, which he carried to his shop. This fact being com municated to several members of the Vigi lant Committee of that place, twenty-seven of them met at Windham's on Wednesday, for the purpose of seizing and destroying the liquor. They were met however, by a larger number of Windham's friends, who bid them defiance ; and they concluded to withdraw, notifying the other party that they would return the next day with a force sufficient to accomplish their object. On Thursday at ten o'clock, some seventy-five men of the Vigilant Committee well armed, met near Windham's shop. They were formed into three companies, with neces sary officers, and marched to the rear of the house and halted. One ef their oldest and most respectable citizens, whose name we hove not learned, went up and remon strated with tbe opposite party, assembled in front of the shop armed with guns, pistols sticks, knives, &c but to no purpose. He told them that it was not the desire or intention of the Vigilant men to do them barm if it could be avoided, that they would not shoot unless they were fired upon first, in which event they would be killed in their tracks. Tho defenders of Windham and his liquor swore that they would shed theii last drop of blood, aicd if the Vigilant men entered the shop it would be over their dead bodies. The companies were ordered to advance, one on the right, anather on the left, and the third in the centre. A halt was made near l he door, and the men stood ready to fire if necessary. Another re monstrance was made by tbe Vigilant party but to no effect. The door was ordered to be opened, and a fence rail applied for the purpose. At this juncture one f Windham's party singled out an officer among the Vigilanrls, saying "you are my man," and fired, tho shot brushing him and striking another man, but not killing him. In an instant the man, Freeman, was shot dead in his tracks, and a general rush made at his party, knocking them down with the butt ends of their guns, breaking them in some instances, and fracturing skulls, See. Our informant states that two or three of the Windham's are dead, or will die soon. In the affray Mr. Nelson Stuckey was badly if not fatally stabbed, with a Mr. Robert son, the man who was first shot. These were the ojily two of the Vigilant Commit tee injured. The shop was entered, but not finding the whiskey, the corn crib was searched and it was found there and de stroyed. These are the facts as we have them from a perfectly reliable source. We have given them as they are furnished in a latter to a friend hj ono who was present and saw it all. We have not the disposition now to comment on this most unfortunate and de plorable occurrence. It is shocking in its character, and gives us pain, is abhorrent to our feeiings, and must be deplored by all. SINGULAR INFATUATION. A singular case of infatuation, says the New York News, was brought to light on Saturday, the victim being Mr J. Franklin Langly, of Norfolk, Va., who has been swindled out of about $1,500. It appears that Mr L. had recently arrived in the city, and put at the Astor House. On Friday last he was met by two girls named Emma Howard and Mary Russell, who inveigled him into a thieving den. kept in the rear of No. 21 Elm street, by one Wm. Howard, where he was kept in a semi-stupor state, and fleeced out of nearly all his money. He finally became desperately in love with Mary Russell, and offered to marry her. She consented, and he bought her several silk dresses and a handsome wardrobe, be sides several articles of jewelry. He afterwards took her to Jersey city, to get married, but the girl backed out, and said all she wanted of him was his presents, and that when she did get married she wanted somebody besides an old fool. This brought Mr Langly ts his senses, and he found that the girl and her accomplices had duped him out of about $1,500, all he had with him but 88. He then went to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, and told his talo, and the result was that Howard and one Jack Russell, and the two girls were arrested and locked up toSanswer a charge of conspiracy. Most of the ward robe and jewelry which Mr L. purchased for the girl was recovered and given in charge of the Property Clerk, but several hundred dollars which the gang got from him is still missing. Mr Langly is a resi dent of Norfolk, and is about forty years of age. He recently returned from Califor nia. The Way Negroes die in New York. The body of an old negro named John Redman was found in a cellar in New Yoik, last Thursday afternoon. The Herald savs: It presented a dreadful spectacle, the Lead and face having been nearly devoured by ! r:ts. The unfortunate beinr net n.-illw AlA j - V VJJ of starvation. He lived quite alone in the cellar since the death of his wife, a few weeks hack. His neighbors (who are mostly poor negroes) knew that he was in a state of destitution, in consequence of his inability to find employment of any kind, and were unable to help him. They saw him alive for the lost lime on Sunday, as he was descending into his wretched abode. Thurs day afternoon attention was attracted by a shocking stench proceeding from the cellar. Some of the neighbors entered and were horrified at the spectacle which presented itself. On a miserable pallet lay the emacia ted corpse, sut rounded by hundreds of rats, who were with difficulty driven away from their horrid feast. T COMMODORE FERRY. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, brother to that heroic Perry whose name is inseparably connected with the victory on Lake Erie in the War of 1812, died at his residence in New York city, on the morn ing of the 4th of March. His life has been a period of continued toil in the service of his country, from his entry into the Navy in 1600 as' a midshipman, up to the time of his decease. A native of the State of Rhnde Island, he was born at South Kingston in 1795. He made his first cruise ia the schooner Re venge, and at the age of eighteen was ! transferred to the frigate United States, I and after five months duty returned to the President, commanded by the Gallant De- m m ft a catur, with whom he served ter eigui months. In 1815 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and stationed for two years at the Brooklin Navy Yard. It will be seen that his novitiate was passed amid the con cluding scenes of that war which gave the finishing blow to British oppression on our waters. Tutored amid such stirring events, his whole after life retained the martial culture which they afforded, and developed those qualities of a commander which sub sequently attained for him tho first honors of the American Navy. To him as much as any one, the Coloniu- ation Seciety are indebted for the selection j of the Liberian settlement, whither he was ' sent with Com. Robert F. Stockton and in the ship Cyane. He served in this ves sel till 1821, from whence he was ordered to the command of the schooner Shark, in which he visited the colony of the Mesura do, and afterwards the West Indies in search of pirates. In 1824 he was with Com. Rodgers, on board the ship-of-linc North Carolina, during her whole cruise. He was promoted to the rank of Com mander, and in 1830 returned to Boston, where he was engaged in the recruiting service. On his return to the United States in 1833, ho was again stationed at the Brook lyn Navy Yard, as Superintendent of Gun nery Practice, and was here indefatigable in his efiorts to perfect our Naval organiza tion. To him wo are indebted for many of the useful improvements in the present sys tem. Advanced to the post of Captain in 1837, he was transferred to the steamer Fulton, and for nearly a year, cruised on the eastern coast of the United States. In 1838 ho was dispatched to Europe for the purpose of investigating the dockyards and light-houses, on which subject he pre pared a valuable report. After serving for three years ia the African squadron en gaged in suppressing the slave trao, he was in 184G ordered to New York, where ho superintended for some time, the construc tion of Government docks and steamers. Upon the breaking out of the Mexican War, as second in command to Commodore Conner, he sailed for the Gulf of Mexico. Here, in 1847, he was appointed chief offi cer of the Homo Squadron, and history re cords no more brilliant naval achievement than the bombardment f Vera Cruz, which was conducted under his management. But the last was the crowning act of bis whole career. On the 24th of March, 1852, he sailed from tho United States on a mis sion, whose successful consummation will hand down the name of Com. Perry with abiding honors to a distant posterity. We allude to the Japan Expedition, which terminated so credibly by the treaty enter ed into between tliat Empire and our Gov ernment, signed on the 31st of March, 1854. Com. Perry had closed his official life with this negotiation and returned to New York, where he resided until an attack of the gout finished his ceurse on earth on the ' 4th of ibis month. A widow and six chil j dren remain to mourn their loss, which a bj infamising uuuairy uuu au auinuiug ago alike deplore. ' f S s S' - The Amount of Food Consumed by a Man During his Life-Time. We take the following from u late number of the London Times : M. Alexis Soyer, in one f his most i touching pictures of real life, represents to us a good genius leading oat a little aristo ' crat, or a yet unconscious millionaire to a i vast plain, upon which is collected on one spot all the delicate food and costly liquors which that favored being will consume dur ing the period of his martal struggles, sup posing him to attain the average age of j man. That great writer throws in the ad ditinal and awful touch that the animals destined for the support of the little boy are in that dreadful vision endowed with life, j and are now gazing at their future consum j er with lack-lustre but reproachful eye. j Taking the medium consumption of his dai- ly meals, the emiuent writer in question has I calculated that the boy would be surreund ! ed and gazed at by 30 oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, 50 pigs ; in poultry by 1,200 fowls, 300 Turkeys, 160 geese, 400 ducklings, 253 pigeons, 1,400 parrages. pheasants and grouse, GOO woodcoc ks and snipes, 600 ivild ducks, widgeon and teal ; ; 450 plovers, ruffs and reeves, 800 quails, j ortolans and dottesills, and a few p ;;i!emots j and other foreign birds ; also by 500 hares and rabbits, 40 deer, 140 guinea-fowl, 10 : peacocks, and 360 wild fowl. In t!;e way of fish, 120 turbet, 140 salmon, 120 cod, .v i,,ui, -w uiBcaerei, ouu wmungs, OKU soles and slips, 400 flounders, 400 red mul lets, 200 eels, 150 haddocks, 400 flounders. 400 some hundred thousands of those delicious silvery white bait, besides a few hundred species of fresh-water fishes. In shell-fish, by 20 turtles. 30,000 oyters, 1,500 lobsters or crabs, 300,000 prawns, shrimps, sar dines and anchovies. With enumeration of tbe living creatures we will stop, we have not room to dwell upon the food, upon the fruits and vegetables ; we would only add that the liquids to promote tbe diges tion of the above articles, enumerated or suggested, are counted as 49 hogsheads of wine, l,368i gallons of beer, 584 gallons of spirits, 342 of liquors, ore. OTTBNTWO OP A STBAMBK. - w Incidents vf the Disaster. The Mobils Mrcury, of ths 3d inst., furnishes the folbwing particulars of a melancholy disastir which has heretofore been announced by telegraph : The Magnolia arrived this morning brought the mekncholy intelligence that the Eliza Battle was burnt above Kemp's Landing, at 2 o'ebek, on Monday morning, with the lossxf shout forty lives. The fire was discovrd at that hour by the chambermaid, in the nursery of the boat, and its origin is not accounted for, but is surmised to havt originated from sparks from the Warrior, which had passed about half an hour previously. The tiller ropes were soon burnec, but the pilot succeeded in running the boat into the woods about three hundred jards above tbe landing, when the passenrers took to the water. The loss of life was entirely occasioned by drowning or freeeing- An infant of tvo months old was saved in a remarkable mnner. When discovered, by Captain Stone, it had only its night clothes on and was blue with cold. A blanket coat soaked with water, was at hand, which the Captain laid upon a burn ing cotton bale, and then wrapped the babe in the steaming covering. It is now "alive and cherruping." For five hours, from the discovery of the fire till seven o'clock when the Magnolia came to their assistance, the passengers and employees of the boat who had escaped drowning were perishing from cold. Some 1,300 bales of cotton constituting the cargo of tho boat were consumed. Another account says : There were from fifty to sixty passengers an board, and some 1200 to 1500 bales of cotton. Of the passengers, thirty-three are known to have been lost; all the cotton with the exception of about 20 bales, was destroyed, and the boat burned to the water's edge. The fire occurred among the cotton in the after part of the boat, under the cabin. A strong north wind blowing at the time, soon sent the flames throughout the boat, so quck indeed, that the passengers had to seek their safety iu their night clothes. The heat was so great that neither the yawl or life boat could bo launched. Kemp's landing where the disaster oc curred, is near C! ainev ille. As soon as assistance arrived, Captain Stone gave orch i s to have the women and children first cared for. He was tho last himself to leave the burning boat. Tho books and papers of tho boat were wholly destroyed, and with the exception of a carpet bag or two, the satire baggage of the passengers shared tho same fate. A CONTENTED OLD MAN. Grant Thorburn, tho famous old seeds man of New York, wrote as follows on the 16th ult., from Xevv Haven, Conn. : 'I have lived another 3ear in this falsely so-called miserable world. I verily believe it is the best world, terrestrial, that ever God Almighty made. I never frit head, heart or toothache, during tho year just gone by ; and this day I enter upon my e ighty-fifth year. I walk without a staff, and eat my food without brandy or bitters. I never was drunk in my life, and never bad a rheumatic pain. I voted ihr-e years when Washington was I'rosident. I lived twenty-two years under George III; saw the whole reign of George IV.. . William IV., Victoria thus far. I was intimate with Hamilton, Jay, Morris, old Governor Clinton, and other prominent actors of the revolution." He is a pleasant illustration of the way in which men jud-o the world without, by the world within. After all, this inside world is the real world, and the outside one oi ly its shadow. That fine, healthy, old fellow, Grant Thorburn, free from rheumatism, headache, toothache, and even heartache, thinks this "the best world, terrestial, that ever God Almighty made" Wonder wheth er he would say so, if he had suffered from a continuation of these maladies, or from a protracted visitation of any one of them ? However, it is so pleasant to meet with a cheerful aud contented spirit, one which is elastic and happy, even in old age, that we will not quarrel with this fine Id fellow. We will agree that, to people who never have headache, toothache, this is a very good world. O FEMALE SUFFRAGE. The Massachusetts Legislature has ap pointed a hearing to some female petitions "Woman's Rights." The rights claimed are, that women should be allowed, 1st, to choose their own avocation ; 2d, not to be taxed without representation ; 3d, to sit on juries, and 4tli, to hold office. There can be no good political reason why women should not have these rights. The only obstacle to their enjoyment is the domestic inconvenience which might arise from the possession of them. It might bother a doatiug husband to nurse a suckling baby while its public-spirited mother was out with a stubborn jury, aud his patience might be tried to find that his dinner had been neglected while his wife was discus sing politics and distributing tickets, at the election polls. But these are trifles that he would soon get used to, and are no good reason why a woman who desires it should not have equal privileges, political and so cial, with man. But then she should claim no privilege on account of her sex which the gnllantry of man usually accords to her. If there is to be equality, it must be perfect in respect to both. Instead of be ing an idol to be worshipped, she must come down to man's level and share in all wm.iovui.wiu soouiu grant the privi leges asked for ; it might save the State the necessity of enlarging the lunatic asylums. When common sense fails to make any im pression, a little experience sometimes cures the crookedest crochets of tbe brain, and dispels a great deal of nonsense. Medical Student's Examination. "Do wounds often heal by the first intention?v "Not when the patieU is rich and the doctor poor." "When does mortification ensue?" "When you pop the question and are answered no." k f Ta....anlin..nt,J .L 1 J . .. FROM FLORIDA. The latest dates from Florida cow items of intelligence which indicatn probability of a speedy close of the In(j difficulties. A warrior lately capture says the Tampa Peninsular of the SiJtl, 0, ' has given information of the locality Billy Bowlegs, and declares that ho Wo surrender if he could see a white flag. Sam Jones abd five others will die bef they will consent to leave the country the others, being greatly distressed f want of provisions, which have been dej. troyed, are willing to give up ao,j where they can enjoy peace again. In the treaty which will be proffered to Billy Bowlegs and his tribe it is stijjUlat that the Seminoles shall receive the gUar ianship of tbe United States QoverssjtM that for twelve months they shall be fedanj clothed, and their expenses paid to fai new homes in the West, on the Seminub n servation in Kansas, which lies betwpeQ Cherokee and Choctaw nations, and which has been held for them some time. The government is to pay tliein. imme. diately on their arrival at tbeir Western home, two hundred and fifty thousand d lars; besides giving them mechanics, farm. ers and blacksmiths to instruct theirchil. dren, and $25,000 annually furever. It j possiblo one hundred thousand dollars 0r so more may be given to them as a bonu. This, or the exact amount, is not yet deter. mined upon. It is likely that the original proposition of the Government to lh' Bowlegs, of ten thousand dollars may U( renewed. ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE DIET If there exist a considerable diversity 0f opinion on the subject of rice and potatoes so does there exist also a consijratle diversity as to butcher meat. Among us middle classes of society, among the ti aders and lawyers and oilier professional men there is too great an exertion of the bruin with too little exercise of the muscular powers. The result is generally a want ef vigorous health. This is one cause of tin success of the various experiments on diet by many men, who seek merely their own ease, and not a reputation for invention. I have had several friends who have tnej the effort of abstaining from meat; in only one instance that 1 remember, Las lb) practice been continued, and in all the others I have been told that a want of vigor sad of power of woik was soon feit. It teemi to be acknowledged that vegetables furnish the same elements of fuel and of filttine that are obtained from flesh, but it is dear that we obtain a far larger quaniHT nf nutriment by eating a certain weight of meat than by eutin the same weigbtof vegetables. If a man lends a quiet 'iff, he may find lime to swallow a sufficient quantity of bread or even of potatoes, to supply the muscular waste that takes place. But if a man has to task his bodily powen to the utmost, he must lake his food in the concentrated form of flesh, qualifying ii.of course, with a mixture of veov tables ine vegetarians go among the navies, ir.J try if those brawny fellows can get through their herculian tasks on a diet without most; let them go to the trainers, and see if these people can turn out a prize-fighter or a pedestrian on such a regimen. I bare read of a man who was trained on gia as his lriBk, but I never heard of one who was brought up to his task on vegetables. m OP The following is n. specimen ef sharp shooting between u coquette and her lover: "You men are angels when you woo the mam, But devil? when the marriage vow is paid." The lover was not to be outdne, replied as follows : 'The change, dear rL is easily forsirts. We find we are iu hell instead of heaves.'1 TRUSTEE SALE. 38 Valuable IVegroes lor Sale. On TUESDAY, the 20tli dav of APRIL next, we, as Trust. es of George Mo'steljer, E. 9. Barrett and Jacob A. Ranisour, will offer it public sale at the Court House in Lincoliiton, N. C, 38 VALUABLE NEGROES, om an excellent Tin-Smith. The said lot of Negroes is composed of younf, and likely men and women, boys and girk The boys aud girls are very likely. One-half' or more of said Negroes w ill be ob for CASH ; the others on a credit of tw o nioutU the purchaser giving good bond and securitj C. C. HKNDEHSON, Trustee of E. S. Barrett and O. Mostellw L. E. THOMPSON, Trustee of J. A. Kamsonr. At the SAME TIME and place, I will d for sale a valuable HOUSE and LOT in bis colnton. The same is a corner lot and an cellent stand for business; ia but a few vardi from tbe Court House, and .s occupied by J- A Ramsour. L. E. THOMPSON, Trsste. Iy The creditors of George Hosteller, E. S. Barrett, of the firms of Barrett, Ranisour & Co Barrett & Ramsour, and of Jacob A. Ratnsuur, are hereby notified to present their claims to o The creditors of Hosteller and Uarn C. C. Henderson the others to L. E. Thoor Son. C. C. HENDERSON. Tranter L. E. THOMPSON, Trustee. March 9 1T8. UU-t Salisbury Watchman and Yorkville Chroai cle copy 4 times and forward bill to C C Henderson, Lincoliiton. VALUABLE PROPERTY For Sd By virtue of a writ of Vcnditione Exposal me directed from the SanurM ILmri nf fo' Cesweil county, I will sell for cash to tbe bajk ': niauer, on Alonuay the nti day ot April if at the Court House in Liiicolnton, the tolloB8 vt-ry desirable property: THE LOT8 br fh. Owi'llinir ntwl "l,,..k. ... . .. m u M-jiTrtt are situated, on the Soutb-ea.it nasrc a. e it . I '-k town oi lincoliiton. Also, the IM OB wbw the Stables of the said E. S. Ban. ti ate si d; on the Booth west square of the said lonui Liiicolnton. ... ... j avajbo y x. s joining the lands of Daniel Shruni sad el T" 1 . I . . 1 , j . . . ...r.'V iur guuvc jiroperi was levu u on ' an execution in tavor of C. 11. Richmond others. C. MILLER, Sh-riff of Lincoln county March 9, 1P58. 99-6t Job Printing EXECUTED WITH DISPATCH At this Office.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 16, 1858, edition 1
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