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a He si c ON TIIK SIDE OF TRADE STREET Q per annum JN ADVANCE. - CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES' AS IT 13 TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER." WWtlAM J. TATSS, Editor pkoPRiETor. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1858. SIXTH VOLUME NUMBER 807. m t 1 1 m . i (FPublbhed every Tuesday ,'5) BV yj J. FATES, Editor and Proprietor. Edwin A. Yates, Associate Editor. yf pai l i" aH;un'e fpaiJ within six months !. l.-.'.i :it: r the ex ni rat ion of the year mgt- Amy jK-rsun sending its live .new subscriber, mpanied bj the ndraaee Bttbseriptfba (SlO; will h,- a sixth "ropy t-r.uis for one year, ay. Subscribers and other who may wish to send money to u". can do so y mail, at our risk. Halts of .fdtcrtising: fw square of 11 Ones or h?. for 3 months, $ 4 00 - 6 " 6 00 u u u 12 " 10 00 li . square, or less, first insertion, $ 1 00 i .,, ii saltsrqaeat insertion 25 k. . Transieat advert (enseals must he paid for in advance. Kor announcing Candidates for Office, Sa IB al.iiiie. l-fi A-l .riisenieiit not marked on the manuscript r a sprrific time, w ill be inserted until forbid, and changed aerardtagly. Sifpl Uoiicts. SAM: P. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor at Law "11 vV ALWAYS HE FOUND AT THE OFFICE fjl ,1 U in. Johnston, Esq. ygr Prompt attention given to Collections, writing fbredfl. I 'on cvances. Jtc. Jaaaanr -. lsjs. ly W. A. OWENS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C. TI!.I. practice in the Courts of this and the adjoin ing 'omities. OFFICE NKAHI.Y 0ITOS1TE Till'. Po.ST OlTICE. lannarr '.t. 1850. WILLIAM J. KERR, ATTORXEY AT LAW & SOLICITOR IX K'H IT Charlotte, X. V. M71LL practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg ami the adjoining Counties. Special attention paid t.. rnllretioa of claims. g OFFICE in the building formerly occupied by the Mate Rank. January 12. lSTjg. rm II. La F. ALEXANDER, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, iV. C. Office over China Hall. August II, 1 57. y Eo IP. WASPI6, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. ('., X". 5, Spring J Iiutl1 hifj, Will in future devote his time exclusively to the duties i his profession. S. DAVIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CHARLOTTE. X. C. an. 1. 15::. tf. Ultbttal flotitts. ROBERT GIBBON, M.D. JlEDSt lK AMD SURCJERY, Otiicc Xo. 5, Granite Row, VHARLOTTEi X. V. Febraarr 1. 1858. RS. I OX & WHITE, -5t1rwi j .. uj .v. ii rJii- Lr -t.z? JJa;Li -iilr Medicine and Surgery. (Ifeice up St.'.irs in Springs' Ruilding. 1 .'. FOX, M. D. W. B. WHITE, M. D. April .:. 1858, 3-tf NOTICE. LL those indebted to the subscriber will make inl ine. Hate settlement, or their Notes and Accounts will le planed in other hands for collection. C. J. FOX. April IsoS. 3-tf DR. R. lVYSO, RESPECTFULLY oilers his Professional Services to the citizens of the Town and vicinity. April 2S. lt-'ST. OMice in Springs' Ruilding. thave this day placed in the hands of SAM E P. SMITH. Es.;..' for collection, all the Notes and Ae ' 'luits due wo r.t the Shoe Store. All persons in arrears are requested to call at his Office and settle im "'"liatelv : in so doing they will save cost--. J. R. F. BOOHS. February So, 1859. t'7-tf t'W .Tlillinerv AM) MANTUA MAK ING ESTABLISHMENT. llUS. P. M. SMITH would inform the public that -. she intends carrying on the above business at re-;-!rnre, next door to the new Episcopal Church. she would also inform the ladies that she has just PC nved a supply of Ronnet Trimmings, consisting of F.nvprs. Feathers, Brouches. Ac. Oct 27, 1S57. S0-tf VILLI XL RY AXD PRESS-MAKING. MRS. WIJEAI.AN respectfully informs the ladies of Charlotte and vicinity, that she has returned, and r,r" r- her services to her old customers and Brian dr. Kesidcnee one door above the Post Qftoe. Jne 3a 1 c - Town Taxes. sow h.-.v ik T,.v T Set for 1S:,7 rendv for setttc- I lmnt Persons liable to pav tax will please call on the ' rmed and settle forthwith. It is honed that this tttire v ei. - !-e .-ullicitut. as the money must be collect- , ' M ATJIJTS S2 00 3 50 : oo SCARE & CO., Druggists A: Chemists, No . 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, INVITE the attentionn of Physicians. Planters. Merchants, kc, to their new and complete tock of DRUGS, CHEMI CALS, Ac. The extensive patronage they have received from the Physicians of Char lotte and its vicinitv is the best guarantee of the PI RITY OF THE DRUGS sold bv them. March 30, 1858. GIVE TIIKM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC PAINTS: Cheap. Dmabie and Protective : Weather and Fire Proof. For sale Wholesale an Retail by SCARR k CO., Feb. 9. Chemists k Druggists. P ATENT MEDICINES jntt received from the Ware house: Avers' Cherry Pectoral. Rogers' Liverwort and Tar, Wi star's Balsam, (Jin sou's Sarsaparilla and Yellow Duck. UcLane'a Pills Strong's Pills, Avers' Fills, ic. tc at April 1st. SCARR k CCS, Drnggists. Wood's Hair Restorative. A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the , Hair has just been received direct from New York, bv ; March 10. SCARR A CO. ' CJ AVAGE'S URSINA, or Canadian Bear's Grease, ; ;ui eiegant application for imparting a beautiful gloss to the hair, for sale at .March SCARR & CO.'S Drug Store. Bouquet ft'Orleans, or xx Bourbon, From groves of sweet flowers this perfume was culled, Where deep golden summers exalt the perfume. Where the breeze from the South iu the deep glen is lulled. Where Bowers exhale, but forever resume To impart this aroma, 'tis the sweetest, the best, It steals o'er the senses like the nectar of Jove, To the bouquet of beauty it gives a new zest. Is the pride of the toilet and the perfume of love. Distilled with great care from the choicest flowers of the South, expressly for the Doiulour, Toilet and Hand kerchief". Tor aale hi Charlotte by March 16. F. SCAUR & CO. Kfil CLOVES. "H ANC ASTER S KID GLOVE CLEANER, an un JLi failing preparation, easy and simple in application, removing all stains and grease from the Glove; at March 10. SCAUR 4 CO.'S Drug Store. The Great English Remedy. SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS, PREPARED TROM A I'i'.Ks CIMPTION OK SIR J. CLARKE. M. D., rilYSICIA.V KXTUAOaiMNAKY TO THE QLF.E.N. 'IHIS well known medicine is no imposition, but a A sure and safe remedy for Female Ditliculiies and Obstructions, from any cause whatever: and although a powerful remedy , they contain nothing hurtful to the constitution. To .MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly suited. These Pills have never been knovn to fail where th Direction- oil the 2d page of Pamphlet are well observ ed. Tor fnlJ particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, of the Agent. N. R. Si and C postage stamps enclosed to any au thorized Agent. Avill insure a bottle, containing over 50 Fills, by return mail. Sold in Charlotte by F. SCAUR k CO., sole Agents, and by llaviland, Stevenson i Co.. Charleston, W hole sale agents. March 2, I83t. v FRESH BAKER'S BREAD. Cf UPERIOR Rread baked every morning for families. at J. D. PALMER'S Confectionery, one door above the Hank of Charlotte. February 2. 18j6. tf A Reliable NOTICE. T! HE Firm of F.UEM & STEELE was dissolved by mutual consent on the 1st day of January, l5ti. The business of the Firm i- in my hands for collection and settlement; and I hereby respectfully request all persons idebtcd to the late firm by Book Account to come forward and settle between this date and the 1st day of July. 1858, as I do assure you that all accounts due the firm at that time will be put ia suit for collec tion. A. C. STEELE. Charlotte. Feb. 10. 1858. 41 m MTV .1. J Ji T HE unilersigned having entered into Copartner ship for the purpose of carving on the eOSFElTIOXLKY, BAKERY, FRUIT AND RETAIL G-rocery Business, Reg leave to call the attention of the citizens of Char lotte and surrounding country to their New Stand on Trade Street, between Brent's and Frankenthail s. at Sprat! a Daniel's old Stand, where they would be pleased to see all their friends and acquaintances. MOODY NISDET. JaauarY 25, 1859. J-tf HAVING PURCHASED A. C. STEELE'S INTEU EST in the Stock of Goods of Urem A: Steele, and associate.', with ine J. A. SADLER, Jr. and T. LAFAY ETTE ALEXANDER, the business will hereafter be conducted under the firm of T. II. RREM CO. Wr call the attention of the public to our Stock, as we have reduced the price on a great many (iood. T. 11. R11EM. Jan. 1. l?:.s. 90-tf Rare and Valuable PROPERTY FOR SAL E. INTENDING to remove to my Farm in the vicinity. 1 offer the very Desikaule Rksidknck where I now live at private sale. This property lays between Tryon and College streets, immediately in front of the depot, and contains Foi r Lots, ( about two acres.) The terms made accommodating to the purchaser. I.' not sold ar private sale before the Tuesday of Hay Superior Court next. I will sell it at public sale on the premises at 2 o'clock, P. M. Also at the same time, if not sold before. I a il! sell FIFTY-FOUR VALUABLE LOTS in the town of Charlotte. Some of them are beautiful loca tions for private residences. Persons wi.-hing to purchase would do well to give me a call, and examine the property. DANIEL ASRURY. Charlotte. March 30, 1858. 2-71 CASH PAIR FOR HIRES, turf:-: roons sovtii or t::J mj.v..;o. holse. Vpril tf, 18j tt Hi: Tan Bark Wauled. Tg CORDS OF TAN DARK WANTED, P VrI'mj' for which the Cah ib be paid. March 30, tf ROL'NE i CO. Western Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. - From the Richmond Enquirer. THE CONSUMPTIVE PATIENTS. .Etna, Hanover, Ya., April 10, 1858. Messrs. Editors : I am not a doctor, nor in any way concerned in the sale of medicines or anything else, except corn, wheat and tobacco. But will you allow me, through your columns, to call the at tention of the afflicted to a medicine which affords great relief to consumptive patients for the only man who makes it, takes no pains to make it known. He places his name on the phial, but does not even let us know where he lives. The effects of the medicine, as used by half a dozen of my friends, are as follows : 1st. Twelve drops taken at bed time ensures a quiet night's rest to a patient even in the last stage of Consumption, which is followed by none of the usual effects of a narcotic. 2nd. It does not affect the stomach or bowels in any manner whatever. 3d. I know of one patient who was despaired of by his three attending physicians, who was, apparently, restored to health by two months' use of it. He med ten drops three times a da'. The above are the result of six months observa tion. The medicine is soid by M. Ward & Co., No. 115, Fulton street, New York. It is manu factured by Dr. A. E. Rue. Where he is to be found, he does not take the trouble to let us know. J believe he is in New York. .1 obtain it by en closing 5 to M. Ward & Co., who send me an ounce phial by mail, postage paid. 1 refer to the New York "Medical Times," August, 1850, in which there is an article on for its medicinal qualities. Also, to Prof. Wm H. Harry's work on Anx. The name of the medi- cine is "ALndium Blodgetti ;" and is noticed in several of the approved Medical Journals. The patient in my family calls it an '-inestimable bless ing." April 20, 1S58 L. II. MINOS. A NEW TOBACCO QUESTION. The important question of the possibility of poisoning j by? cigars impregnated with arsenic, has been raised, states the London Lancet, by the recent deatlr in France of a priest named liottoro, supposed to have been poisoned by anoth- or priest. An investigation has been undertaken to ascer ta'n whether it be passible or probable that arsen ieated cigars can cause death, by the inspiration of their smoke impregnated with volatilized arsenic, or by its admission in the salivia without such change ; and very important are the conclusions arrived at. ''There are three ways," remark the investigators, "in which the introduction of arsen ic into the animal economy may be effected through tie medium of cigars ; by the impregna tion with a powerful solution of the poison ; by its introduction into the candescent end, so that it may reach and mix w ith the salivia during smok ing ; or, finally, in larger quantity, hidden in the central part of cigars. Poisoning is hardly possi ble in the first and second cases. In the third in stance it is inconceivable. It might occur by a combination of two or three of these methods. The question of the formation of arsenlcated hydro gen is not settled." In reading this report, wc seem to be trans ported to the days of the Borgias, when the poison ed taper destroyed other existences in sacrificing its own, and when the flowers of the ball room were scattered with alien and lcthel perfumes. It is well to be assured that these fabled horrors are also imposibilities. The mere suggestion of this must earn? alarm and discomfort to any rich uncle in the habit of smoking his favorite nephew s cigars. This report, however, practically nega tives the possibility of such crime being success fully perpetrated. BOOTS AND SHOES. Sarins Stock BOO & CO. A I?E now receiving and opening the CHEAPEST Jm. stock of BOOTS and SHOES they have ever had ; the pleasure of otl'ering to the public, and as they w ish to do an entire casli "fcxxjsi Hare Inducements to Cash buyers. In every btstmnee where pood- hav3 to he charged, an : adrlitional charge of 25 per cent, will be made. April G, lSirf. ti BOONE & CO. Ladies at $1 cash, line at black Lasting Gaiters BOONE & CO S, Gents' fine Calf (kid top) Gaiters, for $2 plain do. S I 5 BOONE CO. ma IMCS' host Ladies' Goat BOOTS and Buskins, for lYM SI 40. CASH. BOONE CO. MlSSKS. Boy s. Youths, children s and infants ESoot. horw A: Jailer in endless variety, and at u.m'KKCEDKSTed LOW PIUCES. April 0. 1Sj3. at BOONE'S. GKNTS' FIXE CALF pegged BROGANS. 31 1:, to SI 50 Extra S J. cash, at April 6. BOONE'S. GENTS Bay State SLIPPERS. u Enamelled " " lloau April 0, 1S:.3 ...SI 00 a 05 & CO. BOONE A DIES' fine Kid Buskins and Slippers, at Si rash. Li for sale at BOONE'S. Ladie-'fine col'd silk Lasting Gaiters. $1 25 Con- gres ss do. SI 50, Ci-.sh. BOO.Nt. & -- C, ENTI.EMEN who w ish a fine pair of Roots or W tir.iters. e.nd have xhe CASH, ran he sni'ed at BOONE S for leu ummen than at any other house in the State. We mean w hat w e 5 uy. BdONK k CO. FAIR NOTICE. Notes and Accounts due us. not sef ied by the ALL first of May next April 0, lc5o. II oej.iit out lor coiiccuoj;. BOONE CO. Men's Good article, April 6. un-bouiid Kip Brogans, at -panic Uo. HOONE & CO. BOONE'S is the only House in town that will sell Miles fine DMESS BOOTS for $7. SINGUL sA?A,IQON op THE , , f A . 1 Probably no family in all Europe has encounter ed as many personal dangers as that, of the Bona partes. The elder Bonaparte escaped unharmed from fifty pitched battles, aud from dangers enu merable on other occasions. If is brothers also were often in imminent peril, and yet no one ever received a niortiu wound. The present Napoleon has escaped several attempted assassinations. The late assault upon him remarkably resembles that upon his uncle by means of the infernal machine. The follohg account of the latter event, by Haz litt, may interest our readers: On the evening of October 10, 1800, Bona : parte had agreed to go to the Opera House, (then in the Rue Richelieu,) but afterwards, being fa tigued or unwell, changed his mind, and wished to stay at home. Josephine and some others who were then with him urged him to go, and came to a couch where he had fallen asleep, wakened him and told him the hour of performance was near. One ( lady probably) brought him his hat, another i his sword. He was, in a manner, forced into his carriage, where he fell asleep again, and was dreaming, he said afterward, of passing the Taglia- mento, when all of a sudden he awoke amid noise i and flame! He had passed this river in great ) peril, by torchlight, three or four years before, 1 when his carriage was set afloat by the stream, and : the flashes of fire, and sudden lightning up of the ! vehicle now, through the explosion of whatappear- i ed to be an ordinary Parisian water court, no doubt ; produced the coincidence in his dream. The circumstances were these: A cart, bear- ing a barrel of gunpowder with other implements 1 of destruction, had been placed by two of the con- spirators (Carbon and St. Regent) at the corner of the narrow Rue St. jsicaise, and near the northern Kate of the Tulleries, in such a manner as to inter cept the carriage. St. Regent fixed the match to time; but the coachee, driving fast, passed the ma chine a second or two before it went off, and thus unconsciously saved his master. The explosion was terrible. It reached the horse of the farthest body guard, shattered the carriage windows, killed eight and wounded twenty -eight persons (includ ing St. Regent himself) and damaged many houses. The report was heard several miles around Paris. Bonaparte immediately exclaimed to Launes and Besfieres who were in the coach, 'YYe are blown I T up. iney would nave stopped but ne cnose to lve on, and arrived in. safety at the opera, where the noise had been heard and caused great agita tion; but the First Consul's calm looks reassured the audience, and the piece (Haydn's Creation) went on. AN INDIAN WEDDING. The Nebraska City News, of the 3d instant, I contains a long account of the marriage of a Pawnee Chief to a blood royal squaw of the Otoe I tribe. The bridegroom was named Whitewater, : and the bride Wah-mush-pe-shinga. We extract ! the following : The Chieftain's daughter was elegantly dressed in a red flannel shirt with deep blue calico border, a checked apron, a summer killed buffalo robe and a white felt hat. Her jewels were magnifi cent. From either ear depended bright ornaments of brass, tin and copper. We must not omit to mention that Wah-mush- pe-shinga also wore a "red petticoat," embroi- dered according to a design of porcupine quills, renresentin2 a her own, with desperate dog fight. Her entire wardrobe and jewelry could not have cost less than six thousand dollars in Fontenelle money. The bridegroom was attired in all the magnificence which his rank and wealth i demanded. He wore a standing shirt collar, a j medal of President Pierce, a blue straight collared ; soldier coat with brass buttons, and an elegant pair of Spanish spurs, while his stalwart loins were I admirably clothed in an ancient coffee sack. Al j together the appearance of the bride and the ' groom was appropriate to their high sphere of life. The most sumptuous feast awaited the guests j at the residence of the bride's father. It was ; spread in a camp kettle and suspended over the j fire that burned in the centre of that princely lodge. It consisted of young dog meat, very I tender, blue corn and old dog meat, beaver tails ant d mule steak, fresh fish and susrar. makin altogether one of the most palatable and nourish- ing compounds that ever graced a royal camp kettle. The horn spoon of accidental luxury seldom convey to the educated palate viands more tempting and delicious. As for drinks, corn whis key made of red pepper, tobacco plugs, and rain water, together with molaasc-3weetened coffee, made up the list. Among the distinguished "persons present we did not. fail to notice the six Mcsdames Pctana sharo, the wives of the eminent "Injun" who is now at Washington visiting James Buchanan i on official business. Also, Mr Whitecrow, of; Esquire Wildcat and the Honorable Short-Tailed Elk. Jt mrT.vT- "Dignity tn Louisiana. A corres pondent of the Brandon (Miss.. ) Republican gives the following specimens of how ju-tice is adminis tered and judicial dignity sustained in one of the Parish Courts of Louisiana. He says : Speaking of Grand Juries reminds me that the Parish Court is now in session here, bis Honor Kiah Rod gers presiding old Kye or k,Ky" they usually call him. Old Ky was passing sentence on a criminal, and delivered himself as follows : "Prisoner, stand up ! Mr Kettles, this Court is under the painful necessity of passing sentence of the law upon you, sir. This Court has no doubt, Mr Kettles, but what you were brought into this scrape by the use of intoxicating liquor. The friends of this Court all knows that ef thar is any vice this Court abhors, it is intemperance. When thh Court was a yung man, Mr Kettle, it was nsiderably inclined t. drink ; and the friends of this Court "knows, that this G-urt has naturally a very high temper, and if this Court had not stop ped f-hort off, and stopped the use of intoxicating liquor, J have no doubt, sir, but that this Court, sir, would have been in the penitentiary or in its gei" r. 1 v IN Tlii-sr. Days. The YorkvilJe, S. C Chronicle notices the burial of Jas. McLure, of article cheap guano, yiere is none. I he quanti thnt district in a eoffin seven feet two inches long, ty of genuine guano per m-re usci, is from two to thirf'v inches wide and .twenty-one inches deep. three hundred lbs., the latter quantity when the The deceased weished 340 pounds. 4 hmd is deficicnrand requires sp cuy renovation. HORSE SHOEING. RcmarJcs made hy Rb?rt L. PcU before ths farmer's dub, March 3Qth, 1858. When you observe your horse straightening his pastern bone, and thus throwing the weight of his leg on his coffin bono, and sparing the narvicular bone, you may make up your miud that he will soon be very lame, and ninety-nine times out of a hundred, you may attribute it to bad shoeing. The foot of a horse is composed of Sundry lamina, combined in such a manner as to form a perfect and most elaborate spring, the elasticity of which can only be secured, by giving it free scope to ex pand and contract every time he moves ; and this can be accomplished by using five instead of nine nails; and I frequently use out three, being par ticular that the nails cross the lamina of the hoof, low, instead of high, aud that there is a good clip at the top of the toe. The membrane lining the horse's hoof is exceedingly sensative. This is an anatomical fact, and must be borne in mind by the smith, lest he wounds it. Blachsmiths always ask you for what kind of work you wish your horses shod ; and if you say to work before the plough in a stiff clay, he will probably put thirteen nails iu each shoe, which is a barbarous and unnecessary humbug; as three or five nails, placed in a perfect ly Well-made shoe, will hold it on betterthanmore,at any kind of work that you may feel disposed to put the horse to. I will engage to have any horse shod, with three nails iu his fore shoes, and five in his hind shoes, and permit him to be used in soft tenacious clay soil for a month, without detriment to them. And I boldly assert that no horse, cither large or small, should ever have more than five nails in a shoe ; and at the same time that three will at all times, and under all circumstances, be sufficient, if the shoe is properly made and fitted. It is as necessary that the shoe should be made to fit the horse's foot, whatever shape it may be, as it is that the shoe should fit the human foot. I never have yet met with a Smith who did not pad, trim, cut and burn the hoof to fit the shoe, instead of arranging the shoe to fit the hoof . If you use five nails, place three on the outside, and two inside ; the first one may be placed one and a half inches from the centre of the hoof in front, the second on the centre or the quarter, and the third behind. On the inside place the first nail one and a quarter inches from the toe, and the second an inch behind it. You thus avoid pressure on the sensitive parts of the hoof. When a horse runs, he clears at each bound about twenty-three feet, and touches the ground with but one foot at a time. Consequently the whole weight of the animal falls upon a single shoe every leap he takes. As Virgil has it, "Quadrupedante putrem soni tuqualit ungula campum." It is therefore indispen sable that it should fit the crust of the hoof from heel to heel and have an equal bearing all round ; and that the surface of the hoof, which protects the edges of the lamina, should never be rasped with a file. This the smith always does, .as he considers it the moat ornamental part of his business, and usually finishes off by destroying this wonderful design of nature, and not this alone, but likewise pares the frog with his knife, which should on no account be touched. There is a difference between the hind and fore feet of a horse ; still the same rule holds jrood with regard to the shoes; and as in the arrangement for the fore feet, they must be made to fit the foot in such a manner as to bring the heels near the frog, and at the same to allow for the expansion of the inside quarter. Blacksmiths usually square the toes of the hind feet, and place clips on each side of the shoes to prevent them from striking against the heels of the fore shoes, making the disagreeable noise you often hear when the animal is travelling fast. But as a horse never does thus strike, the object is defeated. The outer rim of the hind shoe strikes the inner rim of the fore shoe in the rear of the quarters. Consequently squaring the hind toes adds to the difficulty instead of remedying it. It is a better practice to make the toe round, or rather leave it as you find it, and turn a clip up in the centre. The blacksmith should so arrange the holes in the shoe, that the nails mav be driven straight through the strongest portion of the lami na, across the grain, and low down-in the shank, and the head must be hidden in the groove. It. is customary so to incline the holes, that it is next to impossible to direct the n:il in such a way as not to cause the horse disquietude, if he escapes prick ing; broken knees ard irretrievable lameness are often caused by misplaced nails; but more frequent ly by the abominable and unpardonable careless ness of the smith when removing old shoes, which he wrenches off with the most wanton violence, in variably forcing the clenches through the crust by immoderate force, thus unnecessarily destroying the horn of the hoof. - 1 have seen smiths remove two shoes at a time, ; which should never be permitted, as it causes the horse to be restless and induces him toi-'.amp, and thus break the crust of the foot, besides causing inm much pain. How to I se Glano. 1. Never mix it with auythinfr; all composts, ashes and lime, and similar ingredients too often contain enough caustic alkali to drive off the ammoniucal parts before the soil can absorb them. A vast amount of mischief and loss follows thnl sad mistake. If applied alone, the soil will best adapt it Un plants. i. Mix as much as possible with the soil, not too deeply, but plow it in after sowing it broadcast, unless it be for beans or drilled crops when it may le sown on the surface before the ridges are made. 3. 11' applied as a top-dieosing, always apply it, if possible, before raiu, or when the snow i on the ground, and if on arable ground, harrow, hoe or shuffle, if possible, immediately after the operation. ! 4. The best mode to apply it is by water. A slight solution of it ip, by far the most powerful and speed) application. o. If so'vve.-i with diiiled grain, or ii de-d any ; seed whatever, it should never come in contact with it. It p a bad plan to sow broadcast, after the corn drill, and harrow, as it is kept in the nearest proximity, to the see l without coming in contact with it. C. Be mre to get, if possible, the genuine article cheap guano, tiur The Mocking Bird. Many have raised these ( beautiful birds in the hope of securing a songster; i but in most instances disappointment has ensued. For the benefit of such, we will communicate a rule. upon the authority of a lady of long experience, and oue who has one of the most fluent and melodious songsters now in her cage we ever listened to, by which a singing bird may always be secured in the nest. All mocking birds have more or less white feathers in each wing. The females never have more than eight, and they never sing, Some males also never have more than eight, and thev likewise never sinpr. But whenever a male bird has nine tokih fcadir.rs in each wing, he is sure to become a good songster Will some of our bird fanciers try the experiment, and give the public the result. Chcraxc Gazette. Shoeing Hens. A friend of ours, boarding in the country, fouud his hostess one morning busily engaged in making numerous small woolen bags, of singular shape. Upon inquiry he was informed that they were shoes for hens, to prevent them from scratching. The lady stated that it had been her practice for years to shoo her hens, and so save her garden. These "shoes" (I believe they are not yet patented) were of woolen, made somewhat of the shape of a fowl's foot with ease, after which it is closed with a needle and sewed tightly on, extending about an inch up the leg. Our iriend observed that some of the biddies, possibly conceited with their new honors, appeared to tread as though walking on eggs particularly was this the case, when from the width of the shoe, one would conceive that their toes might be a little pinched. A better plan is that invented down East. You tie bits of ir6n, about the shape of a fish-bone, to the hinder part of a hen's leg, having the portion not tied larger than the other. The hen lifts up its legs, steps down on this rearward projection, falls forward suddenly of course, and so is rapidly assisted out of the yard where it is desired she should not scratch. The machine is called the Double Back-Action Hen Expediter. Heavy Cattle. Br. B. F. Walker, late of Rockingham County, Virginia, recently sold, in Richmond, 12 head of cattle, whose united weight was 22,002 pounds, being an average of 1,841 pound:? each. One of the cattle weigKed 2,115, and one other 2,085. Blesiiing. Blushing is said to uc a sign that something of the angel is left in woman, beautiful to the eye, and bespeaking the inward purity of the heart. When a woman ceases to blush, sho has lost her greatest charm. Sublime Description of an Escape from a Mad Bull. The bull roared like the rolling thunder, and I ran like the nimble lightning; and springing over the fence with the pwiftnrsB of a star filling from the firmament, I tore my trousers nsunder with a crash as loud as if the globe had been shivered by a comet. Hard Undertaking An exchange sayn a divine out West is trvinjr to persuade girls to forego mnrringe. It says he has succeeded to persuade one, and she is about 70 years old. PoisoNors Properties of ft tr an o. A Brap of information in regard to this subject having accidently reached us through a friend, we give it to our readers. As the season is near at hand wheu guano is handled most, it may prove of some value: A planter in our district, wh had used a water trough in which to pulverize or dissolve guano, instructed that the trough should be thoroughly cleaned before use. It seems that the work Was but imperfectly or partially performed, and that a number of his hogs drank from it in that condition. Some five or six of these died a short time afterwards. Their necks and throats were very much swollen before death ensued. A calf, which also drank, died in a similar way. These statements we regard as being entirely reliable. Great cautioa should therefore, be employed in the use of guano. Sui.iter ( &) Watehman. Several men of wealth in New York, Buffalo, and Chicago have; it in contemplation to establish, somewhere iu the West, a leviathan farm of lrom 1 00,000 to 200,000 acres. Their object is to do for agriculture, by the use of combined wealth and the power of machinery, what has been done in the past half century by the railroad and factory to supersede the old stage coach and the spinning wheel. They will organize the vasf tract into two rival establishments, with a military organization of labor, gigantic machinery to plough, plant, reap, and render harvests, vast herds of horses, sheep, and cattle, of the most select stock, and the culture of fruit and grain on a grand scale. "Bid your fall hurt you?" said one hod-carrief to another, who had lillen from the top of a two-.-t-.vy bouse. "Not in the laste, honey, 'twas tho -.ioppin' to quick that hurt me." " "1 am afraid, dear wife, that, while I am gone, absence will conquer love." 'Oh, never fear, dear h'i-band; the longer you stay away, the better shall like you." People who don't deserve Pilty A ruined gambler an ill-tempered man with the toothache; an alderman with the gout; and a dandy splashed by a mud cart. It is said some babies are so small that they cam creep into quart measures. But the way in which some adults can walk inte such measures ia astonishing. "Pray, friend, are you the mastT of this house?" ;t -ked a traveller at "an inn. "Yes, sir," answers Boniface; "my wife has been dead these three vcels." A young man in New York advertised for a wife. In leas than two hours, we are told, eighteen married men seut in word that he might have theirs. "Patrick, you fool, what makes you steal alter that rabbit, when your gun's not loaded??' "Hush, my dariint, the rabbit don't know that." "I say, Put, whet are you about sweeping out that room? "No," answered "1 am sweeping out the dirt, and leaving the room." J-ue lo, 137. tt- Tax Collector. .
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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