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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1858.
SIXTH VOU ME XI JIBER 316.
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AY ALWAYS BE FOl'XD AT THE OFFICE
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W. A. OWENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C
"Q I'll. I. practice in the Courts ofthis and the adjoin-
V ing i ' mil tics.
OFFICE nkahly orrosrrs rui: Post Office.
Jaauarv l:. ls."s.
II LaF. ALEXANDER,
Attorney at Law, Charlotte, C.
Office over China Hall.
August i l. 1S07. y
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
MEDICINE AHD SI'RURY,
Office No. 5, Granite Row,
CHARLOTTE, X. V.
Febrnarv li. 1858.
IK. S'OX Ac WHITE,
Medicine and Sarsrery.
Rwv- Office up Stairs in Sjniui;" I'.uildinir.
I' .1 KDX. M. I). W. E. WHITE. M. I.
Aarii 3. 1858. 3-tf
iOTICE.
A'
LL those indebted t. the subscriber will make mi
ni; liate settlement, or I heir Notes and Accoanl.-
wi!l be placed in other bands for cuUection.
April ::, is:.. ::-tf C. J. FOX.
Tow ii Taxes.
1 new have the Tax Lists for IH.'m ready for settle
Meat. Persons liable to pay tax will please call on the
under-i:riied and settle forthwith. It is hoped that this
Mtirr will be safBriciit, as the money mast be collect
ed. S. A. HARRIS,
Jane 14. I85S. If Tax Colleet.-r.
E. P. fflcOOVltLD,
Auction and l-oiumistioii Merchant,
For the salt
and purchase of stocks,
Bonds, Heal
Estate, Negroes, &c.
Office 198 Exchange Row,
coli'UBIA, s. c
Particular attention will be given to the Sale of
Xerraaadize and Produce ifenerally.
Rsfebs to Fisher a Burroughs, J. i; E. B. Stowe, and
R. M. Ib.well. Charlotte.
April 27. 18.".8. 3m
OTlC.
Ol" II NOTES and ACCOUNTS arc in the hands of
V. A. OWENS, E-q.. for collection ; nd those
wihinor to save time anl money, must settle by CASH
U?fore the 1st of July, 1858.
FrLLIXGS a CO.
May 4. lfOrf. 2in.
COX'S PATENT (.ELATI.VE,
A superior article for makiag Jellies. ALSO. Extracts
for Flavoring, viz: Vanilla. Lemon. Peach, Almond.
Rose. Orange, Celerv, he., for sale at
SCAUR a GO'S
May 18, Charlotte Drag Store.
rBt!IE subscribers inform the citiaeas of Charlotte
-fl- and vicinity that the.v have established a
LUMBER YARD
in town, where they intend keeping a supply of all
kinds of Lumber for huHding and other purposes. Mr
Jonas RadisiU is their agent in town applicatioa may
b made to him or to c ither of the undersigned.
Oct 6, 1857. KILLER POUTER.
25 Reward.
R ANA WAY or stolen from the subscriber on the
17th May, a Negro Man named PETER. He
between 55 and 40 years old, about 6 feet high, spare
mile, thin Tinagrdi. of copper color, and speaks mild
hat quick when spoken lo. I will give Twenty-Five
Hollars Reward for the apprehension and confinement
f said negro in any Jail in this or any other State, so
that I j;et him again: and I will give Fifty Dollars for
iaformatiou uftcieat to convict any person of harbor
"Hr said negro.
DUFUV MORGAN.
Iwna'a Mills. N. C.June 1. 1858. -m
II O LSTO C O W E 15 E C K
Asheville, N. C.
rilHE next Term will open the 10th OF JULY;
JL Uev. A. W. CUI MINGS, D. D.. President, assist
1 by twelve able Professors and Teachers.
RAUD. for the College vear S" 00
Tt iTtox. ' 2
Mlsic, and other extra branches, correspondingly
low. Catalogues will be sent on application to
K. B. VANCE. Sec y and Treas'r.
AsaerUle, June Stb, 158. lL'-?i-pd
SCARE & CO.,
lriisEsts A: ChemiwtM,
No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C,
INVITE the attcntionii of Physicians,
Planters, Merchant. &c, to their new
and complete stock of DECOS, CHEMI
CALS, itc. The extensive patronage Ihey
have received from the Physicians of Char
lotte and its vicinity is the best guarantee
of the PUBITY OF THE DttUCS sold bv
them.
March r:o. 1K5S.
C1IVE THEM
I PAINTS:
A Till AL. SILVER'S PLASTIC
Ch
cap. Durable and Protective : 'Weather nnd Fin
Proof. For
Wholesale an Retail b-
SCARR k CO.,
Chemists & Oruggists.
Feb. 0.
I-
JATLWi
MEDICIXES
just received from the Ware
house: Avers IHerrT Pectoral, Rocers' Liverwort
and Tar. Wistav
Balsam, (inysott"s Sarsapari
!!a and
A vers'
iciuivv hock. JicL.ane a
puis, ac, ac, at
Pills. Strone's Pills
April 1st. SCARR a CO. S
Druggisb
Wood's SSats RetstoratiTe.
A fresli supply ofthis invaluable preparation for the
Hair has just been received direct from New York, bv
March !;. SCARR .t CO. "
ANCASTERS KID GLOVE CLEANER, an nn-
.J failing preparation, easy and simple in application.
removing all stains and rrease from the Clove: at
March 1G. SCARR & CO.'S Drug Store.
FINE SALAD OIL,
A new and superior brand of Olive Oil. an exquisite
article for Salad.-, for sale at
May IS. SCARR i CO.S
Hocflnnd's Herman Bitters,
Just received at
May 18. SCARR a CO. S Drug Store.
Genuine French Mustard,
An elegant Article for the table.
May 13. SCARR a CO.
Ve ge t a b Ic A n c Pills.
A safe and certain cure for Chills and Fever, or Fever
and Ague in all its complicated 'onus, and is also an
effectual remedy for Fevers of every description. This
medicine i perfectly safe and harmless in its effects
and may be given with perfect safety to persons of all
ages. It never fails to effect a cure w hen taken accord
ing to directions accompanying each box. It is purely
vegetable, containing no deleterious drugs, nor mineral
medicines of any kind.
Dn. Champion's Anti-Billious, Anti-
Dyspcptic, Purifying and Cathartic Till rJ In
must reliable and sale remedy in Liver Complaint. Dys
pepsia, Costiveness, Sick headache, Sick stomach, bil
lions habits, indigestion, and all that class of diseases
arising from a disordered condition of the stomach.
bowel
blood or liver. It
it ire! v veirei
ibh
ami
contains no deleterious drt!'r or medicine, end is one
ol
the best cathartics ever recommended.
Price, 'J." rents per hex.
I-.r sab- by F. Scarr A Co. and by 1". M. Ross, Charlott
F. M. Swycr k Co.. Proprietors.
June 14. lsCiS. Belleville, Illinois.
T2u Great Kngrlisli Remedy.
SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED
FEMALE .PILLS,
PREPARED PBOn A PKESCRirTIOS OP SIR 1. CLARKE, M. I).,
PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE OTEKX.
rpil
I SI
HIS well known medicine is no imjMsition, but a
ore and safe remedv for Female Difficulties 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 known to fail where the
Directions on the 2d page of Pamphlet are well observ
ed. For full particular.- get a pamphlet, gratis, of the
Aent.
X. ft. SI and c postage stamps enclosed to any au
thorized Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 50
Pills, bv return mail.
Sob! "in Charlotte by F. SCARR .t CO-, sole Agents,
and by llavilard. Stevenson a Co., Charleston. Whole
sale agents,
March 2, 1858. y
Dissolution.
HE Firm of BECK WITH a BRITTAIN was
T
this
day dissolved bv mutual consent. All persons
indebted to said lirm are requested to come forward hu-;..-
and make payment either by Cash or Note, as
the business of the Firm mutt be closed.
R. W. BECKWITH,
June 10, I8S8. W. J. BRITTAIN.
NOTICE.
H
AVING boujrfit the entire stock of WATCHES,
JEWELRY, &C,
ol Beckwith a Mntfain. I
shall continue
the Business at their old stand, where l
will be pleased to see niv old friends and customers.
U. V. BECKWITH.
June 15, 1858. tf
"DiVM the Grave of thy VrUud."
Charlotte, N. C.
Tlie Rubseribcr bogs leave
to inform the public that he
carries on the business of
working in Marble, on Trade
street, directly opposite the
Court House. He is prepar
ed to do all kinds of work in
his line, such as Monuments
and Crave Stone, Mantle
Pieces for dwellings, or any
n:her kind of Stone work
that may be required in his line.
His stock of Marble will always comprise the various
qualities, and enable him to do work in a manner that
will be satisfactory to those who may favor hiui with
their patronage.
Orders will receive particular attention and be
promptly filled.
Work will be packed with care, and all diligence used
to prevent injury by transportation
J. O. McCOY
June 15, lSoS.
HHW HfiBHTOfiS
SANDERS,
CABINET MAKER. CHARLOTTE, N. C, keeps
constantly on hand a large assortment of I urniture
of his own and Northern manufacture. Al.-o,
FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASES.
Dec. 2, 1S57. 89-ly
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)i WtnUxn Drmorrnt.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Interesting from Valiforuia, Mexico and Qrego.
The Bteamship Moses Taylor has arrived from
California with ?1 ,800,000 in gold.
President Raez had capitulated to Santa Anna,
and was to leave for C'aracoa on the lth.
ianta Anna gave Com. Mcintosh the strongest
assurance of the protection of American citizens in
Mexico, and desired him to express to his gov
ernment his wish to maintain amicable relations.
It is said that Mcintosh succeeded in getting
from liatz all the documents for which he was
sent.
The excitement at the Fraxcr River mines still
continues, 'llnee thousand people had already
left San Francisco.
The California mines were yielding largely.
Accounts from every section, were highly favora
ble. Agricultural prospects were never brighter.
A fire occurred at Nevada city on the 21st May.
and destroyed nearly till the business portion of the
town. Loss 8180,000.
The town of 8:in Andrews, Calaveras county,
was entirely destroyed by fire on the 2nd of June.
More than the usual amount of assassina
tions, murders and casualties had taken place.
Ten buildings were burnt at San Francisco on
:31st May. Loss 840.000.
Advices from Oregon of 24th May, announce a
general Indian outbreak. Col. Steptoc s command
on Snake river was attacked on the 16th of .May,
and forced to retreat with a loss of fifty privates
three officers, two howitzers, baggage wagons and
nearly all the animals. Col. Steptoe had three
companies dragoons, and one of Infrantry. The
Indians numbered fifteen hundred. Capt. Wim
berand Lieut. Gaston were among the killed.
From Santa Fc Ijoss of
Lifi
hi a
oic
Storm.
St. LoiTIS, June 20. The Republican's In
dependence correspondent, under date of the 2i)d
inst., says that the Sante Fe mail had arrived,
bringing dates to the first inst.
Capt. Marey had been heard from. Between
the Arkansas and Platte rivers, in a snow storm on
the 12th of April he lost 250 mules and a large
number of sheep. Colonel Loring had proceeded
very well until April 29th, when he was overtaken
by a snow storm, in which six of his men were
frozen to death.
Lieutenant MeNally, Regimental Quarter Mas
tor, Wt forty or fifty males and all bis beef cattle
and sheep.
Mr Alexander, who was sending a train to Utah,
lost all his animals except 15, and was obliged to
abandon his wagons on the road.
L. S. Ives. Tt is said that the proposed project
of Mr Ives, late Bishop of the Episcopal Church of
North Carolina, to erect an American Theological
Seminary at Rome, tor the benefit of those converted
Americans who desire to study near the Papal See
before they take orders, has failed for the present,
owin" to the commercial crisis.
100 Negroes Wanted.
T'
HE subscriber wishes to hire O.NE III NUKED
NEGRO MEN to work on his Railroad contract
at Sugar Creek, near Charlotte. He will give S13 per
month for good hands, the owner to lose sick time and
pay Doctor's hill, but he will take all proper care of
them, and pay monthly if desired.
II UGH GELSTEIN.
June 22, ls.'.rt. 5t-pd
For Sale,
A splendid NEW ROSEWOOD PIANO, rieh in tone
and excellent in tune, at the Mansion House in Charlotte,
of Geo. Vogt's celebrated manufactory in Philadelphia.
June 22, 18-"8 3t-pd. J. ECK1IARD.
Great
Sale
of Lots on a
CREDIT,
Ou the 28th and 29th of Julv, 1858, at the City of
Horehcad. J- M- MOREHEAD,
Pres. Shephard'a Point Land Company.
June 22, 1858 314-6t.
Valuable Land For Sale.
The subscriber being desirous to move west, offers
all his land for sale, consisting of two tracts,
one of six hundred acres, lying in the county of
Ashe within two miles of the Court House and on the
main road to Wilkesboro. Th.-rc is one hundred acres
of good Meadow land on the place: the upland is mostly
k vel and well adapted to grain or grass. There is a
good Dwelling-house and Barn on the place, and all in
repair. ALSO, one tract of three hundred acres ad
joining the above, with good meadow land and good
Buildings, also in good repair.
Anv oerson desirine to mov
to the Mountains will
do well to call and see the above land before purchas
ing elsewhere as I am determined and will sell. Terms
made easy to suit the purchaser.
June 22, 1838
JOHN POE.
:;i4-:;t.
TAILOR SHOP
5
On the Third
the Hook Sto re
rson's Building.
ENTLEMEN bringing their w ork to this Shop may
relv upon having it made up faithfully, and in
G
thc Latest Style; but they will please remember tnat
they will have to pay the Cah for their work.
June 15, 1858. Cm A. BETHI'NE.
Good Family Flour.
WILL keep S snpplv of niv Oest Flour at the Store
of II. B. WILLIAMS & CO., where those
desirous can obtain it at any time. tOK CASH.
J. B. STEWART.
Charlotte, June 15, 1858. tf
X OTIC I? .
A
f.f. oer-ons. whose
Notes and
Accounts arc due,
owing to the undersigned as 1 rustee, are earnestly
reques
ted to call ami settle, as it is important that me
trust fund ne niarsuaneu at as e;in a aj ,iSiuv,...
Remember, indulgence ratmot be gietn.
W. ft. MYERS. Trustee
June 15. 1S5S. tf of Leroy Sprinp-s.
MILLINERY
And Dress Making.
M
RS. WKEALAX respectfully informs the ladies of
Charlotte and vicinity, that she has returned, ana
offer.- hct services to her old customers ana raenae.
Residence one door above the Post Office.
June 3". 1S57.
BURNING THE DEAD HOW TO DO IT.
From the X. V. Evening Post.
A book has lately been published in London,
which seeks to show the advantages of the ancient
! method of burning the dead, the only objection
j its author, who is a 'member of the College of
i Surgeons," finds against burial, is a sanitary one.
He says that "it is proved beyond all doubt that
j during the progress of that decomposition which
a oociy undergoes when uurieu, tne elements ot ; have received from .Mr Shaun the following state- i
which it is composed, before entering into other ' men t of the facts in the case :
and purer states, form certain putrid gases of so ! "On the 7th and 8th days of June, three of my
deadly a nature, that their inhalation in a conccn- ; children and a colored boy were bitten by a small
trated state, has been known to cause instant death; 1 dog, or pup, not more than nine weeks old, who it j
while in a more diluted form they are productive afterwards proved was mad. They were bitten be- j
of the most serious injury to health. These dread- j fore we had any suspicion that the dog was mad,
ful effluvia vary very much in their virulence, ac- ! and after becoming convinced of the fact, we natu
cording to circumstances; and there is probably one ' rally suffered great uneasiness; and hearing of I
particular stage of decomposition in which they ! what is called the "mad-stone," in Person or Chat- j
attain their most fatal power." ham county, I procured the services of a neighbor
Churchyards are, it is well known, most pestifer- to take my wife and the three children and boy in
ous places. And we are assured that the gases ; search of it 1 being compelled to attend Court in
emanating from the bodies when diluted, possess j Stokes. From directions received on the way,
the power of "producing various diseases, dimin- I they at length arrived at the place, on the 8th day
ishing the average duration of life, lowering the j after the first were bitten. Mr Joseph Pointer is
tone of general health, and thereby rendering j the gentleman who owns the stone. He got it in
thousands more liable to be attacked by fever, eho- j the lower edge of Person county, about 20 miles
lcra, or other epidemics. It is not because they ! from Yancy i lie. My wife and children arrived
are often imperceptible to the sense of smell, that j about 11 o'clock. The stone is in three pieces;
they are harmless." ! and two were immediately applied to my youngest
How are the evils to be averted ? Thirty-five j child, nearly 4 years old. She had six small
millions of human beings die every year nearly i wounds, and the stone soon adhered. The other
four thousand every hour. By what means shall j piece was applied to the next youngest child, be
this great mass of decaying substance be si dis- j tween six and seven years old, and it also adhered,
posed of as not to vitiate the air the living breathe, 'lhis child had only one wound. The stones were
and the water the living drink ? The remedy our j left on the wounds some four or five hours, and
author proposes is, as Ave have hinted, that of burn- ! then taken off and dropped into warm water. At
ing. To render this idea hiss revolting, he pro- j night the stones were again applied, but that
poses a plan which seems to him without objection: placed on the wound on the oldest, (14 years of
"On a gentle eminence, surrounded by pleasant j age) which was very slight, did not adhere, and
grounds, stands a convenient, well ventilated chap- j had very little effect. On the others the stone
el, with a high spire or steeple. At the entrauce,
where some of the mourners might prefer to take
leave of the body, are chambers for their accommo
dation. Within the edifice are seats for those who
follow the remains to the last; there is also an or
gan and a gallery for choristers. In the centre of
the chapel, embellished with appropriate e.idence
and devices, is erected a shrine of marble, some
what like those which cover the ashes of the great
and mighty in our old cathedrals, the openings
being filled with prepared glass. Within this a
sufficient space intervening is an inner shrine,
covered with bright, non-radiating metal, and
within tuts again is a covered sarcopnagus oi ten.-
iaJ l-i ,.l.ii- ii i i l- aiio rkw n- r't h tinri i n I i no I tjlirc 1
. i . , i i .. p '
l,u,-u - ;
near tne top extending its wnoie lengui. as
soon as the body is therein, sheets of flame at an
immensely high temperature rush through the
long apertures from end to end ; and acting as a
combination of a modified oxydrogeu blowpipe,
with the r e v e rbe ra tory furnace, utterly and com
pletely consume and decompose the body in an in
credibly sdiort space of time ; even the large quan
tity of water it contains is decomposed by the ex
treme heat, and its elements, instead of retarding,
aid combustion, as is the case in fierce conflagra
tions. The gaseous products of combustion are
conveyed away by flues, and means being adopted
to consume anything like smoke, all that is ob
served from thc outside is occassioiially a quiver
ing transparent ether floating away from the high
steeple to mingle with the atmosphere'
A Governor Fi.oggeu. The Missouri Tele
graph says that Governor Stewart, of that State,
while pretty drunk, got into a quarrel with a Mr
Vaudiver, about the pardon of the St. Louis
murderer, O'Blennis, which ended in a fight, the
Governor getting a very satisfactory thrashing.
Stewart's friends say it was not fair, as he was too
drunk to fiuht
Death from Contact with Poisoned Ivv.
The Utica Herald mentions the death of Patrick
Kiley, on Monday last. On the oth inst.. while
plowing, his hands came in contact with poisoned
ivy, and the swelling being neglected, increased for
four or five days before he consulted a physician.
At that time his arms were swollen to an immense
size. Medical aid did him no good, and his limbs
and body continued to swell and mortify till death
ensued.
TllK Frog MARKET. Frogs are now a regularly
quoted article in the Xew York market, 'i he last
report reads: ' frogs tire in demand, and sell for one
dollar per dozen. These arc fast becoming a
favorite dish, and the demand for them is becoming
constantly greater."
Riiotkijco Indian Custom. A brother of i
! Little Soldier, chief of the Snake (Utah) Indians,
died a feAV days since. His relatives, in addition
J to the killing of his favorite horse over his grave, !
buried with him, alive, a little boy of whom the
: deceased was very fond, in order that he might
I accompany him to the spirit land. Ihey wrapped
j the boy up, alive, in a blanket, and placed hun in
tne "cue wnn tne corpse, ourvinu iucui iuciuu.
imp 0ia t P
Bishop Davis. The Right Picvcrcnd Thomas
F. Puvis, P. D., Protestant Episcopal Bishop of
South Carolina, is, we regret to learn, so sadly
afflicted by nervous affection of the eyes, that his
sight is partly destroyed and almost despaired of.
Next week he purposes leaving this country by a
sailing vessel for Europe, in the hope of obtaining
there some relief from his sad affliction. Charhs- j
ton Merturtf.
YlSITORS ATTHK YlKtSIXIA V"aTKRINO PLACES.
The Spring season in Virginia has opened r arlicr
than usual. There are about 200 visits s at the
Greenbrier White Sulphur, 30 at the Montgomery
White, 250 at Old Point, 150 at the Healing in
Bath county, 25 at the Alleghany, 15 at the Yellow
Sulphur, and a goodly company at the Old Sweet.
i Florida. The Florida Peninsular of the 12th
: publishes the Ritual of one of thc most villainous
: ....n,,:,.tUo svt.ml i 'nn nt tti-fml ! nir rnldiinT nnrl
murder'are the designs of the party. Men heretofore
! in good standing, of property, and officers of State.
are enumerated among the clan. A knowledge or
- a a 1 11 t .
tne whole matter is now before a few individuals,
, determined to crush them out of the county
j at every hazard.
county, Florida.
Its head-quarters are Hillsboro'
VIRTUES OP THE MAD STONE.
AVe eopy the following from the "Winston (X.
C.) Sentinel :
A report was current here last week that three
children of Mr. W. S. Shatib, of Stokes County, j
had been bitten by a mad dog, together with one j
of his negroes, and that he had started to Rich- (
mond, to try the virtues of the "madstonc" of
which so much has been said and written. We i
seemed to act, however. A piece was now applied
to the colored boy, but had no effeot. My wife
then left, greatly relieved of her uneasiness. She
was kindly treated by Mr. Pointer and his family.
June 2, 185. WM. S. S 11 AC 15.
FEMALE HEROISM.
In the course of a recent speech in Congress by
the Hon. Joseph Lane, Oregon, he related the fol
lowing incident which occurred in the Indian war
of Oregon :
While in Oregon last summer, I took occasion
! to inquire of the chief, who was mainly instrumen-
. - tQ rtieulars
" 7 .
of thc fate ofpouic of our people who disappeared
in thc war of 1855, and of whom we had been
nblc to learn nothing
When I suggested to the agent, in the council,
that I proposed to inquire into the fate of Mrs.
Wagner, Mrs. Haynes, and otheis, he was inclined
to think it would raise the bitter feelings of "the
Indians, but said he would make the inquiry. I
told him that I had passed thro' the country where
these people had lived, and that their friends were
very anxious to learn their fate. We inquired in
relation to Mrs Wagner, who was a well educated
and handsome woman from New York, who had
lived long in the country and spoke the Indian
tongue fluently. She kept a public house by the
roadside, and the good cheer which she always
furnished made it a place where travelers delighted
to stop. The Indians informed us that on the
morning of the 9th of October they came in sight
of the house, where they met some teamsters and
packers; a portion, of whom they murdered, de
stroying thc wagons and cargoes, as well as the
animals, while she was standing in the door.
As soon as they had murdered the people out
side, thev came towards the house, which was
strongly built of hewn logs, and had a heavy door.
which fastened with cross bars. hen she saw
them running towards thc house, she shut the
door, and dropped the bars to prevent their com
inu in. They came to the door, and ordered her
to come out, and
bring out her little girl.
Sin
said :no."
Her husband was absent and by the way, he
was the only man on that road who escaped. They
said that if she did not come out they would shoot
her. She declined, and, after sonic deliberation,
they determined to set the house on fire. The
house was directly enveloped in flames ; and the
chief, who watched her through a little window,
told us that he saw her go to the glass, arrange her
hair, then take her seat in thc middle of the room,
fold her little girl in her arms, and wait calmly un
til the roof fell in and they perished in the flames
together. And the statement was confirmed by
the people who found their remains lying together
in the middle of the house.
Tiik Idles. We have an uncompromising war
fare to wage against idleness. The idler we pity,
but we blame him nevertheless. He is a nuisance
in community, because pernicious and damaging in
his influence. Idleness is a fruit of our depravity
rk indu,trv a rt of the penalty,
n a idfef J
. , , i . i
cious, he is nevertheless worthless it he do any
thing, it is injurious. What a lackey for the devil
is he ' what an incubus upon his family, the
community in which he lives ''. The idler must
eat, but it is not hi bread. He spunges upon the
labor of others and if he shonld live out his full
term of years, is the most expensive, hurtful and
useless animal that breathes.
Albany, N. Y., June 17. Archbishop Hughes
of the Roman Catholic Church, attended here be
fore the grand jury as an applicant for an indict
ment against the Albany Statesman for a libel,
contained in certain letters exposing an alledged
Catholic secret society which it claims exists un
der the title of the '-Circle of Jesus." After hear
ing the Archbishop's testimony, the grand jury re
fused to indict, on the ground that if the matter is
libellous against the Archbishop, it should be pros
ecuted in New York where he lives, and not at
the expense of Albany county. Ihe Archbishop
then offered to bear the expenses of the prosecu-
ion, but the bill was refused by the grand jury.
We clip the above from one of our exchanges.
Bishop Hughes will find that he is not doing him
self or his Church much good by trying to indict
those who choose to speak and write against it.
He had better stop all proceedings like that.
LIGHTNING.
From the Xeu York Jvt rtial of Commtree.
No ease of death by lightning in a steamboat or
railroad car, or to a telegraph operator, or in an
iron vessel or iron building, or vessel furnished
with metallic lightning conductors, has yet come
under our observation during the many years cover
ed by our record in our extensive field of research.
But two deaths by lightning have occurred in
buildings furnis-hed with metalic lightning con
ductors; one of these was at North Prairie, Wis
consin, July 8, 1S55 the other at Walden, Ver
mont, July 18, 1M57. I have no doubt, could I
have seen these two buildings, immediately after
they had been struck by lightniug, that I should
have found such traces of the lightning as would
have explained the apparent failure of the rods.
These facts will allay the fears of many persons
who are in steamboats, railroad cars, or iron vessels
or iron buildings, or in vessels or buildings fur
nished With lightning conductors during thunder
storms.
A case of suffering came under my own observa
tions. A person in a house not furnished with
rods was, during thunder storms, so agitated and
distressed that all members of the family in the
house were in attendance to soothe and quiet her
mind; but on the house being thoroughly furnish
ed with metalic lightning conductors, her suffer
ing during thunder storms while in thc house
wholly ceased. We recorded a few years since
thc death of a lady at, or near Poughkeepsie, from
alarm, during a thunder storm. We have made
extensive inquiry of shipmasters as to the effect of
the wind upon ships spars that had lightning con
ductors upon them, and have not heard of a single
instance in which the wind had carried away the
spars of a vessel with a lightning chain up on it.
The impression is very general that steamboats
are never struck by lightning. This is an error;
steamboats have sometimes been struck by light
ning, but the damage Was Very trifling. '1 lie masts
of ocean steamers are liable to be struck.
We have a record of the lightning striking a
piece of red hot iron, that a blacksmith held on an
anvil with his tongs. The red hot iron gave out
abundant scintillations.
Thc melted iron in Mr Cooper's furnace, at
Trenton, New Jersey, wsis so highly charged with
electricity, during a thunder storm, that it gave
shocks to the fireman who was probing thc hot
iron with an iron bar.
It is known to observing managers of dairies,
that milk is sometimes changed by distant thunder,
the brewer finds distant thunder occasionally to
stop fermentation; and the butcher, when there is
much lightning, of a peculiar kind, sees the fresh
meat in his market stall become putrid, and ex
hibit a green coloring matter upon its surface; and
if nurses and physicins will notice, they will seo
that the sick arc affected b' thunderstorms.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is free from
lightning thunder has never been heard or
lightning seen from within this Cave. In ancient
times, before lightning rods were in use, grottoes
under the water were made as a place pf resort for
safety during thunder storm. At the Great
Salines of Kanawha, were inflammable gas rites in
vast columns to the height of eighty feet in the
air, fears were expressed that the gas might be
come ignited by lightning, and the whole surface
destroyed by volcanic action. No fears of any
such result need be apprehended, for thc gas is
covered with water that the lightniug, with all it
mighty powers, cannot pass through, unless fur
nished with a covered conductor.
I have a letter of recent dates from California,
in which my correspondent mentions thc occur
rence of a thunder storm a rare visitor to that
part of the world.
On the Coast of Peru, thunder and lightning is
very rare, but earthquakes are of frequent occur
rence; while on the Opposite side of the Andes
lightning is very frequent, and earthquakes almost
unknown.
Tn the Arctic zone we meet with no records of
earthquakes, or thunder or lightning.
During thunder storms, we have occasionally re
corded observations on the changes of temperature
every sixty minutes. Only a small number of
thunder storms cool the air.
Lightning rods can be erected at a very small
cost; iron wire, of one fourth to five sixteenths of
an inch in diameter, is sufficient for a lightning
conductor; it requires no other pointing than can
be made on a grindstone, or with a file. Such rods
cost less than one cent per foot. Each rod should
be in one entire piece.
Cold water should be frecquently thrown on per
sons struck down by lightning. We have the re
cord of resuscitation on Sf.'.ten Island, many years
ago, after hours of drenching with cold water.
Metal roofs add to thc protection of a House
against lightning, but such roofs, for greater safety
suomd be connected with the earth by metallic
i rods.
Since gas has been tisfcd i;i buildings for illu-
mination, no serioiis results from lightning have
I been experienced in which the gas pipes have
; been used.
We have met with no cases of loss of life by"
; lightning, of persons reposing on beds with iron
i bedsteads. E. MEKIA3L
Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., June 10, 1858.
OFFICE HUNTING.
Thc Washington correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce says that, on some young la
dies beuMf lately introduced to the President at the
White House, be said: "I am always happy t see
! thc young ladies especially so, because they seldom
! are found among thc office-seekers." This remark,
I thc writer observes, indicates how great a por
i tion of bun'en routing upon ;he President's mind,
; is created by the perpetual competition for office,
the difficulty of deciding on conflicting cases, and
the reproach incurred by refusal. Mr Polk said
he made, by every appointment, where there wero
, a dozen applications, one friend and eleven ene
i mics. He might have added, in tbe language of
j another functionary, who expressed a similar tenti
! ment, that the one friend often proved ungrateful.
The correspondent says he once heard Gen.
' Jackson say he would sooner send a son into the
j Western Wilds, with an axe on his shoulder, to
i hew his way to independence, than bestow on him
a salaried office in Washington. Mr Guthrie, late
; Secretary of the treasury, would give no offico to a
' nephew of his, but sent him to the far Went.