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WESTEKlff DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, ST. C. an ! e XV f Bit T U 4.' nil U i nil . CIIAKLOTTE, N. C -" -" ! THE TEN TRANS-ALLEGHANY COUN- j TIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. ' ..;: u R.Uirti Register .1 0 11 , rir.,-.i-. ffinr'(rnin." the WC COpV tiiC lOllowuijj lAiioiw v.... counties west of the Blue Ridge, which will be found interesting and instructive : "Of the i.ditv-five counties into which the State is divided, U n are west of the Blue Ridge. Thto am n I m the order ot relative wnne popu 1 i n t kine the number of votes polled at the hut , Section as theb; sis of computation, are Buncombe, ! Vane Henderson, Cherokee, Yancey, Haywood, j Jackson Macon Madison and Watauga. The j ' , ' . '. , ,u t..n f.r.nntifs is ' sotnetning nnder ten thousand, and slightly less than a tenth of the whoie number in the State. The ag'-regatl white population will, at the next census bc found to be e.pual to a tenth of the i .....1...:... .,1 tlm St.it.- n,f.n,ir':ri TIIf'IMtl'I III I IM' a 111 ll'l. - " - 1 ' The ciinrrativefcrtiBtyof thesoil, if the valua- fi r t- v... he relied niton as' a safe guide, itiii ,'r - 1 . . . . a ill .-vhM.'.r rheni in the following order: 15un- -- . . , . com be, Henderson, Ashe, Haj-woou, ivaiauga, Madison, Ya::rev, Cherokee, Jackson and .Macon. The assessed valuation of lands in Cherokee and Maeon is pn ! ably too low, especially in the latter. The Valley Kiv r bottoms are extensive and fertile. The bt rage value of lands per aerc, is not quite 92 in the entire State, nearly ?.i 30. reeived'by reference to the map of Jt will !e p illc'V Oi a sinijie iiiei tuni n.- , m n -'- 1. ....J tributaries constitntc each or tlicse couiities. Their - urai hic-al position would be much more "" ' v - J7 flu- V l! I'V (it n graj readily comprehended, if they were known oy the names of their rivers. Ahe would be -ew Biver; Watauga has its proper appellative; Yan cey should be called Caney Biver; Henderson, Buncombe and .Madison, Upper, Middle and Low er French Broad; Haywood, Pigeon Biver; Jack son, Tuckatcegcc; Macon, Tennessee; and Chero kee, Iliwassec. No one of these counties has ever been fully ex plored, much less clearly described. Jackson is the hast, and Buncombe the best known of all. The latter will be mm h more generally and ac curately understood at no distant day. Ashcville, the county scat, is one of the most thriving village.- in the Mute, and one of the prettiest in the Union. Greenville, in South Carolina, and Greenville, Tennessee, are iut sixtv miles distant the for a a mer directly Smith tin Ashcville. Daily stages atter directly North of carry the traveller tu cither place in 12 hour, and 24 hour; is the time thence to Charleston or Richmond. A third road, branching from the Columbia and Greenville road, terminating at Spartanburg, 60 miles Southeast of Ashcville, i rapidly approaching completion. Monranton, ' miles direct Iv hast is the present . plot osed t. rtninus of the North Carolina system - of roads. The Blue Ridge road, which is to con ned Charleston with Knoxville, is in the process nf construction. It will pass along the valley of ihe Tennessee in Macon county, and at a point directly west, will approach Ashcville at a distance little greater than from there to Morgantcn. "W ith Kailroads within -ixty miles, at the four cardinal points, Buncombe cannot he long exelu- . .1 il i ii. oiiiiuuiiicution :tn tnc worxa oi (nunc and lias been traced cropping out at intervals along -ur Southern I-onndarj t the Southwestern cor ner t.f Henderson County. It is said that a quar ry has recently been discovered in Cashier's Val ley. It is earnestly to be hoped that it is so. If as abundant in quantity and excellent in quality as the beds in Uunconibe, it will prove of much great r value to the country than all tne gold anu which are likclv to reward the search of the copi er thousands in that region, so intent upon the dis :eii in in communication w:tii me worxu 01 uauuc . r" - -j ai"i travel nmPTQ 10 impose upon any offending road a fine not A vein of limestone shows itself near King's h?ss than $500, and not exceeding $2,000. This ba Mountaiu. in the Southern part of Gaston County, : km or plan of a contract is to be submitted by the . . ...Ill a ifl covery of mineral wealth. From Webster, the County seat of Jackson, the distance to the South Carolina line is about thirty miles. The road, pursuing the general course of the Tuckaseegee, is at present mountainous and rough. A better one. a turnpike, on the eastern side of the river, will soon be completed. A road North Western to the Tennessee line, will open a new and important route cd" travel between South Carolina and Tennessee, and add greatly to the wealth and population of the intervening country. Oualla Town, the seat of the Cherokee colony, is a few miles below Webster, and the object of greatest : interest in the northern portion of the county. Proceeding South from Webster, we pass thro' the comparatively fertile valley of the Cullywhee, j and at the distance often miles reach the summit of the steep and high mountain of the same name. From the top ot the Cullywhee to the summit of the Blue Ridge, we have a plateau often miles in length, known as the Hamburg valley. This is probably the moat elevated body of table land on j the continent east of the Mississippi. A good road a' ill in dne time divide it longitudinallv, in nearly equal sections, and exhibit along its mar- j gnu awnenms beautiful and productive grazing j farms. The soil is fertile, and will produce all ihe cultivated erasscs in the neatest luxuriance. White clover is indigenous and may he found : everywhere in the valley and on the mountain ; lops, contending successfully with the other wild i gr::.-.,-s. The atmosphere is so cool that there arc tew summer days when a fire at daylight and after sunset will not contribute to comfort. Of the i water, the milk, the butter, the bu t" and the veni- too in which the region abounds, it is a luxury even to think. It is exclusively a grazing coun- ! try, however. Oats, wheat, rya, Irish potatoes, cabbages and most culinary vegetables may be produced in gn at perfection and abundance, but ; com is a very uncertain crop. During the last three years, very little has escaped the autumnal iVost. and the scanty supplies obtained, have been Mireua.-cti in eutli Carolina ami en the Cullv- whec and brought in watrons over tin Cullywhee mountains on the North or the Blue Bidge on the isouth. This ditiiculty will no doubt be overcome to some extent, before a great while. Seed corn may probably be obtained from ermcnt, or Cana da, whieh will mature and yield Veil in the fertile soil of Hsjssbnrg. From the top of the Blue Ridge to the South Carolina line, we have a third, and the most attrac tive, vallev of about ten miles in extent. This is known name i as casnicrs vallev. A lie oriirni ot the . 1 " .a a a erv humble one, and the name itself may. with grant propriety, give place to one more ; enpbowiona and significant. Countless herds of J sheep and goats will be found brownn along the mountain sides by dav and finding food and ahel- I ter in the valley "at nfgfet, and instead of Cenhier j Valln, before many years we shall hare the Vale j of Ca.shmkre. The ueseenl from the Blue Bidge J to our Southern boundary is gradual. The soil is neither no deep tior so rich as in Hamburg. There j is a greater intermixture of sand, and consequent- h greater danger of injury from washing rains, The Southern exposure compensates in the advan- tifre of -lunate for diminished fertility, and acre for acre the production in Cssluncre "ill be quite I equal to that of Hamburg. Here, as in Hamburg, the white clover everywhere meets the eye. We, passed through a field which was left uncultivated j last vcar. on which the clover seemed to be almost a white as a sheeting of snow. i Mr McKinnej, a plain, intelligent farmer, in very moderate circumstances, at whose house we were comfortably entertained, informed us that VI ' It 4imi i I..." ninm v.'ir rimvmim to his death, sought health and comfort during ! they were tired and wished to back out, let us the autumn in this secluded valley. He always know, and we will disperse like gentlemen. lie spoke of it as the finest mountain region, and most demanded as a right to finish his argument, salubrious climate on the continent. Mr McK. I Mr Pyrne replied, much excited, and said that detailed many interesting incidents with respect what was yielded through courtesy, war; now de to Mr Calhoun's manners and habits, especially ; manded as a right. His opponent doubtless in- tt r ill! Hi an- MHUllli v UJfliii , veil o . . . . . v . in his intercourse with the rude mountaineers , around him. His manners were as plain and sitn- j pic as theirs, audit is not surprising that they ; should manilest the highest admiration of, and the warmest affection for him. Tt is not the least the warmest affection for him. Tt is not the least . attractive trait in the character of this great man, : that he seemed no where else to be so fascinating j as in the family circle, and in familiar intercourse Wlin ins linmeuiaie uvignuuie. ., 1 - j- : Mr Mc-Kinnev pointed, with manifest emotion, i to the stone in his yard from which Mr Calhoun, ! on account of an injury in his hip, mounted, on v. , . 1 .a u e. u: I - cool morning m uuvemocr, tut: year ueime un -w- - ' . 1 9 death, the plain farm horse on which, unattended, . the comparative degradation of northern society, he made his last visit to the Valley. land the superiority of Southern in civilization. T)r Mitchell found the Blue Bidge at the source ! The larger number confined in southern prisons of the Tuckasegee, 1500 feet higher than the ' are foreigners, the next largest from northern head of the French Broad, and the point at which I States, of which New York is the best reprcsenta ! the road crosses the Cullywhee, elevated 100 feet ' tive. lie also showed that the largest number of above the Blue Bidsre. The Cullywhee rap is I failures occurred at the North during the ncent about 2000 feet above the ford of the Tuckasegee ! V l.ct.-v rl hie t-it n-iil nn-i K n tlir rn;i( nr in ! - -i f .1 . .1 . it.. . i ntjat. j . ..... .... . .. . . . . j torm an loea or ine eoniparaiie ewrauon m nam- burg, and the character of the falls where the river j torces its way inrougn Hie niouuuuu. i ho little attention nas tnis romantic region at- tracted that it is more than doubtful whether three citizens of the State, east of Salisbury, have ever ( limbed the Chimney top and descended to the i Falls of Tuekasescc. It it by no means certain that the remark may not be extended to the seven ti fi.rt: counti'js cast of the Blue Ridge. Ot'B Affairs in 3Itxico. city of Mexico savs : -A letter from the My .v. . i j. r .1 ii 1 r Forsyth was instructed to inform the 31exi- can government, in closing his relations, that the 1". States had fully decided upon calling Mexico to an account for the long catalogue of outrages upon American citizens and the American flag, and to insist that those outrages or the like should not be repeated in the future. He has. therefore, deman ded and received his passports, and will close the legation about the end of the present month.'' The Philadelphia Railroad Coxvf.ntiox. Among the Proceedings of the late Railroad Convention at Philadelphia, we find the following points as agreed upon and settled: No runners are (.11 (V , ,, nereaiier empioycu oy any company, nor any freight solicitors except at the termini oi the roads; the tariff of freight to be advanced 50 to 70 per cent, over present rates, and on the 1st of October to be again raised to the rates before the present imbroglio; the passenger tariff to be at once raised to tlu rates current prior to the first reduction; drovers to be passed free both ways on all lines; all violations of this contract to be referred to an 1 1 1 L - I 1 Ji J i.ri;i.!i-ri t. iiii r-'!,. -i ii rv t ni Lfi ii i mane nnr sain re.Miccme i residents to their boards of direction prior to the 20th September; if ratified, it is to go into effect immediately. From California. The steamship Star of the West, with later California news, has arrived, bringing 81,700,000 in gold. 1 he business portion of Georgetown, Eldorado county, h s been burnt, Loss 3100,000. A desperate affray had occurred at Peria Bar, on the 4th, between the French and Americans, in regard to the mining claim. It resulted in the death of three of the latter, and in the wounding of three more. Intelligence from Nicaragua states that Colonel Kinney had attempted to seize Punta Arenas, in the name of Costa Rica. He was opposed by the British Consul at Grey town, and the British naval officers at that port, who purpose annexing Punta Arenas to the Mosquito coast. Gov. Weller states that there is a general upris ing of the Indians in Northern California, and that communication between Humboldt and Yroka has been cut off. Several whites had been killed in Oregon. A large body of troops marched into the Indian country on the 7th, and another command was to leave within a few days. Powder Jlifl Explosion. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 13. A new mill of the Hazard Powder Works, at Enfield, Connecticut, exploded this afternoon. Four workmen were killed, three of them leaving: families. Rttilro'id Accident. AcotTSTA, Sept. 16. The train from Augusta, on the Savannah Railroad last nijht, ran off in a wash, caused by heavy rains, ten miles this side of Millan The engineer, by the name of Northy, and two firemen, killed, and a machinist mortally wounded. Engine and box cars perfect wreck, No passengers injured. I? .,' nation of Governor of Kansas. Governor Denver has resigned. I lis resignation is to take effect a few weeks hence. Tt is understood he will be re-instated as Commissioner of Indian A Hairs. TlIE Pf.Kk DYING. The black tonsne has seized upon the Deer as well as upon the homed cattle in the eastern part of the State. It is said j that in the Countv of Beaufort, there cannot be found a living deer in a circuit of twenty miles. Thcv are found in numbers dead in the woods. Killed. Mr Alfred Eason, of Bertie countv, was h,t dead from his horse on Saturday nijjit last, while riding along the road. The felon who com- : mitted the foul deed is supposed to be one of Mr : reason s own negroes. The following is ihe statement of the cotton crop ; lor the year ending September 1, 1858: The crop amounts to 3,1 14.000 bales; exported 2,590,500 bales; home consumption ;95,500 bales. j j Thk Comkt. The comet is now visible to the "ked eye. It can be seen in the North-western Prt of the heavens, about ten degrees above the horizon. The Albany Atlas says: j 'Tt is now only one hundred and forty millions of miles distant, and is very rapidly approaching the earth, and already shows through a common opera glass a well defined tail. We are told that during the first week in October, the comet will be of the most striking brightness, possibly the largest of the centurv, and at that time will be seen near Arcturus. THE SLAVERY DEBATE. Qn the 3d day the discussion between Brown- ow and pyrne in Philadelphia, was opened with an ctneute between the aebaters. Mr JtJrownlow had sometimes exceeded his time and the audience I had been violent in calling him to order. Mr Brownlow said he was aware that there was a maj- oritv of abolitionists present, but he asked no fav- ...... .... r. .... . . . ... f- I . fiwm t hnrn Kilt IT iiI3 UUilILCia UI nYlUUWU, J lUlll luvm. i tended intimidation, when he saia tnere were some Southerners present, but he was not afraid of the cracking of their whips. Mr Brownlow then commenced his argument with a reply to an editorial of the New York Times, which, taking as a text the statement of some prisoners confined in the Louisville jails, makes sweeping charges against Houthern society, " ri,..u. v aim wacy mueks 11. n wm;b kut wu,n,ic 1 It takes the convicts as representatives of Southern people. The northern ! . abolitionists having sought this issue, he was dc- termined to sicken them with long details, proving a. e. 1 .r.i.. t: ,...t ..,i 1 me iuisiij ui tu limea siaicniuum, auu tuunnlfi crisis; that there were more mulattoes at the North, MinoMinnnNv ff hnm c-ja innrn TriKtif iithill Sllliorifv .i iii .I ij" II v.....v.v,.v...v., ,..,v ..... t lie uiacKSj mere were more siuuems in me fuuegra from the South; that Southern representatives in congress are oetter euucateu, anu mat mwc ra more bribery among i ortnern legislators. ne here instanced the officials of Wisconsin in the La Crosse railroad affair. Referring to the Abolition, Free-Love and Woman's Bights Conventions, Mr Brownlow said ho intended starting the mission- ; ary cause to work in the North, commencing on Boston Common. Concluding, he, asked if Mr I Pyrnewonld be willingto marry hisdaughterto the son of a buck-nigger Fred. Douglas, for instance. I Mr Pryne, in opening, said it was impossible to ; i . .i . i j i i i ..el.;,. rep IV to tne vuurara uu n i laiisuHs oi u ikih- "!';. , . , . . , , petitor. .ot oniv nimseu out nis lamny nau ueeu ; insulted by him. He would stoop to answer that i his daughter would never marry a Southron. He i had indeed stooped low when he had engaged in ' this debate, but as he (Brownlow) seemed ineom : petent to present the strongest argument of the j South, he (Pryne) would bring them up himself, ! as he wished to go over the whole ground. He then treated at length the Dred Scott deci i sion, and entered into a long political harangue, j referring to the threats of the Southerners to ! secede from the Union. He said he did not care i if the slavery agitation did drive them out. He j was here saluted with a storm of hisses, and for ! some time was unable to proceed Resuming, he denied that Washington, Jefferson, and our other I forefathers, advocated slavery, reading lengthy ex- tracts from their writings to substantiate his de nial. He next referred to the proceedings of the irgitua Abolition Society and its petitions to Congress for the Abolition of slavery. He argued that negro slaves could not only sup port themselves, but were obliged and able to sup port their helpless masters. He then referred to the happy condition of the fugitive slaves in Cana da, and in reply to Mr Brownlow's argument of the antiquity of slavery, he asked, ''Does age add to its virtue, or wipe out its deep and dangerous stain ? Does its antiquity render it right ? To make him (Pryne) believe for an instant that Jesus sanction ed slavery, is to make him cease to be a Christian and change the place ot God and devil." The '-Goose Question." It may be amusing to some of our readers to puzzle their brains in the solution of the oft heard of "Goose Question." If any one can furnish a satisfactory solution we will thank them, and we will then be 'ail right on the goose question. A man goes to market to buv geese and buys two lots containing thirty each. In purchasing the first lot, he pays at the rate of SI for 2, and SI 5 for the 30. The second parcel he obtains at the rate of SI for 3, and S10 for the whole lot, thus giving S25 for the sixtv geese. Being dissatisfied with his bargain, he wishes to sell them for the amount they cost him. To save trouble in counting them, he sells them in lots of 5, at S2 per lot. It would seem that, having in separate trades bought them at the prices of '1 for SI and 3 for SI , he would lose nothing in selling them at the rate of 5 for S2. But after concluding the trade, he finds he has sold his sixty geese for S24, and of course has lost SI by the trade. Why did he lose SI in selling the geese at the same rate that he paid for them ? That is the famous goose question. Hail. A terrible hail storm visited the neighborhood of Bethany, Iredell county, N. C-, on Wednesday of week before last, doing much damage to corn and other crops, and killing poultry. Hail fell and covered the ground to a depth of four to six inches, and high wind prevailed. The extent of the storm was circumscribed within a few miles. A Cure for Scrofula. The Cincinnati Com mercial publishes the following communication from Nicholas Longworth, the great wine manu facturer of that city: All the papers I had, giving a cure for Scrofula, have been distributed to persons sending for the remedy. I have never heard of a case where it did not effect a speedy cure, and it can in no ease do an injury. In several instances, where it has been applied to old sore.-, it has also speedily effect- ed perfect cures. Put one ounce of aquafortis in a hoWl, or sauccr; drop in it two copper cents it will effervesce leave the cents in; when the offer- vescence ceases, add two ounces of strong vineear. The fluid will be a dark green color. Jt should and will smart. If too severe, put in a little rain water. Apply it to the sore, morning und eve ning, by a soft brush or rag. Before applying, wash the sore with water. Its first application, known to me. was a poor girl, sent to our city from Memphis, to have her leg cut off, as it was feared ! she could not stand the operation in that hot cli i mate. She was refused admittance to the poor house, and was lying on the sidewalk, as she could not even stand nr. From lr kit, m W tvw one-third of the firsh was mmm and nil th d-;,, except a strip about two iuches wide. She was laid on a bed and the remedy placed on a chair by it She could rise up and apply it. In a few davs'her peace of mind returned, and she declared "it was getting well. It was supposed it was a relief from the pain onlv; but when examined fresh flesh was found growing, and skin over it. She was soon running about, and would work, which delayed the entire cure, leaving a small sore, which in a few months was entirely healed. A young girl with scrofula in her neck, having a large open hole, and deemed incurable, became in one month entirely cured and was soon after married. I hav t i known a ease where it did not effect a cure. THE WATCH BUSINESS. The establishment of a complete manufactory for the production of American watches of uniform and unfailing excellence as time-keepers, marks an era in our mechanical progress which promises to revolutionize the watch trade ot the world After vears of continued and costly experiment, a complete and comprehensive watch manufactory! has been made permanent at Waltham, Mass., where patent levers, adjusted chronometer balan- res. and uneoualed timine pieces and movements, . ..fImh..! hv tlie aid of machinerv and intclli- aiv. IT. - - i . ... v - i 1 fent skill that will in ail respects compare wuu the finest work of the most famous artisans of Ku- ! rope. The highest perfection of form with the eompletcst simplicity of parts, have been adopted, ! so that durability and reliability are the uniform land necessary characteristics of the Waltham I watches. ! Ii;tJ,f.rtr, F.n.vl:iri,l -n.fl Switzerland have been the watchmakers of the world; but now it seems that I Waltham, Mass. has surpassed these' old world competitors, and with machinery, system, and in telligent skill, unaided bv protection oflany kind, .... - ; j 1 ' "... ' already produces the most thoroughly exact tune- II 1 a A X- A L. . . . . i a mm Keepers, at auout nan tuu cost 01 iuu uesi iuiciu watches. All imported watches are made by hand, the movements and parts of movements by different persons, and at different times and places; and each watch is finally finished with special reference to itgelf every part being made to suit only one 1 1 il . 1 - t L iA A au-A place, and me wuuic uiuvciueut uuuu lu a and tne whole movement ntreu to a case w hic h will suit no other movement no two watches being in all respects approximately alike, . . .1 A large majority of these foreign watches are worthless, as time keepers, and a constant bill of expense to their owners, over Sy;000,000 being annually thrown away in vain attempts to improve them. The American watches arc constructed upon the most scientific and approved principles, designed i i to secure uniformity, simplicity, durability, ( heap- ness and unvarying perfection of movement, and are sold with a certificate of warranty in all cases, for ten years, signed by the manufacturers. The specific advantages of the Waltham watches to dealers and wearers, as compared with import ed watches, will be most readily apprehended by the following enumerations, to wit: Each watch and each part of every watch, of a given stvle, is the unvarying counterpart of every other wateh of the same style, so that any single part is exactly fitted, and may be transposed indiscriminately to make no any one of any number of watches. The movements are made to fit 1 a-' my one ot any numocr of cases, thus enabling the dealer to keep a large and varied stock of movements with a limited number of cases, to suit the demands of trade. The watches have fewer parts, are more sub stantially made than any others, are easily kept clean, and the chances for failure by breakage are diminished four-fifths as compared with the Eng lish watch, whic h has upwards of eight hundred separate parts, while the American watch has but one hundred and twenty-five parts, and most of these are so substantial, and all so perfect, that it would be very difficult to break them. Disease Among the Oysters. We understand that the Oysters and Clams which abound in such profusion on our coast have become diseased. On opening them the contents are found to be perfectly ; black and shriveled up, presenting a singular ! appearance. In consequence of this, the sounders nave stoppea eating mem aitogetner. no can tell the cause of this mortality among the oysters? ) ilm ington Herald. Red and White Wheat. The following rather curious and (to farmers) interesting relation, we find in the Chambersburg ( Penn.) Spirit. Have our Virginia and North Carolina farmers noticed anything of the sort in their wheat fields. If they have, we should like to hear from them. The paragraph is as follows : From what we hear Irom our countrv friends I and see in our exchange papers, it appears that the j weevil confines its destructive operations exclusive ly to white wheat. In some instances, where part I of a field was in white wheat and the remainder in ' red, the white was destroyed whilst the red sus ! tained no injury whatever. In Lancaster county, I many of the farmers intend to raise red wheat alto- gether till the weevil disappears. In some parts of j Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, the wheat crop : was almost entirely destroyed for several years in I succession by the weevil. If its ravages can be ! stopped by cultivating red wheat onh7, our farmers will certainly do well to give the white wheat the go-by till the weevil disappears. A TUNNEL Story. A correspondent cd" the Petersburg Express relates the following explosion: An amusing incident occurred on the ears of the j Virginia and Tennessee Road, which must be pre- served in print. It is too good to be lost. As ! the train entered the Big Tunnel, in accordance j with the usual custom, a lamp was lit. A servant girl accompanying her mistress, had sank into a profound slumber, but just as the lamp was lit she j awoke, and half asleep imagined herself in the in- fernal regions. Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking at the same time, 'the devil has got me at last.' Her mistress, sitting on the seat in front of the terrified negro, was deeply mortified, and called upon her 'Mollie, don't make such a noise; it is I, be not j afraid.' The poor African immediately exclaimed, 'Oh missus, dat you; jes what I 'spected, I always thought ifeber I got to the bad place, I would see ; you dar." These remarks were uttered with so much vehemence, that not a word was lost, and j the whole coach became convulsed with laughter. The lady seemed to regret she had spoken at all, 1 if the crimson blush which suffused her cheek be j any evidence of confusion. Tattlers and Slandekeus. An old clergy- j man beine asked what class of ehnractrW i' ' j considered basest and most dangerous, promptly replied "Liars their baseness is greatest, because j a man cannot descend to a deeper depravity than to be void of truth; and they are the most dangerous because no one is safe from the poison of their , lying words." "I would rather," said another man, I who had seen and observed much of men, "have a thief than a liar for my neighbor. The one milit 1 steal my goods, but the other is continually on the waxen to uestroy my peace and my good name. Slander is, of all vices, the "most odious, and slanderers are of all human creatures the most j contemptible. Every honest man should set his face against them. They should be shunned as ' persons in health would shun contact with one having an infectious disease. When man or woman is found regardless of truth, slanderous and un scrupulous in attacking character, everv one who ! values au honest reputation should aToid them. A rich man sent to call a physician for a slight disorder. The phj-sician felt his pulse and asked, 'do you eat well T" "Yes," said the patient. "Do vou sleep well V "I do." "Then," said the physician, "I can give yon something to take away all that, if you think it necessary." HOARDING MONEY. The Paris papers say that a remarkable instance of the mania for hoarding un monev has iust been brought to light in the Faubourg St Germain, rlar.n-wa 1 ..r. ,1,1 .,. ,1.,. !..! ? n rnoK lived in a very retired manner in that part of Paris. . un.acv ji uu KJ1KI WUillUll, 1IU llitU 1U1 III.. 1 1 V ,vuiu When the notary, who was engaged in this operation, went down into the cellar to take an account of what the place contained, his attention was atiraeieci to a small opening just over a ic door. This door was aliened, and the notary found i 7 nimscir in presence ot an immense pue oi uags ui : money. In order to take them out and count their contents, he was obliged to send for nearly ' all the clerks of his office. There were in the j bags a quantity of gold and foreign coins, but j five-franc pieces formed the principal part of this rich store. Some of the bags were completely ' rotten, and fell to nieees on bein? touched. The inventory is not yet completed, but the amount of : this treasure is estimated at not less than a million. rn I'.! r1l j ne onirin 01 tins immense ionuue is as iunov. About ninety years ago, a poor Savoyard boy 7.7 7 J ''-.7 r, 1 irom Lhamouni came to Fans and engaged nimseu in singing and dancing in the streets, and at otner times in sweeping chimneys. At the end of a few years he had saved up a little money, and commenced business on his own account. By dint of industry and economy, he at length became a . . . , . . . , i . ,1 j wealthy man, married, and at his death left his widow 80,000 francs a year. She scarcely spent AA1 f J al. MKalaaa. Mtli IlkA u.uuu iraiics a year, anu tut; rcuioiuuci one iui iaw u,uuu irancs a vear, ana ine remainoer sue out iuiv bags, and threw through the above mentioned j opening into a sort of cupboard in the cellar, where - . - . a a . 1 these thousands of irancs remained, until she died, which occurred at the aire of eiehty-eiffht. She t .. m had besides purchased several houses, and was the owner of the Theatre du Luxembourg. By her will she has left 2,000,000 francs to the hospices of the city of Paris, 800,000 to other charitable establishments, 20,010 francs to her servant, and j .some legacies to distant relatives of her husband, who still live in Savoy. Her notary and avone are instituted her universal legatees." Fever in New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 14. The deaths from yellow fever here for the thirty hours ending Monday at noon, were ninety-eight. Sept. 15. The deaths by yellow fever in this city to-day, were sixty-three. Th e Fi .vale of the Norwa lk Calamity. The engineer, Edward Tucker, who, it will be remember ed, some years ago, ran a train of cars belonging to the New Haven Railroad Company through the drawbridge over Norwalk river, at Norwalk, Conn., which caused such a fearful loss of life, committed suicide on Thursday last in New York, by cutting a vein in his arm. The conductor on this ill-fated train, we believe, committed suicide the day after the accident. Sy"A citizen of Savannah, C. A. L. Lamar, Esq., has made an offer to the Government much more advantageous to it as well as to the captured Africans, than that proposed bv the American Colonization Society. lie asks no pay, but proposes to pay to the Government the sum of S-r0,000, and will guarantee to teach the negroes 'industrial pursuits" without any charge and keep them for a term of vears. MuRDEllED. We learn from the Chapel Hill Gazette, that Mr Richard S. Ashe, a son-in-law of the late Professor Mitchell, has been barbarously murdered, not far from his own plantation in the neighborhood of Swartwout, on the Trinity River in Texas. It seems Mr Ashe and several of his neigh bors had given notice to a troublesome desperado named Drake, that he must quit that country, and it is supposed that Drake shot him on the 14th ult., on the high road, while entirely unsuspicious of J danger. 31 r Ashe was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and is highly spoken of as a 'christian gentleman of quiet, unobtrusive manners." From the Altar to theTomb. Died Sunday, the 2Dth ult., at the residence of her father, aged 1 1 years, Mrs Sue Arl ington, wife ofS. P. Arrington, Escp, and daughter of Win. Eaton, Jr., of War renton. The deceased had been a bride not quite four months, liow short and uncertain is life! Longevity of Mules. The Medical World says that there is a mule now in the possession of a j farmer near Balling-lass, Ireland, which has been j employed in the transit of ammunition, &c., to t: mil i-i-T mi . ., . i viuvgai nui, siiicb nu. l ncrc is a saying that a white mule lives longer than any other mule, Some years ago one of that color, on Col. Middlcton's estate in South Carolina, was over ciditv vears dil and was still at work. .,, . ' j j v Married. At Athens, (Penn.) on the 30th ult., Mr James Bee to Miss Mary Ann Flower. Well hath this busy Bee Improved Life's shining hour: He gathers honey now all day, From one sweet chosen Flower; And from this hive, if heaven please, He'll raise a swarm of little Bees. 1105 Acres of Land FOR SALE. The subscriber, residing about four miles south of Lincolnton, on Indian Creek, offers for sale his valua ble PLANTATION', containing about six hundred ami thirty acres. 225 of which is cleared, about (JO acres of bottomland and meadow of" first rate quality. Th rc is a new and commodious Dwelling House and all ne cessary out-houses. Also, a first rate improved water privilege with a good Saw Mill upon it. together with two unimproved Shoals. The creek affords water cnoutrh for almost any purpose. The said Land lies on the road leading from Lincoln- ton to l orkviiie l ult;iu..u.;i..f.i..ii'!i . ton. Charlotte Also, four hundred and si.xty-five acres of timbered Land, adjoining the above, will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Refer to C. C. Henderson or John F. Hoke. . A. P CANSJLER. September f, 3 858. 25-tf H. W. HUPP, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, CONCORD, N. C. Watches. Clocks and Jewelry September 14. lSiS repaired and warranted, v ! BAIL'S (lale OaiionN; HOTEL. The undersigned respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has leased this long established and well-known HOTLL. and will be prepared at ail times to accommodate all who may favor him witn their patronage. Ue returns his thanks for past favors, and hopes to merit a continuance of the same. ! The Omnibus attached to the Hotel will be at the Depot on the arrival of the several trains, to convev passengers to the Hotel or anv other part of the citv His customers will be brought to and sent from the Hotel to Depot, free of Omnibus charge. He will be prepared to receive and accommodate some 30 or Jo members of the ensuing Legislature with com- fort fib f Knurr! arrl kk. :. .. -- ; ttamm a.sisLHiicc Ol a COninetf-nt clerk, he hopes to give general satisfaction v1 Active and attentive servants will . attend to the several departments of the Hotel. j RaJeijh, .Sept 13, 1858 N 1LLI AM T. BAIX. 26-4t MURDER AND HANGING. A correspondent of the Memphis Eagle and quirer writing from New Albany, Miss S ! gives the subjoined account of a double tra dv ept. 6. On SiltUrdaV llilfht last. tllC 4tll of our town was the scene ot such violence as ' ; ' J O ' vl'lvlllIlPr was my mistortune to witness betore. At daik, ,.r j about 8 o'clock, Daniel Newman killed Thorn j Bise with a common pocket knife, hsflicting m une sum ncai - - - . ise livt-d , but a few minutes after the wound was infli(.ti ... .1 , 1 ' J , &iug Lrunnuw .v.,.,- ,U Newman was arrested by the enraged crowd anj j confined with chains, and as no officers could b, j obtained, the crowd detained Newman until lat(. j in the night, and hung him with a rope tied to tl,0 ( rafter of an old shelter. Mr BLse, it seems. Wu j killed accidentally, as the testimony goes to that Newman was in difficulty with J. J. j..r ' 1 and Bise going between the angry, drunken i,,en ! received the wound unintentionally and was kilh-d ! ,..,,.,.,,,. . , .., 1 n c- t in hipn llr Jarvu 'I 1... .1.. . i vcuww '-f "to .iuiekiii . ; norriu ueco is wo mumej ttnnkii,,; ! u i- 1 - - - - . .ui jjisc iea w fc"iCf,"i'" "reB vitlluat ................ i I . j . np i ... i ii . . . . money ur prwpcuj. w u a, :i very r man, with a wife and seven small children, mu-t look to the cold charity of this unfriendly world for subsistence. ; -""'""'"- pVijrlrtttp FPTTISI Iff Tncfitlif UUallUbLC A ClUalC lllblildlg, rWV I I A C ' mmmS I I in , - Mf . t f inn uvw ckmiuh whj vuuimnu t on we.ini.j i rmMif' next session wm Ji. the l otn &r,r i mmnmn. i ne Hcbolastic V, divided into two sessions ot 20 WEEKS each. .iv f IS irrwM per ocmnon: Board, including Washing, Fuel, necessary comfort, with Tuition Branches Music on Piano or Guitar Use of Instruments Lights, and ever in all the EaglUh .Si (.1" 20 M & (M la m In n 10 og 20 M Modern Languages, each Drawing ib Crayon or Pencil Grecian Painting. Oi! Painting TUITION FOR DAY SCHOLARS $16 to $i8 j It is very desirable that Pupils enter the first daj 0( : the Session. It promotes the comfort of the teat'btrj I and the projrresi of the Pupils. R. BURWELL, PrinciMl Sept. 7, 1858. 2.")-Jt NOTICE. By virtue of a Deed of Trust made to roc, ;un e tent ed on the 5th day of .March, 1858, by JatiicT. Aleut der, I will expose to public sale at the Court IIobh in LIXCOLNTON, on Tuesday of Court week, tLu 19TH OF OCTOBER, 1858, all the Real Estate ot said .lames T. Alexander, cum prising four Lot. Xo, 08, ;!. 11 and 7J, in the town of Lincolatoa, ud the improved Lot No. H upon whieh he now live.-. Also, one hundred Acre of hand ! situated npoa the waters of Hoyle'd Creek, three miles cast of il. AT. 13 VALUABLE KFGUOES, Mechanics and house-servants, together with Iii other personal effect;, comprising Horse, Cattle. Hog, Wa gons. Buggy, Household and Kitchen Furniture, kc. The Negroes will he- sold for cash; the terms of nalr on other property will he made known on the daj nl the sale. Zhjf All persons having .Votes, liquidated Ar-connO, and account due previous to the fith day of March, 185S. are notified to file with ine the aniountof ?aid notes or accounts, slating the time when due aiul inch credits as they are entitled to. B. S. GUION, Trusts. Lincolntoa, Sept C, 18".8. 25-Jt Stale of N. Carolina, Lincoln county, Superior Court of J.uir, Sprimj Term, 1858. William Ramsoar and J.. K. Thompson, Adm'n ol Alexander Kamsour, dee'd, vs. Uobt. A. K is tier. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court lb) Robert A. Kistler, the defendant in this ease, n beyond the limits of this State, and is an inhahitaatof some other government; therefore it is ordered bv I In- i Bid '"irt, that publication be made in the Western Democrat, a paper itibli.-hed iii the town of Charlotte. for six successive weeks, notifying the defendant thai he be and appear at our next Superior Court of Law, tu be held for the county of Lincoln at the Conn IIouc in Lincolnton, on the 8th Monday after the Itli Monday in August, 1858, then and there to plead or replevy, ol tlk property levied npoawfl! be condemned to satisfy plain tilt's claim. Witness. Robt. "Williamson. Clerk of our.-;. Id Court, at office in Lincolnton, the 8th Monday after the 4tfa Monday in February, 1858. and in the 83d rear of Amer ican Independence. ::-Gt Prof adv. $6 ROUT. WILLIAMSON', Cl'k U. S. PATE.VF IE I BITS. THE subscriber offers his .services to IXVEXTOIW and others desirous of securing LaTTCM I'au'-t. Cony Rights, etc. The whole business can be transact ed by mail. Letters confidential, and fees moderate. ; Address j Sept. 7, 1838. I EDWARD CANTWELL, Baleifb, N. C. 1 A Pf 1 : - a., v x j i -i ii ii n . LBS' BACON, first rate quality. & y LF wjr t-aw for sale at the store next door to T. II. Urem &t Co. This Bacon was cured at Liacolstoi from well-fattened hogs. The lot consists of Hams, tUt and shoulders, and will be sold ia lots to Ruit, at low rates. Purchasers will please examine before bn elsewhere. DAVID KITZMILLEB. September 1 ni-pd PRITCHARD, use. ii. 1 teldinc; o tlx- ishes of many friends, respctfuiij announces his determination to rename the PRAC TICE OP MEDICINE. He max be eonrult his Drutr Store. Irwin's rammr. The i,our urescribw I he poor prcHt tf for without charge. Charlotte. Aug rut 31. 1858. LL Persons, whose KaUa urirl Arrountf tire Oil', J- OWmr to the undersirfiicil is Trustee, are eSOWSJ requested to call and settle, as it is important tru-t fund be marshalled at as early a day a psjlW" Remember, Indulgence em$nuH be aiwen. W. It.' HYERS, Truftw Jane 15, 1858. tf of Leroy Springs. f ne wine renutati.-u m i ' Ifci rill a which Dr. .!. li ter bCSDCaki its execllenee in n mnro f.in ihle BanBCT ttSS tiny words which we can offer. It renovates, psrilei and strengthens the system, and aids the stoiiisch i" ;l ' performance of its functions. It is regarded on H " as a sovereign specific, and. thcrcfere, to procsrt " the best possible way, should be the object ofthe p We commend il with more than usual zeal ami ccafidsafj believing and knowing, as we do. that it standi &rl among the many preparations of the day, for imj : strength; vigor and tone to the svstem.'and "-' the curative powers for nil similar di-ca.-c-from a disordered stomach. In the mo.-t '''' of crarrtiis. diarhrta am! aaalcMu in the Si the '-Hitters'' have been rigidly tested. nd alwsvB '" the greatest success. SlPl For .Sale by DR. H. M. PRITCHARD. Almost CJervhn.lv V llmr RaW . atirr " That the word "Bestorathre," la this case, w j misnomer, we lave the testimony of individuals Wj J ! elevated OO-it'on in thn rmntrv ns well S acknowledged and honorable character as genthmcn. render whutever thev mibliclv assert in the hti '')?r reliable. Several of these have tested, persons Jr, hair preparation we are now speaking of, and certtn its amazing efficacy in the most public msnner P' Their xrtificates can be seen at the proprietor - Wv ill Dtoaawaj, New York, and once seen an" appreciated, we have no hesitation in saving 312 Broadway, New York, and once seen and prop v impress conviction on the most skeptical mlnn". rju Hair Restorative, is, doubtless, the best article oi A't I 1 j ' , kind ever yet produced. Sept 14. F or sale by H. M. Pritcbard. a ft BBLS. JL W Store at PURE BURNING FLUID. NO' l PRITCHARD li win's Corner. -April J, I
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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