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OFFICE NKAKLY 0PPO8ITI THK PoST OFFICE.
January 19, 1858.
n. LaF. ALEXANDER,
Attorney at Law, Charlotte, IV. C.
Office over China Hall.
August 11.1 -"""H. y
P. SAUKS,
Architect and Builder,
Will furnish Designs. Plans ami Drawings for Public
Buildings, Private Residences and Villas. Particular
attention will be paid to building Flouring Mills, Corn
Mills. Jrc. OrriCB in :td story of Alexander's Building,
front room, over China Hall.
Charlotte, Oct. 19, 1858.
FOX
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BANK OF CHARLOTTE
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,
PRACTITIONER OF M ENCI ! E
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Office Ao. 2 Irrrin't
cornrr ClIAULOTTE, N. C.
December 1 1. 1 s:?.
A. C. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA W,
Has taken an oflire jointly with J. A. Fox, Esq. up-stairs
next door to the Coart House, where he will he con
stantly present to attend to all calls on professional
business made for himself or for Mr Fox when he is
absent.
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J. A. FOX,
Attorney zxt
OjTire urj-t djor tu the Court House,
Uj-Stuirs
A. C. WILLIAMSON. Kso.. who is a joint occupant
of the ofiice, and who will be uuiforuily present, will
attend to professional business for me in my absence
December 21, 1858 tf
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BSREAD and CAKES.
Having secureu tue services ot a .o. 1 liaker, we arc
now prepared to tiirnish the citizens of Charlotte, and
mankind in general, with something nice to eat.
Br-jy Weddings, Parties, xc., furnished at short no
tice to order and dispatch.
1st Door from the Court House.
HOUSTON k HUNTER.
Nov. 2.1, 1858. tf
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l nave eoramencea liutenering iseet again, ana am
ready and wish to buy Beeves, Mutton and Fork, on
the hoof. I solicit, and hope to merit, the patronage of
the town. V. A. COOK,
Aucr. 24, 1858. 23-tf Town Butcher.
WILMINGTON BRANCH.
RAHNWEILER & BROTHERS
RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Charlotte
ana tiie Ftirronnuiiizr countrv mat mev nave opened a
Store two doors from T. H. BremJfc Co's, where may
be found a larjre and extensive stock of Fancy and Sta
ble lirv t.oons, .-miks. i iress itooos, iMnoroKieries, tsoti-
nets. Ladies' Cloaks, and Readymade Clothing, fo
Cents, Youths and Hoys wear; Hlankets, Kerseys, Hoots
Shoes, Hats. Caps, Trunks, fcc. &c.
We are now daily receiving the most extensive am
best assortment of the above named goods that can !
loiinu in tue otaie, ana cneaper man any outer jiouse.
Having bought our entire stock for CASH, whicl
enables us to sell our goods 20 per cent cheaper. All per
sons wisiiing to save money in buying gooiis snouiu wear
in mind not to forget to call on us before bovine else
where. Wholesale buyers, particularly, should bear it
in mind to call at our store, second door from T. II.
Bren & Co.
In addition to our large stock we have fitted up a
WHOLES LE ROOM for wholesale buyers.
DAVID K AH WE I LEU,
DAN I E L. K A 1 1 N W E 1 1. E It.
Nov. 0, 1858 JACOB KAHX WEILER.
GROCERIES.
KAHX WEILER & BROTHERS have just
received.
in addition to their large stock of Dry
supply of GROCERIES.
Dec.'l4, 1858.
Goods, a full
8aJem Almanacs
FOR SALE AT
LOWRIE S ISOOK STORE.
Charlotte, October IP, 1858.
R A I J .ROAD NOTICE
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
A'A'ir. CHEAP AND EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE
FOR FREIGHT FOR THE INTERIOR OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
Merchants and others about purchasing their Full
am! Winter supplies, are requested to notice that by the
completion of the Noi th-Eastern R:ilroad from Char
leston S. C. to Cheraw, the advantages of a cheap and
expeditious route from the seaboard has been opened
to them. All Freight consigned to the Agent of ti e
North-Eastern Railroad will be forwarded free of com
mission. No charge will be made for storage at Che
raw: all Goods will be taken care of in the Company's
Warehouse until sent for.
A schedule of charges will be found at the Tost
Office.
S. S. SOLOMONS,
Aug. in. 1858. tf Eng. and Supt.
im. j. n. HAPPOLDT,
of Salisbury, N. C,
FFERS his professional services in the different
branches of his Profession, not to the citizens of
Salisbury ami the contiguous country only, but would
respectfully notify the citizens of Mecklenburg and Ca
barrus counties, and more especially those in whose
families he had practiced for nearly twenty years w hilst
a resident of Mecklenburg county and the town of
Charlotte, and with many of them, maintained lor years
the endearing relation ot Family Physician, tnai nis
i i ... i;i:.u r"
services can oe as ea.-uv ooiamcu jmj mm.
Railroad travel) now, and in many instances more so,
than when he lived among them.
Applications made by mail, or at the " Veranaa
House,'" Salisbury, X. C, w ill meet witn prompt atten
tion.
Salisbnn- Tec. 15, 1857 tf.
S. EL EOWELL,
Saddle and Harness
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
ONE DOOR SOUTH of the MANSION nOUSE.
YKQ. Repairing promptly and neatly done.
Jan. 1. 1859. V
REMOVAL.
The Confectionery and Family Grocery Store of
MOODY ii X1SBET "has been removed to the stand op
posite the Presbyterian Church, where they are receiv
ing direct from Xew York large additions to their
stock of
CONFECTIONERIES,
FAMILY GROCERIES, &c.
Among their stock may be found everything usually
kept in a store of this kind. A good assortment of
Cake Trimmings, Willow Ware, &c, always
on hand.
They have in their employ an excellent BAKER, and
are prepared to furnish Families and Partys with Cakes
of all kinds at short notice.
Nov. 10, 1858. MOODY k NISBET.
We have also opened a branch of our store at Lin
eolntoB, where Mr Moody will superintend the business,
ami hopes to secure a share of public patronage in that
section.
Nov. 1G, 1858. MOODY & XISBET.
NEW FIRM.
Dr. E. NfE HUTCBISSO & CO.,
Having purchased of Dr. H. M.
Pritchard his entire stock of
DEU6S, CHEMICALS,
OILS, PAINTS, &c.,
especttully call the attention
of the public to the fact that
thev will carry
a WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUG BUSINESS at Irwin's Coiner, where they are
now receiving, in addition to their present Stock, a
large assortment of
Fresh and Genuine Drugs,
direct from the New York market.
E. NYE HUTCHISON, M. D., will superintend this
large and well known establishment in person.
gs" Physicians' prescriptions made up with prompt
ness and care.
October 10, 1858.
Having sold my Dru and Chemical Establishment to
Messrs E. Nye Hutchison k Co., I heartily commend
them as my successors to the confidence and patronage
of a generous public, for whose kind and liberal sup
port of myself hitherto I am and shall ever be truly
grateful. ' H. M. PRITCHARD.
October 10, 1858.
OCKfKOfKOSIfiY SMI.
J. D. PALMER,
One Door above the Bank of Charlotte,
Respectfully informs the pub
lic that he has just received
a splendid assortment of Con
fectioneries, West India Fruits,
SEGARS
ass
. - tLmmly'' oi various Drauus; ciiewmg &
SS ot various brands
- -iBBJfa V- smokim
Tobacco, Snuff, kc.
ALSO,
a variety of Musical Instru
ments, Yankee Notions, &c.
A PINE LOT OP WILLOW WARE.
He is constantly receiving fresh supplies of the above
Goods and many other articles not enumerated.
CANDY MANUFACTORY.
subscriber is now manufacturing an excellent
of Candy, free from poisonous coloring, unlike
The
article
the Xew
York steam refined candy. Call and see aud
" J. D. PALMER.
try it.
November 0,
1858 tf
HENDERSON & All KENS
Are
of
receiving and have now in store a full assortment
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READY-made CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES,
Hats, Caps, Hardware, crockery, cigars, fancy Goods k
CROCEKIES,
Which will be offered for cash at unusual low prices.
An examination id' our stock is respectfully solicited.
SHAWLS, CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
Black and colored cloth, silk and cashmere Cloaks and
Mantillas from $ 5u to $12 50.
LOOTS AND SHOES.
Ladies Morocco Boots, first rate article, at 00 cents j
men's calf, kip aud other kinds of Shoes; congress Gai
ters. Also, a good stock of Brogans at 1 10 to 1 50.
ClotSsici, Sblrt, Cravats, Cullarg,
Socks, Drawers. Undershirts, a good assortment, ten
dozen Gentlemen's bordered cambric Handkerchiefs at
10 cents. Also, linen and silk Handkerchiefs, a large
variety.
Gents' Shawls, Raglans, Comforts. &c.
Fine Watches and Jewelry, Pocket Knives, Perfume
ries and Fancy Articles.
IsaSwoideries & Wlaatc Woods.
lackonet and Swiss Edging and Inserting?, collars,
sleeves, Laces, Flouncing, Marseilles, corded and a va
riety of Hoop Skirts from 75 cts to 5 50.
SEG ARS. Still on hand the favorite old brand
(LaEstulta) at S3 per box of 250 ; also Havana scgars
of choice qualities.
jfcg- Call at HENDERSON k AIIRENS at Springs'
corner and sati.-fy yourself that their prices are, if not
the lowest, among the lowest.
October 12, 1858 tf
PETER MALLETT
D. COLDEN MURRAY,
Central Commission Iftcrrljant,
02 So& street, NEW YORK.
June 20, 1958 y
CAROLINA CITY, N. C.
The Atlantic and Xorth Carolina Railroad being now
conuileted to Beaufort Harbor, I have determined
to
locate at Carolina City for the purpose of doing a
Forwarding & General Commission
Business, and hope by promptness and strict attention
to merit patronage and support. Being the Agent of
MURRAY'S LINE OF FIRST CLASS PACKETS
to this and Morehead city, every effort will be made to
make this the cheapest and most expeditious route to
New York. Yessels will be loaded and discharged at
my Wharf (adjoining the Railroad Wharf,) and thereby
save cartage and lighterage. Particular attention will
be "h en to all orders, and to the sale and shipment of
Produce. WM. B. GRANT.
All shipments of Produce to D. Colden Murray, New
York, will be forwarded free of commission.
June 20, 1850 J
Exclusively Wholesale
Drug, Paint and Oil Warehoose.
ANTOS, WALKE & CO., wholesale dealers
in DRUGS : Lamp, Machinery and Paint OILS;
Varnishes. Paints, &c. Ac.
No 36. Iron front, West site , Marltt Square,
X Oli FOLK, VA.
jpr- Goods shipped from Xew York, Philadelphia, or
Baliimore, to Charleston, when required.
November 0, 1833. 7
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Cje $rjf0hrtt Brmorrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
JB"' We see it stated that North Carolina State
Bonds sold in New York on the 31st ult. at 100
The assertion, last summer, of the opposition can
didate for Governor, that the State was in a decline
is far from being verified by the sale of its Bonds.
In Baltimore on the 30th, 1000 N. C. Railroad
bonds, due in 1885, sold at 74$ and 74i cents on
the hundred.
It is said the Liverpool Consulate will shortly
be vacant, Mr Tucker having signified his inten
tion not to remain, owing to inadequacy of salary.
We think it very likely that Mr Tucker lives
too high and spcuds too much money for big
dinners.
DICKSON ON SELF-TAUGHT MEN.
The Institutional Association of Lancashire and
Cheshire, held its annual conference and public
meeting in Manchester, recently. An address
was delivered by Char. Dickens, on his distributing
(he prizes to the successful candidates, in the
Free Trade Hall. The numerous audience witnessed
with obvious delight, the cordial and encouraging
manner in which Mr Dickens performed the duties
imposed upon him. He allowed no one of the
successful competitors to pass without a hearty
shake of the hand and a kind and cheering word.
Mr Dickens, in the course of his address, said :
" Let me endeavor to recall as well as my memo
ry will serve me, from the most interesting cases
of prize holders and certificate gainers who will ap
pear before you, some two or three of the most con
spicuous examples. There are two poor brothers
from near Chorley, who work from morning to
night in a coal pit, and who in all weathers, have
walked 8 miles s night, three nights a week, to at
tend the class in which they have attained dis
tinction. There are other two poor boys from
BoUtBgtoo, who began life as piercers at Is. or Is.
Cd. per week, and the father of one of whom was
cut to pieces by the machinery at which he worked
but not before he had himself founded the institu
tion in which this son has since come to be taught.
These two poor boys will appear before you to
night, to take the second class prizes in chemistry.
There is a plasterer from Burg, 16 years of age,
who took a third class certificate last year at the
hands of Lord Brougham; he is this year again
successful in a competition three times as severe.
There is a wagon-maker from the same place who
knew little or absolutely nothing until he was a
grown man, and who has learned all he knows,
which is a great deal, in the local institution.
There is a chain-maker, in very humble circum
stances, and working hard all day, who walks six
miles a night, three nights a week, to attend the
classes in which he has won so famous a place.
There is a moulder in an iron foundry, who whilst
he has worked twelve hours a day before the fur
nace, got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to learn
drawing. '"The thought of my lads," he wiitcs,
in his modest account of himself , "in their peaceful
slumbers above me, gave me fresh courage, and I
used to think that if I should never receive an
personal benefit, I might instruct them when they
came to be of an age to understand the mighty
machines and engines which have made our coun
try, England, pre-eminent in the woild's history."
There is a piercer at mules frames, who could
not read at 18, who is now a man of little more
than 30, who is the sole support of an aged mother,
who is an arithmetical teacher in the institution in
which be himself was taught, who writes of him
self that he made the resolution never to take up a
resolution without keeping to it, and who has kept
to it with such an astonishing will that he is now
well versed in Euclid and algebra, aud is the best
French scholar in Stockport, The drawing classes
in that same Stockport, arc taught by a working
blacksmith; and the pupils of that working black
smith will receive the highest honors to-night.
Well may it be said of that good blacksmith, as it
was written of another of his trade by an American
poet :
"Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begun,
Each evening sees its close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose."
Ladies and gentlemen to pass from the success
ful candidates to the delegates from local societies
now before me, and to content myself with one in
stance from among them. There is among their
number a most remarkable man, whose history I
have read with feelings that I could not adequately
express under any circumstances, and least of all
when I know he hears me; who worked when he
was a mere baby at hand loom weaving until he
dropped from fatigue who began to teach himself
as soon as he could earn 5s. a week who is now a
botanist, acquainted with every production of the
Lancashire alloy who is a naturalist, and lias
made and preserved a collection of the eggs of Bri- j
tish birds, and stuffed the birds who is now a j
concholist, with a very curious, and in some re- 1
spects an original collection of fresh water shells, ;
and has also preserved and collected the mosses of
fresh water and of the sea who is worthily the !
president of his own local literary institution, and
who was at his work this time last night as fore
man in a mill. So stimulating has been the in
fluence of these bright examples and many more,
that I notice among the applications from Black
burn for preliminary test examination papers, one
from an applicant who gravely falls up the printed
form
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m by describing himself as 10 years age, and
o, with equal gravity, describes his occupation
wh
as nursing a little chiia. j
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Stephen Girard, the I hiladelphia millionaire ;
saidJ
"I have always considered advertising liberally
and long to be the great medium of success in ;
business, and the prelude of wealth. And I have
made it a rule, too, to advertise in the dullest times,
a lon-exnerience having taught me that money ,
thus snent is well laid out as, by keeping my
business continually before the public, it has secured
me many sales that I would otherwise have lost."
A MURDERER REVEALED.
A miraculous discovery of a horrible murder is
related by a Belgian journal of a recent date, of
which we make a summary : Two brothers, Jews,
set out from Gyck with a view of placing their
daughters at a boarding school in the town of
(Jrosswardcn. During their absence, the youngest
daughter, aged ten, who was left at home, woke up
her mother suddenly during the night, and crying
bitterly, declared that she saw her father and uncle
and all being murdered. The mother, for some
time, took no notice of the child's declaration, but
as she persisted, and would not be pacified, she
began to be alarmed herself, and the next morn
ing took the child before the Mayor of the town,
to whom she declared her dream, stating at the
same time that the murderers were two men living
in the neighborhood, whom she deliberately point
ed out, and added that the murder was committed
at the entrance of the forest, on the road to Cross
warden. The Mayor, after receiving this revelation,
thought it prudent to make inquiry after the two
neighbors indicated by the child, when, singular
enough, they were discovered to be absent from
home. This suspicious ciicumstance induced the
Mayor to dispatch some officers to the forest allud
ed to by the child, who discovered the horrible
spectacle of five bodies extended on the ground,
which were those of the two brothers, the two daugh
ters, and the driver of the vehicle in which they
all took their departure. The corpses appeared to
have all been set on fire, so as to destroy their
identity, and the vehicle was nowhere discovered.
This horrible tragedy led the officers to examine
the whole neighborhood, when they fortunately
pounced upon the two neighbors at a fair not far
distant, as they were in the very act of changing
some notes on which some spots of blood were
visible. On being seized they immediately confess
ed their crime, and on the child's dream being
revealed to them, acknowledged the finger of Provi
dence in their caj ture. This wonderful dream on
the part of the child, and its fulfilment, excited
an immense sensation in the
neighborhood.
A Brain and Nerve People. One who ap
pears to comprehend the American people, physi
cally speaking, says with no little justice : "The
Americans arc in fact becoming nothing else but
brain and nerve. Fat and fibrine are only valued
as they sell in markets, and muscle is only thought
of as it peit tins to our draught mama's. Our
stimulating dim: te and our fast habits makes us
so nervous that life is becoming to us but one con
tinued spasm. Our movements are like those of a
dancing jack. Even our past-times are so intense
that they fatigue us as much as our business. The
so-called rest which we begrudgingly give ourselves
wears us as much as our work. We cannot bear
to hear atsther called more 'smart' than ourselves,
and we will die and be buried rather than not be
come as rich as our neighbors. There is ever the
same unsatisfied restlessness, whether we go abroad
or stay at home. Nobody shall travel faster or see
a given number of objects in a less number of
hi.urs than ourselves, no matter at what cost of
money or health. There is no impossible Alps
that we will not climb, and no deep cave of earth or
sea that we will ne t explore. There are none who
shall not grow numb before ourselves on the
highest frozen peak, and there shall be none who
can hold their breath longer under water. When
tl e guide is not looking there is no King's throne
or Pope's chair on which we will not sit. There
is nothing within the scope of human ability which
we will not undertake, and when we boast of what
we have accomplished there arc none who shall
draw a longer bow."
The Speed of Railway Cars. Many of the
accidents which happen to persons attempting to
cross railroads are the result of ignorance of the
velocity of the iron horse when fairly underway.
A writer in the Hartford Courantgives some interes
ting facts which it may be well to bear in mind:
"It seems almost incredible that as we glide
smoothly along, the elegantly furnished car moves
nearly twice its own length in a second of time
about seventy-feet. At this velocity we find that
the locomotive driving wheel, six feet in diameter,
makes four revolutions per second. It is no idle
piston-rod that traverses the cylinder thus eight
times per second.
"If a man with a horse and carriage upon an
unimportant public road in a country town should
approach and cross the track at a speed of six
miles per hour, which would be crossing rapidly,
an express train approaching at the moment would
move toward him two hundred and fifty-seven feet
while he was in the act of crossing a distance
barely sufficient to clear the horse and vehicle. If
the horse was moved at a rate no faster than a walk,
as the track is usually crossed, the train would
move toward him, while in the act of crossing,
more than five hundred feet. This fact accounts
for the many accidents at t-uch points. The per.-on
driving thinks he may cross because the train is
a few rods distant.
"How compares the highest speed of the train
with the velocity of sound'' When the whistle is
opened at the eighty rod 'whistle post,' the train ! rogue, as lie is. "Have you found the hornico
will advance near oue hundred feet before the J pia, or has anybody given you a request ?" She
sound of the whistle traverses the distance to and j was a little anxious. "I got it from Bets," said
is heard at the crossing. The velocity exceeds the ! he, chucking the coin into the air, and allowing
flight of our birds. Dr. J. L. Comstock, the j them to flatter and rattle about the floor with
well-known author of several philosophical works, ; all the importance of dollars. "Got them from
informed the writer that he was recently passing I Bets, did you ?" replied she. "And who is Beta
through W'esternNew York when the train actually
i 'ran down' and killed a common hawk. 1 he train
' was stopped, and the game so rarely captured was
! secured.
Salt and Charcoal for Stock. Farmers
who raise stock should give them plenty of Char
coal to eat. and freely of salt; both charcoal and
- a I J ar .v, '
im caUlc and make tLem in good condi.
tlt acts on the blood. Charcoal strenKth- ;
eng and heaJs the mucous membrane throughout
the alimentary canal, and increases the power of
the digestive nns, healing any unhealthy con-
dition existing there. It prevents worms gener-
ating in the stomach, &c., it absorbs the petres- J
cent gases by which worms are generated, and they '
consequently die. The use of salt and free use of
charcoal will contribute to protect cattle from epi-
demies, and will counteract the effect of putrescent
or septic water. ,
m
Please read on another column this is 'gin out'.
RUSSIAN CRUELTY.
A lady correspondent, writing from St. Peters
burg, Huseia, says :
Whilst the Prince Gagerine was in the act of
getting in the carriage, the Swede, the object of
my story, came up to him, and pointing a pistol at
his breast, shot him, which caused his death in
stantly. At the same time, the man ws goincf to
shoot himself, but was prevented from so doing by
the servants of the Prince, who were in attendance
near the carriage.
He was sentenced to receive three thousand
stmkes with the knout !
Thejjay of the execution arrived, and every
effort was made to give it as much solemnity as the
occasion required.
One regiment was ordered on the Grand Place.
There was also a large number of officers and
Generals. The place ot the execution was so
crowded with people that it was almost impossible
to move.
They proceeded by placing the soldiers in four
lines, two on each side, facing each other the
soldiers in the first row having each of them a
knout in his hand. Those that were behind, had
their bayonets about as high as the hip. Then,
for every ten soldiers, there was a sergeant, with
a knout, to watch every man who was to use one;
and he who should neglect to strike the wretched
man, was to receive it in his stead by the sergeant
behind him.
At last the poor man was brought to the placo
of his martyrdom
On his arrival, they took off his shirt, leaving
only his pantaloons at the waistband. They made
him co between the two rows of soldiers. He
was preceded by two soldiers, point. ng their guns
to his breast, walking backwards, two others fol
lowing him in the same manner. Surrounded on
every side, he could not venture to move either
way, without running the risk of being pierced
through the body.
He advanced slowly, and at every step he re
ceived a cut by every soldier, and his blood flowed
in streams. In this manner he received fifteen
hundred laxhes, and at last, from pain and ex
haustion, and loss of blood, he fainted among his
executioners. Nothing but his bones could be
seen ! His flesh having been cut from his body by
this terrible instrument.
But fifteen hundred lashes could not satisfy the
judgment, and he must receive fifteen hundred
more to make up the three thousand. He was
picked up and carried to the hospital, where he
experienced the kindest treatment, and was cared
for as attentively as a mother would her first-born
child. All that kindness was to put him in a
state to receive the remainder of his sentence.
But here justice was defeated, for the poor
after two days of the most excruciating
agony.
died
in the hospital.
Earthquake in California. A few minutes
before one o'clock on the morning of November 26th,
the people ot San Francisco were awakened by a
severe shock of an earthquake. Scarcely had they
opened their eyes and congratulated themselves
that it was over when a still more severe and longer
continued trembling of the earth began. The
latter shock lasted between 10 and 20 seconds, and
tall brick buildings swayed to and fro at a terrible
rate. No serious damage was done however. This
earthquake was felt at various places over the
State. At Stockton it was probably as severe as
in San Francisco.
In Sacramento the trembling was less sensibly
felt. At San Jose it was much more severe,
seriously cracking and injuring many of the houses.
About one and a half miles from the latter place,
the ground in one place is reported to exhibit wide
seams and fissures, from whence sulphurous smoke
ascended the morning after the earthquake. How
ever, the fissures existed before the earthquake.
At Petaluma, and various other places, the
earthquake was also sensibly felt.
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The Sc ience of Going to Bed. The earth is
a magnet, with magneticul currents constantly
playing around it. The human body is also a
magnet, and when the body is placed in certain
relations to the earth, these currents harmonize,
when in any other position they conflict. When
one position is to be maintained for some time, a
position should be chosen in which the magnetic
current of the earth and the body will not conflict.
This position, as indicated by theory, and known
by experiment, is to lie with the head towards the
north pole. Persons who sleep with their heads
in the oppo.- ite direction, or lying crosswise, arc
liable to fall into various nervous disorders. When
they go back to the right position, these disorders,
if not too deeply impressed upon the constitution,
soon vanish. Sensitive persons are always more
refreshed by sleep when their heads point due
north. Architects, in planning houses, should
bear this principle in mind.
Mrs. Partington's Vert Last. Where
did you get so much money, Isaac ?" said Mrs.
Partington, as he tdiock a half handful of copper
ceuts before her, grinning all the while like a
that she should give you money ? She must be
some low creature, or you would not apeak of
her so disresectably. I do hope you will not
get led away by any desolate companions, Isaac,
aud become an unworthy membrane of society."
How tenderly the iron-bowed spectacles beamed
upon mm . "l mean jets, said ne, taugning,
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,rt thow do wncn
guch a horrid habit ? Why. bometime oeoole
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are arranged at the bar for it." She was really
uneacy uutil he explained that, in imitation of
older ones, he had bet some cents on BurUngame,
and had won.
1 "
Miss Mary Brawling, of Hartford, won a gold
bracelet at a ball in that city, the other evening,
for waltzing without cessation for fifty-one minutes,
having distanced all the other Terpsichorean
competitor, iier panuer .-u uaruiuer m. urou,
was presented at the same time with a silver cup.
Snobbery.