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Office Sn. 2 rwiVl comer, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
'December 14. 1858.
H. La F. ALEXANDER,
Attorney at Lav, (Charlotte, . .
Office over China Hall.
Aiigu-t 1 1. 1858.
A. C. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORSET AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
H:i taken an office jointly with J. A. Fox. Eq, op-stairs
next door to the t'ourt House, where he will be con
stantly present to attend to all calls on professional
business made for himself or for Mr Fox when he is
absent.
January 4. 1850. tf
J. A FOX,
Attorney Law,
(h)iee next i'ior to tlie Court House, t'p-Stairs
A. C. WILLIAMSON. Esq.. who is n joint occupant
of the office, and who will be uniformly present, will
attend Ui professional business for me in my absence.
Ueceinbcr 21, 1858 tf
DRS. FOX & WHITE,
JL". SSI 055- 1W1 aAVOvEE &
Medical and Siirajerv.
f-jV- ( H vice up Mairs tn Springs I'.niiiting.
V. J. FOX. M. 1). W. E. WHITE, M. I.
April 3. 1S58. 3-tf
IVOTICK.
LL those Indebted to the subscriber will make im
J V mediate settlement, or t'icir Notes and Accounts
will be placed in other hands f r collection.
April - 158. :s-tf C. J. FOX.
C KELLEY &. J. L. GARDNER,
Commission Merchants,
And Dealers in Dry Ootids, Groceries, Hardware,
Boots and Shoos, Hats and Caps, &C,
Prompt and personal attention given to the sale
of all kinds if CoeSTBY PaODTtK.
April 20, 1858. ly-pd
P. SAURS,
Architect and Builder,
Will furnish Designs. Plans and Drawings for Public
Buildings. Private Residences and Villas. Particular
attention will be paid to building Flouring Mills, Corn
Wills. Jtc Orrica in 3d story of Alexander's Building,
front room, over China Hall.
Charlotte. Oct. lit. 1858.
HREAU and CAKES.
Havinir secured the services of a No. 1 Raker, we are
now prepared to furni-di the citizens of Charlotte, and
mankind in general, with something nice to eat.
;r" Weddings. Parties, Ac, furnished at short no
tice to order and dispatch.
1st Door from the Court House.
HOI'S TON k HCXTER.
Nov. is:,8. tf
Exclusively Wholesale
Drn?;. Paint and Oil Warehouse.
SANTOS, WALKE & CO., wholesale dealers
inbRFGS; Lamp. Machinery and Paint OILS;
Varnishes. Paints. c. &c.
No. 30. roil front, Went side. Mnrkrt Square,
X OR FOLK, YA.
floods shipped from New Vork. Philadelphia, or
Baltimore, to Charleston, when required.
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REMOVAL.
The subscriber has removed from RudasU's to the
old Terres' stand, near to the Jail, where he is prepared
to do all kinds of work in his line, at short notice and on
reasonable terms. Repairing done at short notice and
lor exceedinglv low prices FOR CASH.
M. S. OZMENT.
J ui. IS, 1853 3-1 l-tf
BY J. B. KERR, Proprietor.
Jfc -Y VEKV ACCOMMODATION afforded the
JCi patrons of the Charlotte Hotel.
1 i ffl At this Hotel is kej.t the line of Tri-weekly
Stages from Charlotte via Monroe, N. C, and Lancaster
S. C., to Camden. 8. C.
Patrons of the Charlotte Hotel conveyed to and from
the Depots free of charge.
Oct. 1. 1858. J. B. KERR.
ni l S.l t HU ItOHh.
SeTen per cent per annum.
These Bonds are undoubtedly the safest investment
that can be made, -and are really preferable to any
State Bonds.
The County cannot repudiate. They bear seven per
cent interest pavalde srMi-annunlly. with Coupons for
the same. They are of the denomination of $100, which
will make them more current and useful for domestic
purposes. The coupons will prove a convenient
medium for paying connOy taxes. The citizens of the
county should possess tbem, and they are now offered to
them. Proposals left at either Bank in Charlotte or
with Stephen Y. Davis will receive prompt attention.
H. v. or ION,
Sept M, 1858. Prts t. W.. C. i. R. Railroad Co.
y rivers
Smut Machines,
Of A. Dickson's make, constantly on hand and for sale
at kkdcckd num. T. H. BREM & CO.
August 17, 1858.
Salem N. C.
rWlIIE undersigned has recently purchased the Hotel
JL in Salem. N. ('.. well known throughout the
Southern country as "Butnkk's Hotel," and will ac
commodate all who will favor him w ith a call, with
the best the country can afford." He will spare no
efTort to make the stay of his guests comfortable and
pleasant. The House is well provided with good Ser
vants, the Stables attended by good Hostelers, and the
Table shall not be excelled.
The old friends and customers of the House are soli
cited to continue their patronage.
N. S. A. CHAFIN.
Salem, N. C. Aug. 31, 1858. 24-tf
AH Right Again!
I have commenced Butchering Beef again, and am
ready and wish to buy Beeves, Mutton and Pork, on
the hoof. I solicit, and hope to merit, the patronage of
the town. W. A. COOK.
Aug. 24. 1858. 23-tf Town Butcher.
WILMINGTON BRANCH.
K0"E3Xr GOODS.
K1IINWEILER & BROTHERS
RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Charlotte
and the surrounding cinintrv that they have opened a
Store two doors from T. H. Brem V Co's, where may
be found a large and extensive stock of Fancy and Sta
ple Drv tioods, Silks, Dress Ooods, Embroideries, Bon
nets. Ladies' Cloaks, and Readymade Clothing, for
Cents. Vouthsand Boys wear: Blankets, Kerseys, Boots,
Shoes. Bats. Caps, Trunks. Ac Ac.
We are now daily receiving the most extensive and
best assortment of the above named goods that can be
found in the State, and cheaper than any other House.
Having bought our entire stock for ('ASH. which
enables us to sell our goods 20 per cent cheaper. All per
sons wishing to save money in buying goods should bear
in mind not to forget to call on us before buying else
where. Wholesale buyers, particularly, should bear it
in mind to call at our store, second door from T. H.
Brem t Co.
In addition to our large stock we have fitted up a
WHOLESALE ROOM for wholesale buvers.
DAVID KAHNWEILER,
DANIEL KAHNWEILER.
Nov. 0, 1858 JACOB KAHNWEILER.
GROCERIES.
KAHNWEILER & BROTHERS have just received,
in addition to their large stock of Dry Goods, a full
supply of GROCERIES.
Dec. 14, 1858.
Salem Almanacs
FOR SALE AT
LOWRIE'S BOOK STORE.
Charlotte, October 19, 1858.
RAILROAD NOTICE
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
YEW, CHEAP AM EXPEDITIOUS KOl'TE
FOR FREIGHT FOR THE INTERIOR OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
Merchants and others about purchasing their Fall
and Winter supplies, are requested to notice that by the
completion of the .orth-hastern Kailroad trom i nar
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 tte
North-Eastern Railroad will be forwarded free of com
mission. No charge w ill be made for storage at Che
raw: all Goods will be taken care of in the Company's
Warehouse until sent tor.
A schedule of charges will be found at the Post
Office.
S. S. SOLOMONS,
An?. 10. 1858. tf Eng. and Supt.
DR. J. n. IIAPPOLDT,
of Salisbury, N. C,
OFFERS his professional services in the different
branches of his Profession, not to the citizens of
Salisburv and the contiguous country only, but would
respectfully notify the citixens of Mecklenburg and Ca
barrus counties, and more especially those in whose
families he had practiced for nearly twenty years whilst
a resident of Mecklenburg county and the town of
Charlotte, and with many of them, maintained for years
the endearing relation of Family Physician, that his
services can be as easily obtained (by the facilities of
Railroad travel) now, and in many instances more so,
than w hen he lived among them.
Applications made bv mail, or at the Veranda
House," Salisbury. N. C, will meet with prompt atten
tion. Salisburv :ec. 15, 1857 tf.
S. M. HOWELL,
Saddle and Harness
CHARLOTTE, K. C,
ONE DOOR SOUTH of the MANSION HOUSE
8f3 Repairing promptly and neatly done.
Jan. 1, 1850. y
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SCAEE & CO.,
BrHrgiMts X ChemistM,
No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. ,
INVITE the attention of Physicians,
Planters, Merchants, Ac, to their NEW
and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI
CALS, Ac. The extensive patronage they
have received from the Physicians of Char
lotte and its vicinitv is the best guarantee
of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by
them.
January 1, 1859.
Tilden's
Fluid Extracts.
SCARR A CO. call the attention of the Medical Pro
fession to these elegant Preparations so admirably suit
ed for the extemporaneous prepration of Tinctures,
Syrups, Wines, Ac. securing the desirable object of
uniformity of s rength.
No Physician should be without them.
For sale at SCARR A CO S
Jan. 25. 1859. Drugstore, Charlotte.
To Physicians.
Dr. Churchill' new Itemcdic fur Coiirvmptifm.
Hypophosphites of Soda and Potash. Also, Com
pound Syrup of the Hypophosphites. at
SCARR A CO.,
Dec. 21. Chartottt Drug Store.
SEEDS ! SEEDS!!
LANDRETITS NEW CROP GARDEN SEEDS,
Just received a full supply of these celebrated Seeds
direct from Landreth's, embracing every variety of
Vegetable Seeds. With
Asparagus Plants by the hundred, and
VICTORIA RHUBARH ROOTS.
Also FLOWER SEEDS 20 choice varieties.
SCARR A CO.,
Dec. 21. Charlotte Drug Stor$.
Window Glass,
Patty, Whiting, Oils. Varnishes, Dvc-stulfs. Puints. &c,
Low for cash by SCARR A CO,
Jan 25th Druggists.
LAND FOR SALE.
Tw o Hundred Acres of fine farming Land, lying on
the line of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad,
is offered for sale. Terms will be made accommodating.
For further particulars apply to
SAM L. A. HARRIS.
December 28, 1858. tf
Last Notice.
All those who arc indebted to Thos. Trotter A Son
or Thos. Trotter, either by note or account are reques
ted to come forward by April Court and settle up, as
further indulgence cannot be given.
Jan. 11, 1858. 43-3m. THOS. TROTTER.
NOTICE.
My accounts are in the hands of JOAB P. SMITIi for
settlement. Those indebted to me must settle by the
first of January, lb5y.
II. M. PRITCIIARD.
Not. 23, 1858. 36-tf.
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford
Rail Road Company.
It is ordered by the Board of Directors that the
eighth instalment of ten per cent upon the capital stock
of this Company be called in, and that the same be due
and payable on the 7th of February, 1850; that the
ninth instalment of ten per cent be called in and be due
and payable on the 2nd day ot May, 1850; and that the
loth and last installment of Jive per cent be due and
payable on the 2nd of August, 1859.
H. W. GUION, President.
January 10, 1859 6w.
SILVER.
OUNCES OFWDLD SILVER WANTED
at J. G. WILKINSON A COS.
500
No. 5, Granite Range.
1859 2m.
Jan. 4.
TAXES.
The Tax Lists for 1857 are now in my hands ready
for inspection.
Those owing Taxes for past years are earnestly re
quested to make pavmcnt.
E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
April 20, 1858. tf
Valuable House and Lot for Sale
or Rent.
The subscriber is authorized to sell or rent the House
in which he now resides. Possession given of the
Store-room and Cellar immediately, and of the remain
der of the building the 1st of March.
Persons wishing to rent or purchase are invited to
examine the premises of this well-known BUSINESS
STAND. The House is conveniently arranged for a
large family, havingn Library and numerous China and
Clothes Presses: also well adapted for boarders, having
two pair of stairs, Ac.
Further'partieulars unnecessary. Terms known by
calling on the subscriber.
J. A. RAMSKUR.
Jan. 11, 1859. lm
THOS. Jfl. SiCMLETT,
WITH
McCAY c3 STC
succkssoks to STOW A SMART,
Importers, Jobbers and Dealers in
Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Shovels
Nails, Hollow Ware, &c,
31 WARREN St., NEAR BROADWAY.
KOBT.T. McCAY, 1 Kvw Yftfk.
GEO W. STOW-
S
Jan. 25. 1859.
3m-pd
PETER MALLETT
D. GOLDEN' MURRAY,
(general Commission Ulcrtbnnt,
62 South trect, X Elf YORK.
June 29, 1958 y
CAROLINA CITY, If. C.
The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad being now
completed 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. Vessels will be loaded and discharged at
my Wharf (adjoining the Railroad Wharf.) and thtrehy
save cartage and lighterage. Particular attention will
be eiven 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, 1859 )'
)t WtBltxn Uemnrrut.
CHARLOTTE,
N. C.
Judge Rujtin. A correspondent of the Pe
tereburg Express thus speaks of Judge Ruffin and
the Supreme Court of N. C:
"The Supreme Court of North Carolina is now
beyond doubt, one of the ablest judicial tribunals
iu the nation. There is not in this whole Union
a more profound jurist than Judge Ruffin. I re
gard him as an honor to the American Bar, and I
feci confident that about the most instructive and
interesting discussion which could be raised, would
be one between Judge Ruffin and such a man as
llardwicke or Kldon, on great questions of equity.
The truth is he knows Vesey, Jr. and Vesey, Sr.
by heart. I mean by this that he is a great equity
jurist, and I have no hesitation in saying that the
powers that be the national powers ought long
j since to have called such a man to the Supreme
t ourt bench ot the Union, lhere is no man on
the Supreme Court bench of the United States su
perior to Judge Ruffin. Had he been placed on
that bench he would have added greatly to the
high character of the federal judiciary. But in
thus speaking of Judge Ruffin, whose unanimous
re-election to the Supreme Court ot the State by
the present Legislature is an honor to them as
much as it is to him, I do not wish to be consider
ed as undervaluing the high qualification of the
other Judges of the Supreme Court of this State.
Chief Justice Pearson is a man of profound legal
learning, and so is Judge Rattle. There is a
striking difference in the character of their minds,
but each has its peculiarities distinctly and strong
ly marked, and no doubt those distinctive charac
teristics add to the great strength of the Supreme
Court lench of the State.
As now constituted, there is unbounded confi
dence in the Supreme Court, and no one doubts
that, beyond all question, that bench is composed
of men of Jigh moral worth, and the most profound
legal learning none more so i feo say 1 so say
all."
BEA.UTIES OP JAPAN.
Mr Harris, the United States Consul to Japan,
writes as follows :
"As you take an interest in the "fair sex," you
will expect some description of the beauties of
Japan- The women of condition never make
visits (except the mother to a married daughter,)
they have no assemblages of their "dear five
hundred friends," nor do they assemble at the
tea table to hold high courts of censure on the
manners and morals of their friends. They go out
once or twice in a year to visit some celebrated
temple, but their ordinary devotions are paid at a
shrine within their houses, or at a pretty mia
erected within the enclosures of their grounds.
The females of the laboring classes perform some
portion of the outdoor labor; but they are not over
worked, as in China and other parts of Asia.
Polygamy obtains i. e., a man may have any num
ber of "second wives." When a female is selected
as a first wife, she prepares for her "change of con
dition" by smearing her teeth with a horrid mix
ture, which not only blacken them forever, but
also destroys a portion of the gums, and the lips
sometimes remain permanently swollen. She
next shaves her eyebrows and exterminates her
eyelashes, and changes the fashion of her hair.
She has now only to bring the knot of her girdle
round to the front, and all the world knows that
she is the first wife, the commander-in-chief ot all
the "second wives," and the undisputed proprie
tress of all the children born in the house.
The last privilege reminds one of a similar right
exercised by the wives of the respectable Abra
ham, (Rachel and Leah.) The second wives do
not perform any of these absurd actions, conse
quently they are by far the best looking in the
eyes of the To-jin or foreigners. A lady in full
dress i. e., made up for mischief is worth de
scribing. Her face is thickly covered with rice
flour, on which rough real rough is prettily
placed, while her lips are brought to that just
vioiet tinge that drives the Japanese lover even
to n aking poetry, her robes are numerous and
clumsy, and her girdle is so vast in its amplitude,
that it would make a robe for an ordinary woman;
her head is bristling with metal ornaments that
look like the grandfathers of all the tuning
forks; her really pretty feet are protected by
neat straw sandals; when she walks she mincts
her steps as though her legs were tied together at
the knees.
Did I ever tell you of the description a young
Malay Tumangong of Sumatra once gave me of
a young girl with whom he was in love ? No.
Then you shall have it now : "Tuan," said he,
"Tuan, she is high bosomed and moon faced; she
has a mole on her cheek like a spot of amber
gris; her lips are like the new cut shell of the
mangosteen; her teeth whiter than the chamhaka
flower; her breath makes the clove tree die with
envy; her hair is blacker than the night of separa
tion to the distracted lover; her form is like a
branch of willow, and when she walks her hips
move from side to side."
Ruined by Gambling and Lotteries. The j
Boston Herald gives the particulars of two men
who have recently left that city, having lost
heavily by gambling and the purchase of lottery
tickets. One has lost property of about $12,000, j
and the other is minus a property of about
$40,000.
How the Press is Afflicted by Dead
Heads. Railroads occasionally complain of dead
heading, but no institution suffers so much from it
as the Press. A sensible writer says:
The press endures the affliction of dead-headism
from the pulpit, the lar and the stage, frtm cor
porations, societies and individuals. It is expect
ed to yield its interests; it is required to give
strength to weak institutions, eyes to the blind,
clothes to the naked, and bread to the hungry; it
is expected to cover infirmities, hide weakness, '
and wink at improprieties; it is expected to herald
quacks, bolster up dull authors, and flatter the
vain; it is, iu short, to be all things to all men;
and if it looks for pay or reward, it is denounced
m mean and sordid. There is no interest under
the whole heavens that is expected to give so
much to society without pay or thanks, as the
Press. i
DANIEL WEBSTER'S PARENTS,
We all believe, in some way, our traits are con
nected with those ot our ancesters. e know it
i is so physically, and we believe it to be so mental-
ly. We reason partly trom analogy, beeause we
i see it in the brute creation. We have gained a
; great deal of knowledge about a horse when we
! knew from what '-blood" he sprung. This feeling,
I to be sure, is not so strong with us as in Europe,
where titles and position in society are hereditary,
: and so much often depends on an accurate knowl
edge of no's ancestry. Yet even here it is strong,
particularly when the individual concerned has
become eminent. For this reason, all that relates
to Mr Webster's parentage is peculiarly in teres t
I ins. for we believe with posterity he will be re-
garded as the great intellectual tgiant of the age.
He himself does not seem to have troubled him
self very much about the matter, though he did
some, for he once employed John Coffin, Esq., of
Newbury, to trace it back for him. At this time,
according to Mr Coffin, he was mistaken in the
name even of his grandfather.
It may not be generally known that both of Mr
Webster's parents were born in the immediate vi
cinity of Newboryport; all their nobility, too, was
the proudest of all nobility, that of nature. His
father, Ebenezer Webster, was born at East King
ston, N. H., about ten miles from Newburyport.
From the poverty of his parents, as we suppose,
he was adopted by an influential and wealthy
man, Maj. Ebenezer Stephens. Mr Stephens
owned a large tract of unsettled land in New
Hampshire, in a place called Stevenstown, from
himself, since called Salisbury. A portion of this
he gave to young Webster, who went there and
1 settled down at the age of twenty-two. He built
i him a log cabin, in which he lived for seven years.
Mr Webster thus speaks of his father s early con
dition "A man who is not ashamed of himself,
need not be ashamed of his early condition. It did
happen to me to be born in a log cabin, raised
among the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a
period so early, that when the smoke first arose
, from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen
! hills, there was no similar evidence of a white
I man's habitation between it and the settlements
j on the livers of Canada.
All his life he remained poor, and as is well
I known was obliged to mortgage his little farm to
1 raise the money to educate his children. Yet tho'
poor, he was honored, useful and resj e t.iblc. He
was alwavs one of the most prominent citizens of
his town, discharging its most responsible offices
year after year. He served often in the legisla
ture of his State, as Repieenta:ive and Senator.
He was a member of the Convention called to form
a State Constitution, and also of the one called to
consider the proposed United States Constitution.
He was appointed, in 1 91, Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas for Hillsborough county, which
office he held till his death. He was a Christian,
too, active in all the affairs of the Church.
His revolutionary services were very important,
extending through the whole war. At first a Cap
tain, he was promoted in 1784 to the rank of Colo
nel. He was a brave, trusty and reliable officer,
and engaged in many situations of great respon
sibility. He was in the army when the news came
of the birth of his son Daniel. Culling to his
brother-in-law, Stephen Robinson, he said, "Here,
Stephen, I have another boy at home; get a gallon
of rum and we will be merry." This, of course,
was before temperance days, when even good Chris
tians thought it no harm to use a little stimulant
to help keep the heart cheerful.
It is said on one occasion, Captain Webster was
encamped with General Stark, near the British, a
little stream alone dividing them the British,
however, in much greater force. A storm of great
length and severity arising, the Americans found
shelter in a large barn. When fair weather came,
it appeared that the British had disappeared. This
seeming like an interposition of providence, some
one proposed prayers.
"D n the prayers," said a soldier, "let those
pray who want to."
General Stark was so much incensed at the lan
guage, that he struck the soldier over the shoul
der severely with his sword, saying that the name
of God should not he profaned in this army. They
all went into the barn, when he called on Captain
Webster to lead in prayer, who, mounted upon a
haystack, prayed with such fluency, that, as Ste
phen Bohnnon said, "there never was so much
blubbering at a camp meeting."
Judge Webster's personal appearance was very
fine, to wh'ch his son often alluded in terms of
pride. He was tall, stout, very dark, with keen,
black eyes, and a powerful voice all well known
characteristics of Daniel. He died in 1800, when
his son, but for whom bus own memory would, even
now, have become dimmed, was still a young man,
unknown to fame.
J ud'-e Webster's second wife, the mother of
Daniel, was Abigail Eastman, who was born in i
Salisbury, directly opposite Newburyport. She i
was a tailoress by trade, going round from house
to house, as her services were required. Her ;
father was the owner of a small farm. The father !
came from Wales, and first settled in Salisbury. !
She had two brothers, Ezekiel and Daniel, for
whom she named two of her children.
The story of the courtship is thus toW : Soon !
after Mr W ebster became a widower, which was
in March, 1774, he came to East Kingdom, his old !
home, on a visit. A lady friend said to him, I
"why do you not get married again tf "I would,"
lie replied, if I knew the right one." "I can tell '
you," she said, "one who will just suit you Abi- :
gail Eastman, of Salisbury, about as black as you
are." He mounted his horse and went to Salis
bury. Reaching the house, a young woman came
to the door, whom he asked if Abigail Eastman
lived there. She told him she was the one, when
he handed her the letter of introduction he had
brought. She invited him in, and before he left,
the bargain was made They were married Octo
ber 13th, 177 J.
Both Mr Webster's parents were persons of fine
physical development and strong good sense, in
ured to toil, and belonging to the common ranks
of life. No patrician blood flowed in their veins. '
They seemed to spring up like the fabled heroes
of old from the earth, cave birth to a son by
whom they have been more honored than if they
could have traced their coat of arms through a
line of a thousand senseless and titled ancestors, I
and died. Intellectually the race is dead. No son i
name,
and in tact we, as a rule never look for
a great
man in a great man's son. Do families have floods
I nd ebbs of greatness as the tides ? and is the in
tellect of a great man the accumulation of succes
sive generations ? Many interesting questions
suggest themselves on this subject of genealogy,
which we must reserve for a subsequent article.
Xr c bury port Herald.
BRILLIANT PROSPECT POR COTTON
PLANTERS.
We clip the following from the January num
ber of Debow's Review for the benefit of our cotton
planting friends:
The intelligent commercial editor of the United
States Economist predicts for cotton tho most
gratifying future:
"The course ot events for the last two or three
years had pushed the consumption of cotton so fur
ahead of the production that the price had risen
to 18 cents, notwithstanding the high price of
food in Europe and the state of affairs in Asia
were adverse to a large consutuption of cotton.
The panic has greatly curtailed the use of cotton,
but the prospect now is of a combination of all the
elements of a large consumption, Asia taking great
quantities this year, and with a crop which is now
estimated at 3,500,000 bales, or 400,000 bales
more than last year, the excess in receipts over
last year being already $240,000.
If cotton has maintained its value in the last
year, with an increased crop of 100,000 bales,
and a Ajcrcase of 500,000 bales in consumption,
it is but reasonable to assume that with a renew
al of the consumption, under the favorable ope
ration of cheap labor and large markets, that the
prices of 1857 will be reached, say 18 cents for
middling, or that the market then anticipated
20 cents for -fair cotton will be reached. This
would give a value of $327,000,000 for the crop
of 1858 coming to market in 1859. Such a re
sult, supported by good crops, and sales of sugar,
tobacco and rice, will give continued balances in
favor of the South, which already presents such a
strong contrast to the Northwest, where the pro
longing of revulsion lies upon crops and values."
Robbery of a County Treasurer. It has
been stated that the office of the treasurer of Co
shocton county, Ohio, was robbed of $10,000.
The Pittsburg Post gives the following particulars:
"The treasurer, Mr Ketchem. was about closing
the office, when three men entered, one of whom
asked the amount of tax on a lot in West Carlisle.
The treasurer turned to get the tax duplicate,
when suddenly a large shawl was thrown over his
head, his arms pinioned, and his body forced to the
floor. He was instantly gaged, his arms tied be
hind him with a chord, his legs also tied, and his
eyes kept blindfold. He thinks one man locked
the office door and stood sentinel; one stood over
him, while the other took the keys, unlocked and
robbed the safe They then reloekcd the safe
and took the keys with them. Mr Ketchem re
mained in this painful condition for a long time
before he could work the gag from his mouth.
When he did he commenced hollooing for help,
but the people were generally iu bed, and it was
near one o'clock when he was heard by Hiram
Taylor, who aroused the sheriff, and breaking in
the door, found the treasurer tied upon the floor,
nearly exhausted, his face black from the effects of
the gag: The cord had cut into the flesh of his
arm; his legs were so benumbed he could scarcely
stand, and he would have died before morning un
less released."
Important Decision. A Mr. Jones, of Ruth
erford county, Tcnu., held a corn-shucking last full
and invited assistance from his ucighbors. Among
others, a negro came to the corn-shucking without
his master 8 consent, and was killed iu the course
of the night by a drunken man, by the name of
Hagcr. Hager was sent to the penitentiary and
the owner of the negro sued Jones for the value of
the negro, and obtained judgment, on the ground
that he was on Jones' premises and in bis employ
without leave.
The eminent musical inventor, Sax, of the sax
horn, has long been a sufferer from cancer, and the
leading physicians, Velpeau and Ricord, who had
been in attendance, pronounced him incurable. A
practitioner lately arrived from India ami t lie Dutch
settlements in the Spice Islauds, Dr. Vries, has
brought home a plaut which he calls anticancereu$e.
It has been applied now four months, and seems la
have completely arrested the phagedenic process.
Hunt's Merchant's Magazine says that thirty
eight substances are used in making Lager Beer.
Among them are chalk, marble uu-t. opium, to
bacco, hen banc, oil of vitrol, coppera, alum,
strychnine, and other deadly drugs. Think of
that you Lager bibbers and shrink.
Yellow Jessamine Poisonous. Mr Win. T.
Bryan, of Nash county, N. C, recently lost one of
his children in such
a peculiar way,
that
correspondent of the Tawboro' Southerner, feels it
doe to the public to make it known, it seems
there was a piece of the yellow jessamine vine in
the house, and bad been for two weeks; the nurse
to amuse the children as is supposed, divided the
piece into four parts, and gave apiece to each one
of the children there being four of them. It
appears that two of the children chewed their pieces
and swallowed the saliva, as it was soon discovered
that two of them were strangely affected, suffering
with great relaxation of the muscular system as
well as being sleepy. A physician was sent for,
but before one could be obtained, the younger child
of the two, aged two years, was dead. The other
child aeed about four years, was affected in tbc
same
way, but not to the same extent, and by
beins roused up. tbc effects, after a few hour
roused up, tbc effects.
passed off. The deceased child did not live to
exceed thirty minutes after it was found out that
something was the matter. The mother informs
us that neither of the children seemed to suffer
an pain and that the deceased died heavily
narcotised. There resting doubts in the minds jof
the parents as to what produced their child's death,
the writer administered a tew desert spoonfuls of
a decoction of the jessamine to a cat, whic
produced death in twenty-five minutes.
It is no
generally known that the jessamine, or
rati
jasmine is poisonous,
is communicated.
and for this reason the abo
of Mr Webster inherited more than the