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IN ADVANCE.
3o YATOiS, E.-itor an,, Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1859.
SEVENTH VOLUME NUMBER 368.
THE
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1 M. MILLER, M. I)., -
Practitioner of Medicine aud Surgery, j
May 10th. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
1). B. RE A,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his Professional care.
Office oi-i-ositk Kekb's Hotel.
Much 14, 1053 v
A. C. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT ..IIP,
lias taken an oflii e jointly with J. A. Fox, Eq. uj-stairs
next door to the Court House, where he will be con
stantly present to Attend to all rails on professional
business made for himself or for Mr Fox when he is
absent.
January , 1,859. tf
J. A. FOX,
Attorney zxt JLmCk,syj-9
Mm next door to the Court Hon?, t'j-Stairs
A. C. WILLIAMSON. F.sy., who i- a joint occupant
oftbe office, and who will be uniformly present, will
attend to professional business for me in my absence.
December 21, 1858 tf
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D..
PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE
ASt
Office. No. '1 ru in's comer, ClIAllI.OTTE, N. C
December l I, 1858.
,1 AS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
k-.y The collection of claims promptly attended to.
March 14, 159 y
T. H. BR EM & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN
British, French and American
Dry Goods,
Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes,
Charlotte, A". C.
THOMAS II. I'.REM,
J. A. SADLER, -Ir.
Nov 0, 1858. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER.
H. W. RUPP,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
CONCORD, N. C.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted
September 14, 1858 J
P. S.UT.S.
Architect and Builder,
Will furnish Designs, Plans and Drawings for Public
Ruillinrc I'.w it.. ' t;...;,i...i,-..i nriil Villas. Particulai
attention will be paid to building Flouring Mills. Corn
Mills, sc. UFPICG in ::.l story ot Alexanucr s uniwi,
I run I room, over China Hall.
Charlotte, Oct. 19, 1858.
ETM FIRE INSURANCE (OJIPAM.
CASH ASSKTTS, 91,750,000.
E. NYE HCTCHISON. Agent.
Charlotte, April 17, ls.vj yr
Notice.
F Rn&Ml bavin" nurchased the entire interest in
the firm of F. SCAUR & CO.. the Business will here
after be Continued by himself personally.
All Notes and Accounts due the late firm of
F Scarr fc Co., to January 1st. 1850. must be paid in
to F. SCARR !y July 1st, or they will be placed in the
hand of an Attorney for immediate collection.
May IT. 1859. tf
Negroes Wanted.
I want to buy Negro Boys and Girls from 12 to 18
years old, for which the highest prices in cash will be
paid.
May 1 7. 1839 SAML. A. HARRIS.
Slate of N. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co.
Superior Court of Lair Spring Term, 1859.
DRDERED by Court that a Special Term of this
Court be held on the second Monday in July, 1859.
r. . . . i "11 1 a , 1
uitors and witnesses in civil cares win picasc ic
notice and attend.
May 25th.
Test,
J. B. KERR, Clerk.
1M ATTRASSES, kept on hand aud MADE TO
ItJL ORDER, bv
April 26, 185-J. " H. B. WILLIAMS & CO.
W BBLS. DOUBLE REFINED CRUSHED SUGAR,
O Cheaii bv-the bbl. II. B. WILLIAMS & CO.
fk L'AGS extra familv Flour, warranted good.
OtF H. Ii. WILLIAMS k CO.
BY J. B. KERR, Proprietor.
JH "El VEUV ACCOMMODATION afforded the
IS IH JCi patrons of" tin- Charlotte Hotel.
i81"1 t this Hotel is kept the line ofTri-weekly
Stages from Charlotte via Monroe, N C, and Lam-aster
S. C. to Camden, S. (.'.
Oct. 1. 1858.
J. R. KERR.
Choice Salad Oil.
Eagle lira ml.
A FRESH supply of this delicious and pure Oil just
-im received aud tor sale at
SCAUR'S
June 7,
Family Drug Store.
Just Received,
205 Pairs Black Cassimere Pants.
45H " Fancy " "
280 " Plain & F cv Linen 4 Marseilles Pants.
at
FILLINGS, SPRINGS & CO.
F
CLLIXGS, SPRINGS & CO.
have received
200 Black Satin and figured Grenadine Silk Vests.
150 Fancy Cassimere "
250 " and Plain Linen and Marseilles "
AT ALL PRICES.
NOKTI1 C ABOM A A
MILITARY INSTITUTE
'J
Charlotte, N. C.
THE Exercises of this Institute will commence ot:
the is; October next.
FACULTY ELECT :
M.vj. D. H. HILL, Superintendent.
Libi t. C. C. LEE, Commandant,
C. P. ESTILL, A. M., Principal of Primary Depart
ment. Course of St i litis :
In the Primary Department, such as to qualify a
Student to enter any College.
In the Scientific Department the West Point Cur
riculum will be closely followed. It will be the aim of
the Professors to make Surveyors, Engineers, Chemists,
and men fit for the practical business of life.
hi addition to the usual Exercises at Military Schools,
the months of August and September will be spent in
CaniiiaiLrninjr throuirh the mountains ot .Nortli Carolina.
The Academic Year will commence on the 1st
da- of October, and will embrace twelve months. A
furlough of two months (Aug. and .Sept.) will be given
to Cutlets at the end of their second year.
Particular attention will be given to the moral and
relioivtis instruction of Cadets.
EXPENSES:
The Institute will provide Board, Fuel, Lights, Wash
ing. Arms. Equipments and Uniforms, and all cloth
ing except underclothes, fur 800 PER ANNUM,
one-half payable in advance; the balance in six months.
A'o extra charges. No remission of charges to those
who leave unless on the score of health.
TERMS OF ADMISSION:
No one will be admitted into the Primaky Dbpajrt
skkt under Twetre years of age; nor into the Scien
tific Deiw rtment under Fifteen nor over Twenty-one
years of age. All connected with the Scientific De
partment will be required to board in the Institute: those
in the Primary Department may do so if they choose.
REMARKS;
The Institute Buildings are the largest, most elegant
and commodious for the accommodation of Cadets in
the Southern country: and the Board of Directors trust
that under the management of the Superintendent and
Commandant, (both of whom are Graduates of West
Point and of long experience in the Army, and in the
business of instruction,) the Institute will be established
on a true Military basis and conducted on true Military
principles. The board will further say, that Mr ESTILL
is a Graduate of the Virginia University and an ex
perienced Classical teacher. They would further state
that it is their intention to increase the number of
teachers in both Departments as the patronage of the
public may require.
This Institute was granted a liberal Charter by the
Legislature of North Carolina, with the power of con
ferring Degrees upon those who complete the pre
scribed Course of Studies.
gyy Applications for admission will be received
until the 1st of September, and must be directed to
Dr. C. J. Fox. President of the Board, Charlotte, N. C.
TFor further particulars see Circular.
C. J. FOX, 1
J AS. P. I II WIN,
H. LaF. ALEXANDER, j -
JAS. II. CARSON,
THOS. H. Bit KM,
W. A. OWENS, Com. j
of Charlotte. j
J. P.. KKRR. Tntendant
of Charlotte. J
Charlotte, N. C, April 12, 1850. '
jxr:E3'7V
K AH N WEILER & BROTHERS,
(Second Dour from T. U. Brent Cos.)
HAVE opened an entire new Stock of fancy and
staple Dry Goods aud Millinery, to which they invite
the attention of the citizens of this place and surround
ing country. Our Stock consists of every variety, and
of the latest styles.
Rich col d Dress Silks,
Boiled Hlk Silks.
Bl'k and cold Be rages.
French Jaconets and Organdies.
Jac't and Org'e Robes and double Jupcs.
Prints of various styles and all qualities,
Best qualities of Kid Gloves.
Pick-Nick Mitts, col d & Bl'k cotton isilk Gloves.
Hosiery, of all kinds.
Bonnets, Misses i Chid'n Flats t Jockies,
Bonnet Ribbons.
Lace Points and Mantillas.
Linen and Pique Dusters
Table Damask & Cloths;
Damask Napkins and Doylies.
Embroideries.
Pomp-a-dou rand Picolomini Collars and Setts.
Swiss and Cambric Collars.
Maltese and Valeneic Sleeves.
Muslin ft Lace Sleeves new designs.
Emb d Pocket Hdkfs.
Hem Stitched & Bor'd Hkfs.
Camb'e and Swiss Edgings and Insertiugs.
Camb'c and Dimitv Bands and Flouncings.
Lisle and French Th'd Edgings and Inserting?.
Bl k Lace Edgings.
Bl'k Lace Veils.
Dress Trimmings, Fringes,
Braid. Buttons, &c.
Hoo;. Skirts of all kinds.
Plaid aud Striped Homespuns.
Brown Shirtings and Sheetings.
Bleached Long Cloth Sheetings.
Cotton Osnaburgs
Marseilles Quilts, and
Also, a great variety of fancy articles.
We offer our Stock at remarkably low prices, and
excursively for CASH.
In addition to our large Stock of Dry Goods, we hare
on hand the best stock of superior READ Y-M AUK
CLOTHING, Boots, Shoes, Trunks. Talises, and Carpet
Bags: and a large assortment of
Family Groceries,
Saddlery, and Hardware at low prices.
J liny H 18 5U tf
I WUD KNOTT DYE IN WINTUR.
BY THE ORTIIKK of "TII0UTS ON
A FAD1D H0KA.
1 wuc not dye in wintur.
When w brake punehiz flo
When pooty gnJfl air skating
Oar iealds ov ice and sno
When sassidge maet iz phrving
& El iekeri knutts is thick !
Owe '. who kud think ov dtgtt ing,
Or even getting sick ?
I wud knott dye in spring item,
& miss the turn up greens,
& the pooty song ov the leetle frawgs,
& the hki larks arly scree ms;
When burd.s begin thare wobbling,
& taters gin to sprout
When turkies go a gobblering,
I would knott then peg iut.
I wud knott dye in sumruuv,
A: leeve the gard'n sass
The roasted lam and butter milk
The kool plase inn the grass;
T wud knott dye in sammtur
When every thing's so hot,
& leeve the whiski Jew-lips
Owe know ! ide ruther knott.
1 wud knott dye in ortum.
With pceches fitt for eating,
When the wavy korn is getting wripe,
fc kandidates are treeting.
Phor these and uther wreasons,
Ide knott dye in the phall ;
& sense ive thort it over,
I wud knott dye a tall.
F. SCARR,
(Late Soar $ Co.)
Chemist & Druggist
Charlotte, IV. C.,
RESPECTFULLY invites attention to his complete
stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and MEDI
CINES, selected with great care and without regard
to price; purity and quality being especially regarded.
To Physicians.
New Chemicals and Drugs just received. Hypophos
pbites of Soda and Potass, Tilden's Fluid Extracts,
Churchill's Syrup of the Hypophosphites, Amnion
Ferric Alum, Perch lo rate of Iron (solid,) kc.
Country Merchants
Will find at this establisnieut a full assortment of
articles in the Drug line at Charleston Prices.
Babbit's Pure Potash, in tins.
Concentrated Lye,
Soap Potash, in barrels.
Vinegar,
Nutmeis,
Allspice,
Cloves,
Mace,
Ginger,
Pepper,
o Cinnamon,
Linseed Oil,
Sperm
Lard "
Train Oil.
Tanners' "
Sweet ;
A full supply of Paints.
White Lead, Red Lead,
Paris (jreen,
Chrome (Jreen,
Chrome Yellow,
Prussian Blue,
. Raw aud Burnt Umber,
g5g Terra de Sienna. &c.,
Elegant Preparations tor the Hair.
BurnetPs Cocoa
Savage s Crsina,
Basin's Ox Marrow, kc,
At SCAUR'S Drug Establishment.
Mav 31, lS.'T
it
ATI I ING
and Toilet SPONGES,
a splendid lot, for sale at
SCARE'S
Drug Store.
June 7,
CAROLINA CITY HOTEL.
Parrott & Mowborn, Proprietors.
fWlIltS Magnificent Hotel has been enlarged to near
JL lv double it3 original size, an additiou of eighty
eight feet having been added on Railroad street, thus
presenting an imposing front immediately in view of
the Atlantic Ocean.
The veranda of this Hotel (which is three stories
high) fronts towards the Ocean two hundred ami
eighteen feet, affording a
IMigrhlfut Vromenadc.
From this stand-point thu beholder can scan the Ocean
in the south, Bogue Sound in the south-west, the Har
bor with all its shipping, Fort Macon and three Light
Houses in the south-east, affording a range of
OCEAN SCENERY
iti scnrcelv elsewhere to be met with.
The superintendence of this Hotel will be in the
hands of Mr H. ERAMBKilT. (formerly of the Fay-,
etteville Hotel,) whose taste and skill so eminently
Qualifies him for making all the guests feel as if they
were at home.
' The best servauts the country could afford have j
been secured : ' ' ;
Thixe who stop with us will never ue ai a iots 101
! RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT.
' Our steamboat will make regular trips to Raaufort.
I the Inlet, the Fort, and often on Extra Excursions,
while our Baud ok Mrsie will be ever "discoursing
! sweet sounds '' to the ear of those who shall favor us
with their Company.
Our BAR will furnish choice liquors ofallk.nds:
; our BILLIARD ROOM is in good order, and our EOW
I LNG ALLEY will be constantly open for the enter
, tainmcnt of those who have a teste for these healthful
i exercises, and our READING ROOM will contain files
of the best newspapers, magazines, and periodicals
uublished.
The sick will find our BATHING HOUSES a matter
' of great comfort and a help to oeuer neauii
We feel assured that in
ev,.,v resnect we can oive
...ticf-wtiiin- we shall, at least, snare no pains n-
i . .'u j..;.. aii -nir ai mav receive all
to our niton- uuii , fe- . -
possible attention.
j Takk Noticf.. As the train arrive s after dark eacli
l.n;n. prsnns .ri.iii5r to Beaufort will do well to stop
. -:-h ;., (Vinitinii Citv. as thev can be couveyei
d
wherever they wish to go the next "day, iu a steamboat
or sail boats, and thus be saved the trouble of a dis
agreeable night trip across the water.
; "Carolina City, May 12, 1859. 2m
B
rMMET Fresh and
uood Low for casn.
b II
B. WILLIAMS & CO.
B
ALE YARN AND DOMESTIC
II. U. V ILLlAJia
March 29, 1859 f-a
to
THE SEEDS OF CONSUMPTION.
At the suggestion of a medical friend we publish the
following article from Dickens' Household Words:
The terrible mortality caused by bronchitis,
pneumonia, and consumption, which together kill
i iu England and Wales only a hundred thous
and people a year (being one-lburth of the entire
mortality from more than a hundred other causes
in addition to themselves,) should make us think
; a little seriously of the many things, and not least
, seriously of the freaks of fashion which set climate
j at defiance. Why do we send children abroad in
damp and cold weather with their legs bare, sub
mitted, tender as their bodies are, to risks that
even strong adults could not brave with impunity I'
Custom has made this matter appear familiar and
trifling, but it is not out of place to say, at the be
ginning of another winter, that the denial to young
children of proper skirts to their clothes and warm
coverings to their legs has sown the seeds of con
sumption in thousands and thousands, and is, of
many dangerous things done in obedience to laws
of fashion, the one that is most thoughtless and
most cruel. It is in the child that consumption can
most readily be planted in the child, that when
the tendency exists, it can be conrpuered, if at all.
It is to be fought against by protecting the body
with sufficient clothing against chill and damp, by
securing it plenty of wholesome sleep not suffo
cative sleep among feathers and curtains plenty
of free ablution without prejudices on behalf of
water, icy cold, plenty of cheerful exercise short
of fatigue, plenty of meat, and bread, and whole
some pudding. Those, indeed, are the things
wanted by all children. Many a child pines in
health upon a diet stinted with the best intentions.
But the truth is. that it is not possible to over
feed a child with simple wholesome eatables. It
can be stimulated to excess in the demolishing of
sickly dainties; and, with a stomach once fairly
depraved, may be made incompetent to say when
it lias had too little or too much. But a child fed
only upon wholesome things knows better than
any mamma can tell when it wants more; it can eat
a great deal; has not only to maintain life, but to
add height and breadth to stature. Fortify it,
then, against variations of climate, and weather,
by meeting freely the demands of its body; giv
it full animal vigour to resist unwholesome impres
sions. Especially let the good housewife, who
has a young family to feed, learn to be utterly
reckless as the extent of her milk-score. Some
body has declared a pint of milk to contain as
much nourishment as a half pound of meat. Be
that as it may, it is the right food for little ones
to thrive upon, and may save much subsequent
expenditure for cod-liver oil.
Nkutrat-tzjxg Poison. A "general reader"
sends the following prescription to the Pittsburg
Gazette :
"A poison of any conceivable description and
degree of potency, which has been intentionally
or accidentally swallowed, may be rendered almost
instantly harmless by simply swallowing two gills
of sweet oil. An individual with a very strong
constitution should take nearly twice the quantity.
This oil will most positively neutralize every form
of vegetable, animal, or mineral poison with which
physicians and chemists are acquainted.
Land for Sale.
.1 Rare Chance is vow off) red to buy otic of the
Handsomest Jun ms in Western A'orth Carolina.
T'
HE subscriber being desirous to remove from the
country, oilers for sale the PLANTATION on
v. Lich she now resides, lying 4 miles from Charlotte
on the Western Plank Road. The land is now in a high
state of cultivation. In the yard is a Well of fine, cool
W ater. The Plantation has Keen much improved in
the last few years. The Dwelling House and out-biiilc'-ings
are r.ll new. There is also a young Orchard
of several hundred fin choice FRUIT TREES on the
plantation, bearing this the second year. This Plan
tation is very healthy, and is beautifully situated, con
taining 50 Acres, one half of which is cleared.
fvy Terms made to suit the purchaser. For par
ticulars enquire of the subscriber on the premises
4 cn c -L' v
MRS.
A. M. STEVENSON.
May 10, ISr.O.
tf
WAKRATS STOLEI.
About the 1st of February last, was stolen from me,
out of my baggage ear at the Depot in this piace, a
small Tin "Box containing TWO LAND WARRANTS,
and other articles. The Warrants were both issued
to Margaret Barnes, widow of Dorsey Barnes, and were
for Eighty Acres each, the first and second issue to
soldiers of 1812. Tin date and No. I do not recollect.
Ti,..ro iok no nssifrnment or writing on the back of
either
x in- - -e - -j
rtr.a ; tn vice notice to the nublic th.'.t I intend to
file a eareal in the General Land Otkce to prevent any
person from locating said warrants, and for the pur
pose of obtaining duplicates of the same
C. A.
BARNES.
Charlotte, June T. 1850.
G4-ot
TfilK8SIl- TIAifllHES
And Horse Powers.
These celebrated Machines, manufactured by J
II
THOMPSON, at Tvro, Davidsou county, N. L.,
can be
call! nor on the AffCnt of the N. C.
Railroad at
the Charlotte Depot.
Orders will receive prompt attention and are respect
fully solicited. J- 1L THOMPSON.
May 30, 1 850 3m . lyro, N.O.
Clothing Emporium.
o
NCE MORE, friend.,- and patron?, we inne yon iu
visit the Emporium and examine tue largest,
hMUmft. aud cheapest stock of
Slimmer Olollunjf
ever offered iu Western Carolina. We say tbe cbeap
I et, because we get our goods differently from any other
' house We bay the materials from importers and job
bers and manufacture the clothing ourselves, thereby
i saving the manufacturer's profit. All we can wish of
i the people is lo give us a trial, aud we are confident we
! cau sell.
We warrant
: every article to customers, ana W.um goou ..
ficiency that may occur m
material or making. We
i are now receiving
ill. t I r i
105 Black Cloth Coats all grades.
250 " F resell i tug. Drop 1 f-te itocks o. oi.ivs.
120 ' Alpacca and Queen's do. do.
75 Fancv Cassimere Suits.
50 Plain & F'cv Marseilles do.
300 Spanish Linen and linen Du.-k Sacks k Sackteers.
Fullings, Springs & Co.
April 26. 1839.
TAXES.
The Tax Lists for the year 1858 are now in my
hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes wdl
please come forward and settle
April 12, 1859.
SOME OP THE SOLDIERS.
The ZonaVes and Tureos Perfect Durc-Devils.
The newspapers, correspondents from Italy, and
Paris story tellers give us all sorts qf reports and
anecdotes about the Zouvaves, the Turcos, and
other new species of troops in Italy, fighting
against the Austrians. The Zouaves at Palestro,
they tell us, eot their bagged trowser legs so wet.
anu tnereioie so neavy, m crossing sou., .own nus
1...4 ,. . ....1..,.. ..1 tUn tli, il- fVlcf rift
i .1 n l - I I 1
I li.IL MUCH UIUC1LU IV Lilt; tllUljU, mJ v
their trowsers and ran to the Austrians, bayonet
in band, bare-legged. The Emperor summoned a
certain number of them, and told thoui lie would
order them back to Africa and France, if anything
of the ,like occurred again, whereupon, it is said,
they cried like children, and promised good be
haviour. The Turcos are a new race of men on the
European field of battle, or at least, not there seen
or known since the days of Hannibal, who led
their ancestors into Italy. 'J hey are Mohamme
dans under French oflicers, and sub-oflficers, natives
of Africa, about Algiers, black, or wooly headed.
W have the first account from them on the field
of battle, in the correspondence of the Constitu
tionnel, from Navarre.
June 4th. McMahon's division is made up of
these troops, and others from Africa. The corres
pondent had then just heard of this division at
Magenta, where they attacked the Austrians
protected by their cannon. ''Like tigers," says
the writer, they precipitated themselves upon the
Austrians, crying ''victory !" even before they had
discharged their guns. The attack is said to have
xliibited one of the strangest and most terrible
spectacles of war ! The Turcos threw themselves
upon the enemy like the savages ot Cooper, with
out mercy or quarter. Soon a horrible melee oc
curred. The voices of the cannon even was drown
ed by the savage cries of the Turcos cries, not
the chaunts or victory, nor plaints ot the dying
a.nd wounded all the language of Mahomet can
muster of imprecations broke forth from (hem in
isolated grouts, where one Turcos would often be
seen struggling against three or four Austrians.
When the Austrians ran, and the strife was over,
the spectacle was not less strange. The fanatic
conquerors rolled upon the earth, and under the
inspiration of some African war song, they danced
the most fanatic species of dance, amid bursts of
laughter and frightful cries, that startled even
their companions in arms. Some of them bad
forced their prisoners to sit beside them, and upon
these poor prisoners at first they glared, as the
lion glares upon it prey; and then, with a species of
fascination, as if they pitied the poor creatures
now without means of defence. In other parts of
the field they lay down upon the ground, exhaust
ed and fatigued, and recovered their strength in
sleep. The French writer, however, denies that
they act like beasts of prey, or are carnivorous, but
nevertheless, he says, they are savage. Their lines
at Magenta were ' immense."
Another correspondent says:
The Tyrolcse sharpshooters in the Austrian
army wear on their honnctsatuft of plumes which
resemble very much that of the Piedniontese
sharpshooters. At the battle of Palestro a regi
ment of these Tyrolese were hidden in the wheat,
and the Zouavt s, deceived by the plumes, and ap
proaching with confidence, received at thirty
teps
a most murderous discharge of ba
The surprise lasted but a moment
ilooir the line.
Thetemoke of
the discharge Was not vet dissipated when the
Tyroleans received the human avalanche, preceded
by its thousand steel points, and were thus pre
cipitated into the canal, where many hundreds
were drowned and bayonetted. Not a single Tyro
lean would have escaped, perhaps, if the Zouaves
had had their linen instead oi their woolen panta
loons, for they could not swim with these.
Old Persons Sl kepi kg with Young. A
habit which is considerably prevalent in almost
every family, of allowing children to sleep with
older persons, has ruined the nervous vivacity and
physical energy of many a promising child. Those
having dear old friends, whose lives they would
like to perpetuate at the sacrifice of their innocent
offspring, alone should
tl is evil; but
every parent who loves his child, and wishes to
preserve to him a sound nervous system, with
which to buffet successfully the cares, sorrows and
labors of life, must see to it, that his nervous vitali
ty is not absorbed bv some diseased or ared re-
lative.
Children, compared u
in a positive condition
are goin on in their
th adults, are electrically
The rapid changes which
little bodies, abundently
generate and as extensively work up vital nervo
electrie fluids. Put when by contact for long
nights with elder and negative persons, the vitaliz
ing electricity of their tender organizations is
absorbed, they soon pine, grow pale, languid and
dull, while their bed companions feel a correspond
ing inviproration.
King David, the Psalmist, knew
the effects of this practice, and when he became
old, got certain young persons to sleep with hira,
that bis days might be lengthened. Dr. Hufe
land, the German physiologist, attributes tbe
frequent longevity of schoolmasters to their daily
association with youog persons.
Invalid mothers often prolong their existence by
daily contact with their children. I once knew a
woman who by weak lungs and mineral doctors,
bail hr-cn nrnstrated with incurable consumption.
Her infant occupied the same bed with her almost
constantly day and night. The mother lingered
for months on the verge ot the grave, her demise
being hourly expected. Still she lingered on, daily
disproving the predictions of her medical attend
ants. The child, meanwhile, pined without any
apparent disease. Its once fat cheeks fell away
with singular rapidity, till every bone in its face
O f
i was visible. Finally, it had imparted to the moth-
er its last spark of vitality, and simultaneously
i both died. I saw it recently stated in a newspaper
; that a man in Massachusetts had lived forty days
without eating anything, during which period he
had been nourished by a little cold water, and "by
the influences absorbed by him while daily holding
the hand of his wife. Dr. E. V. Foote.
Removing. The free colored people of Louisiana j
are leaving the State in large numbers. On the j
20th of May three hundred took their departure
for Hayti, carrying off a large amount of property.
Most of them were fiom the rural parishes, where
they possessed land and slaves.
THE STRONGEST MAN.
Dr. Ceorge B. Windship, of Roxbury, has crea
ted quite a stir in Boston, by delivering n lecture
n "Physical Culture," which he illustrated by
feats of most wonderful and amazing physical
strength, which he has acquired by a persistent and
regular course of exercise. Pr Wind&hip is a
young man of about 25 years of age, feet 7 in
ches in height, and weighs about 140 pounds, with
ekcdinglv fair face, and a modest and retiring
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manner. Jle graduated at Harvard oiieg; some
four years ago, since which he has studied medi
cine and had the advantage of considerable private
practice in some of the most respectable families,
as well as the practical information gained by a
connection witli several of the hospitals and public
institutions. His lecture abounded in practical
common sense and philosophical reasoning show
ing unmistakably that while the jihisical educa
tion had been cared for, the intellectual had not
been neglected, but that it also had been strength
ened, vitalized and made more vigorous.
At the conclusion of (he lecture, Pr. Windsh?p
illustrated the force and truth of his theory by
lifting with his own hands, unaided by any tstraps
or machinery except such as nature had provided
him, 826 pounds; and then 929 pounds! lie then
shouldered a barrel of flour, weighing 216 pounds.
Afterwards he exercised a hundred pound dumb
bell in each hand with the same apparent ease
that a man of ordinary strength would handle
those weighing only fifteen or twenty pounds. He
then raised himself up by'his little finger some four
feet from the stage, and in this way continued to
sustain his bodily weight three or four minutes.
The lecture, as well as the illustrations, was re
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ceived with the wildest enthusiasm of applause by
an audience of over 2,000 of the most
men aud women of Boston.
intelligent
A Boston paper gives the following sketch of a
portion of Pr Windship's lecture:
"The Doctor gave an account of his own expe
rience in gymnastics, commencing with bis 17th
year, at college, where, in two years, hfs health
was greatly improved. Gymnastics, ho showed,
had their abuses from persons not properly trained
trying to outdo others. Exhaustion and weariness
should never be allowed to come. Lifting was a
neglected branch on account of the tendency of
people to injure themselves with it. Yet, to a
thorough hardening of the whole body, lifting was
necessary. He had commenced with 500 pounds,
and increased gradually, till on the 12th of May
last he had lifted 986 pounds.
Calcn had calculated that the hips and legs
could support two or three tons. There were
other ways of lifting by which large amounts could
be lifted. Not long since, with his bands and
back together, he had lifted 1,500 pounds. There
was a vast difference between lifting and sustain
ing. He would not advise any one to train them
selves up to lift more than 500 pounds with the
hands, or 2,000 with the straps. He had gone
beyond that to ascertain what could be done. Tot
ten and the Belgian giant were the only petrous
he had ever learned authentically to have lifted
800 pounds. Totteu lived one hundred years ago,
and was thirty years old when In; lifted it. Pr.
Windship said lie had five years yet before he
reached that, and he hoped to train himself to lift
1 ,000 pounds clear.
Next to lifting, dumb bells are useful. One of
his own weighed 140 pounds, and others 100 lbs.
each. The rings came next. No had never prac
ticed over half an hour a day, which was sufficient
to exercise all the muscles. In reference to prac
tising, he would say, try no feat twice on the same
davi if it was found to tire or exhaust in the slight-
I est degree.
A Frog in the Stomach roft THEE years.
The Baltimore Sun is responsible for the follow
ing; A son of Mr. Charles Davis, residing iu Gould's
Court, leading from Montgomery near Light street
has caused the family great uneasiness for three
years past in consequence of his being subject at
! times, for hours totrolher. to snasms and terrible
fits. Physicians were consulted, but all their in
vestigations failed to reveal the causes that produc
ed the malady. Yesterday afternoon, about ii
o'clock, when entering the house the lad was seined
with the symptoms of his malady, and in a fit of
retching, threw up upon the floor a live frog, about
two inches in length. The frog hopped gaily
about the floor until secured by the family. In
stant relief was experienced by the lad. Ilia name
is Wm. Davis, and be is about ten years of age.
He has no recollection of the time the frog was
taken into bis stomach, but bib father thinks it
was swallowed with his drink about three years
ago, when he was first afflicted with fits.
A Secret. "How do you do Mrs. Briggs?
Have you heard the story about Mrs. Ludy?"
'Why, no, really Mrs Gad what is it, do tell?"
'Oh. I promised not to tell on't I'm afraid it
will get out."
"No, I'll never open my mouth about it never.
"Well, if you'll believe it, Mrs. Fuddy told me
last night that Mrs. Trot told her that sister's
husband was told by a person who dreamed it, that'
Mrs. Trouble's oldest daughter told Mrs. Nichen9
that her grandmother heard by a letter, which she
got from her sister's second husband's oldest
brother s stepdaughter, that it was reporteu Dy
' the captain of a clam-boat just arrived from the
Fejee Islands that the mermaids about that section
wear crinolines made out of shark-skins."
A Temperance Story. Deacon Johnson is a
great temperance man and sets a good example of
total abstinence as far as he is seen.
Not long ago he employed a carpenter to make
some alterations in his parlor, and in the corner
near the fireplace it was found necessary to remove
the wainscoting, when lo! a diseovery was made
that astonished everybody. A brace of decanters,
a tumbler, and a pitcher, were cozily reposing
there as if they had stood there from the begin-
The Deacon was summoned, aud as he beheld the
blushing bottles he exclaimed.
"Well, I declare, that is carious, sure enough. It
must be that old Bains left them when he went
out of this 'ere house thirty years ago."
"Perhaps he did," returned the carpenter, "but
deacon, the ice in the pitcher must have been friz
mighty hard to stay all this time."