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CHARLOTTE, N. C.
For the Western Democrat.
CHABLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Mb Editor: Having attended the Commence
ment exercises of the Female Institute of this
place, I deem it justice to give your readers a bri r
account of the proceedings, which took place on
the 2Sth and 29th June.
The exercises were opened on Tuesday evening
at o'clock, by a Musical concert given by Prof.
Eckhard and the young ladies of the Institution,
which reflected much credit on the performers;
though the pieces selected seemed rather foreign
in their character, and a little more of the " Hail
Columbia " spirit in them would have rendered
the entertainment, for the most part, more appre
ciable by the audience. The entertainment was
concluded that e ening by a rare selection entitled
All thing? are beautiful," which struck me as
being sung and played remarkably weil. The
audience were aguin invited to be present on the
next day.
Accordingly, the next day at the appointed hour
of 10 o'clock, a full house was in attendance, and
an Address was delivered by the Rev. F. H.
Johnston, of Lexington, before the Female Mis
sionary Society. This society has teen formed
and contributed to exclusively by the young ladies
of the Institution, and has for its laudable object
the aid of the Siam Mission. The address was
exceedingly chaste and abounded in raptures of
eloquence. The importance of missions was urged,
and especially at that particular point, where degra
dation and superstition had for centuries held
sway over a deluded people, but which had been
recently and successfully opened up to the Gospel.
This was followed by a Literary Address from
V. C Barringer, Ksq., of Concord, to the young
ladies, on the subject of Female Education. And
here allow dm to attempt a brief synoptical notice
of his address. His manner was pleasant and im
pressive. He treated the subject in rather a novel
light, which rendered it quite interesting. In his
introduction he admitted the subject rather a stale
and hackneyed one, but by no means barren, as
long as youthful education should remain an object
of interest. He then went back and traced the
histoiy of female education from the earliest time
down to the present, and pointed out as he came
down, the neglect and the various defects that at
tended her education. He depicted the sad con
dition of woman in the abject vassalaga in which
she was held prior to the middle ages, and the
happy dawn of the age of chivalry upon her con
dition, which also had its defect by the sentimental
and extravagant ideas entertained of her character;
which defect since that era, he successfully con
tended, "Was modified and totally dissipated by the
light which eradiate i from the teachings of the
Bible. That the Bible had made woman enjoy
the enviable position that she now does in the
nineteenth century. In concluding, he pointed
out the important and responsible duties that
await the educated woman. That her sphere of
action was not on the field of bloody strife, nor in
the boisterous arena of politics, uor in the rude
concourse of assemblies, but by the quiet fireside
she ruled the hearts and moulded the characters of
men.
The exercises were continued on Wednesday
evening by another musical entertainment. I
thought the selection oT the pieces much better
than 5n the pn vious evening; though very diffi
cult, they were exquisitely performed. A report
of the highest grades of each class was then read.
I noticed in the Graduating Class, or as the Prin
cipal styled it, '-the Class about to leave School,"
the first distinction was awarded to Miss Lydia 1.
Harris, of Cabarrus county, and the second to Miss
Kvaline Alexander, of Charlotte. The balance of
the elasH consisted of Misses Mag. McLcster and
Malviua Alexander. The presentation of a copy
of the Bible was made to each member of the
class, accompanied by a few very appropriate, im
pressive and affecting remarks by the worthy Prin
cipal. The graduating class was small in conse
quence of the short time the School has been in
operation; but I learn that the other classes are
very full, and the prospect for an increase in
the number of pupils is quite flattering.
And here I take occasion to say that the Trus
tees are enlarging the Building; and the energy
with which they have entered into it will, I think,
insure its completion by the opening of the next
session in September, and there will doubtless be
ample room to accommodate all who may apply for
admission into the Institution. There are also
arrangements made for an increase of teachers,
and there will be a full corps in all the depart
ments by next session.
Charlotte, June 30th. ft.
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AWFUL CRIMINALITY.
Within a period embracing from April last, Mr.
Benj. I. Herring and wife, of Wayne county, N.C.
have lost three children, all of whom were found
dead, on their return after a short absence from
home. The last was found dead in the yard about
two weeks since' aged about two years. The others
were found dead in the same location, all your-;.
A negro girl, slave, about twehe years of age, nam
ed Esther, who was hired by Mr. Herring, is now
in jail, having been arrested on suspicion of bcinir
guilty of the crime. It is said that a little boy,
about five or six years of age, described to his
father the manner in which the girl choked the
children to death.
Coroner J. M. Thompson, held an inquest over
the body of the last child on Saturday, and the
verdict of the jury was that it come to its death
by the hands of the girl Esther. Goldsborvuyh
Tribune.
A letter from Goldsboro to the Newborn Pro
gress states the matter as follows :
A negro girl, only 12 or 13 years of age. pro
perty of Mr. Best, was arrested and lodged in jail
on last Friday, in consequence of a confession that
she had murdered a little child, son of Benj
Herring, of this county, in whose family she has
been living for some months past. It seems that
she was suspected by the family, immediately after
the death of the child, from the singular fact that
this child, as well as two others within the last
few months, died while the parents were absent
for a very short time at a neighbor's house.
Under the infliction of the lash the girl confessed
to having choked the child to death and of having
caused the death of the two others alluded to.
Since her confinement she asserts that she is in
nocent, and that she made the confession in order
to be released from the severe castigation which
she was undergoing at the time she made it.
Ex-Gov. Jones, of Tenn.. is out in a letter de
claring his decided preference for Senator Douglas
ior me next Presidency.
A French regiment, at the battle of Spine.
had orders to rive no quarter. A German officer
beinjr taken begired for his life. "Sir," replied
the polite Frenchman, "you may ask me any other
favor but as fur your life it is impossible for me to i
grant it."
Intelligence.
THE WAR HlW
NEWS.
The Aostrians have evacuated Piacenza, Pavia,
Lodi, Bologna and Ancona. The Citadel fortifica- ;
tions at Pincenra were first blown up. J
1 ne Austrians nave evacuaicu uwii
the Church, including Ferrara.
The Austrians left provisions, cannon and am
munition at I'iacenia. Garibaldi occupied Bergamo,
where he repulsed 1,500 Austrians.
The French passed the river Adda without strik
ing a blow.
The Austrian "Correspondence" says, the Aus
trians at Melagnano yielded only to decidedly su
perior force, and retired in perfect order.
The Emperor of Austria, it is said will take com
mand of his army in person, and act on the de
fensive Austria's loss at Palestro is officially stated as
follows: 15 officers and 513 men killed, one gen
eral, 23 officers and 878 wounded; 6 officers and
774 men missrn;
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I he Jintisti ministers nave reMgneu. joru
Paluierston has been appointed Premier an
d Lord
John Russell Secretary of the Foreign Office.
The London Times says that I,ord John Russell
is an ardeut friend of Italy, and that both he and
Lord Palmerston want Austria to admit her defeat, j
her ascertained inferiority and the incurable dis-!
advantage of her position South of the Alps. Both
ministers are of opinion that Austria will consult j
her own greatness by relinquishing territory
which costs a great army and still greater odium.
LATER.
The Austrians were retreating from Oglio, tnd
the Allies advancing. The French troops were
concentrating for a decisive attack. A grand battle
was expected within one week. A naval demon
stration in the Adriatic was expected.
It was reported that General Urban haddefeated
Foreign
Garibaldi. Additional Austrian forces were moving posed to foruddable bodies, whom they could not
towards Italy. i drive back and who stopped their advance.
Napoleon demands 100,000 men to besiege the Marshal Canrobert's column had not yet come
Austrian fortresses. The Austrians at Mantua, it up, and, on the other hand, the cannonade and fa
wn resorted, were DreDarinr to attack the Allies. sillade which had announced the arrival of General
The more hostile attitude of Germany, had created
great uneasiness. Kossuth had passed through
France enroute for Italy.
Numerous municipalities of Romagna had
pronounced for the national cause.
The fight between Gen. Urban and Garibaldi
was at Castinodola. Garibaldi had tour thousand
troops and four cannon, but was repulsed.
The Nord, of Brussels, says that a second series
of warlike operations against the Austrians will be
commenced simultaneously by seaand by land. The
Allied forces will be put in motion to invest
Austrian fortresses. Prince Napoleon proceeds to
support the right winjr of the French Army.
A Thousand a Pay. Since the actual com-
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liiem-i'im Tit nt kmti Itt.iM in Iralv tho niilnher or
killed on both sides has been tully a thousand a day.
Already an army of thirty-seven thousand men
men, picked men, the leaders in every charge, the
foremost in every battle. Thoirs indeed arc
'funeral marches to the grave," whether they come
from gay and thoughtless Paris, from the wild and
primitive regions of Britany, from the soft shores
of the Mediterranean, from the wide plains of
Hungary, the passes of the Tyrol and Savoy, or the
sunny slopes of the Appenines. And still they
march, and the hopes of the husbandman are
ruined, and the fruits of industry and the monu
ments of art are crumbled to dust by the rushing
cannon ball, and the humble peasant is driven from
his home, and his family scattered; perhaps j
dishonored.
The Horrors of War. A letter dated at
Paris, on the 0th inst., says: "I see women to-day
half Band, running about Paris, to know what has j
become of their husbands and brothers. They j
who have relatives in McMahon's division are
distracted with anxiety, and hanr about the
Ministry of War with a horrible apprehension . 1 he
has :aken un its ast bivouac on the nlains ot ltalv. L.T"7. . r-- "
' . . .-, .11 4 i ,n 'The head; Commandants Desme and naudhuy, ot
nevermore to leave it until the last trump shall I , . . , .... ," .
sound. That silent and ghastly army of mangled j he Grenadiers of the Guard, were killed; the
c. roses is each dav recruited bv a thousand brave Z?uaves 2(j0 men' d the Grenadiers suffered
Ewperoj lets the telegraph tell no tales but what j village of Buflal .ra, and brought
be likes. No private communications from thek- ol their forces to bear agai
sear 01 war are auoweu. x ne ursi a wire snows 01
the loss of a husband, is from 'official' sources. I
see, as another specimen of the horrors of war,
that the Piedmontese division, entered at Palostro,
when repassing through Novara, marched with
five companies out of ten under sub-officers; the
others remained on the field of battle. Now, this
is only French suffering ! What must be the
Austrians' tale!'"
A "Revival" in Japan. U. S. consul Har
ris, writing from Japan about the appearance of
cholera there in that country, says one effect it
has produced at Simoda, is a religious revival.
Never were the temples and inias so crowded;
the priests rejoiced in a large "surplus revenue"
arising from the sale of charms and from the of
fering of the devout. The houses were covered
with charms of all sorts; fish nets were hung over
the doors to entangle the Biloeki, should it at
tempt to enter the house; sickles knives and other
cutting implements were suspended to kcepfrff the
dreaded enemy; miniature bows, and arrows fitted
to them, threatened the demon Irani each pent
house; guns were fired during the night to frighten
him, and gongs beaten loud enough and long
enough to stun him if he had ears. Enormous
rosaries, some twelve feet in circumference, and
with heads an inch in diameter, made their ap
pearance, and a dozen devotees would rush to each
one, passing it rapidly through his hands, shout
ing Amitia, Amida, Amida, from the bottom ot
his lungs. The alters in the temples and mias
looked like barbers' shops from the great number
of -'top knots" which the Japanese had cut off and
hung up as offerings. Over every pathway charms
were suspended to barricade the approaches of
cholera to the houses and hamlets.
MiRAcrLors ESCAPE. A friend of undoubted
veracity informed us a few days ago that a little
girl, the daughter of Eveline Thompson, aged two
years and seven months, fell into a well on the
premises of Mr Gorem Anthony on the 9th uit.,
a distance of fifiy-ijht fret, and was d-awn out
unhurt. The girl, in company with another child
about her own age, was playing in the yard when
the accident happened. Mrs. Anthony hearing
the noise, ran out and found the child in the well.
She immediately let down the bucket the child
got into it and was drawn up safe and sound.
Greensboro Patriot.
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No life can be well ended that has not been
well spent; and what life has been well spent that Grenadiers of the Guard, two flags and 7,000 pris- j
has had no purpose, that has accomplished no ob- oners. The number of Austrians placed horx de :
ject, that has realized no hope? j combat may be estimated at 20,000. 12,000 mus- j
" j kets, and 30,000 knapsacks were found on the
The remains of the late Alexander Hamilton, battle field,
buried thirty-seven years ago in the New Haven Thus five days after their departure from Alles
cemetery, were a day or two since exhumed for sandria the allied army bad given three combats,
the purpose of being removed to Bridgeport gained a battle, cleared Piedmont of the Austrians,'
(where his son's remains have within a few years ; and opened the gates of Milan. Since the combat
been deposited). The coffin, being of mahogany j of Montebello the Austrian army has lost 25,000
was found to be almost perfectly sound, and the men in killed and wounded, 10,000 prisoners and
skeleton appeared perfect. j 17 guns.
WESTERN DEMOCEAT, CHARLOTTE,
THE BATTLE OP MAGENTA.
Although we have published several accounts
of the great battle of Magenta between the French,
Sardinians, and Austrians, the followiug by a
irrench paper will be read with interest :
The 4th of June had been fixed by the Emperor
; Napoleon for the definite occupation of the left
bank of the Ticino. Gen McMahon'fejcorps strength
ened by the division of the Voltigeurs of the Im
perial Guard, and followed by the whole army of
: the King of Sardinia, was to advance from Turbigo
on Buffalora and Magenta, while the division of
' the grenadiers of the Imperial Guard was to cany
the tetf d- pont of Buffalora on the left bank, and
; Marshal Canrobert's corps was to advance along
the right bank to cross at the same point.
The execution of this plan was frustrated by one
i of those incidents which must always be expected
i in warfare. The army of the King was delayed in
i crossing the river, and only one of his divisions
was able to follow the corps of General McMahon
at a distance.
The advance of Espinasse's division was also de-
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who had proceeded in person to the bridge at Buf
falora, it found the road so encumbered that it
only arrived very late on the banks of the Ticino.
So matters stood, and the Emperor awaited, not
without anxiety, the signal of the arrival of Gen.
McMahon's corps at Buflalora, when about two
o'clock he heard a heavy fusillade and cannonade
in that quarter. The General was coming up.
This was the moment to support him by ad
vancing on Magenta. The Emperor at once threw
Wimpffcn's brigade against the formidable posi
tion occupied by the Austrians in front of the
bridge; Clerc's troops followed up the movement.
The heights which border the canal snd village
of Buffa'ora were soon carried by the impetuosity
of our troops: but they then found themselves op
McMahon had completely ceased. Had the Gene
ral's column been repulsed, and would the divis
ion of the Grenadiers of the Guard have to sustain
alone the whole strength of the enemy ?
This is the proper place to explain the mance
vre of the Austrians.
When they learned on the night of the 2d of
June that the French armv had made itself nias-
ter of the passage of the Ticino at Turbigo, they
! rapidly recrossed the river at Vigevono with three
j of their corps who burnt the bridges behind them.
j On the morning of the 4th they were opposite the
Emperor 125,000 strong, and it was against such
disproportionate force that the division of the
Grenadiers of the Guard, with whom the Emperor
had tn fnmnotv
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At this critical moment General Mellinet had
two horses shot under him; General Cler fell mor-
Final y, after a long expectation of four hours;
during which Meilinet's division sustained without
flinching the attacks of the enemy, Picard's bri
gade, led by Marshal Canrobcrt, arrived on the
field of battle. Shortly afterwards Vinoy's divis
ion joined, of General Niel's corps, which the
Emperor had sent for, and finally Rensult's and
Troehu's divisions of Canrobert's corps.
At the same time General McMahon's cannon
became again audible in the distance. The Gene
ral's corps, retarded in its advance, and less nu
merous than it should have been, had advanced
in two columns on Magenta and Buffalora.
The enemy having attempted to cut in between
these two columns. General McMahon ordered his
right column to fall back on his left towards Ma
genta, and this explains the cessation of the firing
at the commencement of the action of the Bufla
lora si Je.
In fact the Austrians, finding themselves hard
pressed on their centre and left, had evacuated the
t the erreater por-
M.ilion before Magenta. The 45th of the Line
boldly attacked the farm of Casein Nuova on the
outskirts of the village and which was defended by
two Hungarian regiments. Fifteen hundred men of
the enemy laid down their arms, and the colors
were taken away from the Colonel's body.
At this moment of general attack General An
ger commanding the artillery of the Second corps,
opened fire with forty guns which taking the Aus
trians in flank and cross-way made fearful havoc.
At Magenta the combat w.is terrible. The ene
my defended the village most obstinately. Both
sides felt that it was the key of the position.
Our troops took it house by house, causing im
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mense loss to the Austrians. More than 10,00 J
men were put hors de combat, (out of condition
to fight) and General McMahon took about 5,000
prisoners, including one whole regiment. But the
General's corps suffered considerably; 1,000 men
being killed or wounded. In the attack on the
village General Espinasse and his Lieutenant were
both killed. While leading on their men, Colonel
Drouhot and Colonel Charbrieue fell mortally
wounded.
On the other side Vinoy's and Renualt's divis
ions were doing piodigics of valor, under the or
ders of Marshal Canrobcrt and General Neil
Vinoy's division, which had left Novara in the
morning, had scarcely reached Trecate, where it
purposed to bivouac, when it was sent for by the
Emperor. It advanced at quick step as far as the
bridge of Magenta, driving the enemy from the
positions they occupied, taking above 1,000 prison
ers; but, engaged with superior forces, it suffered
heavy loss eleven officers were killed and fifty
wounded; 650 non-commissioned officers and men
were placed horsde combat. The Eighty-fifth of
the line suffered most. Colonel Delort fell at the
j head of his men, and all the officers were wounded.
I General Martimprey received a bullet wound while
t leading on his brigade.
Marshal Canrobert's troops also suffered consid
j erably. Colonel de Sen neville, the chief of his
staff, was killed at his side; Colonel Charlier, of
the Ninetieth, fell mortally wounded by five bul
i lets, and many officers of Renualt's division were
placed horn de combat, while the village and
bridge of Magenta were taken and retaken seven
times.
Finally, about, half past eight at night, the
French army remained masters of the field of
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oaint;, auu sue enemy wunarew, leaving in our 1
hands four guns, one of which was taken bv the
i tolliT trnntwlil I ona ru I W ,T,ir.flfVin irnu w, , 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 in
a loss nut ies consjucraoie.
From the Raleigh Standard.
SIDE ISSUES.
If it be true and it it true that "a frequent
recurrence of fundamental principles is absolutely
npcessarv to oreserve the blessings of liberty," it
I is also true that a rigid and constant adherence to
well-known and well-defined principles is absolutely
i necessary to preserve and perpetuate that party,
I without which the Constitution and the Union
' themselves would soon cease to exist. The Demo
, cratic party is never in so much danger as when it
loses sight of its great cardinal principles, and
suffers itself to be embarrassed with what are called
! side issues. There is no absolute safety outside
( the plain road marked out in the Constitution, and
blazed by the good old Democratic axes of Jefferson
and Jackson. Whenever we are in doubt we
j must look to the Constitution; next to the opinions
I and acts of the foundeis of the party, who took
part in tha formation of the Constitution; next, to
j the resolutions of State and national conventions.
I To the principles and opinions enunciated in these
! latter bodies it is expected that every good Dcmo
j crat will adhere, provided these principles and
i opinions do not conflict with his conscientious con
, struction of the federal Constitution. The Con
stitution is the source of, and is above all parties,
and no party can, therefore, bind a citizen to do an
act or to give a vote which he honestly believes to
be unconstitutional. Much less can mere men
bind a party to any thing which has no warrant
either in the Constitution or in the platforms.
The Democratic party is a tolerant, indulgent, in
dependent party. So far from discouraging free
thought and an unreserved express'on of opinion,
it seeks to promote both; only requiring that great
principles shall not be departed from nor contra
vened, and that all its members shall support such
nominations as are fairly made in conventions and
caucuses.
Side issues, or f-tich issues as the party in con
vention has omitted or declined to make, must not
be urged as party tests; nor should those who re
present these issues be denounced or censured,
provided they are true in all respects as Democrats.
Every Democrat, for example, would like to see
a Railroad constructed to the Pacific. Some
Democrats think the government possesses the
Constitutional right to construct the Road, or to
aid in its construction, while others deny the right.
Why should should they fall out about the differ
ence of opiniou ? It is a Const. tut ion a I question
a question on which the party dues not seek to
bind its members.
Then, as to specific duties : We all maintain
that the revenue necessary to support the govern
ment should be raised by a tariff on imported
goods. We all favor a tariff for revenue, with
incidental protection to American industry; we
make revenue the object, protection the incident.
No Democrat, any where in the whole country,
is the advocate of protection fjr protection's sake.
That is the federal doctrine, and the Democrats of
Pennsylvania are as much opposed to it as we are.
But in laying the tariff a difference of opinion
arises as to modes. Some contend and among
them President Buchanan that some of the duties
ought to be specific that is, arbitrary, fixed, not
ad valorem, not rising and falling with the value
of the articles; while others hold thsft. the only
true principle is the ad valorem, and that, in
framing a tariff, this principle should not be de
parted from. Both sides think they have good
reasons for their opinions, and both are honest.
Both are opposed to protection for protection's
sake, and differ only as to the mode of raising the
revenue. Why should they fall out about this
difference of opinion ? Let them agree to disagree.
They are one as to the measure itself, and differ
only as the mode. After all, tariffs are not the
clearest and simplest pieces of legislative work
manship. They are always more or less compli
cated, difficult to be imposed as they should be im
posed, and hardlv ever eniirely satisfactory in
their operations to those who labor most in framing
them.
Next, as to Cuba : We arc all for the acquisi
tion of the island on fair and honorable terms, but
we differ as to the mode or modes of acquiring it.
Some think the best plan is to wait; that the pear,
when ripe, will fall into our laps, especially if the
tree be shaken a little now and then. Others
think the best plan is to place the money say
thirty millions of dollars in the hands of the
President, and request him, whenever a suitable
opportunity offers, to close the bargain with
Spain, and then to report the result to the Senate.
These, then, are the two plans. All of us agree
that we must and we tcill have Cuba ati-ome future
day; all of us agree that if Spain should attempt
to sell it to any European power, or to Africanize
it by emancipating the slaves in the island, we
ought to take it at once on the ground of self-preservation,
and treat about it afterwards. Agreeiugas
to the great object in view, why should Democrats
fall out about the means of attaining it? There
is nothing in the Cincinnati platform which re
quires Democrats to advocate any particular plan
for obtaining Cuba. Neither Presidents, nor mem
bers of Congress, nor Democratic journals have
the right to prescribe Democratic tests. This
right has been entrusted by the Democratic I
people with national conventions, and national !
conventions alone. It does not follow that a man
is a better Democrat because he supports, than
because he opposes, the thirty million bill. It is
no party test. No primary mooting in the State, I
and no convention in the State has declared for it,
or proposed to make a test. It would be folly,
then, in us, or in any one, to attempt to make it a
test of Democracy. For example, Dr Shaw and Mr !
Scales are said to be opposed to it, while Mr
Branch is for it. What then ? Why, let us vote
for Mr Shaw, and Mr Scales, and Mr Branch, just j
as n no sueJi question existed ; let us vote tor
them, whether we are for or against the measure,
or whether they are for or against it, for the plain
reason that we are all for Cuba, and are determin
ed not to fall out, especially in the face of the
enemy, about the means for acquiring it. That is
our judgment.
Next and last, as to ad valorem taxation in
North Carolina. Some Democrats think that the
best or the only practicable mode of levying taxes
is the one now in existence; others think that this
mode ought to be set aside, and the ad valorem
plan adopted. No man has a right to say that a
. . c i -.y
jciuouiaL w no iavors an valorem is no lJcmocrat,
or that a Democrat who opposes it is no Democrat.
No State convention has considered the question,
and no party test has, therefore, been laid down. !
If we were against it, we would labor fairly to have j
men nominated for the Legislature who wpre op- '.
pouu mi n; ii wc were ror it, we would labor in
the same way to have men nominated who were for
it; but, as we value our character as a good Demo
erst, and as we value harmony and continued good
feeling, ice would vote for the the nominees, whether
our peculiar views on this State measure prevailed
in the convention or not. That is the rule,
friends, and the only rule by which the Democratic
party of the State can be preserved and perpetuat
ed. We must permit freedom of thought and of
opinion, only requiring, as we stated in the begin
ning of this article, that great principles shall
neither be departed from nor contravened, and
that all the members of the party shall support
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anch nominations as are fairly made in conventions
and caucuses.
Let us either discard side issues or agree to
disagree in relation to them. Standing squarely
and fairly on our platform, and adhering to a
strict construction of the Constitution, let us
present an undivided frout to the common enemy.
IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURALISTS.
The refuse of the Sorghum, or Chinese sugar
, n.,t.,o frnn, ihf molasses Dresses, has
been recommended extensively as suitable food
for cattle. It appears that this sort of food should
not be given without caution, and further experi
ments, as to the material upon the health and
digestion of the animals it has been thought to be
! good for. We have authentic accounts of numbers
of cattle having been destroyed by feeding them
on this Sorghum cake, a post morten examination
having revealed, in several cases, that the coat of
; mucous lining of the stomachs of the animals, were
much inflamed and torn, and in some instances
cut entirely through, by the siliceous fragments of
the broken hulra of the cane. The vitreous char
acter ot the external coating of the Sorghum cane
is very remarkable, and it would seem more thau
; probable, that the sharp broken fragments, which
must be constantly turned about in the stomach
i without undergoing any change by the digestive
1 process, would act mechanically to tha serious
injury of the delicate tissues of the stomach and
intestines, banners should look to this matter,
and give each other the advantage of their ex
perience. Petersburg Express.
A Compliment to Nouth Carolina. There
is, we believe, less of office seeking and of changes
in the incumbents of official position at the South
than in the Northern States. North Carolina, per
haps, furnishes as good evidence of this fact as
any of the Southern States; and, as proof of the
same, it is related as one of the incidents of
President Buchanan's late visit, that before leav
ing for Washington, he remarked that no man,
since he entered North Carolina, had mentioned
the suject of office holding, or solicited any ap
pointment for himself or friends.
N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Lynn's Ponder and his Pills,
All the insect tribe will k'li.
Jude Meigs, President of the American institute snys.
"The discovery ot this powder, by Pr-I Lyon is national
importance. The Fainit-rs' t lub have testtd it thoroughly,
Locusts, gras hoppers, ants, hugs and all vermin can be des
troyed, gardens preserved, and houses made pure- It is tree
trom poison to mankind, as we saw Mr Lyon eat it." There
is no question as to the great etlicacy ot this article. A tew
n nnl inalinne I.iCI.aitc anaritlllimf lit a iid r rl . . t Ul. . m.a 1 1. . I 1 ...... i
i njiilll.liiiuiisucoiiu,c c.i,iiiiiig lint gaiucu nui lug, uiU'UUgB
1 fleas, ticks, roaches, iyc. It is an A-iatic plant discovered by
i.' k . : . . . ...:n i ..a: 1 u . S.
.ttr i. ijoii. ltjaiiy initial hjiio win Lie uucim. ut suit; u
bars his address. Remember
'Tis Lyon's Powder kills nil insects in a tr ee,
while Lyon's Pills are mixed tor rts and mice.
Sample Flasks, 25 cts.; regular sizes 50 cents and 81-
BARNES fe PARK, New York.
S.jld by F. Scarr, and E. Nye Hutchison Co.
July 5, 1859 lm
COMMON SENSE rules the mass of the people, what
ever the misi. anted and misanthrope philosophers may-tray
to the contrary. Show them a rood thing; let its merits
be clearly demonstrated, and they will not hcs:tate to give
it lher most cord.al patronage. The masses have already
rat ih d the judgment of a physic'an concern ng the vir- j
tues o! mus I E I I CK? ui ! I bKS, as may be;seen in the
immense quantities or this medicine that are annually sold
in every section of the land. It is now recognized as
greatly superior to all other remedies yet d visd tor dis.
eases ot the digessive organs, such as diarrhoea, dysentery,
dyspepsia, and for the vai ions fevers that arise from de-
rangementol those portions of thu system. Hostetiter's t
name la rapidly becoming a household word, from Maine
to Texas, Irom the shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Trv the article and lie satisfied.
F ir sale in Ctiailotte by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO.
July 5, 1859 lm
WISTAR'S BALSAM IN VERMONT. Ibasburgh,
Vt , May 5. Mr S. W. Fowle Dear Sir: I am neat ly out
of the Balsam of Wild Cherry. Yotr may totward, il you
please, 2 or 3 dozen more. The medicine gives better satis
faction here in pulmonary complaints than any others that I
have kept. I h ive tried it with perlec satisfaction upon
tnyselt, i aving been troubled with a severe cough for more
than a year, and having profuse night sweats lor the last
month. I had tried various popular remedies without ma
terial benfii; at length I tried Wistar's Balsam of Wild
Cherry, and before I had finished the first bottle I found
great relief. Two bottles have wrounht a cure.
Yours, respectfuly, HUBBARD HASTINGS.
None genuine unless si'j:nd I. BUTTS on the wrapper.
For sale bv NYE HUTCHISON & CO., Charlotte.
July 5, 1859 It
Magic Oil Magic.
A Fresh supply just received and for side by
E. NYE HUTCHISON 4 CO.
June 28, 1859.
IVorgaiifon Select School.
This School, Located in the mountains of this State,
will commence on the 5T.H OF AUGUST, 1859.
The number of Boys will be limited.
For Terms address mc at Concord, N. C, until the
1st of August. JAMES R. McAULAY.
REFERENCES: Rev. D. Lacy, D. D., Davidson
College, N. C; Rev: R. M. Morrison, D. D., Cottage
Home, N. C: J. E. Pressly, Coddle Creek, K. C; Maj.
D. H. Hill, Charlotte Military Institute; Hon. B. Craicre,
Salisbury, N. C.
June 21, 1859. 66-Gt.
At China Hall, Charlotte, Jf. C.
Just received a lot of Gilbert's
Patent Fly Traps. It is remarkable to
observe what a quantity of flies may be
cautrht bv th IS VPri' effort. II ft I limntmz
o tf J j - - v v- e 17 .
It is worth its price ten times over for the use of Dining
Rooms and kitchens. Send to China Hall and get one
price $5.
We have also on hand a large lot of CHINA, GLASS
and WHITE GRANITE WARE, and House-keeping
Goods generally. Call and see.
JAMES HARTY k CO.
June 7, 1859 fit
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
HARTFORD, Conn.
Incorporated A. D. 1810. 'Charter Perpetual
Authorized capital $1,000,000
Capital paid in 500,000
Surplus 300,000
ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1859.
Cash on hand and in Bank
Cash in hand of Agents and in transit,
Real Estate unencumbered (cash value)
Bills receivable, amplv secured
2,404 Shares Bank Stock in Hartford,
2,200 u New york
71 0 " " " Boston,
100 shares Bank of the State of Missouri,
State and city Bonds, 6 per cents,
Rail Road Stocks.
United States' Treasury Notes,
$43,455 22
54,827 09
15,000 00
73,174 55
230,413 00
197,750 00
74,620 00
10,000 00
74,245 00
16,250 00
14,035 00
$803,769 86
DIRECTORS.
Charles Boswell,
Henry Keney,
Calvin Dav.
II. Iluntington,
Albert Day,
Job Allyn,
John P. Brace,
Charles J. Russ.
James Goodwin,
Tiwo. C. Ally.v, Secretary, H. Hcntisgton, President,
m.". Lyma) '"' "SV- Wm. N. Bowebs, Actuary,
ints oia and reliable company, establish for near
ly fifty years, continues to Insure against loss or dam
age by Fire on dwellings, furniture, warehouses, stores
merchandise, mills, manufactories, and most other
kinds of property, on its usual satisfactory terms.
i onitumi .mention given to insuring Farm Property,
to five years at low rates of nremium.
Applications for Insurance may be made to the un
dersigned, the duly authorized Agent for Charlotte and
vicinity.
Losses equitably adjusted at this Agency, and paid
immediately, upon satisfactory proofs, in funds current
in the cities of New York or Boston, as the assured may
prefer.
Thomas W. Dewey,
June 28, 1859. j Agent at Charlotte.
o. iwtniugg, uarns ana uut-buildings con
nected and Furniture, Live Stock, Hay, Grain, Farming
L tensils, &c. contained in the same, for a term nf ,i,
DREADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Thirty three killed and fifty or sixty Koundtd
Chicago, J une 28. A terrible accident occurred
OH l lie ii iv. ii " vi., iaai night
near the South Bend, by which thirty three person'
were killed, and fifty or sixty wounded; 0thers
I A Wtm
unheard from.
Among the
killed were the Adams' Ext
l06tly Western'
people
June 29. Thirty-four bodies have been recovered
seventeen of them so disfigured as to render
identification impossible. Many others are migiin
and supposed to be drowned. Among the killed
is Henry Fleckinger, of Reading Pa., and E. p
McCullough, of Lawrenceburg Pa., Among the
fatally injured is E. C. Smith, the New York
Banker. Passengers acquit the officers of the train
of all blame.
UNITED BAPTIST INSTITUTE.
The Eighth Session of the United Baptist Institute
at Taylorsville, N. C, will commence on the 0(
Monday of July, and continue for 21 weeks.
Board can be bad in the moat respectable familieiM
from $35 to $40 per session, exclusive of lights, aD(l
including washing, wood, etc.
Tuition from $10 to $15 contingent fee $1.
Tbachebs II. T. Burke, Principal ; W. R. Gaultn,
Assistant.
References The Faculties of the University, of
Davidson College, and of Wake Forest College.
A. CARSON, Secretary.
June 28, 1859 67-4t
SHEEP LOST.
Escaped from my Pasture, near Maj Morrow'?, ,st
Friday, ten head of Sheep two black ones, the rest
white one had a bell on. Any information as to their
whereabouts will be thankfully received.
June 28th. J. L. STOUT, Butcher.
T. H. BREM & CO.
ARE offering liberal inducements to persons wishing
to buy Goods, and particularly the Ladies.
They are selling their ENTIRE STOCK of
Printed Organdie,
- JACONET AND SWISS MUSLINS,
Printed Berages, Grenadines, Tissues, & Challin
AT NEW YORK COST.
They are selling their entire stock ef Ladies'
MSS3 EHill
At New ork cost.
They are selling their entire stock of silk, crape,
leghorn, and Neapolitan
BONNETS at New York cost.
They are selling their entire stock of Lace Mantlet,
Points, and SHAWLS at New York cost.
Thev are selling their entire &tock of RIBBONS and
TRIMMINGS at greatly reduced prices.
They are offering their entire stock of
DRY GOODS,
Hardware, Hats, Shoes and Carpeti,
AT GREATLY' REDUCED PRICES.
They are determined to reduce their stock much
lower than usual.
They invite you to examine and price their Good.
June, 1859.
NEW DRUG STORE.
rawiN's CORNER,
Charlotte, N.
C.
E.
ME IIUTCHISOIV &
CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Foreign & Domestic Drugs,
KKMOliHXS & OXIHXOAIrl,
ARE now receiving Fresh and Genuine Drugs from
the New York market, which have been purchased upon
such terms as to be sold low for cash. We would respect
fully call the attention of the public to our stock of
PURE WHITE
LEAD,
Black Lead,
Red Lead,
Litheragc,
LINSEED
OIL,
Tanners' Oil.
Pure Sperm Oil
Lard Oil,
Snow White Zinc,
Burnt Umber,
Raw Umber,
Spanish Brown,
Reil Sanders,
Drop Black,
Alcohol,
Pure Liquors.
Foreign Perfumery,
Putty in cans,
Snaps,
Chrome Green. Train Oil,
Chrome Yellow, Machinery Oil.
Paris Green, LubricntingOil
Sea-Elephant Oil, Lamp Oil,
Venetian Ked, Kerosene Oil,
Turpentine, Castor Oil,
Burning Fluid, Sweet Oil,
London Porter, Olive Oi"
Canton Teas, Paint B: h,
Graining Brushes, Steel GntinMi,
Tobacco. Setrars
Fresh Congress Water.
Fresh Citrate Magnesia,
Furniture Varnish,
Copal Varnish,
Grecian Varnish,
Window Glass (French)
WATER.
Eng. Finishing Varnish,
Picture Varnish,
Damar Varnish,
Black and brown Tapans.
ICE SODA
June 14, 1859.
lalt; of s. Carolina, kliiiburt:
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions April Term, 1859,
John F. Lee vs. Aurelius Helton.
Original Attachment Levy on Land.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the
defendant, Aurelius Helton, is not a resident ot tbi
State, it is therefore ordered that publication be rod
for six successive weeks in the Western Democrat
newspaper published in the town of Charlotte, nolifji'l!
said defendant to be and appear at the next Court f
Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the -county of
Mecklenburg, at the court house iu Charlotte, on tn
fourth Monday in July next, then and there to ho
cause, if any he has, why the land levied on shall not
be condemned to satisfy the plaintiff's debt.
Witness, W. K. Reid," Clerk of our said court at off
in Charlotte, the 4th Monday of April A. D. IHi 8n"
of American Independence the 83d year.
C3-6t w. K. REID, Clerk.
BELTS! BELTS!
For Wheat Threshers,
FANS,
Cotton Gins, Saw Mills,
And Machinery of every description.
The best Belting now in ue, and far superior to leatnr
in many respects.
icill not stretch, or drate on one side as leatht'
THE SUN WILL NOT AFFECT IT.
Rain or water cannot injure it; it requires no oil;
The rats will not cut it; your negroes will not steal1
for strings or shoe soles; you can get any length)0'
wish all in one piece without joints, and with goodcar
it will last any farmer for twenty years.
Orders accompanied with the cash will recetf
prompt attention, and the freight paid to any point o
the Railroad or stage line.
CASH PRICES:
2 inch 12i cents per foot.
2i " 15 "
3 " 17 " "
4 " 22 " "
5 " 27 " "
C " 32 " '
7 38
10 " 60 " "
12 " 72 "
12 " 4 ply 92 " .ort
Seamless Belts manufactured to order at f
notice. et9
Conducting Hose of all sizes, for water or m
pressures, ordered direct from the Manufacturers. -Packing
of all description, at 55 Cents per ponnd.
J. B. F. BOONS.
Jane 7, 1859 Charlotte,
messenger, the engineer, nreman, Daggage nia
nr) mad master. Anions the wounded. J. H.l
irpis
of Charleston, Va., the rest were n