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OFFICE V
on the
WBST SIDE OF TRADE STREET
per annum
CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY" OF THE OXE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.
IN ADVANCE.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1859.
EIGHTH VOLUME NUMBER 370.
Editor and Puoprietor.
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.. FATES, Editor ani Proprietor.
Edwin A. YATES, Associate Editor.
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$2 00
2 50
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Vny person sending a btc nk Bwoscrjocru,
inuanied by the adTMce MMcnptMM win
re ;i sixth copj patia tor out' year.
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in us, can do so by mail, at our risk.
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nice
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CTtiaeaaeita not
marked on the
inserted until
manuscript
forbid, and
r :1 specific time.
, ir...-.l aceoidiaMrl
will he
J. H. MILLER, M. 1).,
rraelUioBcr of Medicine and Surgery,
May 1 th.
Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
1). B.
HE A,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
II glV
prompt attention to all DUSinesa enirusieu m
I'rofes
nonal care.
OFFICE OPPOSITE rvKltlt
Man-h 14, 1859 y
IIoTBIta
A. C. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
IIm taken an office jointly with J. A. Fox. E.q. ap-stain
nest dour to the Court Hon
, where he will be con
all calls on professional
stantly present
to
for
attend to
him. elf or
Itiisiues
mad .
tor Mr t ox when lie
tf
absent.
Jauuarv
4. 15!.
J. A. FOX,
Attornoy x"t Law,
OtStt next moor la tk
Court House, I p-Stmra
A. C WILLIAMSON, Esq.,
of the ofluce. and who will be
who i- a joint occupant
uniformly present, will
attend to professional business for me in my
ibsence
December 21, 1Sj8
tf
ROBERT ( IB BON,
PR A CTITIO !f ER F
Ma D..
R.B9IC.IIE
AND
Office No. 1 Irwiu'a corner, Charlotte, X. C.
December 14, 1858.
,1.S. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adioinniLr counties.
collection of claims promptly attended to.
March
14, 1859 y
T. H. BREM & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL
DEALERS IN
it lit Freneh and
American
Dry Goods,
Carnets. Hardware, Hats and Shoes,
Charlotte, .V. C.
THOMAS II. BREW,
J. A. SADLER, -lr.
Xv 0. 15. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER.
Jl. W. 1U IT,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
CONCORD, N. C.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted.
September 14, 1858 y
P.
Architect
Will faraisb Designs
SAT US,
and Builder,
Plans and Drawings for Public
Buildings, Private Residences and Villas, i anat uii
attention will be paid to building Flouring Mills , t orn
Mills, ftc. Upfick in 3d story of Alexander s building,
front room, over China Hall.
Charlotte I ct. 1!, 1858.
iETSA HUE INSURANCE COM PAST.
CASH ASS KITS, 9 1 ,7."5,00.
B. NYE HUTCHISON, Agent.
Charlotte, Apr:! 17, 185: J
Notice.
F. SCARR having purchased the entire interest in
the firm of F. SCAUR k CO.. the business will here
after be continued by himsclt personally.
All Notes and Accounts due the late firm ot
r
Jcarr Co- to Janoanr 1st. lss, must ac
to
F SCAHR bv Julv 1st. or they will oe piacco m m.-
hand of an Attorney
Mav 17. 1851.
for immediate collection,
tf
ATTR ASSES,
ORDER,
kept
by
on hand am
MADE TO
Apr
II. B. WILLIAMS i CO.
IS
WfCM
rood-
1'L.Ol'Mt Fresh and
-Low for cash.
II. B. WILLIAMS ft
CO.
The
Charlotte
Mutual Fire
Insur-
ance Company,
CONTINUES to take risks against loss by fire, on
J Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at usual rates.
Vreidtnt. C. STI'.ELE,
Vkf Presidtii t C. O V E II M A N .
Attorney JOS. H. WILSON.
S.v v .j-'7V E. NYE HUTCHISON.
D I RECTORS:
A. C. STEELE, S. T. WRISTON,
.INC. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON,
II. P. TAYLOR. U- SCARR,
CHAS OVERMAN.
ExecmUri Committees. T. Wriston, F. Scarr, Jno.
Brown.
April JO, 185j.
TAXES.
The Tax Lists for the year 1858 are now in my
hands for in-pection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come forward and settle.
E. C. GRIER, Sheriff
BY J. B. KERR, Proprietor.
.nffffrL "BC VERY AOCpJtJIOD ATION afforded the
I ! i OS patrons of the Charlotte Hotel.
1"" At this Hotel is kept the line of Daily
Stages from Charlotte to Asheville.
Oct. 1, 1858.
J. B. KERR.
OKTII CAROLINA
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
Charlotte. N. C.
HE Exorcises of this Institute will commence on
the 1st October next.
FACULTY' ELECT :
Mr. D. If. HILL, Superintendent.
Liki t. C. C. LEE, Commandant,
C. P. ESTILL, A. M., Principal of Primary Depart
ment. Course of St "dies :
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 ot
the Professors to make Surveyors, Engineer, Chemists,
and men tit for the practical business of life.
In addition to the usual Exercises at Military Schools,
the months of August and September will be spent in
Campaigning through the mountains of North Carolina.
The Academic Year will commence on the 1st
day of October, and will embrace twelve months. A
furlough of two months (Ati. and Sept.) will be given
to Cadets at the end of their second year.
Particular attention will be given to the moral and
religious instruction of Cadets.
EXPENSES:
The Institute will provide Board, Fuel, Lights, Wash
ing, Arms. Equipments and Uniforms. and all cloth
ing except andei clothes, for $300 PER ANNUM,
one-halt payable in advance: the balance in six months.
Vo extra ekmrges. No remission of charges to those
who leave unless on the score of health.
TERMS OF ADMISSION:
No one will be admitted into the PRIMARY DEPART
MENT under Twelve years of age; nor into the Sc ien
tific Department under Fifteen nor over Twenty-one
years of age. All connected with the Scientific De
partment will he 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 ot 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
mi a true Military basis and conducted on true Military
principles. The board will further say, that Mr ESTILL
is a Graduate id' the Virginia University and an ex
perienced Classical teacher. They would further state
that it is their intention to increase the number ot
teachers in both Departments as the patronage of the
public mav require.
This Institute was granted a liberal Charter by the
Legislature of Noah Carolina, with the power of con
ferring Degrees upon those who complete the pre
scribed Course of Studies.
Applications for admission will be received
until the 1st of September, and must be directed to
Dr C. J. Fox. President of the Hoard. Charlotte, N. C.
For further particulars see Circular. J
C. J. FOX
JAS. P. IRWIN,
II. LaP. ALEXANDER,
JAS. II. CARSON,
THOS. H. P. REM,
W. A. OWENS, Com.
of Charlotte,
J. B. KURIL Intendaat
of Charlotte.
April 12, 1859.
J
Charlotte, N
C,
Choice Salad Oil.
Eagle Brand.
a FRESH supply of this delicious and pure Oil just
m received and for sale at St Attn
June T,
Family Drug Store.
Just Received,
Pairs Black Cassimerc Pants.
Fancy u "
Plain & F'cv Linen & Marseilles Pants.
205
450
at
FI LLINGS, SPRLXUS & CO.
ifULLIKGS, SPRINGS & CO.
have received
200
150
250
Black Satin and fi
urcd Grenadine Silk Vests.
Fancv Cassimere
" and Plain Linen and Marseilles
AT ALL PRICES.
KAHN WEILER
( Second Dour from
& iKOTnEKS, I
T. II. B rem f Cos.)
II VYE opened an entire new Stock of fancy and
staple pry Goods and Millinery, to which they invite
the attention of the citizens of this place and surround
ing country. Our Stu.-k consists of every variety, and
of the latest styles.
Rich col d Dress Silks,
Boiled BIk Silks,
Bl'k and col d Berages.
French Jaconets and Organdies.
Jae't and Org'e Robes and double Jtipcs.
Prints of various styles and all qualities,
Best qualities of Kid Gloves.
Pick-Nick Mitts. col dA Bl'k cotton fcsitfc Gloves.
Hosiery, of all kinds. " .
Bonnets, Misses & Chid'n Flats & Jockies,
Bonnet Ribbons.
Lace Points and Mantillas.
Linen and Pique Dusters
Table Damask & Cloths:
Damask Napkins and Doylies.
Embroideries. i o
Pomp-a-dour and Picolommi Collars and Setts.
Swiss and Cambric Collars.
Maltese and Valeneie Sleeves.
Muslin & Lace Sleeves new designs. !
Emb'd Pocket Hdkfs.
Hem Stitched & Bor'd Hkfs.
CambV and Swiss Edgings and Insertings.
Cantb'c and Dimity Bands and Flouncing?.
Lisle and French Th'd Edgings and Insertings.
Bl'k Lace Edgings.
Bl'k Lace Veils.
Dress Trimmings, Fringes,
Braid, Buttons, Ac.
Hoop Skirts of all kinds.
Plaid and Striped Homespuns.
Brown Shirtings and Sheetings.
Bleached Long Cloth Sheetings.
Cotton Osnaburgs
Marseilles Quilts, and
Uo, a great variety of fancy articles.
We offer our Stocx ai rcmai ivnuij v
kxclusively for CASH.
' In addition to our large Stock of Dry Goods, we have
. on hand the best stock of superior READ-MADfc
, CLOTHING, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, and Carpet
Bags: and a large assortment of
Family Groceries,
! iinr4trnrp nt lo w nriccs.
THE EYE OP GRAY.
Pot ts have praised the eye of black
And eulogized the melting blue,
Have laid their fancy on the rack
To celebrate each variod hue;
Hut not one single word they say,
About the pleasing eye of gray.
Like the mild gray eye the face
Whic h most I loved had eyes of gray;
And if each glance emits no blaze,
As those of black, I know that they
Possess a charm that can subdue
Hearts that withstood both black and blue.
The face is fair, with eyes of black
With eyes of gray is still more fair,
For what the last in life may lack,
Is made up by the softer air
Imparted to the lovely faces
Tliat gray and blue so often graces.
The black may pierce the gazer through,
And make the lightest spirit dance
Our souls may melt before the blue,
Or die away in pleasure's trance;
But I will still my homage pay
To the enchanting eye of gray.
The eye that kindly beams on me
Shall always 'meet a like return,
And I will bend the ready knee
Where'er those gazes melt or bum,
And idolize the lovely hue,
Whether of gray, or black, or blue.
F. SC ARB,
(Late Scarr $ Co.)
Chemist & IXiMio-crit
Charlotte, 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
phites of Soda and Potass, Tilden's Fluid Extracts,
Churchill's Syrup of the Hypophosphites, Amnion
Ferric Alum, Pcrchlorate of Iron (solid,) &c.
Country Merchants
Will find at this establisment a full assortment of
articles in the Drug line at Charleston Prices.
Babbit's Pure Potash, in tins.
Concentrated Lye,
Soau Potash, in barrels.
Vinegar,
Nutmegs.
Allspice,
Cloves.
.Mace,
Ginger,
Pepper,
o Cinnamon,
fcc.
Linseed
Sperm
Lard
Oil,
Train Oil.
Tanners'
Sweet "
A full supply of Paints.
White Lead, Red Lead,
Paris (ireen,
Chrome (Jreen,
Chrome Yellow,
Prussian Blue,
Raw and Burnt T'mbcr,
jfr c.S Terra de Sienna, &c.
Elegant Preparations icr the Hair.
Burnett's Cocoa.
Savage's .Ursina,
Basin's Ox Marrow, &c.
At SCARP'S Drug Establishment.
Mav 31. 185V
BELTS ! BELTS !
For Wheat Threshers,
FANS,
Cotton Gins, Saw Mills,
And Machinery of every description.
The best Belting now in use, and far superior to Leather
in many respects.
It icill not stretch, or droic on one side as leather.
THE SUN WILL NOT AFFECT IT.
Rain or water cannot injure it: it requires no oil;
TK mt will not cut it : vour negroes will not steal it
fni- jtrinirs or sllOC SOU'S I VOU Canjiet
any length yon
wish all in one piece without joint
and with good care
it will last any farmer for twenty years.
Orders accompanied with the cash
prompt attention, and the freight paid to
the Railroad or stage line.
CASH PRICES:
will receive
any point on
2 inch..
2 " ..
P " ..
4 ..
..121
..15
..17
..22
..27
..32
..3S
..00
cents per
foot.
G
7
10
12
12
4 ply.......
Seamless Belt;
02 "
manufactured to
order at short
notice.
Conducting Hose of all sizes.
a nrdt red direct from the
for water or
Manufacturers.
steam
Also,
i acking'of all description, at 55 Ceuts per ggj
June 7. 1859 Charlotte, X. C
B
VTUING and Toilet SPONGE 8,
a splendid lot, for sale at
SCARR S
June 7, DrS Sore'
inSl TE D B APT I ST I N ST1 TUT 13.
The Eighth Session of the United Baptist Institute
at T vvloivillc. N. C. will commence on the Stcoiid
Tlolll;.y Of July, 94 continue for 21
Buard can be had in the most respectable lamilies at
r. c-r, m ao ner session, exclusive ot
lights, and
including washing, wood, etc.
Tuition from S10 to SI 5 contingent fee SI.
h t Rni ko. Principal ; W. R. Gaultney,
1 AC II L 1. ' 7-
Assistant.
The Faculties
the University,
nnvi'd.on Collece. and of Wake Forest College
lege.
Secretary.
A. CARSON,
G7-4t
June
8, 1859
8
UPERIOR RIO
COFFEE.
ft.
also JAMAICA.
B. WILLIAMS &
CO.
Magic Oil Magic.
F,,a m M CO.
Fatal Epidemic Among the Hogs. Learn-
ing that an epidemic of a frightful description was
prevailing among the hogs belonging tjflMbe dis
, tillery of Billings & Co., in TroopsJftWthree
i miles north of this city, we visited the place this
morning. The hogs were brought from 'the
West five weeks since, and were 1,700 in number.
They were kept in a pen over 300 feet long divid
ed into apartments capable of accommodating 200
each. During the day and night they were allow
! ed to run at large in a field of sixty acres. Three
, weeks ago the tenrfu! epidemic made its appear
ance. On the first any thirry hogs uied, and trom
that the number 150 to 200 hogs per day. They
are attacked suddenly and die in three minutes.
While we were there this morning a large porker
enjoying a hearty meal at his trough, and his
"general health'' appeared good; but while eating
he suddenly sprang from the ground, became con
vulsed, and in a tew minutes was dead. Four or
five died in the short time that we were there.
There is i. : particular manner of attack, and uo
general rule by which the disease may be designat
ed. Some of the hogs die suddenly, others linger
some time. All of the drove walked about stag- j
gering and weakly.
A ost mortem examination shows that the cpi- j
demic affects the hogs differently. In some the
blood is black and thick; in others it is natural
and healthy. In all cases the heart, liver, intes
tines are perfectly healthy in appearance, thus
showing that strychnine is not the cause; arid Mr
Billings informs us that the poison was never used
in his distillery. In all cases the lungs are entire
ly gone. All kinds of medicines have been used
but they refuse to act. One thousand hogs have
thus died within the last two weeks.
Four years ago Billings & Co. lost 1,800 hogs,
and last summer 700 more in the same manner.
The loss of the company, therefore, in the last
four years by the death of hogs, is estimated at
30,000 ! Immediately after the loss of the hogs
four years ago a fresh supply of 700 were put into
the same pen, fed on the same food, and they fat
tened well and were very healthy and sound.
AuLuri (Aa.) Advertiser.
The Ailanthi-s Tree a Nuisance. Com
plaints are made in New York and Philadelphia,
a swell as in our own city, of the tendency of the
blossoms of this tree to produce malaria. A great
deal of sickness, in the former cities, is caused by
the effluvia diffused by the flowers. A correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Enquirer expresses the
hope that the Council of that city will frame an
ordinance requiring all such poisonous trees to be
cut down. According to the New York Times,
the late researches of Prof. Hetet, of the School
of Medicine of Toulon, Fi ance, on the medicinal
effects of the Ailanthus, now so common as a
shade tree, show that the bark contains a volatile
oil, which is so deleterious in its effects that the
assistants who had the evaporation of the extract
under their care would be seized with vertigo and
vomiting whenever they came in contact with the
vapors. That their well-known unpleasant exha
lations are of a poisonous as well as disagreeable
nature, is further proved, says the Times, by the
number of dead flics and other insects found under
this tree at seasons, and also by their sickening
effect upon delicate persons, particularly children.
' ich mond D is pa tch .
This tree is commonly known as the "Tree of
Paradise," and were it not poisonous, its disagree
able odor during bloom is sufficient to render it a
nuisance.
G K E A T S A C K IFIOE
A T MORE O W S TURN- O I T.
The subscribers respectfully inform the people of the
surrounding country that they have reduced the prices
of their stock, consisting of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hals, 1
Caps & Ready-made Clothing.
Also, a great variety of other Goods, which will be sold j
regardless of cost
Fine Robe Dresses worth
Mantillas
Shawls "
00
00
00
00
50
15
at
at
at
at
at
ar
50
50
00
50
25
10
Bonnets
Hoop Skirts "
Fast colored Prints "
1
Bleached and unbleached Domestics at New York prices,
and the prices of all other Goods kept in store will be
reduced in proportion to the above.
HAMMBRSHLAG Jt MENDELS.
Morrow's Turn-out. July 5. 1859 tf
iTioi'gautou Select School.
This School, Located in the mountains of this State,
will commence on the 5TH OF AUGUST, 1859.
The number of Boys will be limited.
For Terms address me at Concord. N. C, until the
1st of August. JAMES R. McAULAV.
REFERENCES: Rev. D. Lacy, I), p., Davidson
College, N. C; Rev: R. M. Morrison,!). D., Cottage
Home, N. C: J. E. Pressly, Coddle Creek, N. C: Maj.
D. II. Hill, Charlotte Militaiy Institute; Hon. B. Craige,
Sali-bur', N. C.
June 21, 1859. 60-6t.
Valuable Real Estate tor Sale
IN THE TOWN OF MOKGANTON.
Pursuant to the Decree made by the Court of Equity
of Rutherford county, in the case of Martha A. Gaither ;
and others, heirs at law of John MeEntire. deceased,
i cxparte I will sell at public auction to the highest bid
der, at the Court House in the town of Morganton, on !
Monday the '2H MM pi AHMf, 159, (being
Monday of the August Term of the court ot 'leas and
Ouatte'r Sessions for Burke county.) EIGHT OR NINE
VAl UABLE LOTS, situated within the corporate lim
its of said town. Said Lots arc located on the Square
oi.uoite the Walton House, and adjoining the 1 ubbc
Sqoare They are eminently adapted for stores and
buildines of like kind devoted to business and trade; a
portion of t heul are likewise desirable for private Resi
dences. These Lots, although in the centre ot town,
Thev are now offered for sale for the ,
first time, as the late John McEntne refused to selldur-
1U Pehrsonsedesirous purchasing Land within the limits j
of the town before the price is further enhanced hy the
completion of the Railroad, should not allow this op
1 . . . i. nmfl..tc tf psfdiifi them.
. r. maliinir ouch
ot Pr' f "T
Ill VC3Ullv.il io J'
1 will likewise sell at tne same liu.c a. y
..p r tvn ...-.ntAinincr one hundred Acres,
situated one
mile from the Court Sr:.-
-. j .1, ,n, t hi TAtrn
.... -
Morganton. The. tract is www-
desirable. . ,..:.:
These lands are sola ior iu.
1 i f - iLa i. n r r. ., : O
Ul ir l iii.iv
U...ir..ta-or.h. mg&S2;
from date,
will he riven, and bond with approvea secur...-
CV LltUll ..------ - a . : 1 I
repaired of the purchaser Commissioner,
Julv 5th, 1853
03
THE DEAD ALIVE.
"NVc condense the following particulars from the ,
February number of the London Lancet :
Miss Amelia Hinks, aged 13 years, had been j
complaining for sometime of great lassitude, cough,
and loss of appetite. She gradually grew worse,
and finally refused both food and medicine. Her j
friends continued to watch her night after night, j
hourly expecting her death, and on the 18th of j
October she did apparently die. She groaned j
heavily, waved her hand (which was a promised
I . . . v .... 1 !
sign for her mother to know that MM nour oi uer
departure had come.) turning her head a little to
! the light, dropped her jaw, and died, as was
thought.
She was now washed and duly attired la grave
linen; the jaw was tied in a handkerchief, the
arms crossed in due fashion over the breast, and
coDner closed the eves. She was then carried into
an adjoining room and laid out in her winding
sheet; in the course of a few hours she appeared
stiff and cold. The death was at half past 3 A. M.
At 9 A. M. her grandfather went into the room to
0f
take a loving look at the corpse and a last kiss
his beloved grand child, when he noticed a slight
quivering of the eyelids. He at once imparted
the fact "and his misgivings to the parents; they
put no faith in them. The old man, however, not
satisfied, called upon the medical attendant. He
also observed the tremulousness of the eye-lid; and,
placing a stethescope over the heart, heard its
pulsations, feeble but nevertheless distinct. He
then watched the chest; it could be seen moving,
but so gentle as to be almost imperceptible. She
was now removed to a .warm room, frictions and
warmth were applied to her person, and in about
two hours she spoke.
She told her friends that she had heard all that
they had said, she knew that her body was being
prepared for interment; she heard the tolling of the
passing bell, saw and felt bet grandfather's agony,
but could make no sign.
At 4 P. M., on the following day, she relapsed
into the same cateleptic state and remained in it
six hours. She took no food and requested that 1
. . i i - . . . i . .r... I
none might De given, as sue meant w iau uu
next meal in heaven. Tor a whole week she took
no food, but lay perfectly quiet with eye-lids firmly
closed and her jaws clenched. She was coaxed
and threatened, but all to no purpose. The doctor
then gacged her, and, forcing a tube down her
throat, poured liquid food into her stomach. At
this she commenced moaning, and continued it
night and day for ten days or more.
This was kept up for a while, until the doctor,
losing all patience with her obstinacy, had the
fluidfood administered in another and less agreeable
manner. On the second trial of this method, she,
by signs, begged its discontinuance, and seemingly
offered to take food by the mouth. But when it
was offered she again refused. Food was now
placed within her reach, and an opportunity being
given for her to steal it, it was found to disappear
everv night. She was watched, and it was found
that ahoot one o'clock each night she would raise
herself in bed, look carefully round to see if she
was watched, step nimbly to the closet, and examine
the food, taking a mouthful at the time and
conveying the remainder to bed with her.
During all this time she would remain apparently
dead that is, niotiouless and speechless, and with
ascarcely perceptible respiration. The giti still
continued in this condition on the fourth of last
December.
Coal Oil and Coke. Henry E. Colton, Esq.,
has presented to us a lump of coke, part of the
residuum of some Deep River coal, from which,
by means of a small retOrt, he had extracted the
oil. He informs us that he had made five gallons
of oil from as many bushels of coal, and that the
coke is worth more to iron manufacturers than the
coal was before the oil was extracted. As we have
heretofore stated, Mr Colton intends to engage iu
the manufacture of the oil upon an extensive
scale. Fayettceille Observer.
West Point. The arduous duties of a West
Point Cadet arc not more than half realized by
the hundreds of young gentlemen seeking appoint
ment there. Rise at five in summer and six in
winter, bcd-clothcs put away, and room arranged
for inspection in half an hour. Study until seven.
Guard mounting at 7J. Class parade at eight.
Recitations and study until one. Dinner and
recreation until two. Another class parade. Study
i until four. Sunset, general parade, supper, and
in tbivtv minutes the call to quarters, i ntn y
study, and at 10 every light cxtinguishe
thrift duties are some ti ns evaded
Of
Rut
: it is dangerous business. Such is but an outline
! of the day's work repeated from day to day for five
I years, with no interruption but Sunday. At the
end of the first two years there is a furlough of
several weeks, this being the only time during the
i course in which the Cadet is allowed to leave the
I Academy. There are endless opportunities during
! the military exercises for incurring demerit, and
if any Cadet incurs one hundred in six months, he
i is declared deficient in conduct. For all this
drilling, the Cadets receive $o0 per month, and
. ,
are required to pay for board 89 to 810 per month,
and W tor washing. Utner exponas, ,
etc., consume
the whole. Xueir iare is or tne
plainest kind.
The storv in the Eastern papers about a man
leaving 8275,000 in the cars while asleep, and then
on ovfitino- me after it. irrew out of a sto-
ry in a Western paper of a person having such a
race for 811 000. But it turns out, after all, that
thnrA w.m no monev involved in the case he had
o.nr il nnt nf r:ir leavinc his wife
.t i ii j i n y (-iviuv-v "j c
pursue her journey without mm
Jr.. i i
The secret of
his haste was, he was afraid she would get a divorce
if she went through the State of Indiana one day
ahead of him.
A Female Vampire. A correspondent of the
tint a dissolute female.
.-.en - j . .. .
named Shea, recently attempted tne ruin oi
named nca, recently attemPtcu -
cWtrvman at Hempstead, L. I., by charging mm
nt 1 1 it 1 .. rcinf vr.n.ti
, witn aeducucn. u. too man- -
r 1 -W . t J a
its foundations, a negative proveu auu .
! cbadnw of a doubt dissipated, the clergyman was
a . 1 1 1
a 1 ..r.n . n fi Kt-r.f rif.r
and brother
VSSJL EOBBS
V. , . -r-m-
CierSfV Uieil IU uc nun -B
i EUSpiclon. ae was
fortunate. Other clergymen
I not be eouallv so. This
. .
i nd evf iaynien may
I account is published to put men upon their gna;d.
THE TUBCOS OP THE FRENCH ARMY.
. A letter dated Novara, June 4, to the Loudon
TjjMU qh, thte describes some of the troops em
ployed in the French army : ,
The Turcos are a collection of Arabs, negroes,
Spaniards and French. The same costume, tbe
same flag and the same spirit belong Ut them H.
Their faces are fierce looking; their features
strongly marked; their manners are rough and
reckless; their language is a jargon of all the
known and unknown tongues, and finds expression
in sharp, short, emphatic words, admirably adapted
to military service. Their audacity is astouudmg,
all the more so because it is natural to them, is
not in any way put on, and is the daily habit of
their lives. Their recklessness has in it something
of the terrible, for they care no more for their own
lives than for the lives of others. They have ari
ardent love of adventure, of danger, of battle and
ofdiffieulty that is almost insurmountable. Fighting
is to them a pastime; human life a piny thing;
they jport with deadly weapons as a child with ifci
toys. If instinct, instead of reason, were not the
motive power of their acts, they might be aptly
denominated the most lerocious, moou-iuirsiy cm
throat ruffians heaven's fair sunligut ever sbono
upon.
Such arc the Turcos. I leave you, therefore, to
imagine what their charges must he against an
enemy, when T add to the above details that they
are nimble as squirrels, cunning as monkeys, and
savage as tigers. Grapeshot excites their fury U
the utmost. A fusillade irritates them; a charge
of cavalry is the sole thing they do not liko. They
fly against the enemy like an arrow from its bow;
they fall upon him as the knife of the guillotine
falls upon the condemned neck. The bayonet is
the weapon they use; though their teeth are often
enlisted into martial service, for somo of tbe
wretches love to suck the blood of their foes. I
speak by tho card, in making this disgusting
announcement. With my own ears I heard, at
Vercelli, one of the barbarians declare that he
liked to taste Austrian blood !
No troops march liko the Turcos. They run,
they ieap, they jump, they bound, they spring like
wild beasts; they drag themselves along on their
bellies; they dart forward like snakes; and wherever
they tread they leave the footsteps of death iu
their track.
In costume they resemble the Zouaves. They
have large breeches of Holland, a little Arab jacket
of blue color, and a red Turban. They have thus
the aspect of something undiscovered between
Turks and devils.
When the fellows of this kidney fall upon troops
like the Austrians, resistance, however brave, is
utterly useless. Everything yields to them,
everything disappears, everything except stains of
blood and lifeless bodies. ' Their officers in vain
cry out, "Make prisoners." Tncy want no bother;
can't be incumbered with luggage.
In one word, the Turcos is the concentrated
essence of the Zouave.
A letter from Novara of the 3rd of June, in the
Paris Constitutionel, says :
I yesterday visited the camp of the Turcos.
Their manners are most strange Though they
have tents, they sleep outside them, discipline not
absolutely requiring that they should deprive
themselves of air. When the hour of dinner
arrives, an ox is slaughtered, and all the meat is
distributed while still nyirm; but many a Kabylo
does not wait until his portion is cooked, but oats
it raw. "You have great confidence iu these
soldiers said I to an officer. "I only fear cavalry
on their account," he answered. "They rush up
to the mouth of cannon they bear down entire
ranks of infantry but a soldier on horseback
inspires them with a certain fear.
A Disgraceful Act. The Weekly Mirror,
published at Lyons, Iowa, states that a stranger
passing through Keokuk, a short time since, had a
child to die at that place. When he came to pay
his bill, he found he had not money enough by
811, which he promised to send back as soon as
he should reach Rurlington; but the landlord in
sisted upon retaining the, dead hod; of the child
as security, which he did. The father went to
Rurlington, obtained the necessary funds, and re
turned to redeem the body of the child, which, in
the meantime, had been buried ! He paid the
bill, had the hotly disinterred, and started for
home, but had not reached the river, when he waft
stopped hy a police officer, and eight dollars de
manded for burying the child. Finding himself
under arrest and unable to proceed, he patd over
the amount and escaped by the first boat that left
thn citv. Such an inhuman act is
a lasting dis-
grace to the city of Keokuk and its officers
A Million of Buffalo. Horace Greeley,
writing from the Plains, makes the following esti
mate of the number of Buffalo:
What strikes the stranger with most amazement
is their immense numbers. I know a million is a
great many, but I am confident we saw that num
ber yesterday. Certainly all we saw could not
have stood on ten square miles of grouud. Often,
the country on either
hand, tor miles, eeemca
a . 1. 1 t ! a U iLm TI..-. tw.il iu noli onrl tvnll
GUlie Willi UlUUI. lu ovii to
; q u y
cept a very little on tne crecic Dottoms near w
timber, eaten down liko an over-taxed sheep pas
ture of a dry August. Consider that we have
traversed over 100 miles in width since we first
.1 I A .
struck them, and
1 the Buffalo have b
that for most ot this distance
the Buffalo have been constantly in sight, and that
j they continue for 25 miles further on this being
the breadth of their present range, which has a
lencrth perhaps ot a :nousana miies, auu you
to j Home annroach to an idea of their countless mil
i a .
lions. I doubt whether the domesticateu nornea
cattle of tho United States equal the numbers,
while they must fall considerably short in weight,
of these wild ones.
Insect Ravages. A gentleman who recently
travelled from Lexington, Va., to Lynchbnrg, says
.'I u c
a ww,
the road, particularly in tne
- "7T" r u. ra Un. rc litprallv awanm-d
vicing . wu - . , - " -7 , TTT"
111 n 11 11 n tin -v--.-.-- -r
, - riddied by these insects in
,r. lAtriatfl HA rPPP Vt U BtVt IQ1 Idl 1U Ulfltltilici
ZLmr'mW mm Tho m-
The grasshoppers
making wni- - ; ee
1 Z
1
I in the neighborhood, as stated by the Telegraph,
tttei ohing erythi.g p."-Sulk, ofhe.t
. . , P Ul. J 1 .Intna
1 -l . a rBt li it r O nil t rrU I ' 1 1 1 1 1 I 11 1 1 J I 1 A
j are nnppru w " r. ZTTm7779
and even tobacco, are devoured with astonishing
j rapidity.
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tf
June 23, 1830.
April
13, 185C.
May 24, 1850
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