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OFFICE
per atiirarn.
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.!. M. MILLER, M. I).,
Practitioner of Mi dieine and Surgery,
May 10th.
Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
I). 1!. REA,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
CHARLOTTE, N. '..
Will L'ive prompt attention to all business entrusted to
Li- Professional care.
Omen opposite Kkkk's Hotel.
Manh 1 1. I 859 y
A. C. WILLIAMSON,
A TTORXEY AXD COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Has taken an cilice jointly with J. A. Fox. Esq, Hp-stairs
ii m door to the Conn House, where he will he con
si tntly present to attend to all calls on professional
I.Ti-ii;i s made for btmsoif or lor Mr Fox when lie is
siMeat.
.1.. unary 4, 1839. tf
J. A. FOX,
Attorney art HjFlw,
OjBUt next dbar to tii? Curt Bmet Up-Stmin
A. C. WILLIAMSON. Eso., who i- a joint occupant
i : the ofiee, and who will be nnifarnaly present, will
attend to professional business for me in my absence.
December 21, 1858 tf
ROBERT GIBBON, H. I)..
PRACTITIONER OF nEOICIllE
a a i
OJftn No. - Irwin1 corner, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
December 14, 1858.
JAS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
fcaT The c idler tioa of claims promptlj attended to.
March It, 1. y
T. II. BREM & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PHALLUS IN
British, Freurlt and American
T3ry Goods,
Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes,
Charlotte, X. V.
THOMAS H. BREST,
J. A. SADLER, Jr.
T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER.
Xov 9, 1858.
II. W. RUPP,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
CONCORD, X C.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted.
September 14, 1858 y
Notice.
F. SCARR havin? purchased the entire interest in
the firm of F. SCARR Jt CO., the Business will here
after h continued by himself personally.
t-i""ll Notes and Accounts due the late firm of
F. Searr Ac Co.. t.i January 1st. 1859, must be paid in
to F. SCAUR by July 1st. or they will he placed in the
band of ;-.n Attorney for immediate collection.
May 17. 1859. tf
"SLR ATTR ASSES, kept on hand and MADE TO
XTJR
DRDEI!
April 2;, 18
D. B. WILLIAMS ft CO.
I CSx iriTCfT I'LOFK,
Fresh find
good Low lor cash.
II. B. WILLIAMS CO
The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company,
CONTINUES to take risks against loss by fire, on
Hoasea, Goods, Produce, ic. at usual rates.
WaVnf A. c. STEELE,
'ir- Fremdent C. OVERMAN,
Attorn) JOS. II. WILSON,
Sm- .j Tema'r E. NYL HUTCHISON.
DIRECTORS:
A C. STEELE. S. T. WRISTON.
.ISO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON,
H. 15. TAYLOR, F. SCAUR,
CffAS. OVERMAN.
.'. . ' .- Committee- S. T. Wriston, F. Scarr, Jno.
L- brown.
April 28, is-,r.
TAXES.
The Tax Lists for the year 1S")S are now in mj
mads for iaspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come forw ard and settle.
E. C. GRTER. Sheriff.
April l , 1888. I
1 aH4hBN L!'.S. GOOD COUNTRY BAOON,
-RO'ilp'f por Me. ii. B. WILLIAMS i CO.
AT COST!
KAIIXWKILKR A- BROS, inform the public that
eyareaow selliaaj oaT their entire stoc k of Summer
Goods AT cost. Amongst their stork is some very
Dress Goods for ladies: ajentleasen's FarnishiBg
od?, a oood assortment ; boys' clothing; Summer
nonaets, Hats, &e.
ihej have just received a larpe lot of ladies Travel- ;
lBg TUrjiKS; carpet bags, valises. Ac Ac.
KAHXWEILEE ft BROS,
nly isr.o cf-tf
BY JT. B. KERR, Proprietor.
E
VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the
patrons of the Charlotte Hotel.
in
At this Hotel is keiit the line of Dailv
Stages from Charlotte to Ashcville.
Oct. 1, I.h;,8. J. S. KERR.
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
Charlotte, N. C.
THE Exercises of this Institute will commence on
the 1st October next.
FACULTY ELECT :
Maj. D. H. HILL, Superintendent.
Lieut. C. C. LEE, Commandant,
C. P. ESTILL, A. M., Principal of Primary Depart
ment. ('"iirse o f i$t"(1iia :
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 lit for the practical business of life.
I In addition to the usual Exercise at Military Schools,
1 the mouths of August and September will he spent ii;
Campaigning through the mountains of North Carolina.
The Academic Year will commence on the 1st
i day of October, ami will embrace twelve months. A
furlough of two months (Aug. ami Sept.) will be given
to Cadets at the end of their second year.
Particular attention will he given to the moral and
n liiriou.1 iiixtruc'n.n of Cadets.
EXPENSES:
The Institute will provide board, Fuel, Lights, Wash
ing, Arms. Equipments and Uniforms. and all cloth
ing excepl under clothes, for $3O0 PER ANNUM,
one-half payable in advance; the balance in six months.
A 'i i xlra ciurycs. No remission of charge to those
who leave unless on the score af health.
TEEMS OF A DJfJSSIOX:
No one will be admitted into the Primary Depabt
mknt miller Twelve years of age; nor into the SCIEN
TIFIC Dki'aktmknt under Fifteen nor over Twenty-one
.cars of a're. All connected with the Scientific De
partment will be required U) 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 Hoard of Directors trust
that under the management of the Superintendent and
Commandant, (oott of tchom are Graduates of West
Point and of long experience in the Army, ami in the
business of instruction,) the Institute will be established
'p. 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 farther 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.
j-fY1- Applications for admission will he received
until the 1st of September, and must be directed to
Dr C J. Fox. President of the Board, Charlotte, N. C.
For further particulars see Circular.
C. J. FUN.
JAS. P. IRWIN,
II. LaF. ALEXANDER
JAS. II. CARSON,
H'Ni iw' If I U LMI
W. A. OWEN'S, Com. '
of Charlotte. ?
J. 15. KERR, Inter.dant j
of Charlotte. J
Charlotte, N. C. April 12, 1850.
Choice Salad Oil.
J'Jtuli' Brand.
A FRESH supply of this delicious and pure Oil just
J 1 1 WO. II . Kill,.!, f v:
i U re'-cived and for sale at
SCARR'S
June T,
Familv Drag Store.
Just Received,
205 Pairs Black Cassimcrc Pants.
4."(J 4i Fancy " "
280 " Plain k F'ev Linen A Marseille? Pant?,
at PC LLINGS, SPRINGS A CO.
TU'LLINGS, SPRINGS A CO.
have received
2oo Black Satin and figured Grenadine Silk Vests.
150 Fancy Cassitnere ':
250 ' and Plain Linen and Marseilles "
AT ALL PRICES.
NEW STORE.
KAHNWEILER k BROTHERS,
Second Door from T. H. Brent P Co's.)
HAVE opened an entire new Stock of fancy and
staple Dry floods and 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 Blk Silks,
BFk and col d Berages.
French Jaconets and Organdies.
Jae't and Org'e Robes and double Jupes.
Prints of tarious styles and all qualities,
Best qualities of Kid Gloves.
Pick-Nick Mitts, col d A Bl k cotton A silk Gloves.
Hosiery, of all kinds.
Bonnets. Misses A Chid'n Flats A Jockies,
Bonnet Ribbons.
Lace Points and Mantillas.
Linen and Pique Dusters
Table Damask A Cloths:
WM
Damask Napkins and Doylies.
Embroideries.
Pomp-a-dour and Picolomini Collars and Setts.
Swiss and Cambric Collars.
Maltese and Valencie Sleeves.
Muslin ALaceSleeve.'iiewdesigns.
Emb'd Pocket Hdkfs.
HemStitched A Bor d Ilkfs.
Camb'c and Swiss Edgings aud Inserting.
Camb c and Dimity Bands and Floancings.
Lisle and French Th d Edgings and Inserting.
Bl k Lace Edgings.
Bl k Lace Veils.
Dress Trimmings, Fringes,
Braid, Buttons, Ac.
Hoop Skirts of all kinds.
Plaid and Striped Homespnns.
Brown Shirtings and Sheetings.
Bleached Long Cloth Sheetings.
Cotton O.-nahurgs
Marseilles Quilts, and
Also, a great variety of fancy articles.
We offer, our Stock at remarkably low prices, and
kxcli'sively for CASH.
In addition to our large Stock of Dry Goods, we have
on hand the best stock of superior READY-MADE
CLOTHING, Boot.-, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, and Carpet
Bags; and a large assortment of
Family roceries,
Saddlerv, and Hardware at low prices.
May 24, 189 tf 1
MY FIRST LOVE.
A maiden once I chanced to know,
With beauty superhuman;
Her voice was rentlc, soft and low
That "excellent thing in woman."
We traced together mountain streams,
And when the stars were shining,
We talked of poetry and dreams
Their mysteries divining.
I felt that fate no grief could give
Like passion unremitted,
And that I could no longer live
Unless we were united.
I breathed my love her hand I pressed
While she, her eyes averting,
Returnee! the pressure, and confessed
That she was only flirting.
DWEEl . OKBSULL,
(Lat, Bridged; Orrell,)
Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in HATS,
C A PS, FL'ILS, Straw Goods, Umbrellas, Parasols,
Band-Boxes, Ribbons, Artificial Flowers, Bonnets, Ac.
No. 18 Courtlandt St., New York.
(Store formerly occupied by Nelson A Co.)
July If), 185. lm
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE,
CUlttlAWTE jr. c.
REV. 11. BUB WELL, A. M., Principal
JNO. B. Bl'UWELL, A. M., Assistant Principal.
The next session of the above institution will com
mence on the 14th DAY OF SEPTEMBER. The
scholastic year is divided into t o terms of 20 weeks each;
the first commencing on the 14th of September, and
the second on the 10th day of February. This allows
a vacation of two weeks at Christmas.
Terms: Board and Tuition in English Branches for
term of 20 weeks $85 00. Well qualified instructors
in Music, French, Drawing Ac, will be employed. The
Building which is spacious and elegant, is situated in a
retired and elevated part id' the Town. It is lighted
with Gas, furnished with room for bathing, and in
winter is warmed by a furnace.
For catalogue containing full particulars address,
REV. It. BURVVELL, Charlotte N. C.
July a. 1859. C8-6t
F. SCARE,
(Late .Scarr Co.)
Claemist & Druo-oist
Chariot It. W. C,
RESPECTFULLY invites attention to his complete
stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and MEDI
CINES, selected w ith great care and without regard
to price: purity and quality being especially regarded.
To Physicians.
Ne'w Chemicals and Drugs just received. Uypophos
phites of Soda and Potass, Tildeu's Fluid Extracts.
Churchill's Syrup of the Hypophosphites, Amnion
Ferric Alum, Pcrchlorate of Iron (.-(did.) tc.
Country Merchants
Will find at this etablisment a full assortment of
articles in the Drug line at Charleston Prices.
o
Babbit's Pure Potash, in tins.
Concentrated Lye,
Soap Potash, in barrels.
Vinegar,
N ntmega,
Allspice,
Cloves,
Mace,
Ginger,
Pepper,
o Cinnamon, &c.
Linseed
Sperm
Lard
Oil,
Train Oil.
Tanners'
Sweet "
A full supply of Paints,
White Lead, lied Lead,
Paris Green,
Chrome Green,
Chrome Yellow,
Prussian Plue,
jk Raw and Burnt Umber,
c.Sq Terra de Sienna, Arc.,
Elegant Preparations lor the Hair.
Burnett's Cocoa
Savi
s Ursina,
Baziu's
SCAUR'S
Ox Marrow, fcc,
Drug Establishment.
At
Mav 31, 1857
BELTS ! BELTS !
Fur Wheat Threshers, Fans, cotton Gins. Haw Mills,
and machinery of every description; the best Belting
now in use and far superior to leather in many respects.
If will uot stretch, r draic on one side as leather.
THE SLN WILL NOT AFFECT IT.
Rain or water cannot injure it; it requires no oil;
The rats will not cut it ; your negroes will not steal it
for strings or shoe ;oles; you can get any length you
wish all in one piece without joints, and with good care
it will last any farmer for twenty years.
Orders accompanied with the cash will receive
prompt attention, and the freight paid to any point on
the Railroad or stage line.
CASH PRICES:
2 fnch 1 2 A cents per foot.
....15
....17
....22
I
5
G
7
10
12
12
...32
...38
...0
...72
..93
u
M
u
order at
4 ply
tSf Seamles
Belts
manufactured to
hort
notice.
Conducting Hose of all sizes, for water or steam
pressures, ordered direct from the Manufacturers. Also,
Packing of all description, at 55 Cents per pound.
J. B. F. BOOKS,
June 7, 1S59 Charlotte, N. C.
CERTIFICATES.
I do hereby certify that I have three Gum Belts, which
I gol of Mr J B F Boone, in use in my machinery in my
Tan Yard, and have been in use for the last eight or
ten months: and as far as I have tried them, I like them
better than the leather belts. Yours respectfully,
6. C. HENDERSON,
June 6, 1859 Liucolnton, X. C.
This is to certify that we have been using the "Rub
ber Belting," sold' by Ur J B F Boone, and find it has
proved all that he represents it to be, and have no hesi
tation in recommending its use to the public.
YOUNG & WRISTON;
Proprietors of the Rock Island Wool Mills.
July 9, 1859.
I hereby certify, that the India Rubber Belting bought
bv me of J B F Boone, has been used in my cotton Fac
tory from 12 to IS months, and has given entire satis-
Jiilv 13. 1339 T- R- TATE.
1
"EXCEI'T YK BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN,
YE SHALL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEA
VEN." A friend related to us, a few days ago, a
touching incident in the last niomeuts. of Mr R.,
a Lawyer of distinction who removed from this
part of the State to Tennessee three or four years
ago, and died there recently. He had been ill for
several weeks, during which his mind had been
deeply impressed with those religious views which
had not sufficiently interested him during his pre
vious life. As the vital spark was flickering, he
seemed to have become a little child again, and
niurniered his childish prayers
"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If I should die before I wake,
T pray the Lord my soul to take."
"I pray God to bless dear father and mother,
my brothers and sisters, and make me a good boy."
With these words he went to sleep the sleep
that has its waking in another world we may
hope a better world to the child-man. The last
prayer upon his Hps was the first prayer he learned
at his mother's knee the life between blotted
out, it may be. Fay Obsericr.
Oil of Tar. A consumptive man in Ports
j mouth, says the Norfolk Argus, who had used
I many remedies without relief, was advised to take
the oil of tar, and acted accordingly. He Mas
j considered a perfectly hopeless case, but the tar
oil has cured him completely. He is now hale
and hearty.
We have heard of other remarkable cures by this
simple and cheap remedy. The patient com
mences with five drops, with sugar, and increases
to twenty or thirty. It is not palatable, but a
very efficacious and powerful antidote.
A New Idea. Lieut. Maurv, in his Ocean
let-tmes, announces the startling fact, according to
the Cleaveland Plaindealer, that "animal matter
at the bottom of the deep sea, owing to the super
incumbent pressure, the exclusion of light and
boat, and the saline properties of the water, could
not decompose, but must remain precisely in the
state in which it is deposited for ages. So that
Pharaoh and his host, when the last trump shall
sound and the sea give up. the dead, will come
forth fresh in features and perfect in form as when
in pursuit of the children of Israel they were cn
gulphed by the waves of the lied Sea."
i
Men have a touchstone whereby to try gold, but
gold is a touchstone whereby to try men.
Ether and Chloroform The following
scientific and medical announcement is important:
"At the last sitting of the Imperial Society of
Medicine, of Lyons, the important question of the
relative advantages of ether and chloroform as
anaesthetics was f ully discussed. The society, on
motion of Dr. Barrier, passed the following
resolutions: 1. That ether, used as an anaesthetic,
13 less dangerous than chloroform. 2. That
au.-cthesia is produced as constantly and completely
by ether as by chloroform. 3. That if ether
presents inconveniences from which chloroform is
! exempt, such inconveniences are of slight importance
and are prelerrable to the danger inherent to the
use of the latter. 4. That consequently, ether is
to be (referred to chloroform."
Valuable Ren! Estate for Sale
IN THE TOWN OF MORG ANTON.
Pursuant to the Decree mtide by the Court of Equity
of Rutherford county, in the case of .Martha A. Gaither
and others, heirs at law of John McEntire, deceased,
exparte, I will sell at public auction to the. highest bid
der, at the Court House in the town of Morganton, on
Monday the 22d day of tusritsl, 1&59, (being
Monday of the August Term of the court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for Burke county, EIGHT OR NINE
VALUABLE LOTS, situated w ithin the corporate lim
its of said town. Said Lots are located on the Square
opposite the Walton House, and adjoining the Public
Square. They are eminently adapted for stores and
buildings of like kind devoted to business and trade; a
portion of them are likewise desirable for private Residences.-
These Lots, although in the centre of town.
are unimproved. They are now offered for sale for the
! first time, as the late John McEntiie refused to sell dur
I ing his life.
Persons desirous purchasing Land within the limits
of the town before the price is further enhanced by the
completion of the Railroad, should not allow this op
portunity for making such investments to escape them.
I will likewise sell at the same time and place a tract
of LAND containing one hundred Acres, situated one
mile from the Court House, and adjoining the town of
Morganton. The tract is well timbered and otherwise
desirable.
These lands are
sold for the purpose of partition ';
,i iTv tT:. jI
among the heirs at law of the late John McEntire. dec.
A credit of twelve months, with interest from date,
will be ;riven, and bond with approved security will tie
repaired of the purchaser.
E. J. ERW1N, Commissioner.
Jnlv 5th, 1859 68-7t
Iflcdical C ollege of Virginia,
AT RICHMOND.
SESSION OF 1859-'60.
The nest regular Cour
on the FIRST MONDAY
; until the first of March.
Ch. Bkll Gibson, M. D..
gical Anatomy.
David II. Toucan, M. I).,
e of Lectures will commence
IN OCTOBER, and contiuue
Professor of Surgery and Sur
Brofessor of Theory and Prac-
tice of Medicine.
! B. R. Wellfoud, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica
and Therapeutics.
, A. E. Peticolas, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and
Histology.
'. L. S. Joynes. M. D., Professor of In:
titutes of Medi-
cine, Jcc.
James II. Conwav, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and
Diseases of Women and Children.
James B. McCaw, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and
Pharmacy.
! Mauiox IIowaud. M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
' Clinical instruction will be given at .he College In
firmary, which is also the Marine Hospital of the Port
of Richmond. Clinical Lectures every Wednesday and
Saturday throughout the session. Many Surgical op
erations are performed in presence of the class. Stu
dents are also permitted to witness the practice at the
Richmond Alms House.
The supply of material for Practical Anatomy is
' abundant, and the cost to the student very trifling.
A PRIZE of SI 00, offered by Dr. Thomas D. War
ren of North Carolina. Will be awarded to the member
of the Graduating Class ho shall present to the Facul
ty the best Essay on any medical subject.
FEES To each Professor Sa
.Matriculation, 5
Demonstrator of Anatomy 10
Graduation 23
For further information, address
L. S. JOYNES, M. D.,
July 12, 1?59.
2 m
Dear of the Faculty.
SCENE IN A GEORGIA COURT.
After a well known Georgia Solicitor had ad
ministered the oath to the grand and petit juries
and bailiffs, he turned to the presiding Judge and
said:
"May it please your honor, I do not remember
any form of oath administered to tho lobby bailiffs,
but by your permission, I think I can trame one
that will be satisfactory to the court.
Judge Proceed sir.
Solicitor Put your hand upon the book.
Whereupon a tall. lean, vinetr-faced son of
A.nak stepped up and promptly grabbed the book.
Solicitor Do you solemnly swear in the pres-
i ence of this court, and us lawyers, that you will
; take your position in the lobby, and there remain
with your eyes skinned, during the entire session
; of this court. That you will not allow any one to
: speak above a low whisper, and if any one shall
j dare to do so ia the presence of your royal high
ness, you will vocilorously exclaim, "Silence in
the lobby !" and if order is not immediately re-
stored, you further swear that you will, by one
ponderous blow of your fist planted between the
peepers of the offender, knock him down. All
this you will do to the best of your knowledge and
skill, so help you God."
The bailiff took the position assigned him, and
immediately after the court was organized, Tom
Diggers, who looked as green as young gourds,
walked into the room, wearing brogans No. 11,
with his hands thrust deep into his pockets, and
enquired:
"Hello, fellers, where in the thunder is Jim
acemnrs
V
"Silence
in the lobby !" roared the official.
Brogavs You must be an alfired, tarual fool,
Jim Jarvis; I'd like to know who's a makin any
more fuss than you, and ef ye jist open that bread
trap of yourn agin, ye mammy wont know ye.
Whereupon Jim Jarvis, the bailiff, let fly the
dogs of war, and greeny fell flat on his back, with
his pcdcstrials at an angle of about forty degrees
in the air. He grabbed greeny by the seat of his
trousers, and dragged him wrong end foremost into
the presence of the Judge, and said:
"Mr Judge, here's that infernal Tom Diggers,
that warn't never in a courthouse afore, and he
undertook to run over this chicken, but cording to
my oath, I fetched the tamal critturup stoodin, by
giving him a jerk atween the eyes cording to law,
and now say the word, and I'll maul the dogwood
juice outen him afore you can wink your eyes
twice."
Judge Turn him loose, Mr Bailiff, and accept
the thanks of the court for the prompt discharge of
you official duties.
Exit greeny with eyes large as saucers.
The (iitEAT Eaktiiqlake at Quito. On
the 22d of March a violent earthquake was expe
rienced in Quito, South America, and throughout
the country. No pen can describe the scene of
terror, confusion, and desolation which followed that
awful convulsion of Nature. A great part of the
city, including churches and public buildings, was
overthrown in ruins. The same earthquake was
still more severely felt to the north of Quito,
in the province of Turbabura, and particularly in
the environs of the two extinct volcanoes of Tur
babura and Cotacachi. Two towns, ten villages,
and more than two hundred haciendas were almost
entirely destroyed. In the month of April last I
travelled over the theatre of the lamentable devas
tation. The strongest shock was suffered by the
villages of Cotacachi, San Pablo, and Perucho,
which are now but heaps of broken and shapeless
remains. In the last named place the curate,
with a great part of the inhabitants, was buried
alive under the ruins of the church. The earth-
j quake spread from Popayan to Guayaquil, an ex
tension almost unprecedented in South America.
Increase of Free Blacks. From a commu
nication upon this subject in the Frankfort Com
monwealth, we learn that in 1700 there were in
the United States 50,466 free blacks. 32,357 of
this number were in the slave States, and 27,100
were living in what are now termed the free States,
though at that time most of those States bad
slaves living in them. rlhe difference at that time
j in the number of the free blacks in the slave States
' over those in the free States, was but 5,424. In
j 1800 the number of free blacks was 108,305. In
1840 it was 386,303, giving to the free States
i 170,728; to the slave States 207,214; and to the
1 district of Columbia 8,361. Only 2,015 slaves
. were emancipated in the free States during the pre
ccdinjjr ten years, and yet there was increase to the
S1. a
free blacks of 33,100, irom some cause besides
natural generation. Some of it may have been by
"fugitives from service." But it must be remem
bered 31,206 were added to the free blacks in the
! slave States. In 1850 there were 434,405: in the
free States 106,308; in the slave States 22,128; j
and 10,050 in the District of Columbia. The in- j
crease m the free btutes was 2.j,o21, and in the
slave States 20,014.
Escape of a Prisoner An Amusing Fare- j
cell Card. We copy the following from the J
Yorkville Enquirer :
John Jonas, alia John Able, who was arrested
and lodged in jail, some weeks since on a charge j
of stealing a saddle from Mr John D. McConnell,
made his escape. lie cut through the ceiling of
his cell with a knife, broke off the plastering, !
passed out into the passage, and descended to the
i groutiu by means or blankets.
He left behind him the following rich document:
"gentle men when you put a hog up to fatten
always put abot torn in your pen for fear yore hog
might root out never build your pen out of corn
stalks or else your hog will kuaw them iu two an
when you put aman in Jail never build your Jail
out of clab boards and bird trap sticks if you want
to
no where l am Just come down to york shire
there you will find me picken chinkapins to pay I
tax and a law yer to plead for all the cracks and :
when the lawyers finds aflaw then the Judge like
any Jack daw will lay down what is law this place ,
york is mighty fine place for they will skin aflee ;
for the hide an tallow i want you to answer my
letter if you please direct your letter to lincorn 1
tink tank where the trogs Jump irom bank to
bank i doant speak of eny place But this one horse
town you can't get this fox eny more you can't
drive him under your trap then push it down on
Mm you must Uait with gold next time rab bit ye
Bet thick as ten bumble bees in a pumkiu bloom."
ELOQUENCE OF HENRY CLAY.
Whoever heard Mr Clay for the first time, was
almost certain to be delighted with him. without
exactly knowing why. There was a charm about
his oratory that defied analysis, and rendered
sober criticism well-nigh impossible. You went
away loo well pleased, and too full of admiration
for the man to think of asking how he had managed
for the last hour, to put you in a rage at one
moment, and make you laugh and cry the next, at
will. There was something about him different,
from any other speaker I ever heard. Webster
-was like a steam engine for concentrated power,
; anu the rush and roarof his assault uihiii an enemy.
a sort oi nuinan volcano, when the Ores weae
kindled in those cavernous eyes, and he poured
forth a torrent of burning words scorching and
scathing all before it. Calhoun was the very
eiiius of abstract reasoning, calmly and deliberately
adding link after link to the iron chain of his logic,
till the her rcr fell down, tit the end, bound hand
. i i i .i
and foot in the unyielding meshes of an irresistible
necessity. Hut Cay when he mounted the
rostrum a universal smile illuminated men's faocs,
and they looked nt one another with an expression
which said plainer than words, "Giad to sec you
up, Mr Clay. Begone, dull care! We're going to
have a good time. This heavy work is over at.
last. Business done now conies pleasures."
"Clay," said General Jackson, in the writer's
hearing, "is the most plausible speaker that ever
opened his mouth in a public assembly. If you
listen to him, he will make you believe anything
he pleases." This, from an enemy was not meant
for praise, but to the fact old Hickory was perfectly
competent to testify.
"Hush, Mr Clay is going to address the jury." 1
looked at those two gentlemen with some interest,
tor a fellow-being was on trial before tliein, for
his life, accused of a most atrocious murder. Heavy
substantial-looking citizens they were rather dull,
I thought, and about as likely to be moved by an
appeal to their feelings as the stalactites in the
Mammoth Cave As Mr Clay commenced, a friend
whispered in my ear, "That vidian ought to be
hung, but he's got a wife and child, and his old
mother is here in court; and that's enough for
Clay, he'll have the jury blubbcring'in less than
half an hour." I doubted it, but so it was. Thosa
great hulking fellows were sobbing and mopping
their faces over the . sorrows of the prisoner's
family as depicted by the speaker, as though they
themselves had just lost their dearest friend.
Even the court blew its nose vigorously, for some
reason, duiing the appeal in behalf of the old
woman, and although perfectly convinced that 1
was "sold'' in so doing, I could not resist the
epidemic, and sighed and sobbed in concert with
the bench, bar, jury, and spectators. It is needless
to add that the prisoner was acquitled.
Several years ago, while in the vicinity of
Ashland,. I called upon Mr Clay. He was absent
from home, attending a fair in the neighborhood.
Betas desirous of an interview, I followed him to
the fair grounds, and finding him just about to
address the multitude, took u seat among them.
Directly in front of me sat two ladies. One of
them appeared to be in an ill humor for some
reason, aud I over-heurd the petulant remark. "I
don't want to hear Clay. Wonder if nobody in
Kentuck can't make a speech but him. My
husband is a Democrat." Mr Clay proceeded, and
having occasion to refer to the domestic articles
on exhibition, paid the ladies present some very
high compliments upon their skill and industry,
and in allusion to the beauty and good qualities of
his fair country-women generally, said that with
regard to them, as well as other fine fabrics, his
preference was for domestic manufactures, instead
of foreign imports. The mingled air of gallantry
and drollery of the speaker, in this part of his
addres8,thc half-jestand half-earnest of his manner,
the wit, and anecdote, and the pathos, as he
alluded to his own advancing years, and increasing
infirmities, were inimitable and irresistible. 1
looked at the Democrat's wife. It was plain that
her efforts to hate Clay had ended in a miserable
failure. She had been laughing and crying like
the rest of us, and after the tumultuous applause
which followed the close of the address had
subsided, I was surprised to hear her say to her
female companion, "Jane, it's no use not liking
him because he's a Whig, is it? I suppose John
won't like it, but I'm a going to give him my
blankets."
A Great Man. George Lippard in bis work
called the Nazarine, thus speaks of General Jack
son : "He was a man ! Well 1 remember tfu:
day I waited upon him. He sat therein his arm chair
I can see him now. We told him of the public
distress the manufacturers ruined tho eagles
shrouded in crape, which were carried at the head
of 20,600 men into independence Square. Heard
us all
him to leave the deposits
uphold the great Bank at
where they were, to
Philadelphia. Still he did not say a word. At
j last one of our members, more fiery than the rest,
i intimated that if the Buik was crushed, a rebellion
i might follow. Then the old man rose 1 can eco
i him now.
! "Come," he shouted, in a voice of thunder, as
i his clenched hand raised high above his white hair.
"Come with your bayonets in your hands instead
j of your petitions, surround tho White House with
; your legion I am ready for you. With the
people at ray back, with whom your gold can neith
er awe nor buy, I will swing you up around the
1 Capitol each one of you on a gibbet as high as
Hainan's."
"When I think," taya the author, "of that one
' man, standing there at Washington, battling
: against all the power of bank and panic combined,
: betrayed by those in whom he trusted assailed by
! all that the snake of malice could hiss or the lead
of falsehood howl when I thiuk of that one man
placing his back against the rock, and folding his
arm for the blow, while he uttered the vow, 'I will
not swerve one inch from the course I have taken,'
I must confess that records of Rome nay, the
proudest day of Cromwell or Napoleon cannot
furnish an instance of a will like that of Andrew
Jackson, when be placed life, and soul, and fame
on the hazard of a die for the people's welfare."
Some one told an Irishman that a man had
eaten ten saucers of ice cream; whereupon Pat
shook his head. "So you don't believe it." With
a shrewd nod, rat answered, "1 believe iu the
cratnc, but not in the saucers."