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rfk -' Jhw " . WW Ml U L 3 per annum . IN ADVANCE ON THE CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.""- WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET ;et W. J. YATES, EDxToRsAxDpRoxHIETons. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1860 EIGHTH VOLUME NUMBER 406. THE 71771 Ti77i7n) Tiwmnpj) ZVW (Qfublisiied every Tnesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. & EDWIN A. YATES, EDITORS AND PROhlll KTOHtf. If paid in advance, 52 00 If paid within 3 months, - 50 If paid after the expiration of the 3 car, 3 00 Any person sending us five skw subscribers, TiMiipniiii-il lj the advance subscription (10) will receive a sixth copy gratis for one year. fp-tf- Sub-criber and others who.tii.iy wish to send tuoncv to us, can do so hy mail, at our risk. o Transient advertisements must he p:iid for in t-aT" Advertisements not marked on the manuscript fr a specific time, will he insetted until forbid, and Charged accordingly. SAMUEL P. SMITH, Attorney and CniiM-lor at L.iiiv, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will attend "'' ami ddiyrnily to collecting and rrmitliiii; all claims intrusted to his care. Special attention given to the writing of Deeds," Con- Vevaiices. Ac. OFFICE, with W.u. Johnston-, Esq. g-Y During hours of business, may be found in the Court House, oilier No. I, adjoining the clerk's office. January H. lS:o J. A. FOX Attorney cct Law, CHARLOTTE, n. c. CF.SFHAL COl.I.ECTIM: AC EXT. Oi1i-e at t Ik-Court llousr, 1 door to the left, down stairs. Win. J. Kerr, A T T O S: A i: V A T Is A W, CHARLOTTE, N. C., Wiil practice in the County and Superior Courts of JJei-kl-Miliurg. luioH ami 'aliarrus count ies. IImid: iu tiie Hraw ley building opposite Kerr's Hotel. January -', I Slid y J. M. MILLEK,' M. I)., Praclitiomr of Medicine and Surgery, May 10th. Oflicc opposite Kerr's Hotel. K0BEKT CIBB0S, M. D., PKAcriTionuK ov mi;hii: AMI 0(n? .W 2 lr win corner, CllAlM.OTTE, N. C. December 14, :'J. .IAS. T. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CIIAKLOTTE, N. 0., Will practice in the Courts of .Mecklenburg and the adjoining counties. If-if The collection of claims promptly attended to. .March I I, ItO: y I'OLLOK II. I. EE. WM. II. E KUH. LKK & KERR. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, AND SOLICITOUS IX CHAXCEIiY, Memphis, Tennessee. Otfiee over the Gayoso Hank, on the Corner of Main and Madison Streets. -ft2. Time of Ihddiny Courts : CmxctutY 4th .Monday in May and Nov. CmcriT 3d Monday iu Jan., May and September. Common Law 1st Monday in March. July and Xov'r. Criminal I'd Monday in February, June and October. Cuittkxiikx Cikci iy Co ut, Auk. 2d Monday in May aud November. Jan. 3d, ls;o. y 11 Y. BKOKWTM Has constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C Of the best English and American manufacturers. C.ill and examine his stoc k before purchasing elsewhere. Watch crytals put iu for 25 cents each. November 8, 1851 y PEA MEAL We keep at our Steahi Flouring Mill in this place Pea Meal for feeding vows anil stovk. Also, we have on hand at nil times, Family, Extra, Superfine and coarse Flour. We warrant our family Hour. Cora Meal and Grit can alvv;y s be had at the mill. J. WILKES A CO. April 19, 1850 The subscriber will pay the highest cash prices for licet" cattle. Those having Pork Hogs for sale would do well to give me a call, as I am desirous of purchasing that WinJ of stock. J. L. STOUT, Town Butcher. October 11, 1S.V.. TAXES. The Tax Lists for the year 1858 arc now in my hand for inspection. Those liable to pav Taxes will please come forward atul settle. E. C. CRIER. Sheriff. April 12, 1850. NIXiKOKS WANT Kir I want to buy Xegro Hoys and Girl from 12 to 18 years old, for which the highest price in cash will he paid. May 17. 1850 SAME. A. HARRIS. SPUING IMPORTATION, 18GO.! Ribbons, Millinery & Straw Good3. j ARMSTRONG, CATOR &. CO.. j Import- rs and Jobbers of Ribbons, Bonnet Silks and I Satins, Velvets, Ruches, Flowers, Feathers, j Straw Bonnet. Flats. Ac. i -A. 237 and ,os of'2A) lialtimorc St. Baltimore, Md. OfTer a Stock unsurpassed in the United States in vnrie ty and cheapness. Orders solicited and prompt attention given. Terms, 6 months, G per cent off for cash, par fuuds Jan. 31, 1S00. 3m-pd ANOTHER SOUTHERN MOVEMENT CUBAN SEGAIl MANUFACTORY. Sryars and Tobacco Leaf direct from Cula. JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment of SEC AR3, SNUFF, TOBACCO, &c, for this market, and is now opening some celebrated brands of Segars, among which may be found the following : El Rico Habana, Mucha El Littlcto, Concha's Malos, Rio Hor.dro, Flor del Tumrs, Lasbelas Gustou. He manufuctures Segars from the best Havana To bacco; and kveff the best Smoking and chewing Tobac co, Lynchburg and Turkish Brands ; Maccabau, Rap pee and pure Scotch Snuffs; Powhatan Pipes, snnff 15oxes, Matches, Blacking, &c; Meershaun Segar Hold ers and Pipes. He respectfully invites the public to call at the Cu ban Segar Factory nearly opposite the Mansion House. January 3, 1800. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Implements of my manufacture can be found at the Hardware Store of COCHRANE k SAMPLE in Char lotte. Among the various implements for Agricultural purposes is Westinghouse's combined Thresher and Winnower. J. H. THOMPSON, Jan 31, 1800 6m Tyro, Davidson co LOWRIE'S TT BSE- I receive all the New Pub lications as fast as they come for ward from the Press; and keep constantly on hand a large lot of School, Academy and College TEXT-BOOKS, a"nd many useful reference and recreative works. I also keep a very large stock of Stationery, plain and fancy. Having made an arrangement with the Southworth Paper Manufacturing Company, I am en abled to sell paper at the same prices by the whole sale for which it can be bought in the Northern cities, freight addedf P. J LOWRIE. Feb. 15. 1800. iYolicc. Okhce A., T. & O. Railhoad, " Charlotte, N. C, 12th March, 18G0. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Atlan tic Tennessee and Ohio Railroad Company, held in Charlotte, it was Resolved, That the 2d installment of Five Dollars per Share on all the -trk subscribed in Mecklenburg coun ty, and that the first installment of Five Dollars per Share on all the stock subscribed at Mount Mourne. Iredell county, be made due and payable on the 17th of April, lbOO. In conformity with the above resolution, it is expect ed that the stockholders will be prompt in their pay ments to the Treasurer, who may be found at the Office of the Rock Island Manufacturing Co., iu Charlotte. M. L. WRISTOX, 4-Ct Sec'y and Treas.- 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 $43,455 22 Cash in hand of Agents and in transit, 54,827 00 Real Estate unencumbered (cash value) 15,000 00 Bills receivable, amply secured 73,174 55 2,404 Shares Bank Stock in Hartford, 230,413 00 2,200 u " " New York, 107,750 00 710 " " " Boston, 74.020 00 100 shares Bank of the State of Missouri, 10,000 0 State and citv Bonds, G per cents, 74,245 00 Rail Road Stocks, 16,250 00 United States' Treasury Xotcs, 14,035 00 $803,700 80 DIRECTORS. Charles Boswell, Henry Keney, Calvin Dav, II. Huntington, Albert Day, James (loodvin, Timo. C. Allv.v, Job Allyn, John P. Brace, Charles J. Russ. Secrrliri, II. Hi'XTlXOTOX. President. C. C. Lyv an, Axs'.Ktant Sir y. Wm. X. Bovvkus, Actuary. This old and reliable company, established for near ly fifty years, continues to Insure against loss or dam age by Fire on dwellings, furniture, warehouses, stores, merchandise, mills, manufactories, aud most other kinds of property, on its usual satisfactory terms. Particular attention given toi Msuring Farm Property, consisting of Dwellings, Barns and Out-buildings con nected, and Furniture, Live Stock, Hay. Grain, Farming Utensils, &c. contained in the same, for a term of three to five years at loir nUcs of premium. 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 ciiet of Xew York or lioxton, as the assured may prefer. . E. NYE HUTCHISON, June 23, 1850. y Agent at Charlotte. KorxoKK 1852. chartered 1854. Located corner of Uallimnre and Charles it reels, BALTIMORE, Md. The largest, most elegantly furnished, and popular Commercial College in the United States. Students iu attendance from nearly every State in the Union. Every young man should write immediately for one of those large and beautiful Ornamental Circulars, re presenting the exterior and interior view of the Balti more Commercial College, Penmanship, &c, which will be sent by return mail, free of charge, with Cata logue containing list of students, terms of tuition, opin ions of the Press on our new system of Book-keeping, &c. Factlty. E. K. LOSIER, Principal Lecturer on the Science of Accounts. Business, Customs, etc. J. M. PHILLIPS, Professor of Book-Keeping and, com mercial calculations. II. II. DAYIES. Associate Professor of Book-Keeping. N. C. JOHNSON. Professor of Penmanship. S. T. WILLIAMS, E.q. Mercantile Law. REY. E. Y. REESE, D. D., commercial Ethics. Trustees. Hon John P Kennedy, Hon Joshua Yansant, Hon Thomas Swann, Wm II Keighler. Esq. Jacob Trust, E-y- William Knabe, Esq. The time usually required to complete the full course, from eight to twelve weeks. Large circulars and catalogues stating terms, c, sent bv mail free of charqe. Address E. K. LOSIER, Baltimore, Md. May 10, 1850 y-pd WHEAT! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new ! . . . . t" in . ... - l . . 1 - ... i i i i ' uup oi n neai a i ine lugnesi uiarki-t jour. nrnr i . will find it to their advantage to call at the CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. JXO. WILKES. July 20, 1S5S tf Extraordinary Age Mrs Patsey Allen, a resident of Cloverdale township,, Putnam Co., Indianna, has attained a most extraordinary age. She was born in Orange co., N C. in Iarch, 1744, and is now aged one hundred and sixteen years. j Her mental faculties are considerably impaired, j yet she can converse freely, can walk about the i house and says her appetite is as qood as ever. She is the mother of eight children, two of whom were born during the llevolutionary Wrar, and four of whom are still living. She went to Put nam county a widow, about 25 years since, and is now living with her youngest daughter. Genin, the famous hatter, is at last smash ed all to pieces. Some time ago he removed his hat store from under Barnum's Museum to the St. Nicholas Hotel, so that his two places, the hat store and the ladies bazaar, were nearly adjoining. Both are now closed; the former has a bill on it "to let," and the latter is barricaded with an im penetrable plank fence. When Genin paid 650 for the choice seat at Jenny Lind's first concert in this country, he and Barnum both were report ed very wealthy. They have come down considera bly since that era of humbug. Great Attraction ! ! AT THE H Emporium of Fashion!!! o ZOx-oc7tli., Tato c? Co. Are now receiving their SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, and in a few days will be prepared to exhibit to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Mecklenburgand surrounding country, a Stock of Goods unsurpassed by any House in Western X. C , our purchases being much larger than any previous season. In our Dress Goods Department, which is very exten sive, embracing all of the latest styles, we have Three, . JTive, Seven and Nine Flounced Robes ! in Silk, Barege, Organdie, and Jaconet. Crape d'Paric, Challi, Black and Printed Lawns; Plain and Printed Jaconet and Swiss Muslins and Bril liants; White and colored Tarlton; Dotted Swiss, Check, Mull, Xainsook and Soft Finish Jaconet Muslins; Mo hair Cloth, Chambay and other Goods for Traveling Dresses; Ginghams, Prints, ic, &c. Barege Shawls and Lace Points; Bonnets, Tarasols. Fans, Hosiery and Gloves; Embroidery, Dress Trim mings. Ribbons, Laces, &c, &c. Trail Hoop Skirts from 30 to 50 Hoops. Besides many other indispensable and '-Fancy" ar ticles not enumerated. We will keep our stock of Staple Dry-Goods, Hardware, ILits, BOOTS AND SHOES, full and.complete, as we have made arrangements by which wc will be receiving addition to our Stock, in the various Departments, every week during the Season. As we were lirst iu market, we had the advantage of selecting from full Stocks the most fashionable and desirable Goods, and as we made our purchases entire ly for Cash, we are prepared to serve our friends and the public with the most elegant and fashionable Goods at the very lowest prices. With thanks to our patrons for past favors, we re spectfully solicit them aud all buyers to give us a call. Respectfully, BROWN, TATE & CO., March 13, 1800. 4t Opposite Kerr's Hotel. COTTON SAW GINS, Of the best quality, with 10 inch saws, moveable chilled ribs and tinned brush, and all other necessary improvements delivered at any Railroad station in the State at 2 per saw. These Gins took the premium at the S. C. State Fair in 1858 and 1859. Planters wishing to purchase Gins of the subscirber, will do well to send their orders early, as there is gen erally a crowd of work late in the season. J. M. ELLIOTT, March 20,'13G0. Cm Winnsboro, S. C. PROVISION'S. The subscriber keeps always on hand Corn Meal, Flour. Dried Fruit, lggs, &c. Also, Tobacco, Snuff, Scgais, &c &c, which he will sell at the lowest prices for en h. . M. S. OZMEXT, Feb 28th. Second door above the Jail. MRS. WINSLOW, An experienced Nurse aud Female Physician, presents to the attention of mothers, her SOOTHING SYESUP, For Children Tccthiiisr, which greatly facilitates the process of teething, by softening the gums, reducing all inflamation will allay all pain and spasmodic action, and is Sure lo Herniate Hie Bowrls. Depend upon it, mothers, it will give rest to yourselves, an 1 relief and health to your infants. We have put up and sold this article for over ten years, and can say, ix coxfidexce axd truth, of it, what we have ne ver been able to say of any other Elt has it failed, STANCE, TO EF- w h e n timely did we know an- 1TIKS. WIN SHOW'S SOOTIIISffi STlll'l. medicine xev- IX A SINGLE IN FECT a CURE, used. Never instance of dis satisfaction by any one who used it. Ou the contrary, all nre delighted with its operations, and speak in terms of commendation of its magical effects and medi cal virtues. We speak in this matter "What we no know," after ten years' experience, and pledge our repu tation for the fulfillment of what we here declare. In almost every instance where the infant is suffering from pain and exhaast'on, relief will be found in fifteen or twenty minutes after the syrup is administered. Thi valuable preparation is the prescription of one of the most EXPERIENCED aud SKILLFUL NURSES in Xew England, and has beeu used with never-failing success in thousands of cases. It not only relieves the child from pain, but invigor ates the' stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. It will al most instantly relieve Giiii-ixr; ix the Bowels, and wind colitf. and overcomes con- viilsions. which, remedied. end in lieve it the best REMEDY IX roit Teetliin?. if not speedily death. We be and SUREST T II E WORLD, in all cases of Dysentery and Diarrhoea in Children, whether it arises from teething, or from any other cause. We would say to every mother who has a child suffer ing from any of the foregoing complaints Do not let your prejudices, .nor the prejudices of others, stand bet ween you and your suffering child, and the relief that will be sure .yes. absolutely sure to follow the use of this medicine, if tivnely nsed. Full directions for usin" will accompanv each bottle. None genuine unless tlio facsimile of CURTIS & PERKINS,. New York, is ou the outside wrapper. Sold by Drusrgists throughout the world. Principal Office, 13 Cedar street, N. Y. Price only 25 cents per Bottle. "3 For sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO., and by F. SCARR. March 20; 1800. y i MECKLENBURG COUNTY. Statement, exhibiting the valuation of real estate, and the Taxes derived from each subject of taxation in Ihe county of Mecklenburg; also the Taxes levied by the Court of Pieas and Quarter Sessions for County purposes, for the year ending 30th Sept. 1859. Acres Land, 305,216 1,669,554 Town Property, 510,738 State Taxes. Land, $3,339 2fl Town Property, 1,021 63 Foils, 3,413 60 Interest, 2,961 60 Dividend and Profit, 49 28 Salaries and Fees, 509 41 Mortgages and Deeds, 5 62 Studs and Jacks, 97 00 Capital in Trade, . 112 Marriage Lic.ense, 73 72 Pistols and Knives, 6 25 Gold Watches, 31 1 25 Silver Watches, C4 20 Pianos, 106 50 Plate and Jewelry, 46 93 Playing Cards, 35 35 Riding Vehicles, 484 77 Gold Headed Canes, 1 50 Silver " " 1 50 Merchants' Capital, 2,402 23 Retailers, 270 u6 Circuses, 150 00 Billiard Table3, 250 00 Insurance Companies, 200 00 Express " 10 00 Horse and Mule Drovers, 4 50 Livery Stables, 25 00 Exhibitions for Reward, 30 00 Auctioneers, 17 52 Patent Medicines, 1 20 Deeds for Real Esfate, 4 36 Buying and Selling Slaves, 9 00 Privileged Voter3, 1 60 Collateral Descent, 102 53 Total amount, $ 16,069 03 County Taxes. Poor, 5 cents per $100 value real estate and 15 cents per poll, County purposes, 10 do., and 25 do., Schools 5 do., and 10 do., Railroad, 10 cents on land, 20 on polls, 25 on gold watches, 10 on silver do., 50 on pianos, 1J on gold and silver Plate, j on value of carriages, Total amount $1,730 04 3,2-io 74 1,516 09 3'477 01 $9,970 51 Terrible Fight on Hoard the Ship Norway . Boston, March 24. The ship Norway, of New York, Capt. Major, when five days out on the passage from Macao to Havana, with about one thousand coolies, was the scene of a terrible mutiny, in which thirty coolies were killed, and ninety wounded. The fight lasted from G p. m. till daylight the next morning, when the coolies yielded. Capt. Major had his wife and two daugh ters, and also a lady passenger and child on board. The lady passenger died of fright, and the child expired soon afterwards. . J6- Wisconsin has abolished the s-stem of col lecting debts by execution The State must here after be considered the heaveu of debtors. Money I Want, and MONEY I must have ! Do you owe Jonas Rudasill? If so, come and pay him. He has many drafts upon him every day for lumber and labor. These are cash articles. Men can't work without eating flour, bacon, lard, &c, are cash articles. I cannot do work without lumber; and have to pay for what I get, on delivery. I have large amounts due me for work done; some have been due for a long time, aud I now most positively say those accounts must be closed. I still continue to carry on the business at my eld stand, and have for sale Sash Doors, Blinds, &c, aud can manufacture anything in that line to order at short notice. Orders respectfully solicited, and I promise tn sell cheap for cash as I have always done, and for cash only. JONAS RUDASILL. March 27, I860 3t AUesition, fak.tii:b:s ! The MAGIC l'LOW, (patent ed by J. P. Harris of Mississippi.) possesses the advantage of combining Four Plows in one. It can be laid five times and sharp ened twelve times without the aid of a Blacksmith. It can be used the whole season without any additional expense For sale at the Hardware Store of Cochrane k Sample. March 27, I860 tf T S I S 2 C S S 1 1 N i MACHINES. The subscriber is still Agent for the sale of the celebrated and much admired combined improved THRESHER AXD WIXXXOWER, manufactured by Wheeler, Melick k Co., Albany, X. Y. These Machines wiil thresh and clean from 150 to 250 bushels of wheat per day, with less work and less waste than any other machines known in North Caro lina. Price at the Shop, viz: Railway Chain Horse Power, $120 Lever, (superior) 100 Improved Combined Thresher and Winnower, 125 Terms cash, or approved note on interest. Warrant ed to give satisfaction or no sale. Delivered at any Railroad Depot at the above prices charges aud transportation only to be added. Addres J. B. TROY, Troy's Store, March G, 186Q. 3m Montgomery co, X C. CLOTIHAG MAxWJFACTOIlY, AT THE H3 J&L 3E3 0 X2- I XT JSL OF FUL LINGS, SPRINGS & CO. w E have found it NECESSARY TO ADD A Merchant Tailoring Department To our large and extensive Ready-made Clothing House, and we respectfully invite our Friends and Patrons to call aud examine our Stock of FRENCH, EXGLISn, AXD GERM AX C lo ths, Black, French and Gerin-n DOESKIX CASSIMERES, French, English and American FANCY CASS1MERES. j A beautiful lot of FIXE SILK YESTINGS, Black j and Colored. All of which have just been received, and j are of the latest styles. A' good block of Rock Island Cassimeres kept constantly on hand. We have secured the services of Mr D. L. REA, as Cutter, who is well known as a master of the art. Orders from a distance solicited. fpS- Call and see us. E. FULLINGS, JNU, M. SPRINGS, JXO. P. HEATH. Feb. 21, I860. tf AD VALOREM. Mr Editor: I propose, as time'' and opportunity may anord, to give, in brief articles, my views on this question, gotten up as a hobby to catch voters, on the one side, and a disposition on the other to excite prejudices against the slaveholding portion of our community or in other words, to array the poor man against the rich. I do not say that all who have espoused the affirmative side of the ques tion are thus influenced, for many have been be trayed into an honest avowal in favor of ad va lorem by the cant cry of "equal taxation !" thinking this was the gist of the question. Such as these I hope to enlighten and convince of their error, while I expose the duplicity and insincerity of the others. The ostensible purpose of this movement is to equalize taxation ad valorem, they say, means according to value and they go for evert species of property being taxed according to its value. Very well, say I, and no species oj property is to be exempt. If 1 pay 5 tax on my negro worth 1000, you must pay 50 cents on yxmr horse worth 100. If I pay 82.50 on my little negro worth S500, you must pay 12 cents every jear on your cow worth $25. If I pay a tax on my negroes, big and little, you must pay a tax on your hogs, sheep, calves, hens, ducks, and every other species of property, great and small, and I must do the same. If 1 pay a tax on my fine bedstead and luxurious bed, you must pay a valuation tax on your pine bedstead and pad of straw, or feathers, or whatever it may be for every species of prop erty is to be taxed according to value. And tho' each item may be small, yet, in the aggregate it will amount to a right smart tax that poor men will have to pay,- who, under the present system, are exempt from taxation allotether O ! but say these sanctimonious equal taxation demagogues, certain property must be exempt from taxation; such as cooking utensils, bed for wife and children, a cow and calf, &c, whether belonging to rich or poor, and thus this will equalize the thing. But will it? One- man's bed may be worth S100, while an other's is not worth $5. One man's cow may be worth 100, while another's is ' worth only $10 and so on and yet both are alike exempt. Glorious equality! Democratic Press. Buried Aljvk. Within a few months . past, says the Albany (N. Y.) Knickerbocker, necessity has demanded that the German Lutheran Burial Ground, on the Bowery, should be stripped of its sacred rites as a sepulchre of the dead, and improv ed with dwellings for the living. Last week, while engaged in removing the coffins, the men came ac ross one containing the body of a maned Wertz, who died and was b.uried some eighteen months since. From some cause or other, persons present, whether friends of the deceased or not we cannot say, were prompted toopen the coffin. When they did so, imagine their surprise on beholding the body face downward, and the fingers of the man grappled in his hair. From this it is evident that Mr Wertz had been buried alive, and in his agonies of distress, on becoming conscious of his entomb ment, had worked himself into the position above described. A Genius of a Biitciikr. In one of the Market Houses of Philadelphia is a genius of a butcher. Beneath his sleeves and apron he wears the costliest broadcloth none of the inferior grades, but the finest production of French looms. His linen is as faultless as his exterior garments, while the glistening surface of his marble counters is no less striking than the glossiness of his hat and boots. In the centre of his shirt bosom sparkles single diamond a stone of six carats weight, and of the first water. Upon the little finger of the left hand glitters a circlet of diamonds, six in number, whose aggregate value is considerably more than that of the garniture of his shirt bosom. His complexion is a clear red and white just that style of complexion which Parisian ladies produce by dainty commixture of carmine and bismuth. He is a man of fine physique, and has an avoirdupois of about two hundred pounds. His address is polished, and his manners courtly and suave. He commenced life without a dollar, and is now taxed for some $30,000 in real estate, yet is as polite and deferenti d to his customers as on the day he first embarked in the business of converting quarters of beef into chops and sirloins. A benevolent lady of large fortune first noticed him. and placed at his disposal a fund upon which he has raised the superstructure of his present fortune. He is now rapidly advancing in wealth, and will probably retire upon the eighth of a million. And all through the influence of that specific against adversity Politeness. i m Lottkutks. Maryland has. for many years, been the chief seat of lotteries and the great refuse for the venders of lotterry tickets throtinrhout the Union. No law against this species of gambling existed in her statute book, and, as a consequence, she became a nest whence the harpies sailed forth to prey upon their victims. But a very stringent bill on the subject has recently passed through the Legislature of that State. Tt forbids the sale of lottery tickets within that State or the keeping of any house or office for that purpose, also, the publi cation of lottery advertisements, with many other provisions looking to the entire suppression of this swindling business. A violation of this law is made a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine for each offence of nqt less than 200 nor more than $1000, or imprisonment for not less than three nor more than twelve months; or there may be both fine and imprisonment. N. C. Military Institute. The necessity of enlarging the accommodations for Cadets in the N. C. Military Institute, lias induced the Board of Directors to raise the Ff"g for the ensuing year. Notice i3 hereby given that from and after the 1st of October the charge for each Cadet will be $350 per annum D. H- HILL. March 27, 18C0 3t NOTICE. My Horse, Young Brimmer, can be found the present season, on Mondays and Tuesdays at E. P. Blankin- ' shipp's, near Wright s Ferry; Wednesdays, at R. W. McDowell's, near the YorKville road; Thursdays, at J. B. Ptewart's, six miles from Charlotte on the Provi dence road: and on Fridays and Saturdays, at W. P. Robinson's, near Morrow's Tnrnout. Persons can call and judge for themselves of the qnalities of this Horse, f A. E. GORDON, j March 27, 1860. Ct-pd I MISS DIX. The following is an interesting sketch of Miss Dorothea L. Dix, the lady who was instrumental in having a Lunatic Asylum built in North Caro lina and many other States : For twenty years this noble christian lady has been devoting her time and private means to im prove and elevate the prisoner and the lunatic She has been their advocate before every Legisla ture in the, State! More than twenty States have asylums erected through her eloquent appeals " to Legislatures! She has visited others, and had them enlarged and reformed! Those which she has compelled (I use the proper word) Legislatures to erect, she has revisited. Every one she keeps under her eye, and jealously watches against abases! A few years ago she induced Mississippi to build an Asylum. 4,Ii is now too small," fehe said to me. "They have to put beds on the floor; I go to ask an appropriation for its enlargement." And not only does she make Legislatures erect asylums in all States, but she makes them reform their prisons! She has personally inspected every penitentiary in the Union, and reported on thorn to the Legislatures, and recommended reforms and ways and means for the moral and physical benefit of the prisoners. She presents libraries to prisons and asylums! Last year at Natchez, she solicited and obtained $3,500 from opulent citizens to furnish pianos, pictures, books, and other means of passing time, for the use of female and male pati ents of the State Asylum. She said: "The State provides buildings and officers and food, but weal thy citizens must contribute comforts, and even luxuries, to the unhappy inmates." A few years since she visited England) France, Italy, Russia, Austria. She was received with dis tinction by Victoria, Louis Napoleon, the Emperor of llussia, and by the Pope. Passes to prisons and asylums were freely funished her by the crowned heads. At first the Pope refused her applications to visit his prisons! She then addressed him a letter! It obtained for her an audience. It lasted for an hour, and she left him with the keys of, all his prisons in her hand, in the form of a general order to their governors to admit her. He said to her: "Report to me what you see." At the end of a fortnight she made her report, rebuking cer tain cruelties and recommending reforms, "es pecially the separation of lunaties from convicts." His Holiness thanked her, and (what is more) adopted to the letter all her suggestions! She left a blessing on the prisons of Europe as if an angel had visited them, and with large experience ' returned to this country. And now, one week in Newfoundland, and another on her way to Miss issippi, she till goes on her mission. Quiet, retir ing, selfpo.ist'-'sed, full of courage and love for the suffering, she traverses State after State doing good. "And where," do you ask, "does she obtain the means?" They are from her own resources! " She has never asked for a dollar for herself, or for defraying her expenses in travel. Now, indeed, she is so well known that she goes free as air from Maine to Texas on all routesl Superintendents of roads eagerly give her free tickets for a year! She is not rich! A native of Salem, Massachu setts, she was born forty-live yearn ago of an old and aristocratic family. At the age of twenty, with a party of ladies and gentlemen, she visited the State Prison in Charhstown, Mass. At that day lunatics were always confined with criminals. There were no separate asylum for this unhappy class The incongruity of this struck her? There were twenty mad men in the prison: "Misfortune, disease, is no crime! Why are these here?" she asked a member of the Legislature, who was one of her party. "It is customary!" was the careless reply. "You ought to appropriate money to erect a separate institution for the insane!" she said. "Draw upyour bill, Miss Dix," he said pleasantly "and I will introduce it !" She took him at his word! the bill was introduc ed. Much debate followed. She addressed letters . , to its bitterest opponents, pleading for it! She , prevailed. It was carried, and the appropriation of a large amount of money was voted, and the next year the walls of an insane asylum began to be upreared! This noble young woman did hot stop here! She visited Rhode Island, Connecticut and other States! She made it her mission to build up asylums and to reform prisons. She has trav eled on her own paternal income of two thousand dollars, or little more, and out of it has borne all her expenses, and done all that she has done! God bless her! Heaven reward her! On earth , tens of thousands of the happylcss insane and of the unhappy prisoners lift up tlr ir hands and voices in greatful benedictions upon her JicadI Hqnor to her sex! Honor to her race! What homage shall be withdrawn from her, that a grate ful age can give! Long may she live to pour balm upon the burning brain of the lunatic, and amel iorate the condition of the "prisoner and captive." Ten years ago I met her at Nashville, .where she was trying to get the Legislature to appropriate 8100,000 to a State Asylum! and succeeded, too! She was then very fair and interesting looking, but constant travel over the Union and in Europe, had told upon her face, which i strongly marked with lines of thought and energy. iii -- Tif Miss Tennessee Gibson died last week in Arkansas, from the effects of snuff-dipping. She" fell asleep with the "mop" in her mouth, and was found a corpse some hours after. A post mortem examination revealed the fact that she had swal lowed the juice, which wa converted into nicotine, a deadly poison; her lips, cheek and breast, were smeared with the foul ttuff in her dying stugglcs alone in her room. Before she retired she felt a -deadly sickness, having swallowed some of the juice; but she had used it so long nothing was thought of her complaint until it was too late. Keeping Beef. How shall I keep beef and veal through the summer without becoming tainted? J. G. (It may be kept perfectly fresh in an ice-house and for half a month or more in Schoolers -prcservatory. Beef, if corned, will keep all the summer in a col 1 cellar. If salted like pork it becomes too hard. The following is dur method of corning ic : Add two lbs. brown sugar to eight gallons of water, also one quart of molasses, four ounces of nitre, and fine salt till it will float an egg. This is enough for two quarters of beef.) Country Gentleman.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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