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EIGHTD VOLUME KUMBEE 410.
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THE
WESTSHH BEfflOCBAT,
(J5)PubliIied evorj Tucsdaj,Q)
BY
WILLIAM J. &
EDITOR3
EDWIN
A. YATES,
AND PROPRIETORS.
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WHHMWMK.iWVl
SAMLM-L P. SMITH,
AltoriH' Cmi-nr ;it Law,
CII ARLOTTK, N C,
Will attend promptly and ddigently to collecting and
remitting all claims intrusted to his care.
Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances, Ac.
OFFICE, with Wm. Joiivtov, Esq.
During hours of bii.-incs. may be found in the
Court llonss. Oliict- No. 1, adjoining the clerk's office.
January 10. 1 SOD
J. A. FOX,
. torno-v- zxx
niAISLOTTK. X. C
(J EXE HAL VOl.LECTISC. AC EXT.
Office at the Court House, I door to the left, down stairs.
Win. J. Kerr,
A T T O IS A K V A T l A V,
CHARLOTTE:, N. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior
Courts
of
Mecklenburg. 1'nion and Caharrn conn ties.
Office in the H raw ley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 4, lttj) V
" J M. IIYM. M. I).,
Practitioner of Mtdicine and Surgery,
May 10th. (Hiiro opposite Ken's Hotel.
110UEIIT UMBOS, M. I).,
iri a en ris:ie vv .iicoirnc
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Ofiv-e So.
Here ruber
2 IrtriifK
11, 185!.
corner, ClIARI.OTTK, X. C.
,!AS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg aud the
adjoining counties.
JcSSf- The collection of claims promptly attendad to.
-March It, I8.-.0
rOLLOK B. LKK.
WM. If. KKBR.
LKK & KKRll.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITOUS IX CHAXCERY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
t)lTice over the Clavoso Hank, on the Corner of
Haiti and Madison Streets.
Thar of I aiding Court :
Chaxceky 4th Monday in May and Xov.
CiacriT 3d Monday in Jan.. May and September.
Commhv Law 1st Monday in March. July and Xov'r.
Criminal Monday in February, June and October.
CkiTTEXDtN Ciuct it Coi uT, Akk. 2d Monday in May
and Xoveinber.
.Jan. 3d, IS00. v
11 W. UK0KW1TI1
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C,
Of the best English aud American manufacturers.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 2j cents each
Novembers, 185: y
PEA "MEAL"
We Veep at our Steap.i Flouring Mill in this place
Pea Mesl for feeding cows and stovk. Also, we have
n baud at all times, Family, Extra, Superfine and
cearse Flour. We warrant our family Hour.
Cora Meal and Grits can always be had at the mill.
"J. WILKES A CO.
April 19, 18:,)
The subscriber will par the highest cash prices for
Beef cattle.
TUose having Pork Hogs for sale would do well to
fi-e me a call, as I am desirous of purchasing that
kiod of stock.
t J. L. STOUT, Town Butcher.
October U, 18.-,D.
NEGROES WANTED.
I want to buy Sepro Rv an,! Girl; from 12 to 18
years old, for whah the highest prices in cash will be
May 17, 1859
SAML. A. HARRIS.
COTTOA S VAV mas,
0.f.!1he)b!f quality, with 10 ineh saws, moveable
chilled ribs and tinned brush, and all other necessary
improvements delivered at any U .ilroad station in the
m per saw. inese viins took the
the S. C. State Fair in 1853 and lr9.
premium at
Planters wishing to purchase Gins of the subcirber
Will iti w.ll , !.... ... .i .
sriiu nifi tMwiff ii, lucre is
erally a crowd of work late iu the season.
gen-
J. M. ELLIOTT,
6m Winnsboro, S.
March 20, I860.
C.
ltleiition, FAIM-UI.M!
The MAGIC PLOW, (patent-
1 W J- P. Harris of Missisinm
- - - - i i
Four I lows 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
oampie.
March 27, 180
tf
TIIKESIUlYft MACHINES.'
The subscriber is still Agent for the sale of the
celebrated and math admired combined improved
THRESHER AND WINXNOWER, manufactured by
Wheeler, Melick & Co., Albany, N. Y.
These Machines will 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. Prices 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 and transportation only to be added.
Addrea J. B. 1 ROY, Troy's Store,
March 6, If 00. 3m Montgomery co, N C.
notiii:u southern movement
CUBAN SEGAIi MANUFACTORY.
Segars and Tobacco Lea direct from Ctiha.
JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from
Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment
of SEGARS, SXCFF, TOBACCO, &c, for this market,
and is now opening some celebrated brands of Segars,
among which may be found the following :
EI Rico Habana, Mucha El Littlcto,
Concha's Malos, Rio Hondro,
Flor del Tumas, Lasbelas Gustou.
He manufactures Segars from the best Havana To
bacco; and keeps the best Smoking and chewing Tobac
co, Lynchburg and Turkish Brands : Maccabau, Rap
pee and pure Scotch Snuffs; Powhatan Pipes, snnfF
loxes. Matches. Blacking, Ac; 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, 18;6.
"
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Implements of my manufacture can be found at the
Hardware Store of COCHRANE & SAMPLE in Char
lotte. Among t lie various implements tor Agricultural
purposes is Wcstinghouse's combined Thresher and
Winnower. J. II. THOMPSON,
Jan 31, 1800 6ni Tyro, Davidson co.
LOWRIE'S
I receive all the New Pub
lications as fast as they come forward-
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, 1 am en
abled to sell paper at the same prices by the whole
sale for which it can be bouclit in the Northern cities,
freight added. P. J LOWKIE.
Feb. 15, 1SG0.
HARTFOUD FUSE INSUUAJ(fi CO.,
HARTFORD, Conn.
Incorporated A. D. 1810. Charter Perpetual.
Authorized capital 1,000,000
Capital paid in 500,000
Surplus 300,600
ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1859.
Cah on hand and in Bank $43,455 22
Cash in hand of Agents and in transit, 54,827 09
Real Estate unencumbered (cash value) t5,000 00
Bills receivable, amply secured 73,174 55
2,404 Shares Bank Stock in Hartford, . 230.413 00
2,200 " 44 " New York, 197,750 Ott
710 " " " Boston, 74,620 00
100 shares Bank of the State of Missouri, 10,000 00
State and city Bonds, 6 per cents, 74,245 00
Rail Road Stocks, 16,250 00
United States' Treasury Notes, 14,035 00
$803, 7G9 86
DIRECTORS.
Charles Boswell,
Henry Keney,
11. Huntington,
Albert Day,
James Goodvin,
Job Allyn,
John P. Brace,
Charles J. Russ.
Calvin Day,
TlMO. C. ALLY.v, Secretary,
II. Hcxti.vcton, President.
C. C. Lymax, Assistant Sec ti.
Wm. N. Bowers. 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, and most other
kinds of property, on its usual satisfactory terms.
Particular attention given toi nsuring Farm Property,
consisting of Dwellings, Barns and Out-buildings con
nected, and Furniture, Live Stock, Hay, Grain,'Farming
Utensils, Ac. contained in the same, for a term of three
to five years at loir rates 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 citiet of YVic York or Boston, as the assured may
prefer.
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
June 28, 1859. y Agent at Charlotte.
FOCXDED 1852. CHARTERED 1854.
Located corner of Baltimore and Charles streets,
BALTIMORE, Md.
The largest, most elesrantlv furnished, and popular
Commercial College in the United States.
Students iu attendance from nearly every State in the
Union.
Every voting 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, Ac, which
will be sent bv 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, Ac.
Faculty.
E. K. LOSIER, Principal Lecturer on the Science of
Accounts, Business, Customs, etc
J. M. PHILLIPS, Professor of Book-Keeping and com
mercial - calculations.
H. H. DAVIES. Associate Professor of Bcok-Keeping
N. C. JOHXSOX. Professor of Penmanship.
S. T. WILLIAMS, Esq. Mercantile Law.
REV. E. Y. REESE, D. D., commercial Ethics.
Trustees.
Hon John P Kennedy, . Hon Joshua Yansant,
Hon Thonias Swann, Wm H Keighlcr. Esq.
Jacob Trust, EiQ. William Knab, Esq.
The time usually required to complete the full
course, from eight to twelve weeks.
Large circulars and catalogues stating terms, Ac,
sent by mail free of charge. Address
E. K. LOSIER, P.altimore, Md.
May 10, 1859 y-pd
WHEAT !
The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new
crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers
will find it to their advantage .to call at the CHAR
LOTTE STEAM MILLS before jelling.
JXO. WILKES.
July 28, 1858 tf
MAY FLOWERS.
Children of the pathless wood,
Dwelling in deep solitude,
Born of earth and blessed of heaven,
Proofs of love that God hath given;
Pledges from His bounteous hand,
Ever fair and sinless band
When your gentle mother, spring,
Heard the happy robin sing,
Then we saw her, calm and 6low,
Lift the coverlet of snow
: From your tiny forms, and press
Your pure lips with tenderness. .
And we knew she lingered there,
"Whispering words of love and prayer;
For at last each sleeping child
Looking upward, sweetly smiled,
WTith the beauty of the skies
Mirrored in its dewy eyes;
Low winds whispering through the trees;
Dreamy murmurings of bees;
Notes of birds and flow of rills;
Music that the rain distils;
Your sweet cradle songs are these,
Aud unnumbered melodies.
O. ye children of the wood,
Messenger of solitude,
Ye are dearer far to me
Than the nurslings of the lea!
For ye bring to heart and brain
Childhood's rosy dreams again.
TAXES.
the l A. Lists tor the year I8fl are now in my
hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come toward and settle.
E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
April 3, 18C0.
IMPOKTAXT B,AiI SALE.
Y VIRTUE of a MORTGAGE to the undersigned
made, ther will sell publicly at the High Shoals,
in Gaston comity, N. C, on the 28th day of April, 1860,
that valuable property known as the
HIGH SHOALS,
embracing above Fourteen Thousand Acres of Land,
lying on the South Fork of the Catawba River, in Gas
ton and Lincoln counties.
This property embraces extensive and valuable
GOLD MINES, IRON-ORE BEDS,
Limestone, and other minerals: and also possesses the
BEST WATER POWER in the State.
A large portion of the land is valuable for Agricul
tural purposes, and all of it susceptible of profitable
cultivation.
The Sale will be Positive and for Cash.
The Stockholders in the Old High Shoals Company
are requested to meet in Liucolutoo on the 27th April.
the day preceding the day of Sale. Matters of the ut
most importance will come before them.
THOMAS GRIER,
W. P. BYXUM,
March 27, 1860. 5t Mortgagees.
.rersuncs uaving wen auiuen
t i : ii i
ticated claims against. II. C. Blunding
or G. D. Longstatf, who were connected
with the Anglo-American Gold Mining Co. in this re
gion between the years 1635-'41, may be benefitted by
conferring with the undersigned at an early day.
HUTCHISON & BROWN,
April 3d. Attorneys
T. J. GOSSPEilIVG,
Surgeon Dentist,
(Graduate of the Baltimore Dental College,)
Can be found at his Office oa Tryon street, opposite
China Hall, where he will be pleased to receive the
calls of those who may require his professional services.
February 21, 1860. 6m
mSSOL,IJTIOIV.
The firm of T. H. BREM A CO. is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. , The books and papers are in the
hands of T. H. Brem at the Hardware Store ofCochrane
A Sample. All persons indebted to said firm will call
and settle the same with him ; and all persons having
claims will present them to him for payment.
T. II. BREM,
J. A. SADLER. Jr,
March 26, 1800. T. L. ALEXANDER.
NOTICE.
Bids will be received by the subscribers until the
first Saturday in May. for building a Church at Cas
tania Grove, Gaston county, N. C. Dimensions 34 by
40 feet. Specifications can be seen by calling on the
Committee at or near Castair.ia Grove.
JAS. ABERNATHY,
JXO. R. JOHNSTON,
S. X. JOHNSTON,
W. J. NANCE,
J. F. BLACK,
April 3, 180. 4t Committee.
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, Ac, 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 lime, and I now most positively say
those accounts must be closed.
I still continue to carry on the business at my old
stana, and have for sale Sash IJoors, UJinds, fie, ana
can manufacture anything in that line to order at short
notice. Orders respectfully solicited, and I promise to
sell cheap for cash as I have always done, and for cash
onlv. JONAS RUDASILL.
March 27, 1860
ri.ovisiojYs.
The subscriber keeps always ou hand Corn Meal,
Flour, Dried Fruit, Eggs, Ac. Also, Tobacco, Snufi,
Segars, Ac Ac, which he will sell at the lowest prices
for cash. M. S. OZMENT,
Feb 28th. Second door above the Jail.
NOTICE.
My Horse, Young Brimmer, can be found the present
season, on Monaays ana luesuays ai r. uianaiii-
shipp's, ivear Wrights ferry; Wednesdays, at R. Vv.
McDowell's, near the Yorkville road; Thursdays, at
J. B. Stewart's, six miles from Charlotte on the Provi
dence road; and on t ridays and Saturdays, at W. Y.
Robinson's, near Morrow's Turnout. Perons can call
and judge for themselves of the qualities of this Horse.
A. fc. UUKUOJ.
March 27, 1860. 6t-pd
BY J. IS. KERK, Proprietor.
VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the
Ifit 'f MIA natrons of the Charlotte Hotel.
I8E At this Hotel is kept the line of Daily
Stages from Charlotte to Asheville
Oct. I, 1859.
J. B. KERR.
CUSTOMS OP THE JAPANESE.
Iu view of the anticipated presence of the
Japanese embassy in Washington, the following
from a correspondent of a New York paper will
not be considered malapropos :
In. the land of Brahma, when two people quarrel
about a pieceof ground, he who has most malignity;
as well as fondness for his family in him, takes a
knife, walks deliberately to his neighbor's house,
and planting himself right before his door,
maliciously cuts his own throat. What, you may
ask does he gain by this? He gains his lawsuit,
for the disputed land inevitably becomes the
property of his family. . A similar aberration of
intellect prevails among the Japanese. Upon the
least possible provocation a gentleman will seize
upon his sword and rip his own bowels. Very
frequently whole families are ordered by the
government to do this deed upon themselves, and
they obey at once. The poor Japanese, if any one
offers him an indignity, ; must sacrifice himself
wherever he may happen to be, or else consent to
live among his . suicidal '' fellow-countrymen a
disgraced and lost man.
With a party proceeding one day on an excursion
in the country we were followed by two officers of
the government who performed this duty under
strict compulsion. Our American friends were
thrown into a savage mood by the occurrence, and
one of them turned back and closely confronted
these officials, and took hold of one of them by the
shoulders, turned his face towards the bamboo
edifice, and gave him a slight push in that direction.
The two Jananese persisted in coming on; the
Yankee took his man again by the shoulders, and
performed with his heavy expedition boot a violent
ceremony, which is usually considered anything
but flattering or agreeable throughout the rest of
the world, but in Japan was an insult that, we
might safely aver, had never been committed
before, and which could only be avenged by death.
Without, therefore, making the slightest attempt
at retaliation on the body of his adversary, he
unsheathed his chief sword, which beautifully
burnished, flashed for an instant in the s'mlijrht.
The Yankee, meanwhile, extricated his revolver
from its hiding place. It was needless, for at two
strokes two gentle slashes of the keen-edged
weapon, performed in an instant, one across the
other like the letter X he had disembowelled
himself, and fell a swiftly dying-man. As lie
reached the ground he cast up his eves at his
adversary, and seeing him standingnear,apparently
with no intention of following his example, he
expressed the most fearful agony we had ever
beheld. We were sll filled with dismay at this
strange-event, while the brother officer surveyed
us with threatening looks of the most intense
horror. "He expects you to kill yourself in the
same manner with the same sword," said the
Sandwich Islander. The American muttered out
something to the eff'ct that he was not such a
fool. Meanwhile the distortions of the dying man
was painful to look upon; the other officer motioned
us away, and before he rose, a few seconds afterwards,
the man was dead.
The President on Privateering. Presi
dent Buchannan has written a letter to the New
York Chamber of Commerse in reply to their reso
lutions on the subject of privateering. He oppo
ses its abandonment, and says:
We'might, with almost as much propriety, agree
to abandon our system of volunteer militia and
trust alone to the regular arms for our defence on
the land, as to deprive ourselves of the service of
privateers, which are our volunteers and militia
upon the ocean. Besides, privateers may be
strictly guarded from abuse by law, and be restrain
ed within the rules which govern our navy. Nei
ther would the abandon inent of war against pri
vate property upon the ocean of itself afford free
dom and security to our commerce. In order to
accomplish this object, we must proceed a step
further and obtain the consent of the powerful na
val nations, that merchant vessels may not be block
aded in port, but be suffered to pass the blockad
ing squadron and go out to sea. If these should
remain blockaded in our harbors, there would be
comparatively but little private property on the
ocean to protect. A powerful fleet blockading the
mouth of the Cheaspeak, could effectually prevent
any mercnant vessel irom going to sea irom any
port in that noble liay or its tributaries. fo in re
gard to New York, New Orleans, &c. If the pro
position to abolish war against private property on
the ocean, were combined with a proposition to
secure to merchant vessels a perfect immunity
from blockade in afty port, then the subject would
be well worthy of serious consideration.
a The following question is suggested to de
bating societies: .
"Which is the happiest, a negro at a dance, or a
hor in a mud hole."
Large Arrivals
OF
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS,
AT
KOOP.TIAIV.ir & PHELPS'
They have received and are receiving a large stock of
Millinery and Ladies' Diess Goods
in endless variety, suitable for the Spring and Summer
trade.
Particular attention is called to their assortment of
Lace Shawls, Points and Mantillas.
They have a LARGER STOCK of FINE GOODS than
they have ever kept before.
They assure those who may deal witn mom uiai mey
win euaeavor io give nusisi-uuu uum m mm
.u i: r.u ?rA .ks.p. Hot.rmin.H i
will endeavor to cive satisfaction doiu in price ana
at such low rates as will tend to the great advantage j
of purchasers. They have in store
A large lot of Ready-made Clothing!
of various styles and qualities at reduced prices.
HARDWARE. &c
Of all kinds, kept constantly on hand and for sale on
the most reasonable terms. . - -
They invite purchasers to give their extensive stock
an examination before bnyinjr elsewhere.
KOOPMANN k PHELPS.
April 10, 1860.
A SPLIT AMONG THE MORMONS.
A portion of the Mormons have at last become
disgusted with the .proceedings of, the Sainta at
Utah, ; and have taken steps to get rid of the
tyranny of Brigham Young., A letter from a
correspondent, which we publish in another column,
gives an interesting account of the proceedings of
the Mormon Conference just held atAniboy, in
Illinois. The Mormon -. Chure.li everywhere ac
knowledges the rightful . authority of young Joe
Smith, son of the founder of the sect; and steps
have for some time been in progress to induce him
to assume the Presidency. This has -at last been
accomplished. He has been inducted Into office,
and made an address on the occasion.
This new organization denounces the action of
Brigham Young with great vehemence, as founded
upon false doctrine, and calculated utterly to
disgrace and ruin the new faith. It will be seen
oy young ftmith a speech, tnat they nave no
Isympathy with polygamy, that they brand the
practices of loung and his followers as prompted
by seducing spirits, and based on the doctrines of
devils. It is proposed to send missionaries to
Utah, to expound to the brethren the false and
dangerous errors of faith and practice into which
they have been betrayed, and to induce them to
aoandon their present habits, and return to the
primitive faith of the Mormon Church. It is
believed that, with the prestige of young Joe
Smith's name, they can make a decided impression
upon the Saints in Ltah, and overthrow the
usurped and abused authority of Brigham Young.
It is doubtful, however, whether Young will
surrender his position and power so easily, and
whether his hold upon the people is not strong
enough to render these movements abortive, lhe
isolation in which the Utah Mormons - live, the
despotism which loung has established over them,
the fact that all their property isiu his hands, and
the ignorance of the great mass of them of any
other head of the Church, will render it a very
difficult task to undermine his authority, or per
suade the mass of his followers to rebel against
him. It is well understood, moreover, that he has
five or six hundred Danites reckless and perfectly
unscrupulous ruffians at his command, ready to
commit any crime which he may direct, and
disposed to crush summarily any authority which
may dispute his own. If young Smith hasanjthing
of his father's nerve and skill in dealing with men,
he may carry this important revolution into effect.
The attempt is, at all events, an interesting and
important event.
Query? Will our opposition friends enlighten
us in a matter that somewhat concerns the public.
Can they tell us the difference between the Oppo
sition party and the Whig party, or the difference
between au-Aiuerican Whig and a Whig American-
Or are there four separate and distinct
parties in this State in opposition to Deinociacy? It
would seem so, for . we have noticed the several
meetings held in different sections, and we find a
"Whig Meeting" here and an "Opposition Meet
ing" there; and in another section we see that the
"American Whigs' held forth, and in another
place the "Whig Americans" have done the same.
Let our opponents throw some light on the sub
ject. Ntwbern Enquirer.
A Brave Indian. The Austin (Texas) Intel
ligencer gives the discription of the gun, bow and
arrows, trappings, &c, of an Indian recently
killed in Burnet County a wild Camanche and
adds:
Mr Hunter of Burnet, describes his conduct
and death as being brave in the highest degree.
A party of about ten had pursued and overtaken
the Indians, about the same number, and at last
intercepted them. The Indians took to the tim
ber. The whites attempted to pursue, when this
Indian turned on foot and faced the whole party.
With his gun on his shoulder he rushed at one and
another, although fired at all the time with six
shooters, and succeeded in keeping them at bay.
He did not fire, and at last, when shot several times,
Mr Hunter says he got down upon his knees as
quiet as a man going to prayer and in makingeffort
to.draw his bow, fell dead, pierced with a dozen
bullets. The party join in the belief that he met
his death to enable the balance of his band to es
cape. Only one of the others was killed. He
was not tall, but was a model of symmetry, and
displayed great power of muscle.
State Capitols. The Capitol of the State of
Tennessee, at Nashville, not yet finished, has
cost, so far, $820,000. The Capitol of Ohio, at
Columbus, unfinished, is estimated to cost, when
completed, S1,522,'J07. The. Capitol of South
Carolina, when finished, will cost $3,500,000.
The Militia of the States. Colonel Kob
erts, of the IT. S. Army, has proposed a plan of
reorganization of the militia of the several States.
He proposes a short term of service for volunteers,
who are to be armed and equipped and disciplined
by Congress, and to be payed for a few days service
each year, when under instruction, discipline and
drill. He fixes this volunteer force at two hun
dred thousand, and proposes to divide them in all
the States in proportion to their population, be
lieving this division will give to each State suffi
cient force to preserve domestic tranquility, to pre
vent insurrection and enforce the laws. When
war is declared the militia to be subject to the call
of the President, to repel invasion, and even to
carry on offensive and foreign war. The plan is
before Congress for its consideration.
The Test. An Irishman had been sick a long
time, and while in that state would occasionally
cease breathing, and life be apparently extinct for
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souie time, when lie would
come too. On one of
these occasions when he had just awakened Irom
his sleep, his tnend Patrick asked him: "And
how'll we know, Jimmy, when yer dead? yerafther
waking up every time." "Bring mc a glass of
whiskey, and say to nie, here's to.ye, Jimmy, au'
if I don't rise and dhrink, then bury me."
. Incendiary Language. A man named Wood,
for using incendiary language relative to the John
Brown foray, received thirty-nine lashes in the
Public Square of Abbeville, S. C, a few days ago,
under legal sentence, and was then shipped off on
the cars.
COURAGE IN WOMAN.
,We subjoin a paragraph below on the subject
indicated in the caption, which we commend to
our ; lady readers everywhere The gentler Bex,
many of them, have not hesitated to acknowledge
in our presence that it was their nature to be easily
alarmed, and that they could not help it. This is
all sheer nonsense. We have seen ladies - who
would scream with terror at the sight of a bee ; run
affrighted from the approach of a small dog, and
actually fall into a paroxyism of fear upon imagin
ing they were threatened with an attack from a
vicious cow. : We are far from admiring Amaton
ian qualities, but we do confess with a high respect
for ladies who can look danger in the face without
fainting, and who, in time of peril, can so com
mand their presence of mind as frequently to avert
the habit, which, by the betrayal of undue timid
ity, becomes inevitable. The extract above re
ferred to is as follows : . . r ,
There is a branch of geuei al education which is
not thought at all necessary for woman, as regards
which, indeed, it is well if they are not brought
up to cultivate the opposite. Women are not
taught to be courageous. Indeed, to soaie persons,
courage may seem as unnecessary for women as
Latin and Greek, yet there are few things that
would tend to make women happier in themselves
and more acceptable to those with whom they live,
than courage. There are many women of the pre
sent day sensible women in other things whose
paniclerrors are a frequent source of discomfort to
themselves and those around them. Now, it is a
great mistake to imagine hardness must go with
courage; and that the bloom of gentleness and
sympathy must all be rubbed off by that vigor of
mind which gives presence of mind, enables a per
son to be useful iu peril, and makes the desire to
assist overcome that sickliness of sensibility which
cau only contcmplato distress and difficulty. So
far from courage being un feminine, there is a pe
culiar grace and dignity in those beings who have
little active power of attack or defence passing
through danger with a moral courage which is
equal to that of the strongest. We see this in
great things. We perfectly appreciate the sweet
and noble dignity of Ann Bowley, a Mary Queen
of Scots, or a Marie Antoinette. There is no
beauty in fear. It is a mean . ugly dishevelled
creature. No statue can be made of it that a wo
man would wish to sec herself .like.
POPULATION OP LONDON.
The weekly tables of the Registrar General for
1859 have shown the- changes of the population of
London during each of the filty-two weeks ; and
now the births, deaths, and fatal , diseases ot the
year can be summed up. The gains and losses ean
be numbered.
The natural increase of the population was 30,-
939. That was the excess of the registered births
over the registered-deaths. Besides the increase
by natural growth, London receives other acces
sions; every county of the United Kingdom Bends'
ts quota to the metropolis, and the aggregate
number of immigrants, according to the best esti
mate, exceeds 23,000. Tho probable increase of
the population was 54,000 in the year, or more
than a thousand weekly.
The population of London in the middle of the
year 1859 was probably 2,774,338, comprising
about 1,299,002 males, and 1,474,736 female; for
there are 175,134 more females than males. This
is the result of the excess of female over male im
migrants, and of the higher mortality to which
men are exposed.
The number of children whose births are regis
tered in the fifty-two weeks amount to 92,556, of
whom 47,189 were boys, and 45,367 girls. Thus
the boys born exceeded the girls by 1,822. The
births were at the rate ol l,7oU weekly, ZD4 daily.
The births exceeded by nearlv 4,000 the births in
the previous year, and 2, 672 the birihs registered
in 1845.
The destruction of life proceeds on the same
scale of grandeur ; 61,617 of the inhabitants of
London died ; so it the dead of this single year
could be brought to life, they would people a large
city.
31,451 males and 30,166 females died. The
deaths do not increase at the same rate as the
births; yet' their numbers have increased since
1845, when the deaths of 24,486 males, 23,836
emales were registered.
The First Cask. The Muscatine ClowaV
Journal is responsible for the following account:
"A marriage was recently solemnized in this vicini
ty which was brought about by bissextile privileges
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llowed to the tair sex. ine young may naa Deen
isitinu in the neighborhood of her lieire lord, and
e, CJ
heinfy nrenossessed in his favor at several cisual
c -
meetings, addressed him on the important subject
nearest her heart. Ut course, as she if? a sensible
woman, and told her love in sensible language to
sensible man, it inei wun ino ngni kihu ui re
ception. The bashful lover was only too glad to
act upon the hint, and ere two months had passed
tne twain were niaae.nesn.
A Good One. Soon after the close of the war
of 1812, an American vessel, with a crew of green
Yankees, moored atSt. Catherine s dock in London.
One of the Yankees pitched into a large warehouse,
and.the proprietor, presuming from his appearance
that he was a green one, thus accosted him :
"Fr-fr-ri-end, ca-can you t-t-tell m-tne." Here
his stuttering stopped his speech, and his book
keeper advanced to his assistance, saying: .
He was going to ask you if you knew wny
Balam's ass spoke.' '
'Wall. I euess 1 du replied Jonathan, waiaam
was a stuttering man, and couldn't speak, so his asg
spoke for him.'
A twtt. rnnn lawver once boasted to an oll
th bar. that be had received two hun
dred dollars for speaking in a certain law-suit.
'l'nnb!" renlrl the-other, "I received double
that sum for keeping silent in that very selfsame
case
High Parcz Foa Negeoes. The Covington
Tiroes says a lot of negroes, 19 in number, were
sold on the block in that city on Tuesday last, at
an average of $1100 each. One girl, lo years old
brought $1,600, a woman and child $1,725. Two
of the negroes 50 years of age, and several between,
the ages of S5 and 70.
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