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CUAKLOTTE, X C,
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.Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances, &c.
OFFICE, with Wm. Johnston-, Esq.
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January 1. IfcOO
J. A. FOX,
Attorney eft
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
G EX Eli A E CtiLLECTIXG AC EXT.
Office at the Court House, 1 door to the left, down stairs.
Win. J. Kerr,
ATTO EC X 12 V A T I. A W,
C11AULOTTK, X. C,
Will praciice 111 the County and Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus counties.
Orrn r. in the Rrauley build:" opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January '14, 180U y
' J. II. MILLER, M. I).,
Practitioner of Mt-dicine and Surgery,
II a j loth.
Olficn uj)jK).ite Kerr's Ifutel
HOBEllT
GWBOS,
M. D
I U .1 CT 1 Tl O S CR O F
Office Xn. 2 Jririn's cornrr, ClIAKLOTTK
Herember 14, 18VJ.
X. c.
JAS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, X. C, .
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
Stsf The collection of claims promptly attended to.
March 14, 15 j
POLLOC R. I.KK.
WM. It. KKUR.
LEE & KERR,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IX CHANCERY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Jfc2y Office over the (Jayoso Hank, on the Corner of
Main and Madison S'treets. -g
Time tf lloltlhtff Court :
Cmaxckry 4th Momhiy in May and Nov.
CiRcriT 3l Monday in Jan.. May and September.
Commok Law 1st Monday i;i March. July nnd Nov'r.
Criminal ud Monday in February, June and October.
CutTTKNiiEN CmoriT Coi kt, Auk. "id Monday iu May
and November.
Jan. 3d, !((, v
It; V. BECK WITH
Has constantly ou hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C,
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 2b cents each.
November 8, 185 y
PEA MEAL. "
We keep at our Steam Flouring Mtll in this place
Pea Meal for feeding cows and stovk. Also, we have
en hand at all times, Family, Extra. Superfine and
carse Flour. We warrant our family Hour.
Corn Meal and Grits can ahvavs be had at Ihe mill.
' . "J. WILKES Jfc CO.
April 19, 1859 . -
The subscriber w ill pay the highest cash prices for
Beef cattle.
Those having Pork Ho;s for sale would do well to
give me a call, as I ain desirous of purchasing that
kindoftiock. " .
J. L. STOUT, Town Butcher.
October U, 18:3.
WEItKOKS wanted.
I want to buy Negro Boys and 0 iris from 12 to 18
llYd " h the hiJJl,est ,,riC('i in c,h 'UI be
May 17, 1859 SAML. A. HARRIS.
COTTON SAW G'lXS,
0.fM,be.l't l"aIi.,' ri1th saws, moveable
chilled ribs and tinned brush, and all other necessary
improvements delivered at any Railroad station in the
iie hi j per saw. 1 nese uins took the
the S. C. State Fair in 1858 and 1859.
premium at
I lanters wishing to purchase Gius of the subscirber
j
' 1
- uo wen 10 send tneir oruers early, as there
erally a crowd of work late in the season.
is
gen
J..M. EI.LIOTT !
Winusboro S C I
March 20, 18,jo.
Cm
Itteulioii, FA IS. TIERS !
The MAO I(? PLOW, rcatent-
y J. ?. flarria of Mississiif i,) .
- . lvn ,u one. n 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
a- oamnle.
March 27, 1860
tf
JOHN HENRY WAYT,
Surgeon Dentist,
(GRADUATE IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY,)
Office in Brawler's Building, opposite Kerb's Hotel,
SURGICAL OPERATIONS, at Clrft Palate, Hare
Lip, Tuixori of mouth and jaw, performed.
Fracti bes and Dislocation's of the Jaws treated.
Teeth tilled with Gold, Silver, Tin or Amalgam.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted in the best-manner.
A very superior Tooth Powdkr and Tooth Wash
on hand.
Price moderate and all work done atifaetory to tb
patient.
A stock of Dentists' materials always on hand. Gold
and Silver Phite of any fineness gotten out.
February 28, I860 tf
Tiii:i:siiirv" itiaciiiives.
The subscriber is still Agent for the sale of the
celebrated and much admired combined improved
THRESHER AND WINNNOWER, manufactured by
Wheeler, Melick k 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. 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 Kailroad Depot at the above prices
charges and transportation only to be added.
Addres J. B. TROY, Troy's Store,
March 6, 18G0. 3m Montgomery co, X C.
Money
have !
I Want, and MONEY I must
Do you owe Jonas Rudasill?
If so,
come and pay him. He has many drafts upon
him everv day for lumber and labor. These are cash
articles. Men can't work without eating flour, bacon,
lard, ic, are cash articles. I cannot do work without
lumber; and have to pay for what I pet, on delivery.
I have large amounts due me for work done; some have
been due for a long time, and I now most positively say
those accounts must be closed.
I still continue to carry on the business at my old
stand, and have for sale Sash Doors, Blinds, 4c, and
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 tor cash
onlv. JONAS RUDASILL.
March 27. 18(50
AXOTI1EEK SOUTHER MOVlIGtT
CUBAN SEGA II MANUFACTORY.
Siaars and Tubarro Leaf direct from CuLa.
JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from
Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment
of SUGARS, SXCFF, TOIUCCO, Ac, for this market.
and is now opening some celebrated brands of Segars,
among which may be found the following :
El Rico Habana, Mucha EI LitUelo,
Concha's Malos, Rio Hoi-.dro,
Flor del Tnmas, Lasbelas Gustou.
He manufactures Segars from the bet Havana To
bacco; and keeps the best Smoking and chewingTobac
co, Lynchburg and Turkish Brands ; Maccabau, Rap-
nee and niire Scotch Snuffs; Powhatan Pipes, snnff
Boxes, Matches. Blacking, &c; Meershaun Segar Hold
ers and Pipes.
He respectfully invites the public fo call at the Cu
ba.? Segar Factory nearly opposite the Mansion House
January 3, 18J0.
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, 18G0 6m . Tyro, Davidson co.
LOWRIE'S
ro. re rr nr c sr
!7?
LLJ v J A U LTA lJ Q
r
I receive all the Xew 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, and mauy 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 t he whole
sale for which it can be bought in the Northern cities,
freight added. P. J LOWRIFJ.
Feb. 15, 1860. ' i ' , '! ; j ; '
nAIiTFOKD FIIIE IXSUKANTE CO.,
HARTFORD, Conn.
Incorporated A. D. 1810. Charter Perpetual.
Authorized capital $1,000,000
Capital paid iu 5oO,oOO
ourplus 300,tt00
ASSETS JANUARY I, 1859.
Cah on hand arid in Bank - ' - 43 455 22
Cash in hand of Agents and in transit, 54.827 09
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 . " Xew York, 197,750 00
710 " " " Boston, 74,620 00
100 shares Bank of the State of Missouri, 10,M0 0
State aud city Bonds, 6 per cents, 74,245 00
Rail Road Stocks, . , . . .16,250 0V
United States' Treasury Xotes, 14,035 0
$803,769 86
DIRECTORS.
Charles Boswall,
Henry Keney,
II. Huntington,
Albert Day,
James Goodvin
Job Allyn,
John P. Brace,
Charles J. Russ.
Calvin Day,
Timo. C. Ally. Sceretarv.
II. nrXTIXOTOJf, President.
C. C. Lymax, Atfistant See'v,
Wm. X. Bowebs, Actuary.
This old and reliable company, established for near
Iy fifty years, contin ues to Insure against loss or dam
age by Fire on dwellings, furniture, warehouses, stores,
merchandise, mills, manufactories, and most other
kinds of property, on itt usual satisfactory terms'. ;
Particular attention given toi nguring 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 W .rates of premium.
Applications for Insurance may be made to the nn-1
dersigned, the duly authorized Agent for Charlotte and j
vicinity. - . , j
Losses equitably adjusted at this Agency, and paid i
'n,n,ediately, upon satisfactory proofs, in fuuds current
," eitif f Xetc l'ork or Button, as the assured may
preier.
E. NYE HUTCHISON, i
June 28, 18:9.
Agent at Charlotte.
WHEAT!
The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new i
crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers r
will find it to their advantace to call at the CHAR
LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selliBjr -. -.
JNO. WILKES
Julj2C, 18 tf
DIGNITY OP THE LABORER.
The noblest men I know on earth,
Are men whose hands are brown with toil;
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the woods and till the soil,
And win "thereby a prouder fame
. Then follows king or warrior's name.
The" workingmen, whate'er their task,
To carve the stone or bear the hod -
They wear upon their honest brows .
. The royal stamp and seal of God!
And brighter are their drops of sweat
Than diamonds in a coronet !
God bicss the noble workingmen,
Who rear the cities of the plain,
Who dig the mines and build the ships,
And drive the commerce of the main;
God bless them, for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory of all lands.
Immense Attraction!
AT THE
Great Clothing Emporium
OF
FUL.LIXGS, SPRINGS & CO.
They are now opening at their large and capacious
Store Room, the HANDSOMEST and CHEAPEST
Stock of Ready-made Clothing
ever offered in the State.
Their stock comprises all the different kinds of Fancy
Cut Linen aud Marseilles Bnsiness Suits, English and
French Drap d'Ete and Alpacca Frocks and Sacks; a
large variety of Cassimr-re Pants I-ancy and Black;
also, Fancy and Black Si'.k, Cassimere and Marseilles
ests 111 endless variety.-
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Hats and Caps, Ac, Ac. All of the
above gooda are of the latest styles and patterns.
M ANUFAC i URING DEPARTMENT.
FCLLIXGS, SPRINGS & CO. have a! ;o added to their
Ready-made Clothing Stock, a Merch.uit Tailoring De
partment, to which they call the especial attention of
their many friends and customers.
They intend making this department second to none
in the State, either in style and quality ol Goods, or in
the manufacture of Garments.
At all times will be found a good stock of Black and
colored Cloths, English, French and American Cassi
meres, and a variety of Vesting?, j- Also, an assortment
of Rock Island Cassimeres. ...
They feel confident of their ability to undersell any
other house in the State, from the advanlages they
have in getting their goods.
Their goods are bought by the quantity, by one of
the firm who resides in the Northern markets, which
gives him the opportunity of taking advantage of the
prices- of. goods, thereby . saving at least Twnty-fir
per cent to the consumer.
Jt3yDimes saved are Dollars made !"tB3 So try us.
, E. FULLINGS,
JNO. M. SPRINGS,
JNO. P. HEATH.
April 10, I860. tf -
T. J. CORPEA1IVG,
Surgeon IDentist,
(Graduate of the Baltimore Dental College,)
Can be found at his Office on Tryon street, opposite
China Hall, where he will be pleased to receive the
calls of those who may require bis professional services.
February 21, I860. ,6m
Large
Arrivals
- OF
SPUING & SUMMER GOODS,
AT
KOOP3IAIVIV PIIEJLPSV
They have ' received and are receiving a large stock of
JD2?y Ooocis,
Millinery nd Ladies' Press Goods
in endless variety, suitable for the Spring and Summer
trade. V ,
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 asiure those who may deal with them that they
will endeavor to give satisfaction both in price . and
the quality of the Goods, as they are determined to sell
at such low rates as will tend to the great advantage
of purchasers. They have in store
A large lot of Ready-made Clothing
of various stjies aud qualities at reduced prices.
. e!3 g f&'O M.
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 buying elsewhere. - ;
. , . KOOPMAXX & . PHELPS. ,
April 10, WfiO. "
,, taxes..; ,;;., ,. ..,.
The TAX LISTS for the year 185!) are now in . my
bund.- for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come foward and settle.
. - ' h. L. UKitu, fcuertrc.
April 3, 18G0. .'. ' .
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of T. H
BREM k CO. is this day dissolved
by mutual consent
The books and papers are in the
hands of T. hbiciu at the Hardware Store ofCochrane j
- . ... . ,.
k 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. H. BREM,
, : J. A. SADLER. Jr; -
March 20, 1S60V
T. L. ALEXANDER.
JVKW IIOTliL near the Depot.
"H"UST OPENED for the accommodation of transient
Customers and Day Boarders, by
XT. YT. ELMS.
Charlotte, Apl 3. 1860. . 6t
Madison Furnace,
LINCOLN COUNTY, N. C.
THE IRON WORKS, 6 miles East of
Lincolnton and j
peration, where
13 miles South of Newton, are now in operat
all kinds of Castings, uch as machinery, cooking ware, T
J- ' will nA iinn tt'itli Hitnafph hv cufnoriAP'iVArlrmn "i
,-oy superior workmen, :
a ,-Ka rafB . rwwoihl . Wh,n ihp R6t P.,rnPA .
j is not in operation, casting will be done with the cupola, i
I will also have Hammered IroWoade. and :an furn-j
ish farmers jid mechanics wittr'any thing needed m t
r 'aZ " : , r t-
Old metal aad Prodaie taken in exchange for wrk
or Iron. JONAS V. DERR.
I February 14, 1860
4m-pd
LECTURE ON MORMONISM.
Mr Burr's Lecture on "Mormonism," at Willard's
Concert Hall, Washington, last Saturday night,
was an interesting one, according to the newspaper
accounts. He uiade his statements from personal
observation, and some of the facts are revolting in
the extreme. Polygamy, the leading feature of
ormonism at the present day, was not ostensibly
practi
acticed until after Aug. 21, 1852, five years after
the emigration to Utah. Prior to that time, it had
I been condemned in " the most decided terms; and,
' indeed, the koran pronounces ' curses noon those
who should dare to practice it. Woman has become
degraded to the very lowest depths, and self-respect
crushed out of her by this accursed custom of
polygamy, which they declared was revealed to
them from Heaven: The Mormons sunk deeper
and deeper in crime daily and yearly.
A man may marry a widow and her daughters
at the same time. There is no regard paid what
ever to kindred. They have announced that, in
less than a year from this time, a man may marry
his step-daughter. Mr Bernhisel, the late delegate
to Congress, professed to have but one wife; but,
to the certain knowledge of the speaker, he had at
the time three wives living in Utah, and those a
widow and her two daushters. Brigham Young
professes to have but forty wives of his own, but
he has at different times married all of Joe fennth s
widows, thus swelling the number to sixty or
seventy. Brigham has full power to grant divorces
consequently they are taking place every day. One
woman had been divorced from no less than six
husbands. They have a right to marry by proxy,
and if a man goes away he may appoint another
to act in his place until his return. The children
of those , marriages are brought up in perfect
ignorance, most of them not even knowing how to
read. The wives of each man are kept within
certain bounds and their children with them, and
as each take part in the quarrels of. their mothers,
they are allowed to give vent to the depravity of
their natures.
TLe Church monopolizes everything, and owns
nearly all the real estate in and around bait Lake
City. It has made a great deal of money by the
forcible circulation of spurious coin. - He exhibited
a piece of money which, in Utah, is made to pass
tor So, but is in reality worth but S3 7o. On one
side is a wreath, an eye, and a crown, and on the
other two hands clasped in the centre of the piece,
and around the edge the letters G. b. L. C. 1 . (x
standing .for "Great Salt Lake City pure gold."
The coin is very much alloyed, and very much
lighter than the American halt-eagle
The lecturer said that the young men of Utah
were not to, be ridiculed. ,.They.are hardy aud
brave, aud being taught to consider all the rest of
the world their enemies, they are dangerous 111 the
extreme, and must eventually be subdued by the
Lnited btates troops
, Mr Burr save much very valuable information
which has not before been elicited
the Mormons.
with regard to
, LETTER FROM GOV. ELLIS
The following letter was sent by his Excellency
Gov. John W. Lias, of. .North Carolina, to the
Clay Statue Committee of Invitation ; " , ;
Executive Department, ) .
. llaleigh, March 18, 1860. J
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of yours of the 12th inst., invitilTg me,
in behalf of the Ladies of Richmond, to be present
at the ceremonies of inaugarating the marble
Statue of Henry Clay, in the City of llichmond,
on the 12th day of April next. ,
I cannot say at this time, whether my official
engagements will permit of my being preseut on
the interesting occasion to which you refer.
Ceitaiuly, nothing but the most imperative engage
ments shall debar me the pleasure of being present
and contributing all in my power to do honor to
the memory of one of Virginia's most cherished
sons, ana 01 America s purest patriots aim most
illustrious orators. ' ':
You will ; please express to the Ladies of
Richmond- my profound thank?, for their kind
invitation, and to say to them, that I will certainly
be present on the 12th, unless prevented 'by
circumstances beyond my control. You will accept,
gentlemen, my ' respectful acknowledgements for
the polite manner in which you have made known
to me the wishes of the Ladie3 of Richmond.
I Lave the honor to be, your oVt servant.
JOHN W. ELLIS.
Messrs. Robert Ridgeway, and James A. Scott.
"In North Carolina they the democrats"! have
attempted to make their party creed part of the
teachings of youth, by electing partizan trustees of
our University, and by excluding from participa
tion in the management in that institution, all
whose subserviency to the behests of party could
in any wise be doubtful. Qjyxuntimi Platform.
It is a significant fact, and true as it is signifi
cant, that the Legislature of jNorth Carolina has
been under the control of the Whig party, almost
exclusively from the time' of its foundation to with
in a few years passed, and the trustees of the Unir
versity, scarcely without an exception, have been
chosen from among the partizans of that organiza
tion, and no one has ever before raised the howl cf
j complaint. It was all right for the opposition
party to fill its posts of honor with its own mem-
I l .-.- l i
Ders, dui it is cruel anu outrageous ior me jenio
cratic party to do so. But is the assertion true f ' .
The Democratic party during the last Legisla
ture were willing, it' we rightly remember, to allow
the opposition a portion of the trustees to be elect
ed. We well recollect that this sentiment prevail
ed in the Senate. But the opposition could not
or would not ajrree among themselves upon a tick-
i et; and thus it was tha' democrats were elected. r
j But we submit the question, does it not come in
j bad-grace from the opposition Convention, nine
i tenths? at least of ' whose members present, were
third degree Know-ftotbines, who bad taken the
most solemn oaths to vote down and oppose, social
ly and politically, everybody who. were not a third
degree Know nothing and -the nominee of their
ord to denounce in such bitter terms others for
'
-. . - . , u
Vvaci IUUOII OU political "iuui.ua a rail uuwc.cr
fiom this; if the Detnocratic party has at any time
been- disposed to proscribe men lor Such reasons,
oathg which these same individuals have taken',
has prompted it to do so; and they have only to
r r , - r v u . x.
blame themselveR for the grteyaucea of which they
j eoBipiam. ntnsion aennucu
' CANCERS.
From the Cotton Planter and Soil. '
There was a remedy for the above justly dreaded
disease published in the papers generally last year.
It was Chloride of Zinc and pulverized Blood Hoot.
.Living near me, was a negro woman about fifty
five years old, who had an eating cancer from the
nipple to the armpit, about six inches long and
j two or three wide; it had been spreading for five
years, until her system was generally yielding to
it. Upon her the remedy was applied as follows:
The Zinc, which is sold in hard crystal, absorbs
water rapidly on exposure, is rubbed; with the
Blood Root until a paste is formed without addi
tion of any fluid. - This is applied to the diseased
part, spread on cloth cut to fit dose as possible. Th
Zinc being caustic burns the skin, for tint reason
the plaster should be confined as near as possible
to the . affected parts.. 1 wo applications were
made, each plaster remained on twenty-four hours
A small portion of the cancer was tumorous with
apparently a healthy skin over it. On that part
another application was made: in five days the dis
eased part sloughed out, leaving a cavity the size
as above and about an inch deep, which was treat
ed as a burn, and considering the s.ge of this sub
jeet, her health and the extent of her wound
healed rapidly and now the former diseased part is
covered -with a smooth healthy cuticle. Her
health fully restored, and so far as external evi
dence can actermine, the cancer is ' cured. The
application was made in October last. '
I'. T. GRAVES
The above remedy for this alarming disease
Cancer, and the facts of the case detailed, are from
a gentleman, a planter, of this county, and may be
relied on as strictly correct. W e hope our readers
will treasure up this information, and be ready at
all times both to use if so unfortunate as to have
a case of cancer in their families and also to com
municate it freely to those who are not so fortun
ate as to be subscribers to and readers of the
''Cotton Planter and Soil." Planter
'The Virtue of a Tin Pan at the. End of a
Don's 'Tail. We have been informed by an offi
cer of the United States arm v of a most remarkable
instance of ingenuity and presence of mind in a
sergeant of the army, which' occurred a few weeks
ago, by which he saved his own life and the lives
of his party.
A sergeant, with about twenty-five soldiers, had
been sent out some miles from lort Defiance, .New
3Jexico, to guard some stock which were sent to
graze,, when unexpectedly they found that the
party was surrounded by about 400 hostile Narvajo
Indians. 1 he brave aud - skillful sergeant took
position on an eminence and by a volley from their
long shooting rifles at first drove off the savages,
who, however, soon rallied and were preparing to
storm the small party on all sides. The sergeant,
in taxing., his brain for an expedient by which to
convey intelligence of the desperate peril in which
his party was placed, took a single dog which had
accompanied the party, fastening to his collar a
note written with a pencil, informing the com
mander at the fort of his situation, toot a tin-cup
iu wuicti. ne put some pebbles, fastened it with a
string to the dog's tail and turned him loose, know
ing that in his fright he would ruu to the fort.
He dashedt with .his greatest speed to Fort Defi-
ancej the note was discovered and read. Straight-
way a party was sert.to the rescue, and arrived
just in time to save the lives of the whole party.
1 his sergeant justly merits a commission, which
we hope will be awarded him by the President.--J2x.
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Earthquake. Late San Francisco papers
speaK 01 a violent snociv or an earthquake at oac-
ramcnto, where there was a general stampede
from the Capitol building, and the Senate tempo
rarily adjourned. A shock was also felt at Carson
Citr, Utah Territory. . It was so severe that a gen
eral rosb was made for the street from nearly eve-.
ry house in town. " Goods were shaken from the
shelves of the, stores aud a general panic prevailed
for a few minutes." ' " '." '
Comparison between Indian women and vliite
ladies. Gen Sam Dale, the Southwestern Indian
fighter, ays in his memoir just published, that he
paid a visit to .Washington wlicu Jackson was
president, and adds: , ; . . ,
"the ladies yi,, Washington struck, me, who had
so long been accustomed to the sunburned maidens
of the woods, sis very fair and beautiful; very fasci
nating aud refined.' ;it,,oe thing they differ from
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our Indian women: tney loot one lull in tne lace,
and it is difficult to withstand their glances. An
Indian maid, when a warrior approaches bends her
head like a drooping leaf. ; It is only in the deep
est - recesses, when no others are near, that her
lover sees the. deep lustre of her eyes, or even the
blushes that mantle on. her cheek. Ther iove in
tensely, and make the most faithful wives, and the
tenderest of mothers." . . . . . ; - . ,
A mother in port kith Iter c7id.-Th$ Hamil
ton (O.) lelegraph says: Last luesday a little
child of Mrs Shaffer, who lives jn Germantown,
got possession of an old pistof. and snapped it
several times, after which she handed it to" her
mother, aud said in a playful manner, "Shoot me
mother." 31 rs Shaffer took the pistol and pointed
the muzzle at her child, and pulled the trigger,
exploding the cap, and sending a tail through the
child's head, killing it instantly.- ' The ' pistol had
not been fired for more than a year, and was 'sup
posed not to be loaded. V .7 ' ' ' ' '
GENTILITY.
Genteel it is. to have" soft hands,
But not "TgeriteePto "work oh lands:
Genteel if is to lie abed,
But not genteel to earn your bread :
Genteel it is to cringe and bow, 1
But not genteel to sow and' plow; 1
Genteel it is to play the beau, .
But not genteel toreapaad wow,'
Genteel it is to keep a gig. - 'A f 4 '
But not genteel tonoe-aud dig;
Genteel it is in trade to fail,' "
But not genteel to swing a flaiL
Genteel it is to cheat your tailor; '"
But not genteel to be a Sudor; ...I
Genteel iiits to, fight R.ueX
Bat not-genteelloeat'yJbwn fuelj:.
Genteel it is to eat rich cake,
But not genteel to cook and bake.'
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ADVENTUEE WITH
ESQUIMAUX
;-. DOGS.
.T
ITie following extract from Dr Haves' "Aretia
Boat Journey'.' will be read with interest tt the
present time, when the writer'a proposed Polar
Expedition is one of the topics of the day:,
"The dogs were fastened by their long traces,
each team being tied to a separate stake.' They '
were howling pitcously. Having been exposed to
all the fury of the storm, with no ability, to run
about, they bad growu cold; and as their masters
told u3y having bad nothing to eat during thirty-six
hours, they must have been savairely. huncrr.
One of them had already eaten his trace; but we
came out, fortunately, st the proper moment to
prevent an attack upon the pledges. : -
'Leaving the hunters to look after their teams,
I returned to the hut. -The blinding snow which '
battered my face made me insensible to everything
except the idea of getting out of it; and thinking
of no danger, I was in the act of stooping to enter :
the , doorway, when a sudden noise behind me
caused me to look around, and there, close at my
heels, was the whole pack of thirteen hungry
dogs, snarling, snapping, and showing their sharp
teeth like a drove of ravenous wolves. It was
fortunate that I had not got dowu upon my knees,
or they would have been upon my back. In fact,
so impetuous was their attack, that one of them
had already sprung when I faced round. I caught
him on my arm and kieked him down the hill.
The others were for the moment intimidated by
the suddenness of my movement, and at seeing the
summary manner" in which their loader had been
dealt with; and they were in the act of sneaking
away, when they perceived that I was powerless
to do them any harm; having uothing in my hand.
Again they assumed the offensive; they were all
around me; an instant more and I should be torn
to pieces, l had faced death in several shapes
before, but never had I felt as then; my blood fairly
curdled in my veins. leath down the red throats
of a pack of wolfish dogs had something about it
peculiarly unpleasant. Conscious of my weak
ness, they were preparing for a spring; I had not
time even to halloo for help to ruu would be the
readiest means of bringing the wretches upon me.
Jly eyes swept round the group and caught some
thing lying half buried in the snow, about ten feet
distant. Quick as a flash I sprang, as I "never
sprang before or since, over the back ot a huge
fellow . who stood before, and the next instant I
was whirling about nie the lash of a long whip,
cutting to light and left. - The dogs retreated be-. ,.
fore my blows and the fury of my onset, and then
sullenlv skulked behind the rocks. The whip had
clearly saved my life; there was nothing else with
in my reach, and it had been dropped there quite
accidentally by Kalutanah as he went down to the
sledges. T
"My principal object in mentioning this little
incident is to show tlie savage propensity of these
dogs, which are to the Esquimaux more than the
horse to us or the camel to the Arab. Savage"
they are, however, only when hungry. The night,
without food had. developed all their latent wol-;
fish qualities. . Reclaimed wolves they doubtless '
are; and, as shown by the boldness of their attack
when my back "was turned and when I had nothing t
iu my hand, and their timidy when I had posses-,
sion of a slender whip, they have oil of a wolfs
cowardice. T heir masters keep them in subjec-
tion only by intimidation; they will do nothing for '
man they do not icar; and even the hunter
who has "been accustomed to them for years, and
has fed them and driven them, has to watch them
closely when they are hungry. -His whip is then
his constant companion. Ihey are capable of no
attachment to their master, be he ever so kind, ex
cept in rare cases; and they will follow the man
who last fed . them. A little child, or a disabled .
person,
is never safe among them in times of
scarcity.
DEEP PLOWING.
The . Hon. F. II ol brook makes the following
statement in the New England Farmer: - 5?
"The land had, for many years been under the
washing effects of shallow plowing and severe crop
ing with' rye, until at length it was quite exhausted
and abandoned to pasturage, yielding,a scant her-
bragc in the eany part of the season," but becom
ing dry and sere by mid-summer, and remaining
so through the remainder of the year. My friend
found that the suvface was of little or no account
any way, but thought there might be some hopes
of - making productive land out of the subsoil.
le accordingly commenced upon a piece of the 1
tract, of about five acres, once putting in his uni-
versal sod and sub-soil plow ten inches ; deep, in -?
the month of November, and turned up a soil of 1
yellow ioamy fine-grained and free from stone and T
that bad never before seen the day. In the spring
following,-the plowed land Was manured broadcast
at the rate af about' twelve cords per acre, and '"
cross-plowed with a sharp steel plow, turning the J f
manure under four or five inches deep. "- The field l
was then harrowed, furrowed out in rows each way, '''
a tablespoon ful of superphosphate put in each hill, ''.
and the piece planted with corn. It yielded about
seventy bushels of shelled corn per acre, and the" ;
next year a good crop ot oats, and is now well set
in crass for a mowing field. - Other portions of the
condemned old plain are now undergoing ' similar T
process of deep plowing and high culture,' with
good results: and tlm desert will doubtless soon
blossom as the rose.' ''. ' 1 ''
Snuff. Ve ' have ascertained that nearly ten- .
thousand pounds tf Scotch Snuff is annually bought Z
and sold in this market. A large portion is sold in,"
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uiK, to mercnants ana traacrs in tue surrououmg ,
country. -' It costs our merchants Irom i to 3
cents per pound, and is'usually retailed, 2 ounces ,
for 5 cents; and 4 ounces tor IU cents; ana 1 ID.
for 25 or 30 cents. ""It w a .disagreeable and not
11 - I C i .1 n .1 Iron. K w - I
erv uroiiiaojo anicie oi inuti tp vj muov
traders simply because they have ' customers who'
a t
call for it We have reason to believe that negro
women are the largest consuniere, though we are
aware that "it is eon fined to no particular grade of
citizens.
.--Salisbury Watchman. ; . v,v:y
: irThe wine-business "is becomirur a Terr nm
1
portant item'- in Missouri"-and , California!. Tb 6 ?J
profits of a successful -vineyard ire almost fabuP-'J
ous. Let this thing be thoroughly studied irt'tW"
South, and it will add another source of prosperity,
to those she has already.
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