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W. 3. & E. A. YAffiSS, Editors AND PROPRIETORS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 29, I860.
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SA M J IX P. SMITH,
Alloiii-v iiiid C?niiM-lr at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
Will attend j-romjilly and diligently to collecting and
remitting all claim intrusted to his care.
Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Coa
Te vance. &c.
OFFICE, with W. Johnston, Esq.
During hour? of business, may be found in the
Court House, Office No. 1, adjoining the clerk's office.
Januarv 10. 1HC0
J. A. FOX,
Attorney zxt
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
G EX Eli A L COLLECTIXG AG EXT.
Office at. the Court House, I door to the left, down stair?
Win. J. Kerr,
A T T O B: A K V A T I. A W,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior Crurts of
Mecklenburg. I'nion and Cabarrus counties.
Office in the 11 raw ley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, 1800 y
J. M. MILLER,. M. I).,
Tractitioner of Medicine and Surgery,
May 1 Oth. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
IWBFJIT UMBOS, M. D.,
I'U.tCriTIOIEK OF JllSDICIKE
AXD
Ojfire No. '2 Iricins comer, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
"December 14, 18.V.
JAS. T. DAVIS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
4-5"- The collection of claims promptly attended to.
March 14, 1x59 y
rOLLOK B. LEE.
VM. II. KRItlt.
LEE & KERR.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITOUS IX CHANCERY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Jjfsj" Office over the Gayoso Rank, on the Corner of
Main and Madison Streets. ijX
Time nf Holding Courts :
Cuaxckbt 4th Monday in May and Nov.
Cirkit 'Jd Monday in Jan.. May and September.
Common Law 1st Monday fn March. July and Xor'r.
CniMiNAi 'id Monday in February, June and October.
CairTEsntN Cikclit Coi nr, Auk. 2il Monday in May
and November.
Jan. 3d, 18C0. v
R. W. BECK WITH
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
Of the best English ami American manufacturers.
Call and exiimine hi stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each.
Novembers, 18."9 y
rankTn & martin
Commission crebants,
1 iliiiingloii, A. C.
ROBT. C. RANKIN
Aug. 30, 1 853.
ALFRED MARTIN.
lr-pd
PEA MEAL
w
"e keep at our Steaai Flourinc Mill in this nlace
Pea Meal for feeding cows and stouk. Also, we have
on hand at all times, Family, Extra, Superfine and
carse Flour. We warrant our family flour.
Corn Meal and (Jrits can alwavs be had at the mill.
"J. WILKES & CO.
April 19, 18."9
WANTED,
The suWriber wilfpay the highest cash prices for
eef cattle. 1
Those hijvinj
I'ork Hogs for sale would do well to
as I am desirou of purchasing that
give m a call,
kind of tock.
J. L. STOUT, Town Catcher.
October 11,
COTTOX SAW GIXS,
i.f-S,eb1 ilU?ny' V?h lu inch Sdws- n.oveable
ehilled ribs and tinned brush, and all other necearr
.mprovements-dehvered at any Railroad station in the
KelVllPr ! in,s,to the premium at
tn S. C Mate Fair 111 1858 and 1859.
Planters wishing to purchase Oins of the subcirher
will do well to send their orders early, as there is cen
trally a crowd of work late in the season.
J. M. ELLIOTT,
1860. 6m Winnsboro. S. C.
March 20.
Attention, FAIt.TlERS!
The MAGIC PLOW, (patent-
d by J. P. Harris of Mississippi,)
F,,, - - tiiv flviiuutngc I'l K. will VI II I II IT
out 1 lows in oue. It can h t,;.t t;me op
ened twelve tunes without the aid of a Blacksmith. It
can be used the whole season without any additional
I Sample ' IIardwre of Cochrane
March 27, 18S0
SIIOOI.S.
Office of Literary Board, "
Raleigh, May 11, 1860.
The following distribution of the Literary Fund for
the first six months cf the year 1660, among the several
counties of the State, ia ordered by the Board: a tabu
lar statement whereof is annexed.
The amount due the respective connties will be paid
at the Treasury Department, to the persons entitled,
upon a compliance with the provisions of the law on
the subject.
Allepliany, Madison, and Polk counties will receive
their shares from the counties from which they were
respectively formed.
Jackson county will receive 30 per cent, of the
amount allotted to Macon county, and the balance of
its share from that alloted to Haywood.
JOHX W. ELLIS,
rrttt. Ex-Ojicio Lit. Board.
common
Counties. Fed. Pop. Dist. Shaue.
Alamance, 10,166 $1,219 t2
Alexander, 5,003 000 36
Alleghany,
Auson, 10,Yo6 1,2!0 12
Ashe, 8,539 1,024 68
Beaufort, 11,716 1,405 12
Bertie, 9,973 1,196 76
Bladen, 8,024 962 88
Brunswick, 5,950 714 12
Buncombe, 12,338 1,480 56
Burke, 6,919 830 28
Cabarrus, 8,674 1,040 88
Caldwell, 5,836 700 32
Camden, 5,174 620 88
Carteret, 6,208 744 96
Caswell, 12,161 1,459 3.!
Catawba, 8,234 988 08
Chatham, 16,055 1,926 60
Cherokee, 6,703 804 30
Chowan. 5,252 630 24
Cleaveland, 9,697 1,163 64
Columbus, 5,308 636 96
Craven, 12,329 1,479 48
Cumberland, 10,634 1,276 06
Currituck, 6,257 751 84
Davidson, 14,123 1.694 76
Davie, 6,993 839 76
Duplin, 11.111 1,333 32
Edgecombe, 10,018 1,202 12
Forsyth, 10,627 1,275 74
FYanklin, 9,510 1,141 20
Gaston, 7,228 867 36
Cate, 6.878 825 36
Granville, 17,303 2,070 36
Greene, 5,320 638 52
Guilford, 18,48(1 2,217 60
Halifax, 13,007 1,560 84
Harnett, 7,089 850 70
Haywood, 6,907 ' 828 84
Henderson, 6,883 825 96
Hertford, 6,656 798 72
Hyde, 6,585 790 20
Iredell, 13,.'62 1,567 44
Jackson,
Johnston, 11,149 .1,337 92
Jones, 3,395 " 472 20
Lenoir, 6,181 741 84
Lincoln, 6,924 830 iS
Macon, 6,169 740 28
M:tdison,
Martin, 6,9fil 835 32
McDowell, 5,741 688 92
Mecklenburg, 11,724 1,406 83
Montgomery, 6,166 739 56
Moore, 8,552 1,026 2H
Xash. 7,905 948 60
Xcw Hauover, 14.236 1,708 32
.Northampton, 10,731 1,2S7 72
Onslow, 7,040 844 80
Orange, 14,957 1,794 84
Pasquotank, 7,708 924 96
Perquimans, 6,030 723 60
Person, 8,825 1,059 00
Pitt, 10,745 1,289 40
Polk,
Randolph, 15,167 1,821 12
Richmond, 7,936 952 32
Robeson, 11,080 1,329 60
Rockingham, 12,363 1,483 5i
Rowan, 12,329 1,479 48
Rutherford, 12,388 1,486 56
Sampson, 12,311 1,477 32
Stanly, 6,348 761 76
Stokes, 8,490 1,018 80
Surrv, 8,132 975 84
Tyrrell, 4,452 534 24
Union, 9.258 1,110 9C
Wake, 21,123 2,534 76
Washington, 4,780 573 60
Watauga, 3,348 401 76
Warren, 10,366 1,243 92
Wavnc, 10.317 1,238 09
Wilkes, 11,642 1,397 04
Wilson, 6,754 810 45
Yadkin, 9,511 1,141 32
Yancey, 8,068 968 16
Total, 752,542 $90,425 04
JOHN HENRY WAYT,
Surgeon Dentist,
(GRADUATE IX MEDICIXE AND DENTISTRY,)
Office in Brawley's Building, opposite Kerr's Hotel,
SURGICAL OPERATIONS, as Cl-ft Palate, Han
Lip, Tumor of moulh and Jatct, performed.
Fractures and Dislocations of the Jaws treated.
Teeth filled with Gold, Silver, Tin or Amalgam.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted in the best manner.
A very superior Tooth Powder and Tooth Wash
ou hand.
Prices moderate and all work done tatisfaetory to the
patient.
A stock of Dentists' materials always on hand. Gold
and Silver Plate of any tineness gotten out.
February 28, 1860 tf
ANOTHER SOUTHER iHOVIlCMT
CUBAN SEGAtt MANUFACTORY.
Sftjnrs and Tobacco Ltaf direct from Cuba.
JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from
Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment
ofSEGARS, SNUFF, 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 Littleto,
Concha's Malos, Rio Hor.dro,
Flor del Tumas, Lagbelas Gustou.
He manufactures Segars from the best Havana To
bacco; and keeps the best Smoking and chewing Tobac
co, Lynchburg and Turkish Brand ; Maccabau, Rap
pee and pure Scotch Snuffs; Powhatan Pipes, snnff
Boxes, 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, 1860.
life isi 1;.
The undersigned, as Agent, will receive applications
for Insurance iu the North Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company.
This Company is the oldest in the State, and has
been ia successful operation for several years. Its rates '
arc moderate, and all losses promptly adjusted. !
Persons wishing to insure their own lives or the lives j debt and cost,
of their Slaves, iu this Company, will call at the office Witness. Silas Williams, Clerk of said Court, at Of
of the Agent at the Branch Bank of North Carolina. fice, 11th Monday after the 4th Monday in Dec, 1859.
Slaves insured for two-thirds of their value. S. WILLIAMS, Clark.
Apl3, I860. 3m T. W. DBWEY, Agt. :0-Ct. pr.adv. $6.
GAITER BOOTS.
A little glove stirs up the heart,
As tides stir up the ocean.
And snow-white muslin when it fits
Wakes many a curious notion.
All sorts of ladv-fixins thrill
My feelings as they'd orter,
But little female gaiter boots
Are death, and nothing shorter!
And jnst to put you on your guard,
I'll give you, short and brief,
A small hotel experience,
Which filled my heart with grief:
Last summer, at the "Oliver,"
I stopped a wsek or more,
And marked two "booties" every morn
Before my neighbor's door;
Two boots with patent leather tips
Two boots which seemed to say,
"An angel trots around in us"
They stolo my heart away.
And often in my nightly dreams
They swept before my face,
A lady growing out of them,
As flowers from out a vase.
But O! one morn I saw a sight
Which struck me like a stone;
Some other name was on the book,
Those boots were not alone!
A great tall pair of other boots
Were standing by their side.
And off they walked that afternoon,
And with them walked a bride.
Immense Attraction!
AT THE
Great Clothing Emporium
OF
FIJLS.S.M-JS, SPKIAGS & 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 and Marseilles Business Suits, English and
French Drap d'lite and Alpacca Frocks and Sacks; a
large variety of Casiinere Pants Fancy and Black;
also, Fancy and Black Silk, Cassimerc and Marseilles
v ests in endless variety.
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Hats and Caps, &c, &c. All of the
above goods are of the latest styles and patterns.
MANUFAC i URING DEPARTMENT.
FCLLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. have also added to their
Ready-made Clothing Stock, a Merchant 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 ofGoods, or in
the manufacture of Garments.
At all limes will be found a good stock of Black and
colored Cloths. English, French and American Cassi
meres, and a variety of Vestings. Also, an assortment
of Rock Island Cassimeres.
They feel confident of their ability to undersell any
other house in the. State, from the advantages 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 1 wenty-fire
per cent to the consumer.
--Dinics sa ved are Dollars made So try us.
E. FULLINGS,
JNO. M. SPRINGS,
JXO. P. HEATH.
April 10, 1860. tf
NEGK0KS V ANTED.
I want to buy Negro Boys and Girl; from 12 to 18
years old, for which the highest prices iu cash will be
paid.
May 17, 1859 SAML. A. HARRIS.
TAXlis!
The TAX LTSTS for the year 1859 arc now in my
hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come toward and settle.
E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
Aoril 3, 1860.
Large Arrivals
OF
SPUING & SUMMER GOODS,
AT
KOOPHAIYPV & PIIEL.PS'
Tin
have received and are receiving a large stock of
SCDry Goods,
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
theyr have ever kept before.
They assure 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 styles and qualities at reduced prices.
h is g J ?
HARDWARE. &c,
Of all kinds, kept constantly on hand and for sale on
the most reasonable terms.
They invite purchasers 10 give their extensive stock
an examination before buying elsewhere.
KOOPMANN & PHELPS.
April 10, 1860.
Stale of! V. Carolina, :ieav-l!nd County
Court of Please .j- Quarter 'Sessions, March Term, 1860.
D. Whisnant, Adm'r. of A. C. Collins, dee'd, vs. T. S.
Pagan & Co.
Attachment Levied on Town Lot No. 28, northwest
Square.
Tt appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the
Defendants are non-residents of this State; it is there
fore ordered that publication be made six successive j
weeks iu the Western Democrat, a newspaper pubish- 1
ed in the town of Charlotte, notifying said defendants j
to be and appear at tiie next term of this Court, to be j
held tor sain uounty, at me court iionse in sneioy, on
the 11th Monday after the 4tb Monday iu March, I860,
then and there to show cause, if any they have, why
jugdment be not confirmed and the property levied on
condemned, and ordered to be sold to satisfy Plaintiff's
AD VALOREM.
In investigating this subject, it ought to be re
membered that county and school taxes are de
rived solely Irom land and polls, and four-fifths of
it from land and slaves; and these county assess
ments, generally, are as great and often greater
than the State's assessment. It should also be
recollected that the negro is liable to.A sickness, to
depreciation in value, and to death, &f which his
labor is entirely lost to the owner and to the State,
while land remains permanent, and may be made
1 more valuable. In addition to the public taxes
paid by the owner of slaves, there are other un-
avoidable taxes which he incurs, and which are 17
j times greater than either the land or poll tax esti
Pmated by S100 value, though it would seem at first
view to be only the same." To illustrate:
Negro $500, 20cts tax on S100, $1 00
12 days lost time by sickness, 9 00
Doctor's bill, 5 00
4 days working roads, 3 00
18 00
1 00
$500 worth of land, 20cta tax on 100,
Difference, , 17 00
This ad valorem system, if it is ever adopted,
will become more odious than was the old congres
sional system of direct taxation during the first
years of our national existence, when tax assessors
and collectors were seen going from house to house,
throughout the whole country. It created more
bitter feeling and animosity against the govern
ment than any other of its acts, the Alien and
Sedition Laws only excepted.
It seems, Mr Editor, ail that is required to ex
plode, now and forever, the ad valorem humbug,
is for the people fully to understand its true bear
ing, and the great injustice it would do, not sim
ply to the slaveholder, but to all classes, especially
to the small land owner and householder. But
there is another view to be taken of this ad valorem
question, which renders it still more obnoxious.
It is its inquisitorial character, by which the pri
vate affairs of very man smd woman are to be made
public. It would not do for them to estimate the
value of their own property ; that would be assess
ing their own taxes; while some might deal justly,
others might not, hence there would have to be
assessors or inquisitors for each county, to whom
every thing must be submitted for inspection and
valuation. These assessors would have to be paid
a good round sum for their 3 or G months services,
creating the necessity of an increase of taxation on
the people. This system of espionage would re
veal to the whole community the situation of the
private affairs and pecuniary condition of every in
dividual, which is certainly contrary to the genius
and design of our institutions. Every man knows
the ruinous effect such a system would have upon
credit, trade, and business of every description.
This idea, alone, ought to be sufficient to cause
the people to scout the system and its advocates.
And I believe they will do it; for they are honest,
just and true, and will not sanction any movement
of demagogues calculated to effect a change of the
Constitution, or the present mode of assessing the
State taxes, for the purposes avowed by them.
Warrenton News.
Remember Know-Nothingism. In 1855,
know-nothingism proved the sincerity of many
persons who professed to be democrats it tried
their faith, and while we are charitable enough to
believe that many joined the order through mis
taken notions of duty and were deceived as to the
real designs of the order, we think many joined
because they thought it was the strongest party and
would promote them and their interests. All were
alike deceived. And it would be well for some
people to remember these things before they join
in any movement designed and calculated to injure
and disorganize the democratic party. The pre
sent crisis will try the faith of all who have been
loud-mouthed in their professions of attachment to
the democratic party. The sooner the chaff is win
nowed from the wheat the better.
T. J. COISPEIYirVtt,
Surgeon ZOertijst;,
(Graduate of the Baltimore Dental College,)
Can be found at his Office on Try-on street, opposite
China Hall, where he will be pleased to receive the
calls of those who may require hi? professional services.
February 21, I860." 6111
JDISSO.MJTIOIV.
The firm of T. 11. BREM & CO. is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. The books and papers are in the
hands jofT. H. Brem at the Hardware Store ofCochrane
& Sample. All persous indebted to said firm will call
and settle Ihe same with him; and al! persons having
claims will present Ihein to him for payment.
T. IL BREM,
J. A. SADLER. Jr,
March 26, 1860. T. L. ALEXANDER.
MOKE EXCITEMENT.
An army of 10,000 People can be supplied with
BOOTS, SHOES,
LEATHER, HATS ,WD CAI'S,
WM. TR EL OA R'S
Boot and Shoe Emporium !
TRELOAR keeps French Calf Boots, all sorts and
sizes.
Treloar keeps Gentlemen's Fine Shoes, all sorts and
sizes.
Treloar keeps Ladies' Cloth Congress Gaiters, all kinds.
Treloar keeps Ladies Fine Shoes, all sorts and sizes.
Treloar keeps Boys' and Misses' Metalic-Tipped Shoes
and Boots.
Treloar keeps Youth's and Children's Metalic-Tipped
Shoes.
Treloar keeps Fashionable Hats and Caps, all sizes and
sorts.
Treloar keeps Sole Leuther and French Calfskins, all
kinds.
Treloar keeps India Rubber Belting, all sizes.
Farmers and owners of machinery are invited to call
and examine my superior stock of India Rubber Belt
ing, the best and cheapest now in use. Also, the above
named articles, all of which I shall offer very low for
cash or on time to punctual dealers.
Dry and Green Hides taken in exchange for goods.
WM. TRELOAR.
No. 4 Granite Row, April 21. 6t-pd.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
Our readers have been made familiar with the
capture of Mrs Page and a young girl by Apache
Indians in Arizona, the search for them, nhd.the
almost miraculous escape of Mrs Page. A Tubae
correspondent sends to the Missouri Republican
the following personal history of the affair:
Narrative of Mrs Larsena A. Page'.'-! had
been married but little over two month, and was
living with my husband, 31 r j. H. Page, in a rude
cabin at the mouth of the grand canon leading to
the pinery of the Santa Tijta moufitaius Our
family consisted of myself aix! husband, i little
Mexican girl, eleven vears of ago, Misare Kirk-
land, and Mr Wm. Randall, who was
with my husband in the lumber business
engaged
On the morning of the lGth of March, after an
early breakfast, my husband left us at camp for
the purpose of putting some Mexicans to work,
and Mr Randall going out to kill a deer, Misare
and myself were left quite alone. As it was washing-day,
I had started to procure some water, when
the little girl screamed and said the Apaches were
on us. They came up in a run. Having a six
shooter (Colt's revolver) in my hand I turned to
fire at them, but they were already so close that
before I could ptill the trigger they nrshed upon
me and secured the weapon. They then proceed
ed to plunder, seizing on everything they could
carry off flour, blankets, clothing, &c; and, not
satisfied with this, they destroyed the balance.
We hallooed and screamed for assistance, but the
Indians struck me with their lances and told us to
keep quiet, or they would kill us. They packed
up what they could take, and marched us off,
hand-in-hand, in a hurried and barbarous manner.
After proceeding thus for a quarter of a mile they
separated us in order to prevent our talking to
gether, the little girl being a little in advance of
me. ...
We travelled thus all day, over a very rocky
and mountainous road, penetrating deeper and
deeper into the mountain, and finally almost reach
ing the summit. Having suffered much from re
cent attacks of fever and ague, I was in a veiy
enfeebled condition, totally inadequate for the
fatigues of such a journey; and my inability to
travel at the speed which they desired was the
cause of my receiving the most brutal treatment
at their hands. They several times pointed a six
shooter at my head, as much as to say that my
fate was already decided upon, and that I was to
be made a victim of savage barbarity. The little
girl, who was ahead, would occasionally fall back,
crying, and tell me that the Indians were going to
kill us. They spoke but little Spanish, yet enough
was understood to awaken my fesirs and fill me
with apprehension. 1 knew that my strength,
which was rapidly failing, would admit of my pro
ceeding but little farther, and that unless my hus
band and other parlies wore following to rescue us.
I must fall a victim as soon as
ly failed.
my
strength entire-
We had proceeded thus about sixteen miles, as
nearly as my limited ideas of distance will enable
me to judge, and I now lagged behind so much
that my savage captors grew impatient, and re
solved to kill me. They stripped me of my cloth
ing, including my shoes, and left me but a single
garment. They then thrust their lances at me,
inflicting eleven wounds in my body, threw me
over a ledge of rocks or precipice, some sixteen or
eighteen feet high, and hurled large stones after
me, to make sure of their victim, and then left
me, supposing that I must die, and too barbarous
to end my misery by entirely extinguishing the
spark of life This occurred near sunset. I had
nine lance wounds in my back and two in my arm,
and my head was cut iu several places by the rocks
which were thrown after me, but most of the lat
ter glanced without striking me.
I had alighted on a bank of snow, almost in a
state of nudity, and in a senseless condition. In
counting up my camping places before reaching
home, 1 think 1 must have laid there in a state of
unsconsciousness for near three days. When 1
came too I took some snow and put 011 my wounds.
I recollected the direction travelled and the posi
tion of the sun from camp at sunset, aud with
these guides started for home. My feet gave out
the first day, and I was compelled to crawl the
most of the distance. Did not dare to go down to
the loot of the mountain, for fear 1 could find no
water, and was therefore compelled to keep in the
steep and rocky mountain. Sometimes, after,
crawling up a steep ledge, laboring hard for half a
day, I would loose my footing, and slide down
lower than the place from which I started. As I
had no fire, and no clothing, I suffered very much
from the cold. I was at a point said to be six
thousand feet above the sea, and only wonder that
1 did not freeze I scratched holes in the sand at
night in which to sleep, and before I could travel
was obliged to.wait for the sun to warm me up. I
traveled what I could every day, and in the mean
time had to subsist on grass alone. Ou the four
teenth day I reached a camp of some workmen iu
the pinery, which was untenanted. There 1 found
some four which had been spilled on the ground.
1 he fire was not quite out, and I kindled it up.
Scraped up some of the flour and made a little
cake, the first food I had tasted since I left home.
I was now near the workmen in the pinery, and
within two miles of my home, but was too weak
to go on. I could hear the men at work, and
sometimes saw them, but could not attract their
attention. At length I crawled along to the road
over which they must pass, and was found there,
and carried home, after being out sixteen days.
Locusts These insects have made their ap
pearance in this county, according to prediction.
They are "thick as hops" about (jreensborough,
and are making westward. We tremble for our
own safety and the safety of some of our friends,
because it is said they are death and destruction
to everything green. High Point Reporter.
Locusts are beginning to make their appearance
in the northwestern section of Shenandoah coun
ty, Va. In some instauces hogs have been killed
by feeding upon them too freely.
Old Age Arthur Smith, a citizen of Har
nett, died on the 27th ult. aged 8G years. He
had 112 grand children, 30 grcat-grand-cbildren.
Had they been all boys he would nave raised a
n..t 1 morinon ovMiir an.l tllft host of it. ia. tht
u a - ii A,nnt and all nrmnspd tn I
ad valorem. Hurrah for Harnett, Ellis and -inti
ad valorem. North Carolinian. -
DISCONTENTED MORMONS REBUKED.
; It appears that Brighara Young is annoyed by
reports and threats of apostacy on the part of certain
weak-backed Baints. He discoursed to them at
the tabernacle lately in a somewhat vigorous style.
Said the prophet : , - i-
"I say to ail gruntere, grumblers', whinert, and
hypocrites and sycophants, who snivel, crouch, and
crawl around the most contemptible of all creatures
lor a 8light favor, should it enter my mind to dig
down the Twin Peaks, and I set men to work to
do so, it is none of your business; neither is it the
business of all eartt and hell, provided I- pay the
laborers their wages. 1 am not to be called in
question as to what I do with my funds, whether
1 bund high walls, garden walls, or city walls; and,
if 1 please, it is my right to pull down my walk
to-morrow. If any one wishes to apostatise upon
suc h grounds, the quicker the better; and, if he
wishes to leave the Territory, but is too poor to do
so, I will assist him to go. We are much better
off without such characters.
"Whin a man begins to find fault, inquiring in
regard to this, that, and the other, saying, 'Does
this look as though the Lord dictated it?" you may
know that that person has more or less of the spirit
of apostacy. Every man in this kingdom, or upon .
the face of the earth, who is seeking with all hit
heait to sa e himself, has as much to do as he cat
conveniently attend to, without calling in question
that which does not belong to him. If he succeed
in saving himself, it has well occupied his time
aud attention.
"See to it that you are right yourselves; see that
sins and folly do not manifest themselves with the
rising sun. I repeat that it is as much as any one
can well do to take care of himself, by performing
every duty that pertains tolas temporal and eternal .
welfare. First believe in the Lord God Almighty,
iu his son cJesus Christ, and in his prophet that
heecnt in days of old; then believe in Joseph SniitTi,
and do the works of the Father, before you question
what I dictate to this people."
The St. Louis Democrat publishes an extract
from a private letter written iu Nauvoo, (Illinois,)
which says young Joe Smith and suite "are to start
next summer to Council Bluffs, . when those Mor
mons at Salt Lake who wish to leave Brigham
Young can do so and join Joe on the Bluffs
, A COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
The Austin (Texas) Intelligencer of the 24th
nit., gives the following account of a tragedy which
recently took place in that city:
"After we had gone to press with our last issue,
one of the most exciting occurrences witnessed in
our city for many years happened at the court
house. John Taney, who had been arrested, and"
was being tried on suspicion of having killed John
Edwards, (whose assassination we reported about
two weeks since,) was shot down by a preconcert
ed attack of several men, while he was in the cus
tody of the Sheriff of Travis county. The morn
ing session of the court hud been held, and tho
prisoner was about being taken to jail till after din
ner, when a gang of some eight or ten men, who
had bceu in attendance on the trial, came up, and
one of the number, Jesse Graham, reached out hia
hand and said, "how do you do, Taney?" aud jerk
ed him from Sheriff Blackwell, and the men with
him discharged a volley of shot at Taney. Black
well had only a couple of small Derringer pistols
with . him. lie fired with one, and shot Graham,
who made off, exclaiming "By G d, he's got me."
The Sheriff, ' when in the act of discharging his
second pistol, was caught by one of the gang and
held. Taney was then finished with balls to tho
number of 13 or 14. About twenty-five shota
were fired at him, and the men rushed to their
horses which were tied close by, mounted and
made their escape. The Sheriff, a.ssistcd by Messrs
Cullen, Norton, Hancock and other citizens, ar
rested Parson xMilton T. Carperton and his son
Reuben, and put them iu jail. They have since
beon tried, and the Parson bound over to the next
term of the District Court, in the sum of S5,000,
and the son remanded to jail to await his trial.
Tauey was a young man, who had become, from
the force of circumstances, desperate and aban
doned. Long Editorials. We were asked a few days
ago why it was we did not write longer editorials.
We answered that we judged others by ourself, and
as we seldom read long editorials, wo presumed it
wasthesamc case wit hour readers. While perhaps
we may find one here and there who may wade
through an article of two and three columns in
length, the great mass of readers will read nothing
but sliort articles; and ai we cannot please all, our
aim is to please as many as we can. Who, we
ask, will peruse prosy, long-winded editorials on
abstract subject"? The experience of Dr Stevens,
who was connected with the prets for about twenty
years, sustains our position. He gives the following
estimates in regard to communications being read.
"A communication which is a fourth of a column
long is read by most readers; unless its subject is
manifestly repulsive over a half a column long is
read by half of our readers; a column long, by a
third of them; a two column article by not one
tenth; a three or four column one, by nobody
whatever except the wearied editor and his proof
reader, and the few who may have a personal or
very special concern in the article."
WinsKEV Duel. On Monday last a Germaa
and an Irishman, at Muskegon, obtained a quan
tity of whiskey and weut into a back yard to
drink it on a wager, to" be won by the one whe
drank the largest quantity. The Irishman drank
two and a half pints, and the German three pints
j The Irishman, Tbos. Catoti, died during the night,
I but the German saved his life by eating a quantity
1 of cold tallow, which sickened him and caused his
' stomach to eject its content. Exchange.
I A Fair Shake. Elder Kimball, of the Mor
! mon Church, while preaching recently in Salt
Lake city, Utah Territory, is feaid to have address
ed some missionaries who were starting on a prose
) lyting tour,, as follows: Brethren, I want you te
i understand that it ia not to be as it has been here-
tofore. The brother mi.-sionariej have been in
j the habit of picking out the prettiest women for
thftmselvea before thev iret hera. and bring on the
udiest for us; hereafter vou have to bring tnem
all here before taking any of them, and let us aU
have a fair shake.
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