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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 31, I860.
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CIIARLOTTK, N C,
WW. atteitd promptly and ddignitlg to collecting and
i nirt injf all claims intrusted to his care.
Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Cou-
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J. A. FOX
Attorney zt "3LmCktjv9
CHAIILOTTE, N. C.
GESEllAL COU.nrTI.XC A G EXT.
Oiri :it the Court House. 1 door to the left, down stairs.
Wm. J. Kerr,
A T T O 11 A K V A T I. A W,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of
J!- kboibuig. I niou and Cabarrus counties.
(IfKliE in the Bra why building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, 1S; y
.). M Mll.l.Ki:. M 1).,
Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery,
May l'Hli. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
liOBMJT tilBBOX, M. D.,
K U TI TIi;it OF JIEDICIJE
AMI
(;,. X. '1 Jrtcit's rnrii'-r, ClIAItLOTTK, N. C.
"December 14, lH.Vi.
JAS. T. DAVIS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice iu the Courts of .Mecklenburg and the
l joining counties.
i.-Y The collection of claims promptly attendvd to.
March 1 4, 1S.V. y
l'tt.L'K B. I.FK.
WM. H. KKI1R.
LEE & KERR.
TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
yy Office over the Gayoso Rank, on the Corner of
.Main and Madison Streets. "ia
Time of Holding Cuiirlx -C'mnokrv
4th Monday in May and Nov.
CmeriT ."Id Monday in Jan.. May and September.
'oM3io Law 1st Monday in March. July and N'ov'r.
Ckiminal -d Monday in February, June and October.
Ckittkxiiks Cutci it Coi ut, Auk. -l Monday in May
and November.
Jan. 3d. lS'JO. v
11 W. BECK WITH
lias constantly on 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 2' cents each.
November X, 1350 y
RAN KIN & MARTIN
(Commission IHcrtlnints,
Wilmington, A'. C.
BOBT. C. KAN KIN.
A. 3o, IS 50. Iv-P1'
ALFItKO MARTIN.
PEA MEAL
AYe keep at our Steam Flouring Mill in this place
Pea Meal for feeding cows and stovk. Also, we have
n hand at all times. Family, Extra. Superfine and
t'oarse Flour. We warrant our family flour.
tr Meal aud Grits can ahvavs be hud at the mill.
"j. WILKES .v CO.
April ii, ls:.9
COTTON SAW CJIS,
Of the best quality, with Hi inch saws, moveable
chilled ribs aud tinned brush, and all other necessary
improvements delivered at any Railroad station in the
State at per saw. These Cms took the premium at
the S. C. State Fair in 185H and 1859
Planters : wishing to purchase Gins of the subscirber,
w ill do well to send their orders earlv. as there is gen
erally a crowd of work late in the season.
J- M- F-LI-IOTT,
March 20, I960. Cm Winnsboro, S. C.
I. A AD FOR SALE.
The subscriber being dusirious of removing West
ofl'ers for sale his PLANTATION. ;n.,. .,
1 -vii umes
west of Charlotte, on the water of Paw creek ad Ca- j
tawaba River. The tract co-uprises 330 Acres, most of
it superior land. There is a good Dwelling' anu A
necessary oiit-houies on the premises. Terius liberal
Also, w ill be sold a half interest iu a Grist and Saw' !
Mill adjoining the above tract. j
A pi 3, ISf.u. tf WM. M. PORTKR i
.llcthotlist Protc!tniit
J'imestoirn. Guilt'onl fn.. .V C!
The Third Session of this College will commence
July 11th. ISiii). For Catalogues or Circulars
Address J. S. RAY, Sec'v.
June 1'. ) s;o. 2m
Immense Attraction!
AT THE
Great Clothing Emporium
OF
FULMIVGS, SPRINGS & CO.
They are now opening at their large aud capacious
Store Room, the HANDSOMKST and CHEAPEST
Stock of Ready-made Clothing
ever offered in the State.
Their stock comprises all the different kinds of Fancy
Cut Linen nnd Marseilles Business Suits, English and
French Drop d'Ete and Alpacca Frocks and Sacks; a
large variety of Cassimere Pants Fancy and Black;
al-o, Fancy and Black Silk, Cassimere and Marseilles
Yests in endless variety.
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Yalises, Hats and Caps, &c.. kv. All of the
above goods are of the latest styles and patterns.
MAXUFACIURIKG DEPARTMENT. j
FCLLINOS, SPRINGS & CO. have also added to their
Ready-made Clothing Stotk, a Merchant Tailoring De
partment, to w hich 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 of Goods, or iu
the manufacture of Garments.
At all limes will be found a good stock of Black and
colored Cloths. English, French and American Cnssi
meres, and a variety of Yestings. Also, an assortment
of Rock Island Cassimeres.
They feel confideut 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 quantitj', 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 Twenty-five
per cent to the consumer.
J5j Dimes saved are Dollars made !"EBa S lT
E. FELLINGS,
JNO. M. SPRINGS,
JNO. P. DEATH.
April 10: 13CO. tf
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of F EASTER k McLEOD was dissolved, by
mutual consent, on the 21st inst. The Notes and Ac
counts due the firm will be found in the hands of L.
Feastcr or E. A. McLeod for immediate settlement.
Claims due by the firm must be presented to E, A. Mc
Leod forpnviiient. L. FEASTER
E. A. McLEOD.
The undersigned will continue the GROCERY AND
PRODUCE BUSINESS at the old stand. A share of
patronage is re.-pt ctfully solicited.
A good stock of Familv Groceries alwavson hand.
E. A. McLEOD.
May 20, 1800.
2 m
Large Arrivals
& OF
SPUING & SUMMER GOODS,
AT
KOOPJIAAA PHELPS'
They have received and are receiving a large stock of
Dry
Millinery and
Ladies' Dress Goods
in endless variety, suitable for the Spring and Summer
trade.
Particular attention i. 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 as.-ure those who may deal with them that they
will endeavor to give satisfaction both iu price anil
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 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 having elsewhere.
" KOOPM ANN & PHELPS.
April 10, 1800.
T. J. CORPEAIAG,
Surgeon IDentist,
Graduate of the Jlafiinore JJoital College A
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 hisprofe
February 21, 1800. Om
ional services.
ANOTHER SOUTHER MOVEMENT
CUBAN SEGA It MANUFACTORY.
S"jnri and Tobocro Lraf direct from Cuba.
JOHN S AYILEY has returned to Charlotte from
Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment
of SEGA RS, 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, MuchaEl Littleto,
Concha's Malos, Rio Ho:.dro,
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
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 .1, 1800.
J. S. PHILLIPS,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
HAYING located in Charlotte, respect
fully solicits a share of public patronage.
A complete assortment of Cloths. Cas
simeres and Yestings always on hand,
which will be made to order at the
shortest notice.
Shop three doors south of the
Mansion House.
Sept. .27, 1850. y
sioo reward:
RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 1st October,
a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six
feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather
slim, and weighs about 1T5 pounds. He has a down j
look when spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his ,
left hand has been cut off. and a sharp hard knot has
grown on the end of it. I think he is lurking about i
Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county. '
where he was raised. fi& All persons are forewarned j
not to harbor or assist him, under the penalty of the;
law. I will pay the above reward for his delivery to j
me, or his apprehension and confinement in anv jail so
I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON.
Negro Head Depot, Union Co.. N. C.
April !, lS'.O. tf
DON'T FRET.
Has a neighbor injured you? Don't fret,
You'll come off the best
Never mind it let it rest Don't fret;
lias a horrid lie been told? Don't fret,
It will run itself to death,
If vou let it alone;
It will die for want of breath Don't fret;
Are your enemies at work? Don't fret,
They cannot injure you a whit;
If they find you heed them not
They will soon be glad to quit Don't fret;
Is adversity your lot? Don't fret,
Fortune's wheel keeps turning round;
Kvery spoke will reach the top,
Which, like you, is going down Don't fret.
Macon, Ga., July 21. The first bale of new
cotton was received to-day in this city from the
plantation of Mr J. G. Holt, in Houston County.
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of MOODY k N IS BET was dissolved by
mutual consent on the 25th of June, 1800. Those hav
ing claims against the firyi will present them to M. D.
L. Moody at Charlotte, or to A. R. Nisbet at Lincoln
ton, aud those indebted to the firm must come forward
and settle innnediatelv. M. D. L. MOODY,
July 10, 18C0. 3t A. R. NISBET
PROPERTY FOR SILK IAT
Lenoir, A. C
The undersigned wishing to move West, offers for
sale his Town Property, consisting of Three Lots, on
one of which is a large and commodious building and
all necessary out-houses. The others are well im
proved, on one an orchard of choice fruit, on the other
a good Spring. Also, 8 acres of land near the village,
(part, iu cultivation). He oilers also 350 acres of land
in Watauga county, near a good turnpike, being one of
the best stock farms in the county.
Lenoir is a bcautifi'l Mountain Yillage, 18 miles from
the W. N. C. Railroad. A tri-weekly stage line passes
from Lincelnton, N. C, via. Hickory Station and Le
noir to Abington, Ya. Davenport Female College and
Finley High School, both well conducted and successful
institutions are situated in the place. Any one wish
ing to buy will get a bargain by applying early to the
subscriber ai Lenoir, Caldwell co., N. C.
June llth, 1800. 3in W. GAIT HER.
Hardware!! Hardware!!
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR
Tjn ESPECTFULLY informs his friends aud the pub
JLw lie generally, that lie has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves ami Tin Ware, a large and complete
stock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chisscls,
Augers, Gimlets. Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes: Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-sel'ers, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds. Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Level?,
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Yials, Boring machines,
Gougers, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House, Charlotte, N. C.
May 2t, 18G0. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Yices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses. Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks
and oies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails,
Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; east, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
AT TAYLOR'S you can find the largest assortment
of Cutlery, Guns and Pistols, of all the celebrated
makes.
GLASS, of all sizes and qualities both French and
American. Also, Putty by the keg or pound.
WOODEN WARE, Brooms, ic, of all kinds.
Rope I Rope ! !
"i,0o0 pounds of Manilla. Juto and Cotton Rope, from
inch to :5 inches, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store,
Opposite the Mansion House.
Carriage Materials. -
He would call special attention to his stock of the
above goods, consisting of Springs, Axles, Hubs, Bows,
SpoKes, Shafts. Curtain frames, Knobs, Bands, Lining
Nails, Damask, Satinet, Cloths, Laces, Fringes, Enamel
ed and Patent Leather. Enamelled Cloth, Oil Carpet,
Paints of all kinds, dry and iu oil; Yarnish, Turpentine,
Linseed Oil, Ti re and oval Iron, Bolts, and everything
in the way of Carriage Trimmings, at prices that can
not fail to please, at "the Hardware Depot of
A. A. X. M. TAYLOR,
Opposite the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin. Block Zinc, Tin J'late,
Babbit metal, kc.
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Honse
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn ShcMers, Plows. Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattock. Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, .vith handles: Grain Cradles; grain,
grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes:
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallon each: Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears, kc, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion Doue.
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Roofing, Guttering and Job Work,
Of all kiuds, promptlv attended to at
"TAYLOR'S Hardware Store,
Opposite the Mansion House.
j NEGROES WANTED.
I want to buy Negro Boys and Girls from 12 to 18
1 years old, for "which the highest prices in cash will be
P' Slav 17. 1850 SAML. A. HARRIS.
MANSION HOUSE
The uudersigned having taken the above well-known
and favorite Hotel, begs leave to inform the patrons of
the house and the traveling public that he is repairing
and refurnishing it and has made several changes which
...:n o.ki .- ifimfnrt a home and public reort. No
effort shall be spared on the part of himself or assis- ;
tants to render sojourners pleasant and comfortable.
II. B. WILLIAMS.
Charlotte, January 1", SCO. tf
SNAKE CHARMING.
A gentleman named G. F. Wierson, a Swede
by birth but several years past a resident of Cali
fornia came to Atlanta a few das ago, and pro
posed to the Faculty of the Medical College that
: he would submit some facts in relation to snke
. charming that must forever put to rest the idea
; that such a thing as charming a snake cannot be
! done. Mr Y. gave one or two private exhibitions
j and at length he announced a public exhibition
; for Saturday last We confess we were dubious
or tee affair, and went to the exhibition rather
prejudiced against the exhibitor than in his favor.
A box containing some twenty-five snakes,
among which was a rattlesnake with seven rattles,
a large cotton mouth moccasin, the copperhead, or
rattlesnakes pilot, two different species of the viper
and several species of the water moccasin. lie
took first the rattlesnake in his hand shook the
rattles, played with him, and coiled him about his
neck. lie next took the cotton mouth moccasin,
and went through the same nianouevers with him,
and so on through with all the others. He had at
one time the whole twenty-five crawling around
his neck, sloulders and head, playing with him,
touching his whiskers with their tongues, and act
ually kissing him. He put them on the floor, and
tormented them in such a way that we call cruel
but not one of them attempted to bite him, or to
show the slightest anger no matter what he did.
lie picked them all up and put them into his bo
som! where they crawled and coiled for five min
utes. They were then restored to their boxes,
every one satisfied of one thing, that is, his complete
control over them.
A small stout dog, at least four years old, was
then brought in, when Mr Wierson took out the
rattlesnake, and in an instant the rattles were in
motion and the anger of the snake aroused. Mr
W. held him in his hand while he bit the dog
twice. lie then coiled the rattlesnake around his
neck, and took out the cotton mouth moccasin,
which bit the dog once fiercely. From the mo
ment the dog was first bitten, he appeared in excel
lent health before, he looked dull and drooped,
and died in an hour. This was to all the most
satisfactory evidence that the snakes wore venom
ous, but perfectly innocent in the hands of Mr
Wierson. The utmost satisfaction was manifested
by all present. Atlanta Intelligencer.
-
The Wilmington, Charlotte- and IIuther
fori) IAlLHOAT. Almost every week we see
announcements of arrival of iron at Wilmington
for this road, and there is no doubt that all the
rails will be on hand long before the road bed will
be ready for their reception. The apparent tardi
ness of preparing the bed along the line, in many
counties, is neither the fault of the company nor
of the contractors. They are each, considering
the limited labor at their command doing remark
ably well. " In this count', the contractors find it
very difficult to procure sufficient labor slave
labor being so much in demand for other purposes,
and white labor is not to be got at all, unless sent
for specially to our large cities. A large number
of hands would find employment on the road, on
application both to the company and the contractors.
We would be thankful to our exchanges, if they
would make the fact known.
Indecision Setting up all night to decide
which shall be taken off first hat or boots.
COCHRANE & SAMPLE
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Guns, Cutlery, &c., &c,
at the Sign of the GOLDEN PAD-LOCK,
WOULD respectfully invite the public to call and
examine their Stock before purchasing elsewhere,
gfi. Orders solicited and piomp attended to.
Call and ace its.
COCHRANE SAMPLE.
Julv 3, 1800..
Tools, Tools. Tools,
at the Sign of the Golden Pad-Lock,
A good supply of "fools, consisting of circular, mill,
cross-cut, tenon, hand, ripper, back and compass
Saws; bench and moulding Planes ; lathing, shing
ling, and broad Hatchets; Hammers; bevel and steel
Squares; Drawing Knives; Braces and Bits; Augers;
Gimlets; Chissels; brick and plastering Trowels; Screw
Plates; Saw-Sets; Spoke-Shaves; Files: Rasps; Pocket
Rules; Guagc-Rods; spirit and pocket Levels; Boring
Machines, &c.
COCHRANE & SAMPLE.
Blacksmith's Tools,
at the Siin of the Golden Pad-Lock,
A good supply, consisting of Anils; Bellows: Solid
Box Yices: baud and sledge Hammers; Stocks and Dies;
Tongs, Buttresses, Rasps, Files, and a good supply of
Horse Nails, Horse and .Mule Shoes, at low prices.
COCHRANE k SAMPLE.
Agricultural Implements,
at the Sign of the Golden Pad-Lock,
A large supply of the above, consisting of Thompson's
celebrated Ploughs; also, Corn-Sbellers; Stn? w-Cutters:
Shovels: Spades: Hay and manure Forks: best caststeel
Axes: Picks, Mattock-', Grubbirg Hoes, Weeding Hoes,
Trace Chains. Log Chains, Wagon Chains, Garden
Hoes. Rakes, Hedge Shears, Pruning Shears, Pruning
and Budding Knives, kc. kc
COCHRANE & SAMPLE.
Carriage Materials.
at the Sign of the Golden Pad-Lock.
A large Stock of the above, consisting of Springs, Axles,
Oval Iron, Hubs, Bows, Rims, Buggy Poles, Buggy
Shafts. Spokes, Patent and Enamelled Leather, Enam
elled Cloth, Oil Carpet, Carriage Bolts, Brass and Sil
ver Bauds. Silver Moulding, Laces, Tassels, Turned
Sticks, Saddle and Lining Nails, kc, kc.
COCHRANE k SAMPLE.
At the Sign of the Golden Pad-Lock will
be found at all times a large and Tvell selected Stock
of Guns, Pistols, Powder-horns, Powder-flasks, Pow
der, Shot, Lead; French and American window-Glass;
Putty; a large stock of English and American Iron;
Cast Steel, German steel. Blister steel, Plough steel,
Spring steel; Nails of all kinds, hemp and manilla Rope;
Anchor Brand Bolting Cloths; Mill Screws; Mill Picks;
Spike Hammers, Stone Hammers, Double and Single
Blocks; also, a large Stock of Cornices, Curtain Bands,
Curtain Pins, Picture-Cord and Tissels, kc.
COCHRANE k SAMPLE.
Superior Smut Machines,
at the Sign of the Golden Pad-Lock.
COCHRANE k SAMPLE.
Traveling on Capital. The prevailing j
habit of the age is to go it with a rush. At the!
present season traveling is done in a rushing style, j
and the amount of fine clothing used up on the I
railroads is astonishing. The following hints may !
benefit some, others will laugh at them; but none j
will regret who lake advantage of them: i
Don't wearyur best pink crape bonnet, or peo
ple will think you have no better opportunity than j
the inside of a railr6ad- car to display it. I
Plain straw is in far better taste. Light-colored
gloves are an abomination for . traveling custom.
Pack your jewelry in your trunk, instead of hang
ing it about -your person and, don't judge your
fellow-travelers by the splendor of their dress or
the number of yards in their mantillas. Disagree
able mistakes have been made in this way.
Don't esteem it useless to be polite to the specta
cled old lady behind you, or to the pale young
girl at your side. They may not belong to the
butterfly ranks of fashion, but they are none the
less capable of appreciating that kind of etiquette
which springs from the heart.
Don't find fault with all the hotel accomodations
you meet don't scrutinize the napkins and turn
the plates upside down, and declare it impossible,
to eat j our breakfast without a silver fork, and
allude ostentaciously to "what you have been ac
customed to."
Just make up your mind before you set out from
home, that you will look on the sunniest side of
everything, enjoy yourself as much as you possibly
can, and use every endeavor to make the journey
pleasant to those around you and it will be very
singular if some body isn't the better for it! v
mm mi
THEN AND NOW.
Mr Douglas on Xun-hiterventiun.
Mr Douglas now pretends that the legislature of
a Territory has the power to exclude slave proper
ty from such Territory, and that even if the exer
cise of that power be a violation of Constitutional
right, Congress has no power to interfere to pre
vent or remedy that contravention of the supreme
law of the land. It is from the doctrino of non
intervention laid down in the Kansas bill that Mr
Douglas derives this arbitrary power of a territorial
legislature.
Mr Douglas, however, was not always of this
opinion. In 1800, in the famous debate on Mr
Clayton's amendment to Mr Toombs' bill for the
admission of Kansas, relative to the repeal of the
"test oaths" required by the legislature of Kansas
as a (jualification of voters, Mr Douglas and Mr
Pugh then voted for the repeal of those oaths on
the ground that they were violative of private
right; that the local legislature in imposing them,
had "usurped authority never intended to be con
ferred by the organic law, and which, if exercised,
would overthrow that law; aud that it was the duty
of Congress to interfere to repeal the action of the
legislature. Mr Clayton's amendment was adopted
by a vote of 40 to i, Mr Douglas and Mr Pugh
voting with the majority after bavin"; made elabo
rate speeches in favor of Congressional interfer
ence. The "test oaths" were imposed by a pro
slavery legislature with a view to fiivor the intro
duction of slavery into the Territory of Kansas.
They were imposed by the exercise of the power
specially conferred on the legislature by the or
ganic law to regulate the qualifications of voters
and were only obnoxious to the abolition settlers in
the Territory of the John Brown and Jim Lane
school.
We do not propose to discuss whether they were
right or wrong, but they were the act of the terri
torial legislature and the Senate of the United
States voted to repeal them, at the earnest instance
of Mr Douglas. Only three Southern Senators
voted in the negative. It was Mr Douglas' opin
ion, therefore in July, 1800, that interference by
Congress to prevent a territorial legislature from
exceeding its powers, and violating constitutional
rights, was not any breach at that time of the non
intervention compact. And yet, he thinks now
that to declare that Congress has the power, and
is bound, to protect constitutional rights against
adverse territorial legislation is a manifest invasion
of that compact. Can it be that Mr Douglas
makes a distinction between the constitutional
rights of John Drown, Jim Lane, and a horde of
freebooting abolitionists who infested Kansas in
1850, and the constitutional rights of Southern
citizens who own slaves and ask that their proper
ty be protected in the same way as that of any
other citizens? Can it be that Mr Douglas be
lieves that Congress has the power without viola
ting the non-intervention doctrine, to repeal all
laws passed by a territorial legislature which favor
proprietors of slaves; but that Congress has no
power, without a flagrant abandonment of non
intervention, to repeal any territorial enactment
which injures slave property, no matter bow clear
ly subversive of a constitutional right? Does non
intervention only apply to territorial laws passed
for the protection of John Brown and his gang,
and is intervention only permissible with reference
to the acts of pro-slavery legislatures?
Mr Douglas was very solicitous for the protec
tion of the constitutional righ'.s of the ruffians and
horse-thieves who composed the Abolition party
in Kansas; but he will not hear of any protection
being extended to the constitutional rights of the
citizens of the Southern States who have settled,
or may yet settle, with their slave property in the
territories which are the common property of all.
The inconsistency in marked and undeniable,
and cannot be explained on any grounds of politi
cal honesty. It does not need elaborate argument
to demonstrate that if Congress has the power to
repeal the act of the legislature of a Territory
which it has created, prescribing the qualifications
of voters iu such Territory on the ground that such
act is unconstitutional and violative of private
right, Congress has also the power to declare that
the action of a territorial legislature, depriving
four millions of citizens of their constitutional
rights, and confiscating their property if they ven
ture to exercise those rights, is also null and void, ;
and for the same reason. Wash. Constitution.
A "fast" man undertook the ta.sk of teas
ing an eccentric preacher. "Do Jyou believe," he
said, "in the story of the Prodigal Son and the
Fatted Calf." "Yes," said the preacher. "Well,
then, was it a male or a female calf that was killed?'
"A female," promptly replied the divine. "How
do you know that?" "Because' (looking the in
terogator in the face) I see the male alive now."
NEW YORK LADIES.
W e copy the following article from a New York
paper: ,
"Most of the ladies you meet on Broadway, i
the course of a sunny afternoon, are beautiful, but
it is a very unsatisfactory kind of beauty. They
look too pale and languid too much as if they
grew in the shade. They are no more like our
western women than a plate of dissolving ice
cream is like a plump apple dumpling." .
So says the New York correspondent of a west
ern paper. Poor fellow ! he don't know how to
account for the "moonlighty" appearance of our
metropolitan belles. lie don't know that it is
"unfashionable" for the ladies to rise here before
eight o'clock; he probably isn't aware that she has
a wholesome horror of light, and fresh air, and
sunshine, lest they should 'tan,' 'burn' or 'freckle'
the wax-like skin in which she glories, lie is
ignorant that all the exercise she gets is that daily
walk on the stylish side of Broadway. We rather
suspect that he would not be so astonished if he
knew as much os we do on the subject.
New York ladies arc fearfully and wonderfully
made. They have a great many unaccountable
crotchets in their pretty little heads. Jt is the
height of the mode to carry a fat, puffing poodle
dog about in their arms, or lead by a gilded chain;
but if a lady carries her baby herself, she loses
caste instantaneously. She must not be seen car
rying a parcel certainly not; if she buys . a yard
of ribbon, it must be sent home to her. She must
have regular "reception Jays," wherein to bedizen
herself in silks, point lace and diamonds, and ex
change shallow nothings with dear friends who
come, not because they want to see her, but be
cause she lives in a "brown stone front," and keeps
a carriage. She has the most charming uncon
scious way of being excessively rude toother ladier,
in the world. She "shops" to perfection, s far as
buying the most expensive goods and spending the
most money iu the least amount of tnno arc con
cerned; and then she saunters languidly into some
gilded confectionary temple, draws off her kid
glove so as to display her sparkling rings, ami
calls for ice-cream and pound-cake, and a few other
iudigestibles, to refresh her after her morning's
work! She thinks it decidedly interesting to be
pale and headachy; she wouldn't have cheeks like
harvest apples for the world. Her hands are beau
tifully small and white because she never uses them
except for the piano and parasol, and always sleeps
in kid gloves. Let those admire who will we
see far mure loveliness in the wrinkled and em
browned hands of many an old grand-dame hands
which have lain lovingly on fevered brows and
closed the dim eyes of the newly dead with tender
touch hands which are always employed for the
service of others, and have grown hard and rough
with honest work ! The New York lady, however,
is of a different opinion. She sends her little girls
to dancing school, and crams them with French
and music; geography and spelling are not of so
much importance. She laughs approvingly at their
mimic flirtations, and retails their smart sayings
to her lady friends in their presence- At fifteen
they are "finished" at sixteen married; and the
New York lady considers her duty triumphantly
fulfilled ! We don't know much about the west
ern ladies, but if tl ey are not different from this,
we are sorry for the western gentlemen.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
On Friday, June 1G, 18G0, we made a post
mortem examination upon the body of Mr John
Kelly, who resided at the time of his death in the
town of Blackbrook.
In June, 1842, he was accidentally shot at Chat
ham Four Comers, a place on theVesteni Rail
road, about twenty-five miles east of Albany. The
bullet, passing through three boards before strik
ing him, entered the right shoulder, pafsed towards
the heart, and lodged under the collar bone. This
is substantiated by the amount of disease found at
this rlaee, and the further, fact that the surgeon
passcu his probe in about four or five inches be
fore reaching the ball. We found one of the veins
closed and the artery ossified or becoming bony
at this place.
We then examined the heart and found it to
resemble a stomach as much as a heart. The
right side especially was very much damaged, and
seemed to be undergoing fatty degeneration.
While examining the heart we J'ound a hard
lump in the lower part of it. We introduced our
finger into the right cavity of the heart, and found
the lump to be in the substance of that organ; we
then cut from the outside down on the lump, and
found it to be a leaden bullet.
Now, the question arises, how long had the ball
been in that man's heart? Fourteen years ago he
was very dangerouly ill, and was attended by Dr.
Terry, who did not expect his recovery. His dif
ficulty at that time was inflammation of the lungs
and a most extraordinary disturbance of the heart's
action. Since that illness his heart difficulty has
continued to increase gradually at times its beat
ings could be observed ten or fifteen feet distant.
Our theory is that this ball remained in the
vein where it lodged until fourteen years ago,
when it passed into a larger vein and thence into
the heart, and there irritating that delicate organ
by its unnatural presence, caused the difficulty
then for the first time observed.
Ten days before his death he took a severe cold,
resulting in an inflammation of the lungs, and an
aggravation of all the symptom of diseases of the
heart, which continued unahated until the messen
ger of death relieved him of his earthly sufferings.
OttVILLE TEItBT, M. I.
G. B. Balch, m. v.
Saranac, June 20, 1860.
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