WESTERN DEMOCHAT, CHARLOTTE, N. C
TROUBLE IN VIBQINIA.
Se of the people of Virginia appear to have
had quite a time of it recentlj, the difficulty
arising out of the raising of a Lincoln and Ham
lin pole and flag by certain Republicans residing
at Occoquan, Prince William county, Va.
At first we really supposed, without thinking
much about it, that Occoquan was away in the
Western part of Virginia, on the Pennsylrama or
Ohio line, where there were few negroes, but the
map shows us that Prince William county lies on
the Potomac river, below 31 1. Vernon, and that Oc
coquan is situated at the junction of Occoquan river
with the Potomac.
In this Virginia county, within sight of the
Potomac, and almct within hearing of M. Ver
non, we find an association of sixty Black Republi
cans, of different colors, white, black, and yellow,
orani7.ed, hoisting a Lincoln pole, and threatening
toaefend it and the flag it bears aloft, in spite of
public opinion, and in despite the danger to which
uueh course must subject the public peace.
The pole wa? cut down so far bo good but
really that amounts to little or nothing, inasmuch
as the cnnnis?aries who raised it, and sustain on
Southern soil the principles of which it U the em
blem, are still there and threaten to raise another.
It is not the mere presence of the pole itself it
is the inferences to be drawn from it that are alarm
ing. Taking this excitement in Virginia in con
nection with recent events in Texas, we can but
feel that there is a deeply laid plan, with many
ramrficationx, the object of which is to carry out
something like the programme of the John Brown
insurrection, which insurrection failed of course,
as all such attempts must fail.
The Erection of the Pule.
On the 4th of July last, the Black Republians,
of whom some sixty reside in the vicinity of Occo
quan, instituted :m association and agreed to erect
a pole, to bear aloft a flag with the names of Lin
coln and Hamlin. The pole was accordingly
erected, the pole-raicrs being armed with muskets
and made quite a military demonstration. A meet
ing was held at which Black Republican speeches
ware made by U. C. Athey and J. Wright.
Many persons in the neighborhood opposed the
erection of the pole, believing it to be a standing
menace to t he pence of the county, but at first
there was no indication of an attempt to disturb it.
The Republicans when cipoken to on the subject
answered that "there was no one in the'eounty
who dared to touch the pole." "There were men
enough to defend it," Ac. On one occasion an old
resident of the neighborhood was assaulted because
he had declared that the pole was a nuisance, and
on another, threats were made to ride upon a rail a
gentleman living near by, because he had spoken
Southern sentiments freely in Occoquan. Letters
were published in the Wheeling Intelligencer de
elaring that "the people in the county -wanted the
nole removed, but had not the heart to do it."
This raised much feeling in the neighborhood;
and at a meeting at Brentsville some time about
last court, it was agreed that the flag was an insult
to the people of Virginia, and incendiary in the
object it was raided to promote, and should be
torn down on Friday, the 27th day of July.
Intelligence of this determination soon reached
Occoquan, and on Monday night a Republican
meeting was held there to devise measures for the
detence of the flag pole. Ou the following morn
ing .Mr J. ('. Athey visited Washington, and sent
to (in nn.r Lett l.er the following dispatch:
"We, the citizens of Occoquan, are threatened
with invasion by armed mob of three hundred
iin ii tioin a distant part of the county, on Friday
next at J J tiYJorfc. M , and call upon you for pro
t cti. :: in iiis emergency, otherwise we shall have
t.. tit. t'eiiu wuiel es.
W. C. Athey, on behalf of Citizens."
To which the Governor responded as follows:
"Orders will be issued at once to General 11 un
tuii for the protection of your citizens."
"JollN LtTCHEU."
The Governor accordingly sent orders to Gen.
Hunton, who directed Col. Brawner to hold a
troop of hore in readiness to give such protection
as was necessary.
Whilst in Washington, Athey made arrange
ments with certain Republicans to furnish forty or
ntty nrearms ot approved make, with ammunition
therefor, which were to be sent to Occoquan on
Tuesday night by wagon. The dispatch from
Gov. Letcher, however, induced the abandonment
of this plan. At the meeting at Occoquan, and
amid great cuthusiasm, it was resolved that the
pole should be defended to the death, unless the
assailants numbered more than three to one of the
Republicans.
On the night of Thursday, several of the wives
of the residents at Occoquau, fearing bloodshed
would occur the next day, attempted to demolish
the pole. In the attempt, the wife of 31 r Duty
was seriously injured by a blow from her own axe.
The men gathered, however, and took them away
from around the object of their attack.
On the morning of the 27lh, the Republicans
hoisted the American flag and the party ensign,
bearing the names of Lincoln and Hamlin. Dur
ing the morning nnt of the' women left the vil
lage, and the place seemed quite deserted, but no
preparations were made for defence, and a memo
rial to the Colonel asking protection was prepared
.and numerously signed.
At 3 J o'clock the Prince William Cavalry, Capt.
Thornton comniaudiug, eutcred the village and
ranged themselves in the neighborhood of the pole.
They were followed by a company of about40 strong
under commaud of Capt. M. Fitzhugh and Mai.
Carter, who paying no attention whatever to the
horsemen, quietly formed in a hollow square round
the pole, facing inwards.
" hilst tiiis company was surrounding the pole,
Mr Janney advanced to the Captain of the Troop
of Horse and claimed protection for his property,
upon which the pole stood.
At the word of command, Jas. W. Jackson of
fairiax, a stalwart yeoman, sprang forward and
gave the first blow, others followed "redoubling
stroke en stroke." Daring this time there was no
interruption, save the Republicans and others who
stood at comers near by, would cry out "Aint your
axe dull ?" "Hope you're havino a nnd timo "
&c. In a few minutes, however there was a cry of
uiiuv.i, auu me poie came to tue
ground. Instantly the crowd gave three cheers,
when the Republicans responded by three cheers
for Lincoln and Hamlin. All were quickly at
work on the fallen pole, which was chopped up
and the pieces carried off. The flag was sent to
Brentsville.
So soon as the flag-pole was levelled, Captain
litzhugh ordered about face, and his company
marched off, saluted as they went by mingled jeers
and applause.
During the evening there was some excitement,
and a personal rencontre took place between. Col.
Brawner and Mr Janney, iu which the latter was
considerably injured.
The crowd cleared away during the evening,
and at sundown all was quiet. The Republicans
cay thy will put up another pole on the same site.
How to Avoid Drowmno. Always keep
your head above water.
From the Raleigh Press.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
R. C. Cotten Adjutant Ueneral )
VS.
John T7. Ellis Governor."
1
Mandamus.
PDlication to the Superior Court
of Chatham by Mr Cantwell, on the part of the
Adjutant General, for a writ of Mandamus, re
quiring the Governor to issue a warrant for the
salary of the Adjutant General, notwithstanding
the Act of 1858 upon that subject, abolishing the
offic; which being refused, an appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court, when the following opinion
of the court was delivered
By Pearson, CJ The matter brought up by the
appeal makes it necessary for this court to decide
two questions. 1st. Is the applicant entitled by
law to the amount claimed for his salary as Adju
tant General of. the State. - 2nd. Had the Supe
rior court of law for the county of Chatham power
to require the Governor of the State to make his
warrant on the public Treasurer, for the payment
of the salary to which the applicant is by law en
titled, upon an allegation, that the Governor had
refused to make the warrant:
1. The Constitution of the United States, Art.
1. s. 8. cl. 14. 15. provides, "the Congress shall
have power to provide for calling forth the militia
to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insur
rection and repel invasion," "to provide for or
ganizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and
for governing such part of them as may be em
ployed iu the service of the "United States; reserv
ing to the States respectively the appointment of
the officers, and the authority of training the mili
tia, according to the discipline presented by Con
gress." Iu pursuance of this power, Congress by
the Act of May 1792, provided for the organiza
tion of the militia, and created the offices required
by the plan of organization, and among others, the
office of "adjutant general," and in accordance
thereto, the Legislature appointed field officers and
an adjutant general by joint ballot, and continued
to do so until the year 1836, having in 1812 fixed
! the salary of the aliu'ant general at 200 per
annum. R. c. c. 70 s. 11. provided tor the elec
tion of all field officers by the officers of the respec
tive divisions, and brigades, to continue in office
three years sec 9 confers the appointment of Ad
jutant General (to continue in office three years
by sec. 11.) and fixes his salary at $200 to be
paid quarterly by the Treasurer, on a warrant
from the Governor, while by c. 102. s. 2, salary of
the Adjutant General is fixed at 3200, to he paid
semi-annually by the public Treasurer upon a war
rant from the Governor. The Act of 1858 c. 22,
enacts, "so much of sect. 9, chapter 70 Revised
code, entitled "militia," as relates to the appoint
ment and salary of the Adjutant General, be and
the same is hereby repealed."
We arc informed by the Attorney General in
the argument, that the Governor founds his opin
ion adverse to the claim of the applicant, ou this
statute, so the question depends upon its construc
tion. We have seen that the office of Adjutaut Gene
ral was created by an act of Congress in pur
suance of the Constitution of the United States,
and that only the right of appointment was re
served to the State and devolved on the Legisla
ture. It follows that the Legislature had no pow
er to abolish the office, and the suggestion, that
such was the effect of the act of 1858, falls to the
ground; but he assumed the position, that the ef
fect of the act of 1858, was to vacate and nullify
the appointment of the applicant by repealing the
act under which it has been made. In respect to
all vacancies that should thereafter occur, the leg
islature unquestionably had power to take from
the governor the right of appointment, which was
conferred on him by the act of 1858, and either
exercise it itself, or provide some other mode; but
in respect to the appointment which had been
made, the question is altogether different. The
legal effect of the appointment was to give the
office to the applicant, and he became entitled to
it, as a "vested light" for the term of three years,
from which he couhl only be removed in the man
ner prescribed by law, and of which the legislature
had no power to deprive him. This is settled.
Hoke i s Henderson 4 D. 19. So the act of 1858
cannot have the effect couteuded for, even if in
the absence of express words we were at liberty to
infer that such was their intention; its only effect
is, to take from the governor, the right of filling
future vacancies, and vest it again in the legisla
ture. It was then urged, however it may bs in
respect to the office, the salary was created by the
LegLlatuie and at any rate it has the power to
abolish that! It is true, the salary of all persons
holding office under the appointment of the State,
are within the control of the Legislature, except
those officers who are protected by the constitution,
as is the case of the Judges, and the salary may
be increased or reduced during the term of the
office, for it is presumed, that offices are accepted
with reference to a general power of which the
Legislature has not divested itself, and in this
particular, the appointment to, or acceptance of an
office with a salary, differs from an ordinary con
tract, the term of which cannot be altered with
out mutual consent; but in puting a construction
upon this statute, in respect to the salary, several
considerations are to be weighed. A statute which
reduces a salary during the term of office, aud one
which takes away the salary altogether, stands on
different footing, for in the latter case, the object
would evidently be "to starve the incumbent out
of his office, and thereby do indirectly, what could
not be done directly, so as to make applicable, the
remark made in the case of Hoke vs Henderson
supra, in which there seems to be much force, that
such indirect legislation is as obnoxious to the
charge of being unconstitutional, as an act directly
depriving one of his office.
A proper construc;ion of this statute does not
lead to the inference that it was the intention of
the Legislature to abolish the salary, in the event
that the applicant still continued entitled to the
office, and liable for ti e discharge of his duties; on
the contrary the clause which repeals so much ' of
the 9th section, as relates to the salary is a mere
corollary or incident to the clause which repeals so
much of that section as relates to the appointment
of the adjutant general, and consequently the one
cannot by any rule of construction be made to ex
tend in its operations farther than the other; in
deed to make the clause in respect to the salary
apply to the present incumbent when we have seen
the other clause does not deprive him of the office
would be to place the legislature in this attitude;
"We mean to abolish the office, and if we have not
"the power to do so, then we mean to deprive the
"present incumbent of his office. If we have not
'the power to do that, then we mean to take away
"his salary," a construction leading to such a re-
salt is inadmissible.
A suggestion was made by Mr Cantwell, which
we think explaius the clause in relation to the sal
ary. It is this: By the 9th section ch 70, Rev.
Code, the salary is payable quarterly; by the 2d
sect e 102 the salary is payable semiannually, and
the purpose of the provision of the act of 1858
was to remove that incongruity, and leave the
salary to be paid semi annually, so our conclusion
is, that the act of 1858 should be so construed as to
tale from the governor the right to fill future va
cancies, and restore it to'.- the legislature, and to
leave the salary to be paid semi anuually? accord
ing to the provisions of chap-102 s. 2. .
Having arrived at the conclusion that the appli
cant is by law entitled to the salary claimed by
him, the solution of the second question is an easy
one, for as there is a legal right, the courts as a
matter of course have power to enforce it the
power of a court by a writ of mandamus, to compel
an executive officr to do an act, merely ministerial
in order to enforce an ascertained legal right, , is
settled by the case of Ma Tory is Madison 1 Cranoh
64 Kendall is U. States, 12 Peters 834. In the
latter case, by an act of Congress the solicitor of
the treasury was authorized and directed to adjust
the balance to which the relators -were entitled for
extra services in carrying the mail, and the post
waster general was directed to give thern a credit
for whatever sum the solicitor should decide to be
due to them. The solicitor accordingly ascertain
ed the balance, but the postmaster general refused
to give credit for the amount, and the court by
the writ of mandamus, compelled mm to ao so, on
the ground that it was not an official duty about
which he had a discretion, but a mere ministerial
act, and in the argument it is assumed, that under
like circumstance?, the writ , might be issued
against the President himself, and the stress of the
discussion is put upon the question of its being a
ministerial or official act. The alleged removal
from office set out in the petition, is not a mere
ministeral act, but directly involves and enquires
into the official conduct of the Governor which
cannot be passed on in this mode of proceedings,
That portion of the petition which relates to it,
should be rejected.
We do not enter upon the enquiry, as to how
the writ will be enforced, because wo are not al
lowed to suppose that the question will arise; feel
ing assured thab the sole purpose of the Governor
is to obtain a judicial construction of the statute
in question.
This opinion will be certified, to the end that an
alternative mandamus may issue, requiring John
W. Ellis to make his warrant to the public treasu
rer for the payment of the salary of the appli
cant R. C. Gotten, Adjutant General, accordiug to
the prayer of his petition.
OIL WELLS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The somewhat outlandish name of Senecoleum
has been given to the oil that exudes from various
counties iu Pennsylvania, on the shores of Seneca
Lake. But, however outlandish the name, the
thing itself is one of the marvels of the age. The
inhabitants of the oleaginous region have publish
ed a journal, entitled the Oil Creek Reporter, and
the Philadelphia Bulletin wonders that some pun
ster has not already called that region the land of
Greece. The Reporter relates some surprising
facts. It says that on Oil Creek alone there are
from four to five hundred oil wells, and as many
as fourtecu huudred in Northwestern Pennsylva
nia, a large number of which are very productive.
These oil wells, it is said, vary from one to three
hundred feet, and the most productive yield from
ten to fifteen barrels of oil a day each, a barrel hold
ing fifty gallons. One of these wells is described,
the boring of which reached the depth of one hun-'
dred and fifty-three feet, when the pure oil began
to appear, and it now flows in a continuous stream
over the top of the pipe, filling twelve barrels a
day, which is equal to 174,724 gallons a year.
The oil appears to be forced up in pulse-like jets,
as if some great artery of nature had been pier
ced. The only expense of this well, after the first
outlay for boring, is the cost of barrels and the
hire of a man to close them as they are filled. In
one region, abundance of oil has been obtained at
a depth of only sixteen feet from the earth's sur
face, and it is dipped out of the holes dug to re
ceive it by the pailful.
The Reporter describes the oil obtained from
these wells as one of the best illuminators in the
world. In "Gales' History of Rock Oil" it is
stated that the same oil is found near Scottsvillc,
in Kentucky; in various places in Virginia, Ohio,
Western New York, as well as on the shores of
Seneca, from which it takes its name. It also ex
ists in Canada West and several of the West India
Islands; in the Duchy of Parma; in France; on the
shores of the Casprian Sea; Rangoon, in the Bur
niau Empire. Some of these places have produc
ed large quantities and for a long period. The
wells in the district of Rangoon arc said to num
ber five hundred, and are from three hundred to
five hundred feet deep. These yield four hundred
thousand hogsheads annually, which is about 1,
200,000 barrels. Oil has been taken from them
for more than one hundred and sixty years.
Richmond Dispatch.
The McKknna Will Case. This case came
on for trial, on appeal from the decision of the
Ordinary, at Lancaster, on Monday, the 23d ult.,
his Honor Judge Glover, presiding. Three days
and-a-half were consumed in hearing the evidence,
and one and-a-half in the argument of the counsel.
Judge Glover delivered a very able charge to the
jury, of one hour and a half in length, in which
he sustained very strongly the will, analyzing, with
great power, the evidence, and applying, with
much ability, the points of law in the case. The
record was handed to the jury at sevn o'elock,
on Friday evening. They returned into Court at
midnight, with a verdict against the will. Notice
of appeal was immediately given and the Court
adjourned.
The verdict against the Will was given for the
following reasons:
1. It was not duly executed.
2. Undue influence was exercised over the Tes
tator. iu The Testator had an insane aversion to his
daughter in other words, was partially insane: ....
As this case will probably be thrown and tossed
between the Appeal and Circuit Court for years
before its final settlement, it may not be amiss to
give some of the more important facts which have
been brought before the public by the evidence
in the case.
Mr McKenna first turns up in Westchester, N.
York, as a travelling peddler and school teacher.
lie there married one Miss Cloe Fuller, about the
year 1803, but immediately left her, came South
and settled at Lancaster. Four or five years after
wards he married again a Miss Anna Cousart of
Lancaater, a young lady of large fortune. The
rumor of his previous marriage reaching her ears
they separated. "Meanwhile, his wife in New York,
four or five months after his nrarriage with her,
was delivered of a daughter; and when this daugh
ter was fifteeu or sixteen years old, Mr McKenna
went North, procured a divorce from his wife there,
got hold of his daughter, took her to Wilmington, ;
Dalaware, where she was educated, and afterwards
brought her to his Southern home. The divorce
from his first, procured bis reunion, about the year
1.820, to his second wife. - But she died childless
in 1848 or 1849; and he married the third time,
Miss Ellen Quigley his present widow. His
daughter married Mr Mittag; and is, we believe,
his only child.
. The estate is worth some two or three hundred
thousand dollars. It was willed principally to the
Catholic church. By the present decision were
there no appeal it would accrue to his widow and
Mrs Mittag. Yorlii ille Enquirer,
THE MASSACRE IN SYRIA AWFUL
SCENES.
f By the foreign news, we have many shock
ing details of the massacre in Syria. Wc copy
the following from the Boston Traveller:
The Civil War in Syria.-' v;
Beirut, June 22. Deir el Kamer, a town pf
several thousand inhabitants, was, but is no longer.
The accounts from there are heart-rending beyond
description. All the people of the town referred
to were deliberately slaughtered in cold blood after
they had given up their arms to the Turkish au
thorities. The Turks, after disarming them, turn
ed them over to the Druses, who put them to the
sword, aided by the Turkish soldiery.
These atrocities occurred about twenty miles
from Beirut. To-day these Druses- ate at our
doors. The setting sun may tell a bloodier tale
than has yet been related. ..Were it not that the
Moslem element has been so largely stirred up, we
might hope that the Druses were ready to cease
their work of slaughter, but now the Moslems are
inviting the Druses to come to their aid.
I have seen from my window the military Pasha
going about the town trying to calm the tumult
and disperse the crowd. This morning the Ameri
can missionaries reached Beirut from Sidon, which
has been so long threatened with a massacre. . The
same British man-of-war which brought away the
Americans, brought also 600 refugees to Beirut.
Damascus has only been preserved from destruc
tion by the efforts of the famous Algerine - chief,
Ab-del-Kader, who has organized an efficient
corps, which patrol the city day and night. But
the alarm is very great even now, and letters ap
pealing for help come by every mail.
Junk 23.- The state of this poor country beg
gars description. The large towns of Zahleh and
Deir el Kamer have been put to the sword and
thousands of dead bodies lie exposed to the jatkals
and hyenas which infest that part of the moun
tains. The news is heart-rendinsr.. Men that we knew
have perished in this awful butchery. Widows
and orphans are creeping slowly towards Beirut
for safety: But alas! they will find no safety here.
Moslems are iu arms, and Christians are trembling
in their houses fearing a general massacre. Even
while I am writing I am surrounded by multitudes
of men, women and children crying for protection.
The house is considered as an asylum, and the
house of every American is filled with the despair
ing unfortunates.
Such an intense excitement prevails at this mo
ment as to prevent us from finishing this letter.
Christians have closed their shops and have retired
to their houses, where they trembling await the
issue. Moslems are rushing about the towr cry
ing "This is the time to kill the Christians," and
their women and children are rushing about the
streets shouting "May Gjdcut off the Christians."
It is impossible for us to buy provisions, and our
servants are rendered useless from fenr. Chris
tians have been beaten, and some of them most
severely.
Yesterday at the conference of the consular
corps, the city authorities were summoned to ap
pear and give assurance of safety. When ques
tioned by the French Admiral as to the number of
troops at his command, the governor replied, "I
don't know." The military commander was then
summoned, and gave the same reply.
The British and American consuls declared that
they would invite their countrymen to take refuge
on board the naval vessels now in the harbor. It
is greatly to be lamented that there is no good
Frank organization on land to co-operate with the
forces at sea. Yesterday the American consul
called a meeting of Americans, warned them of
their danger, offered his house as an asylum to all,
and proposed that upon the first alarm all Ameri
cans should go at once to the American prin'ing
Establishment as the best place for mutual protec
tion, as it is a castle in itself, and affords ample
facilities for resisting an attack or standing a
siege. Provisions have been placed there, and
there is now at least an American organization.
This step has already inspired confidence.
A Turkish line-of-battlc-ehip arrived last night.
Beirut may be saved, but the country is lost.
The Paris "Journal des Debats," publishes a
letter from Father Rousseau, of the Jesuit Mission
in Syria. The details which he furnishes, and
written on the spot, are heart-rending and fright
ful. The Catholic Vicar-General of the Beyront
district had been cut into four pieces, with his
brother and sister, and their remains thrown to
the dogs. The Turks, he says, rejoice in such
sights, and say: "See, here, these Christians and
their priests', is it not natural that the dogs their
equals, should make a good meal of them?"
The stench of the dead bodies all around, under
the excessive heat, is described as insupportable.
Twelve hundred Christians of Gaziue were sur
rounded in a wood by the Druses, and murdered
or burnt. A woman met by one of these savages,
with her three children, was made to sit down
while he slaughtered her infants on her lap. A
Maronite cure, with five young children, was cut
to pieces himself and the children torn limb from
limb.
The whole country is ravaged with fire and
sword, and hundreds are perishing of want in the
woods and mountains. "We have collected more
than 500 children," the same letter says, "all of
them now orphans." '
1- ,
Bachelors and Old Maids. -"It is said that
in Japan old maids are unheard of do not exist.
When the girls do not get married voluntarily in
any reasonable time, the authorities hunt up hus
bands, and make them marry willing or not will
ing. An exchange thinks that the Japanese know
a thing or two even if they have been walled in
for four centuries."
We quote the above paragraph to show what is
thought of bachelos and old maids by our new
commercial and international friends of Japan.
Commerce is considered to be a "civilizer," and it
is to be hoped that the light which has been. mon
opolized by the Japanese long enough, will now
"melt in many streams" and flow even to us who
sit in "the region of the shadow of death," - For
bachelors and old maids are death to progress, ex
tension, advancement; and as a people owing no
doubt somewhat to our harumscarum, fotune-seek-ing,
adventure-loving disposition -wc marry late,
ii ever, ior our latitude.
In the hurry and bustle of a mighty civilization,
we are apt to over-look minor conveuiencies and
comforts which beautify and iu a measure redeem
more barbarous times and places. Nature is . not
.withowt her law or universal compensation Who,
for instance, can deny that this little thingof compel
ling bachelors and old maids to marry, makes Japan,
with all its Tycoons, shaved heads and what-nots,
a more attractive place of living to a bashful and
ugly woman? Call it an intermeddling spirit, or
what you please, in Mrs. Japan; we regard it as a
motherly instinct in her, to hlp her most unfor
tunate children to a small pittance of happiness.
" m
A convention is to be held at Aiken, S. C-, on
the 21st of August, the objects of which are to
determine definitely the names of tho grapes un
der cultivation, and also upon some manner . of
naming the different wines, , -
7 NEWS FBOM EUROPE.
England has resolved to fortify her Coast and
Dock Yards, and have provided a revenue of nine
million of pounds sterling for that purpose.
.. Lord Brougham disclaims any intention to in
sult Mr" Dallas by his remarks in the Statistical
Congress about the negro.
France is preparing for a powerful intervention
in the affairs of Syria, and has notified the other
European powers accordingly.
The Neapolitan Ministry had withdrawn "their
resignation, the King having taken decisive meas
ures to secure the adhesion of the troops, to the
Constitution.
Advices from China to tho 7th June state that
hostilitie"were about recommencing.
It was rumored that a force of 2000 Russians
was marching upon Pekin.
There has been a fearful massacre of Christians
at Damascus; five hundred were killed, including
the Dutch consul. The American consul was
wounded.
Advices from Naples state that a conflict had
occurred between the troops and thejpeople in con
sequence of popular manifestations in favor of the
refugees who disembarked at Naples. Several
were killed. The ministry had been dismissed
and a new cabinet formed. The inspector of the
former police has been stabbed.
A proclamation of Garibaldi, against the Bour
bons, and in favor of Victor Emanuel has been
distributed. . .
Correspondence of the Chester Standard.
White Sulphur Springs, N, C. )
July 22nd,. 1860. J
Mr Editor: The travel over the Charlotte and
South Carolina Railroad, on the fast train, is cer
tainly a great luxury. - The speed at which they
go is much faster than the mail train and fewer
stoppings, thereby rendering it much more pleas
ant to the passengers. The crops along this line
being grain, look fine in places near the water
courses. The wheat and oat crops have been har
vested and from appearances seem to have been a
fair crop. ' .
His Honor Judge Howard, aged about 2G, is
sojourning here a few days, and he is indeed a
very nice man in appearance, stout, hearty and
robust. Wrhat would you think if South Carolina
had a Judge 2G years of age? I suppose such
will never be the case. We have also many Rail
road officials, some of whom throw-themselves very
much upon their dignity, perhaps it is that they can
travel at less expense than many others, is one
reason, some of whom are as kind and as courte
ous as any gentleman of whatever class.
There are many- other officials here, but of less
notoriety. Among the privates there are some
high minded arid .honorable men; Maj. Smith and
Dr Nesbit, of Salisbury, contribute very much to
the general entertainment to those who desire
amusement of an innocent character aud have no
doubt the good wishes of all here.
We have the shad tail coated dandy aristocracy
also, which class is the most conspicuous but the
least desirable. They put on fine clothes, sport a
moustache,, wield a cane, smoke cigars and drink
champagne, and perhaps mean whiskey, this class
is not large, however, and will not cut much of a
figure here, as the young ladies have too much
good sense to admit it. On my arrival, I learned
there was one gambler who had just left in per
fect disgust, stating that there was not 50 on the
hill. I find that men do not come here to gamble;
there may be some here that would, but have not
the funds. There is a number of lawyers here, i
but as they are apt to bring themselves into notice j
without the press, I will have nothing to say.
The attendants at the bar here are the most nu
merous class on the hill.
The people here look generally healthy, except
in one or two instances, and even those are regular
attendants at the whiskey counter. The ladies, I
think, are the largest class here, and all are in
good health and good spirits, and I assure you
there are no pains spared on their part in fixing
themselves up for a walk to the springs, or an
escort to the dinner table, or a general finale at the
ball room. In fact the inventor of hoop-skirts
will doubtless ever be remembered by the ladies
of the present day, aud ought to be.. There were
about five belles here last week and the competi
tion was kept up very close for the whole week
who would look the best and catch the most beaux.
It was amusing to me to witness such exhibitions
of gallantry on the part of the young men especial
ly in the ball room, they would approach the
young ladies sometimes in a position resembling
very much that of a huntsman trying to get a shot
at a wild turkey on the ground. The ladies gen
erally are remarkably generous and kind, and have
indeed acquitted themselves deserving a great
deal of consideration. The weather has been re
markably warm until this afternoon, when there
was' a very pleasant shower, changing the state of
atmosphere, rendering things more pleasant; there
was quite a wind connected, blowing down many
trees and limbs of trees in' the "yard, one of which
fell on Mr Sadler, formerly of Charlotte, but now
of New York, doing but slight injury; he is now
out in the yard with the ladies, apparently but
little injured. He is quite a nice man and has
the universal esteem of all the ladies present.
OBSERVER.
The writer makes a mistake about Judge Howard's
age. The Judge is at least 30 years old..
. A man's dress has a wonderful influence on his
character. Dress like a rowdy, and in less than
a month you will commence acting like one.
EVEN THOSE who are in the enjoyment of perfect
health Irequenily have need to have recourse to tonics as
preventives ot disease. We are never too well armed
against the assiults of "the ills that flesh is heir IO." Such
an invigorator they may find in HOSTETTEUS BITTERS
a medicine that cannot be taken regularly without giving
vitality and elasticity to tbc system. At this season paitcular
)y, the strongest man is not proof against the malaiia, in cer
tain sections of the country. In all cases of tever and ague,
the Bitters is more potent than any amount of quinine, while
the most dangerous cases of bilious fever yield to its wonder
ful properties. Those who have tried the medicine will never
use another, for any of the ailments which the Hosteller
Bitters profess to subdue. To those who have not made the
experiment, we cordially recommend an early application to
the Bitters, whenever they are stricken by disease of the di
gestive organs. ;
Sold by E. Nye Ilti'tbison & Co., and by all druggists.
August I860,
Col. Jesse J. Bakes, a well known citizen of Goldshoro
N. C, makes the following statement of the good resuha
arising from the use of Dr. Wistat's Balsom of Wild Cherry:
GoLDsaoao', N C March 18GO
Messrs, S. IV' Fowle & Co.
Gentlemen: Being eoliciiedI cannot refrain from express
iug an opinion of your popular and remarkable lung remedy.
Dr. VVistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. I have been observ
ant ot its salutary effect in cases of obstinate coughs and
colds with many of my numerous friends, for more than ten
yeara past, and the result has always been speedy and sure;
and with myself -and family I can with confidence certify
that it has accomplished more good than any other medi
cine we have ever used, in fact rojr experience found it lobe
an unfailing remedy for coughs and pulmonary complaints,
and I therefore recommend it. lP- , naKVP
Very truly yours, J tisoti. J. 1SAK.C.K.
Sold by E Nye Hutchison & CoM and by all druggists. '
August I860- .-
MRS. TVINSLOW, an experienced nurse, and female
physician, has a Soothing Syrup for children teething, which
greatly facilitates the process ci teething by softening the
gums, reducing alt inflamation wilt allay all, pain, and in
mm ta rffmlntc the bowels. Depend Dpon it. mothers, it
will give rest to yourselves, .and relief and health to your
in rants, rerteciiy sate in u cases, oe aqrerttsement iq
another column.
.- Drougiit in Tex a 6. We have read a privata
letter from the Eastern portion of Texas, and the
account given of the State of affairs in that country
is indeed melancholy. No rain has fallen there,
with the exception of one light shower, since
February last. Crops are almost an entire failure.
The com crop, it is stated, will Dot average more
than one bushl per aere, and in some places cotton
owing to . the parched- condition of the soil, never
got out of the ground. Wheat is selling at two
dollars and fifty cents per bushel, and corn at about
the same rate, and scarcely any of either can be had
even at this high price! .'.,'
Nothing is said of politics, as the people are at
the point of starvation, and many poor families are
already suffering for bread. .
The drought, it is stated extends for more than
one hundred miles square. Chester Standard.
: Fatal Affaib. At DavisV Cross Roads, about
16 miles uortheast of .this place, an affray took
place on Saturday evening last, between Jonathan
Gifford and Bryan Minshew. In a dispute about
a bunch of fish, Mr pifford knocked Mr .Minshew
down, who rose and cut him with a knife across
the neck, which caused his death instantly. It is
rumored that the person deceased was chiefly to
blame, but the - matter will undergo a legal inves
tigation which we suppose will reach the truth.
Both were respectable men and quiet citizens, and
both bad families. Altogether it is a distressing
affair. Goldshoro' Tribune. '
CaT" A lady who has suffered from the nuisance,
says that the crowd of young snobs lying in wait
at Church doors on Sundays makes her sigh for
some Sampson to carry off these Gates of Gazers.
BOOT AND SHOE
E M P O H I: U M .
(SUCCESSORS TO J. B. F. BOONE,)
HAVE JUST OPENED
AT BOONE'8 OLD STAND,
a large Select Stock of
B O OT S,
LEATHER AND
SHOE-FIfVDIiVGS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
WHICH WILL HE SOLI) AT TIJK
iO w est
ntlCKS FOR
PER CENT. CHEAPER THAN EVER
sold for before in this market.
Having bought our Stock on good terms, wc
CAN and WILL sell to our customers low
down for CASH !
B. R. SMITH 6c CO.
CHARLOTTE, N Ci June 19, 1SG0.
LOOK HERE I
ALL parsons who hare bought Boots, Shoes &c,
from BOONE it CO., and have not paid for them, are
requested to' eall at once and settle their Notes and
Account;?.
SAMUEL, r. SMITH,
Office in the Court House.
Attorney
June 5, I860.
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGIN! 1,
At 3ELo1xtti ond..
SESSION OF 1860-'6I.
HE Annual Course of Lectures will commence on
the First Monday in October, and contiuuo until
the 1st of March.
Ch. Bell Gidson, M. V., Prof, of Surgery.
David II. Tucker, M. D., Prof, of Theory and pmctice
of Medicine.
Beverly R. Wellford, M. D., Prof, of Materia Medics,
and Therapeutics.
A E. Peticolas, M. D., Prof, of Anntomr.
L. S. Joyncs, M. L., Prof, of Institutes of Medu.inc.
Jas. H. Conway, M. D.,Trof. of Obstetrics, &c.
Jas. D. McCaw, M. D., Prof, fcf Chemistry.
Martin Howard, M. 1)., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Tbi9 institution offers to the Student every facility
for the acquisition of .a thorough medical education.
Through tfie liberality of the Legislature, at its lost
session in appropriating the snm of Thirty Thousand
Dollars in aid of the College, these facilities will be
greatly extended. A new Hospital Is now in course of
erection, in immediate proximity to the College, which
will much enlarge the field of Clinical instruction.
All the needful repairs and Migrations of the College
buildings will be duly accomplished, and large and im
portant additions are being made to the apparatus and
illustrations for the Lectures in etery department.
Ample facilities will be afforded for the prosecution
of Practical Anatomy. ' ."
Instead of the Warrcn Prize,' of One Hundred Dol
lars, heretofore offered to the graduating Class, Two
Prizes of Fifty dollars each Are bow , offered one for
the best Essay on any sorgical subject, and the other
for the best Essay on awy subject pertaining to the
Theory or Praetu-e of Medicine.
FEES.
Ticket of Each Ptifessor $ 1 5
i v. w
Demonstrator's Ticket
...t
.25
.10
For further information,. or for copy of Catalogue
containing full particulars address
, L S. JOYXES, M. D.,
July 24, 18G0. . . 6t . Dean of the Faculty.
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