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CIIARLO'ITK, N G
Witl attend promptly and diligtnth to collecting and
remitting all rl.iims intrusted to his care.
Special attentiou given to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances, Ac.
S&m During hours of business, may be found in the
Court House, Oflice No. I, adjoining the clerk's oflice.
Januarv 10. ItfCl
J. A. FOX
9
Attorney
CHAUl.OTTK, X. C.
G EX Ell A L COL I. ECTIS'G A G EXT.
Office orer the Vrug ;t..re, Irwin's corner.
January I, 1801. tf
Win. J. Krrr,
A T T O IS A i: V A T I- A IV,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice iu the County and Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus counties.
Urrict in the lira w ley building oppo.-ite Kerr's Hotel.
January :!4, ItsGl y
HOBEitT (.IBBON,
SI. Dm
PRAtrnrKMLii vr
n n incite
AND
Oflice Ao. 2 Irwin's corner, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
January, 18GI.
n. w. m:ck itiT
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES. J WELfiY. PLATED. WARE, &C
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put iu for 25 cents each.
January, l8ol y
John T. Birder,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock Tinker, Jew
eller, Arc,
Opposite Kerr's Hotkl, Charlotte, A. C.
(Late with R. W. Beck with.)
TIM! WilfCll -ft, l-k. &. Jr1T'lr.T,
of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
months.
Oct 16,
I860.
tf
WILKINSON 6l
CO.,
HEALERS IN
Watolies,
JHYIIiisY,
silver A: pin ted Ware
AND FANCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Fange,
Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 18, I860. y
New Supply of
WATCIIIvS, JMWKI.RY,
Solid Mirer and Plaff-d Ware.
The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensile
supply of the above articles. His purchases being
made directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore
enabled to sell at a very small advauce on cost, and
persons may rest assured that all his articles are war
ranted to be what he represents them tube.
Watches and Mucks carefully repaired and will
receive ray person il atteutiou.
R. W. BECK WITH.
N.t. 27, I860 tf
CharSolte & . ISailroad.
On and aftor the First day of October. THROUGH
EXPRESS FR'EiOHT TRAINS will run Daily beiween
Charlotte a,-,d Charleston, without transshipment, thus
enabling freights it reach Charlotte in 5 days or less
from New York, and in one day from Charleston, and
vice versa.
Also, TIIIiOTGII TICKETS will be sold from Char
lotte to Charleston at 8 50. and to New York, via
Charleston Steamers, at and rice versa. The mer
chants and public are invited to try this cheap and
expeditious route for freights and passengers.
A. H MARTIN,
Oct 2. 1860. tf Gea'l Ft. and Ticket Agent.
SITUATION IVAATKO
As Conductor on some Railroad Train, or as Agent at
some Depot, or as Mail Agent.
Testimonials of moral character. Southern principles
and close attention to business, can be given.
Address L. A. HELMS,
Winchester. Union co.. N. C.
Jan.
8, 1 8 51. 3m-pd
The Celebrated Female Pill.
These Pills do not cure nil diseases, but they are var
rmnted to cure Lueoreih,or IV.iies that dreadful scourge
to female health, happiness and usefulness eTUer are
not talented and ar nn htiinlm. r ,
a North Carolina physician of high standing and of
long experience in the treatment f female 'diseases. ;
All ttl.af IJ IIWAJOrt. , . . 1 1 n f t r- . n . . .1 . .
.... ...... o Baw j v'rii.iuw tu-i ui ineiremcacvi
& fair trial. For particulars, see wrappers. Price"!
per box. For sale at the DRUG STORES. V
Jan 15. 1861
vr
Superior Smut Machines,
t tk Sig cf the Gulden Pud-Lock.
COCHRANE SAMPLS.
J. G.
FI5UIT A .AD TRUE STORE.
The subscriber has opened a fruit and Fruit-tree
store next door above the Rock Island Office, and
will krep on hand a well selected stoek of Fruit Trees,
U rape v i ties, bvergreens anI shrubbery, c. Also,
Fruits of various kinds Apples, Oranges Lemons,
Pine Apples, Ac, kc. E. W. LYLES.
Dec. 11, 1860. tf.
Dissolution.
The firm of KULLINGS, SPRINGS k CO. was
dia-
Solved bv limitation on the 1st January. 1861.
The business will be continued under the name and
style of FULLINGS k SPRINGS, and they hope, by
iuiegriiy aud strivt attention to business, to merit the
same pajronupe heretofore liberally bestowed by their
numerous friends and customers.
The present financial crisis and the nncertaintv of
business, for the future compel us to shorten our time
of credit from twelve to six months to uromut lavine
customers none others need atk it.
All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullings.
Springs k Co., must come forward and make immediate
settlement. n- it is absolutely necessary that the busi
ness be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is suffi
cient." Jan 15, 1861.
Quinn's Rheumatic Remedy
Has effected cures of Rheumatism ths-t were considered
hopeless, certificates to prove which can be exhibited.
The suffering are invited to give the medicine a trial.
Orders addressed to the undersigned at Charlotte wil
receive prompt attention. W. W. QUINN.
April 10, 1860. Trice SI 50 per bottle-.
Hard wane ! ! Hard ware ! !
,. A. X. M. TAYLOR
KF.SPKCTFULLY informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensiv
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
to k of Hardware, cou.-istiug in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennoii, back, eompas.-. webb, aud butch
er SAWS: Unices and bits. Draw Knives. Chissels.
Augers, Gimlets. Hammers. Hatchets, and Axe?: Brick,
plasteiing. and poialiu Trowels: S.iw-etiers, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies. Planes of all kinds, Spoke
shaves. Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spit il Levels
Pocket Level.-, Spirit level Vials, Boring machine.-,
Gougers, stud in fact everihing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion Hou.-e. Charlotte, N. C
M;iy '!, lftiu. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses. Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stocks
and aies. Blacksmith's Pincers and Tonrs, Ras ers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cl'iich Nails,
Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very chenp at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans,
of all the diflert'tit sizes, at TAYLOK'
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers. Plows, Hoes, Shovels
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattocks. Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains. Pruning
;ind Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gai
den Hoes and Bakes. ith handles; Grain Cradles; grain.
irr.iss and brier Scythes. Bu-h Hooks. U agon boxes:
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skiliits, spi
ders. stew-pans and kettles. Cauldrons from 20 to !"Jo
srallou each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears. &c.. at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment: Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, &c.
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware. Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Hous
$100 ISUIVAKD!
AN AWAY from the subscriber on the 1st October.
mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six
feet high, about thirty years old. tolerably bright, rather
slim, and weighs about 175 pounds. He has a down
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 tne enu 01 it. 1 tnintv ne is lurtvinguooui
Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county,
where he was raised. 8 All persons are forewarned
not to harbor or assist him, tinder fhe penalty of the
aw. I will pay the above reward for his delivery to
me, or his apprehension and confinement in an v jail so
I can cet him. WILLIAM HAMILTON.
Negro Head Depot, Union Co., N. C.
April 9, I860. tf
Reef Cattle IVanted.
Hiyhest Cash Prices pnfd fur Hrrves anil Slirejy.
I am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to.pur
clmse Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the
highest market prices. Those having stock for sale
will find it to their advantage to give me a call. In
quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard.
Aug. 21, I860. 26-tf J. L. STOUT.
. HOTICE.
Taken nn and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg j
countv, on the Mh ay oi oepiemoer, leou, a icgro
- f 1 Bn..A V I
boy about 18 or 20 years of age. (black.) about 5 feet 6 j
or 8 inches high. He says his name is JIM.
he beloners to John Worthy of Gaston county
and that
that his
niasler moved to Texas early la.t Spring, at which
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very r'nll:
can scarcely communicate anything about his master
or home w';:h any intelligence. He has a scar ou his
right fore finger, made by a cutting knif. . The owner
is requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex
pense., and take s.-.id boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9. If 60. tf . C. GRIER, Sheriff
DRY GOODS.
LADIES' CLOAKS and BONNETS,
DRESS GOODS and EMBROIDERIES.
A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
PLANTATION GOOD S .
Th- above will be found to compare in styles and
prices with any ia the town. . -
FISUER & BURROUGHS
Not 13, 1860 tf
SONG OF THE NEWSPAPER.
I am a newspaper I carry the news
To all nf your dwellings wherever yon choose.
A more faithful servant can hardly be found
Almost omnipresent, I'm scattered around.
Like stars in the heavens, and sands on the shore
Like leaves that have fallen when summer U o'er,
I fly o'er the land. I pass o'er the pea,
1 brave every danger it's pleasure for me.
I gather the news, from the steamers and cars,
I
i ana
And telegraphs, sparkling with trade, peace
wars .. .
I fill up my mission defending the truth,
And teach uselul lessons, lor old men and youth. !
North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE lKSUIUNC E COMPANY.
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the
State, insures white persous for a term of years or
during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves
insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. For insurance apply to
THOS. W.'DfiWEY, Agt.,
Jan 8. 1861 ly at Branch Bank N. C.
DR. JUSKPII 611 A II AM
Offers his Professional Services to the citizens of
Charlotte and the surrounding country.
Oflice adjoining the residence of Mr Wm. Johnston.
February 12. 1K(1. yr.
!M.iasic Lessons.
The undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and
patrons as well as the public generally that he is pre
pared to give
Private Lessons on the Piano,
either at his residence or at the resideuce of pupils.
BSi- Particular and prompt attention will be paid to
order.- for tuning and repairing instruments, at shortest
notice and on very moderate terms.
SHEET MUSIC and MUSIC BOOKS will be procared
at store prices.
Having been engnged in the Piano business for more
than ten years. 1 o tier my assistance most particularly
to all those who may desire to purchase Piauos or to
exchange old Pianos for new ones.
Best references given.
Orders left at the post oflice or at Messrs. Davidson's
Furniture Hail will receive prompt attention.
CUAS. O. PAPE, Prof, of Music,
Jan 8. 1861 tf , Charlotte .N C.
St;tl of rl!i Carolina,
Calauba Co
A. F. Brevard and others vs.
M. J. Shelton.
Attachments.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the
defendant in these cases has absconded or so removed
that the ordinary process of law cannot be served on
him. it is therefore ordered 'hat publication be made
in the Charlotte Democrat for six successive weeks, for
the said defendant to be and appear at our next Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be opened and held
lor the county of Cataaba, at the Court House in New
ion, on the 3d Monday in April next, then and there
to mswer the above attachments, or they will be set
for hearing and judgment gtanled as prayed f ,r.
Witness, Geo. St tzer, Clerk of our said Court at office
in Newton, the third Monday in January, A. D. 1H61.
f2-6t. pradvS6J GEO. SETZEK, C. C. C.
i i n e: :t i n po i:t at i o y.
120
ENGLISH HOES, just received and
for sale by
Feb'y '.'J, lt6l
COCHRANE & SAMPLE.
3Totioe:
The Notes and Accounts due E. NYE HUTCHISON
& CO., after the 1st day of February next, may be
found in the hands of HUTCHISON & BROWN, At
tornies at Law, for collection.
E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO.
January 15. 1861. tf.
TO -jitiisciiA.vrs.
Brades' Co. strong Crown and Brades' Patent HOES
-a large quantity lor sale to the trade.
DAVID FAUST k 0.,
Successors to Fa-.ist, Winebrem & Co.,
No. 49 North 3d St.,
Feb. 19th. 3t PHILADELPHIA
Drug Store,
IRWIN'S CORNER, CHARLOTTE, N. 6.
12. iyc Hutchison & 0,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic
Drvgs, Medicines and Chemicals,
ARE NOW RECEIVING fresh and genuine Drugs from
the New York Market, which have been purchased
upon such terms as to be sold low for Cash. We would
respectfully call the attention of the public to our
large and complete stock of Drugs, Medicines, Chemi
cals, Perfumery, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Putty, Win
dow Glass, Kerosine Oil. Burning Fluid, Turpentine,
Alcohol, Lamps, Pure Liquors, Congress Water, Can
ton Teas. 1 obacco. Segars. Ac. Ac.
A large stock of fresh FIELD and GARDEN
SEEDS just received.
Jan 1, 1861. y
DK. E. 11. ANDREWS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Would inform the public generally, and the citizens of
Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the
Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old
stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold.
Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Chcoplastic process, as
patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin,
Amalgam or Os Artificial.
He is also prepared to perform any operation belong
ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas
ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends
you may take that for granted.
February 5, 1861 3m
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, &c, of all kinds.
Stale f ft r til C'sr!i, I'liluii Co.
Court of Pleat and Quarter Sessions Jaa'y Term, 1861.
Attachment Levied on Land.
John D Stewart vs. Joseph A Edwards.
In this case it appearing to the ratisfaction of the
Court that the defendant, Joseph A Edwards, reside
beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore ordered
by the Court that publication be made in ihe Western
Democrat, for six successive weeks, notifying said non
resident defendant to be and appear at the next Term
of this court to be held for the county of Union, at the
court House in Monroe, on the first Monday in April
next, then and there to show cause, if any he has, why
the land levied on shall not be sold toisfy Plaintiff s
debt, interest and cost.
Witness, J. F. Hough, clerk of oar said conrt at oflice
in Monroe, the first Monday in Jannary 1861, and in the
85tb year of our Independence.
5r-6t pr aiv $6 J. F. HOUGH, Clerk.
THE CASE OF BONAPARTE AGAINST
BONAPARTE.
Our reader are well aware that Mr Jerome
Bonaparte, of Baltimore, ujou the death of his
father, the late King Jerome, ex-monarch of West
phalia, brought a suit in the French Court to es
tablish hij claim to be the legitimate son of his
father. Mr Bonaparte relinquished, in advance,
all claim which he might have to any property
kit by the deceased, his sole object being to estab
lish the validity of his father's first marriage, and
thereby vindicate the fame of. his mother. In
r. i. . . i. . . :. . ,
iurfuu ui iiiis oijeei lie hum . uianue.-u-Meu a
determination of purposn characteristic of ihe
family whose name he bears, and of the nation to
which that family originally belonged. IJe has
done more; he has shown that what he considers
his honoris dearer to him than life its If, and that
worldly wealth, high plaee, and an unbounded fu
ture for his children, are as nothing in his eyes,
compared with the fiine of that mother wh
watched over him in the years of his childhood,
when his father and his father's house were dispos
ed to cast him, like an unclaimed foundling, upon
the world. Admirable as such conduct is, it is
not more admirable than that of the venerable pa
rent who is the occasion of it. Married, when a
young and beautiful girl, ihe admired of all circles
into which :-he entered, while the youth of a whole
nation were ready to post rate themselves at her
feet, to the most worthless scamp that ever digrac
ed a crown. he was fi.rsakcii by him from the bas
est and most sordid motives, in a strange country
among entire strang'-rs.. smd was indebted for a re
fuse in the hour of her distress, to the humanity
td'a people with whom ihe nation to which her
husband belonged was enravied in a deadly war.
Leaving her without the slightest remorse, for t
royal bride who brought him a larger dower, this
paragon of husbands afterwards had the meanness
to fl'er her an immense estate in Westphalia, as a
balm to her Wounded fee'ings. She treated his of
fer with silent contempt, nei h'-r answering the
letter in which it was conveyed, nor permitting
it to be answered by any one else in her name. She
procured a divorce from the Legislature of her na
tive State, (Maryland.) and resumed the name she
had borne before her ill starred niarriasre (Elizabeth
Patterson.) But in the full flush of her uncom
mon beauty, she encouraged no suitor, and never
once thought of changing her condition. Her
whole thoughts Wf re bent upon ihe education and
future prospects of ber son, and the establishment
at some future day. of his right to
shame, the name of his father. She
bear, without
lived to see
that preat prosecutor overthrown to hear of his
lotir ajrmiy npon the bnrren rock of St. Helena
to see the nation which he governed oxiel from
her bosom the family which had succeeded to the
Bonapattes to see those who filled the places of
this family reduced to exile in their turn to see
another French Republic succeeded by another
Empire, wiih another Bonaparte at its head. Sh-
i ttas outlived tier rival, and her l us nana and now
! nninberniir m-eatly more than the years alotted to
man by the Psalmist, she crosses the ocean, with
her son, to vindicate her rights and his in a French
Court of Justice! There Is something sublime, as
well as romantic, in this: and when critics
carp at the incidents of a romance as improbable
because surpnsinjr. we are prone to bid them read
the story of Elizabeth Patterson.
Of all the offences with which the first Napole
on has been charged, his conduct with regard to
this marriare was the most unjustifitble. He was
opposed to a French Prince marrying an American
lady. He first attempted to obtain a divorce from
the Pope; but that Potentate, although so abso
lutely within his pwer t'1'11 he had compelled
" " 1
him to conic to fans in order to crown rum. as one
of his predecessors had crowned Charlemagne
althought a few years after he arrested him in the
very V atican and carried him a prisoner to Fon
taineblcan could not be induced, either bv blan
dishments or threats, to obey ih's m mdate: for it
was not lung else The Uarriage, he said, was
valid, iu the eyes of God and in-ui. Nothing had
occurred since its date to impair its binding force.
As the head of the ( hurch. as a Prince, as a Chris
tian, as a man, he could not consent to perpetrate
an act of such gross injustice Nor did he ever
do it. Foiled in this quarter, an attempt was next
made to show that Jerome was a minor, and could
not, by the French law, contract a marriaire with
out the consent of his mother, which he did not
obtain. But it was shown, on the other hand,
that though by the French law a man was not of
age until he is twenty-five, for any other pursose,
yet for the purpose of contracting marriage he was
of age at eighteen. Jerome was nineteen and some
months when he married Miss Patterson, according
to the Emperor's own showing twenty-two accord
ing to his commission as an officer in the Navy, as
sworn by the late General Samuel Smith, of Balti
more the hero of Mud Island who had examin
ed it.
It is highlj' probable that the French Court will
decide against Mr Bonaparte. But there are but
few men, whose hearts are in the right place, and
fewer womem, who will not wish him the mst
complete success.
A letter from Paris savs: This case was closed.
on Friday last, by the plea of the State's attorney,
and the judgment of the Court will be given on
I ridav next. T he speech of the State s Attorney
was a very clear and compact argument, aud cover
ed every roint in the case. Of the dozen taunts
of law. for example, he gave all but the twelfth
one iu favor of the American family, but the
twt-lth one overshadowed all the rest, and decided
the case against the Pattersons. 1 he question of
the regularity' of the marriage, the gtod faith of
3J lss l attep-on and ber family, the recognition of
Mr Jerome Bonaparte as a relative by the whole
Bonaparte family, the right of the descendants of
Miss Patterson to the name of Bonaparte, and all
the material points up to the last one. were decid
ed in favor of the Patterson family, by the Gov
ernment Advocate. But this last one he con-
eluded must decide the case in favor of the Prince
Naradeon and the Princess Maihilde; and this re-
cision. ' ;
Their decision was in accordance with that of
the attirney annonnced above that is tu say. that
the marriage was contracted legiUmately &od in
I RtiltPil fmm the thtun vudartl- In hi m.iiiKin ! Dram the abdomen, the bod V doubled Utmn nsflf. tllal VT. It. V.
! the two family councils which sat upon the case in Und resting oi the side.: j with Dr. p. P. Weir of Greensboro'
i 1X55 nnd IKfifl wor .irprr.rn ,! final -nJ h I At Pnnt Vecchia di Magenta a fTunftirian N. Hutchinson 4f Charl 4te, Vice
r.rwm.l trH.nnil n.mht nut rut urn lir.nn thx.tr Aa. llIKMr killed t nn Ida hut-ttt rpni91lti1 nparlv - Willi I). 31cLaUrill of FaVetteville all
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good faith ; that the issue thereof was entitled to
the name of B-maparte. l-eeau.-e lie Wjs baptized
ami always known in ail civil acts oi lm country
; by that name ; but that the tribunal of France
had a right to and did subsequently annul the
marriage, that, therefore, the American fauuily
have no r-ght to the auccessioir of the late Prince
Jerome as lawful heirs thereto. This, we may
safely predict, will also be the decision of the
court on Friday next, so that .matter' will stand as
before the Baltimore children will still bear the
name of Bonaparte, in France or elsewhere, and
they will not be approached with, fllftfitfiMiey ; but
they will not at the same time, be admitted to the
succession of the Prince Jeroii e n t to the rnk
of Princes of the I in peri. I family. Tli strikes
tine, however, as a strange c mi, o:i iding of the
law, and sounds much more like a dt c sioii manu
factured for a contingency than a regular operation
of ju.-tiee.
One other incident in connection with" this
Bonaparte Patterson trial has ex6ited some remaik.
Mn.e Pattersoii. in coming to France, did not
bring with her all the papers which sustained her
case, for fear they might le stolen. Some she
left behind ; while those she brought 'she had
sewed into garments which never quitted her per
son. This indirect imputation upon the honor of
her opponents and the French police" excited a
sentiment of indignation which has I'mind expres
sion iu various ways. Even her lawyer. M
Berr er, 8 poke of the aporeheusious of bis client
a illusory and ill fitiud 'd. while the defence m ule
use of the fact to throw d m il upoi: the authen
ticity of the certified du-.diu.ttu presented to the
court.
ATi'ITUDS O? Til 3 O 3 ID ON
THE
FIELD OP BATTLE.
It appears that during ihe recent battles in It
aly, some of the French physicians Were directed
by their superior ine l e.il wlScers. iu addition to
their more immediate duties to the living, to studv
the physiological nn cliaiii-in if one m y so speak.
if death itself, as if occiirre 1 'n h i lat'b field; thai
i- ti say. the physioginuny positions andattitudcsiu
cidental to death from t he arms of war. during, or
as soon as possible after the conflict. -Thus the
surgeon passed from operating ambulance to view
the fallen. Is not this an intensification of the
moral sublime? an unique study? orginal? French?
more than tragedians ever conceived?
Thus Pr. Arniaud. physician major of the first
das, chief of the ambulance of headquarter of
the fiut'th corps of the rrencharmy of Italy, re
lutes from personal- observation some interesting
particulars concerning the aspects and attiru les of
the battle fieh's of the Crimea and of Italy a
condensed translation or sketch of which from
Cez Hebdo.n. de Med Sept. 15 18-Vr.) will be
subjoined a worthy of consideration, physically
physiologically, and tranuntically.
During the day of the batMeof Masrenra. includ
ing the night, 8000 wounded Frenchmen and Ans
trains underwent capital or minor operation uud
dressings at the ambulances of Dr Armand
With his two assistants, he had completed his
work at the dawn of ihe following day,-when he
proceeded to inspect the bloody field of Magenta,
and the attitudes of the slain a very melancholy,
but not a useless study.
Dr. Armand observed that a great number of
the dead preserved as nearly a-" may be. the same
11. a m
attitudes in wnicn tney nad oeen wnen tti mes
sengers of death struck them a proof that they
had passed from life to deaih without utonv. with
out convulsions. Those struck in the head gen
orally lay with the face ami abdomen fl.it upm
the ground, a position which the death stiffness
had not changed, holding, for the most part, their
weapons still grasped in their hands
Dr. Armani! mentions a peculiarity often afti
tendaut upon wounds of the head, in which the
patient thinks himself by no means dangerously
hurt, although sometimes he dies, one may say
sriintanei usly. or by surprise During the battle
of Solferitd. a soldier, wounded iu the head by a
ball, entered the ambu'ance, aud was dressed by
l)r lumber. The ball had perforated the skull
and lodged iu the cerebral mass; nevertheless the
patient's intelligence was perfect; he made Jigl't oi
his w und; lay down, having his lighted pipe in
his mouth, with his head raised upon his knap
sack against the wall, where he was found after
ward with his pipe still in his mouth, lie had ex
pired without a movement or indse. Dr. Armand
details a similar case, that of a segeant-nmjor.
whom Dr. Lambert (Dr. A 's assistant) dressed in
the Crimean war. The soldier smoked on for a
dozen of days after having been wounded.' and,
having lighted his pipe for the last time, died sud
denly, keeping it still in Ids mouth. These cases
are, therefore, attcsjed by at least two medical
witnesses.
Dr. Arniand says that soldiers who receive their
death wounds in the heart, fall and rest in the
fame manner as those do who are killed by injury
to the brain, though the death is not so instan
taneous but that it may allow an attitude, which
so to speak, is active. We have seen, among oth
ers, a Zouve struck fairly in the cbe.-t. who was
doubled upon his musket, a if taking a position
to charge bayonets, his face full of energy an if
advancing, with an attitude more menacing than
that of a lion It is reported that hi Majesty
had observed a similar case at Pa!e?tn
On the other hand, an Au-triau. who had died
by henimorrhage. from a ball which had d'rided
the crural vessels. whoe annv had been of xnne
duration. proven bv the blood in which he was
bathed, presented th a't lude of u; plication he i
and eve turned t.rward the heaven, both hands t
ay on ins nacK. a nine bent to tne rigni. in race
joined together, with the fingers intet laced and t
contracted. The man died in the attitude of pray-
er. In fact, religious ideas appear to have pre-
vailed quite extensively among the Russians in
the campaign of the Crimea.
In wounds of the abdomen, a the sjrony was
more intolerable, attended with romiting and
hiccough, the face f the c riwe was gencal'y
found contracted, the bands and f irearms eroded
i ' a a a a . a . . fl
in the saaaie. lying on tne ngnt side, having ine
point of liis sabre in advance, in the position uf a
horseman when charging. He had risen still fresh
iu bis topak, his forehead pierced with a ball; his
horse was rid lied with . shot in the hca I an 1 both
had died simultaneously Thi case w witness-
el by nr. A ISenard. Lr. Arm-n I relate pnr-
allel case which occurred to an Auttrin artillery
THE PLURAL ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN
. . : RACE- -v
A lecture wa. delivered in New York by Dr '
Itatihsifl. tin Tht Plural !riMii of tLa Humm .
lUce, in which he ably argued that ethnographical
researches leaded u provu the dual origin of man
kind; that the Caucasian and the negro wire dia
tinct races. auJ that the kiter were 'hot' descended ,
troin Adam and Eve. lie first' bpoke of the
divcr.-i y of both mental aud physical organization
among the inhabitants of the several portions uf
the rttit unit tliKii fi'lurroil tn tlio vtrlL-ili.r itifTur.
ence which overrode all individual peculiarities .-
- I L'.t.: : i- -l o
,w vnuinvlCI IftVU I II V ial lllirjriail IIIU uiv 14-
Ctffeiiiu, uuuking t hem as races of separate origin.
With those forms and proportions and "colore, v
which we consider to beautiful in the fine figures
of grace, to quote from Mr Lawrence. contrast
the woolly hair, the flat nose, the thick lips, the
retreating torcneau, advancing jaws ana blacK skin
.a It . .
oi tne ncgio, or tne general aparnce t.t many
of the barbarous nation of the earth, aud the,
difference is noticed, emphatic and strongly
milked.
a lac mi i niuiirr iciii m iiij r-ai uia-n nn
two race eie set i'.irh by the lecturer iu a
striking light. The cliuract rirt.c -of the CaU-
c.igiait are, a white skin, red cheeks, hair black, or
of the vuriom lighter c dor-t c 'pi'MH, hoi, aud
generally more or lean curled or waving; eye
dark in ileal' wiih brown skin blue or gray in
ihe fair or rosy complexion; large cranium ap -pruxiiuatiug
to a perfect oval ; the anterior ur
i roural portion particularly large ; the moral reel
ings und intellectual power more full and bUSCeDti-
ble of high development.
The color iu the Ethiopian race is black ; the
eyes are black ; the hair black and Woolly; the
skull much depressed iu the coronal region, and
elongated toward the back ; the forehead low, nar
row and slanting ; the cheek bones are prominent ;
ihe jaws narrow and projecting ; the nose broud,
thick, flat and confuted with the extended jaw ;
the lips are thick particularly the upper one.
Dr Haphael described the uumerou-t varieties of
the two tribes, taking as the type of the African
r.ice the negro as found iu his native Wil li.
Ihe Alricau teemed the intermediate link be
iweeu the animal and the highe.it human devel
opment. ,
Let a well-formed Caucasian, nn Aliicati pos-
messing the real Jikencs- of his race, aud an oraug
ouraug fie placed aloiigsi le of eic'i other, and the
giadua ion fiom the first to the I at will be obvious
aud striking. Ihe Caucasian wili be most perfect,
ihe African less ho, aud the orang-outang the least
of the three; and the African will reseuiblo the
ofang-outanir in as manv Points us it resembles the
o J f
Caucasian. '
If the union ofthe races and species of men be
ai-suiiied. there are but three suppositions on which
the diversify we have eeeo bttween the white untl
black aud the intermediate colors can be accounted
or to-wit : First, the direct act of the Almighty
;n changing one type of mankind into another.
Secondly, the gradual action of physical and acci
dental causes, such as climate, food niode of life,
&o ; and, thirdly, a congenital or accidental raria-
non.
He would n t entertain the first hypothesis ss
there was no evidence in its favor. - -
With r gard to the second, it is admitted by
ethnographers of every party, that physical in
fluences, such a climate, .food, &c, tnay influence
mankind in many particulars; that a hot climate
daikens the com lexion ; and that it alters kome-wh.-it
the figure of the Caucasian, experience has
proved. But it alters a type of mankind only to a
given point, and there it stop forever. lit the
South of Europe, the inhabitants are embrowned
by the climate, and their figures differ somewhat
from those in the North; ut in every case, the
race is the same if original Caucasian, it remains
so. It is a commonly reccivederror. that the in
fluence of a hot climate is gradually exerted on
successive generations, until one species of . man- ''
kind is completely changed into another the dark
shade being impressed on the first, and another
shade added to the child, and another still to the
next generation ; and so on through succeeding
generations, until at last the fair Caucasian is
tiansformed by climate into the black African. .
'I his idea is abandoned by all ethnographers uf
whatever class. ' The exposed part of the body
are alone changed, and the children of the white
man in New Orleans and other hot climates are
born as fair as their ancestors, .and would, remain
so if carried back to a colder climate. i - '
J he next theory i quite as absurd ; tne on 1
one that can be consistently sustained iu the light
of science, logic or revelation, is the theory ,that all
the races were not descended from Adam. Dr
Baphael concluded by ahowiug that this. theory
was not contradicted, tut rather upheld - by the
Bible. ..-.v'
The lecture was well received by
audience in attendance.
the large
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Liiid. Court, St. Louis, has decided that a paper
published in the interest of a religioos sect, IS not
"ewspa per, aud the legal notices publwUed In
cK journals are null and void. . ;
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CONVENTION of PttESKYTERJAJi ELDEHS A!D t
Deacons. A Convention of Elders and . Deacons
of the Presbyterian Church from Tarious parts of
tl.i- State assembled iu this town yestcrdaj. ; We
learn -thai there are about IJU hlderx and jJeacons
in altonaauce. oe.ies auour IV or i- viiuisteni;
iwoiuiHiii tl i ii up (it wit . preaine",
and Or . K.
Presidents;
d Dr. K. j.
i umhiwi, ctuhw. i, -i- h(
of the Charlotte Military Institute, delivered an
Address last evening on the subj.-ct , of the Bible
as a Book of Scieuim.lvyeUt'dle Otertmr.
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