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TEE NOIfcTIfi: CAKOIL.DNIAN
From the Raleigh Standard.
STATE ELECTOR, ASSISTANTS, &c
At a meeting of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee for North Carolina, held
in Raleigh on the 14th iust, the Hon. Jas.
C. Dobbin, of the county of Cumberland,
van appointed Elector for the State at
u -p, and the following gentlemen Assis
tant Electors : .
1st District J. B. Jervis of lancj, A.
V. Hurton oYTeaveland . 4,
2d District-ohn M Clement of Davie,
Joseph Dobson of Surry.
3d District John F. Hoke of Lincoln,
Win. M. Peacock of Montgomery.
4th District James R McLean of Guil
ford. Alfred Scales, Jr, of Rockingham.
r.th District Samuel P Hill of Caswell,
Nathaniel E Canaday of Granville
Gth District G E 15 Singletary of Nash,
1tnti Sanders of Johnston.
Tth District Wm E Hill of Duplin,
Clement G Wright of Cumberland.
8th District Wm T Dortch of Wayne,
D G W .Ward of Greene.
9ih District L D S'arke of Pasquotank,
IS M Shaw of Currituck.
These appointments have been made un
der tho authority of the late State Conven
tion. Mr Dubbin is understood to have
accepted his appointment, and will bring
to Iv.s tusk all his enthusiasm and splendid
-ibi'iities; and it is earnestly hoped that the
gentlemen above named will also consent
to Serve.
It may be proper to observe that the
above named Assistants have relation to
the State Elector, though thev have been
e. lected from the various Districts. Our
friends will also bear in mind that we are
assuming the nine Congressional Districts
to la. tin; Electoral Districts for the time
being, in the expectation that the next
Assembly will, as a matter of course, take
tiif iieces.3ry steps to legalize them as
fs'ich; and that one Elector will have to
be chosen for each Congressional District,
by the people thereof, so as to make, with
t ic Slate Elector, ten votes for the State.
The following Electors have already been
chosen :
1st District Wm . II. Thomas of Ilay-
V. OJil.
Oth District L. O'B Branch of Wake.
9th District Thomas Bragg of North
ampton. And Wm F Martin, E;sq,of Pasquotank,
was appointed by the Convention which
nominated Mr Bragg, sub-Elector for the
Jtli District.
From the Wilmington Herald.
GRAND LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of North Carolina,
met in this town on Wednesday last. A
greater number of delegates from Subor
dinate Lodges, was in attendance, than on
any previous occasion. The sittings of
the Lodge continued from day today (with
the exception of Thursday, which was
occupied in a pleasure trip to Smithville,
Fort Caswell and the ocean.)
We are pleased to learn from various
sources that the progress of the Order, in
this State, during the past year has not
been marred by difficulties or disagree
ments. Odd Fellowship throughout this jurisdic
tion, is in a harmonious and successful
situation. We notice that several new
Lodges have been instituted, for which
Charters were granted ; making the whole
number in the State at this time, forty
four. After casting up the semi-annual Re
turns of the Subordinate Lodges of the.
State, there appear to be 1602 contributing
members within the jurisdiction of the
Grand Lodge.j During the period between
the 1st Jautrynd Slt December, 1851,
there have been 377 Initiations, 41 Rejec
tions, 33 Admitted by card, 157 With
drawn by card, 7 Reinstated, 51 Suspend
ed, 57 Expelled, 1 8 Deceased.
There have been received for Initiations,
SI. 76 J ; for Degrees, $4,255 60 j for
Dues, $6,175 13. Amount received for
fines and from other sources, S66l 50.
Amount received for Widow and Orphan's
Fund, SI,592,4S. Amount received for
Education Fund,g88. The whole amount
of Revenue, $14,913 51. Amount upon
which per centage is to be paid, $12,205
29 ; and the amount due the Grand
Lodge thereon, $1,220 52.
There have been expended for the Re
lief of Brothers, 81.663 19 ; for burying
the Dead, S477 53 ; for the Education
of Orphans, $70 ; and for the Relief of
Widowed families, $356 75. I otal
amount paid out for Relief, 82,567 48.
The following Officers have been elect
ed for the ensuing year, and Installed-
P. G., Warren Winslow
E W Jones,
" A Paul Repiton,
" T M Gardner,
" Peter Thruston,
" Walter L Steele,
M.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN COLUMBUS.
According to previous resolution, the
Democracy of Columbus county met in
convention at Whitesville, on the 10th iust.
On motion, the convention was organiz
ed by calling to the chair Richard Wooten,
Esq anil requesting Warren Ilaynesand
O. II. Powell to act as secretaries.
On motion, Jas C Pierce, A J Baldwin,
S Creech, John Frink, C Ilaynes, A F
Toon, J II Stephens, J A McKalskey, M
i'uwell,G W Godwin, A F Powell, Marvin
Godwin, Carlton Sowles, II Stanley, Jesse
ileuson, Urn uoie, Sr., J tJ Ciore, AB
hill. Jas Beach, P Forneyduval, the dele-
tes from the uihorent precinets of the
, . irty. were appointed a couimitte to draft
'-(.-solutions for the action of the Conven-
! Ml.
While the committee were out prepar-..-.g
resolutions, Moody B Smith, Esq , of
'Wilmington, and F George, Esq., favoied
f ,e meeting with addresses on Democratic
principles and measures, as regards their
lpplication to State and National interests.
The committee then returned, and re
pmted through their chairman, Calvin
Ilaynes, Esq., the following preamble and
resolutions :
Whereas, reason and justice dictate, and
experience and history confirm the belief,
hat the great principles of States' Rights
;emocracy being founded in equality, are
nf the first and highest importance in the
-td ministration of our Government, in the
ma-notion of our general interests, and to
the stability of our Union ; and whereas
iv e having the progress and prosperity of
nr repuDiic ai neari, u is incumbent upon
)s to look to the success of those reat
principles and patriotic measures which
are openly professed and ably expounded
in the IJemocratic creed. Be it therefore
Resolved 1st, That as the period for
electing members to represent us in our
raxt legislature is approaching ; and that.
according to the expression of a previous
n?etmg, the people have now convened
f .r the purpose of making suitable nomina
tion!. Resolved 2nd, That this Convention
hereby present to the people of Columbus
county, Forney George, Esq., as the Demo
cratic candidate to represent them in the
Commons : and recommend Gen. James
J McKay as the Democratic candidate, to
the people of Bladen, Brumswick and
Columbus, to represent them in the Senate.
The above resolutions being put to the
:5ci-ion of the Convention, were unani
mously adopted. On motion,
Resolved, That these proceedings be
published in the Wilmington Journal, and
the FayettevUle Carolinian be requested
to copy. . .
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
RICHARD WOOTEN, CA'n.
o ",nEp "AYNES' Secretaries.
O. II. Powell, j
of FayettevUle, G.
of Plymouth, D. G. "
of Wilmington, G. S
of " G. T.
of Greensboro' G W.
of Richmond co. Grand
Representative to the Grand Lodge of the
United States.
" Malcom Lj Douglass, of Richmond co. G. C.
The Grand Master made the following
appointments.
P. G. Rich'd W King of Kingston, Grand Guard.
" J A Weirm.in of Salisbury, Grand Con.
THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN.
Its Cities, fyc.
We find in the Baltimore Sun the follow
ing account of Japan and its principle
cities and towns, condensed from a com
munication from W. D. Porter, recently
published in the National Intelligencer.
The Sun very justly remarks, of the Japan
ese, that they constitute a nation, whose
habits and" condition are at all times
matters of interest in this quarter of the
globe, but are, at this time, more than
usually attractive."
Jedde, or Yeddo, the capital, is situated
in the midst of a fine plain, in the province
of Muscace. It is built in the form of a
crescent, and intersected in almost every
street by canals, their banks being planted
with rows of beautiful trees. The city is
not surrounded by a wall, but has a
strong castle to defend it The river
Tongag waters it, and supplies thecastle
ditch ; and being divided inta five streams,
has a bridge over each.
The public buildings are on a magnifi
cient scale The imperial palace is form
ed by three cinctures, or circular piles of
buildings, and enclosing many streets,
courts, apartments, pavillions, gates, guard
house, draw-bridges, gardens, canals &c
In it resides the emperor and his family,
the royal domestics, tributary princes and
their retinues, the ministers of state, many
other officers of government, and a strong
garrison. The walls of their magnificent
palace are built of freestone, ; without
cement, and the stones are pro4igiously
large. The whole pile was originally
covered with gilt ties, which gavs it a very
grand and beautiful appearance. Many
of the stately apartments are firmed and
altered at pleasure, by moveabli screens.
The principal apartments are the Hall of
Attendance, the Council Chamber, Hall
of a Thousand Mats, &c. The city is
under the rule of two governors, who rule
a year each.
The next largest . city is iMeaci. It is
also a royal city; and is siutated an a lake
in the middle of the inland of Niphun, and
surrounded by mountains, whicl give a
remarkable and delightful prospett to the
whole. The circumjacent country between
the city and the mountain is covers! with
temples, sepulchres, &c, and is emlellish
ed with a variety of orchards, grov3, cas
cades, and purling streams. Three con
siderable rivers water this fertile plain,
and unite their streams in thecentreof the
city, where a magnificent stone bridge
facilitates the communication between the
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1 From tho Wilmington Herald.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE
1 OF NORTH CAROLINA.
4 member of the Convention has furnish
ed ts the subjoined particulars.
"Ihis body convened at the Federal Court
Roam in this town, on Tuesday morning
last, and adjourned on last evening, after
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
We understand that on Saturday an
indivinua! arrived in this city by the
steamer Wilmington, front Wilmington,
N. C, having in his possession a large
roll of counterfeit notes on the Bank of
Wadesuoro' N. C , a few of which of the
denomination of five dollars he has already
an Weresting session of three days. Up- i succeeded iu circulating. We have seen
warJs of forty delegates and permanent one, and compared it with a genuine ijote.
meoDers trom uinereni sections or tne i ft is most clumsily executed and Dears
Stale, were present. The officers elected
for ihe present meeting, were, Dr E Strud
wij:k, of Orange, Chairman, pro em, Dr.
S-S. Satchwell, of New Hanover, Secre
tary pro ' tern, and Dr C. F. Dewey, of
Vayne, Treasurer, pro rem. In conse
quence of severe illness in his family, the
President, Dr J. E. Williamson, of Cas
well, was not present. The Society felt
although his
wfll known aubanity and difinified bear-
as presiding orncer, were satisfactorily
illustrated in the person of the Chairman,
Strudwick.
We learn that it was the largest and
st interesting meeting of the Society
tlat has ever been held. The zeal shown
iJL. j i i : i i l r c i: i
lUff IOC ineiiiueis in uciiuii ui uicuitdi
lience, and the improvement of the medi
wrprofesion. and thje harmony, kindness
of feeling, and concerto! action, displayed
by all towards one another, promises
auspicious results in future, as well for
the profession as for the public. In con
sequence of the absence from sickness of
the orator, Dr W. A. Norwood, of Hills
boro, Ids address was read by Dr Strud
wick at the Masonic Hall, on Wednes
day evening, in the presence of a large and
intelligent audience of ladies and gentle
men. .The address was marked by evi
dences of ability, much research and prac
tical tenderness. The main subject of
Doctor Norwood's address was Hygien.
A paper was read by Dr J. H. Dickson,
on the Topography and diseases of Wil
mington.
An Essay was read by Dr S. S. Satch
well, on Miasm. Other interesting reports
and communications were presented on
medical subjects, and many interesting
discussions occurred, during the several
meetings ot the session. Dr Dickson of
this town, made a report as delegate from
the Society to the recent meeting of the
American" Medical Association, at Rich
mond Dr McRae, of FayettevUle, pro
nounced a Eulogy on the late Dr T. N.
Cameron, of that place, one of the mem
bers of the Society. Resolutions of a
suitable character, were passed in reler
little or no resemblance to the genuine
issues. It bears a V., No. 993 A, on the
left hand corner, with a vig&erte ofan
Eagle in the centre. The genuine on the
left hand corner bears the inscription
'Private Property ef Stockholders Res
ponsible" B., and the centre a vignette of
two females, representing we presume
peace and plenty, and the number on the
right hand corner. The genuine has also
under the inscription above mentioned a
cut of an artilleryman-standing by a gun
having in his hand' a flag with the motto
of The Constitution and the Union."
The counterfeit in the place of it has the
word "Five." The genuine also has on
the left of the bill in a semi-circle the
words 'North Carolina," and the motto
',' Plitribus Unum," which the counter
feit has not, and the body of the note the
words f -f
BA9K OF WtDEKOROl-an
Will pay KiTe Dollars
On demand. Wadesborough, Sept 8,1851.
PA'S'BTTSVXXtX.a MAEnrx. J9
Corrected for the North Qarpluiianl.
MAY 92. 1852
14 to KT ,
l to 23
ho J to Ml
12 to 00
19 to 10
8 to 00
H. B. HAMMowD.Cash'r J ? S W B. Leak. Pres't.
Toppen, Carpenter, Casiloac Sc Co.. fnila. and New-York
The Courterfeit is thus :
THE BAMK OF W ADESBOROl c;H.
North Carolina
Promises to pay Fire Dollar
On demand to tne Bearer at 1851
Wadosboro ugh .
H. B. Hammond, Cashier. Wm. It. Leak. President.
In the genuine, the writing is very dis
tinct ami in a bold hand in the counter
feit, the writing is bad and in running
hand. The counterfeit, also, it will be
observed, contains no cut of a horse be
tween the signatures, nor the Engraver's
names. In the original, Mr Leak signs
lis name W., in the counterfeit it is Wm.
The utterer of these counterfeits has not,
we believe, yet been arrested. The above
description will, however, we trust be
sufficient to place our citiz.ens on their
guard against being imposed upon. Char
leston Courier, lufi inst.
different parts of the city. A strongcastle ence to tne deceased. At the instance of
defends the town. It is 600 yirds in r Thomas of thU town, resolutions were
The Two-Thirds Rule. The state
ment of the correspondent of the Washing
ton Telegraph, published in our last, that
the two thirds rule was adopted at the
suggestion of Silas W right is, we learn, a
mistake. The origin and history of the
rule is this: The Convention of 1832
appointed a Committee to report rules to
govern its action in making its nominations
In this Convention the question was raised
and discussed with some feeling, as to
what should be the rule of voting whether
the vote should be confined to the majority
States which had voted for Gen. Jackson
in 1823, or whether the minority States.
which had voted against him, should also
be entitled to their full Electoral vote
when a member from Pennsylvania, now
deceased, proposed the two-third rule as
a compromise, which was adopted, and
reported by Col. King as Chairman of the
Committee. T his rule was intended to
secure the majority States from nomina
tions against their wishes, which might
have been effected by combinations between
a portion of their own strength and the
minority States. On being reported from
the Committee a member from Massa
chusetts moved to amend by inserting "a
majority;" which was carried, under the
influence of Silas W right, Dickinson, and
the lamented Kane a Senator from Illi
nois, who had as much influence in the
adoption of the rule as any one-7-to re-consider
the vote establishing the "majority"
rule, and to adopt and adhere to the two
thirds rule. The rule was again adopteil
by the Conventions of 1836 and 1844, and
the nominations then made were carried by
the Democratic party.
These facts have been furnished us by
a gentleman who was a member of the
Convention in which the rule originted,
and also of the Conventions of 1836 and
1844. It is a good rule, and ought to be
adhered to. Raleigh Standard.
length, has a tower in the centre, 1 and is
surrounded by two ditches, the one dry
the other full or water. 1 ins splendid
city is twenty miles long and nine wide
within the suburbs, which are as well
populated as the city. To number of
the inhabitants of the city proper is sup
posed to be 529,000. The universities,
colleges, temples, &c, are almost in
credible in number and magnificence. It
contains twelve capital or principal streets,
in the centre of which are the royal palaces,
superbly built of marble, adorned with
gardens, orchards, pavilions, terraces.
It is a strange fact that the appearance
-.f the white man among them is a sure pre
01 rer of the decay of the Indians. One
uf our exchanges states that the Indians of
California have, within the last few years,
re ceived from the white immigrants in that
. rjion the various diseases they have car
t iel with them, but not the means of cur
; those diseases. The consequence is,
that they have perished in multitudes;
whole families;. and even bands, have be
c o -e extinct. The exanthemata, or erup
tive Ureases, such as measles, small pox,
.scarlet fever, &c, have been particularly
-evre as well as the whooping couh.
. i red man may ere long be almost un
known ou this continent
A Superior Pocket Weapon. Not
long since, being in conversation with a
young man who expected soon to leave
for California, the query was put, whether
he intended to arm himself for defence.
His reply was that he should not think
of going without one of Colt's Revolvers,
which he would use if he was imposed
upon.
As many are of the opinion that this is
the safest and most effectual weapon that
can be procured, I will inform them that
i have used one which I think greatly
superior, to Colt's Revolver, and if used
according to directions, never misses fire.
Hoping to benefit all who are bound on so
perilous a journey, I deem it an act of hu
manity to inform them of this superior,
weapon, having thoroughly proved its
superiority, in perilous journeys, over
pistols,' dirks, bowie knives, &c, as I
have travelled with those who were armed
with those weapons, but ever found, when
occasion required, that mine did much
better execution than theirs, and the more
1 have proved it the better I like it.
Kind reader, lest I weary thy patience
with a longer description of this invaria
ble pocket weapon, especially every one
bound to California, I. will reform thee
that it is the Bible, and all who have faith
fully put in practice its precepts, can testify
that it is tne very best pocket weapon in
being, and infinitely worth more than all
others combined. Maine Farmer.
groves, 01c.
The next principal town is O.eaco. It
is deemed the chief seaport, is very popu
lous, and has an army of 80,000 men al
ways ready at the disposal and command
of the emperor. It is near fifteen miles
in circumference.
Almost the first accomplishment learned
by the Japanese is the art and grace of
suicide. The child in the nursery stabs
itself with its finger or a stick, and falls
back in imitative death ; the lover cuts
out his intestines before his obdurate mis
tress, and the latter pours out her heart's
blood in the face of her faithless lover ;
the criminal executes himself; and, iu
fact the whole nation, from early youth,
revels in the luxury of suicide.
The mechanics and manufacturers in
Japan excel in their different branches,
and are even far superior to the Chinese.
Their silks and cottons are excellent, and
their Japan ware and porcelain unequalled.
l heir exports are raw ana manulactureu
silks, iron, steel, artificial metals, furs,
teas, finer than the Chinese, Japan ware,
gold, silver, copper, gums, medicinal
herbs, roots, diamonds, pearls, coral.
shells, &c. Whatever goods the Japanese
want thev Day for in gold and silver.
The Japanese worship principally two
sods. Xaca and Amida. At Meaco there
is a stately temple built to one of these
gods. It is of free-stone, as large as St.
Pauls, with an arched roof, supported by
heavy pillars, in which stands an idol of
copper, which reaches as high as the root;
and, according to a description given by
Sir Thomas Herbert, his chair is 70 feet
high, and eighty feet long; thfr i3td ia
big enough to hold fifteen men, and the
thumb forty inches in circumference.
There is another statue, called after the
god Dabio, made of copper, twenty-two
feet high, in a sitting posture. This shows
that the Japanese understand the art of
working in bronze, and they are far ahead
or Christian nations in this particular.
They allow polygamy, and they often
strangle their female children, but never
the males. The nobility extract the two
front teeth, and supply them with two of
gold."
adopted, appointing a Committee to write
an address to the Physicians throughout
the State, who have not joined the State
Society or any County auxiliary Societies,
arousing them up to an interest in the
efforts now being made by medical associa
tions to advance the science, and to
educate the profession. This Committee
consists of Drs W. G. Thomas, S. S
Satchwell. J. H. Dickson, C. E Johnson,
and J Graham Tull.
The following gentlemen, viz : Drs C
E Johnson, W A Norwood. W H McKee,
W G Hill, and W G Thomas, were ap
pointed a Committee to memorialize the
next Legislature for the passage ot a gen
eral registrationdaw of births and deaths.
The officers ot the past year were re
elected, with the exception that Dr Wm
W Harms, of tins town, was elected
Secretary, and Dr Daniel Durre, 01 this
town, was elected I reasurer
were elected
BACON,
BEESWAX
COFFEE Rio
Laguira,
St. Domingo,
COTTON,
COTTON BAGGING
Gunny,
Dundee,
Burlaps
cotton yarns
No. 5 to 10,
CANDLES Fayetteville mould,
Adamantine,
Sperm,
DOMESTIC GOODS
Brown Sheetings,
Osnaburgs,
FEATHERS,
FLOUR,
GRAIN Corn,
Wheat,
Oats,
Teas,
Rye,
HIDES Dry,
Green,
IRON English,
Swedes, common bar,
Ditto, wide
LARD,
LEAD,
MOLASSES Cuba,
New Orleans,
SALT Liverpool, sack
Alum, bushel
FLAXSEED,
SHOT.
SPIRITS Peach Brandy,
Apple
Northern
N C Whiskey
SUGAR
Loaf St. crushed
St Croix, Porto Rico, N. O
TALLOW,
TOBACCO Leaf (none)
Manufactured
WOOL,
PORK ,
IJEEF, on the hoof,
M UTTON,
BUTTER, pr lb
CHICKENS, each,
TURKEYS,
EGGS, dozen
POTATOES Sweet,
Do. Irish, northern,
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lVtliMINGTON MAl'KET.
Corrected weekly by the Wihri' ton Commercial .
Mrs Welby. The Louisville Journal,
in the course of an eloquent notice of the
death of this lady, says: "Mrs Welby
was a woman 01 true genius. Indeed we
never knew one to whom nature had been
more partial in the gift of song. At a
verv early periou 01 her lite a period
when the mind is generally verv im
mature she produced poems that have
every where been received w ith delight and
which will never laue ironi our country s
literature. It is iow about tifte.Mi years
since the public first became acquainted
with her name and her productions through
the columns of this paper. Poem followed
poem in bright succession, each one teem
ing with fresh wild thoughts expressed in
verse of the most delicious harmony.
These poems came from the heart of the
gifted girl and were all very beautiful so
beautiful and so perfect, indeed, that they
have scarcely been equalled by the pro
ductions of any other American poetess
BACON, 9 to 12J
CORN, CO to 63
FLOUR Baltimore 000 to 5 50
Canal, extra brands 7 00 to S 00
Favetteville, 5 25 to 0 00
RIVER LUMBER
Flooring, per M 12 00 tr, 12 50
Wide Boards 7 50 to 000
Scantling 4 50 to 5
TURPENTINE
Yellow dip 2 55 to 000
New Virgin 2 75 to 3 00
Hard 1 25 to 1 30
Spirits, gal. 33 to 00
TAR, 1 70 to 000
PITCH. 1 25 to 1 37
ROSIN No. 1 00 to 3 00
No. 2 1 00 to 1 05
No. 3 80 to Sir,
TIMBER, per 1000 feet, . 5 50 to 10 00
STAVES W. O. hhd. rough 0 00 to 0 00
W. O. bbl 12 00 to 0 Ot
R. O. Hhd, rough 1100 to 0 00
SHINGLES Common 2 50 to 000
Contract 4 50 to 5 50
COFFEE, 9 J to 15
SUGAR. C to 7
The followins stentlemen
as Delegates to the next meeting of the
American Medical Association to be held
in N. V. city in May next ; Drs S S
Satchwell, J VV Hutching). Wm H Mc
Kee, J L'Meares, II B Haywood, C F
Dewey, H Jovner, Robert Gibbon; W G
Thomas, J Graham Tull, J A McRae and
J F McRee, Jr.
Dr J H Dickson was appointed orator
to deliver the next Annual Address
The followins entlemen, in Cumber
land, were appointed a Comtnitte of Ar
rangements for the next annual meeting,
to be held in Fayetteville on the third
Tuesday in May next, viz : Drs B. Robin
son, or., II Komnson, J., J 1 uilliam.
Wm Mallett, H McSwain,
and James A McRae.
T D Haih
What a Man Can Live ox. In the
year 1840, some experiments were institut
ed in the Glasgow prison on the diet of a
selected number of the inmates. The per
sons were fed on the follo'vins fare : For
Remedy for the Dysentery. The Leon
ardtown Beacon says :
A gentleman 01 our acquaintance, who
has satisfactorily tested the matter, informs
us that sweet oil and laudanum-is an almost
infallible remedy for the dysentery if ail
ministered in the early stages of the dis
ease. The quantity for a grown person is
25 drops of laudanum to a large table
spoonful of weet oil. A single dose will
usually eltect a cure,
About Milk. From one of our ex
changes we get some interesting facts on
this subject. Cream, it says, cannot rise
through a great depth of milk. If milk is
therefore desired to retain its cream for a
time, it should be put in a deep narrow
dish ; and if it be desired to free it most
completely of cream, it should be poured
into a broad flat dish, not much exceeding
one inch in depth. The evolution of
cream is tacilitated by a rise, and retard
ed by a depression of temperature. At
the usual temperature of the dairy, 50
des. Fahrenheit, all the cream will pro-
breakfast they had eight ounces of oatmeal i ably rise in twenty six house, but at 76
J . 0 . . - . I rl niohlK If all riGP in lilQa
The Massachusetts Legislature-
The Liquor Law, which has finally passed
the Massachusetts Legislature, to take
effect, if approved by the people, provides
that liquors may be manufactured in the
State, and sold in any quantity exceeding
thirty gallons, for exportation! Thus,
though extremely careful of their own
morality, the Legislature have character
istically taken care to provide for their
own monetary and manufacturing inter
ests. If the making and selling of liquor
be a sin only fit for perpetration by devils,
it appears there is no sin in disseminating
the poison among the. outside barbarians,
and gathering the dollars into the State.
Precious humbug morality, this Liquor
Law legislation! JSat.Dem
made intoa porridge, with a diet of butter
milk; for dinner, three pounds of boiled
potatoes, with salt ; for every supper, five
ounces of oatmeal porridge, with one half
pint of buttermilk. At the end of two
months they were all in good health, each
person had gained four pounds' weight,
and they liked the diet, the cost of which,
including the cooking, was two pence
three farthings per day Other ten men
were fed for the same time solely on boil
ed potatoes and salt ; each had two pounds
for breakfast, three pounds for dinner, and
one pound for supper. They gained three
aud a half pound each ; and they declared
that they preferred this fare to the ordinary
diet of the prison. Twelve others were
fed on the same allowance of porridge and
milk for breakfast and supper as the first
ten ; but for dinner they had soup, con
taining two pounds of potatoes to each and
a quarter of a pound of meat. At the
end of two months they had lost in weight
one and a quarter pounds each, aud they
all disliked this diet.
deg. it will probably all rise in less than
half that time, and when milk is kept
nearer the freezing point, the cream will
rise very slowly, because it becomes par
tially solidified. In wet and cold weather
the milk is less rich than in dry and warm;
and on that account more cheese is obtain
ed in cold than in warm, though not in
thundery .weather. 1 he season has its
effects the milk in the spring is supposed
to be best tor calves, in summer it is best
suited for cheese, and in autumn the butter
keeping better than that of summer. Cows
less frequently milKeu man others give
rich milk and consequently much better.
The morning's milk is richer than the
evenings. Ihe last drawn milk ot each
milking at all times and seasons is richer
than the first drawn, which is the poorest.
How to Judge Cattle In all do
mestic animals, the skin, or hide forms
one of the best means by which to estimate
their fattening properties. In the hand-
The expense of i ling of oxen, if the hide be found soft and
each, daily, was three-pence seven-eighths, i silky to the touch, it affords a proof of
I wenty others had the same breakfast and i tendency to laice on nesn. a beast hav
supper, with one pound of potatoes for j ing a perfect touch, will have a thick,
dinner, and, a half pound of meant- They House, skin, floating asU were, on a layer
preserved good health, but deceased in of soft fat, yielding to the slightest pres
weight. and preferred the ordinary diet of sure, and springing back towards the
the prison. 1 he expense was four-pence nnger line a piece ot sou leather. Such a
seven-eighths each. In these cases, per
haps, the previous habits and tastes of the
prisoners had some influence ; yet. . it ap
pears that the six pounds of potatoes, daily,
was a better diet than the smaller quanti
ties of soup or animal food.
skin will be usually covered with an ahun
dance of soft, glossy hair, feeling like a
. i,u uciibc is ever termed a
mossy skin. But a thick set, hard, soft
hair, always handles hard, and indicate
a hard feeder.
A PROCLAMATION,
Ihj His Excellency, David S. Rkid, Gov
ernor of the Slate of .Vo7i Carolina.
Whereas, three-fifths of the whole number of
members ol earn House of the General Assembly
did at the lust session pass the follow ing Act :
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of .North
Caroli na.
Whereas, The freehold qualification now re
quired for the electors for members of the Sen
ate conflict with the fundamental principles of
uueriv; i nrreiure,
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Jlsn mil v
of the State nfJVorth Carolina , and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, thi ee-liltli
of the whole number of mt-mbers of each House
concurring, that the second clause ol the third
section of the first article of the amended Consti
tution ratified by the people of North Carolina on
th second Monday of November, A I). Ib'S'i, be
amended by striking out the words and pos
sessed of a freehold within the same district of
fifty acres ol lai.d for six months next before niiU
at the day of election," so that the said clause of
said section shall read as follows : All free w hite
men of the age of twenty-one years (except as is
hereinafter declared) who have been inhabitants
ot any one district within the State twelve
months immediately preceding the day of any
election and shall haVe paid public taxes, shall
be entitled to vote for a member of the Senate.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Gov
ernor of the State be, and he is hereby diiected,
to issue his Proclamation to the people of North
Carolina, at least six months before the next
election for members of the General Assembly,
setting forth the purport of this Act and the
amendment to the Constitution herein proposed,
which Proclamation shall be accompanied by a
true and perfect copy of the Act, authenticated
by the certificate of the Secretary of State, and
both the Proclamation and the copy of this Act,
the Governor of the State shall cause to be pub
lished in all the newspapers of this State, and
posted in the Court Houses of the respective
Counties in this State, at least six months before
the election of members to the next General
Assembly.
Read three times and frfd to by tbree-fifthe of the
whole number of member of each Honiw rmpectiTcly .
and ratified in General Assembly, this the -4th day of
January, 1851.
J. C. DOBBIN. S. H. C.
W N. EDWARDS, 8. S.
State of North Cakolin ,
Office of Secretary of State
I, William Hill, Secretary ot State, in and for .
the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify
thai the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of
an Act of the General Assembly of this State,
drawn off from the original on file in this office.
Given under ray hand, this 31st day of Dec l&al.
WM. HILL, Sec'y of State.
And whereas, the said Act provides for amend
ing the Constitution of the State of North Caro
lina so as to confer on every qualified voter for
the House of Commons the right to vote also for
the Senate;
Now, therefore, to the end that it maybe made
known that if the aforesaid amendment to the
Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the whole representation in each House of the
next General Assembly, it will then be submit
ted to the people for ratification, I have issued
this ray Proclamation in conformity with the
provisions of the before recited Act.
In testimony whereof, David S. Reid, Governor
of the State of North Carolina, hath hereunto
set his hand and caused the Great Seal of said
State to be affixed.
o5. Done at the city of Raleigh, on the
M7lQi, thirty-first day of December, in the
hundred and fifty-one, and in the
J WW 5 year of our Lord one thousand eight
ttSjsi. J nunorea ana nuy-one, and in ti
DAVID S. REID.
By the Governor,
Thomas Settle, Jr., Prirate Sec'-,
J