The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-12

cold for outdoor business too cold for en-
joyment, too cold to go to bed, too cold to
get up, too cold for anything but to freeze.
Frozen ears, frozen noses, frozen toes, and
frozen potatoes are quite common. Every
body complains of the cold; everybody
sleeps cold-even married couples complain
of coldness between them. People go
trotting about the streets with huge shawls,
blankets, and buffalo robes mufled closely
over their heads and shoulders, and so COM
| pletely bundled up that they cannot possi-
bly, be recognized. The mercury in the
thermometer at no time during last week
has been above zero. On Tuesday morn
ing last it stood at 25., and yesterday %
deg. below zero.
THE LARGEST KNOWN HoRsE.-The
great Rocky Mountain Horse, being the
largest equinal animal in the world, is daily
attracting large crowds to his place of ex-
| hibition on Camp street, near Canal. He is
81 hands in height, and weighs 2, ,O6O pounds
Besides his large size, he has other qualities
which make him one of the most interesting
curiosities now in the city. He is perfectly
docile, and is pronounced by competent
| judges to be the most regularly formed and
handsomest horse ever seen. Judges of
horses, and naturalsts particularly, should
pay him visit.-[N o. True Delta.
LARGE HoG.-Maj. A. ]. Hix brought to
| Barnwell Is. c. market, on Wednesday
last, hog weighing $40 pounds, which, at
8 cents per h., netted s45.6O.
The POWER OF LovE.--The Toledo
(Ohio( Blade says that woman who had
laid in jail for several weeks on charge
of larceny, obtained, her liberty the other
day by prevailing on the man from whom
she stole the property to marry her. The
husband declined to prosecute his wife, and
of course could not be made to testify
against her, and she was set at liberty
The HOG PRODUCT IN THE WEsT.-The
Louisville, Ky, Courier says that so far
332, 900 hogs have been slaughtered around
the falls; an increase of upwards of 48, 900
over last season.
ADvERTIsING.-The advertising in the
London Times, amounts to not less than
$4,000 per week. Professor Holloway's
Pills are advertising to the amount of $780,
600 annually, and several establishments
pay from $4,000 to $5O,OOO per year.
~N
REPEAL OF THE LIQUOR LAw.-In the
House of Representatives, Pennsylvania,
on Wednesday last, the bill repeating the
Enunr Low,
by vote of 20 to 32
FREE LOVE IN MIssoUR1.-A Dr.. Rich
man recently attempted to lecture in ST.
Louis in favor of free-loveism. He was
compelled to escape through back door to
save himself from being maltreated
kIND.-Bennett, under sentence of death |
in Louisville, Kentucky, is engaged in wri-
ting his life, which he intends to sell for the |
benefit of his family.
- Mr.. Glossbrenner drew from the |
Treasury on the 4th instant, at 4Vashin gton, |
$4,000 in gold, which he had advanced to
memberships. Banks, late on Saturday
night, having signed draft to that effect |
$23O,OOO are yet due to members, and will |
be drawn from the Treasury during the |
week.
E=5 A bear woman is on exhibition at
Petersburg (Va.) She is entirely covered
with thick black hair, and her head is q per-
feet fac simile of the Baboon or Orang
Outang. Her mouth is elongated and al
together she is not very lovely specimen
of the fair sex.
- A fire occurred in Augusta, Georgia,
on the Sd inst, which destroyed twenty
stores and dwellings. It extended from
Broad to Ellis Streets but as the buildings
were mostly frames the loss is not heavy.
70 One hundred of the students at
Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, have re-
rebelled against the faculty, in consequence
of an alleged unjust expulsion of four of their
number.
- The Washington Sentinel says, that
Mr.. Geddings, while swearing in the Speak
er, ''looked as if the souls of all the old ne
gro martyrs and young negro babies were
infused into him.
H The election upon the question of
License or "No License" was submitted
to the people Of Salisbury, n. c., on Satur-
day last. mo License" prevailed by 10
majority
u The congregation of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, in Brooklyn, y. Y. have
taken $4,000, worth of stock in the Kansas
Immigration Aid Society at the suggestion
of their pastor.
ES 1t is said the average of cold for the
month of January, 1856, in New York. was
greater than any that has occurrrd for 20
years.
II One hundred guns were fred at Bos-
ton, Saturday, in honor of the election of
Banks.