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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-03
Town Taxes.

DERSONS indebted for Town Taxes. 10
III either or all of the years 1924 and-S
are requested to make immediate payment.
All who disregard this notice, by failing to Psy,
will find their property advertised for SALE IN =
days from this date. Now, You have fair wan
ing. 8. A. HARRIS,
April %, 1856.-tf Tax Collector
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On and after the 1st of July, 1856, the above
Rates of Freight will be charged upon all the
Through Articles enumerated. All others will be
charged at the present Local Rates.
L. J. SUMNER,
July IS, So y-pd General Superintendent
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Wrapping PaDer

THE Merchants of Charlotte and v;c;r;,r
L can be supplied with all kinds and Quail;
les OF wrapping Paper, from The R a.
leigh Wrapping Paper Mills. "
Z. w. BENEDICT,
Proprietor
|RAGS taken in exchange for Paper a,
the highest price. c. W R
Raleigh, March 4, 1s56.-1y
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HARD TO BEAT

Some of the Western "rivermcn" are not
slow coaches in telling long yarns. During
the late low water times, the river folks
had nothing else to do than sample fluids
and solids, white, smoke and spin warns.
About dozen weIlknown river captains,
pilots, etc, congregated the other dav.
when one of them led off with
Capt. Mac, laundering cool morning"
Cool" says Mae, "don't begin TO be.
Why, boys, I've seen the water so cool
up the Missouri, that when | and Bob
Graham got into skif to cross the river
Norther swept down the stream and
the water began TO chill. Pull saws !,
Bob, stick in your paddle, its going to
freeze"
"'Tis freezing" said Bob.
"'Pun, says /; and the ice began TO
get as thick as window glass; afore we got
out ten rods further, the ice was as thick
rs beefsteak, and though Bob and kept
breaking up the ice and pushing the boat,
it got so ahead of us that we dropped the
skitf; she was frozen in; We got out on the
ice and ran like TO get ashore before
We froze to deathr'
Not so cold, that wasn't nurther," saws
a wcather-beaten pilot: now, there's Jimmy
Galtilin and | were once driving flock of
sheep across Il prairie hear the Illinois; one
of them North winds swept down upon us;
we found We were going 10 freeze, SO We
take to our feet and run about two miles
TO woods; there We started fire and laid
up for the night. 1t WAS awful coda
fellow would roast on the side to the fire
and freeze on the other Well, BOYS, the
next morning we goes ont to the sheep;
they were huddled together: We commenced
starting EN- up; none of EN- would move,
and by thunder and Go!iah. We found en-
all dead-froze together al in lumpm
r. a large number of ignorant Germans
in Philadelphia have permitted themselves
tn be victimized by woman of their own
race, who pretended to be the sister of
Jesus Christ! She appears to have exer-
cised unlimited control over them. extorting
large sums of money, jewelry, &c.
This is most extraordinary delusion.-
We verify believe if "a false prophet" was
to come along and insist, that the moon was
made of green cheese, he would find troops
of believers
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Rags Wanted.

HE UGGlNS Il HARTY, at their Store on
d 81 the corner of Main and Trade streets,
will buy cotton Rags, and give the highest
market price.
Charlotte, March 4, 1856
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Notes of Hand.

MUST PRINTED and for sale at the Office
CD Of the western Democrat"
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& q I L~R o q o MOTE u .,
CHESTER, S. &,
By j. r. NICHOLSON.

- THE subscriber respectfully informs
I.s:m his friends and the public generally,
4-AAe-that his house, known as the Rail
Road Hotel" opposite the Chester Depot, is
still open for the reception of regular and
transient boarders and the travelling public;
and that he is making every exertion to de-
serve and secure continuance of the kind
and liberal patronage which has hithertofore
been extended to him. He fatters himselfthat
every needed arrangement has been made to
promote the comfort of all who stop with him:
his. rooms airy and well-furnished, his SER
wants are attentive and obedient, and his table
constantly supplied with the best of the season,
so that his friends will not want any attention
necessary to make their sojourn pleasa mt and
agreeable. His stables furnished with
good hostlers and an abundance of provender,
and he is prepared at a moments notice to
supply his customers with private conveyaDces
of every sort, to any part of the surrounding
country.
He desires to return his acknowledgements
to the public for past favors, and solcits for
the future equally liberal share of patron
age.
Oct &c, 1855. 5.tf
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s. w. DAVIS,
Attorney & Counsellor at Ian.
Jan. !, Is56.-tf u
Accounts Of the Democrat o..

ALL accounts due for subscriptions - :
"WesterD Democrat" and for advertising and ~; ne
work, from the 26th of October 1855, to ,ba JOB
of September, ls56-ihe period at which nv H 10Th
nection with the Office ccased-must be NO con-
Mr. William j. Yates the present proprietor Of 10 70
paper. VI 'he
GrAll accounts due for subscriptions sDco :,
commencement of the paper in July, 1852. un zoe
Agent, who will in short time call upon snS. ny
bers for their dues. Many of those aceonn,a scfr
OF two, three, and even four years. standinoS are
therefore it is hoped those indebted will no ahd
deler payment, either by cash or by note. set
Charlotte, Oct. /, 1856.
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n B.-LIQUORS of all kinds and qualities
will be sold by the Gallon or Barrel at the low
est market price, FOR CASH. j. D.
Charlotte. Oct. IA, 1856. 14-tf
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Respectfully, yours, etc.
CHARLES WHITNEY,

arSold at ia Market street, ST. LOUIS, MssOD.
ri, GIG Broadway, New York, and by Scar g. Co,
Charlotte, N. c., and by Druggists everywhere,--
All kinds of family patent medicines for sae, %
the best possible terms, at Professor Woods estsh
lishmenf, ia Market street, ST. Louis.
July 8, 1856
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c. X. K. UFce, V0ndaId, June q, 1851.
PROFESSOR WoCD- -
DEAR SIR: take pleasure in bearing volunla.
ry testimony to the excellence OF your Hair Res
toralve:. Three months ago, my hair was very
smooth and glossy. The only application hayt
made TO it, has been the Hair Restorative prepaid
by you, and which, from the result in my own case
L can most cordially recommend TO others,
ReSDectlullV vonts
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Rate.
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Bet,ceen Charleston and Charlotte.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15

Monopolics are adverse to the spirit of this great coun-
try. Monopolies of trade, travel, or manufacture cannot
here exist, as under some of the European governments,
by force of legislative action, but we regret to say
they are sometimes forced into life by combinations Of
wealth. They are always olious. The natural feeling
of an American revolts at them, and the spirit of the
people is sure sooner or later to uproot them. Where
they do exist, however, those connected with them should
be careful, in every possible way, to win and cultivate
the good opinion Of the populace. 1t is upon this they
thrive for thank God, in this great land no wealth, no
opulence, no mere superiority of the pocket, can stand
against an a q~uickened public sentiment.
We wish to speak plain facts. "The Galcna, Dun
leith and Minnesota Packet Company" is such a mo-
nopoly. Of this there is 10 doubt. That they are
hated and condemned along the whole line of their route
there is no doubt. That the cruel and heartless manner
in which they have ridden over and trodden down the
interests of everything that came in competition with
them, as in the case of the Tfshomingo, has won them
the universal ill-will of all honest men, there is no doubt.
We do not mean these things Extensively. We believe
that those who have the conduct Of the company IN their
hand, are polite business men and are doing all IN their
power to emove these feelings. The Secretary OF the
Company, Mr.. George c.. Blst, in his letter of the
18th ult., to Nr. Burns, of this place, says that the com
pany are DESTROYS Of doing justice between all Localities.
and of satisfying the people. This we believe or VIC
would be forced to believe that they lacked the ordinary
perceptions Of common sense.
But there is a class of men in their employ who have
no such feelings. We refer to the Captains Of some Of
their boats. Since navigation opened some of these men
have made it their constant endcavor to abuse and in
iure our town. Emigrants who left the far Fast
for Nininger City have been turned from their pur.
pose and landed elsewhere, or have been put rudcly
ashore on our levee, amid ridicule. Our citizens have
on repeated occasions been carried elsewhere. Our Post.
master has been compelled to trndge week after week to
Hastings for large bags of mail matter when the very
boats that left them there, passed within a quarter of &
mile of the Post Office. Hear what the Postmaster al
Dubuque says in reference to this matter
DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 2Sth, 1857.
DEAR SIR In reply to your favor of the 24th inst.
l beg leave to say that the good people of Nininge1
must be the most patient and non resistent Of any local
ity in Minnesota to have submitted so long to mails a
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15
Wanted.

Nothing would pay better or afford more satisfaction
to the citizens Of Minnesota, than the establishment of
tanneries in the Territory. Raw hides are disposed of
SO low, and leather being exorbitantly high, that farm
ers would gladly welcome those disposed to engage in
such business. And the proprietors of towns would
generally be inclined to encourage them we think this
would be the case in Nininger, AS every laudable calline
meets with hearty and generous welcome here. All tle
requisite materials, we believe, can readily be obtained
in great abundance. In this County there is considerable
interest manifested on the subject, and there is no doubt
the attention of the proper man will be reached, and Il
certain fortune will be realized by him.
We have no doubt but our aspiring politicians, pos
sessed Of wealth and merit, would find it Il royal road to
office to take hold of such branches of business as the
above, where the whole Territory would be benefited so
much, and where there is so little risk to be run. 1t
would not be lost on a people so quick to appreciate noble
efforts, as is ours.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15

1t is remarkable how generally farming labor-saving
implements are employed in our Territory. No one
would suppose that in a country so new, where it is
believed a large part of our settlers come here barely
able to secure their homestefds, that nearly the whole
of the hay and small grain crops are cut by machinery.
Our farmers, especially in this and the adjoining county
of Rice, may be still residents of their log houses in
which they made their claims, but their minds are not
cramped by any small notions of doing b, siness: in
every field the rcaping machine is now busily employed
in cutting one of the most abundant yields ofwhcat ever
produced in Minnesota every farmer thoroughly I'M
dcrstands the spirit of the age in which he lives, and
keeps himself well posted in the varied improvements of
the day affecting his noble calling. If any sacrifice is
to be made to avail himself of these western blessings,
his personal comforts are the first offered. Next to the
care and culture of their children's minds, they seem to
take pride in doing honor to the farming interest of their
country. But there seems to be little appreciation of
this spirit on the part Of the inventors and manufacture
ers of agricultural implements. No provision is made
for supplying the large demand that has so lately risen
up here; the chance purchase by a river merchant of a
right to sell a certain article or the willingness of others
too much esteemed as a proper supply for our market.
= unt iClc . CtuOt III IuiuuIuCLoT}, tuGSc lii
plements become q source Of heavy taxation in their
liability to break and damage. The complaint heard is
not that their machinery is too dear, but that it is not
the best article in market, and is inferior of the kind.
They require the establishment in the Territory, at sew
eral points, of manufactures to turn out everything
on the spot, and where a large and proper supply OF
machines, Or parts Of machines liable to wear Or damage,
may be procured at any time. AS it now exists, there
is no opportunity Of repairing any damage except at a
trouble equal the expense Of purchasing new machines.
We speak particularly of the two counties referred to
but believe of course, the same is true of the rest of
the Territory. In New York State, at the late trial of
reapers and mowers, there were entered for competition
nos less than one hundred different machines, the report
on which has not yet been published by the judges, but
we think among them there was none from Minnesota.
We hope it will be different next year, and that besides
the establishment of large manufactures, we shall have
those agricultural implements so much needed of our
own invention.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15
THE MIGRANT AID 30 N A l.

friendly to the whites, and have given material aid to
the government in suppressing the i'll feeling manifested
by some of the lawless bands no less than 600 were
lately engaged in chastising lnk-pa-du-tah's followers,
many of whom they destroyed. Unnecessary alarm is
felt at what may seem at a distance to be great danger,
whenever a few drunken ~vagabond indians commit de.
predations on the settlers on the frontiers. This they
occasi onally do more from a thievish propensity than
any cruelty Of feeling, and are. always careful to know
that they shall meet with no molestation. But the
loud complaints of the settlers at being SO outraged di.
reefs attention and unduly excites the timid. But these
troubles will soon cease by the course now taken by our
government, and all will be peace and quiet again with.
in our borders.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15
The Constitutional Convention.

The two separate bodies are still at work, each pre-
pairing q Constitution ; their labors for the past tw"
week have been mainly in the various committees prepar-
atory to their being disposed Of in Convention. Although
of much interest, the transactions Of these committees
are too voIuminous to think of reporting even a synopsis
Of them. Various items of great interest are occasionally
noticed in one instance a member observed that Min
nesota had Il larger school fund than any other State ever
had. This is a matter Of rejoicing, and we hope it may
be so administered than Il consequent good shall flow
from it.
We notice with satisfaction that the Republican body
have authorized a committee of conference to meet Il
similar committee from the Democratic body, to endeavor
to unite the two, and have but one Constitution. When
first proposed IN the latter body, it was barely defeated
by a majority of four. Better counsels we hope will
prevail soon, and that harmony 50 essential to the future
peace of The State, brought about, and the great work
before them have The united wisdom of both Conventions
to perfect it. This we hope TO chronicle iii cur next
Issue.
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wonderful Exhibition Of Human Ucpr0V1oy.
A great excitement was raised lately, in Glasgow,
Scotland, caused by the trial Of a beautiful and accom-
plished young lady for the murder Of her lover. She
was the daughter of a wealthy gentleman moving In
the highest circles, who had devoted extra care in his
child's education, that she might be kept free from every
communicating influence he felt satisfied that he had
succeeded, so pure and lovely was she esteemed by all
her friends and acquaintances. She became acquainted
after returning home from boarding school, with Il young
artist named LAngeller, unknown to her parents, and
feelings of attachment sprung up which finally ended in
her ruin. Their intercourse was thus kept up secretly
for months, they meeting clandestjnely at the home OF
her parents. A change in her character soon began to
take place, until finally she became entirely ~depraved to
all moral feeling. She now tired of her lover and
desired to free herself from her engagement with him,
she having declared herself his wife, to him. But the
young man, who loved her distractedly, refused to COM
ply, and threatened to expose her if she sought to marry
any one else. Soon after this she invited him to come
and see her, and pretended to love him as ardentIy as
ever on returning home he was taken sick with every
appearance of having been poisoned, but finally got well
again. He had his suspicious somewhat excited, as he
was heard to say that he should visit her even if he
knew he should lose his life, SO infatuated was his love.
He finally was found at his own door poisoned to death,
after returning from a visit to the young lady. An In
vestigation followed, which led tn4he examination OF his
letters, among which were a great many from Madeleine
Smith, the name of the young lady, which revealed their
relationship, and also showed there were some suspicious
circumstances relating to the sickness Of LAngellier,
that connected her with it. She was thereupon inditcd,
and her trial soon after took place. When the cores
pondence was revealed it was SO utterly revolving that
it called forth the astonishmcnt of the court, that human
nature could become SO utterly depraved. During the
whole proceedings she maintained the bold etfrontery of
the most incorrigible criminals, and never exhibited the
least s~ensibility, while all others were deeply affected by
many points of the evidence. Although it was proved
that she had purchased poison, giving false reasons for
its use, and at each time soon after had given LAngel-
licr food and drink that made him sick, she was ac-
quilted, the jury deciding that the administering Of the
poison by her had not been proved. No one doubted
her guilt, so utter was her abandonment, yet her beauty
caused her much sympathy. She has since arrived III
this country with her parents, but can hardly escape
from the scrutiny of her misdeeds even here.
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Esre-cslpsing LANDS isl minnesota.

There seems to be some doubt in regard to the work
ing of the law relative to the Railroad Grants. When
first received it seemed clear and explicit that the actual
settler poor or rich, would be entitled to take up any
unoccupicd government land, until such time as the
railroad companies should have located their lands. AS
understood it was undoubtedly just and beneficial to the
Territory and settler also, as no one would be deferred
from coming in here and securing a home as readily as
before the grant. Notwithstanding the unanimity of
opinion on The part Of our Territorial journals, on this
point, there came al order from Washington wherein
the law was 50 rendered that for four months after July
1T, 1857, ~ pre-cmptel claim can be allowed on any
Of lie land withdrawn from market. Settlers might take
up claims at their own risk-if on even sections within
six miles of the railroad, the government is to receive
S2.50 cents an acre if OH the odd sections within ID
miles, they viii be compelled to settle for the same with
the railroad company. If without these bounds, all
lands can be entered at ten shillin $ an acre. A great
many persons will BE- injurously affected by this latter
rendering Of the law, having made settlements on odd
and even sections Unfortunately within the prohibited
distances. We believe, however, that the law will be
construed as first understood, when properly tested. 1t
matters little now, however, the railroad linesare almost
ali located still no lands can be entered until the OK
piration Of the designated four months.
We speak of those lands withdrawn from market, be-
ing all within range 81 west. Beyond that point, as
we were informed by a gentleman engaged in the survey
of one of the lines, thousands Of ~cmigrants poured in
after the closing of the land Offices. These settlers fol
lowed the surveying party, and when he left, on his
return, numerous towns had been well settled, although
the surveying party had found it a wilderness.
This fact makes it evident that ~emigrants have been
deferred from making locations, on account of the law
granting lands to railroad companies thousands nc
doubt have sought homes elsewhere, and left the doubts
of the law to those who had more confidence than they
could feel, in their turning out all right for the settler
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Our INDIAN Troubles.

Feelings of confidence are now generally manifested by
those who have labored under apprehension of renewed
trouble with the Indian bands on orr frontier. Large
bodies of troops have been advanced into those districts
where there has been indication of hostility, aud ,ner-
getic steps have leen taken by the general Government
to punish with severity all who have iu,ti gated mischief.
The greater part of the Territorial Indians are