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The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24

srrcrAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS IN ISDIAxA.
---On Tuesday Of last week william Il. Niblack
(Democrsf) vas elected Representative Ia Con.
grcss from the first district q Indiana, 20 supply
the vacancy caused By the death of n. Lockhart (;
and Charles Case (Repablican) was elected by the
death Of Mr.. Benton. NJ. Nibisck vas chosen
without opposition. The majority q Mr.. Case h
abost 900 over J. L. werden (Dsm.)
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24

81. Lours Oct 2i.--Advices have been -.
ceiyed here from Fort Keaney, on The a4th oi
September, stating that Caps sehnsoa o. The
Utah Expedition, he'd srrvee IN Lse -ss''e' vas
hxnrshla hut indicases an eariy 81
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24

MAasAw's WAoos-RoAb PAsrs.--Iniormstion
has been received a the Interior Depsrtment that
Nagraw's vagonroad party zero several miles
wes. Of Fort Laramie on the och Of septemeer
last The party hsd noe gctsen along - rapidly
a. vas an .icipsted. An hands were wch
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24
WASHINGTON CITY.

The following in very neat, fine handwriting,
was picked up in the Capitol; and, as no owner
can be found, and II was evidently intended foi
publication somewhere, we publish 4.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24
THE AMERICAN.

THoS. SWAMI, Mayor.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21
HOW THEY MARRY AND LIVE.

| A young man meets q pretty face, fall:
in love with it, courts it, marries it, goes t.
housekeeping with it, and boasts of having
a home and a wife to grace it. The chances
are nine to one that he has neither. Her
pretty face gets to be an old story, or be-
comes faded. or freckled, or frctted and
as the face was all he wanted, all he paid
attention to, all he sat up with, all he bar
| gained for, all he swore to love, honor and
protect, he gets sick of his trade, knows a
dozen faces which he likes better, gives up
staying at home evenings, consoles himself
| with cigars, oysters, and politics, and looks
upon his home as very Indifferent board
| ing house. A family of children grow up
about him; but neither he nor his "face''
know anything about training them so
they come up helter- skelter; made toys of
when babies, dolls when boys and grh,
drudges when young men and women; ana
so passes year after year, and not one
quiet, happy, homely houris known through
out the entire household.
Another young man becomes enamored
of fortune" He waits upon it to parties.
exchanges billet doux with it, pops the
question to it, gets yes from it, takes it
to the parsons, weds it, calls it "wife," car
ries it home, sets up an establishment with
it, Introduces it to his friends, and has got
home. It's false. He is not married,
and has no home and he soon finds it out.
He is in the wrong box, but it is too late to
get out of it. He might as well hope to
escape from his coffin. Friends congratu-
late him, and he has to grin and bear it
They praise the house, the furniture, the
cradle, the Bible, the new baby, and then
bid the fortune and he who husbands it
good morning! AS if he had known
good morning since he and that gilded for
tune were falsely declared to be one.
Take another case. A young lady is
smitten with a pair of whiskcrs. Curled
hair never before had such charms. She
sets her cap for thel.; they take. The
delighted whiskers make an offer, proffer-
ing themselves both in exchange for one
heart. The dear miss is overcome with
magnanimity, closes the bargain, carries
home the prize, shows it to pa and ma,
calls herself engaged to it, thinks there
never was such a pair of whiskers before,
and they are married. Married ! Yes, the
world calls it so, and we will. What is the
result :! A short honeymoon, and then they
unluckily discover that they are unlike as
chalk and cheese, and not to be made one,
though all the preachers in Christendom
pronounce it so.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21
GentIemen's COATS:

Among their stock may be found Black Cloth
drab Alpaca i'll Sacks, Frocks and RagIans;
French and English Drap-d Etc; plain and fan
cy Cassmeres, gotten up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilcs, in suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Duck; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks. Frocks and Raglans.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

species of Convolyulus, which. after lyins
in the ground a considerable time, los
their acrimony, and become edible.
"Kaishuepenank, white kind of roots
about the bigness of hens eggs" &c
| This would seem to allude to the common
potato, (solanum tuberosum.) If really
this, it goes to prove that there was more
extended commercial intercourse between
the Indians of our sea- coast at that early
day, and the Spaniards of the West Indies
and South America than is generally sup
posed. The first definite account we have
of this useful vegetable is by P. Cieca
chronicles of Peru) in 1853. He says the
natives of Peru have, besides maize, q
tubercular root, they call Pdpds. 1t is
usually stated that it was carried to Eng
land by some of the returning colonists
under Sir Walter Raleigh, in 1856. Two
years afterwards, Clusius obtained tvO
tubers, planted them, and gave the first
representation of the plant in 1899.
"Trinaw'' probably alludes TO the tuber-
GUS roots of species of Smitar Is. pseudo
China) which may be rendered edible. 1t
is said. with these roots, Indian corn, sas-
safras and molasses, the negroes in South
Carolina manufacture pleasan beer.
Coscushaw" may be cassara of the
West Indies, as supposed by Hariot (Jani-
pha manihot) from which the granulated
starch Idpioca of commerce is prepared.
1t is, however, tropical plant. but light
be raised on the a-coast of our State.
"Habascon" is the horse-radish. or some
order.
"Susquenummener," found in shallow
waters, is probably ELiaceous plant. 1t
may be here remarked, that many roots
and fruits which are acrid, or even poison
Gus, in their natural state, may be render
ed inert and edible by long boiling, or
otherwise dissipating their deleterious prop
critics. No people in the world understood
this art better than the Indians.
s ''Sagatemener, Osamener and Pummuck-
oner," are the names of different kinds of
acorns, some of which are sweetish and may
be eaten. The beach-nut, hazel-nu &C.,
were also used by the Indians as articles of
food.
'Ascapo," on page 176, is either the
6aytree, (Magnolia glanca) sometimes call
ed sacamptuurel, or the common spice
bush Qaurus benzoin) which is "hot in
taste and spicy"
Thus, has the writer brought under re-
view, the principal obscure terms of the
documentar history of North Carolina, and
offered brief explanations. The reader of
these old and venerable chronicles will, no
doubt, be surprised to find the great amount
of accurate information and suggestions
which they contain. He will also learn
that the Indians were not only the original
owners-the native lords proprietors " of
the American continent, but the original
discoverers of nearly all of the alimentary
and medicinal plants now in use. And no
where did the first colonists find greater
variety of vegetable and mineral products
known and appreciated by the natives, than
on the coast of North Carolina.
Lincoln CO., II. G. G. l.. HI.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

ES The present edition Of the London
Times, numbering $4,000 copies daily, is
printed on six presses-three vertical ones,
(Applegarth's PATENT and three horizontal.
The largest Of the vertical presses throws
off nine papers at every revolution OF the
main cylinder; the two smaller ones eight
papers each. The three horizontal presses
work four cylinders each. In orler to use
such number Of different presses, the office
has twenty-four columns Of matter electro
typed every morning. A new Press has
been ordered from the United States, and
Hoe & Co., of New York, viii soon have
one of their new patent presses Of mammoth
size operating in the Times office. Their
present machinery is driven by two engines
Of thirteen horse power each.
The issue of the paper each morning
makes pile fifty feet high. Every four
days it would make column as high as the
London monument. The entire force EN-
ployed in the printing department is three
hundred, including reporters and proof
readers
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

1t is stated that no fly will enter a room
in which wreath of walnut leaves has been
hung up. The experiment is worth trying.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

g Some of the hail-stones, says the
Fredericksburg News, during the hail-storm
which passed over that section on the Ist
instant, weighed six pouods. About 100
frogs were also rained down on the devoted
city Of Fredericksburg.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

REMEDY FOR THE CHINCH BUG.-We
published recently a note from the Hon.
Abram Rencher, stating that fish oil had
been found All excellent remedy for the
chinch bug now destroying the corn. Mr..
Rencher has addressed us another note on
the subject, IN which he says he has found
the remedy entirely successful, but that
some of his neighbors complain that it kills
their corn. So it does his corn, says Mr..
r., if applied in too large a quantity. He
says, take feather from the wing of a
chicken or goose, clip off small piece of
the little end, dip the fenthery part in oil,
and run it down between the boot and the
stalk Of the two lower blades, wipe off the
oil remaining on the feather Oh the outside
of the stalk near the ground The oil kills
the bugs it touches, and the balance disap
pear" Mr. Rencher adds Il have just
returned from my cornfeld, which border
ed on my wheat field for two hundred yards
and where the chinch bug appeared in great
force. Their ravages were arrested by tho
application of the oil, and the corn looks
as we'll at this time as if there never had
been bug upon it. However unsuccess-
ful others may be in the application of fish
oil, consider myself indebted to it for the
safety of nv cOrnfield. | write this from
fear that some persons my be discouraged
by an improper application of the OIL
Rq[eieh Standard.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21
A NEW THEORY,
G.. l.. H.

A writer in the National Inteligencer is
advocating the theory that the moon is
simply the indicator of the earth's electric
changes, and that the moon itself has no
appreciable effect upon this planet that
tie moon is fragment of the earth, is
negative to it, and revolves upon its own
axis, within the earth's atmosphere; that
the earth is enveloped in an ocean of electric
vapor, dense and compound upon its solid
surface, whose gases separate, however, as
they deepen outward, the rare always
emanating from and resting on the more
dense until we reach in outward order
fuorine, electricity and magnetism, that
subtle element pervading ali space; and
that, observing the various atmospheric
strata above and the solid strata below us,
it is not difficult to perceive that men,
animals and vegetable forms are existing in
the centre of the earth's stratifcation. The
electric lines of variation are those extending
from the North to the South pole; the
dia-magnetic or dia-electric lines are those
extending around the earth from West to
East, and are ever variable. 1t Is the
variableness of these diaelectric currents,
says this writer, that produce ali the
phenomena attributed to the influence of
the moon upon the earth.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

Having located at MONROE, tenders his pro-
i'-Ssional services to the citizens of the Town
and surrounding country, and respectfully soil
citS their patronage.
- Office at J. Bicketts
April y. 43-3n
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21
John Henry Wayt, M. d.,
SURGEON DENTIST,

(Graduate Of the Baltimore College Of
Dental Surg ery,)
Having located permanently, tenders his pro-
fessional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, n. c., and
vicinity.
DIR. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction of
congenital and accidental deformities Of tie
teeth and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods.
- Ladies waited on at their residences if
required.
Office on Tryon Street, in Carson's new
building, up stairs.
Nov. 18th. 20--tf.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21

A Canadian jury in murder trial last
month, resorted to a 'toss up" to decide
whether the verdict should be murder,
manslaughter, OF simple assault. The result
was for manslaughter, but eight of the
twelve still refused to assent and they
agreed to fight six against six, across the
table for verdict. They omitted this,
however, and spent the night in singing and
dancing. They reported disagreement and
were discharged.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21
THE TOLLS OF A NEWSPAPER.

Marryatt wrote very truly, that "news-
paper literature is link in the chain OF
literature which proves the greatness OF
England, and every support should be
given to newspapers. The editors Of these
papers must have most enormous task. 1t
is not the writing of the leading articles
ITSELF but the obligation to write that article
every week, whether inclined or not, in
sickness or in health, in affliction, disease of
mind, winter and summer, year after year,
tied down to the desk, remaining in one
spot. 1t is something like the walking of
a thousand miles, in thousand hours. |
have fellow feeling for | know how q
periodical will wear down ones existence.
In itself, it appears nothing; the labor is not
manifest; nor is it the labor, it is the
continual attention which it requires. Your
life becomes, as it were, the publication. One
days paper is no sooner corrected and
printed, than on comes an endless repetition
of toll, constant weight upon the mind, a
continual wearing upon the intellect and
spirits, demanding all the exertions of your
faculties, at the same time that You are
compelled to do the severest drudgery. To
write for paper is very well, but to edit
one is to commend yourself to slavery. .'-Er.
0e
SINGULAR.-The Milwaukee (Wis.) Free
Democrat says that two persons named
Lynch, father and son, were killed by
lightning in Muskego last week, while the
sun was shining in all It's splendor. They
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-21
Ready Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment
SPRINGS & HEATH

RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment of Ready
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten-
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-14

GEN. HAHNEy.-Ihis gentleman, ac-
companied by Capt Van Welt, Quartz,
Master l.. ). A.. arrived in this cit,
yesterday, from Florida. When Gen
llAR>k, received orders to take com
mand OF the Western Department
with head quarters at For, Leavcu
worth, he is in active pursuit Of til,
hostile Indians in the everglades, an,
with agood prospect of c%onYuerinl
them; but that duty was turned ove'
TO Col. Lotmis, in obedience to in
structions, and he is thus far on hi
way to Fort Lca,cnworth. Gen
Harvey is, we hear, in good health
aud will exert himself in the course -
the summer, to put IN end to lndisr
depredatlons on the plans. Larg
expeditions against the Indians, and I,
aid in surveying and exploring, will b,
Immediately fitted out. 1t is no
probable that Gen. Harvey will b,
ordered to Utah, as has been suggest
ed, but II he should 60 there, Le viii
do his duty.
Capt. Van Welt take charge of tn,
Quarter Master Department at For
Leavcnworth. They will leave for thai
Fort on Monday next Missouri Re
pubi,cam.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-14

PorSrs IN A Coop HoRsE.-In pur-
chasing a good horse. sight, wind, feet
and limbs must be the uppcrmost OBJ
jects Of inquiry; for nine horses out OF
ten are defective in Que .f these partic-
ulars. First, then, examine his ewes,
and do tits before he comes out of the
stable: see that they are perfectly clear
and transparent, and that the pupils or
apples Of the eyes are exactly alike in
SIZE and color. Next examine his pipes;
if good and sound, on being nipped in
the gullet, he will utter a sound like
that from bellows: but if his lungs arc
touched and he is broken winded he
will give vent to a dry, husky, short
cough; look to his Limits, also, and in
passing your hands dowa his legs, If
you find any unnatural protuberance.
OF putfncss, OF if, feeling first one leg
then the other, You discover and diff
terence between them, disease, more or
less, is present; he may not be lame,
but he is not clean upon the legs. Ii
he is broad and full between the ewes,
he may be depended upon as a horse
of good sense, and capable of being
trained to almost anything. If you
want a gentle horse, get one with more
or less white upon him; many suppose
that the rarti colored horses belonging
to ~ci,cuses, shows, &c, are selected,
for their oGdity; but it is on account
of their d%ocility and g%entlcness; in fact,
the o kindly yon treat horses, the
better you will be treated by them in
return.-Spirit Of the Times.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-14

on tue nlGth "a :, of June A u, lS5G,
w wiiian n Bennett and l. : ! Ter, exc uirr
u.io David = Truc a. Trustt., n yer sin de.d OIL
Trust, C,Ly-ying To sd Trust"e IN. land n Scot
Comfy. Iowa d scribed as fnilc" 5, 20 Wi: mat p'rs
lion OF The Ross II ground in tn CT, 81 Oav'hpoi,
known a. the Co holi. CHAR :dasre,' descrit.t
a, follows VIZ Bexiluing t.;r'y-nnr FEET south
from tn" North Esst co 4 Z . said BLOCK Theme
. nth hrty-,!x i,t; ih' nee Wrst siAt 10 u f,el
thence North t~hir'y-.ix feet the!ce Eat iNtv.iouT
feet TO ;hc plscc of u b"ciun;iv. with ie tUiufg
and improvements thereon. The interest 20 con-
>ey. Ell being a Lea ,ehnld TO tern Il sesr-, ana
comp l., ing all he M, rest Of sid ~grantDrs 10 s1id pr :
mis- ., al. b s.ri con' anee va ,'au. 'y IN sau
wrliisih II y nm Il and l. 5 ryipr for The purpose "'
securing the payment OF = certain promi,Soiy n"e
and the interest thereon signed bs sad Wiiian u
Brnn-it and LIS Tyler d,ted he 9Th lay OF ne, A
d. 1856, aud y iYatle niuety days tncr, after, TO Se
phen tn mis,n, being for the .un - nv hund',''
and thilt,-nin- dol.rs and twenty Cuts. Am
vie cas- on the 1tth day Of August u. 1901, the
SAID William II Benne I and l. Fyl"r did eSecut
th.ir :e,tXii ~ her DECD Of Trust, COVE, ny 20 tn
5 al DAVID y True. As rrrs ;c the 2 .rni-r ao esald
desc III d ito Wit all th"lr inters In s1id PREMISES
which said rouv vance Wa N DE- Tor N y fpose, oS
the aid ~illi m u Bean-tt ard v y Tyir,o seeir
irg u eur payment Of. a c.rtsla oIhrr proan's>ory not
for he sum niue hundred AN seventy NV dIlArs
and 10 cents, II, cut. d nv the said VILLAIN II b-nnett
AID l. g TYLER, To tn said eterh-n rhonip,o', date
August 18th, A u, l. 80, aud ayaol" octootr I2tt
And now. said prumissory notes hssingbe nme du.
AMI payab e anu the said W. Ham b ienneft and J.
s ryler. hsving fsfd To psy the same or eithe q
them I, David 8 True. Trustee asa res;it d her :
h. give this pablo no lee. that BY virtueo:h row
er which Is 10 me vested by sail deeds Of Trust. !
viii, on Friday ,he s,h day % June. A d. isSl At
the hour 81 two o'cl OK In he astern on 81 sad day,
at the Court HoUsc door IN the city OF Dsve' po't,
expose AMI cHer for sal,. at pablo aueti1n. the A.
&c, OF land ah We descr'b d, or ~ Bucr IN reoi d
shall BE- sufficient g. satisfy ard psy the amount @.
said notes v tn the interest thereon TO The DAY OF
sale, together with ali ,h4 G. SITS and 'xv'nses attend
ing said sale, costs OF This notice and Trustee : ieeS.
Dated the l4th day Of Nay, A ", 1897.
DAVID s TRCS,
M~vyl WI Trustee.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-14
CnrY OF NE EkoLIuoNs.

II q meeting Of til, church of st. Jo,.phs
the Patriarch, nj their brick meeting house.
April IS, 1885,. the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimousl. adopted.
" nrgEA>, W. Learn with mingled cuio,i,n-
and griri and Indignation tina, nm in
dictment has been procured against oui
beloved Pastor Rev. Abel Ballocl-. on
a ctiarS. OF attempt Al rape, which in
iirtmen ". believe Fraudulent. sean
dalous and malicious; now be it
H's"iec'i That our love and ~confid.ne. in
asr pastor is highly increased bv this cir
ilastaneer. that he l. requested to %eontinu.
with Us IN ia, ministry, and that consider
ing IA" troutl. and ,Apense that he ha, beer
,'cl-'onei, his salary be and it hereby is
doubled.
hssol,ed That a fair and tea party y,
| held immediately for I'll. benefit Of oar pas
'"r: "iinittancc one dollar, children hal
price.
HtSo{ft,i That tho ficn,li,h conduct -
the lnIsereaLt who attacked our believe.
Pastor. and tore his trowscrs. meets our =.
Ner",t apprehension. and tla, the six per
sons who pretend to have Witnessed the &c
49, NV Ni'ihiN. " VIZ
time, aud hay, "on-pircd trg.th.r to throw
scandal on our pastor and %injurc his eoo'
an
EcSoirol, That should our beloved paste
te convicted. and sent Ia the States Pri-or
II th.rle,t"Wn that tli, society obtai
permission from the Warden Of that institr
lion, to meet there and attend lie m~inistr
every sabbath daring his mar;yrioin.
Rssoi,e2. Tim, a ~cunnmitt,. Of twelve ,
our %fair.-t sisters ie appointed to wait .
the Rev. Abel Ballocli-. one ut u time, wit
a copy OF ,hc>. resolutions, at such tim
and place a- may 10 him be most convcn
cnt.
on motion, adjourned.
JAMES r. SWALLOWiT,
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-14

A PRAYER Cur s,ioal.-farson b. was tru.
" a pious man, and at the long grace.
which usually followed the meals, he and
the whole family reverently knelt, except
the parsons brother.
One day. It was summer time, the parson
was unusually favored, not appearing 10
notice the fdgety actions Of hi. brother,
who kept twisting about, until finding no
end to the thanks. he broke in with-
..Cut it short, Parson-cut il short the
cows are in the garden playing HI with
the cabbages."