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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
A FASHIONABLE RELIGION,

Religion is too often cloak which COW
crs a great number of sins. Under that
sacred mantle the world is deceived Men
who go regularly to church every Sunday.
so as regularly to their counting-rooms
every day of the week, Except Sunday,) to
make money ''by hook or by crook''-that
Is, somehow, but no matter how They
pay their notes promptly, and occupy a
we'll cushioned pew in the broad aisle every
Sabbath. They listen with pleasure to
good music and good sermon, and suppose
! that they will go to Heaven, after they
have shuttieG Off this mortal coil and put
on immortality. We hope they may not be
! disappointed. but we think that less of form
and show, and more of sincere worship. will
give us all better chance Of reapins final
reward.
Religion at the present time, is too fash
ionable, although the New Workers especi-
ally are more devoted TO Mammon Worship
than the gaycst of the direct descendants
of the stern old Puritans of New England.
AT the fashionable churches in Y. York.
the music is the leading attraction. The
sermon is a sort of "afterpiece." It is
stated by the New York Churchman, the
organ of the EpiScopalians, that at one of
the fashionable churches 1.-THE choir" is only
an orchestra, where operate music of the
most scnsuous kind is performed, and the
bishop is invoked to stop the awful blasphe-
my.
1t seems that the patrons" of such music
are lovers Of the opera, and a fashionable
religion, for the same authority that they
are not a worshiping people, but one that
goes to be tickled. They come in with an
air and smirk, which tell tie same tale
The ladies sometimes behave as they do |
at the opera, or the theatre, or in the |
ball room, while the men as freely criti-
else, i'll their pews, the performances in |
the organ loft, as they would in the dress
circle at the Academy Don Giovanni, or
Norma.
The fashions of society have indeed en-
tered the doors of the churches Where
then is true religion! Does it flourish any,
wherel Who can find it!
There is no more of the solid old Cotton
Mather piety left among us. There are
velvet cushions, artistic music sweet preach
ers, nicely wOrded somnolent discourses,
w"rShipers rolled up in Russian sables,
and loaded with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS church
es, where the atmosphere is redolent with
perfumes, and the very light shaded with
many colored timts, heavy floating debts,
crushing mortgages, but not a drop of the
mamma of righteousness, unless a poor sim
ncr for a moment, under fear of the mighty
SEXTON offers up his lonely prayer in free
seat. Such is fashionable religion in New
York in these latter days
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
A RAINY SUNDAY.
Under the above caption the Clinton In
dependent, draws the following pleasing
picture of happy family circle.

Under the above caption the Clinton In
dependent, draws the following pleasing
picture of happy family circle.
A RAINY SUNDAY,-Who has not spent
a rainy sunday at home, and felt that there
was something of a treat, in being thrown
To the man of business, who is deeply alb
sorbed in the cares of life through the week
and who seldom enjoys the presence of wife
and children many minutes at time, it is
truly pleasant to find himself safely shut up
for one day to enjoy the caressings of the
family circle. Early in the morning the
children exclaimed 'tOh it is raining, and
Pa will have to stay in the house all day to
day, and he will tell so many tales, and
show US so many pictures, and tell US all
about the old folks that lived when the BIZ
BILE was made.'' Sure enough the rain came
down in fine cold mist, and thickened as the
morning advanced, and finally the small
particles of hail, mingled with the rain, be-
gan to crack against the window panes,
and every thing out doors looked cold, damp
and forbidding. The wood was piled upon
the fire, and the family circle was formed
around, and it was plain to all that Pas
presence was secured for one day. Itcould
be plainly read in the eyes of all the chill
dren that it was day of triumph-a victo-
ry had been gained, and Pa was a captive |
for once. One climbed a knee, another
claimed the other knee to sit on, while |
larger one only wanted to stand at the back
of the chair and comb and arrange the faith
er's head. It's great time with the little
ones-such time as only could be enjoy
ed once in long while. Presently one of
the children gets out the old Family Bible,
or some other book with pictures in it, and
begins in various ways to attract ''father's''
attention. The history of one picture and
another is required, and the hours are be-
guiled and slip away, and the day seems
shorter than common. If there is nything
good to eat in the pantry, it must come out
to day, for while the family is all together
they wish for a mutual enjoyment of the
good things which ''mother'' has provided
tor their comfort. Thus the day glides
'weetly away. and the children often wish
hat another rainy sunday would come when
Pa" could be kept in the house all day,
md beguile the hours, which, without his
would be gloomy and uninterest-
ng. He who boast of single blessedness
nay wish for a chance for entertainment.
tut man of family is not at a loss because
unday is rainy day. '
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
CORN AND COB MEAL AS FOOD
FOR STOCK

LIN the last number of the Cotton Planter,
(Noyember) noticed an article on corn
cobs, taken from the Western Agrieulturist,
with comments on it by the "Ohio Cultiva-
tor" and the ''F armer and Mechanic
DR.. Jackson's analysis of the corn cob
gave true or false resHlt. Judging from
his character and qualifications as a chemist
it is fair to presume it gave true result
Now although have not the most implicit
faith in all the conclusions of scientific ex-
perimenters, it would seem unreasonable to
doubt the correctness of fact like this
1t chemistry can do any thing, it surely can
resolve substances into their constituent
elements; and if in doing this, DR.. jackson
found in a hundred parts of the corn cob
only four and a half of nutritious matter, 1
can see no reason why we should doubt the
conclusion drawn from this fact by the
Western Agriculturist," that sit is of
than as fuel"
L think, Mr.. Editor, there is some misap-
prehension in regard to the value of the
corn cob as food for live stock; and as I
have a very small modicum of experience
on the subject, I ask leave to give it to your
readers for what it is WORTH. First, the
fact and second the inference.
A few years back being very short of
corn, determined to economist in the fat
tening of my pork by having. my corn
3roung in the ear, and then feeding it in
he form of swill. The ears were first |
mashed or crushed in a common plaster |
mill, and then run through a corn mill and |
ground as fine as meal is usually made. My |
logs did not fatten kindly. Indeed, l final
y believe the same amount of corn thrown
o them in the ear would have made better
York. The excrement which passed from
hem had exactly the appearance of the
neal of the cob, undigested. So much for
he fact-and now for the inference. l do
lot believe that corn cobs will fatten hogs,
whatever they may do to some other kinds
f stock. In hog feeding, regard them as
positive injury. On this subject I draw
he following conclusion. That class of
nimals which from their internal organiza-
on requires a great deal of that kind of
bod, Familiarity termed by farmers, rough
as corn blades, husks, straw,
nd the like, may be proftably fed on cob
zeal, provided the corn be ground with it.
were called upon to decide between
'eding COWS or horses on the cob meal ,
one or making fuel of the cob, should
nd them to the kitchen fire. So thinks
our friends.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
CHEROKEE wH1sKY PRozr,, =

The Augusta (Geo.) Dispatch makes =
following extract from letter received !, '4e
week, from an esteemed friend at MARI. .as'
1t speaks for itself, but not yery favorsr,
of Cherokee whisky: "Oiy
'You see we are in the midst of the oo,,
est weather on this side of Lapland. Will
| will proceed to prove. A day Or twa
since, biped, of the genus homo, fron,
Cherokee, started to Atlanta with a load -
corn juice, commonly called whiskey. e..
sale. A little below Marietta, night owe.
took him, and he pitched his tent, to av.;,
the arrival of a new day.
What was his surprise in the mornin,, >.
find the hoops all bursted from his barrol".
and instead of his beloved beverage. =,
many icy pillars stood before him. a. Ss s
had barrels. reminding him of certain lads 40
of olden time who we are informed ny
transformed into pillar of salt. "'
The last heard of him, he was retnrn;u.
back home with his icy load, saying he bas
one consolation left him, it would maIu
first rate ice punch next summer. So
will. Now say it amt cold in these d;o.
gins!''
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
SELF-MADE MEN

1t Is the subject of frequent remark that
most of the distinguished public men Of
America were the architects of their own
fortunes, and either in a great measure self
educated, or, if they enjoyed the advanta-
Ses OF college education, were in no wise
among the most distinguished there. OF
the multitudes of young men, who every
year take the first honors at COLLEGES. we
somehow or other hear very little after
wards. We make this remark from no de-
sire to disparage college education, but it is
curious fact which we should like TO 500
accounted for. On the other hand, under
the quickening impulse of poverty, hosts of
bright and energetic spirits are daily fore
ing their own way into the front rank of
every department of useful industry and
enterprise, and into the most influential
public stations, without the ADVANTAGES of
college education.
In Great Britain, however, tie very re-
verse seems to be the case. The leading
men OF the Cabinet, of the House of Lords
and Commons, on the Bench, at the Bar
and IN the Pulpit, are now, and long have
been men who graduated at the Universities
with high often the highest, distinctions
Certainly. all the departments of public
and professional life are quite as ably and
eff ciently filled in Great Britain as in
Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
WESTERN DE M0CRAT.
sQQCHARLOTTE.G 90
DEATH OF HON. p. s. BROOKS.

At an early hour the telegraph brough
up Ale mournful intelligence of the dealt
of Preston s. Brooks, one of Carolina
most worthy. most trusted, and most belov.
ed Representatives. He died in Washing.
tom City, on Tuesday, at about O'Clock p.
M. after a short illness from an affection
of the throat.
Thus has fallen suddenly, in the very
prime of manhood, in the maturity of his
intellect, and in the meridian of his useful
ness, one of South Cardinals most gifted,
most honOred, and most cherished sons
The sad intelligence, spread with electrical
raPidity throughout our city, has covered
all hearts as with funeral pail, and will
cl"the our whole State in mourning.
To other hands, possessing the material
and more competent to the melancholy, but
patriotic service, we leave it to do Justice
to the life, character, and merits of the la
mentcd subject of this notice.
After brief service in our Legislature,
as Representative from Edgtfcld, his ma
tive District, Col. Brooks was elected to
Congress, over older and highly distinguish
competitors, under circumstances most
fiattcring to an aspiring but honorable IA
ture.
His career, since his transfer to that ma
tional theatre of politics and craftsmanship,
is known, not only to the whole State but
the whole country. 1t would not be appro-
pirate, on an occasion like this, to refer to
all the events and incidents of his short
but distinguished political service. In every
public station TO which lie was called he !
was both able and faithful, willie in the pri
waite relations of life he possessed the conf
dcncc, the love and esteem of all who knew
him. How well and how nubly he sustained
the honor. no less than tie interest of his |
native State, is known to all. He was |
genuine CarOlinian, endowed with great in |
teiligence, chivalrous character, rcplete with
the highest social and manly virtues, and
has departed this life leaving a whole peo !
pie in mourning.
AS mark of respect to the memory of |
the lamcnted deceased, the bells of our CITY
were tolled during part of the day.
None OF the family of Col. Brooks were
present at his death. His wife and chill
dren, -four in number) are at their home in
Edgefeld, as we'll as his venerable mother.
who resides about three miles from her late
son residence. The mournful intelligence
l., as yet unknown to them: a relative and
friend will leave Columbia this morning to
communicate it-a melancholy office. We
learn that Col. Brooks was in the :}Sth wear
nj his age, and that lis remains will be
brought to Columbia in charge of n Con-
SressI"nal CciunlJia Times.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
1NrEREsr1NG STATISTICS.

Some female spiders produce nearly 1000
eggs.
There are six or seven generations of
gnats in a summer, and each lay $50 eggs.
The Atlantic ocean is estimated at three
! miles, and the Pacific at four miles deep.
| A COW eats one hundred pounds of green
food every twenty four hours, and yields 5
! quarts, or 10 pounds of milk.
There are about 1000 cells in a squaEefaat
| of honey comb. Five thousand bees weigh
a pound. .
DIR. Bright purchased case of an egg
producing an insect eighty years after it
must have been laid.
wasp's nest usually contains $4,000 or
10000 cells.
About thirty fresh water springs arc dis
covered under the sea, on the south side of
the Persian Gulf.
A swarm of bees contains from 10000 to
10000 in natural state, and from 10000
to 4U,0G0 in a hive.
Fish are common in the seas of Surinam
with four eyes two of them on horns, which
grow on the top of their heads. 1
Captain Beaufort saw near Smyrna, in
l04l' cloud of Igcusts 46 miles long, and
BOO yards deep, containing, as he calculat-
ed, 1859 billions.
Lewenhock reckoned 17,000 divisions in
the corner (outer coat of the eye) of a but
terfty, each one OF which, he thought, pos
sesses crystalline lens.
Two thousand nine hundred silk worms |
produce one pound of silk but it would re- !
quire $4,000 spiders, all females, to produce |
one pound of web.
With view to collect their webs for silk, |
four thousand spiders were once obtained, |
but they soon killed each other Manufac
lures and war never thrived together.
Every pound of cochineal contains TO-
300 insects boiled to death; and from 60O.-
300 to 100000 pounds are annually brought
to Europe for scarlet and crimson dyes.
A queen bee will lay two hundred eggs
daily for fifty or sixty days, and the eggs
are Matched in three days. \ single queen
bee has been stated to produce one hundred
thousand bees in season.
River water contains about twenty eight
grains of solid matter TO every cubic foot.
Hence, such a river as the Rne carries TO
he sea every day 145,96O cubic feet of
and or stone.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
WAS HE a sEcTIoNAL cAnD1DArHI

During the progress of the presidential
1 cleo ton (says the Cincinnati Enquirer) the
I blac k-republicans indignantly denied that
their candidates and platform were 'ssec-
tionaP' in their character. They declared
that it wasuan aspersiOn TO charge them as
coming within the pale Of General Wash
ington's structures when he strongly de-
nounced all those who would form geograph-
zeal parties and array one section of the
! Union against another. We propose now
to glance at the official returns for President
and Vice Resident, and see what they have
to say upon the question of blaek-republi-
can "SectionalisT bk at these figures
Votes.
In the northsEnSfe les Fremont got l, 336,3O6
lnthe southefHStates Fremont got 1,247
In eleven southern States Fremont did
not get Va vote, and in the other four
he receivedAb@ little over a thousand.-I
The aggregate vote of the southern States
is about eleven Hundred thousand. What
better evidence of scctionalism do we re-
quire than tbamtmGe facts? Now, on the
'other haaA at Mr.. Buchanan's vote
= Votes. |
In the north'n States Buchanan got l, 1916, sol |
Ia the south n States Buchanan got 63S .359
There was not a State in the Union that
Mr.: Buchanan did not poll large vote, nor
a single congressional district. This uni
formity of support proved that he was
emphatically a national candidate, and
stood on platform broad and extensive as
the Union.
All can now see CONTINUES the Enquirer)
how unfortunate it would have been if the
''sectionaP' party had triumphed, and had
sought to administer the government upon
its basis. The result would have been a
direct and immediate collision between the
North and the South, and the consequent :
overthrow Of the best fabric of government ;
the world has ever seen, and in whose pros +
perity are concentrated the hopes of all ,
those who desire the perpetuity of free in Y
stitutions.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03

WM. H. DYER-Dear Sir: have used two b..
ties Prof WOODS Hair Restorative, and can T ~"
ly say il is the greatest discovery of the al" uu'
restoring and changing the Hair Before " "ge LOT
L was as gray as man OF seventy. NV bair F.. Il
now attained its original color You can H rn has
mend it to the world without the least Gear Sc
case was one oil the worst kind do my
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
Executors Sale,

= 11AtCUIUIS 10 The will ofI
VIM Oates, decd late of Cleaveland conntn " NJ
o'' Will sell on the premises to the highest bidder
500 Acres Of Land.
on r. Persmmon Creek, eight miles east of Shelby
IN oIeaveland county, N. c., on Tuesday the ID
gay gay OF March next On the land is rood Saw
Mill, Wool Factory of two Carders' s1O s ni"
dles, Looms with other necessary machines for
the mauufacture of fine Cassmeres, Jeans. Lin.
seys, &C. with other necessary improvements
The Land is of good qualty> and mostly Wool
Land only few acres having been cleared =
Ielnls WIZ De accompanying, and made known
w. S. A. OATES, Excess.
Muddy Fork, Cleaveland Co..EC
Jan. 20, 1857. 29-6w NJ y.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
A HOMESTEAD FOR Sr0,
SECOND DIVISION,
$4,000 worth of Farms and
Building Lots,

IN the gold region of Culpepper county, Va,
to be divided amongst 10 200 subscribers, on the
18th OF April, 1857. Subscriptions only ten dol
lars each; one half down. the rest on the delive-
ry OF the Deed. Every subscriber will get
Buildlng Lot or Farm, ranging in value from
$40 to $4,000. These Farms and Lots are sold
so cheap to induce settlements, a sufficient num-
Der being reserved, the increase in the value of
which will compensate for the apparent low price
now asked.
A company ofsettlers, called '"The Rappahan-
mock Pioneer Association, is now forming and
will commence SETTLE mcnt in the spring AM
pie security will be given for the faithful per-
Torrance of contracts and promises.
More Agents are wanted to obtain sub
scl!bers, to whom the most liberal Inducements
will be given. Some Agents write that they are
making 5000 per month. Advertising will be
done for every Agent where possible. For full
particulars, Subscriptions, Agencies, &c,
Applyto r. BAUDER,
Port Royal, Caroline Co., Va.
Jan. 13, 1857. 3m
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
AN AMERICAN SHOT IN PARIs.-A letter
from Paris, dated January lst, says:

Ion Tuesday morning, the 3Oth ult, a
most melancholy occurrence took place at
the prison for debt, in the Rue de Clichv.
and the first of its kind that has ever
happened. Mr. Charles Morey of Boston.
who was confined therein, while standing
at n window overlooking a COURTYARD, was
deliberately shot dead by sentinel. The
sentinel states, that having ordered Mr.
Morey to leave the window, and not beino
Obeyed, he fired and killed him. There had
been orders upon other consignes, and he
supposed, most wrongfulIy, that the inmates
OF Cl'chy were to be treated with the
severity of criminals. Mr. Morcy was
possessed of the Goodyear patents for
England and France, and was universally
esteemed He leaves young wife and
family, being himself only 80 years ofage."
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
THE SOURCES OF TIE MISSISSIPPI

In the following eloquent description OF
the Mississippi river--the FEATHER of
Waters"-we have fit representation of
the mingled interests of this great Union,
uniting from thousand points, and flow
ing on in one deep broad channel of nation
al wealth and prosperity:
Lift bucket of water from the Missis-
sippi river at New Orleans. and ask YOUR
self the question, "From whence it came"
and the answer, may be, from sandy de-
sert OF New Mexico, from the rolling
praires of Nebraska, or from the Cotton
fields of Georgia.; from the British possess
sions north of the Goth degree of latitude,
separated by thin ridge of ice covered
rocks from the streams that flow into the
Arctic ocean, or from the bowers of orange
and magnolia that perfumes the canefields
OF Louisiana, from the frozen lakes that
gem the bosom of Minnesota and Wiscon
sin, or from the sunny fountains that gush
up from the f1owery plains of Alabama and
Tennessee; from the lake bound peninsu
lar OF Michigan from the hill sides of wav-
ing grain in Pennsylvania and New York
from the tobacco fields of Virginia and
Maryland. 1t may be part of those nigh
ty volcanoes that roll their never firing
waves through Iowa and Missouri: through |
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio through Ken
lucky and Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.
1t is part of the ten thousand little rills
that come hymning their way from that
range wherein arise the Columbia
and the Colorado of the West, or of those
from whence the Delaware and Susoneban-
ma hasten away to meet the rising sun. Tn
the spur of the Allegheny it has saluted
the springs of the Roanoke and the Saluda,
and far beyond the black hills it has lock-
ed arms with the mighty Saskatchewan as
ne hurried on his cherries journey to Hud-
sons Bay. The springs of the Conewaneo
listen to the roar of Niagara, and the foun-
ANS OF the Platte overlook the craters of
he extinct VOLCANOES of Utah. 1t has fer
Ailzed country greater thar the empire Of
Alexander, and has carried richer com
nerce than all the rivers tributary to I'm
'erial Rome. l
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03
DISSOLUTION.

The Copartncrship of FISHER, BUR
ROUGHS d co. was dissolved by mutual
consent on the first of January, 1857.
All persons indebted to the said firm are re-
quested to make ''IMMEDIATE'' payment to
FISHER & BURROUGHS
January 18th, 1857
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03

In the State of Iowa, out of population
OF 5O3,695, there are only 27l colored per-
sons.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-03

SToN1NG ARCHBISHOP HUGHES Ho1r.E
Mary Callaghan, an Irish woman, Wednes-
DAY evening, went to the residence of Bishon
Hughes, and demanded 5000, which sba
said the Bishop owed her. The money was
refused. On leaving, however, she was
determined to have satisfaction, and stoned
the house, breaking two or three of tbe
windows. Mary was taken into custody.