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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
THE GREAT EASTERN.

We learn by the late news from England
that tits expected that this monster steam
ship, now being completed in the Thames,
will be ready for launching in August. Be-
ing ESQ feet long, she is to be let in the
river sideways, and will truly represent a
town going into the water. Lengthwise
she would stretch nearly across the stream.
Her tonnage is $500, which would enable
her to take in the united bulk of the Col
Inns and Cunard lines of steamers and sail
off with them as soldier sails off with his
breakfast. With all this great bulk the
Great Eastern will draw but 36 feet of wa
ter, and that too with !, 200 tons of coal in
her bunkers. 1t is thought that the first
port she will touch at here will be that of
Portland. She will be sight to sec.
There will be in all % engines, including
all sizes for working the paddle wheels,
for working the capstan, getting up an
chors, and pumping out ship, 2 for revolv
ing the screw, Ito prevent its creating re-
sistance when uncoupled and the ship is
working under sail and paddle wheels, and
10 donkey engines, or steam pumps, for fill
ing up boilers. The large screw engines
are also fitted with a separate steam cylin-
der, to aid in starting and reversing, which
cylinder might also be rated as a still addi-
tonal engine.
The tonnage of this ship, by our govern
ment measurement, would be about %, 900
tons. The displacement of water, or the
actual supporting capacity, will be about
"a, 900 tons. The weight of the hull, rig
ging, and enginery will be about 1000 tons,
and sufficient quantity of coal for full
Australian voyage is estimated at from
5000 to 5000 tons, leaving clear capaci-
ty for freight of about $4,000 tons.
If the very gigantic clipper ship Great
Republic, the mammoth steamship of war
Niagara, and the Collins steamer Adriatic,
at this date the largest steamships float,
were each to be fully loaded, and then
transferred bodily, with their loads, into the
hold of the Great Eastern, it would appear
from the figures that the whole would make
but fair cargo for this novel chart"
P0rtcr'S .SDirlL,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
lightning Rods.

T. : HAWLEY & CO. offer their SER
vices to the public for the purpose of supplying
buildings with LIGHTNING RODS. Having
been engaged in the business for over six years
in Virginia and North Carolina, and beng pro-
-;dad with the best recommendations, hope
TO be able to give entire satisfaction to all who
may employ me. N
Having permanently located in this place, all
work done by me will be kept in good repair
free of charse e,
Orders addressed to me through the Post
Office, or left at the Residence of n. Wilkinson,
will meet with prompt attention: 20
Charlotte, April Z, 1857.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.

The New Orleans Crescent contains
quite an interesting account Of factory
for the manufacture of cotton seed oil, that
has just been established in that city, at
cost of $65r000. The seed is hulled by a
maehine-the hulls are used for fuel--and
the kernels, which descend upon heated
iron table, are cut into fine pieces and
placed in bags, which are subjected TO a
pressure of two thousand tons in press
worked by steam admitted from below
The oil runs into vat from whence it is
pumped into the clarifying house. where It
is clarified and barreled, ready for trans
portation. 1t is sold readily for one dollar
gallon. while the cake commands thirty
dollars per ton, for feeding cattle. The
present capacity of the mil. which runs
night and day, is 900 gallons per day
There is room in the building. however, for
machinery sufficient to turn out $500 or
1000 gallons per day. We are glad to see
this movement in the South. 1t Is the first
attempt of the kind in that section Of the
Union. A mill of similar class is in sue
cessful operation at Providence, Rhode
Island, and last year consumed no less
than IA, 000.000 pounds of seed. y
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
SQQCHARLOTTE.06~
THE NATIONAL HOTEL MALADY.-The
Washington Union says:

THE NATIONAL HOTEL MALADY.-The
Washington Union says:
''While we are not disposed to give coun-
tenance or currency to the dark insinua-
tions which have been made by several of
our most respected cotemporaries in regard
to what is termed "the National Hotel
poisonng;" and while we are satisfied that
most of the reports in regard to this lamenta
BILE affair are greatly exaggerated, if not
wholly unfounded still there is sufficient
left of fearfu. reality to call for the strictest
and most searching official investigation
Such an investigation should have taken
place weeks ago. 1t cannot with propriety
or safety be postponed a day longer. 1t is
alike due to the goodname and best interests
of the federal capital and the city authori-
ties owe it to themselves and to their con-
to meet the inside and outside
pressure of public opinion in this matter
promptly, energetically, and without fear
or favor"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

SCRATCHES IL UoRsEs.-It is said that
this often troublesome disease unless very
bad, may be cured by washing thoroughly
with CASTLE soap suds, and then rubbing
with lard fried out of salt meat. Keep clean
and wash with grease every other day until
a cure is effected. Leaving mud to dry
upon the legs of horse is one great cause
of this disease, and many horses are injured
by want of care and cleanliness when in
muddy weather.
To MAKE WHirEwAsH THAT WILL NOT
RUB OFF Mix up half a pailful of lime
and water ready to put on the wall then
take one gill of flour and mix it with the
water; then pour on it boiling water suffi-
cient to thicken it; pour it while hot into
the wbitewash ;stir all well together, and it
is ready for use.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

. .
A FRENCH GUNPowpER PLoT-It is
confidently stated that there was ground
for the rumor, that dangerous plots against
the life of Louis Napoleon were discovered
recently, at the last moment before the
time appointed for their execution. The
Paris correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian says:
A plan did exist, not only for putting an
end to the Emperor's life, but for committing
murder wholesale, after the fashion of the
gunpowder plot. The details have been
confined, with comparatively wonderful
secrecy, to the people about the Tulleries
and prefecture of the police. The affair
would seem to have been organized for
some tolerably long while, and the moment
of action was fixed for the first night when
the court should visit the Theatre Francois.
This theatre, situated at the end of the
Rue Richelieu, and annexed to the Paiais
Royal, is, for the greater part, built over a
ground floor of shops. Most of these are
occupied by tradcsmen well known to the
authorities; but in the narrow and some
what dark passage which runs from one
entrance door of the theatre into the Palais
Royal, there is a collection of small shops,
one of which was unoccupied, and had
escaped the notice Of the police.
The line OF shops lies Immediately under
the imperial box at the Theatre Francais,
and this shop was accordingly hired by the
individuals who meditated the attack | am
going to relate. Little by little, and as
they hoped, unperceived, they had intro
duced combustibles of all sorts into this
closed shop, which was thus representing
Guy Faux's cellar. The day before the
Emperor's visit to the theatre, however, to
witness the performance Of s. Fiammina, y
the locality being minutely examined, this
shop excited attention, and the very day of
the state visit, it was opened, entered into,
and the whole OF what it contained dis
covered. The plan had been to blow up
the imperial box and all that side of the
theatre; but it is said that, had the combi-
nation even not been discovered, there was
not sufficient quantity of combustibles
amassed to have made the execution pos
sible.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

CoLoRED CANDY IS PoIsoNoUs.-At a
recent meeting of the Select Committee OF
the British House of Commons to inquire
into the adulterations of all articles sold for
food, &c. DR.. Taylor, the celebrated Pro
fessor Of Chemistry at Guys Hospital,
made the following statement in regard to
colored confectionaries
"In red candy, vermllion and red lead
were used l.; and in the yellow. oxide of lead
and chromate Of red, which was very dan
gerous, and had been known to be the cause
of the death of a child in 1853. The ex-
tract of bitter almonds, which. was very
much used in confections, was a most pow
erful poison, as it contains from six to
twelve per cent. Of prussic acid. Twenty
drops Of the oil killed a woman forty-nine
years of age il half an hour. A COM
pound of it called almond flavor was much
used, but was very dangerous, There was
an instance in which half an ounce had
killed a.woman thirty-six years of age in
half an hour"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

The following question is now before the
Hitchabobpackwack Debating Society ::
which has ruined the most men-giving
credit or getting trusted!" We should not
wonder if this led to considerable wrangle,
We await the decision with much interest.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

Having sold out to Mr. p. J. Lowrie all my
interest in the Books, accounts, notes, &c,
longing to the firm of Lowrie * Enniss, all
tuoS'' indebted will make payment to him, as he
lS alone authorized 20 settle the same
March 10, 1857. j. III. ENNISS.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

A Western editor once apologized to his
readers somewhat after this fashion:
"We intended to have a death and a
marriage to publish this week, but violent
storm prevented the wedding, and the
doctor being taken sick himself, the patient
recovered, and We are accordingly cheated
out of BOTH
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

THE COoLIE TRADE AND ITS HORRORS.
A few weeks since, 1922 coolies arrived in
Cuba, in four vessels. and ef this aggregate,
four hundred and fifty, or more than one
third, perished on the passage. The total
number that arrived on the Island, from
April, 1857, was 10, ,534, and 1,789 died on
the passage. The trade, so far as Cuba is
concerned, is said to equal. in all its revolt
ing features, the African slave. The Cali
fornia Chronicle. of late date. says:
1--WE hear of these wretched beings dy-
ing on their passage from Canton to Callao
of hunger, thirst, and foul disease engen-
dered by close confinement, without air or
nutriment, in the holds of ships. We hear
of these unfortunates numbering one another
in the agony of their suffering; and yet,
although the thing is plain and palpable.
before our very eyes, the civilized, the
Christian world, shrugs its shoniders, ex-
claims ..horrible," aud leaves the helpless
creatures to their fate
The most important element of success
is economy-economy Of money and econo-
my of time.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
State OF North Carolina.

Office Court Of fEquity-Cicareiand County.
NOTICE is hereby given that, /. Durham and
wifi. Ann, Jacob Carroll and wife Sarah B. d.
Durham ard wife Elizabeth, John Cline and wife
Lucinda, Thompson Evans, Thomas Evans. and
Louis Evans non-residents of this State, be and
appear before me at my Office in Shelby, on Mon
day the first dag Of June next, then and there to
file their several and respective claims to the
money arising from the sale of the lands of Jesse
Evans. decd, late of Rutherford, now Cleave-
land county: that their several claims may be re-
ported TO the next term of the Court of fEquityfor
Gleaveland county, to be held at the f'ourt-House
in Shelby, on the 18th Monday after the 4th Mon
dav in March, A. D., 1857, for the further orders
of the Court. By order OF the Court OF Equity tor
Clcaveland county, \. c., 18th Monday after the
4th Monday in September 1886.
THOS. WILLIAMS, C. & M. E.
Shelby. North Carolina.
Arril :, IS57.-40-Gw Prs fee $6.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
DISSOLUTION.

The firm of LOWRIE & ENNISS is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
persons having claims against the late firm
willPlcase present them to p. j. Lowrie for
settlement, who alone is authorized to settle
the same.
LOWRIE & ENNISS.
March Is, 1857.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
gUMIgTMlMG NEEDED
A New Tailoring Estab-
EIShmeRf.

JAMES BRIANT informs his friends and
former patrons, that he has reopened his TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in the upstairs
of the Building next TO the Bank of the State,
where he will be happy to see all those wanting
any thing done in his line. All work warranted.
Oct 2Sth, 1856. H-H
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
n Cd TIC Il.

All persons indebted to the late firm OF Lowrie
u EnniSs are requested TO settle the same i'm
medlately, the business of the late firm must
De eI"sed. l will continue the Book business
On my own hook. Call and see me.
7. j. LOWRIE.
March 10, 1857. If
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

Men are like bugles-the more brass
they contain, the further you can hear
them. Women are like fiowers-the more
modest and retiring they appear, the better
YOU love them.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

SELLING A Man AT Auction IN lLLTKo1s.
The Sheriff of st Clair county adVertises
negro man for sale at public auction, be
being guilty OF TIE ~bigh misdemeanor" of
having come into the State of Illinois and
remaining there for ten days, for which Of
fence he was fined $50, as provided by the
Black Law of 1853, and in default of pay
ino which fine, the Sheriff of the county in
which he was found is directed to sell him
to anybody wiling TO pay the $50.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
LAND FOR SALE.

IL N IN ~ II YIN ON ~ "a.
The subscriber offers for sale the situa-
ton known
"NVFsFte EEail,"
In the Steele Creek neighborb0Od,
Directly on the main road leading from
Charlotte to Iorkville. seven and q half
miles from the former place and about four
miles from the Charlotte and S. G.. Railroad.
The tract contains FOUR HUNDRED
AND FORTY ACRES, OF which about
one fourth is uncleared, the remainder near
ly all under fence, and mostly in good
state of cultivation. The fences are in good
repair and the buildings second to none in
the country. The Steele Creek lands are
noted for their fertility, and this place ranks
among the best. There are four churches,
a fiourishing Male Academy, and female
school within convenient distances.
The community is unsurpassed in the
general intelligence. public spirit, high
toned morality, and social qualities OF its
citizens.
Persons wishing to purchase will apply
to VI. n. Hart, Esq, to w. S. Prather on
the premises, or to the subscriber in the I'M
mediate neighborhood.
An indulgence of one, two, and three
) ears will be given.
j. B. WATT.
March 9, 1857. 3m.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

Hen Pace FOR CoRH.-Corn is selling
in Sioux city, Iowa, at So a bushel. Through
the middle portion Of the State hay is in
demand at $40 per ton.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
3 L L " Z S
Il the Western Democrat Office.

IrTdIII~s
T Receipts, Subpoenas, Jury Tickets,
Administrators Bonds and Letters,
Guardian Bonds, lndentures,
D..I. for conveying Lands or houses,
Prosecution Bonds. Ca Sa Bonds,
Attachments, Delivery Bonds.
II Fas. county and superior court.
.ihlc,' Bail Bonds, county and supe-
rior court WritS,
Commissions to take Dispositions.
Witness Tickets.
- Blanks of all kinds printed to order
at short notice.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
FOR THE LADIES

Z g T E E Z.
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality; French English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubn's Ex-
tracts of Jockey club, violet, marechale, tea
rose, cedar, heleotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, mouseline,
bouquet Napoleon. summer, blossom, mllefow-
ers, upper ten. jasmine, caroline, musk
Cologne, Ferbcna, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, &c. Just received at
SCARF & co.'s
April 18th. Drug Store.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
Ready Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH

RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten-
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11

From the Five Points, IN the city OF New
iorh, where one Of the ggcatest philsnthropists
the Rev, l.. n. Pease, has built up an asylum
for the deserted and afflicted, aid whose name
will ever be cherished by every one for the
great good ne has done and is now doing, has,
III order to benefit suffering humanity All he
can, given his certificate as TO the virtues of
Leo"ard's South American Fever and Ague
Kennedy, aud his statement as TO its efficacy, is
otitscii sufficient to establish the fact that i; is
the greatest remedy of the age.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11
Miscellaneous.
To the ~Stock-Raisers
OF
Lancaster, Kershaw, and Surrounding
Country.

OounIry.
. A i a Plantation Recently purchased from
"A Z. Il. Hammond. Esq 7 miles east OF
Lancaster &. IT,, will bc kept permanently
one lin. Imported Jack. Black Spaniard, and
n fine Mahogany hay Stallion. Eagle Eve,
q Srperlor trottrr. possessing untiinching
g"rnc and wonderful power of endurance.
Also, my Tine Brahmin Bull, Dido. 2 ears
old in April next. and recently awarded =
Premium At the State Agricultural Fair 1t
Columbia. The Brahmiu WAS imported .
few years ago fr"n The East Indies. and are
said t" travel 81 or 80 miles perd.y. Com.
bined with superior milcning qualities. un-
-qunllra symmetry o~fform, with the action OF
the Deer and the high prices they readily
sell tor, place them hey ond all doubt, far
superior to any breed now Oh tn. face of
tn. globe. These 3 fine animals, viii each
be- $l2 by the insurance. Care will b. Ia
ken to prevent accii-uis.-nn responsibility
should any occur. $50 will be charged for
Jcnnets, so cents 10 the Groom ia ever,
casr.
Apply to the Groom on the prcmi.es.
Also, will he carried on a Blacksmith shop
by one of the best negro Smiths anywhere
t" he found. Charge, reasonable aud work
we'll done.
Jau. l4ih 1851, 48-,f.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11
GOLD NINE FOR SALE.

'INliG subscriber Offers for sale Il valuable
l. Gold Mine IN Lancaster District, with
Three Hundred and Sixty acres of land at
tachcd. Said Mine is seven miles east of
the Court House, known us the Stevens
Mine. favorably mcntioLed in the late re-
ports Of Prof. Leiber, State Geological and
Neurological Surveyor.whose repor,is here.
by referred 20. An examination is requested.
Terms easy, aud may be known by apply
ing to the subscriber.
WM. STEVENS.
Lancaster G. II. S. G. Jan. 7th 47-3m
sS Charleston Courier and Carolina
Times copy tri-weekly for three month.
and send bills TO this office.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11

The following statement of the Rev. L. 81.
Pense, Sup't Of the Five Points House orIn.
dustry, as given below, is one that speaks vol.
umes as to the valuable properties Of this rem.
edy.
Mr.. G. A. Leonard-Sir Il take a pleasure
in transmitting to you the following facts, in re-
lation to n cure perfected by the use of your S.
A. Fever ane Ague Remedy, upon one of the
inmates of the House OF Industry. John Young
who has been suffering from the chills and fe-
yer during the past five months, was in Noyem-
Der last attack ed, and the paroxys,ns were as
severe as any l ever knew almost instant re-
lief was experienced on giving the first dose {;
OH the expected day of return, it was adrainis-
tered, and it had the happy effect Of interrupt
ing the paroSysms. Since then every vestige
OF the disease has left him, and he has recover
ed his former wOuted appearance and health.
Truly yours, &C., l.. II. Pease.
New York, Jan. 20, 1855.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11

The CULTURE OF COTTON IN INDIA A
FAfLuRE.-h seems that after all John
Huii will have To rely on America Tor cot
ton. BY last dates received, we perceive
che cotton supply called forth n discussion
in the British House Of Commons. Mr..
Hatfield adverted to The increasing de.
mand from the English Manufaclorie-, and
the high prices paid 10 the United States
for the raw material, instead Of fostering
the policy Of booking 10 the vast posses
SONS Of the empire in India. Mr. V.
Smith responded from the ministerial side
ths, the goyssnment wss wiling 70 enter.
tain any specific psopositiop lsom Mr..
Hatfield on This subject. lie denies lha,
Il had been neglected., stating that exper-
imenis had been made. but except in Bonn
bny, bul litile success had Teen met with.
Ssth Caroiinias.
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Miscellaneous.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Martha knight, ct. al. In Equity, Lancas-
W. ter Dist. Bill for
Joseph Welsh, WIN. Performance Il II d
Welsh, and others. forfeit Title.
1t appearing To my satisfaction that Jo-
seph Welsh, and William Welsh. two Of the
defendants in the above case, reside without
the limits OF the State, on motion Of Gin
ton, Solicitor for complainant, it j, ordered
that the said Joseph Welsh and WIN. Welsh,
defendants on above stated case. do ausw or.
plead "r dcmurt to the said Bill, on or before
the LIST day oi Junr 1887, otherwise judy
ment pro confc>so will be ordered against
each aud both Of them.
JAMES II. WITtIERSPOON.
& f.. l.. ID.
Feb. %, 1857. 2-3m-p f Sc 90
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11

ftSANCEs OF NORTH CARoLINA.-Twn
wears 40 the leg stature of North Carnhu,
rnissl the Stale tax on property ahou,
u naIi per cent; and the Legislature
winch has Jnst adj 'urned has caused "a
further increase amounting to one fourth
"i me per cent, 10 the Stale tax. besides
establishing \ sinking fund Tor the graiu
al extinction Of The punlic debt.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11
Cotton Gin & Wheat Thrasher,

that excels any that have ever been intro
duccd heretofore and from long experience.
he has no fear in challenging any other Fac.
tory, either North or South. to produce AN
equal. lie feels very confident in saving to
the public, that his Gins excel in perform
nnce any other make or pattern now in use
it'll dry cotton the roll cannot be broken
or made 10 spew over, which no other pre-
tends to claim, and with good driving pow
er and attendance, a 45 SAW gin, will gin
from 4 to s bales or more in a day. weigh
ing from $50 to . lbs: which is as much
as any me hand can well handle in n day.
Any person wanting , Gin or lhrasher, can
bc supplied by sending on his order TO ms
nj Lew ~isville, Chester District. $ &. Work
will be shipped TO any place desired.
REPAIRING done at the shortest posi-.
biz notice.
To House Builders, I will say that I au,
manufacturing SASH, BLINDS & DOORS
of any description, made of the best material,
and dry lumber, and workmanship the very
best.
All work carefully packed and forwarded
to order. JOHN SIMPSON.
June llih. 1855. lift.