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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16
More than enough TO meet appropriations
for the fiscal year, by the balance of

" III
for the fiscal year, by the balance of
The net amount. after deducting commits
sions of sheriffs There being no insol.
vent returns for preceding year then,)
for 1855, not stated, owing to the fact
that separate accounts, it now appears,
have not been kept in the first auditors
office for the cayitation tax, and its net
amount, after making the legal deductions,
under act of 18th March, 1853, cannot be
sscertsined until final settlements are had
with sheriffs and collectors Of all their
~acoounts under their various heads; and
then the net balances of the capitation
tax to be carried to the credit of the Lit.
erary fund, for each year, may be cor.
rectly stated. And these remarks apply
to every year up to this date, with the e1-
ception that after 1852 the insolvent re.
turns must enter into the account. !nfu'
ture the cspitation tax account will be
kept separate. Butthe amounts actually
paid by the second auditor to the super.
intendents of common schools for the
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16
CITY AND STATE NE Ws

BOLD BURoLARY.-The Custom House in tbi.
was forcibly entered last Monday night, and upv,
of twenty thousand dollars in specie were abs,
ed. The safe, containing the coin, was blown +"
with gunpowder. Some forty thousand dollars
in the safe at the time, were left untouched
robbers, perhaps, being either content with thu
they carried off, or too much alarmed at the ,io,
the large ''pils" before them to make a more :,
sive removal of the deposites." No clue, A.,
has been obtained, to excite suspicion, even, .
who were the robbers.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16

For the number under I and over - years
of age, , O,0GO, l propose l,l44D infant
primary school., about So pupils to each
school, and $50 to each teacher, to be
paid by the State, in addition to the pay
of pupils for tuition, ll3,2OO
800 high primary schools, for the number
over II and under 10 years of age, 36,O0O
about lO pupils to each school, and 500
to each teacher, 36.00O
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16

tor tor lSJ2, 10 superlntenuents, SoU,5'U III
Balance of amount carried to credit of Lit
erary fund, as compared with amount
paid by second auditor to superintsn'
dents, sOO,OUO 90
Amount accounted for that year, was not
fully paid to credit of Literary fund be.
fore August eth, 1854; and the amount
carried to credit of Literary fund for that
year, not fully paid TO superintendent un-
til the 3Uth September 1856. And whether
any balance remains to be paid to the
credit of Literary fund for the year 1852.
cannot, for the reason mentioned, be as
yet stated.
The amounts of the c~apitation tax set apart and paid
to the credit of the Literary fund, by the first su.
ditor for 1853, were
lS54-August eth, 4O,0U0 w
September 18th, 10000 90
lS55-February 18th, 1854 ~
Total Get apart aud paid TO credit
of Literary fund tor 1853, - 6O,Sfi ~
Amt of it appropriated for the
year 1851, 65,0oO w
Deficiency of fund paid to credit
of Literary fund in 1853 to
meet amount appropriated for
fiscal year 1854, $4,l25 81
Surplus Of funds for 1858 to meet
appropriations for the fiscal
year ending in 1854, $745 %
The amounts paid by the second
auditor to the superintendent
of schools, for the year 1853,
we're
s54-September Both, 46Ss7 81
lS55-Maroh 3lst, 1926 IS
September 30th, 2.247 o.
lS56-March 3lst, 99l 90
September Both, lSl
Total amount paid by second
auditor, for 1858, to superin-
tendents, SOUS 10
Balance Of amt carried to Lite
rary fund, a. compared with
amount paid by second auditor
10 superintendent, $OO,oOo No
The amount of 1853 accounted for, was not
fully paid to credit of Literary fund before
September 18th, 1854; and the amount
carried to credit of Literary fund for that
year, was not fully paid to superinten-
dents until the 30th September 1856. And
whether any balance remains TO be paid
to the Literary fund for this year also,
cannot, for the same reason, be a. yet
stated.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16

the State bounty, shall BIZ simply subject TO superin.
tendence, examination and report ythe rector OF the
university. He is taken as the officer bsst chosen,
aside and apart from political and religious bias
elected by a board Of visitors, selec. men appointed
by the chief Executive of the State, and known for
his wisdom, virtue, gravity and dignity. The various
plans pursued by different college governments it il
best 10 bring into rivalry and competition, in order TO
see which may prove best. The colleges. therefore.
are left to their own separate and independent govern
ments. The rector will report only upon the opera
tons and results Of each and all.
Such ia the plan which the best thoughts OF my
mind have been able to digest aud present. 1t ia,
doubtless, very imperfect, but II may be improved
better; and / would gladly accept any better which
can be proposed. | ask and implore only that the
friends of education and its reform IN our State will
agree upon something a. a substitute Tor the present
system. had hoped to see more OF our friends here
Sldney7 Richmond College! Randolph Mac0n7 Wash.
ington7 Emory & Henry! Bethany Roanoke! Lynch.
surgl Most have answered, but all are not here
say to you that it only wants a consentaneous
united movement TO carry educational reform through
At the next session OF our Legislature. The public
mind is awake TO the subjsct-ths people really de-
sire their sons and daughters TO be %educsted, and TIT
funds of the State to be- most economically applied to
that end. We have only to raise the standard of in
struction high to win popular favor, AID let the poor
est have access to the richer fare Of our bounty, il
order to have the sympathies Of those who have moi
the means to pay for education.
The demsgogus ia the worst enemy we have te
contend with, and | know that truth as we'll as error
has to resort to its just popular arts. The dems
gogue who cries aloud for poor learning, because i
Is for pauper., shall be met with the provision which
gives most to the primary schools, which raises uI
high primary schools, and which e1alts the younj
men Of all classes, without distinction. TO the menta
feast at the boards of our colleges and university, anc
seats them equals by the side Of each other, to max,
them colaborers and brothers in the great republic o
letters.
The demsgogue shall not elbow me from the roi
trum; and there the subject has only to be discussed
to be carried in the right way.
l regret that I do lot see the President of Randolph
Macon College here. Since your last meeting
thought it advisable to tender him the noble task @
meeting the people, and of discussing the whole sub
The mex. day several professors arrived.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16

And upon final settlement Of commissions Of She
will be balances, probably, yet to be credited to Lite
rary fund, for years of 1855, so, 81, IS, Sc and 81,
which, added to the probable balance above stated,
will make a sum very little, if any. short of slOO,OO
to be set apart and paid to credit of Literary fund, for
future appropriations.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
POISONING OF 81 PERSONS.
AUGUSTA. Santemher /

AUGUSTA, september ~.
Sunday last. in Pike county. Alabama,
thirty seven persons were poisoned, six
of whom are dead. A negro cook mixed
arsenic with the food of the family, insti-
gated by Comiska. Hungarian. Thomas
Frazell, his overseer's wife and two chill
dren, Mrs. Cloud and Frazelrs grand-daugh-
ter are dead. The others are lying in a
critical condition. The negro woman has
been burnt. The same fate awaits Comiska
on Monday next
The Montgomery Mail, from a converse
ton with a grandson of old Mr. Frazell, at
whose house the dreadful poisoning case
recently occurred, is enabled to make some
corrections of the account given of the af-
fair in that paper few days since.
Only four persons died from the poison,
viz: old Mr. Frazell. his grand daughter,
and the overseer's wife and child. The rest
were recovering. The four mentioned
above all died before the morning of the
next day after taking the arsenic. The
negro woman had not been burnt, but had
been sent to Troy Jail.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
AID FOR GEN. WALKER.

The Mobile Register states that $l5O,OOO
have been raised in Georgia to aid General
Walker in his contemplated descent upon
Nicaragua. Large sums have also been
subscribed in Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
iCuu, sAud OtioI eUuthcIn States. II Is not
improbable that the "gray man of
destiny" will wake up ere long in the beau
tiful land of his recent adventures and mis-
fortunes, with an ample supply of men and
money athis command to regenerate Central
America, and, perhaps, snatch from Spain
the brightest jewel in her crown.
For one, we have abiding faith in the
manifest destiny" of Anglo Saxon-Nigger
civilization. We believe that real white
folks and African slave labor will ultimately
occupy all the fertile country south of us.
We shall not discuss the morality of fillibus-
tering. We only know that fllibustering
has always been the practice of all superior
and enterprising races. We see no more
harm in our fillibustering the natives of Nj
caragua than in fillibustering the aborigines
out of the land we at present inhabit. Fill
libustering is the popularity of Roman,
English and American civilization-and a
very serviceable one, we suspect.-Rich.
Wing.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
CELEBRATION OF THE BATTLE OF
KINGS MOUNTAIN

A Celebration of this interesting occasion
will take place during the week, commence
ing October 4th, 1857, by the officers and
Cadets of the Kings Mountain Military
School, who will encamp near the town of
Yorkville.
VIM. Gilmore Simms, l.. L. D., will, dur
ing the week, deliver course of Lectures,
and on the Anniversary, will deliver an Ad-
dress. This day will be celebrated with
appropriate ceremonies.
The friends end patrons of this School !;
the officers of the 34th and 10th Regiments :;
the Masonic, Odd-Fellow and Temperance
bodies the Ladies and Gentlemen gener-
ally of the District, and all those interested
in the perpetuation of day held dear to
the memory of every patriot. are respect
fully invited to participate.-Y orkuitte En-
quirer.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29

AMENDE Recommendations. Spencer,
of the I'd United States Infantry, performed
an act of bravery, during the trying times
at Yellow Medicine, in July last, (says the
St. Paul Democrat,) which we believe has
not been. but which ought to be, recorded
to his credit in the public press. He it was
who was ordered to demand the Indian who
stabbed the soldier. With few men and
his interpreter he proceeded to the Indian
camp, and upon seeing them assume an at
titude of offence, he ordered his men, as an
evidence of his pacific intention, to halt,
while he and his interpreter rode up to the
Indians. Two hundred guns were leveled
at him in support of threats, which his COM
panion understood too we'll to disregard
The lieutenant called him to his side, gave
him his pistols for his reinsurance, jumped
offhis horse when within speaking distance,
and, unarmed and alone, breasted the savage
multitude, and fulfilled his duty.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
September %, 1857.

u Brigadier General Hitchcock, who
was Acting Inspector General of the Amer
lean army in Mexico, and was present at
the meeting of officers in which the propo-
sition to, bride Santa Anna was discussed,
has written a long and very severe letter in
reply to the recent letter of Gen. Pillow.
He says the position which Gen. Pillow ac-
cepted at the hands of the President, to
confer with and over-rule Mr. Trist, was
degrading" one, inasmuch as it required
him TO act as a spy upon Gen. Scott and his
brother officers. He gives it as his opinion
that no man of honor would have filed such
q place. He also declares that Gen. Pillow
came out every fully" at first in favor of
BIRDING Santa Anna, only STIMULATING, Us
condition, that The United States should
have such treaty as was desired. He
characterizes the letter of Gen. Pillow as
'discreditable. filled as it is with artfully-
stated half truths, which are often a species
of most detestable falsehoods :" and he con-
cludes by expressing the hope that Ten
nesSee has wOrthier sons, more entitled to
the honor of Senator than Gen. Pillow.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29

LArER PROM EUROPE.

-
The steamer Canada has arrived with Liv-
erpool dates of the 18th.
The Mormons held their Sixth Annual
Conference in London, at which reports
were made exhibiting the spread of the sect
in England.
Vaeue-rumors were current in Paris OF
an approaching visit of the Pope and the
coronation of the Emperor.
Spanish adviees say that President Com
onfort of Mexico had accepted the Spanish
proposition for mediation.
Intelligence from Rome is highly favora-
BILE to an arrangement of the difficulty be-
tween the See and Mexico. The sales OF
church property, and the suppression of the
converts already effected in the latter are
to be recognized.
1t is stated in explanation of the concen-
tration of Russian troops on the Austrian
frontier, that they are merely for review by
the Emperor, as he goes to Germany.
Mr. Wright, the new United States Min
lister to Berlin, presented his credentials at
private audience, to the King.
The Prussian Government has proclaim
ed the legal equality of the different reli-
gious denominations.
Herat had not been evacuated. The
British Minister had been received by the
Shah.
Napoleon has sent e1,OOO personal CON
tribution to the Indian relief fund and ElOO
have been contributed by the Imperial
Guards.
Baron Dockschild, the Swedish Minister
to London, is dead.
The Moldavian Minister of the Interior,
and other officials, have been dismissed from
office for abusing their functions.
Cotton has advanced I'D. on American
and to id. on other kinds-sales of the
week $1,000 bales of which spectators took
$4,000 bales.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
THE CROPS.

ALABAMA.-TheG Greensboro Beacon, of
the 18th inst, says: 1.-THE weather has
been favorable for several days past for
picking out cotton. The reports of the
crops on the black lands are generally quite
unfavorable; from the sandy lands we hear
much less complaint"
The Demopolis Gazette, of the 18th inst,
says: 1--WE have had for several days past
exceedingly hot days and very cool nights.
This weather we apprehend is very favora-
BILE to the cotton, which is now opening with
great rapidity."
TExAs.-The Waco Southerner has ac-
counts from Falls county, of extraordinary
crops of cotton and corn. The best inform
ed farmers in that county say they will
make an average ola bale per acre, and forty
bushels of corn.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
Law, PHYs1c AMI n7-,--

Law, Physic and Divinity
Being in dispute, could not agra.
To settle which of all the three
Should have superiority;
Law pleads he doth protect mens,
And all their goods from rayenou.1 nus
Therefore. of right, challenge he
To have superiority.
Physic prescribes receipts for be,,.,
Which men prefer above their ws.l,h
Therefore, of right challenge he
70 have superiority.
Then straight steps up the priest a.,.
Who for mems souls proclaim the cn,.
Therefore, of right, challenge he
To have superiority.
IF judges end this triple plea,
The lawyers sure will gain the dav.
IF epicures the verdict give,
The doctors best of all will thrive.
If bishops arbitrate the case,
The priest will have the highest plaza.
IF honest. sober, wise men judge,
Then all the three away may trudee,
If men will live in peace and love,
The lawyers acts they need not prOvs.
If men forbear excess and riot,
They need not feed on DOCTORS diet.
If men attend what God doth teach.
They need not mind what parsons preach
But if men knaves and fools will be,
They'll be hard ridden by all three.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
John Henry Wayt, wi. d..
SURGEON DENTIST,

(Graduate Of the Baltimore College Of
Dental Surg ery,)
Having located permanently, tenders his uro.
fessioral services to the citizens Of
Charlotte, N. c., and
vicinity.
DR.. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palaes
and obturators, and attends to the correction Of
congenital and accidental deformties Of Ike
teeth and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods
70 Ladies waited on at their residences If
required
Office on Tryon Street, in CarsOns new
building, up stairs.
Nov. 18th. 20-tf.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29

water, and the thrill of hope amounted
to a perfect ecstasy. Let Dir. George
speak for all. He says: 81 never felt so
thankful in all my life. never knew what
gratitude was before. lido not know whether
I cried or not, bur know / was astonished
to hear my own laughter singing in my
ears. do not know why laue, he'd. That
verse, God moves in q mysterious way
kept passing in and out of me-through
me rather-as if had been the pipe of an
organ. 1t did not come to me by my own
volition, but somehow made me remember
it. When the lights approached nearer, a
score of voices sprang up around me, cry
ing, Ship ahoy,' Boat ahoy,' and then I
began to shout too. And had never any
doubt that should be saved till saw the
lights pass by, at about half mile from
where I was, and recede in the distance
Then / began to give mysef up for lost in
deed. But 1 slowly drifted towards her
again till could make out her hull and one
of her masts, and presently 1 foated close
to her and shouted, and was taken up"
Incidents.
As Theodore Payne, Esq, of San Fran
cisco, was leaving the steamer to go to the
barque Marine, Captain Herndon gave him
his watch. with the request that he would
deliver it to Mrs. Herndon, should he for
tunately be saved. Mr. Payne reached N.
York Sunday from Norfolk, with the watch
in his possession, and the request of the
Captain was faithfully complied with.
Captain Thomas w. Badger, of Virginia,
one of the rescued, lost $I6,500 in gold
eagles, which sum was in a carpet-bag in
his state room.
One man swan to the barque Ellen with
twenty pounds of gold dust around his per-
son. He was saved with his treasure. 1t
is valued at $4,000.
The gentlemen whose wives went off from
the ship in many instances gave them their
money, watches and jewelry to carry with
them with whatever checks or papers of
value they had about them.
Mr. Van Hagen, one of the lost, handed
his watch to his wife and told her to keep
it as memento if he persisted.
1t is supposed that s25O.OOo was in the
hands of passengers, all of which, with the
exceptions named, went down with it's pos
SCISSORS.
Full purses, containing, in some instan-
ces, $4,000, were lying untouched on sofas.
Carpet bags were opened by men, and the
shining metal was poured out on the floor
with the prodigality of deaths despair. One
of the passengers, who has fortunately been
rescued. opened and dashed about the cabin
$4,000 in gold dust, and told him who
wanted to crafty his greed for gold to take
it. But it was passed by untouched as the
veriest dross. A few hours before, he would
have struck down the man who would have
attempted to take grain of that which he
now spurned from him.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
DAILY EXPRESS
Between Charlotte and COIumh,,
EACH WAY

THE ADAMS EXPRESS co. have 49,
menced running Daily Line of Exnrass. V ~
tween Charlotte and Columbia and ali ;n,a,,u Oe
date points.
Leaving their Office in Charlotte at 7 o,.o.,
a. m, arriving in Columbia at 3 p. m. 'A'
Leave their Office in Columbia, IN Rich.ra..-
street, at 81 o'clock, m, arrive at Charlotts !,
$40 p m.
Freight intended for this line must be ,sA :,
the Office before o'clock, am.
Merchants and others ordering goods bv M,
line, will find it safe, speedy and cheap noS az
of transportation.
Bankers will find it to their interest TO D,t,o,
ize this line, as there is not the least pOssbiiy
of loss.
The patronage of the public is solicited
F. NJ. REA. Agt. Charlotte.
Office doors North Of Springs corn,r,
J. B. EZELL, Agt Columns,
September 8, 1857. St
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
REMOVAL.

Electric OI."-The operation of this
ills, is indeed astonishing. Like eveTv good
article, it has base counterfeit. entereIv
useless; but the Preparation of Prof De.
Grath, of Philadelphia, has received testimo-
malls from Congressman, Mayors of Cities
Merchants. Hot FProprietors, all of the high
es: character, attesting its beneficial effects
In cases under their own observation. 1t
can De nad OF tne agent here, see advertise
"sh' LII announcer eoiumn. lSept. 1S.-2m1
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29

REMARKABLE PERsEvERANcE.-One of
the passengers of the Central America,
saved by the Ellen, had struggled for seven
hours in the water with twenty pounds of
gold in wallets fastened under his clothing.
He was large and powerful man, and sue
ceeded in securing large piece of the
wreck but was still almost exhausted when
brought on board. Another passenger
saved forty $40 gold pieces. Most of them
however, had been compelled to abandon
all their money to secure their safety,
whilst it was torn from the possession of
others by the violence of the waves.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
Prof. DeGrath's Electric OIL.

THE ELECTRIC OlL.-Electric Cures
Pain is the promonitor of death, relieve The
pain and you check the disease.
Prof. DeGrath's Electric Oil is che marvel
of the age, for the following, mot every
thing):
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Cures Cramp in Stomach, five minutes;
Cures Burns, Wounds, Bruises, one 10 three
days;
Cures Headache, fifteen minutes;
Cures Earache, Stiff Neck, Ague, one nigh
Cures Piles, Swelled Glands, ten days;
Cures Felons, Broken Breasts, Salt Rheum'
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AS an example of the estimation in which
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John Livingston. Esq Editor OF the wen
known Monthly Law Magaz ne, 1877 Broad
way, New York, a word Of such testimony
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GIRARD HOUSE. Philadelphia, May 7. 1907
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l recently took cold from sleeping
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CAUTIoN.-TheFe are numerous imItau;
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lie has acquired. The public must beWTT
o. For sale in Charlotte by DIR. d. ~
Druggist, sole Agent SnO
~ Druggists and country merchants geD
rally in the United States.
Sept. Is. Pm.