The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-07

TEE GRAVE OF HENRY CLAY
The editor of the Presbyterian, being on
a visit to Kentucky, thus writes to his pa
per concerning the grave of the lamented
Clay.
From the spot where Henry Clay lived
it is natural to pass to the resting place of
his mortal remains. On an eminence. a
short distance from Lexington, in a beauti
full cemetery. adorned with that exquisite
| woodland and yerdure which characterizes
this region, rest the henored dust. Here,
after that memorable and imposing funeral
march through mourning towns aud cities
from the Federal Capital, where he breath
ed his last. to the home where he was ac-
custemed to repose from the toll and strife
of public affairs, his mortal rem ans were
laid to sleep the long sleep when the work
of life was done. At present the spot is
only marked by the turfed hillock which
covers the grave hut his old friends and
neighbors are about erecting noble monu-
mental shaft, which will be alike credita-
Bile to their liberality. patriotism and good
TASTE and appropriate to the ',ffice for which
it is reared. 1t is to be of Kentucky stone,
one hundred and twenty five feet high, sur
mounted by statue of the deceased, and
provided with vault at the base, in which
will be placed a sarcophagus containing
the remains. On such a spot as this one
can scarcely help moralizing on the transit
tory and evanescent nature of all human
distinctions and all earthly fame. Yonder,
| in front of the Court house, in the adjacent
city, is where assembled multitudes were
first electrified by that lofty and graceful
oratory which was destined to entrance
nation. In the years which interviewed be-
tween that first unfolding of his gifts and
the hours when his voice was hushed i'll
death, what honor and renown were won
And yet bright as may be the halo which
these earthly achievements cast around his
memory, what is all the glitter of this worlds
glory to the eye that is sealed i'll death
How unSpeakably more important the glory
that never fades away ~
THE NATIONAL HOTEL POISONING
We have patient from the immediate
vicinity of this hotel, (says the New York
| Scalpel,) a very common sense man and
| holsekeeper, who assures that his premi-
SEES were overrun with rats from the hotel;
dozens of them might be seen at almost
any hour of the day in the yard-indeed, they
! were so numerous as to be incredible, and a
man from this city was sent to poison them
He did SO. and what he used it is not prob
able he told Those ingenious philosophers
are not apt to communicate :heir secrets.
The rats disappeared. My patient tells
me not one is visible on his premises, and
they were in numbers so incredible. that he
would not venture to say but we know,
f,rY HOY fbor Nd kbon ~
hotel yard. He had servant who had
been employed at the hotel, and she told
him that it was known to all the other SER
wants, that great number of dead rats were
taken from the water tank, which was used
for cooking and other household purposes
This was publised at the time, and is doubt
less true for rats instinct, after eating
arsenic, will lead him to the top of the house
to get water; and nothing is easier than for
them to get in water tank. No other
person than those who ate at the hotel were
affected. although that sewer opens direct
ly before the room. and under the doors
and windows of ID telegraphic office, where
sixteen gentlemen are constantly operat-
ing.
That this National Hotel epidemic should
have been confined solely to one house,
and have produced the set of symptoms it
did. without a specific or material poison
acting Oh the stomach and appendages. IS
absurd. Arsenic, mechanically difused
from the decayed rats. and slowly acting
Oh the stomach, is sufficient to account for
all the symptoms.
LAWYERS IN PRUSSIA.-It is said that
the number of law students is at present
so great in Prussia, that the Minister of
Justice has thought it advisable to address
a circular to the rectors of public schools,
directing them to warn their pupils and
the parents or friends of the latter, that