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I7NGLIaH HAIR BRUSHES, &c, &c
Il Lows Brown Windsor Soap; Lubu's Ex,
tracts; French poTlades Eadger Shaving Brush,
rs India Rubber Dressing and Pocket Combs;
Cole Cream; AmAndue; superior Nail Brushes,
and Tooth Picks. together with general varIe-
~ OF Toilet articles OF tie best manufacture,
Just received, and lor sac by
oct Ii J A MILBURN. Druggist.
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.y-i3 drawn ballots.
RICH SCHEME.
,ys,ssIO. UaIy.ssj. Quarters 8 50

IicKe's 80, llaIvts >, VNarIers f-.IU
Certificates oipackag - whole tickets $40 90
DO do % halt do 1000
Do do IS quarter DO $500
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J-lo. E-N " IETT. q '0V.Nf
sep2l No. o King 81

IEAYNE RElp'S NEW Ko0KS.-Oscsotn
IFs Tie Eemi,9is or the Red Fawn OF the
FoWery Land. by Capt Mayne Reid author Of
the "Sral? Hunters" &c. beautifully l!Iustra-
ted price i y
The Hm TrmA or the Hunt of the Wild
Horse Romance Of the Wild Horse, a 10
nance OF the Prairies by the same author,
$ IS.
Also further supply of the Rifle Rangers
Hunter Feast Desert Hone, EusA Boys, i0ung
Leagcrs. Plant Hunters Forest i.xii,s haii-
away 10 Sea, Young Eoyageurs, and Soap Han
ters. by 'Lesame popular antEoT. jus fece,v'
e,!. AID iar sal- by i"cr 2Ul kOBT. BELL.
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GREuUnl :. MAitA, Managers.
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

RICH SCHEMES >ovErnEH, 1858
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L HKFLEBOWEh. Proprietor.
]. J. ROBERTS. Assistant.

I1EOKGE SlGGER>, BOOK HINDER. W.
III 10 Prince stree. Qppo:tie The G"-siie CGFoc.
.4irano,lG, ra-MUSlG, MAUAZiN rs, AsD
OLD BOOKS BoUaD IN ANY STYLE.
~ Is. | also kULE and MAKE TO ORDER any de
scrijtion OF BLANK BOOKS, winch "Iil
warrant 70 be made OF the hest paper and m"te-
rlsl,, and bound IN tie strongest manner bank
Officers Bankers NorcEaits Clerks ei Courts,
Hotel Keepers, Insurance Companies, and Gil
who want BLANK BHUkS axe respectfully n
yIiel 10 give ma a call Jan I'll
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DIDGELY, HAMPTON & Co,
IL, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
TEAS,
TOBACCO, and
Li4UOES.
Beg leave to call the attention OF dealers 10
their large and we'll selected STOCK OF goods
which they offer Tor SAFE at the very loves
rates, and upon the mos, accomm odating teIms
Alpxardria mn l.'--tt
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I! AViNG received my FALL HufPhi oi
4 CLOI rs CASSfhERES, lESllAGh'
&c, would r.ost respectfully call the attention
Of all who may be in want OF anything IN my
liue. 20 examine them before purchasing else
where as am confident that can Sult all, no'
only as 20 qua!itg OF goods and prices, but as 10
it;ng and workmanship.
| also call attention 10 my iiue assortment OF
GFNTI EMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, such
as Linen end Nett Shirts, Drawers, HandHer-
chiefs G owes. Crayats, >uspeuGers, Collars &C
\ remnant c3 READY MADE CLOTHING on
hana, which | am detr lain@d TO close o"' a.,
cost Gall soon. as No. Stock. such as |
have gees OF! quick. WIZ: Ah.>wLp'
sen25 No 81 King.st.
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LUMBER, LATHs, LIME, SC.

r." WALL PAPERS.-Just received per
l., Cp,,ttns Cppu'tns Express. three cases new WALL
3. r'LlNG PAPERS and BORDERS, which
sold very cheap, for cash, at
g., J. p. CLARKE'S,
No. l5s, King street, Alex a., Va.
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C. J. WISE. l. l.. "'@hNA
Y1lNE GROUND PLASTER, 2240 POUNDS
TO THE Tos, constantly ground and ior
sale by WISE Il GREENE, At the Franklin
Steam Mills, Alexandria, Va. CALclNsD PLAs-
TER always on hand.
pCouu,ing Room, MOI South Union street.
my 5--dty
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MANASSAS GAP RAIL ROAD.
;.s:- "A
ADAMS, EYpREss COMPANY

I FALL .yo WINTER ARRANGEMENTS. 1857
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w ASHiNCION n co. WHOLESALE AND
~ RETAIL GROCERS. COMMISSION Gnd
FOA U.3RDIAG NEECHJ3N1S. No. / NonrH
I'Nl0H %7REEr. ALIEN SnWIA. VA. 20? II
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C,rNAC RAGS WANTED.-The sub
scribsr wishes 70 purchase the above artl'
rIrs G in auy quantity. for which he is prepared tc
pay tie highest market prices IN ssSI q, "a, "I'
times. Lily 20-uI ). T. h0uhA"'
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16
WHO ARE HIS hackers ?

Who are Mr. McRae's hackers in his
present efforts to disorganize and :Rjure the
Democratic party! Not the Democratic
presses of the state, for they are against
him in one voice.
Prominent among his hackers and de-
f. nders are those two dark lantern journals,
the Raleigh Register and Wilmington Her
aid. They can find time now and then to
turn from their bitter assaults on President
Buchanan to compliment Mr. McRae for his
course, and to advise their readers to sup
port him for Governor. The last Register
takes ground for him in so many words
1t asks, ''why not unite on Duncan X. Nc
Rae, and by SO doing carry out a principle
all essential to our prosperity as people :"
The Editor of the Register says in pursu-
ing this course-in supporting Mr. McRae
in preference to an old line Wing or a reg
uIarly initiated Know Nothing, he is gov
erned by COUNSEL from better heads"
than his own. The ''heads" of the opposi-
ton, then, or portion of them, are for Mr.
McRae. His hackers are, therefore, Know
Nothings, and not Democrats. And have
the Democrats IF North Carolina forgotten
who these Know Nothings are! Have
they forgotten the campaigns of 1854,
1855, and 1856? No. The events of those
campaigns, and the allied hosts of darkness
swarming up from culverts, and fence cor
ners, and thickets, with which they had to
contend, are still fresh in their memories,
and will never be forgotten. The Register
is the acknowledged organ of these mid
night hests-of these proscriptive, lntoler-
ant oath bound factionsts; and the Regis
ter calls upon its readers and upon its par
ty in all portions of the State to ''unite on
Duncan X. McRae,"
Who are his hackers? Look, and then
determine for yourselves.-Raleigh Stan
ddrd.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16

PRESERVATION OF THE HAIR.-In all ages and
among almost all tribes OF men, a beautiful head
OF hair has been, and still Is regarded as the fairest
ornament OF the talrest works OF the Creator The
patrician DANES and damsels of ancient and mod
ern Rome bestowed that attention upon the hair
which has added the browning beauty to the chef
dRuUre of the sculptor and the painter and no
lady, and indeed no gentleman of modern times
is unmndtul OF this exquisite shield and lovely
ornament of the race. To maiden beauty it is the
finishing touch; 10 manhood it is the symbol aud
warrant of strength and nobility to- day as in the
days of the patrlarchs; indeed such il always has
been and always will be.
But often, through disease and misfortune we
become grey IN early life, and bald before we at
tam to manhood or womanhood Then it is that
however much we may venerate the grey locks
and reverence the wisdom of bald heads among
those OF three score years and ten, we know thai
our grey hairs are neither venea able or beautiful:
and that onr bald heads impose upon us MANY
social and sanitary disadvantages Then il is that
the man who can restore the heecy locks 10 their
original color and growth becomes real benefac-
tor. And much as we are disposed to disregard
the pretenslons oil one proposing to accomDsh
such a miraculous work, until we have seen the
triumph OF the undertaking; we nevertheless esteem
It pleasure, resting upon our absolute KNOWLEDGE
OF Its merits, to recommend Professor Woods
Han Restorative as the best article of the kind
with which we are acquainted, and which has
zone all that 1t cialms-and it claims everything
implied i'll its name.
This article, IN short, will restore grew hair ~
Its origlua Color and add to its growth and beauIv
wherever any blight disease has checked that
growth, or marred that beauty This most vaIna
bic article Is Tor sale by the PROPRIETOR a, No 2Io
Broadway Ne,o York Nears. O' '1~
Sold IN Charlotte by Fl. M. PRITCHARD
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16
TIE WORD SELAH.

The translators of the Bible have left the
Hebrew word Selah, which occurs so often
in the Psalms, as they found it, and of
course the English reader often asks his
minister, or learned friend, what it means.
And the minister Or learned friend has
most often been obliged to confess ignor-
ance, because it is matter in regard to
which the most learned have by no means
been of one mind. The Targums, and
most of the Jewish commentators, give to
the word the meaning of eternally forever.
Rabbi kimehi regards it as sign to ele-
vate the voice. The authors of the Septua-
gint translation appear to have regarded it
as musical or rythmical note. Hender
regarded it as Indicating a change of note !;
Matheson as musical note. equivalent,
perhaps, to the word repeat. According to
Luther and others, it means silence -
Gesenius explains it to mean, Let the in
struments play and the singers stop
Wocher regards it as equivalent to sursum
corda-up, nay soul Summer, after OK
aiming all the seventyfour passages in
which the word occurs, recognizes in every
case IAN actual appeal or summons to
Jehovah" They are calls for aid and
prayers to be heard, expressed either with
entire directness, or if not in the impera-
tive, Hear, Jehovah :" or, Awake, Jeho-
yah and the like still earnest address to
God that he would remember and hear, ect.
The word itself he regards as Indicating a
blast of the trumpet by the priest. Selah,
itself, he thinks an abridged expression,
used for litigation Selah-Higgaion indica-
ting the sound of the stringed Instruments,
and Selah vigorous blast Of trumpets.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16

For The Democrat.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

MR EDITOR: l have been highly graft
fed with the perusal of President Buchan-
ans recent Message to Congress with re-
gard to Kansas. and the affairs of Kansas
generally. 1t is truly a noble public docu-
ment, expressed in language at once patri-
etic, manly, and dignifed; and so plain
that he who runneth may read. and he who
rpadeth NAV understand. He introduces
10 useless preliminaries, but like skillful
General. having first selected and assumed
what he considers the true position, he ad
,aaces and maintains it. The prevailing
spirit of candor which Pervades the entire
M, ssage. furnishes sufficient evidence of
the fact. if any were wanting. that Mr.
Buchanan considers himself the President
of the people of our glorious Union, and
not merely of a political party. By a
plain statement of facts, he clearly proves
that the people of Kansas composing the
Topeka organization had an opportunity.
twice, of voting against the Lecompton
Constitution. but they suffered the election
Ia go against them by default, which re-
suited in the adoption of the Lecompton
Constitution; and that, therefore, according
to the well established and cknowledged
principles of Republican government, they,
as pesceable, law abiding citizens, should.
for the present, at least. Consider that Con-
stituton the only legitimate one, embOdy
ing, as it does, the just and rightful laws
of the Territory. And, as if this remark
reminded him still more fercibly of the pre-
vailng state of things, he proceeds to re-
mark that the Territories of Kansas and
Utah have been, ever since their incheate
existence up TO the present time. and are
now, in a state of revolution. He thinks
that the speedy admission of Kansas as a
State into the Union under the Lecompten
Constitution will allay. in a great measure,
the agitation upon the subject of slavery.
He remarks that his political life will ter
inmate in short time. before which event
he earnestly hopes that our beloved cuun-
try will be restored to her former prosperity
and happiness. He recommends to Coz
gress the admission of Kansas a. State
under the Lecompton Constitution, because
he thinks the adoption of this measure
will dissipatc the dark and onin"uS clouds
which "vrrshudow the Union, but that a
failure to do so will cause those clouds to
grew darker and still more ominous. In
conclusion, he remarks, in the true spirit
of a Christian patriot that in submitting
his Message to Congress he has discharged
his duty to God and his country. The
patriotic sentiments expressed in this Mes
sage show that President Buchanan is emil
nently conservative and national i'll his
political principles.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16
A HUNDRED HOURS WALK.

The feat of walking continuously during
one hun 1red hours, has been performed in
Springfield, Mass. The pedestrian was
Alfred Elsen, known as the London Ante
lope," from his feetness on the foot as well
as his powers of endurance. His fourth
and last day was decidedly the hardest
He began to lag at midnight, when within
twenty four hours of the goal, and his at
PENDANTS had considerable difficulty in
keeping him on the plank. Finally. how
ever, by chatting his hands, he was sufi-
GENTLY revived to use the dumb bells for an
hour, after which he felt better. He also
seemed to be encouraged by the presence
of visitors. during yesterday, although at
times he looked as though he was almost
ready to ''giv eout.'' During the last even
ing there was large number of visitors,
and the interest manifested in the result
was not a little enhanced by the unmistak-
able evidences Of failing strength. His
diet during the day had been stale bread
and water, but now took considerable
brady, and although at first revived by it,
he soon began to reel, and nearly fallen two
two or three times when he was caught by
those attending upon him. The last half
hour was one of great difficulty, and requir-
ed the constant watching and assistance of
his friends, who did K"t hold him up, but
endeavored, by walking beside him. to keep
him awake and renew his courage. The
clock struck twelve-he had completed his
hundred hours, and the very senseless ex-
hibition was ended. The feat being ac-
complished, Elson's method is to first take
a warm bath. get his skin into a healthy
glow, and afterwards sleep for an hour and
a half. He is then walked up and walked
about The room for half an hour, when
he again sleeps for three hours. After an
other waking and walk, he goes to bed a
third time and wakes up fresh. Elson
walked on raised platform fifty feet long,
and was not required to make any particu-
lar distance or speed, but only keep con-
stantly in motion. He therefore ate his
food as he walked, having it cut up for him
and taking it from shelf at one end of the
platform. When he used the dumb bells,
which he often did in order to draw the
circulation of blood from his legs by giving
sufficient exercise to other parts Of the
body, he still used his feet, going. however,
very slowly.
commenced in Boston.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16
SCHOOLS FOR coop.

This momentous subject is oo,u
the attention of various Northern ~ pyAs
who contend that vast amount TA
material is wasted in our national n
for no ether purpose than that of ;n.''
health, and that it would be better :,
relied less on solid material, and SER,
up with more pains, in ghter form,
Boston Medical and Surgical JourD,,,
the subject of schools of cookery on
model of an institution which has bo,.
tablished in London. the main object l.
to teach servants how to cook wbola.'
food. The statement of physicians ,sl."
to the amount of disease caused BY ii y.
cd food, appears to have been the urns:
inducement for establishing the scbo.'
question. 1.-THE great drawback il
ever" says Philadelphia journal, @n
ducing people to like or accustom A..
selves to new dishes, however wbol,S
they may be. On no subject are com,
sense people, as they imagine. tAeu,.'
to be, so utterly nonsensical as in III,
food, and true cosmopolite as regard, a
table, is one of the rarest beings in A..
tence. Half or hree-quarters of our nj
lie would consider themselves badly tra,1
if limited to one meat-meal day, and H.,
would ridicule-and not unsparinglv sa
the idea Of dining once a week on ve..,
hles and bread, much less on preparatio
of farina and tapioca. A dyspens.
wretched little being, who never e1ere,,
zen minutes per diem, will gorge himself
restaurants on pork and beans and stba
articles, fit only for strong plouchms,
and turn up his nose at vegetable Som,
well-hayored hashed dishes, and in sbo.
anything that he is not accustomed. 0,
no subject is there more ridicule exhaus,l
than on dishes we do net happen to Ek
We have known an instance in which sae,
were near dying ofscurvy, and yet pepi.
ted to the last in throwing overheard Il,
sour crout which was served out, and wbiI
would have cured them, simply becaus
they were accustomed to ridicule. StiD
nation can learn new dishes as it can lean
new customs, and it is to be hoped that
some reform may be Instituted ere long on
subject which bears SO closely on heaEl
and happiness"
Among other subjects of reform, med
cal friend, of great eminence in his prOfes
sion, contends earnestly for the more gG
eral use of farinacious food, and is eloquen
upon the injurious effects of coffee and ts,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16
Female Normal School
HIGH POINT. ~. G.,

The undersigned has established the above
School and moved his pupils from Glen Anna
Female Seminary, for the following reasons
Ist Because under the arrangements exist
ing at Glen Anna he could not adequately Pre-
vide for, nor sustain himself in the work OF cdU
eating loan pupils. 2nd. Because of the SuPr
riOr advantages at High Point for the education
of both paying and loan pupils. He has nov
the use of one of the most magnificent brick
buildings i'll the State; being 100 feet long, a
wide. and hay NJ "a rooms 10 l6, six 70 Ky
a lecture room 81 AZ, with extensive basemeG
apartments, and all well ventilated and heated
by fire places. High Point, from its inmedat
cOnneXiOn with Salem, its proximity to NOma
College, its elevation and healthiulncss, and
from the intelligence. morality and pcty Of m
citizens, is of the most eligible sites to- 1
Female School on the n c. Railroad.
One citizen erected the building, and tb
others have pledged themselves to secure forth,
with, globes, maps, new pianos, apparatus am
Hbrary-thOse indispensable auxiliaIics 81 Z
thorough female education. The object OF tt'
above Institution is LIST. To educate yOuD:
ladies for teachers. twenty-five young lada
of limited means will be admitted at once, an.
the entire amount OF their tuition loaned thcl
until they can teach and pay it.
2nd. To prepare young ladies for entering ths
advanced classes of the best Female Colleges 0,
the South. The sessions will coYr, spOnd with
those ofNormal College. None but experienced
and competent teachers are, or will be employed
Board is $6 per month, exclusive of washing
and lights. Tuition in English Branchrs Sc
$l5 per session. Music on Piano and Guita1
and the Ornamental Branches, at REASONABLE
prices. Pupils admitted at any time and change
to the end of the session. Half of the expenses
required in advance. Books and materials To-
ornamentals obtained at High Point. For rI
ther information address
VIM. /. LANGDON, Proprietor.
High Point, Guilford county, Nc
Feb. 9, 1858 st
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-02-16
MORE RAscAL1rY I'M HIGH LIFE.

The Worcester, Massachusetts, Spy,
announces that Henry d. Stone. lawyer
| of that city, but better known as specu-
| lator and note broker, has failed and left
| the city, taking with him frem $4,000 to
| $4,000 in current funds, leaving debts OF
more than $4,000 with ne assets to pay
| any portion of them.
The above is another of those numerous
cases of rascality, which the financial pres
| sure has brought to light in the Northern
States. where the greed of gain, and the in
sane race after riches seem to have utterly
demoralized society. No class appears to
be free from the temptation to purloin ether
peoples goods, and no fund is sacred from
the grasp of the rapacious adventurer. 1t
was but few week ago that the Treasurer
of the American Bible Society, or Tract
Society, we do not remember which, went
off with a large share of the money belong
ing to that pious institution, and SO wide
spread is the faint of moral dishonesty
that one does not know whom to trust in
the Northern States. In the ordinary
| course of affairs, there were many mournful
examples testifying to the alarming cerrup-
ton of the people, but a money panic like
that of September last, could not but reveal
a melancholy augmentation of frauds, since
by the stringency of monetary affairs, the
guilty parties were unable to cover up their
crime, and make restitution out of the re-
suits of the successful speculation of the
assets nisappropriated. Let it not be
thought that we are gratified at these ex-
posures of Northern delinquency. We de-
plore them very sincerely, nor are we una
ware of the fact that in the South we have
had. now and then, sad illustration of the
decline in public morals. But it is the
habit of many journalists at the North to
rail at the immortality of the Southern peo-
pie, which they attribute to slavery, and we
cannot help saying, at the same time. that
we take issue as to the imputed immortality,
that We owe our comparative exemption
from the wholesale public frauds which dis
grace the North, to this very institution of
slavery which exercise a conservative in
fuence in keeping our community from
pursuing riches with the fury and eager
ness that charac terizes the commercial and
industrial operations of New York and New
England. Express.