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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

WoNDERFuL ESCAPE FROM THE CAMANCHE
TSD1.ss.-Nelson Lee arrived last Thursday in
Albany, N. Y. In March, 1856, Mr.. Lee, accom-
panied by 27 white men, when on his way from
Texas for California, attacked by the canaan
ches, who butchered "a ofthe number on the held,
and killed two of the survivors the day after the
fight
Lees life was spared because the indians could
not manage a repeating watch which he carried
The watch saved his life. In the Cananche camp
Mr. Lee found no less than % captured white
women. and some thirty or forty children A day or
two after he arrived in camp, they massacred an
English woman, named Anna Haskin, in a cruel
manner They tied her naked to tree, and in
the presence of her two daughters, Margaret and
Harriet Haskin, inficting the most revolving
crucltes upon her. Before Mrs Haskin was final
" despatched, she was tortured for nearly half a
day, during which time the Indians became much
excited with liquor, and danced about her like so
many demons They took several pieces OF flint
and cut her flesh in all possible directions. Mrs
Haskin and her daughters captured while
on their way to the Mormon settlement at Salt
Lake The daughters still remain with the Indians.
Their ages are II and 10. Lee made his escape
in the following manner: He was accompanying
the chief of the Camanchcs to lodge some miles
distant. During the tramp they met a party of
Indians-the Indians gave the chief a skin filled
with liquor The chief drank of the spirits, and
became excited Arriving at a creek, he dis
mounted and stopped down to drink. At this
moment Lee seized his tomahawk, split his head
open, and killed him instantly. He then took the
chief rife mounted the chiefs horse, and put for
Mexico. When he reached Mexico he was COM
pletely Naked while his feet and legs swol-
len from being cut by the cactus plant that he
could 60 only some eight miles day. The last
hundred miles he did on foot, his horse having
died Of exhaustion. The Mexicans treated him
very kindly, and gave him money and clothing to
reach home. The clothes he now wears in Albany
are those given him by the Mexicans.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

SUIcIDE.-Wednesday morning last, Mr. James
Strain, committed suicide. He arose about
o'clock, and at sunrise was found dead hanging by
the neck, in his wagon shed No cause can be
assigned for this rash act.
Mr. Strain was about 80 years of age; has always
been esteemed as respectable man; and leaves
behind wife and large family orkviUe
Enquirer.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

ARREsTED.-A boy named John Claunch was
arrested in Wilkes County the 18th inst,
on his own confession OF having stabbed his
brother in Davie County. He was making his
escape when arrested.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30
CANDY MANDATORY.

The subscriber is manufacturing a excellent
article of Candy, free from poisonous coloring unlike
the New York steam refined candy. Call and see and
try it. j. ID. PALMER.
November 9, 1858 IF
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30
FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS AND CAPS.

Learys Black Silk Hats, black and fancy cassimeFe
Hats black and brown Cloth, navy, silk, cotton velvet
and silk oil cloth Caps at prices that defes comPn
ton. FULLINGS, SPRINGS CO
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

800 Plain and Fancy Cashmere Suits, besides
an endless variety of all grades of cashmere Goals
black and fancy cashmere Pants, black Silk ana
Satin Vests; cashmere, velvet and plush do
all of which offered at exceedingly low prices
FCLLINGS, SPRlNGo w.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30
Boots, Shoes, Trunks am

E:.aLFSES, we have also added to our stock o.
clothing and will be sold very low. Also variety
Carpet Bags and Umbrellas. IN
FULLINGS, SPRINGS w.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

New CouNTERFEIrs.- Although editors never
have occasion to know bad money from good,
other people may I've accommodated by pub
fishing the following new counterfeits
IS, on the Centreville Bank of Warwick,
II. I-altered-vig drove of horses, with
State arms on the right-girl shading her eyes
on right lower corner.
los. on the Lechmere Bank, Mass, raised
from ls--vig. train of cars, shipping, &c,
bust of man on the right end-female on
the left end.
IS. on the Delaware Bank, Delhi, N Y.
photographed from genuine-vig. three fe-
males and figure 5-mclallion head on right
end.
:,s, on the Bank of Newark, Newark, Della
-altered-vig. female reclining safe,
female on the right blacksmith on the
left.
Dos, on the Bank of Milwaukee, Wis-al-
tcred-vig. Indian and woman, horses, man
beehive, &c-farners at work on the right
end-three men and boat on the left end.
IS, on the Spcket Falls Bank, Nasal
tered-vig. woman seated, ship, &c.-3 on the
right Washington on the left end.
los, on the Exchange Bank, Hartford, CT
corner.
Is on the Catskil Bank, N. Y.-photo-
graphed from the genuine-vig woman seat
ed, ship.
5s, on the Citizens Bank, Worcester, Mass.
-altered-vig. eagle shield, &c.-child on
dolphin holding figure 5.
los, on the Syracuse City Bank, Syracuse,
n. wig. female seated farmers ut work in
the distance-fcmale on the right end-land-
scape on the left end-raised from Is.
IS, on the Shelburne Falls Bank, Mass
49,. II. oh,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

BOGUS ColS-HO,o II is Made.--Thc
material from which it is manufac-
turcd, and which forms so perfect an
imitation Of the genuine, as to require
a practiced eye to detect the differ.
cnce-is composed of pure grain tin
and nickel-!hc latter ingredient sery-
ing to harden and give the ringing
sound. The moulds, a specimen Of
which was found in Bishops garden
at Lockport, are shaped like bullet
moulds, with two parts that open and
shut together like shears. At one ex-
tremity mould is made, composed Of
plaster Of Paris, in a plastic state, Of
sufficient breadth to admit the inser.
ton of several genuine coins, which
arc placed between the two sides and
shut together. After the plaster OF
Paris has sufficiently hardened, the
mould is opened, leaving both sides of
the coin distinctly impressed ON the
two arms of the mould. The melted
composition is then run in through an
orifice, and after cooling, is taken GU,
and galvanized. The cost of grair
tin, one of the ingredients, is fit.
cents per pound, making the cost o
bogus coin about fifteen cents on tn,
dollar.-Bn6ato Times.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

MINNESOTA lTEMs.-Several days ago
party of gold seekers commenced
prospecting in Burns Creek near Still
water. Gold was found in nearly
every pan of sand washed, and the
news of the discovery spread like a
prairie fire. On Tuesday and Wednes-
day of last week, from one to two
hundred people were busily engaged
with pan and shovel, anxiously look
ing for the elephant since which
time parties have gone to considera-
BILE expense in fitting up for further
experiments. -Messenger.
We were yesterday shown by Mr..
b. Stone, Esq, of this place, rhite
Bloekbird, which his son had just sue
cceded in shooting. This is the Sec
ond instance of the kind of which we
have been personally cognizant. AS
there are SO many who doubt the ex-
istence of such curiosity, we sug-
gest that it be prepared and placed in
the rooms of the State Historical So
ciety.-.S. Peter Free Press.
Operations have been commenced
in good earnest all along the line of
the Cedar Valley Railroad. Every
day a greater or less number of ope.
ratives pass through this city en- route
for the works.-Hastings independent.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

ACQUISITION OF TERRIroRY.-Tom Cor
win, who is stumping Ohio as Repub-
lican candidate for Congress, in re-
cent speech alluded to Cuba as fol-
lows: .
"As to Cuba, suppose you have
bought Cuba, the treaty comes before
the Senate for ratification, and will it
be ratified till you find what to do
with it? The Southern man would
admit it as it is. The Northern man
would not admit it till the slaves were
set free. And that ought not, | think,
to be done without the consent of the
owners, who were bought by us along
with the niggers and they of course
would not consent. How, then, are
we to get possession Of Cuba D.? We
may send armies there to keep the
peace and pay their expenses. But
Cuba will not be State or Territory,
nor even a Kansas? Kansas has
had seven Governors. Cuba won't
have one. If our cupidity impels us
to take AS our own those rich coffee
plantations of the trade with which
we have the benefit now, solely ex-
ccpting the duties, why then we must
take Cuba as we find Cuba.
Did we really want territory. We
had by the last census 100000 of
people ont of the 1000, 900, 600 on the
entire globe and of these $4,000, 900,
we had one tenth of the globe-as
much as England, France, Austria,
and Prussia. Nebuchadnczzer want
ed more territory than he had and
drove from the main land to the
Islands. To follow them thither he
had no fleets, so they took all their
treasure there, and Ncbuchadnezzer
came back with plenty of territory, but
no booty. Then he went down into
Egypt and took one of the Pharaohs
by the throat and shook him till he
got the booty for him. Now Neb-
uchadnezzer was smart man, as
smart as the Democratic and Republi-
can parties. Laughter. And what
was the next we heard of this smart
Ncbuchadnezzer who graspcd 50 much
Territory? Why he was in the field,
maniac, among the cattle, eating
grass"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

THE HORRORS OF THE SLAVE Trade
The Key West Key of the Gulf, in its
account of the capture of the slave
brig Putnam, by the L. S. ship Dol
phin, relates the following:
"The prize had on board, when ta-
ken, about three hundred and thirty
Africans, mostly young--none of whom
were over thirty-five years of age !;
and there was evidently several births
on the voyage. More than seven
Fights of the slaves, male and female,
were in a nude state. They were
confined to the deck in sitting pos
ture-' spoon fashion and as we
learn from DR.. J. NJ. Browne of the
Dolphin, presented most disgusting,
sickcning and revolving appearance.
Many had the leprosy, others with
their eyes obtruding from the socket,
others with horrible sores and almost
all conceivable ailments, consequent
to their position in confinement and
treatment on board. Originally there
were four hundred and seventy taken
on board, of which number one hun
bred and forty had died.
Among the incidents of the capture,
we learn that the night before that
event, the vessel being within about
eighty miles of the port of d"stina-
ton, grand champagne blow out
was had on board, in anticipation of
soon successfully completing the voy-
age and lingering the proceeds-of
which We are informed each of the
crew was to receive nine hundred dol
lars, and the owners expected to clear
one hundred and thirty thousand dol
lars-but before they had time to
sleep off the effects of their potations,
the Dolphin hove in sight at daylight,
much TO their surprise and chagrin.
Also during the chase when it was
thought by the slavers that their YES
sci was distancing the Dolphin, they
again INDUCED in champagne, drinking
confusion to the pursuers, leaning over
the rail and bowling and tossing off
a bumper in the most improved
and Observation-Disclosures
style But when the last shot was
fired, going between her masts, their
self assurances and hopes of escape
turned to fear and excitement and
after the capture they expressed great
establishment as to the accuracy Of
the shot, and asked what kind of a
gun sent ball that distance p"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

NEWSPAPER DUNNING-The following
model dun is from a Southern paper,
and strikes with peculiar significance.
There is way to avoid these unpleas-
ant duns, imp leasant to both the read
er and publisher, and that is, to pay
up. We hope our readers will take
the hint, as the following is exactly
our sentiments:
Wagons cannot run without
wheels, boats without steam, bullfrogs
jump without legs, or newspapers be
carried on everlastingly without mon.
ey, no more than dog can wag his
tail when he ai'nt got none. Our sub
scribers are all good, but what good
does mans goodness do when it don't
do any good. We have no doubt every
one thinks that all have paid except
him, and as we are clever fellow and
his is a little matter, it will make no
difference"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

RATs AND "OID BouRBoN."-A writer
in the Rochester Union proposes a
new method for killing rats. His own
house being overrun with the vermin
the servant girl, who had seen the ef-
fects of "Old Bourbon Whisky" on
bipcds, thought she would try an ex-
pertinent OH the rats. Accordingly
she took a small quantity, made it
very sweet with sugar, crumbled in
bread enough for the crowd, and set
the dish in the cellar. A few hours
after she went down and saw several
rats gloriously fuddled," engaged in
throwing bean pods, and hauling one
another up to drink. .. ...
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16
A. B. F. HrLpRErH u. D. ". CARVER, EDITORS.
st. Charles City, Iowa, Sept. Is, 1858.

Oregon, just now, is in a peculiar
position. The people of the Territory
were authorized by Congress to frame
State constitution, which they have
done, but Congress failed to pass the
bin admitting the new State into the
Union. This was not anticipated, and
Gov. Curry with all the Territorial Of
ficers had relinquished Office. The
Legislature, which was in session at
last dates, had passed many laws I'M
der the State constitution, and Gov.
Whitaker was in full possession of the
Office of State Governor, while the ell
tire government was carried on under
the new system. This will be another
complication to harass Congress at
the next session, when Senators and
Rcpres entatives from the State of
Oregon will apply for seats to which
they arc not yet entitled.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

LONGITUDE or THE TRANSATLANTIC Tel
EGRApH.-The transatlantic telegraph
will afford means by which the differ.
ence Of longitude between Observable
rics in this country and Europe car
be determined with the same accuracy
as latitude is determined, which is a
matter of paramount Importance both
to the astronomer and navigator. 1t
is consoling to the former, because the
transformation of chronomctcrs to
Europe and back will be done away
with, and the many thousand trouble
some observations required for the de-
termination will be abridged. Here
tofore science has not afforded means
by which the coast Of the United
States could be delineated on a chart,
in comparative position with the coasts
Of Europe, nearer than mile. This
is one of the many practical benefits
which will be realized from the com.
pletion of the great work.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16
" The Greatest Biography Of tho Ago.
NOW READY {.
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.
BY HENRY :. RANDALL, L. u.
IN THREE VOLUMES, OCTAVO.

This work contains upwards Of 600 pages, is printed
line paper, and handsomely bound in various styles
II is Illustrated by several engravingS On steel and nu
merous -simis among the former are two fine pd-
traits OF JETEcsoS The fac simiis embrace among oh
er the original draft Of the Declaration Of Independence,
In JEfPRits,,N's hand writing. ...
This Is, In every sense authorized work was un
deraken the appreciation Of his family and with
unreserved to all the private papers Of JDfER
son in their possession and has received the benefit of
their rocoliecticns and opiuoDs at every step
The work contains the expressions Of JEFFERSON On every
great public question which arose, from his advent u
public life b. his deatha period Of about sixty years,
and embracing the whole forming period Of the Republic
Il contains JEfFEsoSs heretofore unpublished family
espondence selections from his finest published let
ters, state papers, etc, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
'No other Life of jefferson ever publshed-Probabiy
this IN thoronghness fulness OF incident and con
srcnous fidelity. . This biography has evi.
IDENTIFY labor u love, and the years Of patient,
siiuouS toll has cost have been given with ungruigng.
untiring .ntl,is asm. ''-Ncir York Tribune
At length the public have life Of Thomas Jefferson
that is not only fascinating and therefore be pop
uar but one that will stand the essential historic
that Of accuracy and tuthiulness Is seen that tho
ground work Of the whole Is authentic cotcmporary ma
terA and the highest order. To gather ii has been
the work Of years. We would not compare this volume
with that inmtable incompatible biography Of Dos
well and yet faithful the porrature that Jefferson u
to draw Of himself that bis nature his very SOUL
dclncated with dtnctness not unlike that In which
johnson stands out in the pages Of Boswell '-8nstc
Ina
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration Of his sub
jec without which biograIher Is rarely successful Mr.
Randall nevertheless does seek hide Whatever
faults he may find either from himself from the read
He paints the picture Cromwell insisted his should
be painted, "~arts and ALL The picture gains BY this
life like cOorng, without losing any Of its majestic
proportions. albany Evening" Journal
" No who runs his eye, however casually, over
this work will fail TO be satisfied that Randall has .d
about jefferson that he has had access to sources anex
pored and that he has done than ever done by
any before him To Illustrate the personality OF that
vi e.tt
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16
THE PROSPECT IN THE TERRITORIES
The Richmond Wing makes the fol-
lowing noteworthy statements

THE PROSPER IN THE TERRTToRIEs.-
The Richmond Wing makes the fol-
lowing noteworthy statements
Although there will necessarily
be renewal of the Kansas agitation,
growing out of the $4,000 population
clause, yet the question of the intro
duction of slavery into Kansas or its
exclusion from it, which has occasion
ed SO much contention and strife in
Kansas and throughout the country,
is a closed and settled question, and
is of no further practical interest to
the people of either section of the
Union. And with the admission of
Kansas comes an end to all controver-
sy in relation to the domestic status of
the Territories There is not now a
single foot of territory belonging to
the Union which will not be ultimate.
ly carved out and erected into Free
States by the force of Northern emf
grafton. The only spot of the public
Territory into which Southern men
would be likely or willing to go with
their slave property is the Indian Ter
ritory west Of Arkansas but even
there, the moment emigration sets in
that direction, the North will outstrip
the South in the race of colonization
five or ten to one"
Col. Forney predicts that if the ad-
ministration makes the exclusion of
Kansas from the Union under
free State constitution an issue, &C.
according to celebrations Of the Union,
it will insure it's own certain over
throw. He says:
"When the people of Kansas peace
ably and honestly form another Con
stitution, and have it ratified at the
polls, and ask admission into the IN
ion under it, woe to the men who by a
blind adherence to the English fnali-
ty may endeavor to drag Kansas into
the Union as a slave State, with a
constitution obnoxious to her people,
to add to their injustice by voting
against her admission as free State,
under constitution ratified and ap.
proved by her people. They will be
doubly condemned by their outraged
constituencies, and fall from the high
stations they have disgraccd, like
Lucifer, never to hope again"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

The CABLE. - One of the finest
things yet spoken on the cable is the
following by Edward Everett:
"Does it seem all but incredible to
you that intelligence should travel
two thousand miles, along those slen-
der copper wires, far down in the all
but fathomless Atlantic, never before
penetrated by aught pertaining to hui
nanity, save when some laundering
vessel has plunged with her haplcss
company, to the eternal silence and
darkness of the abyss! Does it seem,
say, all but miracle of art that the
thoughts of living men--the thoughts
that we think, up here on the earth's
surface, in the cheerful light of day
about the markets, the exchanges,
and the seasons, and the elections,
and the treaties, and the wars, and all
the fond nothings of daily life should
clothe themselves with elemental
sparks, and shoot with fiery speed
in moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, from hemisphere to hemisphere,
far down among the uncouth monsters
that wallow in the neither seas, along
the wrcck-paved floor, through the
oozy dungeons of the rayless deep
that the last intelligence of the crops,
whose dangling tassels will in few
months be coquctting with the west
wind Oh these boundless prairies,
should so flashing along the Shiny
decks of old sunken galleons, which
have been rotting for ages that mes
sagcs of friendship and love, from
warm living bosoms, should burn over
the cold green bones of men and
women, whose hearts, once as warm
rs ours, burst as the eternal CULTS
closed and roarcd over them centuries
ago 2"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16
DIR. CHRISTIE'S AGUE BAIISAM.
SAFE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
Tco Children cured.

DELpHos, o., Jan. IL, 1885,
Messrs Hunt Il Gardner IL hereby certify
that the following is a correct statement Of the
wonderful effects Of Dr. Christies Ague Bal
sam, in restoring my family from this disease.
Ague and Fever for about four months, and
had become so much reduced that we despair
cd of their recovery. After having applied to
our best physicians, and used almost every
thing that we could think Of, without receiv-
ing any benefit, was induced by friend to
try this remedy, and l am happy to say. that
in two weeks after using it, they were entirely
clear Of disease and restored to their former
good health Yours, truly,
A. DIFF'ENBAUGH
AIxort;sement
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-16

DR. Hostetters Celebrated Stomach Bitters
have doubtless created as much sensation in
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ry of your health. If you are sick and require
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