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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
agricultural.

How TO FATTEN CHICKENS. 1t is hone.
less to attempt to fatten chickens while they
arc at liberty. They must be put in proper
coop; and this, like most other poultry ap-
purt enances. need not be expensive. 70 fat
ten twelve fowls, a coop mist be three feet
long, eighteen inches high, and eighteen in
ches deep, made entirely TO bars. No part
Of it solid neither top. side nor bottom
Discretion must be used according to the sizes
of the chickens put up, They do not want
room indeed, the closer Il ey are the better
provided they can all stand up at the same
time Care must be taken to put IN such as
have been accustomed to be together. or they
will fight. If one is quarrelsome, it is better
to remove it at once; as like other bad exam
pies. it soon finds imiators. A diseased
chicken should not be put up.
The food should be ground oats. and NAV
either be put in trough or on a fiat board
running along the front of the coop. 1t may
be mixed with water or milk the latter is
better. 1t should be well slatc cd, forming a
bulp as loose as can be, provided it docs not
run off the board. They must be well fed
three or four times a day-thc first time as
soon after daybrcak as possible or convenient,
and then at intervals of four hours. Each
meal should be as much and no more than
they can eat up clean. When they have
done feeding, the board should be wiped. and
some gravel may be spread. 1t causes them
to feed and thrive.
After a fortnight Of this treatment You will
have good fat fowls. If, however, there are
out four to six to be fattened, they must not
have so much room as though they were
twelve. Nothing is easier than alet them
the proper space it is only necessary to have
two or three pieces Of wood to pass between
the bars, and form a partition. This NAV
also serve when fow Is are put up at different
degrees of fatness. This requires attention.
or fowls will not keep fat and healthy. As
soon as the fowl is sufficiently fattened it
must be killed, otherwise it will still get fat.
but it will lose flesh. If fowls are intended
Tor the market. of course they are or may be
all .attened at once: but If for home consump-
ton, 1t is better to put them up at such inter
walls as will suit the time when they are re-
quired for the table. When the time arrives
Tor killing, whether they are meant for mar
ket or otherwise, they should be tasted, with
out food OF water, for twelve or fifteen hours.
This enables them to be kept some time after
being killed. even in hot wcathur.-I London
Collage Gardener.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
MINUTE MISERIEs-llAlf the misery of Gf

MINUTE MIsERIEs. Half the misery of life
comes from hhlc 'ormeniS. A door sets your
teeth on edge, fifty times a day. with its
squeaking; or one Of your windows, owing
to some trilling arrangement, risks your
breaking blood vessel every time you Shut
it; or blind drives you mad in the night
with its bang bang, because the " catch "
is out of order. OF course, little oil on the
door hinge, and carpenter to the blind and
window, would set all right, and Of course
you mean 10 do ii but, somehow, you are
always too busy or, you speak to the car.
penter, and for the very same reason that you
have neglected it so long, he pays no attention
to so trining job. And so you keep on
losing your temper, week after week, with a
wretched procraslinating fatality quite incom-
prchenSiblc to you, when on some fine Jolly
morning they are all put right. OF course,
nervous persons suppose that they have the
greatest accumulation ofthese petty n,!series !;
and Job seems to their discord,d fancy, TO
have made n great fuss, about that which was
really not worth mentioning beside the atllic-
ton Of modern days.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
To HAVE HENS LAY IN TIE WINTER. -

TO HAVE HENS LAY IN TIE WINTER
To be sure of a good supply ofeggs in win
ter, raise some chickens as early in the spring
as possible. The pullcts of these early broods
will be large enough to lay late in the fall
and if they are supplied with warm quarters,
and besides being we'll fed with grain are al
lowed, occasionally, a few scraps of meat
thrown into them. they will continre to lay
all winter. Old hens, if treated thus. will
often become quite prolific. Hen roosts
should be supplied with ashes, gravel, and
pounded shells, especially in winter, when
the hens cannot procure these articles else
where.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

II is said that when the massive walls of
the citadel at Quebec were in process OF cree
ton, so great was the draft on the treasury
of France that the Queen asked if they were
building it of gold This frowning fortress
stands four hundred feet above the river, and
has been appropriately called the Gibraltar
of America" 1t includes about forty acres
on the summit OF Cape Diamond. This
mount IS composed chiefly of dark slate rock,
with veins ofquartz crystals, sparkling like
diamonds; hence the name. In its deep
vaults are deposited iifty-seven thousand tons
of powder. Four Maltello towers, forty feet
in height, stand upon the plains about half IL
mile in advance of the other Notifications.
This old walled city has dark, dingy and
forbidden appearance, and one feels ON enter
ing its low and massive gates, as if he were
going into prison.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
EXAMINERS NOTICE.

FE71iE undersigned duly appointed E%aini-
l. ncrs, to view and determine the pro-
prety of locating new road from point on
the road leading from VIM. Cameroh's to
kirk's Mills, near the old Grave Yard field,
and running through lands Of VIM. B. Biles,
Geo. W. Janney, Sarah Williams, William
Nuns, David Shcrer and Empson Magraw,
and terminating near large Hickory Stump,
on the side Of the road leading from War;
bnrton's Saw Mill to Cartcr's Paper Mil;
hereby give notice that they will meet at the
point Of beginning of the proposed road, on
TUESDAY, the 22nd day of November, next,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, to proceed to the dis
charge Of the duty assigned them.
JETIlRO JOHNSON,
WILLIAM I. WARBURTON,
SAMEUL MEARNS,
Oct %, 1S59-5w. Examiners.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

LIFE WITHOUT TRIALS. Would you wish
to live without trial! Then you would
wish to die but half man. Without trial
you cannot guess at your own strength
Men do not learn 10 swim on a table; they
must go into deep water, and buffet the surgcs.
If you wish to understand their true charac-
ter-lf you would know their whole stcngth
of what they are capable them
overheard Over with them--if they are
worth saving, they will swim ashore them
selves.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

" Method is the very hinge Of business ;
it is important, because 1t subseivcs the
peace and good temper of family the want
Of not only inringes on necessary duty, but
sometimes excludes this duty. The calmncss
of mind which it produces is another advan-
tage Of punctualily; disorderly man is in 4
hurry he has TO time to speak to you, be-
cause he is going elsewhere and when he
gets there he is 100 late for his business or
be must hurry away before he can finish it..
Punctuality gives weight 10 character
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

A SOUTHERN VIEW OF MEssRs. SEWARD
AND DEMONSTRATION, Nou. 12M.-
The Mercury's special New Orleans despatch
says, FIX Governor Brown, of Mississippi, had
delivered an address before the Legislature of
that State, at Jackson, in which he expressed
more respect for the opinions of Mr.. Seward
than those Of Mr.. Douglas.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

THE KANSAS ELECTIoN.--It does not seem
to he generally understood that the election
in Kansas, whereof we received returns last
week. was territorial election. Marcus j..
Parrot is reelected delegate to Congress, not
member. Martin F. Conway is the republic
can candidate for member at the State cleo.
ton, which takes place early in December.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

" Iowa has just completed State census
showing population Of G33 $40 She had
1872 Oh in 1850, and 43.llI in 1910. She
has thus more than trebled her population in
the last nine years, and increased it about
fifteen fold in nineteen years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
truth D.!

A NOVEL WAY OF ELGCTlNG A MEMBER
OF TIE LEGIsLATUTE.-Mr Purple Il memb,r
of the first Legislature of Nebraska, thus
tells his experience in Western politics. He
says: Secretary T. b. Ginning said to me
one morning. Purple, We want member
from Burt county. So | harncsscd up and
took nine fellows with me from Iowa, and
we started for the woods, and when we
thought we had got far enough for Burt,
county, we unpacked our ballot box, and
held an election lin Washington county,
canyasscd the vote, and it was astonishing to
observe how great WAS the unanimity at the
first election ever held in Burt county
Purple had every vote. So Purple was
declared cectcd.,'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
PUBLIC SALE.

r will sell at Public Sale, on WEDNESDAY
H. November 23rd, 1859, cir fair, if not the
next fair day,) on the Hurtland Farm, near
Galcna, 20 HEAD OF CATTLE, w. s!=;5-7-1--a
comprising six pair Of Work Oxen, 4
Mich Cows, Ilcitcrs, Steers, and u .u ri fV
lot Of full-bred Devon Stock.
TERMS OF SALE ALL sums under $40
Cash above that amount, Il credit of five
months, with note or bond and approved
security. JAMES HURT.
Nov 10, lS59-2ws
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

1.-THE Post says that thesafair at Peiho
ought to serve as a caution to John Bull how
he again undertakes to go to peck in the pri-
vate matters Of John Chinaman.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
W LILLE IS DE AID.

Sadly sigh sadly sigh.
Winds of he autumn tide,
Murmur low, murmur low.
Down by the rivers side -
For darling Willie slumbers there;
lie left It's all in deep despair.
And sorrows keen and piercing darts
Found way into our mourning hearts.
Mourn no more, mourn no more,
Winds of the autumn tide.
Though Willie's form. though WiIlics form
In the grave by the rivers side
is sleeping where no Sunbrams come,
All siteuty in his narrow tomb
His SOU. is roaming glad and free
In the glorious realms of eternity!
What happy thought, and what glorious
truth X.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19

V7OOD WANTED.-GoodB Black Oak
w Wood wanted in exchange for Store
Goods, at the New Store House. east end of
Elkton, by VIM. MoCLELLAND.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-19
childhood shows the man

1NS H!TTHTTT UIy.
Let us see to this. five make great &c -four
ish of trump"ts " about sending money to the
hcathcn, let us, also, look Wen to it that We
do not permit g heathens - to be reared in
our very midst; let these neglected boys and
girls. who are to form part Of future society,
be gathered in, and instructed in the things
that pertain to their welfare. Here is a field
worthy the labor of any philanthropst. But
to return,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15
MARRIED..

On the 9Th inst, by the Rev. Waltar W. Pharr, DR..
Isaac Wilson, of Mecklenburg county, to Mrs Susan
Mcintosh, of Alexander county, N c.
In Meekenburg county, on the 9th of Jan, by the
Rev. G. Moretz Mr. Solomon Harkey, Jr, to Miss Caro-
line Knowles daughter of Mr. Abraham Knowles.
In Union county, the I'd of De-, by the Rev. c.
Moretz, MIR Andrew j. Davis to Miss Maryan b. Long,
youngest daughter of Henry Long, Esq. Also, the
18th of JAN, by the same, Mr. VIM. Moretz OF Watauga
county Miss Sarah C. Condor youngest daughter of
Mr. Philip Condor.
On the Sd inst, by Rev. s. c. Pharr, Mr. NJ c. Aber-
nahy of Mecklenburg county, to Miss Jane W., daugh
ter of Capt James Henderson of CASTOR county.
In Salisbury on the 9th inst. by Jesse Thomson,
Esq, Mr. j. W. Spears of Cabarrus county, to Miss
Martha H. Earnhart of Rowan.
In Cabarrus county, the goth ultimo, Mr. John N.
Winecoff to Miss C. Yost
In York District the ls inst. Mr. Alexander V. A
Wells to Miss Lucy Ann c. Blalock-both of North Ca
rolina Also, the 26th Dec, Mr. Alfred Costner to
Miss Jane Catharne GLADDEN., both of North Carolina.
Also Mr. Stephen White to Miss Jane S. Hullender.
In Savannah, Ga. on the 9th ult, Mr. Edward c.
Mcclure of Chester, S. c., to Miss Lou Nicely.
In York District, the 26th ut, Mr. VIM Minter to
Miss Cornea Roseborough.
Near Cheraw Mr. Josiah E. Smith to Miss Francis D.
Jarrel, of Richmond county, n. c.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

LIGHT IN NORTH CARoLINA.-It is now GER.
tain, believe, that Newbern is to be lighted with
Gas-the necessary amount of stock >s16,OOO)
having been subscribed. The desire to have "fur-
ther light" is always commendable, and none the
less so when it is proposed to extract it from rosin
or coal Wilmington was the first to erect Gas
works; then Charlotte, Salisbury and Raleigh; and
we suppose Ncwbern and Fayetteville will soon be
numbered among the shining towns, as we notice
company has been incorporated for the latter
place Two things are certain: Gas is great
convenience to the community, and a source of
profit to the stockholders; and gas generally some
times does vast amount of good
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

MARRIAGEs.-We thought it might prove in
terestng to some of readers to learn the state
of the matrimonial market in this county for few
years past, and therefore obtained from the OBJ
iging Clerk of the County Court, Mr. Reid, (to
whom all have to apply to get the necessary docu-
ments to enable them take the responsibility
the following statement of the number of Licenses
issued in the years named:
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15
LECTURE ON CHINA.

NHdTIJtIe, VSU. AAlu, LOO0
Mr. EDIToR: Please say in your paper that the
Rev. NJ T. YATES, for some years Missionary in
Canton, China, will lecture next Saturday night in
the Baptist Church, on the "Chinese people,
their manners and customs" He will give an ad-
dress on Sunday on their religious condition, &c.
Yours R. III. GRIFFITH.
From the newspaper notices of Mr. Yates lee
lures in other places, we have no doubt but those
who hear him Saturday evening next will be
highly gratifed. He speaks of Chinese manners
and customs from a personal knowledge of them,
having resided among that people for few years
as Missionary. He is native of North Carolina
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15
CONGRESS-

The Senate has passed what is known as the
Agricultural Bill, by vote of 25 to 22-the south
eru Senators mostly voting against it, among them
Messrs Cngman and Reid This bill appropriates
six million acres of the public lands to be divided
among the several States for the establishment of
agricultural colleges. Among those who favor
these schemes for squandering the public lands, "a
source of revenue to the government,) are found
the very persons who are loudest in their COM
plants against the administration for low treasury
The Pacific Railroad bill has been laid aside for
this session.
Mr. Sidell's bill for the purchase of Cuba was
taken up, and after long parliamentary struggle,
Dir Doolittle, of Wisconsin, introduced a substi-
tute, the substance of which is to purchase Gen.
trail America for residence of the free negroes,
and that $50, 100000 be appropriated for that
purpose.
The House on the 9th, struck from the Legis-
lative, Executive, and Judiciary bill, an item of
$500 900 mileage to members of Congress, also an
item of $3.50 600 for the purchase of site for and
the erection of building for Court purposes in
New York. 1t reduced the appropriation for the
nints at New York and San Francisco, and added
S167 900 to the deficiencies in the public print
ing. The bill passed in its amended form.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Clingman, of n.
c., made an excellent speech against Senator Big
lers Tariff resolutions.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15
REMARKS.

We advance quotations for Corn-7o cents is abOnt
the price and in demand. Flour extra in barrels will
command S525. Cotton is rather depressed-the high.
est figure last week was lo-so-not much Offering.
Wheat, Flour,and Corn is scarce. A good article Of
Wheat would bring Sl05
Pork is worth to I-scarcc.
Trade has not been very brisk owing to bad weather
and bad roads. For the last three months there has
been great quantity of rain, and we learn that the
roads everywhere in a miserable condition.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

THE tactics OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE
LEGIsLATURE.-On the final passage of the Reeve
nue. Bill in the House of Commons, forty-four de-
mocrats and four opposition members voted for it,
and thirty-two opposition members and ten demo-
crats voted against it.
The liabilities of the State have to be met, and
we should like to know how it is to be done if not
in the usual way of levying taxes. We suspect
the opposition members in the Legislature voted
against the bill for the purpose of making capital
out of it during the next electioneering campaign.
The people will be told how the democrats taxed
them, and how they (the patriotic wings and know
nothings) resisted it! But they must also tell the
people that they helped to bring the State in debt;
if they don't somebody else will, and show it from
the record Then what will the dear people say
to them for voting money away and refusing to
vote any back into the Treasury. They may try
themselves by saying that this article and
that article was unjustly taxed; but many will con-
slider it right to raise revenue from other sources
besides land and negroes.
While our opposition friends appealing to the
prejudices of the people about taxes, we shall not
be surprised to hear them complaining of the demo-
Gratis for not granting aid to internal improve
ment schemes. The Raleigh Register has already
tainted the democratic party for not removing the
restrictions from the Western Extension (placed
there by the whig leader in the Senate two years
years ago, Gen. Dockery) We can't understand
why the Register should want the restrictions re-
moved if its party is determined to vote against
raising the means to meet even present liabilities.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

ToBACco.-On our first page will be found an
interesting and instructive article on the growth
and management of Tobacco. 1t is thought that
the soil of this section is we'll adapted to the culture
of tobacco, and we learn that some planters who
tried small patches last season gratifed at the
result. The article we publish to-day will prove
interesting to ALL whether they want to engage in
the culture of the weed or not.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

STOLEN from me on the night of the 9Th inst, 6
TWENTY DOLLAR BILL on the Bank of Chester, S. C.
on the back of which written the name Of I" L. H.
Rice"
ANY merchant or person to whom such bill may be
presented will confer favor by addressing the under
signed giving the of the presenting said BILL
A. If. BARRY,
Feb Is, 1852 d Davidson College, n. c.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

CHARLESTON. February ll.-Sales ofootton to-day
$500 bales-market unsettled and depressed.
COLUMBIA, February l2.-Our cotton market was
brisk yesterday, at former quotations. The sales
amounted to 275 bales, at to IL cents.
YORKVILLE, Feb 9.-Cotton St to lo4; Corn 81 to
co. Oats 5zR to 60 Flour, per sack So 80 for extra
family, So 20 and q % for super6ne, and 81 10 for
ne Wheat IS to S.; Lard IL to III Beeswax l6 to ~.
Salt 50 per sack; Rio Coffee 10 to Isl Yarn per bunch
81 20 to 80; Sugar brown, 10 to l2l; Moasscs NO,
55 to co. Cuba 40 to 45.-Enqurer.
CHESTER, Feb ll-Cotton to 10 so-market de-
pressed
NEW YORK, February ll.-Cotton declining; Mid
ding Uplands lIS export demand. Wheat dull;
quotations for Southern nominal and little moth
ing doing for the want of stock. Corn dull.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

RAILROAD AcCIDENT.-An accident occurred
on the South Carolina Railroad on the 10th inst,
about % miles from Charleston. A bar of iron
broke and threw off two passenger coaches, and
several passengers were severely cut and bruised.
The South Carolinian says that an accident hap
pened the 11th, near Lewisville, throwing the
engine and three or four cars from the track, but
no one was seriously injured.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15
LOwRIE'S
New Books.

History of FREDERICK GREAT, by Thos Car!ile
M1zPAH:-Prayer and Friendship, by L. G. Loomis.
CoURTsHIP AND MATRINoNY, with other Sketches, by
Robert Morris
THE MINISTER OF LIFE, by NJ. Chamberworth.
THE SOCIABLE or l0l Home Amusements.
THE LIFE TINES of the GREAT HUGH MILLER, Of
Scotland, by T. n Brown.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN PULPIT, by DR.. Sprague.
LIPPINcoTr's PRoNoUNcING GAZETTEER, Geographic
cal Dictionary of the World,
DORA DEAN OR MAGGIE MILLER, Mrs N. J. Holmes.
SECURING THE WHITE HORSE, or the long Vacation
Ramble of London Clerk
THE X. n PEPPER,-Parers by Jacques Maurice.
DUsr FoNE, Three Oceans and Two CONT
nents, by T. Robinson Warren.
also have few copies of HAWKS History n. c.,
Vols. ! and II.
CANrwELL's JUSTICE and N. c. Form Book
P. j. LOWRIE.
Feb. Is, 1859.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

hGg- Not a week passes in which we do not receive
applications from New York, Philadelphia or Boston
to publish advertisements of nostrum invention
for which about onehaf the regular offered
We invariably throw the advertisement in the FIRE,
knowing that it is useless to inform the sender of
TERMS which is cash and full But the other day
we received advertisement from some fellow in New
York who signs his Henry r. Costar, offering for
sale article called the "Rat roach and bed-bug Ex
termnator." He not only wanted us to advertise for
almost nothing but he wants list of all the merchants
dealers in Charlotte and wants the reliable
particularly marked We suppose he wants to send out
his circulars practice other annoyance of the
kind, help do which shall certainly not aid him.
But if he will here and administer his remedy to
al the and bugs in town, and guarantee that they
will not survive the operation and continue their
practice of disturbing people when they trying to
temperate, recreate, and strengthen their physical
ability, will give him one insertion gratis, and all
the sreliabe dealers will thank him with joyful tears
in their eyes, and doubt have his picture taken to
commemorate the memory of a very wonderful man.
We do not charge Mr. Costar anything for this notice.
While we think of it will just say that we hope
Holloway will write letters about advertis
ing for when we open and his name to it and
no money in it, tear it up without reading. So he
would do well his postage stamps and paper.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-15

The house and lot situated on - street, and
lately occupied the Station Parsonage Of the d. T.
Church. South, in Charlotte. The dwelling and out
houses are new and well-but. The former contains
four comfortable rooms, and is admirably adapted for
the residence of small family The property will DO
sold on reasonable terms.
Apply to the Trustees of the Parsonage or TO
z. J. MEYyARDIE, Cha Of the Board
Peb. 9, 1883