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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21
SINGULAR TINE FOR MARRIAGE.-Al lovip

SINGULAR TINE FOR MARRIAGE.-A loving
couple in Memphis, Tennessee, were last week
married under the following singular crcum-
stances: They were taking a carriage drive in
one of the principal streets in that city, when
they chanced to meet Judge Hill, who was
riding leisurely along upon favorlte donkey.
They at once accosted him, and requested him
to unite them in the holy bonds of wedlock.
He acceded to the proposition, and, without
dismounting, performed the ceremony, ma
king the occupants of the vehicle one, and
having for witnesses the mule and two or three
persons who were passing at the time.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

In A BAD FIx.-The Commissioners of AL
legheny county have gotEsthcmseves into
somewhat unpleasant fix by refusing to obey
the writ of mandamus in the case of the Ale-
gheny county Railroad Bonds. They were
brought before the Supreme Court at its sit
ting in Philadelphia, week before last, and
fined 81 900 respectively ,and ordered to stand
committed in the Jail of Allegheny county un-
til the sentence shall be complied with. Jail
or Small is doing everything in his power to
make the Commissioners comfortable, and they
will undoubtedly remain in their quarters, un-
less released by the people or the Legislature,
until they have completed the term which is
required in default of payment of the ine i'm
posed upon them.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21
WOULD NOT.
a not Kiss tbe sweetest lin

1 would not kiss the sweetest lip
q Unless it kissed me too;
As well as from the young rose bud sip
Tho Mornings clear cold dew.
Nor clash hand, though soft and warm
Unless it pressed mine own;
I'd rather love the perfect form
Carved out of parian stone.
3 I would not worship eyes, though bright
And beautiful they be.
Unless they bend their living light
On me-and only me-
Itself hath stamped divine,
If but dreamed her love was given
To other heaven than mine.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21
ANCIENT RUINS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Dim and mysterious is the early history of
man on this continent. 1t is enveloped in
thick darkness, never, it may be presumed, to
be penetrated by human research. And yet
the ruins OF ancient cities are frequently dis
covered, that tell Of a race that has long since
passed away-probably exterminated by the
ancestors of our present Indians, who are
also fast departing from the human family
fairly dying out, before the ever-advancing in
fuence Of the palefaces. But these monu-
mental cities indicate great populations, and
prove the existence OF mighty men of old.
new stimulous is likely to be given to A
merican archaeology, by discovery recently
made some ninety miles northeast Of Fort
Stanton, long account of which has just APP
peared in the Fort Smith (Ark.) Times. We
condense. The plain upon which lie the mas
sive relics OF gorgeous temples and magnifi-
cent halls, slopes gradually eastward toward
the River PecOs, and is very fertile, crossed
by gurgling stream of the purest water that
not only sustains rich vegetation, but perhaps
furnished with its necessary element the
thousands who once inhabited this present will
derness. The city was probably built by a
warlike race, as it is quadrangular and arrang-
ed with skill to afford the highest protection
against an exterior toe, many of the buildings
on the outer line seing pierced with loopholes,
as though calculated for the use of weapons.
Several of the buildings are of vast size, and
which could only have been wrought to their
present condition by a vast amount OF labor.
There are the ruins of three noble editices,
each presenting front of three hundred feet,
made of ponderous blocks of stone, and the
diapldated walls are even now thirty-five feet
high. There no partitions in the area Of
the middle (supposed) temple, so that the room
must have been vast and there are also car
wings in bas relief and fresco work. Appear
ances Justify the conclusion that these silent
rooms could once boast of halls as gorgeously
decorated by the artists hand as those of
Thebes and Palmyra. The buildings are all
loopholed in each side, much resembling that
found in the old feudal castles of Europe de-
signed for the of archers. The blocks of
which these edifces composed are cemen-
ted together by species OF mortar of a btu
minous character, which has such tenacity
that vast masses Of wall have fallen down with
out the blocks being detached by the shock.
We hope, ere long, to be favored with full and
descriptive particulars, as it is probable that
visits and examinations will be made amongst
such interesting relics of the unknown past,
by some of the United States officers attached
to the nearest fort.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

Moderation is the key of old age; modera-
tion in laborfand enjoyment; moderation in
eating and drinking moderation in feeling
and thinking. Few people die; the majority
are self-murderers, committing suicide by de-
grees. That is virtuous community in which
there are many hale old men and women.
That is an ignoble people among whom many
children die, and many youths are sick. For
the health of people, ,as Miss Martineau used
to maintain, is the test of its morality. She
never uttered Q truer word.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

AN OLD PosTMAsTER.-Mr. Samuel Milton,
says the Charleston Courier of March Sd, died
recently in Yorkville, South Carolina, in the
seventy-second year of his age. He had serv-
ed as Postmaster for thirty EIGHT years, under
the Administrations of Presidents Adams,
Jackson, Van Buren,, Harrison, Tyler, Polk,
Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

An old washerwoman used to hang out her
clothes to dry on the ratings of a church, and
after repeated prohibitions from the church.
wardens. she at last came out with the follow
ing burst of eloquence: s'Bless ye sir, ye
wouldn't a go an take the bread of my mouth
would ye sides sir, cleanliness comes next
to godliness, the parson says
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

LARGE CoNvENT.-The Alton, Illinois, Dem
ocrat informs its readers that large and splen-
did convent or seminary for the Sisters of
Charity, is to be erected forthwith IN that
town. This will be the largest structure of
the kind in the West, covering an entire block
or square, and costing $4,000.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

A merchant who lived at Baton Rouge, La,
and who was once worth $3.50, 900, was arrest
ed for vagrancy last week, having in five years
gambled away his entire fortune.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

John Kelly, of North Blackstone, Mass,
now in his eighty fourth year, has tended the
same grist mill for seventy years, and still de-
lights IN his old occupation. Mr.. Kelly was
never in railroad car or steamboat, and new
er hundred miles from home.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

The MoRMoNs.-The Mormons now number
120, 900, including good, bad and indifferent.
The number in Utah is put down at SO, 900.
OF these, 4,617 men have 16, 500 wives.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

It is proposed to raise the Atlantic Cable /,
and to make an effort once more to link Eng
land and the United States.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

Some mems honesty and decorum are phan-
toms that feed on the air of opinion, and, like
the chameleon, changes as often as their food.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

Men don't generally like to be hampered,
but, il you are going eut to spend week in
the woods, you had better hamper yourself.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

Life should be fortified by many friendships.
To love and to be loved is the greatest happi-
ness Of existence.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

The National debt according to Secretary
Cobb's showing, is sec, ,202,277 66.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

Doing nothing is 80 near doing evil, that the
space between them is scarcely discernible.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-21

At sale of real estate in London, the prop
erty sold at the rate of 81 900 900 per acre.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1860-01-05

their toadyism to the extent of pronoun cling
slavery divine institution, have not escaped
contempt They are not believed to be actu
ated by any higher motives than watchful
concern for their individual pecuniary profits !;
and the fact is well known that the New York
papers have been filed with the names of bus;
ness men in that city who subscribed to the
call for a Union meeting, merely to advertise
for Southern patronage.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1860-01-05

bay-from the top of the Cathedral to the bend
OF the Cornice road. And Helen confessed to
herself that this was the happiest day she had
yet known in Genoa.
Had Merivale already found that so rare
picture he was in search of?
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1860-01-05
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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
p o g It \ @ a u .
MY SCHOOLMATES.

Obi where are my schoomates gomez
The shy, the dull and the gay;
They have left me all heart-sick and Lone
To drag out lfes shortening day.
The house yet remains where it stood;
When its moss-covered roof first saw;
The play-ground-lny eyes gin to food,
When think of the playground of yore!
The spire, too, that pointed to truth,
And the falls in its babbing rage,
So vast in the days of my youth
So small in the night ofmy age.
Oh! where my school-mates gone?
Do they yet toss on lfes stormy waves?
Or peacefully sleep all alone,
Meath the flowers that bloom DER their graves!
What day-dreams mine to enjoy,
As | sit aud gaze into the past,
Till again am changed to boy
But dreams are too airy to last
Farewell! scattered friends ofmy youth,
IT'S your memory dims these old eyes;
May your thoughts like yOn spire point TO truth,
And we'll talk DER the past in the skies.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20

Here is genuine epitaph, equal to any We have
SEEN 1t must come from born poet
awe miss thee at the washing tub,
We miss thee at the pianna
In the morning you used to rub and scrub
And at night you'd shout hosanna y
A Dentist in Atlanta, advertses that if any of
his customers want their teeth pulled, he will do
it wih pleasure, whether to himsefo or his patient,
he don't mention
Advice to eemen Live temperately-go
to church-love all the pretty girs-:narry one of
them-live like man and die like christian.
WHY is crying child in church like an aching
tooth? Because it should be "tdken out"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20

In presenting you with DR.. EATON'S INFANTILR
CORDIAL, we desire to state its superiority every
nostrum that quack has heretofore offered
First-It is the preparation of regular physician,
who is well qualified from much experience in nfantiO
complaints to prescribe for them. Secondy-It is en-
tirey free from paregorc opate of any kind, and
consequently relieves by removing the suferngs your
child instead of deadenng its sensbtes. Thirdly
1t is put up with great care, comparison of it with
any other article for nantile complaints will show:
the very from which it is distilled being dug from
the forests under the direction of Dr. Eaton, many OF
them by his hands. Fourhy-It is perfectly harm
less and cannot nure the most delicate infant and is
certain and relief in all the following which
is its chief merit every other preparation viz:
FOR ALL COMPLAINTS ATTENDING TEETHINGi
such DYSENTERY, collie, &c; also for softening
the gums and relieving pain For regulating the bow
els it is unequaed. For Cold in the Head it is a sure
relief For GROUP, the fatal and trying of diseH-
ses it be relied on with perfect confidence; and
being powerful antspasmodic in all of cOnval-
sions fits, earnestly recommend you to lose no
time in procuring it. Lastly-It costs much more
than other preparations of the kind that cannot az
ford such long advertisements those whose whole
expense is their advertising; for the reason,
commends itself the most reliable to all mothers. In
all cases. the directions wrapped around each bottle,
must be strictly followed. Price % cents per bottle
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20

Dr. Bronson having been so far reduced by consnHp-
ton as to be considered beyond all nope OF recovery
by the eminent of the medical proeSsioh anu ALSO
by hmself-a regular physician oi twenty years prnC
tice-aS last resort, conceived the Iuea Vi ANALi
ZING THE BLOOD and applying the subject OF physl-
olopy to the more immediate connection, and effect OF
The state of the blood upon the health and system Tho
tesult has been the production of this BLOOD FOOD
from the use of which Dr. Bronson restored to per-
feet health Within six months after its introduction,
over two thousand consumptives were eecually cured
bv it, If you have any complaints of consumPtIve
tendency Cough, Cold, Head-sche, Patpitation Of the
Heart Loss Of Appetite pain the 1de lose time in
procuring bottle of the BLOOD FOOD" If you are
suffering from MARQUIS Debility your sleep broke"
and disturbed if your Spirits Depressed Organs
reLa1ed, you will find in this unfailing remedy, n
commencing with ten drops If your Liver is torpid or
diseased in any manner whatever rO bottles VIII
be to invgorate and bring into lively and hean
full action. In the most nveterate Of Dyspepsia
the patient can here find the efficient and graeiu
relief. benefit is always experienced after TAXING
only one bottle. In Male Female Complaints anu
Weaknesses the sufferer, after trying other reneu.
in vain may rest assured that certain cure VIII resu
from the use of two or three bottles. The "BLOoD
FOOD is efectusl in all of Eruptions Salt Kheu
ScrofuIas and other like complaints Pale and emaca
ted children and adults Immediately benefited by J"
use gives strength to the body and color and oea!
ty to the skin Physicians of all schools are using
with wonderful success. al,
For full directions see circulars. Price 81 per oo'
Sold by CHURCH 4 DUPONT, Druggists, No. 80
Maiden Lane, New York. and by all respectable Drug
gists throughout the country. ~
For sale in this place by F. SCARF and T. NYE NV
Gibson Co.
November %. 1883 ly
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20

ADULTERATIoN OF FOoD.-A Quebec Chemist
has recently published the result of chemical
analysis of some of the articles of consumption
sent to that city by New Workers" In Crosse
& Blackwells pickles, which bear the label ''no
sulphate of "copper" he did not find this salt; but
sulphate of iron, instead. In sherry wine he
discovered an immense quantity of salt. In green
tea he found copperas. The gin was nothing but
whiskey and essence ofjuniper And iE the best
qualities of snuff he found peroxide of iron and
other chemicals to the extent of oneJJh Of its
JuH
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
Safe Remedy for Chills and Fevers.
BELTS! BELTS

For Wheat ThreShers, Fans, cotton Gins Saw Mills,
and machinery of every description; the best Betting
now in use ami far superior to leather in many respects
1t lcW not stretch, dr0,r on one side as Lcuthcr
THE Sun WILL NOT AFFECT IT.
Rain or water cannot njure it; it requires oil:
The rats will not cut it, your negroes will steal ii
for strings shoe soeS; YOU get any length you
wish all in piece without joints. and with good
it will last any farmer for twenty years.
Orders accompanied with the cash will receive
prompt attention, and the freight paid any point
the Railroad or stage line.
CASH PRICES
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
CRINoLINE RENCOUNTER.
From the y. 0. Crescent.l


We missed publishing yesterday the most excit-
ing rencountcr which took place on Thursday at
ternoon at the corner of Chartres and St. Louis
streets.
Two ladies, dressed in the highest and richest
style of the prevailing fashions, met. One looked
once at the other, then went into her with the fury
of Bengal tigress; broke her parasol and fan all
to pieces in beating her over the head and face;
then went in with fist and claw punching the
other in face and breast, tearing her shawl and
bonnet off, her comb out, aud her hair down; and
continuing her furious punishment until some men
out of the hundreds who had quickly assembled to
witness the extraordinary spectacle, intertcred and
took the beaten lady away, aud into neighDorlng
oyster saloon, were she readjusted her hair and
wardrobe.
The beaten lady never offered fight in response
to the cruel and icrocOus attack OF the other, but
tried to retreat all the time size being punish
ed The banquctte WAS covered with the poetic
Debris of the reucounter; parasols, fans, hand
Aerchieis, wells pOrtemOnnale, shawl, il smash
ed bonnet aud broken comb. The used-up lady,
after readjusng herself in the oyster saloon, glad
" accepted the offer Of special police officer to
escort her away from that nei@hborhood, aud to
guard her from a second assault by her Wild and
splendid enemy.
Nobody around knew either of the ladies'.
But the furious lady left no doubt as to her
mus, by exclaiming, after her victim had been
taken away, "The Internal b-h | intended to
get a cowhde, but net her sooner than expected.
I'll teach her to fool with my husband The
beaten lady, weeping and sobblng IN the deepest
humiliation, asserted to those who surrounded her,
after her punishment, that she had never the
other lady before, had had no dealings with that
lady's or any other ladys husband, and Was sure
that she had been assaulted in mistake for some
other lady
The affair, being altogether sudden and extraord-
mary created proGigiOus excitement in the neigh
borhood of Charities and It Louis Streets led to all
sorts of comments and disputes among the men,
and would have resulted i'll some manly fighting,
had there been any one in the crowd lucky or un-
lucky enough to know either one of the ladies and
to define his position or principle on a many and
Harlike basis.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
State Of North Carolina. Union Count

Court Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions January TERM 1860
Martha Broom vs.. Noah Broom and others
Petition for Dover.
In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court that the defendants Noah Broom Jacob L. Broom
Noah Preslar John Eckory and wife Theresa, and Hen
ry Helms Broom, reside beyond the limits of this
State 1t IS therefore ordered by the Court that pub
cation be made in the Western Democrat for six
cessive weeks notifying said NONRESIDENT defendants
to be and appear ut the of this Court be
held for the County of Union, the Court House in
Monroe, on the first Monday in April next, then and
there to answer the premises.
Witness J. F. Hough, Clerk of our said Court at
Office in Monroe, the first Monday in January, 1861
and in the s+th year of our Independence
l-6t-S6. J. F. HOUGH, C. U. C. C.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
CASH PRICES

Rs~ Seamless Belts manufactured to order at short
notice.
Conducting Hose of all sizes. for water or steam
nrcSurcS ordered direct from the Manufacturers Also
Packing of all description at IS Cents per pound
j. B. F. BOONE.
June I, 1889 Charlotte. n c.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
JOHN HENRY WAYT,
S1nrnnnn nonficf

Surgeon DENTIST,
GRADUATE IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
Office in Brawey's Building, opposite KERR,s HOTEL
GDA2hJ99&o fa G.
SURGICAL OPERATIONS, as Cleft Palate, Har
Lip, Tumors Of mouth and jars, performed.
Fractures AND DESIGNATIONS of the Jaws treated
Teeth filled with Gold, Silver Tin Amalgam.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted in the best manner
A very superior TOOTH POWDER and TOOTH VASE
hand.
Prices moderate and all work done satisfactory TO the
patient.
4 stock of Dentists materials always on hand. Gold
and Silver Plate of any inencsS gotten out.
February %, 1850 If
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20

quarter JANUARY ICTW.
E. W. Richardson, Administrator of Joshua Skies,
William Williams and others.
Petition for Settlement of Estate.
appearing the satisfaction of the Court that the
defendants, Moses Thomas and Catharine Thomas his
wife, Darling Skies, Henry Helms and Gatsy his wife,
EnOch Allen and Jane his wife, Catharne Broom, Mos
es W. Skies, Isabella Skies, Susan Skies John w.
Skies, and W B. Sherley and Ellen his wife. reside be-
yond the limits of this State; is therefore ordered
siye weeks in the Western Democrat notifying said
nonresident defendants to be and appear at the
term of this Court to be held for the County of Union
at the Court House in Monroe, the first Monday of
April next then and there to the allegations
petition filed in said Court by the Plaintiff, Z. W.
Richardson, Administrator aforesaid.
Witness J. F. Eough Clerk of our said Co lrt at
Office in Monroe. the first Monday in January, and in
the S4th year of American independence. A. D.. 1860.
l-6t-$6 J. F. HOUGH G.. +. G.. G.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
New Books.

New Books.
History of FREDERICK THE GREAT by Thos. Garlic.
MIzPAH-Prayer and Friendship, by L. C. Loomis.
CoURTsHIP AND MATRIMoNY with other Sketches, by
Robert Morris.
THE MINISTER OF LIFE, by NJ. L Charesworth.
THE SoCIABLE; lOl Home Amusements.
THE LIFE TINES of the GREAT HUGH Miller of
Scotland by 7. N. Brown.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN Pulpit by Dr. Sprague.
LPPINCoTTs PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER, or Geographic
cal Dictionary of the World,
Dora DEAN OR MAGGIE MILLER, Mrs NJ. J. Holmes.
SECURING OF THE WHITE Horse, the long Vacation
Ramble of a London Clerk.
THE KN. PEPPER,-Papers by Jacques Maurice.
DUST FoME, Three Oceans and Two CONT
nents, by I. Robinson Warren.
also have few copies of HAWKS HIsroRY OF n. c.,
Vols. I and H.
CANTwELLs JUSTICE and n. C. Form Book.
Feb. Is, 1859. P. J. LOWRIE.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
LOWRIE'S

reference and recreative works.
also keep very large stock of Stationery, plain
and fancy. Having made arrangement with the
Southworth Paper Manufacturing Company, l am en-
abled to sell paper at the same prces-by the whole
salefor which be bought in the Northern cities
freight added. P. LOUVRE
Feb. l5 1850
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
Charlotte Foundry
AND MACHINE SHOP,

Having purchased from j. A. Fox the above establish.
ment, the undersigned begs leave to call the attention
of the public the fact that he is ready to fill
every order for making Steam Engines Cotton and To-
bacco Presses, and every description of Machienery
made at short notice and reduced prices. Particular
attention given the making and repairing of Thresh.
ing Machines Horse Powers, Cotton Gins Mill works
and Agricultural Works of all kinds Blacksmithinh
job Wagon Work, and Horse Shooting done with des-
patch Old Iron, Brass and Copper Castings bought at
the Foundry or taken in exchange for job work All
kinds of Wood Tnrnng also done.
JOHN VI. HOWE.
January 3, 1860. 6m.