The Greensborough patriot [April 15, 1859]

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J± Family Newspaper—Devoted to Politics, Literature, -A^griculturei Manufactured, Commerce, and Miscellaneous Heading.
VOLUME XXL GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1859. NUMBER 1031 {
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. ill I»!.!.< 0« K. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I ""•.• ■'■ -N ''• Feb. 17, 18GK 972 tf.
.,«!•«. 4. liOSC, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
j* **• GREENSBOROUGH, N. C.
1)"' LEXINGTON, N. C
,rillM'l» fc ITIXEY, COMMISSION AND
\) , .».•:./ Merchants, K.ivetteville, N. C.
■j. FREEMAN, WITH AlinoTT, JONES &
\ .' , rters and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
... V 153 Market Street, 1'hila.Ielphia.
,«*. «'• '" & R- '" ■'AlfXE, l"(lPARTNERS
lW«. ,•s-; .licce.of Medicine, Obstetrics and Surge-
, ill I'lKM. -rORTER&ttORRELL.
\*; ... ,r« to T.J. PATRICK, Wholesale and Re-ilriliiSi*!*.
Ore»nsborou»h, N. C.
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pro
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,. <ru|,l\. Manufacturer anil Wholesale
,aJ Retail dealer in TIN and SHEET IRON
' I HIKING STOVES, &C, High Point, N. C.
. '- .•}.'•-■• 243m
. UTBESCE HOUSE,
[/ Hkrh. Point, N. C.
T. Lament*'. Proprietor.
. ... ■. s59. 27 f.m
n.». COII'I^ *• COBLE, JAMESTOWN,
"."*■† † † —iatetl themselves together for the
. ; i l.V riCING MEDICINE in all its various
. .. attention given to SURGERY. Of-
• K B . • Feb. 18jit. 24 tf.
I kit. J1MI> K- BALL, HAVING REMOVED
1} ". r.i. N. «'., offers Ins Professional
, . i Mike on West Market Street,
, .,;. occupied a* a residence by Hon.
\ .. . : Fel ruary, 1858. 978tf
j «,* t"OPA»T\KRSlIIP.—J. A. LUNG &
I. , ;■ i ..■■■. Greensborough, N. C, having
u ithei selves in the practice of the law, in the
. •.. ill pi county, will promptly attend to all
., :. | to their care. Jan. 1858. 907 tf
1011% H. IV4V\i:, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
|,| rijt permanently located in Greensborough, N.
j .-.'.• Courts of Randolph Davidson and
:. ,: : • ipt attend to the collection of all
flaced -. his hands. Jan. 9, 1857. 915 tf
ilTSOV ft. Mi: IKS. GENERAL COMMIS-I
. Mei -i tilts, .1 Hurling Slip, New York.—
. .••••• •. paid to the sale of Grain, Cotton and
.-.:■.;! tacts. ftaJf-Libcral advances made
.•• mentit. 915 tf
lltRKI.r. WORKS.—GEORGE HEIXRICH,
I'I '.::.•.-:• I'Monuments, Tombs, Head-stones,
at reduced prices, OPPOSITE THE DEPOT,
i- :„»:.. N. •'. Cfei?" Orders from a distance
thralled, '.'71 tf
III I lltl.KTO* SHEPPERD, ATTORNEY
ii LAW, formerly of Salem, N. ('.. but now of
Irivinton. Geoi-la.
j.;,-•:.., jj, the counties of Wilkinson, Twiggs,
-.. Puiaski, Irwin, Wilcox, Telfair, Montgom-
• I'a- ...• i Jan. 21, 1860. ly
I t MtD.—.f. P. Jollre has purchased
V ".- . large and well selected STOCK of
lottlintt. Boots. Shots and llsits. which he
• HUP FOR CASH, orto punctual customers
• 'r.>. 1858. 8tf
til %OI 14 ■:.—The undersigned has removed
i Neviiern, nith the intention to devote himself
yt the practice of the law. He will attend the
■.:; -i" <: the Mil-rounding counties, and will also
. • '-••' •••:.!■• Supreme Court at Raleigh.
. :, I-.'.'. 6m D. K. McRAE.
" 1 -\. J. M. CLARK.
LLE1I & CLARE, COMMISSION MER-
.: ISTH, Wilmington, K. C. Prompt per-attenti
.;, given '<» consignments of Naval Stores,
a or other Country Produce, tor sale or shipment.
•• ■: Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, .vc
.. y 20. 1869 ly
P. .M>f:itltY. ot" \oiHi Carolina,
• With WM. GRAYDON & CO.,
vi» and Jobber of l»iy l.ooils. 4'-. PARK
E. and u BARCLAY STREET,
. i iraydon, "t
Graydon. i
' :.! -.
New York.
i Geo, H. Seeley,
\ Wm. A.Scott.
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BOWLAXI). j W. I>. KKYMILDS. | J. H. KIIW1.ANO.
liHW LAKD ft REYNOLDS, SUCCESSORS
>-^ lerson ,v Rej ai Ids, Grocers and Commission
.-..-. RORJFOLK, \ a. ftaf-Pay particular nt-
: i "li^ sale of Flour, Grain, Tobacco, etc., avoid-
UMjcessary charges, and rendering prompt re-deoember,
1867. 868 tf
n. II. HIRKSEV, COMMISSION MER-i
.- i« and General Agent, Morehead City, N. C.
■ - i •-. buying, selling, receiving and forwarding
- : ;: indm srehandise.
.•• '. . J M. Morehead, Greensborough, N.
:. :l llaughton, Esq., Newberne, N.C. Dr. F.
Wiln ington, N. C. II. A. London, Esq., Pitts-
. ,N.C. June 1. 1858. 987 tf
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'II,
S4ST01I JEWELRY STORE.
•-.' scriber has on hand the fine GOLD LE-i-
lit > manufac ured by Johnson of Liver-
Dixun.it London. Also, the Silver Lever
; • ■ Don Yirge Watch, with a variety or
i ot all descriptions. All of which will be
r<. i-:.. V atchee of all ile^criptions repaired.
GEORGE RILEY.
".r ALEX. ULI'IIAM.
ELY & OLDflAM, GROCERS AND
•'■■•-IT. Merchants, Wilmington, N. C. Liher-
'••■† L-j ie on produce consigned to us, when
•'••-f 1. .1 Im McRae, President of Hie Rank
'•fa. «.». ii. Parsley, Esq., President of the
• dlSank. Aug 28,1857. 948 ly
" - "It. WILL. L. SCOTT.
f,lT it MOTT, ATTORNEYS AND COITN-
•vLn, - GREENSBOROUGH, N. C
K*nd the Courts of Guilford, Alamance, Ran-
'' id*in. Forsytband Rockingham. All claims
:'• ' eta for collection, will receive prompt
-: ''•; •■ on North Street, fourth door from
.;-'"".T.
j! *M\!».. \ FULL SUPPLY OF BLANK WAR-
' • ••••!-. Deeds of Trust, Attachments, Decla-
; I." ent. Administrator's Notices, and
•'-'' '• T •, «ill always be found at the Store of
'■"*•'••» v Grimes, ii Lexington, who are our
'.r>.'.. ,.♦ |h« same; and who are also our
Reive and forward to us. all kinds of Job
SHERWOOD A; LONG.
||* 'lADIAHll.l,, LAND AGENT, WILL
' : •• Government Laud. Locate Land
": i..'..•• .>... .•. for capitalists at Western
- ■ '•■.•-, and Iran: i :l a general real estate liu-
"*" ••»• '• «a and Wisconsin. Address,
-. V ...
j H •. .1 M Morehead, George C. Men-
1 ,v'•'•r Uwymi and lion John A. Gilmer.
• •'"••■ 888 tf
W t\*\ NtRART &. CO., FACTORS AND
;-'» ''"-i'm Merchants, Agents for the sale and
', ' '" • ' tr, Grain, Salt, Groceries. &c,
•.:.-.., lV; iv.„,.r streets, Wilmington, N. t.'.
■»»Jva .. nConsignments.
* ."' '• ••• Savage, Cashier Bank of Cape
.. " KT - Brown, Wilmington, N. C. F. &
, ''■† • "* C. C. Graham \ ('o., Marion C.
•- ">: lerton & Co., Lexington, N. C.
' ?'.'*: JHOMAS has removed his HAR-
., ,'"''' ' the rooms recent'y occupied by
. • " ' '• ■ ■ «wo d «T. North of LINDSAY'S
$tmiu5$ ©arirs.
JAMES !W. EO.VEY. 147 Ch:iml.. i s-st.
New York, buys every kind of Merchandize on the
best terms, and forwards for Z\ per cent, commission.
Dealer in Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Melodeons,
Mclodeons, Harps, Guitars, Stools, Covers, Music, etc.,
wholesale and retail. All Instruments warranted.
Agent for "Lindsay's Patent Pump," Garden En-gine,
etc. Circulars of Instruments and Dumps sent
free on application. Refers to John A. Gilmer, C. P
Mendenhall, D. L. Swain, and others. 950
UL. DOWELL'S Photographic Cial-
. lery is now opened, andt'ameotypes, Melaino-types,
ami AMBROTYPE8, which cannot be surpassed
for DURABILITY and BEAUTY arc taken in Lockets,
Pins and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all.—
Having permanently located in Greensborough, they
confidently expect a liberal patronage.
B*a?" Call and examine Specimens, and learn the
Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starrett, sec-ond
story of Garrett's brick building, Wtflt Market St.,
Greensborough, N. C. March, 1858. 971 tf
('lOltt.i: H. KELLY. COMMISSION MER-vl
chant, and Dealer in Family Groceries and Pro-visions,
No. 11, North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N.
C. Will keep constantly on hand. Sugars, Coffees, Mo-lasses,
Cheese, Flour, Butter, Lard, Soap, Candles,
Crackers, Starch, Oils, Snuffs, &c.
References :—O. G. Parsley, President of Commercial
Bank ; John McRae, President Bank of Wilmington,
Wilmington, N. 0. A. M. Gorman, Rev. R. T. Heflin,
Raleigh. J. & F. Garret, David McKnight, Greensbo-rough,
N. C.
C1IIARLES S. FEATHER.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
HOOTS. SHOES 4\» ItltiM. \\s.
No. 41' North Third Street, above Market St.,
Philadelphia,
Respectfully solicits the attention of Merchants to his
stock of City and Eastern Manufacture, adapted to the
trade of North Carolina.
jRjy Particular attention paid to Orders.
Refers with permission to Messrs. J. R. & J, Sloan,
Greensborough, N. C. Oct. 8, 1858. ly
STEYEXSOX & IIOH L\.
(LATK STKVKSSllN, BOWKB * JCF.SMITT.)
Wholesale Dealers in Dry <;oods.
HAVK ASSOCIATED WITH TltKM
F>aiiiel M. Zimmerman,
formerly of L1NCOLNTON, N. C, and romoved to the
large Store \n. 53 \oi'l Ii 3rd Street, lirlow
Arch, where an increased stock will be kept, and
inducements offered equal to any house m the trade.
Philadelphia. Jan. 20, 1859. 19 8m
rM. ROTIIROC'K. D. ». S., RESPECT-
. fully offers his professional services to the citizens
of Greensborough, and all others who desire operations
performed on the TEETH in the latest and best style.
Persons unacquainted, can have any satisfactory refer-ence
as to character, skill, kc , kc: and the advantage
of eight years constant practice in MEDICINE AND
DENTISTRY, with every new discovery that is valua-ble.
Bfe^* He has furnished his OPERATING ROOMS
on Market Street, second story of GarretCs brick build-ing,
Mhere he will always be found unless professionally
cbsent. April 29, 1858. 982 tf
OTTO HIKER, JEWELLER AID
WATCH-MAKER. West Market, GuaCKSBOBO',
N. C, has on hand and is receiving a splendid and welt
selected stock of fine and fashionable Jewelry of every
description, among which may be found several magni-ficient
sets of coral Jewelry.
He has also a stock of fine Gold and Silver Watches.
All repairing done in the BEST MANNER and war-ranted.
All persons purchasing Jewelry, would do well j
to call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is
confident that he can sell as good bargains as can be
bought in this market.
August 1st, 1858. 990 tf.
ffijie &x$tmimu$ ||atrifli
\i:ss -.,,.1 ,„iH.r artioieg in hu lilie which
. •/•-. ,.■'■'. ■*" on "aionafcle terms.
.' ' ' J • 19tf
tlfJSHEYCS &■ BAILEY.
J PUBLISHBBS ABD Wllot.KSAI.K UI'.AI.F.RS IX
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
No. 262 Baltimore Street, opposite Hanoverst.,
Raltimore. Marylaml.
Offer a full assortment ol SCHOOL, CLASSICAL,
LAW, MEDICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.—
They are prepared to execme orders for LIUBARIES,
COLLF.OKS and SCHOOLS on I he most favorable terms.
Their Stock of Stationery embraces all its
branches, and contains a varied assortment.
January 2ft, 1859. 19 5m»
It \t.lP.K II ii. SMITH.
NO. 43 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Philadelphia.
Invite the attention of the trade of NORTH CAROLI-NA
to their laiK*' and varied stock of
Rio CoflLV-e,
Sugars, &c,
which are offered at the
lowest nett rates,
and in lots to suit purchasers.
Their purchases being made
exclusively for cash.
enables them to offer
GOODS AT VERY LOW FIGURES.
January 1, 1859. ly
FALL. is.Ys: Hamilton & Graham,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Are now prepared to oiler on the mo»t favorable terras,
to WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For-eign
and Domestic I>ry «>oods, selected
with great care for the Fall ii. Winter Trade.
which, tor variety, beauty, and its adaptation to the
NORTH CAROLINA.
VIRGINIA, AND
TENNESSEE TRADE,
will be found second to none. Buyers from all sections
are invited to a close and rigid examination of our Stock,
prices, &c. No. 60 SYCAMORE STREET.
September 10. Petersburg, Va.
VB^W HOTEL.
.> JOS. 4. McLEAW
Would respectfully announce to the public thai he has
opened a Hotel on South Street, in 8TATESVILLE,
N. C. His table will always be furnished with the
best the market affords. His constant aim will be to
promote the comfort of his guests; and he will spare
no trouble or expense in making the weary traveler
comfortable.
Statesville, October 10, If 58. 7 tf
J. W. HOWLBTT, 1>. 1>. S. J. V. 1IOWLF.TT.
JW. HOWLETT & SOY, DENTISTS, RE-
• spectrally offer their professional services to the
citizens of Greensborough and all others who may de-sire
operations performed on their teeth in the most
approved, modern and scientific manner. They are
amply qualified to perform all and every operation per-taining
in any way to Dental Surgery, unsurppssed for
ability or beauty.
The Senior of the firm has in his possession Diplomas
from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Anten-na
Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. S. S. Fitch of
Philadelphia, and has been in the regular practice Ot
the profession for over twenty years.
They have furnished their Operating rooms on West
Street, two doors above the BRITTA1N HOFSE, in a
handsome and comfortable manner tor the reception of
Ladies, where one of the firm may always be found.—
Ladies will be waited on at their residences if desired.
June a . 1866. ®*7
(1 L. yiEEXLEY, Practical Watch-
Y. MAKER AND JEWELER, (formerly ot T. Ii.
Humphreys *c Son, Richmond. Va.) has located himself
in Greensborough, N, C, where he will devote his
careful attention to repairing all kinds ot line Ciold
and Silver Watches, in the neatest and
best style the trade can afford. All work warrant-ed
lor twelve months. All he solicits is a fair
trial. Work done on the most reasonable terms. All
work from the country strictly attended to. Store
next door to Cole & Amis.
OP'Terms exclusively Cash.
NOTICE.
Having retired fiom the Watch and Jewelry busi-ness
in Greensborough, N. C, on account of ill health,
I recommend to my customers, Mr. ii. L. MEENLY.
of Richmond, Va., who is a good workman, hoping he
may get the patronage of ray friends and customers.
E. F. POWELL.
March 14, 18C9. . 27 3m
M. S. SHERWOOD. JAMBS A. LONG.
SHERWOOD & LONG,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERMS: $2.00 A YEAR, IM ADYAMCE.
Rates or Advertising.
ONE dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LINES OB
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter as follows:
3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TIAB.
One square $8 50 S5 60 $8 00
Two squares, 7 00 10 00 14 00
Three " 10 00 15 00 20 00
frirjhtal Sfltttritetous,
[For the Greensborough Patriot."]
JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE.
PHILADELPHIA, March 18, 1859.
MESSRS. EDITORS :—To tell you the half 1
saw and heard in the great Quaker City,
much of which might, perhaps, prove inter-esting
to your readers, would make a bundle
of letters large enough to fill a small volume.
This my engagements will not permit. Let
me trouble you, however, with a short ac-count
of the Annual Commencement of the
Jefferson Medical College, an institution at
which scores of the young men of the South
are yearly graduating in medicine.
The commencement took place on the 15th
instant, at the Musical Fund Hall, a largo
and superb public edifice on Locust street.
The hall is spacious and of elegant finish,—
a fit place for such an occasion. At an early
hour, it was thronged with the beauty and
fashion of that handsome City. Rarely ever
is a more brilliant assemblage of people seen
at any place or on any occasion. Nor did I
wonder, after J, was seated and heard the
music pealing down from behind the stage,
that the crowd around me was so great and
60 early assembled; for the music discoursed
by the Germania Orchestra was, I imagine,
scarcely less irresistibly enchanting than
that of
"Circe and the sirens three,
Amid the t!ow"ry kirtled Naiades
Culling their patent herbs and baleful drugs;
Who, as they sung would take the prisoned soul,
And lap it in elysium."
Just at 12 o'clock was the grand entree of
the graduating class, two hundred and fifty-six
in all, proceeded by the members of the
medical faculty and a number of other dis-tinguished
persons who were in attendance.
Upon entering tho hall, they were received
with loud and long continued plaudits. The
exercises were commenced with a prayer by
the Rev. John Chambers, one of the great
divines of this city. The young gentlemen,
who had, on examination, passed successful-ly,
were, then, called upon the stage, in
groups of twenty-five or thirty, to receive
the degree of M. D., which was conferred on
them by tho Hon. Edward King, L. L. D.,
President of the Board of Trustees, assisted
by the celebrated Prof. Dunglison, whose
name is a "household word" in every part of
the Union. In all the intervals, music was
discoursed by the Orchestra.
The students lrom the slave States were
largely in the majority, and whenever the
name of a young man from one of these
States was called by Prof. Dunglison, there
was loud cheering, showing that the JS'orth
delights in the patronage of the South. Nor is
it wrong for the South to extend its patron-a-'
e, on proper occasions, to tho North. 'Tis
calculated to foster that fraternal feeling
between the two sections of the Republic,
which is so essential in preserving the Con-stitution
and Union. Every friendship there
formed between the young men, their in-structors
and tho citizens of that city, is a
cement, a powerful c.-ment that is more ef-fectually
making the States "one and insep-arable."
Such a spirit Bhoold bo encouraged.
Heaven has made the North to some extent
dependent upon the South, and, likewise, tho
South upon the North ; and men should not
try to do away with that dependence entire-ly
by engendering bitter feelings and rank-ling
hatred. Mutual dependence is one of
tho grand laws of nature's God to effect
great good. Kxcuso this digression. To
return : Virginia sent a larger number than
any of her sisters. She had forty-seven in
this class j Pennsylvania, the State in which
the College is situate, had thirty-eight; North
Carolina had twenty-three; and of this num-ber
our county furnished two, Mr. John B.
Logan and Mr. James E. Lindsay, both of
whom, I was informed, wero standing at the
very head of their class in industry, ability
and attainments. That science, which they
have undertaken to master, is abstruso and
difficult, and, like that of the law, is over
jealous of its votaries. Nor is tho prac-tice
of the medical profession less difficult or
less laborious than tho 6tudy of the science
itself. The responsibility of this profession,
too, is fearfully great. Men, when they call
in a physician, put their lives in his hands
and expect him to alleviate their suffering,
and, in most instances, to restore them to
health. No man, then, should enter upon
tho duties of this profession without deep
reading, enlarged observation and a reflect-in"'
mind. These arc the means of advance-ment
to usefulness and eminence. By obser-vation
ho avails himself of his own expe-rience;
"by reading, of tho experience of
others; and by reflection he is enabled to
combine the knowledge acquired by obser-vation
and reading, to follow out new trains
of thought, and to grasp the subject of di-sease,
and the laws which govern it, by
broader and more comprehensive generaliza-tions.
His reflections, in their turn, will
boar upon his observations and reading, and
direct them into particular channels."
The honorary degree of L. L. D., was next
comferred on Judge Ozwell Thompson. He
is a gentleman, apparently, full of years and
who will, doubtless, wear that honor grace-fully
and becomingly. Me icill dignify the
degree. Too often, that honorary degree and
tho other of D. D. are conferred upon per-sons
too young,—persons who, instead of dig-nifying
tho degree, are themselves dignified
by it. This, in our opinion, is wrong.
After the conferring of tho degrees, the
valedictory address to the graduates was de-livered
by Franklin Bache, M. D., Professor
of Chemistry. This was a very able and
excellent address. Parts of it are so good
that you will pardon mo for making one
or two extracts. On tho dissemination of
medical knowledge among the masses, Prof.
Bache used these words : "Unfortunately,
tho profession has stood too much on its
dignity. It has too frequently made a mys-tery
of medical science, and the appliances
of our art. If wo would oftner condescend
to make explanations to our patients or
their friends; if wo would encourage the
teaching of the elements of physiology in
our schools, and of kindred subjects, by pop-ular
lectures, to adults, We might hope to
dispel some of the ignorance which forms
the solo sustenance of quackery. It is, in-deed,
true that tho ignorance of the present
day is not quite so great as it was centuries
ago; yet the ignorant of modern times are
much more readily reached by tho forgeries
and false statements of empirics, dissemina-ted
over the land by the subsidized newspa-per
press. In times past the weapon that
inflicted a wound was dressed with a healing
ointment, as well as tho wound itself; and
the rusty nail that pierced the foot was
greased and hung up tho chimney, to ward
off an attack of lockjaw. At present, the
royal touch is no longer believed in as a
cure for scrofula, and the natural bone-setter
is almost an extinct animal. Still, quackery
is rife to an alarming degree, and is patron-ized
by the rich as well as the poor; and, in
our day, its mischiefs aro far more diffused
than they were in the olden time, owing to
the specious disguises it puts on, and by rea-son
of the activity of the press. The cause
of this enormous evil, we repeat, is igno-ranco
in tho masses, whether they live in
fine houses or in hovels, and tho remedy is
to enlighten them."
He, next, administered the following whole-some
advice to tho graduates: "When you
become practitioners, you should keep stead-ily
in mind the precious interests that will
be confided to your care. You aro sent out
from this school, after due prepartion, to de-vote
your lives to the prevention and cure of
disease, and the alleviation of mental and
bodily suffering. In an especial manner the
uprightness of your professional conduct will
depend upon the duo influence of that in-ward
monitor, wisely implanted in us by the
Creator, to enable us to distinguish bctweer.
right and wrong, and not upon the fear of
public censure, which seldom can reach you.
In not a few cases the sins of omission and
commission of physicians aro known only to
themselves, and aro punished in this world
by tbe stings of conscience alone. As our
profession is a benevolent one, and not a
trade, you should feel it as especially incum-bent
on you to be kind and attentive to the
poor. This is not only your duty, but your
interest also; for some of them, even the
humblest, may have it in their power, in
after years, to contribute to your profession-al
advancement. Tho relations in which we
stand to the sick are peculiarly responsible
and delicate. We often become the intimate
friend of the families in which wo attend,
and'are consulted not only in sickness, but in
family troubles, when important secrets are
necessarily confided to our honor. The phy-sician,
thus trusted, should bo so sure of his
prudence, as to bo able to say with the prince
of poets—
'The secrets of nature have not more gift in taciturnity.'"
He, afterwards, spoke thus to them as to
their duty in receiving applicants to study
medicine: "As private preceptors, it will
be your duty to decline all applicants to be
received as pupils, whose preliminary educa-tion
will not justify them to engage in tho
study of medicine. A young man who wish-es
to study medicine, generally applies to a
physician in his neighborhood to take him
as a private pupil. Now, the physician ap-plied
to is placed in circumstances favorable
for gaining a knowledge ot tho antecedents
of the young man; and it becomes his duty
to make himself acquainted with the grade
of scholastic acquirement possessed by tho
applicant, in order to determine whether
this is sufficient to fit him for entering upon
the study of a learned profession. If tho
physician applied to should find tho educa-tion
of the young man inadequate, he should
decline to take him as a pupil. This course
implies no real hardship, and inflicts no in-justice;
for, if the applicant possesses suffi-cient
talent and zeal, he will make haste to
supply the deficiencies of his early educa-tion,
and in due time renew his application.
If private preceptors could be made sensible
of the truth of these views, and Mould act in
conformity with them, an evil of not unfre-quent
occurrence would be prevented, which
is not easily corrected during the period of
medical pupilage. On several occasions our
national medical C< tigresses have thrown
the chief blame of the improper admission
into tho ranks of our profession, of persons
deficient in scholastic training, upon the
medical schools. Nothing could bo more
unjust; for no reasonable man would con-tend
that the professors of the medical
schools should institute an inquisition into
the scholarship of tl/jir medical candidates,
after they have been under private tuition
for, perhaps, one or two years before pre-senting
themselves as pnblic students nt the
medical schools. This inquisition properly
belongs to the private preceptors, whose
duty it should be tc: decide whether tho ap-plicant
is prepared by his education for en-tering
upon the study of medicine at all. If
this duty is neglected by the private precep-tors,
and a young man, deficient in early
training is allowed to enter their offices, and
to continue his studies until he repairs to a
medical school, all th.it the professors can be
expected to do at his,final examination, is to
see that his medical information is sufficient
to 4it him for commencing the practical du-ties
of his profession. So far from the pro-fessors
of our schoO'ii deserving blamo in
this matter of deficient early education, the
responsibility must rest exclusively on pri-vate
preceptors. Lnt tho medical practi-tioners,
throughout the country, do their
duty is this particular, and an evil will be
remedied which is not easily corrected in its
progress." As ever,
HARRY HALL.
[For the Greensjiorpugh Patriot, j
TO THE DEAK ONES AT HOME.
Do they miss me at come ? Do they think
of me, the absent oml? How many times
does the wanderer pa M and say, "Do they
think of me ? Am at this moment the
object of their though s? Do I still share a
large portion oftheir lo/e?" Yes', the absent
are tboognt of; their .lames are mingled in
the family prayers,—wjien fond parents plead
earnestly with their jl'ather in heaven to
guide the one that hi far away, and keep
him from temptation. J
How often does the jchool-girl exclaim, "I
wonder if they think Sf me at home?" Of
course they do; and wii.li love and tenderness,
you are ever in their jicarts; your name is
ever on their lips. Hoy pleasant, when far
away, to know that there are dear ones at
home who miss you; that often they wish
you were with them tcisharo their joys and
pleasures.
When we die, will Jhey still think of us
with love and kindness? Will they visit
the place wo occupy in the grave yard ?—
Will they come and mingle their tears with
the twilight dews thaj are like diamonds,
shining so brightly benfath the pale moon's
silver light on the grajs around the many
quiet sleepers beneath t leold marble? Yes,
wander to the quiet
one who has gone
many times will they
spot and think of the
home,—who has left th s world of care and
trouble. They think of hem with the prayer
that they may be perrutted to meet them
above.
Methinks 'twould be sweet, when in the
embrace of tho monurcji Death, to be laid
beneath the green grtjss near some quiet
stream, flowing gently! along, where all is
quiet and peaceful; w lere strangers will
never come to gazo aod pass remarks on tho
quality ofthemarble, th 'epitaph, &C.J where
only the friends o( tho dead will seek that
retreat, and with penitent tears, offer up_
prayers from their hearp. There is where
1 would love to bo laid} when dead, and be
thought of as Mrs. Ilen'ans has said :
" When will ye think of me, sweet friends ?
When will ye think of me ?
When the sudden tear) o'erflow your eye,
At the sound of some olden melody;
When ye hear the voice of a mountain stream,
When ye feel the charm of a poet's dream,
Then kit it be.
" Thus let my memory be Jrlth you, friends ;
Thus ever think of mei
Kindly and gently, as ofr>ne
For whom 'tis well to t e fled and gone;
As of a bird from a chain unbound—
As of a wanderer whose home is found,
So let it be."
Oakland Institute. ALLA.
THE TUSC^ROBAS.
The Tuscaroras wero once the most nu-merous
tribe of Indians-within the limits of
North Carolina, and occupied an extensive
territory in tho eastern and middle por-tions
of the State. A little more than a
hundred years ago, they numbered twelve
hundred warriors. There were three scper-ate
villages belonging to-this tribe in what
is now called Chatham tjounty. The Hick-ory
mountain village wn*t situated in [a re-gion
remarkable for the fertility of the soil,
and its varied and attractive natural scenery
as well as an abundance of wild game of tho
most desirable kinds. A nother famous camp
ground was half a mile south of the celebra-ted
Mt. Vernon Springs. Tho third village
was midway between the other two, and
was located upon the left bank of Rocky riv-er,
a small stream of flit* yards width, flow-ing
through the county from north-west to
south-east, and emptying its waters into
Deep River. To this Indian town belonged
"tho last of the Tuscaroras." Here in the
time of the Revolution, (ion. Greene's army
encamped, while in pursuit of the British
after the battle of Guilford.—>V. G. JJ. Mag.
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A LAWYER EXPELLED EROM THE BAR —
John Percy, an Attorney of Albany, recently
commenced 67 suits agai.jist the proprietors
of the Evening Journal, o-ie in every county
in the State and somein Pennsylvania for libel.
The gross amount of darnage's reached the
enormous sum of $1,300';,000. On applica-tion
of defendant's attorney, the suits were
consolidated into one, and on trial the jury
found a verdict for defendants, and the law-yer
was subsequently expelled from tho bar.
[From the Raleigh Register.]
WHIG MEETING IN CHATHAM.
Pursuant to previous notice, a large »nd
enthuiastic meeting of the Whig party of
Chatham county was held in the ('otirt House
in Pittsboro' on Wednesday the Md inst.
On motion of Col. Wm. P. Taylor, Nathan-iel
Clegg was called to the Chair, and H. A.
Ramsay was appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained
by the Chairman to be to appoint Delegates
to the Convention to nominate a candidate
tor Congress.
On motion of Col. Taylor, a committee of
five was appointed to draft suitable resolu-tions
for the consideration of the meeting.
The committee, consisting of N. A Kam-say,
O. A. Taylor, John T. Brooks, Robert
Faucette, and D. F. iiclver, having retired
for a short time ieported tho following reso-lutions,
which were unanimously adopted_:
Resolved, That the distractions, corrup-tions
and substantial dissolution of the Dem-ocratic
party affords an opportunity for the
successful union ot all good, national conser-vative
men at the South and at the North,
to rescue tho country from their domina
tion; and that we earnestly appeal to all
such men to unite to purge the administra-tion
of tho Government from the abuses and
corruptions which now characterise and dis-grace
it.
Resolved, That the events of the last four
years have been merely a protracted strug-gle
for life, on the part of the Democratic
party, and that now tho signs of its actual
dissolution thicken around us—in tho depar-ture
of the President from the boasted folly
of free trade, (in substance direct taxes) and
tho diametrically opposite recommendations
of bis Secretary of the Treasury—in the iu-veterate
divisions on the subject of appropri-ations
for Rivers and Harbors—in the ina-bility*
of t hat party, with a large majority
in both Houses of Congress, to unite on any
measure cf importance for the supply of the
Treasury; the relief of the finances; the
payment of tho debt they mated; or the
restoration of industry and commerce pros
trated by their policy—tho humiliating ef-fort
to place 830,000,000 in the President's
hands to b ly what we would like to have,
hut what they know is not for sale, or a cor-ruption
fund lor political uses—the open ad-vocacy
of, and useless effort to reopen the
African slave trade by large bodies of men
countenanced by Democratic members ol
Congress, and not rebuked] by any Demo-crat
from our own section—the tolerating
in the cabinet of a high officer stained by
complicity with the frauds of Fort Snelling
and Willet's Point—the entire inability of
tho Government to execute the neutrality
laws, and to the bold jfl'ort of iiiuny Demo-crats
to procure their repeal, in wl.ioh they
especially fail to secure either unity or con-currence
in or out of Congress—their failure
tolaccomplish, or even to propose, any ade-quate
measures of reform or ictieiichmont
to lessen the scsndclous amount of the na-tional
expenditures, as well as their attempt
to lessen the expenditures, by cutting off
those most essential to the national defence,
and the national prosperity, (such as the for-tifications
to protect our coasts, tho coast
survey to make them safe for our coasting
trade, and the improvement of our rivers
and harbors :or the security of life and com-merce)
while all the great mass of miseeBa-neout
expend tures—a nameless collection of
jobs and contracts, and for useless and su-pernumerary
officers remain uiidiiiiinished—
their utter failure to punish the disgraceful
frauds and spsculation allowed to be perpe-trated
with impunity by high ollicers, for
the reward of political tools in the various
Navy Yards, and the shameful use of those
yards, and of the public money to congre-gate,
retain and support in I'hilidelphia,
Brooklyn, and elsewhere, hundreds of useless
men till the day of election, to control and
stifle the true voice of the people in their
elections—the open and scandclous attempts
of the President, uurebuked by his party
friends, to influence by his letters and pro-scriptions
tho election of Senators in Pensyl-vania
and Illinois, and of Representatives
in the case of Jones, of Pa., and English, of
Indiana, and others, and his contempt of the
popular will bv rewarding with high office
tbe men they had declared unworthy ot
their confidence.—These and many other
events crowding every column of the daily
press, proclaim the incompetency of the
Democrats, to conduct tho government—
their shameless plunder of the goods com-mitted
to their charge—their scandclous
quarrels for the spoils and power—the reck-less
assaults on the peace and honor, no less
than the integrity of tho L'nion—and they
ought to unite all good men for their expul-sion
from power.
Resolved, That the Democratic party, from
purely selfish iMotives, has deceived the peo-ple
into the re-opening of tho slavery agita-tion
under fair promises of new slave States,
and new security for the slave institutions,
and that the results of that agitation have
been only a humiliating defeat of their boa*
ted defence of the South, and new excitement
on that most delicate subject.
Resolved. That, in the opinion of this mee-ting,
it is unwise policy on the part of our
Southern people to attempt by trick, power
or fraud, to force their institutions on any
people known to be opposed to it; for the
reason that honesty is the best policy, and
fair dealing we
Of
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tbe
uto
>vr-or-h
is
■ed
al moderation of the TTnion-loving mei
all the States, and that wo reprobate
the most dangerous policy all attomp
fuse and embody tho whole Sooth under
control of tho Democratic party, and the
sever us from all sympathy with tho
whelming mass and majority of the
thern States, where the Democratic part
shewn by the late elections to be dwpe
and powerless; and wo earnestly call orjour
fellow citizens to forgot the passions so Jte-ly
lighted by Democratic ambition un<. to
return to the days of good fellowship i Ith
all the country, and from the prontlese tagi-tation
of the "slavery qaestion and fruiilesa
efforts to extend the" institution amonj t ose
who do not want it; to its consolidatioi in
peace and safety where it exists, and lo the
restoration of tho industrial interests of the
country, wherein our true wealth, stret gth
and happiness consist.
I'...-.)/'red further, That wo deem it du t'»
our faithful and worthy Representative, 1 OB.
John A. Gilmer, who has provod hitnse ' M
be "upright when honor was rebellion, rut"
when integrity was treason;" that we I illy
approve and endorse his course in Cone t-ss
and feel proud that in a period of the 1 gh-est
sectional excitement he dared to do that
which the distinguished Hammond of S I'
says he feels it was also his duty to liavo
done, but failed,because others ledjn anoyier
direction.
On motion of N. A. Ramsay, it was ICKliv-ed
to hold the district Convetion atGrn am
on the 1st Tuesday in May, it being th 3d
of the month.
On motion, tho following persons were ap-pointed
Delegates to tho Convention :
John. T. Brooks, Lewis Albright, D. H.
albright, Donald Mclvor, K. H. Strong an,
Rob't Faucette, II. C. Morton, T. B. Far i.r.
Jas. Lindley, L. W. Gorrel, Wm. P. Taj or,
John M. Stone, D. C. Harris, John I mi-ning,
I. N. Clogg, O. 1C. Neal, Thos. Di on.
S. R. Perry, Alexander Thomas, O. A. I'y«
ser, R. N.Green.
Oa motion the chairman and secte! uy
wero added to the list of delegates.
The meeting was addressed in short ,i[id
spirited speeches by Col. Wm. Taylor, 1 »l>-
ert N. Green, and B. H. Stranghan.
On motion, it was resolved to have ihc
froceedings of this meeting published in ho
taleigh Register.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
NAT'L CLEGG, ChniV|
N. A. RAMSAY, Sec.
WHIG MEETING IN CHATHAM
Onoot the old-fashioned, enthusiastic Wfiig
meetings was held in Pittsboro' on Wid*es-day,
the 23d inst.: and it made our heart
feei gl«*l to read about tho way in which the
thing was conducted. Tho meeting was .al-ed
for the purpose ot appointing deleg tes
to the Convention to nominate a candidate
for Congress. A lengthy and patriot! B »"t
>ur
nd
ri ed tlie
st
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VI-ir.
as
tnat nouesty
the further reason that by
may be in a condition to demand and receive j for his independence^ on
justice as to extention of our peculiar institu-entrancc
among those who do
of resolutions (we wish wo had space in
paper for thoir insertion) wero read
adopted unanimously: after which, sp rtli
speeches were delivered by Col. Wm. I*. 'I i
lor, Robert N. Green, Esq., and E
Straughan, Ksq. It was resolved toholid
District Convention at Graham on the
Tuesday of May. Tho following pets
wero appointed Delegates to the Conveo i
John T. Brooks, Lewis Albright, D. fl.
bright, Donald Mclver, K 11. Btraaghfn,
Rob't. Faucette, II. 0. llorton, T. B. Fai tjir,
Jas. Lindley, L. W. Gorrell, Wm. P. Taj br,
John Al. Stone, D. ('. Harris, John Man tiyg,
I. N. Clegg, O. Al. Neal, Thos. Dixon, fc. |B.
Perry, Alexander Thomas, O. A. Taylo'/, 1
N. (ireen.
One of the resolutions which refers to
Gilmer wo cannot help publishing. It iW
fol lows : ;
"Resolved further, That we deem it die. io
our faithful and worthy Represeiita-tije,
Hon. John A Gilmer. who has proved |i ««
self to be "upright when honor was rebelli o,
true when integrity was treason;" th:£t vo
fully approve and endorse his course in U ti-gress,
and feel proud that in a period o! be
highest sectional excitement he dared t;> do
that which tho distinguished Hammonds. S
C, says he feels it was also his duty to hi te
done, but failed because others led in uV h
er direction."
Mr. Gilmer has long been a target at ujlijeh
every Democratic paper in the State; Pas
hurled a venomous shaft of one kind or u&o'h-er,
in hope ofinjuring him in the opinion jof
his constitnents, and thereby preventing jiia
return to Congress; but they have ch |
one of them failed, most signally in their Jn-manly
attempt upon tho character ©fit is
gentleman. Their weak and impotent n s-siles
have fallen short of the mark ; and. t io
action of tho gentlemen composing thejl to
Whig meeting in Chatham county, gtvesi i-denee
thai J no. A. Gilmer stands now « ■> re
ho always has stood, firmly imbedded ii. t'.io
hearts of good old Whigs of tho 5th I)ii ,
who will return him to Congress to do dm i
what he has already done, and for whic'i M
was so savagely censured—that is, vot • an
his conscience dictated, regardless of me
smiles or frowns of the world. TimeiHU
proven that the matter of tho Kan-1- u .i-
D6M. Air. G's conscience guided him rightly,
and it ought to have guided others, v| (),
while admitting that he was right, sckrjo 1-
edge themselves as having been afraid to. 1 1-
low, because others went in a differed! Ii-rection.
We admire Air. Gilmer all the IK ro
this Kansas «'uls.
tion, or its .
want, it, when such extention is improperly
opposed. .
Resolved, That all conservatives of the
South are in tie line of their duty when
they declare themselves ready to fraternize
with conservative men of all sections in the
freindly spirit which always inspired the
members of the old Whig party for the pur-pose
of electing a man of character and abil-ity
bavin" tho confidence of the whole
country, to the office of President of the
United States, and putting down sectional
agitations.
Resolved, That the utter failure of the
Democratic party to bring (what they are
pleased to call) ".he Northern allies to their
support in tho slavery controversy even
when presented with a Northern as well as a
Southern face, demonstrated that there is
but little difference among Northern politi-cians
as to the institution of Slavery, and
that we see our safety solely in the cessa-tion
of the negro agitation, in our strength,
and in the conservative and constitution-
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tion; and instead of his course having iijij
ed him, it has only endeared him more stroi
ly to those whom he represents in the ba
of Congress.
We chronicle all such evidence of the !-c
val of the Whig party as the one in qn<
to-day with much satisfaction. We feel sn
Inat there arc thousands who feel lik<
upon this subject. Speed on the good c:.u
say we.— Wilmington Herald.
CiRiots LEGISLATIVE CUSTOM.—The .Ilii-nois
House of Representative* has a caiju is
custom. Near the close ofthe session the r. '1
ol the members is called through one. r
twice, and, as his name is called, each tt.C i-ber
has a right to call for tho considera'.i. n
of one bill, and to have it put on its panSM .
Many private bills are thus reached aijd
passed.
a**- A Mr. Apple was fined in CinoJabl
for getting drunk. It cuts him to the co
to think an Apple can't get a little meLlo
and not be skinned for it. Air. Apple
pealed.
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