Carolina Watchman

              terms of the watchnian subscription per year two dollabs payable in ,,.,..' bol if nol paid in advance two dollars * j fifty cents will be charged a ' rm mints insfried al 1 for the first and 25 cts ap ' ! loare of 16 lines for each subsequent insertion bfra or dere charged 2 per cent higher than these a liberal deduction to those who advertise by rates "■ , j^rs to the editor must be post pnid till carolina watchman brooms we take back what we said about south carolina's being in the dirt if she hould dissolve the union we find that here are some broom makers down about \ charleston and at greenville the exhi bition of the south carolina institute on jje 18th ultimo revealed the gratifying fact that that state is doing much towards , e n<lering herself independent of the ; north i he awards of premiums we find the following : j r t straw brooms extra fine quality henry s tevv mount pleasant near charleston — a silver medal second best straw brooms j critten s c — a diploma i all the brooms sent to the fair were 0 f fine quality we take the following extract from the nport of the committee on premiums to wit " the committee on premiums in sub mitting to the board ol directors of the j south carolina institute an account of the i manner in which they have fulfilled the t ru t committed lo them cannot but ex j press the pride and gratification they feel : in reporting to you tbe large increase of i articles presented for competition a our ! second annual fair showing as they do j the most striking proofs of the variety and extent of the productions of our country ' it is an evidence that the public mind of the south is fast waking up from its long slumber and beginning earnestly to take j a proper view of its true position it is j certainly high time the south should look ! its own situation boldly in the lace lor it has bv its own want of mechanical and ■ manufacturing energy permitted the peo ; pie of the north to gain over it ad van ! tages which will require both time and in rjustry lo reclaim with lime and indus try however it can be accomplished and your committee entertain the hope that the day is not distant when the southern \ states will no longer be tributaries lo the other states of this union we have had presented at this exhibition our own iron ! our steam engines our rail road wheels and our cotton gins our own thrashing ! machines our ploughs and our axes our cabinet-ware our carriages and our carts our boots shoes hats and brooms our woolen goods cotion goods and silk our own sugar flour butler and cheese our owr brandy wine ale and oils — in fact almost every article necessarv to the comfort and convenience of our people the committee cannot conclude their . report without expressing to you what j they conceive one of the most gratifying j circumstances connected with the insti j tute it is to be found in the very large j number of visiters who have heen attract j ed to our exhibition in this annual as j semblage of people from the various por i tions of our stale and many of our sister j states there is much to commend it to the favor of reflecting and patriotic men the mere fact of persons otherwise strangers i meeting togei her and becoming personal j ly acquainted generates sentiments of kindness and removes many causes of j prejudice we are taught to feel that though we may be separated by geo j graphical state line we are identical in feeling and have the same interest in cherishing and perpetuating the giett ob j jects of the south carolina institute the south remedied geor g1a and massachusetts the glorious m vvs of the complete tri : umph of the union men of georgia in the election of an overwhelming majority of the union men to tbe state convention proves says the richmond republican the thorough devotion ofthe south to the union and heralds a national victory which will be received everywhere with pride and rejoicing notwithstanding the compromises of the last congress were not in all respects such as the sonth could desire and not withstanding the ad mission of california under the circum stances was to every southern man a source of profound regret georgia has nobly refused to lend her sanction to the idea of secession or disunion the south may now be said to stand together on the platform ol ihe constitution and the laws for we think there can be no donbt that the union feeling exhibited in boston is that of all southern states with the ex ception of south carolina and that the example georgia has just set will add to patriotic tide which is so generally trium phant south of mason and dixon we wish we could say as much of the union and law abiding spirit of massa chusetts as of georgia but the truth for bids the recent elections show the overwhelming victory of free soil in that state except at the single point of boston and even in that city which we doubt not has thousands of such conservative and patriotic citizens the law of the lantl has been successfully evaded these facts stand undenied and undeniable that two southern men went to boston in pur suit of two fugitive slaves ; that the slaves were in the city and the process placed in the hands of the proper officers for their arrest ; but they were not arrested the southern men who went after them were arrested on the most frivolous char ges and held to bail in large amounts that finally the southern men had to re turn without their property this is all we want to know it may be that as in j the case of steamboat explosions " no j the carolina watchman j j bruner ) > " keep a check upon all vocr editor d proprietor ) rulers ( new series this and ltbertvts safe < gcn'l harri*on ( volume vii number 31 salisbury n c thursday december 12 1850 body to blame but the man who puts much confidence in the captain of an ex ploded vessel afterwards has nobody but himself to censure for the consequences the fact stands prominently out that in boston the only conservative portion of massachusetts fugitive slavps are not ar rested but that southern men who come alter them arc nullification has left the south and taken up its abode in the north we are glad of it the south stands just where she should stand she has proved her devotion to the union beyond cavil or doubt she now has a right to demand of the north the fulfilment of her duty under the constitution and the late compromises of congress if that duty shall not be performed the south will know no divisions hut fling forth the ban ner of independence with a single heart and fight under it with a single hand pet intelligencer lynch law in california the panama star copies the two fol lowing cases of lynch law from the cal ifornia papers : lynch law — an instance of this sum mary mode of dispensing justice took place on monday last at georgetown while the election was going on it seems that a man named devine had ta ken to gambling and as he was in the habit of losing his money his wife hid all that came into her possession on sun day last he had got broke he demanded the money which she bad hid she re fused to deliver it if he intended to use it in gambling whereupon devine threaten ed to kill her as he seized his gun she blew out the candle and fied into the next room ; he however discharged it at her the contents passed through the door and killed her an enraged crowd several hundred strong assembled forthwith set devine on a horse and rode him off to a tree here they made him kneel upon the horse's back put the rope around his neck and drove the horse off leaving him hanging from the branch of the tree not long since an emigrant arrived over the plains in a sickly and destitute condition wbich excited the commisera tion of his friends in the upper part ofthe country who to place the man in a posi tion to make a living elected him justice of the peace in the early part of this month a stranger thinking that the price of beef would justify the act took it info his head to drive an ox from off the ranch of one ofthe said justice's friends towards sacramento he was pursued overtaken and brought before the justice when the case was heard and the mitimus made out the judge adjourned the case for one hour and look the prisoner into his faith ful care and keeping after the crowd had dispersed the honest judge inquired of his prisoner how much he would give him to release him m all the money i have was ihe reply the sum reached 170 wbich the judge look and told oxonian to " vamous the ranche which he did — the judge then destroyed the papers in the case and awaited the expiration of the hour of adjournment on the reassembling of the other par ties the escape of the prisoner was an nounced with deep regret pursuit was made at once and the thief traced to the american fork into which he had plung ed holding on lo a grape vine to keep his head above water in this situation he was discovered and brought back to the justice's office where tbe above facts were divulged proving that the course of rascality as well as love dosen't run smooth the crowd incensed at the ju dicial conduct of the justice formed a court for the occasion put tbe ox driver on trial and acquitted him ; then summon ed the head of the legal tribunal whom they tried found guiliy and ordered to be lashed to an oak tree and there to receive a sound whipping from the hands of his friend the former prisoner the cow hide was applied vigorously by the ox thief much to the gratification ofthe tem porary court and jury during the last ten years 15,000 houses have been built in npw york and the population increased 140.000 there is an average of about 9 persons to a house the common average of space for houses and lots is 17 houses to an acre of ground — this would show that in ten years new york has covered 882 acres of land with houses heresy rev o s prescott of the church of the advent boston says the philadelphia ledger is on trial before an ecclesiasti cal court on a charge of heresy for en tertaining and believing certain doctrines which are not held nor allowed to be held by the protestant episcopal church in the united stales among the here sies charged is auricular confession the immaculate nature of tbe virgin mary c instantly killed on friday last as a number of persons were on their way to the military election in this place mr franklin houser was thrown from his mule and instantly killed an affection ate wife and two small children are thus suddenly deprived of their protector and guide — lincoln republican from arthur's home gazette confessions of a housekeeper by mrs john smith not at home never but once did 1 venture upon the utter ance of lhat lit i le while lie " not at home and then i was well punished for my weakness i and folly il occurred at a lime when there were in my family two new inmates : a niece from new york and a raw irish girl lhat i had taken a few days before on trial my niece agnes was a young lady in her nineteenth year the daughter of my brother i : had nol seen her before since her school-girl days ; and knew little of her character her mother i had always esteemed as a right-think i ing true-hearted woman i was much pleased lo have a visit from agnes and felt drawn to ward her more and more every day there was something pure and good about her " now aggy dear said i to her one morn ing after breakfast as we took our work and retired from the dining-room to one of the par ■ lors where i was occasionally in the habit of i siding — " we must sew for dear life until din ner time so as to finish these two frocks for the children to wear ihis evening it is'n right j i know to impose on you in this way but you sew so quick and neatly ; and hen it will help me through and leave me free to visit gir ard college wiih you this afternoon 44 don't speak of it aunt returned agnes " i'm never happier lhan when employed and besides it's only fair that i should sew for you in the morning if you are to go pleasuring with me in the afternoon lightly the hours flew by passed in cheerful conversation i found lhat the mind of my niece had been highly cultivated ; and her tastes were refined and her moral sense acute to say that i was pleased wiih her would but half ex press what i fell there was to be a juvenile party at the house of one of our acquaintances that evening to which the children were invited ; and we were at work in preparing dresses and other mailers suitable for them to appear in twelve o'clock came very quickly — too quickly for me in fact : for i bad not accom plished near so much as i had hoped to do it would require the most diligent application through every moment of time lhat intervened until the dinner hour for us to get through with what we were doing so as lo have the after noon to ourselves for the intended excursion as the clock rung out the hour of noon i ex claimed — " is it possible i had no idea that it was so late how slowly i do seem to get along !" just al this moment the bell rung 44 eless me i hope we are not to have visitors this morning said i as i let my hands fall in | my lap i thought hurriedly for a moment and j then remarked in a decided way — 44 of course we cannot see any one we are j engaged by ihis time i heard the footsteps of mary on i her way from ihe kitchen and i very naturally '■ passed quickly to the parlor door to intercept and j give her my instructions •' say that i'm engaged was on my tongue { but somehow or other i had not the courage to give these words utterance the visitor migh be a person lo whom such an eicuse for not i appearing would seem unkind or be an offence ' in this uncertain stale my mind fell inlo confu sion mary was before me and awaiting the 1 direction she saw that i was about giving '• say that i'm not at home if any one asks to see me came in a sudden impulse from my j lips and then my cheeks flushed to think that i had instructed my servant to give utterance to a ; falsehood ** yes mim answered the girl glancing in to my face wiih a knowing leer l bat produced ! an instant sense of humiliation ; and away she : went to do my bidding i did nol glance towards agnes as i return ' ed lo my seat and took up my work i bad nol 1 ihe courage lo do ihis that i had lowered ' myself in her estimation i felt certain i heard the street door open and bent invol unlarily in a listening attitude the voice of a lady uttered my name she's not at home mim came distinctly on my ears causing ihe flush on my cheeks to become still deeper a murmur of voices followed then i heard j the closing of the veslibule door and mary re turning lo ihe back parlor where we were sit ting 44 who was it mary ?" i enquired as the j girl entered ** mrs — mrs now what is it sure and i've forgotten their names intirely bul lack of memory did not long keep me in ignorance as to who were my visitors for as ill luck would have it ihey had bethought themselves of some message ihey wished to leave and re opening the veslibule door left a , jar by mary followed her along the passage to | the room they saw her enter as she pushed open the door of the parlor mary heard them and turning quickly exclaimed in consterna ; tion — •■ och murlher !" a moment she siood confronting in no very ! graceful altitude a couple of ladies and then escaped lo the kilchen here was a scene of embarrassment not . j among all my acquaintances were there per j hap two persons whom i would have least i desired to witness in me such a lault as the one { of which i bad been guilty for a little while j i knew not who io say i sit overcome wilh j mortification al length i arose and said j with an effort — 41 walk in ladies ! how are you this morn ing i'm pleased to see you take chairs my neice mrs williams and mrs glenn i hope you will excuse us we were — " oh.no apologies mrs smith returned one of the ladies with a quiet smile and an air of self possession •' pardon this intrusion ! we understood the servant that you were nol at home 44 engaged she meant said i a deeper crimson suffusing my fare " the fact is we are working for dear life io get the children ready for a parly to-night and wished lo be ex cused from seeing any one certainly — all right returned mrs will iams " i merely called to say to your domes tic i had forgotten it at ihe door that my sis ter expected to leave for her home in n york in a day or two and would call here with me lo morow afternoon " i shall be very happy to see her said i — 4 very bappy do come in and sit for a litlle while if i had only known it was you now that last sentenee spoken in embarrassment and mental confusion was only making mat ters worse il placed me in a false despica ble light before my visitors ; for in il was the savor of hypocrisy which is foreign lo my na ture no thank you replied my visitors 4 good morning !' 44 and tbey retired leaving me so overcome with shame mortification confusion and dis tress thai i burst into tears 4 to think thai i should have done such a thing was my first remark as soon as i had a liltle recovered my self-possession ; and i look ed up half timidly into the face of my niece i shall not soon forget ihe expression of surprise and pain that in her fair young countenance i had uttered a falsehood in her presence and thus done violence to the good opinion she had formed of me the beautiful ideal of her aunt which had filled her mind was blurred over ; and her heart was sad in consequence 4 dear aggy v said i throwing my work up on the floor and bending earnestly towards her — 4 don't think too meanly of me for ihis little circumstance i never was guilty of that thing before — never and well have i been punished for my thoughtless folly i spoke from impulse and not reflection when i told mary to say that i was nol at home and repentend of what i had done almost as soon as the words passed my lips agnes looked at me for some moments un til her eyes filled wilh tears then she said in a low sweet earnest voice : 4 mother always says if she cannot see any one who calls that she is engaged 4 and so do i dear i relumed 4 this is my first offence against truth and you may be sure that it will be the last and it was my last when next i met mrs williams and mrs glenn there was in both of them a reserve not seen before i felt this change keenly i had wronged myself in iheir good opinion ; and could not venture upon an explanation of my conduct ; for lhat i felt might only make mat ters worse how often sinre has my cheek burned as a vivid recollection came up before my mind of what occurred on that morning ! i can never forget il young women — if young wo men waste their time in trival amuse ments in the prime season for improve ment which is between the ages of six teen and twenty they will hereafter regret bitterly the loss when they come to feel themselves inferior in knowledge to al most every one they converse with ; and above all if they should ever be mothers when they feel their inability to direct and assist the pursuits of their children they will then find ignorance a severe mortification and a real evil let it an imate their industry and let not a modest opinion of theircapacities be a discourage ment to their endeavors after knowledge a moderate understanding with diligent and direct application will go farther than a more lively genius if attended with that impatience and inattention which two of ten attend quick parts it is not for want of capacity that so many women are such trifling and insipid companions so ill ! qualified for the friendship and conve rsa | tion of a sensible man or for the task of j instructing or governing a family ; it is often the neglect of exercising the talents . they really have and from omitting to ' cultivate a relish for intellectual moral j and religious improvement by this ne gleet they lose the sincerest pleasures , which would remain when almost every ' other forsook them of which neither for ; tune nor age could deprive them and j resource in almost every possible situation in life \ ! __ the yankee outwitted — a yankee and a frenchman owned a pig in co partnership — when killing lime came ihey wished lo divide ; the meal the yankee was very anxious lo ) divide so lhat he would get both hind quarters ' and persuaded the frenchman lhat the proper way lo divide was to cut it across the back — ' the frenchman agreed to it on condition that tbe yankee would turn his back and lake ; choice of ihe pieces after it was cut in two — tbe yankee turned his back and the french man asked — 44 vich piece vill you have — ze piece wid ze tail in him or ze piece vat aint got no tail ?" the piece with the tail replied ihe yan kee 44 den by gar you take him and i take ze ■ oder one said ihe frenchman upon turning around the yankee found that \ the frenchman had cut off all the tail and stuck it into the pig's mouth legislature of north carolina senate monday dec 2 tbe chair announced the committee on en rolled bills for the present week messrs da vidson and spaight mr caldwell of mecklenburg presented a memorial from the justices and grand jury ol mecklenburg county praying thai the tax on retailers of spirituous liquors be increased to one hundred dollars ; wbich was referred to tbe committee on finance mr cameron introduced a bill to incorporate independent division no 31 of the sons of i temperance in ihe lown of fayetteville which was referred to the committee on corporations mr woodfin presented a petition praying for legislation against ihe malicious killing of live 1 stock in the woods ; which was referred to ihe committee on propositions and grievances also a bill to amend acl of last session to lay ! off and establish the county of watauga ; laid ; ' on the table mr caldwell a petition from cilizens of | ashe and watauga against ihe above bill ; laid on the utile mr bovver also gave notice of petitions of like effect mr thomas from ihe commitfee on internal : improvement reported ihe bill concerning ihe j wilmington and manchester railroad with amendments tbe report and amendments were ordered lo he printed mr thomas introduced a bill lo incorporate the tennessee river railroad company wiih a capital of 1.000 000 ; which passed ils first reading and was referred to the committee on internal improvement mr woodfin introduced a bill to divide ihe i school fund according to the while population mr shepard moved its reference lo he com : mittee on education a debate sprung up i here between messrs shepard woodfin gil mer bond joyner lillington and kelly on the ques'ion of reference which as il did nol involve he merits of the bill we deem il unne cessary o report the ayes and noes were called for by mr woodfin ; and being taken were ayes 34 ; — noes 13 so the bill was referred lo the com mittee on education the special order ofthe day being the bill lo provide lor calling a convention was taken up and on motion of mr woodfin postponed until wednesday next at 12 o'clock mr bynum introduced a resolution that tbe clerk cause lo be printed for the use of the members of the senate the list of the commit tees of this house and joint committees a message was received from the house proposing lo refer the report of the directors of the deaf and dumb asylum to a select com mittee and agreed lo on motion of mr thomas the senate ad journed house of commons — dec 2 the house journal having been read mr waugh presented a memorial praying lo repeal the acl laying off a certain road through parts of wilkes and forsythe mr williams of mecklenburg a memorial from officers and soldiers of ihe 69th regi i ment n c militia praying the repeal or a mendment of the law of 1848-'9 exempting persons of the age of 35 from military duty — referred lo commi'tee on military affairs mr rurhn a bill for ihe incorporation of the lown of madison referred mr person of northampton a bill for ihe incorporation ofihe garysburg and oconeechee plank road company read and passed the first time and referred lo committee on inter nal improvements mr dargan presented a series of resolutions wbich were read and referred to the committee on negro slavery the speaker announced the following com mittee on the part of the house lo visit and j report upon the condition of the institute for ihe deal and dumb viz messrs avery hill of n c montgomery jerkins and mr cherry introduced a bill exempiing from taxation certain lands of citizens of north car olina ordered to be printed the speaker presenied ihe report ot w d cooke principal of the deaf and dumb institute mr leach introduced a series of resolutions i which were referred lo ihe committee on ne gro slavery these resolutions authorize the government in event of the repeal or modifi i cation of ihe fugitive slave law lo convene the legislature immediately mr fleming introduced a bill for calling a j convention to amend ihe constitution of the stale this bill directs the governor to cause polls j to be opened in order to ascertain ihe sense of i the people as to the necessity of holding a con i vention to amend the constitution ofthe state j the returns must be made lo the governor and opened before the 1st of september 1851 whereupon ihe governor if they he favorable lo the calling of a convention shall issue his proclamation tor ihe election of delegates lo take place in november next the delegates so eleeled shall assemble in convention in raleigh on ihe 2nd monday in january 1852 with full and unlimited authority to make such alterations in the stale constitution as their wi«dom may suggest mr mclean moved the reference of this bill lo ihe commiitee nn amendments to the con stitution mr fleming objected upon the ground lhat it was an isolated proposition of it sell lo call a convention and that ihe com mittee lo whom reference was proposed lo be had were entrusted with ihe consideration of any specific amendments to the constitution lhat mighl be suggested a long discussion — simply upon the question of reference and not at ail involving the merits of the question — here ensued and was parti cipated in by messrs mclean fleming ste venson avery poster of davidson ruffin jones blow erwin rayner cherry cald well leach brogden and wallon tbe question being on the motion of mr mclean to refer lo committee on amendments . lo ibe constitution it was carried in ihe atfir malive by a vole of aye 70 ; nays 45 the house adjourned tuesday dec 3 senate mr comeron from ihe committee on cor poralious reported the bill lo incoiporale the charlotte and fayetleville plank road compa ny a message was received from the house transmilting the bienial report of ihe presi dent and directors of ihe literary fund wiih a proposition to print and refer lo the commit tee on finance wbich was concurred in also transmitting ihe bill to incorporate the greenvibe and raleigh plank road company which passed its first reading and on motion of mr bynum was referred to committee oa corporations mr woudfin from the conuniilee on judi ciary reported a bill to abolish jury trials in rutherford and cleavelaud counties and re commended iis passage mr joyner introduced a bill to authorise the seaboard and roanoke railroad company lo issue bonds which passed iis first reading and was referred lo the committee on internal improvements on motion of mr thomas ihe bill to incor porate the franklin and tennessee river rail road crmpany was taken up and referred to the commiilee on internal improvement mr hoke introduced a bill to establish rock spring camp ground in the county of lincoln and lo incorporate ihe trustees thereof which was referred lo committee on coporalions and passed ils first reading mr washington presented a resolution.au ihoriziug john ii wheeler to borrow books from ihe public library die which was re ferred lo committee on ihe library mr thomas irom the commiitee on intern al improvements lo whom was referred he bill lo incorporate the asbville and greenville plank road company reported the same with amendments and recommended its passage on motion of mr thomas the senate ad journed tuesday dec 3 house of commons the speaker announced ihe following en grossed bills from the senate : a bill lo incor porate ihe fayetteville and southern plank road and a bill lo incorporate he cape fear bridge company mr leach of johnston presented a memo rial praying against the incorporation of tern perance societies referred to committee on propositions and grievances mr mcniel a bill lo incorporate ihe town of lumberton in he county ol robeson re ferred mr steele a bill to incorporate the grand division sons of temperance of north caro lina referred mr avery a bill to exempt volunteers and regulars engaged in the late war with mexico from militia duly excepi in cases of war in vasion or insurrection relet red also a bill toameud the present militia laws so as to make no exemption on account of con scientious or religious scruples passed first reading and referred mr jones from the committee on proposi lions and grievances reported in favor of ihe bill lo lay off and establish a new county oul of the present county of surry lo be called yad kin mr caldwell moved to substitute the name of harnell which not being agreed to ibe bill was put ou its second reading and pass ed mr steele from the commiitee on educa tion reported in favor of authorizing the liter ary boaid lo loan to ihe mount pleasant acad emy the sum of 2000 wilh an amendment requiring ihe interest on the bonds lo be paid semiannually which was agreed lo and ihe bill passed ils second reading also reported in favor id a loan of 83000 to the chowan female academy with the same amendment upon which mr siowe demand ed ihe ayes and nayes he was opposed lo the general principle ol loans by ibe literary board he did nol know lo whal means their aid might be given and he did not see any lim it lo such demands mr steele said as chair man of the committee be had made ihe recom mend iijon in accordance wilh ihe previous ex ample of ihe legislature and because he did nol know why the board was nol as safe in lending lo corporations as to individuals ho was opposed to such institutions borrowing from ihe state and would had he been con sulted have advised ihem lo apply lo private sources foi aid ; but they had ihe right lo ap ply to the slate and he would ask for one good reason why the slate should giant il mr stevenson replied thai though be was known to be a warm liiend lo education and a stock holder in that very institution be was opposed loihe application ofthe trustees for relief from the slate there was no sufficient responsi bility on the pail of trustees — il was loo much divided there was no one sufficiently inter ested lo lake fhe necessary steps to secure promptness in the payment ol interest or ihe final redemption o ihe bands and the di rectors of the literary fund were apt lo be more careless in iheir investments of ihe funds in iheir 1131111 than ihey would be in a private capacity they would not inquire wiih ihe same particularity into tbe solvency of institu tions making application for aid ; and ihe in discriminate acquiescence io every appeal would hazard the safely of ihe fund itsell mr hayes of cherokee answered his arguments with a humorous illustration and alier a few pertinent remarks fiom mr s j person and mr steele mr brogden moved lo amend by adding a proviso lo the amendment of the commiitee thai the literary boaid loan any money not otherwise invested or not necessary for ihe purposes of common schools adopied and ihe bill being put on ils second reading the ayes and noes were called for : yeas 68 ; noes 43 ; and ihe bill passed ils second reading the bill to incorporate the fayetteville and centre plank road was put on ils 3rd reading and passed on motion in adjourn mr s j person mov ed lo substitute ihe hour of 11 as ihe lime for ibe assembling of ihe house ; which after some discussion was agreed lo and ibe house adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow pork is selling here we learn at 81 25 and 84 30 gross — lincoln republican died in davidsou county some ten weeks ago of cholera mr james clouse n c argus dec 7 does any one in davidson county know any thing about this case of cholera