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iPWRRRS OP THE OP
NORTH CAROLINA.
SENATE.
Ianuotank and Pcrquimons W II Bagley.
Camden and Currituck D McD Lindsey.
(iates and Chowan M L Eur.
Hyde and Tyrrell Ed ward L Mann.
Northampton J B Odorn.
Jlprti'ord James M Wynne.
e,.tj( John Pool.
Muriin and Washington J R Stubbs.
ilalifax Mason L Wiffgina.
EJvc..iifB and Wilson J II Powell.
Pitt Dr K J Blount
IJi iitifoit E J Warren
(;mVPlIX A Whitf.id
Carteret and JunOdDrM F Arendcll
; re. nc and I.en.'ir J P Speight
N Il.m..v.-r-Eli W Hall
Duplin W U Ward -
4)M.w Isaac N Saunders
Bladen. Brunswick and Columbus John W Ellis
C.j.r.ln'1-lund and Harnett W B Wright
.Sampson William Kirhy
AVuywi Benj Aycock
Johnston T 1) Snead ,
Wake W D Jones
Nash A J Taylor
Franklin W Harris
Warren Dr T J Pitehford
Cranviile li W La-ssiter
lVrson C S Winstead
Orange John Berry
Alamance and Randolph Hon Giles Mebane
Chatham E II Strauglin
Moore and Montgomery Dr J M Crump
Richmond and liobeson Giles Leitch
Auson-and Union Col W C Smith
Guilford BobtP Dick
Caswell William Long
Kockingham I) W Courts
Mecklenburg W M Grier
Cabarrus and Stanly Dr J E McEachern
Rowan and Davit W B March
Davidson Henderson Adams
Strokes and Forsyth J E Matthews
Ashe. Surry,' &c W H A "S peer (dead) , ."
Iredell, Wilkes. iVcc A M Bogle ' '
Burke. McDowell. tVc S F Patterson
l.iiicoln, Gaston, and Catawba M L McCorklo
Jiutl.erford. Plk, &c lr W J T Miller
Buncombe, Henderson, &c M Patton
ill aeon, Haywood, &c S C Bryson
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Alamance R Y McAden, C F Faucett
Alexander J M Carson
Anson A J Dargan, L L Polk
Ashe Mr McMillan
Beaufort lion R S Donnell, D M Carter
Bertie P T Henry, Jas Bond
liladeu J r Rub
Brunswick D LTRussell, Jr
Buik J J Erwin
Buncombe J M Gudger
Cabarrus P B C Smith
Chatham J II lleaden. W J Headen, V P Hadley
Caldwell J M.Isbell
Camden W A Duke
Carteret Stephen D Pool
Caswell Mont ford McGohee, S S Harrison
Catawba W P Reiuhardt
Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D
McLean, Dr John McCorniick
Cherokee G W Hays
Chowan LCBenbury
Cleaveland I) Beam, J W Gidney
Columbus Forney George
Craven Win Lane. T II Gaskius
Currituck
Davie B F Johnston
Duplin Z;.ch Smith. R B Houston
Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes
Edgecombe David Cobb, LD Farmer.
Franklin W K Davis
Forsyth W II Wheeler, W B Stipe
Gaston W T Sh'tpp
Gates Richard Bond
Guilford D F Caldwell, A Clapp. A S Holton
Granville P P Peace, E Grissom, J S Amis
Halifax II Joyner, A II Davis
Haywood Samuel L Love
Henderson M M Patton
Hertford J B Yano .
Hyde MrGibbs
Iredell T A Allison. L Q Sharpo
Jackson W A Enloe
Johnston W A Smith, W G Banks
Jones F G Simmons
Lenoir, Allen W Wooten , -
Liucoln. Ambrose Cotner
Macon, J M Lylfl
Madison, W H Brown. '
Martin, S W Oulteibridge
McDowell, W F CraigH
Mecklenburg, John L Brown, E C Grier
Montgomery, EH Davis
Moore, Elam J Harrington ' ;
Nash. G C Lewis .
New Hanover. Saml J Person. J II Hawes
Northampton. S T Star.cill, W J Rogers
Orange. S F Phillips, W N Patterson
Onslow, A J Morrill
Pasquotank, W E Man ,t
Perquimons, J II Riddick
Person. , John Y Cunningham
Pitt, B G Albritton. C Perkin -
Raudolph, Joel Asheworth, E T Blair
Rowau, F E Shober. W II Crawford
Richmond. B F Little
Robeson, David Bethune, T J Morisey
Rockiugham, Mr Stroug, A J Boyd ,
Rutherford, J L Cavs.n. A 11 Bryan
Sampson, L A Powell, Patrick Murphy
Stanly, R Harris 4 J
Stokos. W II Plynt
Surry. Mr Waugh
Tyrrell.
Union, C Austin
Wake. D G Fowle, G II Alf.rd. C J Rors
W ayne, M lv Crawford. J M Calm
Warren, W T Allston, T J Judkins
Washington:' Ti C Lathata
Watauga, Win Horton
Vilkes, AS Calloway, P T IJron
Y'adkin, A C Cowlos
Y'anej-. lM Young.
pKOPRIETOIt.
- i Schedule of Prices for
-IVO IS T H CAROLIN Aw
fa. I
The commissioners of Appraisement for the State. o
Xorth Carolina feel srreat satisfaction in wrsenfmg' their
SelH'dnte of Prices for the next sixty days. In ihattbe sreai:
.hnHdannfmnct Tnr crons. with the improved condi-
tion of our financial, and consequent increased security for
our currency, enablejiiem, wuuoui injury w lucpruuacer.
to lower the" prices of the prime necessaries of life to the sol
dier, and it is to be hoped, to the indigent of our country.
This lowering of prices must again act in increasing the
value of the natioual currency, by diminishing the debt of
the country. The want of confidence in the worth of the
currency, increased as it bas been by the rapacious greed of
individuals of ALfi classes, and especially f thePCotton
Factories, and lately so strongly exhibited by the Railroad
Companies, has greatly contributed to this. Scarcity of
food can no longer be allcdged for high prices, as there is
abundance in the country, and it only remains to show
whether onr people, in sustaining our wise and patriotic
Treasurer Mr. Trenholm in his efforts hitherto so suc
cessful, in putting our financial matters on a secure footing,
will sustain the Government of their choice. The commis
sioners also congratulate fhemselves and the country that
they have been aided by a consultation with one of the
Virsrinia- Commissioners, by whose aid, and that of Mr.
Geo. W. Mordecai. thev have been able to brine about an
almost identical Schedule with the neishborinff State of
Virginia:
Apples, dried good, peeled, per bush, of 28 lbs.
" tin peeled, do
Axes with handles, each
without handles, each
Bacon, per pound, hog round, -Beans,
white or cornfield, per bushel of 60 lbs
Brandy, apple, per gallon
41 . peach do
Beef, fresh, nett per pound
" fresh, gross per pound
" salted per pound
Candles, tallow, per pound
u adamantine, per pound - -- ' ;
$5 00
3 50
12 50
12 00
2 75
5 00
10 00
10 00
80
40
1
3
8
11
50
00
75
00
Chains, trace, per pair - '
Cloth, woollen, for soldiers clothes, yd wide,
10 oz. to yard, and pro rata as to greater or
less weight or width, per yard
00
00
50
50
00
20
80
00
25
50
75
00
50
00
00
50
00
50
50
00
00
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Cotton, raw, per pound
Coffee, Rio, per pound ' -
Corn, unshelled, per bushel of 70 pounds
shelled, sacks not included, per bush, 5C lbs
Corn Meal, sacks not included, per bash of 50 lbs
Drills, cotton, I yd wide, 3 yds to pound, per ya
Flour, extra family, per barrel of 196 lbs
45
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it
extra superfine, do do
superfine 5. do do
fine do do
41
37
33
4
3
5
4
3
3
2
1
1000
800
350
Fodder, baled, per one hundred pounds -
unbaled do .do
Hats, wool,' each
Hay, baled, per one hundred pounds
unbulcd do do -
Hides, dry, extrs, per pound
do do
jrreen, per pound
Horses, artillery, first class, per head
artillery, second class, per dead
Iron, pig, No I, per ton, 2000 pounds
" P'gr No 2, per ton, 2000 pounds
" pig, No 3, per ton, 2000 pounds
314 00
278 00
71000
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bloom, per ton of 2000 pounds
Smiths' square or round, per ton 2000 lbs 1030 00
serviceable railroad, per ton of 2240 lbs 400.100
Jeans, wool, domestic, per yard
10 00
,30
50 .00
' 2 75
6 00
1 00
7 00
5 00
5 00
100d 00
8C0 00
500 00
100 00
5 25
4 50
4 00
Kettles, camp, iron per pound
Lumber, good, per one.lhpusand lect
Lard, per pound , N
Leather, sole per pound
' upper per pound
" harness per pound
Molasses, cane, per gallon
" sorghum per gallon - .
Mules, first class per head
second class per head
" third class per head
Nails, per keg "
Oats, sheaf, baled per one hundred pounds
" shenf, unbaled do do
" shelled, per bushel
Osnaburgs; cotton, yd wide, 7 oz. to yd, per yard 1 50
" cotton, I yd wide, 8 oz. to yd, per yard 1 75
Onions, per bushel 8 00
Peas, cow, per bushel of CO pounds , & 00
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel of 60 pounds ' 4 00
4i sweet do do 4 00
Peaches, dried, peeled, per bushel of 38 pounds '8 50
" dried, unpeeled do do 5 00
Pork, fresh, nett, per pound - -1 82
" salted per pound - J 30
Pasturage, 1st quality near town, pr head pr month 8 00
44 common near town, per head pr month 5 00
44 1st quality in country, pr hd. pr month 7 00
" common in couctry, per head pr month 4 00
Quinine, good, par ounce 56 00
Rice, new, per pound 50
44 old, per pound . - 40
Rye, good, per bushel of 56 pounds 5 00
Sacks, two bushels, osnaburgs, each 3 00
Shirting, cotton, yd wide, 4$ yds to lb, per yard 1 30
" cotton, yd wide, 3j yds to lb, peryard 1 10
Stripes, cotton, 3 yards to lb, per yard 1 75
Salt, coast, per bushel of 50 pounds " 20 00
44 Liverpool, per bushel of 50 pounds 35 00
" Virginia, pef bushel of 50 pounds 25 00
Steel, cast, per pound 8 00.
Shoes, army, per pair 15 00
Shoe thread, flax, per pound 10 00
Socks, soldiers' wool, per pair 2 00
Sheep, fat, per head 35 00
Sugar, common brown per pound 3 00
Soap, hard, per pound 1 00
44 -soft, per pound "' 75
Shucks, baled, per one hundred pounds 4 00
Shorts, good, per bushel of 22 pounds 75
Ship Stuff, good, per bushel of 37 pounds 1 40
Tea, black, per pound 5 00
green, per pound 8 CO
Tent cloth, cotton. 10 ox. to yard, per yard 1 50
Tobacco, No. 1, Extra per pound 3 00
44 - No. 1 do 2 50
- No. do 1 75
Lugs do 1 25
Tallow, clean, per pound - v ' . 2 50
Yinegar, cider, per gallon 2 00
44 manufactured; per gallon 1 00
Whiskey, good, per gr.llon " 10 00
Wheat, good, per bushel of 60 pounds 7 50
44 br-m, per bushel of 17 pounds ; 50
Wheat Straw, baled, per one hundred pounds 1 50
ti ti unbaled, per one hundred pounds 1 00
Wool, washed, per pound 8 00
44 unwashed, per pound - ' ; 6 00
Wagons, wood axle, 4-horse, new, each 350 00
. wood axlei-boree, neV; each t - 250 00
Yarn, cotton, per bunch of 5 pounds " 8 00
Hire of Labor, Teams. Wagon and Horses.
Baling long Torage, per hundred pounds, " 75
ShelUng and bagging com, sacks furnished by gov
ernment, per bushel " ' 3 . - "25
Hire of two horse teams, wagon ana driver, rations "
furnished by owner, per day : V 10 00
Hire of two horse, teams, wagon and driver, rations
famished by government, per day ' ' 5 00
Hire of fonr horse teams," wagon and driver, rations
rations furnished by owner, per day 1 00
Hire of four horse teams, wagon and driver, rations
furnished by government, per day . x - 7 &0
Hire of tix horse teams, wagon and driver, rations
furnished by owner, per day .v s, 20 00
Hire, of six horso teams, wagon, and driver, rations
furnished by government, per day ... 10 00
Hire of laborer, ratiousjuraished by owner, per day, & 00
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govper day ,1 50
Hire ol laborer, rations furnished by owner, pr month 75 00
Hire of laborer, rations furnw ht-d by gov't, pr month 37 50
Hire of horse, per.-day ,w " Y . ; . - - : . . , 1 50
Th Commissioners respectfullj snggest thst if it be
fnind pi-aetical, the producer hould be allowed to letain a
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tmrtb part of tbeir mrblus. to bold aft market rates, to par
for their Bcceaearj plantation supplies, which they bare to
rinrpfiaw nt. HTrfk mnrlrf nrifo. Tkav A.t1nftnfi
; farmers to tmngtoTward their corn now so necessary t
" BPPon 01 tn army ia taeir immediate front, and wIhcb
r 1od ili prereut the lost io lh enemy, of all their crops,
! stock, negroes, c tVc ihe comroisPioners would also
' recommend tliat the impressment should be universal and
! nniform,Tevinuittme.'t'
For t he information of all persons concerned, we publish
the following instructions, with tluj hope that they will be.
strictly ooeyea. j , ...
No officer,' or agent, shaft impress the necessary snp
piwn tutu nu j jjrnon jnay nave ror me consumpui vi
himself, his family, employees, slaves, or to carry on his or
dinary mecnamcat, maaulactonag oragnealtuiralcmploy-
ments."..
' The next meeting of the Board wilflie held in the Sen
ate Cbamber, m tLe City of Kalejgh. on Monday, the 5th
day of December next, unless sooner changed. Impressing
agents must lurnien good ana satisfactory reasons tor dis
approvals on appeals, or the award of local appraisers will
be approved. All communications should be addressed to
the Secretary of the Board, Raleigh, N. O. "
(Signed) H. K. BURGW YNV
Garysbnrg. N. C
R. V. BLACKSTOCK,
Stocksville; N. C.
Corn's Appraisement for State of N. C.
UVO. W. Mordecai, Uinpnv.
Raleigh. Oct. 10, 1SG4. 2t.
I3EEX CATTLE, SEED OATS, & MOLASSES.
I want to boy for family use, 200 gallons sorghum
Molasses. I will furnish the barrels to putit in.AIso,
100 bushels winter Seed Oats, and a few dry Cows for
Beef. For which I will either pay the cash or give in
exchange leather and shoes. J. L.. BROWN. "
BP Also wanted, for the army at Petersbdirg pota
toes and Onions, for which I will pay the market price
in cash. Who will not Bpare a fewpotatoes And onions
for our brave soldiers. J; L. BKOWN.
Charlotte, Oct, 3, 1864 3tpd
TEACHER WAITED.
I. wish to employ a male Teacher, who can teach the
ordinary English branches and also Latin and Oreek.
To one properly qualified.. a pleasant situation is offer
ed, and a liberal salary will be paid. References re
quired. "Apply to Dr. i. J. Williams,' Walkersville,
Union county, N. O. ' '
beptember 19, 1864. lmpd.
State of IV. Carolina Lincoln County.
Court oFltat and Quarter Sctiiona Aug. Term, 1864.
E. W.Hoyle, Administratrix of Alfred E Hoyle, vs
Wa 4. Kenan and wife, and others.
Petition to settle estate.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court thittWm
J Kenan and wife Sarah C, Luciu3 Lusk and wife
Mareraret E.i and Laban Hoyle are non-residents of
this State, it Is ordered by the Court that publication
be made In the Western Democrat for six weeks, noti
fying them to appear at our next Court to be held for
the county, of Lincoln, at the Court House in Lincoln
ton, on the- fifth Alenjny after the 4 th Monday in Sep
tember next to Answer, plead or demur to said peti
tion, otherwise the petition will be heard expartc as to
them."' ' - " : ' ' ' -
Witness, W. R. Clark, ' Olerk ; of our said Court at
office, the 5th Monday after the 4th Monday in June, A
D 1864- . W. R. CLARK, Clerk.
pr. adv. $20. 36-6t ' '
BY J,B. KERR, Proprietor.
Jmmfk This old established and well-
Ml
known Bbtel is still kept open for the ac
commodation of travelers. The table is
supplied with the best the market and times a-fford.
Sept 26, 1862 tf . J. B. KERR.
WHEAT!
The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new
crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers
will find it to their advantage to call at the CHAR
LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. ' .
Jan'y 1, 1864 tf . . JNO. WILKES.
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE
Of jf( c S S C Is 1S
OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
At Charlotte Office, Daily.
ARRIVES.
Railroad 7 00
From Char. & S C.
A. M. and 6 P.M
44 and 5 00 41
N. C. Railroad
7 00
. Wil., C. & R. Railroad 2 45 P
. DEPARTS. :
N. C. Railroad ?0ff .A.M
M.
For
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and 6 20 P.M
and 5 00 44
Char. & S C. Railroad , 8 00
WiL, C. & R. Railroad 7 30
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11
It is desired that all Parcels,' Packages er Freight to
be forwarded by either of the above Trains,' be sent to
this Office Ohe Hour previous to ks departure. .
T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent.
Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1863.. tf .
JOHN VOGKL, Practical Tai
lor.respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and surround
ing country, that he is prepared
to manufacture gentlemen's clo
thing in the latest tyle and at
short notice.1 His best exertions
will be given to render satisfac
tion to those who patronite bim.
Shop opposite Kerr'sHotel, next
door to Brown'A Stitt's store. .
'Jan. 1, 1864." ' tf
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford
On and after Monday the 25th of May, 1863, the Pas
senger Train will run on thir Road (Western Divi
sion) daily, Sundays excepted, . as follows ; , - ' ; '
GOING WEST:
AliSIYE:
LEAVE:
7 30 A. M.
Charlotte,
Tuckaseege,
.Brevard,
f Sharon,
Lincolnton,
Cherryville.
GOING EAST:
8 15
8 55
9 25
10 00
10 45
A. M.
. 14 :
II
II
8 20-
9 0.0
9 30
10 05
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11
AtmlYE:
- V LEAVE:
CberryviHe, - 11 30 A. M.
Lincolnton, . . 12 25 P. M.
Sharon, 12 55 44
Brevard, , 1 25 . 44
Tuckaseege, " 2 00
Charlotte. .
12
12
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15
P.M.
44
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50
20
45
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Fare, six cents per mile." Soldiers going to and re
turning frora the army, half fare. Passengers are re
quired to make the proper change, as the Ticket Agent
cannot furnish change for every dne. : ; - - -
A Freight Train leaves Cherryville for Charlotte at
7 o'clock, A M, on Mondays, and returns same day. ;
For Passenger Trains transporting Freights, 50 per
cent to the tariu rates 01 ireigm wume aaaeu.
. ,-- r r'V: A. McBKE, - .
: . Master of Transportation.
Lincolnton, May 25, i63. - . .
C, TUESDAY,: OCTOBER
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WILMINGTON. Tlie Northern narra state that
Wilmington is to be atUcked, the land, forces
being ready and the 4flet in process of being- ga
thered, i The same idea has reccntJv fixed itself
very firmly in the goutbern mind, in consequence j
01 iue esciieoicnt Jcnowo to fiave been produced at
the North by the fitting out of the Tallahassee at
Wilmington and her sailing from and to that port;
in addition to which it has been reported that sev
eral other armed eb:ps were to follow her. This
kind of war Obon vanltee commerce thev will no
doubt stop if they ao, and the only ways to do
mat are either to keep a lar larger force off the
port or to capture it i The latter is of course pre
ferred, if practicable, because of other results, such
as the interruption of railroad and river transport
ation; , For tbia purpose it is said that a fleet is
now beiBg collected at Norfolk and - Old Point,
among which are said to be two very powerful
monitor?: . : : - - v. .
- Well, the only matter of surprise is t but the
yankecs have so long delayed their attack upon
this-! only outlet and inlet of the -Confederacy.
Two or three years ago'they might have captured
it with but little difficulty, we suppose. Bat those,
two years have given to Wilminstno the ad vantage
of the scientific skill of a General whom President
Davis justly pronounced ene of the very first En
gineer officers in the country,' and who bad shown
bis gallantry upon some of the hardest fought fields
in .Virginia iu 1861 and in the brilliant campaign
of 1862 around. Richmond. , In his labors there
to bim labors of love not less than of duty-Gen.
Whiting bas been seconded by other able and in
defatigable officers. With sufficient force, which
we lane it lor granted win oe tnere, we leel a
strong confidence that Wilmington will not be be
hind Charleston and Savannah and Mobile iu with
standing the most furious assaults of the enemy.
If laborers be required, we trust that they will
be cheerfully furnished; and if citizens must be
come for the time soldiers, we feel that they too
will be ready and prompt; for the defence of? Wil
mington is the defence of the whole Cape Fear re-
piOB, and indeed 01 most or the irate. Its Joss
would open wide the gate to the enemy, and no
man s property or life would be sate lrom destruc
tion, no man's family from insult and outrage.
The defence of - Wilmington is jtlie defence of-our
homes and families. Fovctteville Observer. . .
The Tobacco Trade. The quantity of un
manufacturedtobacco imported into the United
Kingdom in the six months ending J une 30, 1864,
was 15,d08,lUo lbs. The quantity imported du
ring the fcauie period in the year 1863 was 12,923,-
357 lbs., and during the same period io 1862, only
7,436,306 lis: The quantity of manufactured to
bacco imported is very greatly on . the increase:,
owing to the reduction of the duty." Imnhg'six
months ending June 30, 1864, the supplies were
3,041,139 lbs., as compared ?ith 1,222,103 lbs. in
1863, and 553,863 lbs. in 1862. It is scarcely
necessary to point out that the small import of un
manufactured tobacco in 1862, was caused by the
war.
WcClellan'8 Chances. Prentice, of the
Louisville Journal, is now, for the first time, sup
porting a Democratic nominee, and has commenced
making calculations as the chances for the snccess
of bis favorite. He says: Congress having refused
to admit the vote of those States, which have pass
ed ordinances of secession, the number of electoral
votes to be cast in November will be 231, and it
will require 116 votes for an election. The twen
ty-four voting btates now -Kansas and Wes& V ir-,
gioia having been added since' the last Presidential
election polled an aggregate vote of l,bb,61d
for Lincoln, and .2,024,040 for the opposing candi.
dates, so that Lincoln was in a popular minority of
159,427. although be obtained 'a majority of the
electoral ve-tee. Were these .btates to vote this
year as they did in 1860, Lincoln would receive
188 and McClellan 35. But in 1862, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, gave op
position majorities, varying from 3,500 to 16546,
and it cannot be doubted that the administration's
changes of policy will increase those majorities in
1864. They give one hundred and nine electoral
votes, or 'but seven less than are necessary to s
choice,and we candraw on New Jersey for that nilai
ber, or on our own glorious Kentucky for eleven.
Contentment. In , Vienna, a magnificent
bouse was built by a nobleman, on the front of
which is a stone with the inscription: "This house
was erected by Count D ," to be given to the
first roan who can prove that he is really content
ed." ' One day a stranger knocked at the gate, and
desired to apeak with the master. "I have come,''
said he, "to take pessessioo of this house, as I
found you have built it in order to bestow it upon
the man who is really contented.: Now, 1 am io
that state, of which I am willing to make an oath;
you will therefore give me immediate possession."
The Count did not interrupt bim till he bad finish
ed his speech, when he replied, 'You are quite
rights sir, with respect to my intentions, but as I
do not discover the least pretension you have to the
character of: a contented maB, I hope you will re
tire. If you wcrequiie contented you would not
want my house." . .-. -
Romance. The marriage of M. Erlanger, the
banker, to Miss Slide!!, is causing no small sensa
tion. M. Erlanger being just divorced from M'lle.
Odelle Lafitte, (Charles Lafitte's daughter,) ' and
the divorced lady being about to enter the bonds
of matrimony with the cause of the divorce, makes
it the event of interest. One of those curious cir
cumstances which can never happen but in France
is recorded ct the incident which led to the di-
voree. ine irumy pariv, uemsi uuiaucu vj o ui-
fended husband, was. of course, struck with terror;
but philosophy, and contempt naa aone mucn to
mitigate the nursuer's wrath, and so, instead of
"chastising the insolence" according to the fashion
observed in novels, be quietly placed hi3 pocket-
book into the hands of the fugitive, exclaiming,
"Ah mallteureux! You have only taken ren thou-
sand francs, and you are going to Rome! Know-
ing your fair companion well, I can safely say that
such a paltry sum as that will be devoured befoie
you get to Marseilles. There is double the sum;
this will enable you to go further off to Naples
perhaps, and I shall be the gainer, for you will He
forced to, remain there' And with this consola
tory speech the injured party coolly turned upon
bis heel and walked off- So goes the legend, at
least,'"-" ' .. .
25, 1864.
CHINESE SUGAR CANS AKD CATTLE.
- A correspondent of the Fayette ville Observer
makes the following remarks on the poisoning of
cattle by the use as food of Chinese Sugar canet -
-First, as to its poisoning cattle; My opinion is
that the cause is similar to a theory which I have
in private expressed as to the cause of the famous
Milk Sick! It is a noted fact, in our mountains at
least, that if cattle are kept'up untU ihe dew driea
off from the green forage and driven' in before the
dew falls in the eveninir. that ' thev' never suffer
from this sickness. Hence I drew tbe idea that it
was caused by some poisonous exhalation which
combining either with the Hydrogen of tbe dew or
with some of the chemieal elements of the plants
perhaps both formed as long as the dew lasted
a poison say similar to Hydrocyanic : (Prussic)
Acid or some of its combinations. "'At any rate 1
am informed that the leaves of the "Peruvian tree"
of our mountains or even of our common wild
Cherry when wet with dew are deadly poison, but
when dry from the sun are. harmless. The similar
theory I have in relation to the Sorghum is that its
poisonous qualities, if it has any, are due to a simi
lar combination of its acid with some other chemi
cal constituent with the dew, and that the reason
of its being more injurious to cattle io certain sec
tions swampy regions for instanceis because the
dews are heavier and more; fully laden with the
hurtful gases in those sections. This is theory it
truebut theory drawn from observation. .Then
too some may putt it; wub.dew.oo, others to the
middle of the day. Then again. 4 hat cane grown
on high sandy land is not eo apt to poison as that
grown on rich swamp or low land. Some think
the cause is from the fibrous ; matter accumulating
in the stomach and, - being-liard and indigestible,
thus fills the passages and produces - death.' I do
not think any one bas proved this by opening the
stomach of an animal, dead from eating tbe Sugar
Cane; and if it were so the same result would oc
cur in one section as well as in another. Whereas
a gentleman of Sampson says his cattle died from
eating the Sugar Cane, while gentlemen from Rich
mond and Robeson say their Tattle live on it.
The Greensboro World copies the above and re
marks: .
As an evidence that this theory is not correct)
we will state a few facts: - .-,;'
Last year, we fed a cow with cane that was pull
ed up in thinning, and with the suckers that were
pulled off during the summer, without regard to
dew or rain. " She was fed freely in this way du:
ring the summer, without any injurious, effects.
The, present year, when thinning . the cane, we
gave a small basket full fb , the same cow,' late in ,
the ; afternoon, when it was entirely dry; she ate
but a small part of it and before the next morning
she was dead. Three or four, of a neighbor's cows
got into his cane, during the summer, when it was
four or five feet high, during the day.- They were
discovered almost immediately and driven out be
fore they had been in it more than ten minutes.
One of them died in a few hours and two others
were very sick. There seems to be some mystery
in the matter, and we adviso extreme caution in
using the cane as food for, cattle.
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SOHGHTJM FLOUR.
; It can no longer be doubted that the South, un
der the blessing of a kind Providence, bas now
another abundant resource for subsisting her peo
ple, for which she should be ever thankful. The
question of the convertibility of the seed of the
Chinese Sugar cane into nutritiwus, wholesome and
savory food for man has been settled by numerous
experiments, and it now only retaaios for the for
tunate growers of this princely plant to appropri
ate its seed to this new and beneficicnt use. .They
should be as careful and as attentive in securing,
housing and preserving it as of wheat or any other
grain, for we are confident that the more its vir
tues are developed, by the mill and the oyen, the
greater will be the csitimatc of its value. As yet
the manufacture of this seed into flour, although
on a scale sufficient to establish its fitness for the
table, is too imperfect in its process to shiw all its
excellencies as an edible. Asjhe consumption of
it increases, improvements in grinding and cook
ing it will follow, and then will be. realized its true
value,. As this is the season for making tLe syrup,
we urge upon all who. have raided a stock of tbe
Sorghum to save the seed, and at lciture intervals
when out-door work is not of a pressing character,
or on. rainy days, to have them threshed out and
cleaned for the mill or for the uiarket, for it will
not be long before they will be iu general demand
just like wheat and corn, and . bring as remunera
tive prices as either of the articles. Let all preju
dices against theni, as food, Le dismissed, for they
are entirely rouudless. , . v, .. ,
The follow iog abort article from tbe Savannah
Republican one of our tuo&l intelligent and trusty
journals, will be both interesting and profitable to
all engaged iu the culvation of .the 6orghumraud
we commend it particularly to their attention:
SobqhIjm Floue. We have a sample of this
Hour made of tbe seed of Chinese cane, which may
be seen at our office. Tbe planter who sends it to
us bad no means of bolting this flour, nor had be
taken off tbe bull of the seed before grinding; th
conscqueoce is, that the flour bas a pinkUh color..
Those who bave made a' trial of this excellent
flour represent it to- be an admirable substitute for
buckwheat. Mado into hoe cake it is a very savo
ry bread. It is likely to come into very general
use if prepared, like wheat Hoar, by bolting. The
price at which it can be offered in market may be
aaanmrd at 815 or per sack. But is an acre
1 01 sorcnum yieius uum ov 11 w vusuvic. v v
sack would bo a remunerating priee. ' Tbe produc-
j tion of this grain tne 'preseot year in treorgia,
1 mast amount to five millions of bushels. We have
I tis great supply of food to fall back upon, in the
! event of a deficiency of the Common cereals, wheat
aDd maize.
" "jhe season for buckwheat cakes comes in next
month, with frost. Let the levers' of this bread
try the sorgho tn flour. It is repawn ted as beiog
very similar, when prepared as the former is.
As a substitute for coffee, no parched grain or
! vegetable ordinarily used 'as substitutes is at all
equal to sorgnum bcvu. adu wue is euu more
valuable to knowyin tbe present scarcity of sugar,
a small quantity of tbe syrup, boiled with ground
seed, makes the coffee substitute very pleasant and
palatable. '
TniRTEExrn . yolcjie kk u b e u cm.;
-4 J AN EXCITING SCENE.''
.The Montreal Herald, of August 21, publishc
the annexed account of an axciiiag scene which
occurred it a "negro relief meeting" held in that
city:; li , ... , ..- j . -. - -
I A public meeting was held at Lawrence Ilall,
Toronto, in aid of the National Freedmen's Relier
Association. The hall was filled by a very respec
table audience, who took a great interest io too
proceeding!.
Iu opening the proceedings the chairman said
he understood that (ho object of the meeting waa
purely philanthropic
Tbe Ifon. Charles O. Lci3b, oCNew Yorkjchafrv
man of the Exeutlve Committee of the National
Freedmen's Association, then explained that tbe
object of the Association was to educate, elevate
and improve the negroes of tho United States.
As soon as Mr Leigh had concluded a person
named St. Lawrence, said to be a Major of tho
Confederate States army, advanced and was com
mencing to speak, when the chairman interrupted
him saying he hoped he would eay nothing impro
per. y.r- -. -
Mr King said no person had a rii?bt to sneak
there excepting those invited to take part In tho
proceedings of tbe meeting. He hoped tbe gen
tleman would ait down.
Mr St. Lawrence t;very excitedly and loudly)
I shall not sit down I am an Englishman,' and I
have a Tight to apeak. I shall not ait down. (Great
uproar and confusion.) , I bave a right to express,
my feeling aa tbe other gentleman did. . We are
net in Massachusetts nor New York now. They
cannot put me in Fort Lafayette for expressing '
my views. Here, under the union jack, they carv
not touoh us. The American hordes cannot como;
near ,
Here there was a renewal of the noiao. Thera
were hissing and cheering, and catcalls, and a gen
eral uproar, daring which the speaker kept on, but'
no one could bear him. . . .
The chairman, after considerable difficulty, got
the audienee quiet, and hoped they would conduet
themselves properly. Ho also requested Mi St.
Lawrenoe to speak to the poinl or sit down. (Cries
of "Sit down' "Shut op," etc.)
Mr St. Lawrence I shall not sit down. I will
be heard as tbe gentleman from.Ncw York was. It
is my right as an Englishman.
The noise and uproar still continuing, tho chair
man said that if order was not kept be would dis
miss tbe meeting. The 'confusion tubsidinir. the
chairman sat down. -
Mr St. Lawrencs If you will keen ouict I will
not detain you fire minutes.
Mr King Let him have five minutca then.
Mr St. Lawrence The gentleman from New
York has made remarks about an institution of
which he knows nothing. Hisses and uproar
Rev. Dr. Jennings I do not know this pen-
tleman; I never saw him before to mv knowledge
but I ask the Colored people here to listen to him..
Will the colored people at a meeting whoso object
it is to assist their brethren, chain a white man's
tongue. -
A colored man in the audience got up and at
tempted to address tbe meeting, when several oth
ers did tbe same, Ad for a short time tbero wero
about a dozen trying to get a hearing. After con
siderable trouble the chairman cot them nuiet
once more. ' ' .
Mr St. Lawrence I am an Englishman and
bave lived in tbo South, and I know ' more of
slavery than he ever can know. He spoke of men
thieves and slaves; but I would ask bim who were- '
these men-thieves;
Hero a colored man advanced to tbe speaker ia
a threatening attitude, while several others com
menced to move towards tbe platform. Thepo-.
lice) however, interfered, and the crowd kept
back. Nearly tbe whole audience wero at this
time standiog and many women left for fear of a
row.
Mr Lawrence Tbe present war in the Slates
ia simply 'a gigantio raid of men stealers into ibo
Southern States. They bavu done tnoro wroog
ioce the war commenced to tbe slaves than they
have suffered before in tbe whole history of slave
ry. He would ask those before bim who were the
stave traders? Were they not the Yankee of
Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire?
Southerners would not stoop to such a calling.
Who was it that acted tbe brute towards the ne
gro? Tbe New Englandere. Who is the beast .
iiutlcr, the despised and condemned of all the
civilized' world? He is a Massachusetts man.
Tbe speaker went on for some timo in this
strain, being frequently interrupted by hisses,
groans and other noises. Several times a number
of colored persons advanced towards tbe platform,
with apparent intention of removing " tbe speaker
from the halt, but the police got among tbem and
kept tbem back. . After the distnrbanca bad last
ed about half an hour, Mr St. Lawrenoe eat down
and the audienee became qoiet. . '
After a few cloting remarks from Mr King, ia
which he expressed bis regret at tho scene that
bad arisen, one of tbe little girb made an appeal
io aid of the slaves.1.
A collection was taken up, after which tbe chil
dren sung a negro by ran as sung by negroes in tbt
South, and tbe meeting then adjourned.
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An ArrtCTiso Scene. Just after President
Davis' speech in Columbus, says the Enquirer, he
was informed that a Mrs , aa oil acqnantance
and once a neighbor of bis, who is now an exile
from ber home, was in the crowd and wished to
see him. C jA bless her, where is t he?" said he,
and on ber being' pointed out, be made for ber, and
the old lady for bim. At they met she threw her
arms around bim and wrpt like a' child, and even
tbe "iron man," as be is sometimes called, shed a
tear too. Can it be that one who can unbend and
enter into the sorrows of the old, and then torn
and chat with the children aroand him, U the vin
dictive, and unrelenting and dictatorial spirit that
he is accused of being by some of those who do
not happen to agree with him in some or bis do
ings. "No, no, we oao't believe it.
Dkatq or M- Bbbckinbidoe. Tbe venera
ble mother of Geo. J. O. Breckinridge, of the Con
federate army, died ia uaitimore 00 caioraay
night last. She bad resided in Baltimore for tho
past two or three years, with her son-in-law, tho
Rev. Dr. Blloek,of the Franklia Street Presby
terian Church. - .
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