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f. ' -n " ' ' ... " y : . . ' rrfSV'rrfA'A 1 1 1 v ninr OFPIOB OS THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET , $4 Per Annum -IN ADVANCG CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON , PROPERTY OF THE OTHER CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, .1865. ) fourteenth .voujme-n d h b e a esc. Editor and Phopreitor. mm 1 1 1 15 1 ' : M m ' fc 5 4, THE (QPublished every Tuesday,o) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, KDITOB AND PROPRIETOR. O ' fdKSQgs, $ 4 PER ANNUM, in advance. JJaT Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. Obituary notices, are charged advertis ing rates. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript F it a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged for each insertion, unlea. the advertisement is in serted 2 month? or more. TOE UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY OF NEW YORK, (Cash Assets, Three Million Dollars,) Issue Policies of Fire and Marine Insurance, made payable in Gold or Currency. Negotiable and Bankable Certificates of Insurance arp issued by this Association. HUTCHISON & SPRINGS, Agent?, Charlotte, N C. Nov 6, 1865 3m MERCIlAiVT We are pleased to inform our former patrons and friends that we are once more on the maiket, with . nice lot of Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, and Tail ors' Trimmings, together with efientlciiien's Furnishing" Woods, consisting of Shirts, Unde Shirts, Drawers, Cravats, Ties, Collars, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Hosiery, Sus penders, &c. Also, a select stock of Cassimere and Felt Hat We will be in receipt of our usual stock of CLOTHING, manufactured by ourselves, in a few days, when we will be able to suit all sizes and taste. From our knowledge of thc CIotliing business, and facilities for manufacturing, induce us to believe thnt we will continue to merit the patronage here tofore so liberally given by the citizens of Western North Carolina and the upper Districts of South Carolina. FULLINGS & SPRINGS, Store under Democrat Office. Sept 18, 1865 . ' A. CAED. We are gratified in being able to notify our friends and old customer?, that we have resumed business, and.opened in the store formerly occupied by Messrs. Brown. Tate & Co., where we are now receiving and opening well selected stocks of DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, and Groceries. A call from our friends is earnestly solicited. J. C. BURROUGHS & CO. P. S. The notes and accounts of Fisher & Bur- - routrhs can be found at our store. Greenbacks 1 uken at par. Oct 23, 18C.V ?m F. & B. .Tic reliant Tailoring. The subscribers will continue to carry on the Merchant Tailoring business as heretofore, at the Ftore formerly occupied by Tlios Trotter, Jeweler. Prices will be regulated according to the times on the cash system. Country produce will be taken in payment for Cutting or work done. We hope our friends will not ask for credit, as we expect to do up work in the best style for CASH or its equiva lent in somethhig to eat or wear. JAS. A. CALDWELL k CO. P. S. Persons indebted to us. will please call and settle by cash or note, as early as possible. June 26, 1865. , tf J. A. C. & Co. UNTOX GrOOdLs. C. .11. "query, Xejct- Door to fyring's t'erner, Has just received and opened an extensive assort ment of DRY GOODS, consisting of Calicoes, DcLaifts, Merinoes, Poplins, Flannels, Alpnccas, Cashmeres, Jacconetts, Lawns, Swi?s Muslins, Balmoral Skirts, Hoop Skirts, Linen Handkerchiefs, collars, rnff. Also, a com plete assortment of Ladies, GenLkmen'fl, Misses', lia4.V pqtb? 'and children' Boot s,"5hoa tnd Gaiters; ; together with a great variety of HATS, ofallatjlea and prices, all of which will be sold at . extremely low Prices. A few dozen Cotton Cards; Please give me a call, as I charge nothing for showing my Goods, being determined tc please and aell to the public. Sept 18, 1865 tf C. M. QUERY. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOOHS AND CLOTHING S T O RE . . The subscribers respectfully call the attention of their friends and the public to the fact that they liave fitted up the store room in' Mr. David Parks' Building, onfrvon" Street, opposite Mr. Beckwith's Jewelry Store, for the purpose of conducting the Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods anil Clothing SSusiiaess, in all its brandies. They have just received and offer for sale a large and extensive assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, comprising ever3 description of Cloths, Cassunercs. Ladies Press Goods, Shawls. Clo.iks, Gloves, Gaunt lets, Hoiscrv, Ladies Hats, Bonnet Ribbons, Linen and Cambric Handkerchiefs, Balmoral Skirts, Hoop Skirts, Dress Trimmings, &c, Ac. Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Our stock' ff Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods is complete. As special and'personal atten tion have been given to the selection of these Goods, and long experience in il;ilt line will enable us to give geueral satisfaction in price, quality and styles unsurpassed by any one. We have Boots, Shoes and Hats, of erery description and nake, ;tt very low rates. A call is solicited. We shall always try to please, and take great pleasure in showing our Goods. WHOLESALE BUYERS will find it to their interest to call and examine our Stock before making their purchases elsewhere, as we have the facilitv to offer great inducements to that trad?. A. WEILL & CO. ABRAHAM WEILL. A. B. STATU. Oc:. 2, 1365; tf CALL AND SEE 3PLE0D & STEELE, Who are now receiving and opeaing a handsome and well selected Stock of Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, '. GROCERIES and CROCKERY, which they will sell at whoayale or retail, low for Cash or Barter, in the Store lately occupied by J. M. SANDERS & CO, 3d door North of the Springs corner, and 5 doors South of the Charlotte Hotel, on Tryon Street. A share of public patronage is most respectfully solicited. E. A. McLEOD, Nov 13, 18C5 tf M. D. STEELE. Come one, come oil h come big, come small ! Come young, come old ! and see bargains sold, AT KOOPMANN 6c PHELPS' CELEBRATED OLD STAND. "We wouTd respectfully call-the attention of all friends and customers to the fact that we are re ceiving one of the largest and best assorted Stocks of Goods to be found in this place. We intend to do an ex tensive CASH BUSINESS, and are determined to sell our Goods at'the very lowest prices. THE LADIES are especially invited to call and examine our Slock, "consisting in part of Dry Goods as follows : Fancy Goods, Trimmings of all kinds, Blankets, Clothing and Furnishing Goods, Carpet ings, Hats and Caps, Hardware and Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Roping & Baggicg, Leather. Also a large assortment of family. Groceries. Country Merchants who desire to purchase from a select and complete stock, are respectfully invited to inspect our gbods, before purchasing elsewhere, believing it can be made to their interest to do so. KOOPMANN & PHELPS. December 4, 1865. . y A Valuable Tract of Land for Sale. The subscriber oilers for sale a Tract of Land ly ing on the Statesville Road, about one mile north of Charlotte, containing about one hundred acres. On the Tract is a valuable Gold Mine. For particulars apply to me or to W. F Davidson. JAMES M. HENDERSON. Oct 9, 1863. . tf To the Citizens of Charlotte and the Surrounding Country: . Do not forget me if you want your Buggy or Wagon repaired, or new ones made. It will be to your in terest to come to the Red House, on Mint street, op posite the Presbyterian Church, where you will find the undersigned ready and willing to do your work. I have the best of dry material. I want you to try me as I certainly can please j-ou, if you can be pleased- A. H. CftESWELL. Nov 20, 1865 lm Valuable and Desirable Proper ly lor Sale. On the Twentieth day of December, the subscri bers will sell at auction, for cash, the site on the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, where the Clarendon Bridge formerly stood, including Toll Douse, the Land on both sides of the River, Piers, and what ever is left of the property. The sale will be made on the express condition, tbat the purchaser is to build a new, double track, covered bridge, the length of which will be six hundred feet or there about. The site is very desirable to persons having tire necessary capital for the work to be done. There is no bridge now on the river. The investment of money in this contemplated work, so near as it is to a large market town, must prove highly remuner ative. E. J. LILLY, A. A. McKETHAN, , Til OS. McDANIEL, J. G. SHEPHERD. Fayetteville, N C, Nov 27, 1865 4t II. B. WILLIAMS, Is now receiving and opening, ia the New Book Store of C. W. Downing & Co., 2 doors north of the National Bank, Fall and "Winter (Goods, embracing most of the articles kept in other stores, and many that are not to be found "t other places. A large lock of Saddles, Bridles, ic, Gr-rooorles, Baggine, Rope, Bale Yarn, Rifle Powder, Shot, Ac, White Lead, Sole Leather and Calf Skins, Ladies Hoop Skirts of a superior make, Clover Seed, Flour, Superfine and Extra. " All Goods we have will be sold cheap for cash or cotton. No credit given. WTTTt..c, Oct 16, 1865. H.-B. WILLIAMS. IlELhBLE SOUTHERN INSURANCE. The National and Fire, Insurance Company oj Ncxc Orleans, Capital S5G5,000 Th nTwW-iiirnpd-hp? leave to inform the insuring public that they have been legally appointed Agents for the above named Company, and are now ready to take risks at customary rates. This Company was organized in January, 1813, and its assets are the most srH iir in the country. HUTCHISON & SPRINGS. Agents, No 6, 1865 3m Charlotte. Charlotte. - Foundry & Machine Shop. PARTICUCAIt NOTICE. ti. nniAir. ,ojTP(.fnllv informed that I am are- : pared to build and repair Steam Engines and do ' all kinds of Machinery work. Also, make Castings j in Iron and Brass. l am well-fitted up, andgnaran 1 tee work to be done as well and as cheap as at any ' Shop in the State. ; Old castings bought or taken in exchange for work. J- HOWIE, L Oct 16, 1865 6mpd Propnetpr. ! BLUE STONE! BLUE STONE I ! ! For sale at r August 23, 1865. Annlicnf ion will be made to the next General Assemble of North CaToHua to incorporate "the American Industrial j Ajreney. i Nov 20, 18o3 lm i eyv- Application will be made sIX-V-S to the next General Assembly of North I UaToliaa to incorporate "The Mining, Manufacturing ' and Improvement Company." . " J Nov 20, 1863 . lm Dry Goods, Crockery, Glass ana lioira ware. iptenKd stock of SHOES of every kind, J. Mile3 & Son celebrated Ladies, Gent? and Children's Shoes. t WtBUtn Seroorrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Hon. Wm. A. Graham baring, been elected to the U, S. Senate, has resigned -his seat as State Senator from Orange county. An election to fill the vacancy will be held in Orange on the 14tb inst. Indictments- for Treason Kooxville, Nov. 27. The United States District Court, Judge Connelly N. Trigg presiding, begao its session to-day. The streets and hotels are crow ded with citizens. The grand jury 'have found indictments numbering over nineteen hundred, for treason and giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Parties will have contesting cases, who, two years ago to-day, were in the destructive assault on Fort Sanders. The court will con tinue for some months. These proceedings, we presume, are only in tended to put fees into the pockets of Lawyers, Clerks, Officers, &c . . The Freedmen in North Carolina. Official returns received at the Freedman's Bureau show that of the ten thousand negroes sent down Cape Fear river, N. C, in March, 18C5, to Wilmington, by General Sherman, two thou&and died from 17th March to 31st May, for the want of medicinal attention, which it was impossible to afford them at the time. ' . : The parish of Iberville, Louisiana, which be fore tie war made nearly sixty thousand hogs heads of sugar, will make this year about six hundred hogsheads and about six hundred bales of cotton. 0 : A cat caught a sparrow and was about to de vour it, but the sparrow said: "No gentleman eats until he washes his face." The cat, struck at the remark, set the sparrow down and began to wash his face with his paw, but the sparrow flew awav. This vexed puss extremely, and he said: "As long as I live I will eat first-and wash my face afterwards," which all cats do to this day." A day or two since a young lady from the country rode into town, "to do a little shop ping," and after -hitching her horse on the square, en tered one of our most fashionable dry goods establishments, and seate'd herself on a stool by the counter "to wait her turn." A moment or two after'she was approached by one of the polite young clerks of the establishment, and addressed as follows: "I am no longer engaged, Miss is any one waiting on you?" Blushing modestly, the damsel, after some hesitation, replied: . " "No, sir; I came in alone on the old mare. DESIRABLE MANUFACTORY AND REAL ESTATE SALE. THE ROCK ISLAND WOOLEN MILLS, Situated on the Catawba River, in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, containing six complete sets of woolen machinery, made by A. Jenks & Son, Bridesburg, Pa., the best mnchine manufacturers in the United States. Most of it new and all of it in' perfect working order: will be sold at public auc tion, at the square in the town of Charlotte, on Tuesday, the 12th of December next, at 11 o'clock a. m. The mill site contains twenty acres of land and water, and upon it are 12 or 15 cottages for opera tives. The machinery is propelled by four reaction water wheels, in perfect order, and the water power is the never-failing Catawba lliver, and is sufficient to operate an indefinite amount of machinery. In connection with the Manufactory, will be sold A Tract of Land, In the immediate neighborhood, known as the Stowe tract, containing two bund red and seventeen acres. This Manufactory needs no Extended' eulogy from as. Its reputation- and its fabrics are familiarly known from the Potomac to the Trans'-Mississippi. At the same time aud place will be sold . Tivo Valuable Plantations In Gaston county; one contains two hundred and forty acres, lying'on the South Catawba River, one mile and a half from the Rock Island Mills, known as the McLain tract. The other situated on the Same river, about one mile and a half from the former, and about three miles from the Frtctpry, containing four hundred and ninety acres, known as the Loner gan tract. Both these tracts of land are improved, wjth comfortable farm buildings, and are in a good state of cultivation. . k And at the same time and place will also be sold, The Three Centre Store Rooms In the granite row building, in the town of Charlotte, N. C. These store rooms are three stories high, be sides a basement, and the most eligible business sites in the thriving town of Charlotte. The terra of co-partnership of the pesent pro prietors expires on the 1st day of January, 1866. and this property is to be sold for the purpose of divi sion. ' Terras made known on the day of sale. j YOUNG, WRISTON k ORR. Nov 6, 1865 Gt Administrator's Sale of Real Estate As Administrators de bonis non, with the Will an nexed, of Charles B. McGionis, deceased, we will sell on Saturday the 23d of December, at the late resi dence" of said deceased, 8 mile3 from Charlotte on the Salisbury Road, on a cre'dit of C months with interest from date, the tract of Land upon which said C. B. HcGinni3 resided, containing about 330 '"!l!!!L:ri andU CUIUIUIIWWIV " K fvr. out-houses. The lamf is of pood quality, sufficiently timbered, and is situated in a good neighborhood. E. D McGINNIS, W. C. MORRIS, Nov 27, 1865 4t . Administrators, &c. PUBLIC SALE. I will sell on the 13th daj of December next, at III V I nil nvi 1 . - miles JNortU of uuarione, setcrm MulfrS, Horses, Cows, nogs, anun ui pleiiients. I will also Rent, private!, ray Plantation, con taining about 100 acres suitable for cultivation. There is a comfortable dwelling on the place, con taining 6 rooms, with all the necessary ohuiIdings. Apply to a. JAS. M. HENDERSON, Xl J 2 miles north of Charlotte, or to F. f. AHUENS at Charlotte. Nov 27, .1865 t Prom the Salisbury Banner. , A STRANGE INFATUATION. Mr. Editor: The world is too frequently deceived by outward appearances. Whatever puts on a dazzling exterior, we are by 6ome strange infatuation, inclined to regard as greatly superior to the plain and simple. A church that is highly finished and most superbly orna mented will attract its thousands of worshippers, though its ' pulpit be void of talent, and the doctrines therefrom promulgated be the doctrine of devils; while the unpretending edifice, in which the grand and sublime truths of inspira tion are uttered by the lips of burning eloquence, has but few attendants. The spacious college standing upon yonder hill, lifting its spires into the very clouds of heaven as emblematical of the aspiring intellects that lodge and rule witlj jn, gathering into its ample f&lds the youths of distant climes may, nevertheless, be controled by idiotic anjl imbecile instructors as inadequate to the great duty oF impartinginstruction.to the ignorant as Beelzebub is to give consolation to the pious, troubled spirit. Upon the other hand, the ruined walled cottage, with its old desks and plank benches upon and around which ; the sparkling intellects of thousands or our most useful and .. polished scholars have been devel oped, is almost wholly unappreciated, if .not en tirely repudiated by the wealthy of the land Behold the coxcomb, "half powder and half lace," as he struts along our streets upon his high-heeled boots ofself-importance and puffs his Spanish cigar. Who "but he! It would seem that discerning intelligence among the. fair ones should and would brand such gaseous no nentities with ignominy, and fly from their pre sence as from the touch of the deadly viper. But what are the facts ? The brainless, soul less, mannerless fool, especially if he is titled with Colonel, Major, or Captain, drags after him a train of sparkling eyes and laughing faces, while the honest, brave and manly soldier with developed intellect and good moral character, who fought through all the hard battles of the late cruel war and proved himself to be superior to war' and its- concomitants, is about as little noticed as the freedmen who stand around our doors and. beg for bread and employment. I must not here be understood as plucking a single laurel from the brow of our distinguished and worthy officers who acted so bravely in the late cruel contest. But there were those in both armies who were unworthy; aud these are the ones to whom I refer. There is in all probability as much deception in names as in dazzling appearances. "He's a graduate of A, or IS, or C, College," is a very common remark that we hear, when a meed ol praise is designed to be awarded. Yes: and so he may be. But does it follow because a man has gone through the curriculum of a college, he is therefore a polished scholar and a gentle man? By no means. Facts teach us that many who have graduated, as it is called, and pocketed their sheepskins, have nevertheless carried off from college" more sheepskins upon their brain less craniums than they have carried in their pockets. It requires men of minds to majje scholars; and men of principles, to make gentle men. All the artificial stimuli and facilities of our schools and colleges cannot create mind. It is their province only to develop and bring out those innate possibilities which God has created. Why then should a fool be lauded to the shies simply because his father was rich and nassed him through college ? Strange in fatuation ! . . - But here comes Miss Puella, with all her splendid accomplishments! Bless her little sweet soul, the young gentlemen want fo eat her up. She's Col. B's daughter, just fresh from a female college, at which she graduated Good morning, 3Iiss Puella. "Bon Matin, 'Monsieur." What do jou mean by your "bong mateen," Miss Puella ? I meant to ask you how you are; that - is, how's your health, and you reply to me in such an outlandish style ! "Why, la ! Mr A, I spoke to jou in French. Dcn't you know that we ladies who graduate in French colleges are compelled to lean the French as an accomplishment V What sort of an accomplishment do yju mean ? but never mind Miss P, I wish you this morning to do roe a favor. This poor woman present has just sold my wife 7 pounds of butter at 5J cents per pound; but as neither my ife nor myself is a scholar, we can't fell exactly, how much to pay her. II er, please take this slate and tell us, will you? "Why, la ! Mr A, we girls in. the College never studied fractions. That depart ment belongs to Male Institutions." Why, I thought Miss P, that graduates knew all things, Well ! well ! To-morrow Miss P, I am, to leave for Austin, in Texas. Will you please- tell me, as I am a poor illiterate man-, what direction T must take, and through what States and cities I must pass ? "Bring me your map " But, Miss P. I have no map. "Well, then, I can't tell anything about your route. Ladies who gradu ate seldom memorize matters of so little im portance." . Well, Miss P, please darn my socks Lr me till Mrs A gets breakfast; that's a clever lady ? "You insult me, Mr A; do you suppose that I would be guilty of such a vulgar thin?" Well, Miss P, if you neither learned at college to cal culate fractions, to understand Geography, or to darn stockings, in what did you graduate ? "In voun ay ;s nrrounded with a "ore of admirers, all of whom feel that to secure il usic, aim uuier uuc bus her hand would be to consummate thetr earthly ! heaven; while just across the street lives Miss ( Industria who is a splendid Knglish scholar, j can cook, knit, weave and sew, and yet ho young ! man admires her. because 6he's not been to col- j lege site's not accomplished ! Strange infat- : ation ! Which would make the better wire in j these days 1 Young meu, judge ye , JJUniVtt. j The Boston Transcript says there are two ehildren aged respectively seven and a-half and j, Dine yearsin jail in that city, whose offence was i stealing grapes, and they were imprisoned be ' cause they were unable to pay the fine and costs, j And this in Massachusetts ! . The Massachusetts j people heap their sympathy on the neT0. .NEWS ITEMS. Gen? Jubal Early. Advices from Nassau, N. P., announce the presence of General Jubal ! a. ii.arjy in that place, wnere ne is resiumg lor the present, and is engaged in writing a history of his campaigns. General N. B. Forrest has associated himself in the commission, grocery and general factorage busiuess with the firm of Tate, Gill & Able, at Memphis, Tenn. . James L Orr, Governor elect of South Coro-j lina, has just been elected M. W. brand Master of the Freemasons of that State. The Mississippi Legislature passed the ex emption bill over the Governor's veto. It ex empts from execution of judgment 3,000 worth of property -belonging to the head ot a family, children, &c. Th.eLegislature did not passthe stay law over the veto. The Honorable George W Julian, a member of Congress from Indiana, and who is possessed of a mania for banging as many prominent Southern men as possible, was seveicly cowhided at llichmond, Indiana, on the 27tb ultimo, by General Meredith. Dr. R II Cannon, of Somerville; Tenn., was accidentally kilted at dinner, recently. ' A friend arose from the table, dropped a pistol, which discharged its contents into Dr. Cannon's body. He died in a few moments, lie leaves a widow, who is" a daughter of Judgd Cameron, of North Carolina. J6a"" All the volunteer troops of our army in Central Texas are to be withdrawn, and will be replaced by regulars. .A large number of the volunteers, both white and colored, had arrived at Galveston from the Rio Grande on the 23d instant on their way home, to be mustered out of service. Sonic of the Texan people profess apprehensions of negro outbreaks ' after the withdrawal of the troops, and have petitioned Provisional Governor Hamilton for the organiza tion of State militia. New York Herald. The Indians. The entire "number of In dians inhabiting all parts of our country amounts to about four hundred and eighteen thousand. The estimated number in the unexplored terri tories is thirty thousand; in Tsxas, about twenty four thousand; of the tribes living in New Mex ico, aboJt ninety-two thousand; in California, something over thirty-two thousand; in Oregon, about twenty-three thousand, and m Utah be tween eleven and twelve thousand. Many of the New Mexican'Indians are civilized, and have fixed habitations and towns. N. C LEGISLATURE. In the House of Commons, December 2d, Mr Hutchison introduced a bill to authorize the Magistrates of the several'counties to levy a tax for the purpose of keeping up the public roads, which was referred to the judiciary committee. The Speaker appointed the following joint committees: Library Messrs Cameron, Kenan and Rus sell. ' . Deaf and Dumb and the Blind Asylum Messrs McKay, Jenkins of Warren, Allison, Davis of Halifax, and Craige. Private Bills Messrs Waugh, Lee of Gates, Melson, Davis of Carteret, Faircloth of Greene, Arrington, Flythe, McDonald, Bartietr, Shaw, Faison, Whitley, Craige, Jenkins of Gaston, Palmer, and Dickey. Military Affairs Messrs Webb, Hyman, Ke nan, Luke and-Marler. 'Public Buildings Messrs Joyner, Judkins and Moore, of Alamano. Privileges and Elections Messrs' Henry, Al lison, yaircloth of Wayne, Murphy, Smith of Guilford, Gidney, Dalby, McNair, Horton and Gaines. Internal Improvements Messrs Hoke, Ever ett, Burton, Hutchison, Baxter, Davis of Ilali Tax, Page, Chadwick, Smith of Columbus, and Brysou. - Swamp Lands Messrs Baxter, Farrow, Leigh of Tyrrell, Lucas and McEachern. Propositions and Grievances Messrs Sharpc, Dunn, Murrell, Russell, Harrison, Stilley, Pas chal, Blair, Bonner and Blythe. Agriculture Messrs Simmons, burgees, Newsuui, Foster, Hodnett, Roseboro, Moore of Chatham, Furr, Beasley and Scoggin. Internal Revenue Regulations When two or more persons join ir0hc execution of an instrument, the stamps fo which this instrument is liable under the law, may be affixed aud can celled by one of the parties. ' In conveyances of real estate, the law pro vides that the stamp affixed must answer to the value of the estate or interest conveyed. No stamp is required on any warrant of at torney accompanying a bond or note, when such j 1 bond or note h?s amxeu mcreio tne Btamp or j stamps denoting the duty required, and when I ever any bond or note - is secured by mortgage, I but one stamp duty is required- on such papers, such stamp duty being the high-rates required I for such instruments, or cither of them. In t such case a r.ote or memorandum of the value I or denomination of the stamp affixtd, thould be j made upon- the margin or in the acknowJedg ! ment of the instrument, which is not stamped. If the extension of the time for the payment i of a note is not in writing, do additional stamp -is necessary. If, however, a note is renewed by ' giving a new note, the renewal must be stamped ! with a t-tamp appropriate to the' amount of the ! renewal. If the time of payment is extended ! by virtue of a written agreement, a stamp must be fixed appropriate to the agreement. Reimbursements roa Damages. The I Federal (Geo ) Union, of the 21st says : "We have good authority for saying that all men over the age of G5, who took no part in the war, and all widows, (at the time Gen Sherman's nrmv ininrorl tholr nrorertv.l wi be reimbursed by the United States Government frr damages, him, Tommy; which tb bear did in re. earn- The assessor is already at work in the neighbor- est, the butcher roaring most eooilj tha wing county of Hancock, ascertaining damages so wholetime. After fh ey thought be had suffer- : far as respects the two classes of our people cd enough, they set him free, and the batcher ' above . named. This will be gratifying intclli-f stank off, g ad to escape with bis .ife, whir. , I gence to many of our suffering people." i farmer and Ins guest jctumod to their lied. BISKS OF GREAT EATERS. Vjieai eaters never iiv lone. A Tortotoui appetite, ao far from being a tigo of health, It a ,uu,"'"' ooraa ajspepuo . arc aiways aungry; leei Deal wben tney are eat ing, but, as soon aa they have eaten, they en dure torments so distressing jx their' nature as to make the unhappy victim wish far death. The appetite of health is that witch inclines moderately to eat, when eating time comes, and ' which, when satisfied, leaves no ucpleasant re minders. Multitudes measure their health bj the amount they can eat; and, of any ten per sons, nine are gratified at an ioerease of weight, as if mere bulk! were an index of health; when, in reality, any excess of fatness is, in proportion, decisive proof of existing diseasa; showing that -the absorbents of the system are too weak to discharge their duty; and tho tendency of fat ness, to obesity, increases, until existence is a burden, and sudden death closes the history. Particular inquiry will almost unvaringly elicit the fact that fat persons, however rubi cund and jolly, are never well, and yet they axe . envied. While great eaters never lire to an old age, and are never for a single day without some "symptom," some feeling sufficiently dis-. agreeable to attract the mind's attention un pleasantly, small eaters, those who eat regulatly of plain food, usually Lave uo "spare flesh," are wiry and enduring, and lire to an active old age. Remarkable exemplifications' of these statements are found in the lives of centenari ans of pust age. Galen, one of the most distin guished physicians among the ancients, lived very sparingly after the age or twenty-eight, and died in his hundred and fortieth year. Kctigern, who never tasted spirits or wioe, and worked hard all his life, reached a hundred and eighty-five years. Jenkins, a poor Yorkshire fisherman, who -lived on the coarct-t diet, was one hundred and sixty-nine. years old when he died. Old Parr livid to a hundred and fifty-three, his diet being milk, cheese, whjcy, small beer, and coarse bread. The favorite dicj of Henry Francisco, who lived to 140, was tea, bread and butler, and baked " apples. Ephriam Pratt, of Shutesbary, Mass chutts, who died, aged 117, lived chiefly on milk, and even that in email quantities;-his son, Michael, by similar means, lived to bo 103 years. Father Cull, a Methodist clergymto. died last year, at the age of 105, the main diet . of bis life having been salted swine's flesh (ba con) and bread made of Indian meal. From these statements, nine general readers out of ten will jump to the conclusion that milk is . '4 beal thy," as are baked apples and bacon.' These conclusions do not legitimately follow. The only inference tbat can be safely drawn is from the only fact running through-sll these cases that plain food and a little of steady labor tend to a great ago. As to the healthfuloess and life protracting qualities of any article of diet named, nothing cun be inferred, for no two t of the men lived on the' same kind of food; all -that can be rationally and safely said is either thaf they lived so long in spite of the quality of the food they ate, or that their inatincts called for a. particular kind of .food; aod the gratification of that instinct, and steady labor, caused healthfuloess and great length of days. We mu6t not expect to live long by doing any one thing which an old man did end omit all others; but by doing all ho did, tbat is, ork steadily, as well as eat mainly a partiular dish. -UalVt Journal of Health. Death of P. H. Winston, Esq. We an nounce with sincere regret the sodden death of P. II. Winston, Esq , an old.and respected citi zen, and perhaps the most !., . j,''nd able law yer in this State. Mr Winhfoh bied very sud denly Saturday night last, ot the residence of Mrs. II. W. Miller, in the. 65th year of his sge. He bad been unwell for a short time preceding bis death, but on the night of. his sadden de mise appeared to be in nearly as good health as ut-ual. He wan a relative of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, after whom be was named. Mr Win ston was distinguished fur his great learning, frugal habits, and quiet ostentatious manners. Raleigh Standard, 4th. Sales of Government Property i.t North Carolina. Cspt. D VP Day, Assistant Chief Quartermaster of the Department of North Carolina, has returned to Washington City with two hundred thousand dollars ss additional pro ceeds from the sale of public animals. Gen. Dodge recently carried thrco hundred thousand in a similar manner from the same department, and the total sales in the State have already ex ceeded six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. An Awkward Mistake A farmer who had bought a calf from a butcher, deaired him to drive it to his farm and plaoe it in bis stable, which he accordingly did. Now it bsppeoed that very day that a man with a grinding organ and dancing bear, passing by that way, began their antics in front of the Jjrm. Alter amus ing the fjrmcr's family for some time, the organ man entered the fiirui hou.-e ad asked the far mer if he could ptive him m night's lodging. The farmer replied that he could give the man -lodging, but be was at loss where to pot the bear. After musing a little, he determined to bring the calf inside the house for that night, ' and placo the bear in the stable, ' which wss done. ow, the butcher, expecting the can would remain in the stable all night, resolved to steal it ere morning,' and the farmer and his guest were in the night awakened by a fearful pcliing from the out-building. Doth got up, and, taking a lantern, entered the stable, when the farmer found, to his surprise, the butcher of whom he had bought the calf in the grssp of the bear, which was bulging him tremendously, for he could uot bite, being muzzled. The far mer instantlv understood the state of the case, j and briefly mentioned the circumstance to the j owner ol jJruio, wno to pumsn tne umcner lor - . a a . a m . ! Dis mienucu i.iem wucu oui , int. aear, -uuS -