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WESTERN DEMOCEAT, CHAELOTTE, " iN. C. From Dr. Craven's Dook. INTERESTING LETTER PROM MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS Adventures of the Family from the incarcera tion o f Mr Davis vp to date. Tbe following letter will be read with interest !" as giving a most graphic view of what the pris- ,oner a wite ana iamiiy nau to enaure iroui ma (1fljcej" anrj that I vu, permuted to pay my ex qtitting theoi on Jjoard the Clyde, in Hampton j ptlJM,gj ut ri;uiaju within thi limit of Itoads, down to the day of its date; certain parts i aVanijah reflecting upon individuals by name I pave taken the liberty to Btrike out, but the remain der of the letter te is written:. Mux Vii.vr, nkar Augusta, Ga October 10, 18G5. j Col. John. 7- Craven, Chief Medical Offirer, t.. .... t.-....,. Wi' Thnnith von remain 7. i i- a-1 T . .,r. .. l.,9r mo and irrev.au.y uuu.u, . VL- , feel as if writing to one or my oldest and most reliable friend. Ever; ter froto my husband conies frighted 'with Every let- wishes for vou, and thanks for all your kindness .to him in his hours of anguish and solitude. Can you doubt that my prayers for you and ap preciation for your good u eta, have been even reatcr than his, for 1 cculd do nCthing but ev pray i When he. was taken from me on tbe ship the provost guard and sourc women detectives came ) on board, and after tbe women searched, our ntnnni flio mpn KPrehod OUT baL'UUC Either they or the soldiers standing around tnr,ic ruM-llinrr rlipv fancied, and SOIDC thi I) ITS o iargertbat 1 did not see how tneir conauci ,;ould escape the eye of the ;uard, and of the ..officers who superintended the 'search. They then told my servants that they couldjro ashore, '..if they did not iere to go to Savannah. 1 he j&ueband of my negro nurse forced her to go, and the white girl left from an unwillingness to be exposed to a Southern climite. I enrreatcd to be permitted to dcbaik at Charleston, as my sister, Miss Howell, still continued to be ill, and I feared to return on the ship with a drunken .iii ai utin li-irl nrerinnal u refill! red 'Colonel Pritchard's authority to keep him in order; and goiog back, Mrs. Clay, my eistcr, and myself, would be the only women on the ship; but this was refused. Acting as my own chambermaiJ and nurse, and the nurse also of my sister and Mrs Clay, who were both ill, wc started for Savannah. Wc had a fearful gale, in which the upper decks once or twice dipped water,' and oo one could walk; but as I felt as wretched as could be, 1 did not fear a future state. God protected us from the fury of 'the ele ments; but the soldiers now bcan to open and rob our trunks again. The crew, however, gave us some protection, and one of the officers in the engine room gave up his cabin, and locked every thing we had left up in it.' The lieutenant of cad the heart of a gentleman, and took care of j us with the greatest assiduity. Some of the j soldiers of the crew helped me to nurse, and saved me many an hour of wakefulness and ; fatigue. My Jjltle uati"hter iJa":ie was finite like 'an old woman; she took her si:-ter early 1 1 every morning fur the nights were so rough I coud not sleep, because it was r. ccssary to hold tbe infant to avoid bruising it and with the -assistance of our faithful servant, Hubert, who held her- still while she held her sister, she nursed her long enough for mo to rest. Little Jeff. and.I did the house-keeping; it was a fnir division of the labor, and uot unpleasant, as it -displayed the good hearts of my children. At the harbor of Charleston the iek began to improve. We procured ice and ndlk, aad the day's rest which the ship at anchor gave them improved them much. Arrived at Savannah, wc trudged up to the hotel quite in emigrant fashion. Margaret with the baby and Hubert with the baggugc; I, with BilljC and Jeff. and. Maggie in quite an old fashioned manner, keeping all straight and cting as parcel carrier, for we could not procure iny carriage and mu;.t walk until wc reached the Pulaski House, where, after a day and night, wo procured comfortable rooms. The inn keeper was a kind man, and lilt for my unfor tunate condition. Ho therefore did everything tin his power to make us comfortable. A funny lucident happened the day I arrived here. A black waiter, uponajiiiwering my bell, and Ueing told to call my man servant llobert, re plied very impertinently, that 'if ho should sec Kobert ho would givethe order, but did not ex pect to sec hiuj." When Kobert heard it, he .waited till all the black servants had assembled at dinner, and then remarked that he should ,bate to believe there was a colored man so low as to insult a distressed woman, but if so, though a peaceable man, he Should whip the first ufan himself, whereupon llobert sard "Oh, it was you, was it ? Well, you do look mean enough for that or anything else." From that tlm all the greatest assiduity could. do was done for me, -first from efirit de corjtt.and then from kind deeling. The people of Savannah treated me with the .greatest tenderness. Had I been a sister long absent and just returned to their home, I could have received no more tender welcome. IIcus.es were thrown open to me, anything and every thing was mine. My children had not much tnore than a change of clothing after all the parties who had us in charge had done lighten 1D our bapgage, so they cave the baby dresses. and the other little ones enough to change until Unfortunately for me, General who, I . near was -noi io mo manor bom, was in com- ; tnaod of the district at the time. I asked missiou to see him, aud as I was so unwell that I could not speak above my breath w ith a cold, and suffered from fever constantly-the result of exposure on the ship I wtoto to beg that he would come and see me, for his aid had told mo the night before that I could not be per mitted to leave Savaouah, aud having been robbed of nearly all my means I could not afford to stay at tbe hotel; and besides, as soon as I reached the hotel detectives were placed to watch Loth nie and my visitors, so I did not feel At liberty, thus accorupauid, to go to private houses. , t General 's aid, whose animus was proba bly irreproachable, but whose orthography "was -very bad, was directed to tell me that, except under Tery extraordinary circumstances, he did not go but of his office, aad, "all such," (which I afterwards found to mean myself,) "a? desir ed to see him would call at bis office-" To .which I answered that I thought my illness and my circumstances constituted au extraordinary ' .case; but that l was sorry to have asked any thing which he ufelt called upon so curtly to refuse," and requested to be informed what hour would please bim en the following day, and I would do myself the honor to. call upon bim. Whereupon, the same unfortunate, well eaniDg, ill-spelling young gentleman wrote to rme that "all such as desired might draw ni"h from nine until three." I went, accompanied by General Mercer, of A did himself justice, and verified uy' preconceived nninion of him in oar interview, in which he told me he "guessed I conld not telegraph messed 1 coqIJ not telegraph to Washiog-ton write to the heads oi departments there, or to anybody except through the' regular rh.innfl annroved:" and I could not write to jrje(,j;J) "except through the Provost Marshal's With many thanks for the large liberty ac- rded .rraoiwinlv. T bowed mvself out. Srst i corded ; having declined to get soldier's rations by appli j, - - cation for them to this Government. I In this condition I remained for many weeks, j until, fortunately for me. General JJirge relieved i him who had it not in his power, however, to remove the restrictions any further than to take lhe detectives away of whom I hrard, but did not see. 15ut Uen liirge permitteu me to write unrestrictedly to whom I pleased, and appeared nnxiou?, in -the true spirit of a gentleman, to ofler all the courtesies he consistently could. My baby caught the whooping-cough, and wns ill almost unto death for isouie "days with the fever which precedes the cough, and then she i-lowly declined. I did what I could to give her fresh air but the heat was so intense, the insects so annoving, and two rooms tuch close quarters, that she. and I suffered much more than I hope you or yours will. ever knov by ex- Mv .mist aentn aonv rose from the TnMieft-1 tion and renublication in the Savannah Ikepub- .J j j Hcari of the shackling scene in Davis' casemate, which to think of stops my heart's vibration It ffas piteous to hear the little children pray at their grace, "that the Lord would give father somelliintr which he could cat, and keep him strong, and bring him back to us with his good senses, to his little children, for Christ's sake;" and nearly every day during the hardest, bit terest of his .imprisonment, our little child Maggie had to quit the table to dry her tears alter tins grace, which was of her own com position. I believe, doctor, I should have lost my senses if these severities had been percrvered in, for I coald neither eat nor sleep for a week; but opiates, and the information of the change ef fected by your advice, relieved me; and I thanked God nightly for your brave humanity. . It is easier to fight with a revolver than- to repeat unpleasant truths to a hostile and unt.ramnielled power in the full indulgence .of its cruel in stincts. All honor to the brave men who fear lessly did so. Though I ate, slept, and lived in my room, rarely or never going out in tlte day, and only walking out late at night with Robert for protec tion, I could not keep my little ones so closely confined. Little Jeff. aiJ Billy went out on. the street to play, and theie Jeff, was constantly told that he was rich; that his father had "stolen -5glit millions," etc. Billy was taught to J-ing, "We'll hang Jett. Davis on a-sour apple tree, ly giving him a reward when he did so; and he made such I ' t . - I o"(Mj mends witli the solliersthat the poor child seemed to torget. a great deal of lus regard tor his father. 'The little thing finalh' told me one day, "Vou thinks 1'se somebody; so is you; so is father; but you "is not; so is uot any of us, but me. I am a Vankee every time." The rough soldiers, doubtless, meant to be kind, but such things wounded me to the quick. They trtok him off and made him sjiatch apples oft the stalls if Kobert. loot sight of him-for a moment. Finally, two women from Majne coutemplated whipping him because they found out that he was his father's son; but a "man more wise did them surprise," and took him off just in time to avoid a very painful scene to them as well is to me.. These tilings went on in the street I" refer only to the street teachings though these wo men were, with one other, dishonorable excep tions to the ladies in the house, until Captain was ordered to "Savannah on duty. He brought with him a person whom J heard was his wife. As I never went into the parlor I did not see her, but mv little son Jeff.' went accident- y into the room one day, and interrupted a con-, versation she was indulging herself in with ono of the negro waiters, in which sher was la)-ing down "the jroper policy to be pursued 'toward Mr Davis." The servant having been brought up by a lady, ffelt very uncomfortable, and said, "Madam, there ! is his son " She called little Jetf. up to her and j told him his father was a "rogue, a liar, an as- i j sassin, and that means a murderer, boy; nt,d I j hope he may be tied to a stake and burned a lit tle lu at a time with light-wood knots. God forbid you should grow up a comfort to your mother. Kemember vou can never be a senile man while this country lasts. Your father will soon be hanged, but that death is too quick." The negro retired, mortified, "and sent my nurse to call little Jetf.; and so, with his little face purple with mortification, and wet with tears from his streaming eyes, he came up to me, leav- i il)T the nioilS Mild ?lMM--ii.t-!i hlilu tr find -l nit Inn- - r r - j,---- -j ........v.. audience as congenial to her tastes as the' first had been. I commended Jeff's gentlemanly conduct in making no reply; cautioned him against ever persecuting or distressing a woman or a friend, it it took that shape; made application for per mission to go away to Augusta; was refused, and then prepared the children to go where they would not see such indignantly patriotic and pro phetic females. Nothing, however, but the dread intruding into a secret and sacred grief pre- van r . I m i r- i-iiin .v aKm i . . t . thetie note, to condole with him upon sympa the dis-' pe,,?;uion of Providence under whirl , in th oer- i son ot ins wite, ne groaned. Hourly scenes of violence were goin-r on in the street, and not repotted, between th whites and blacks, and I felt that the children's lives .were not safe. During General -s n-yinie a ne- go sentinel levelled his gun at my litile daugh ter to shoot her for calling him "uncle." 1 could mourn with hope if my children lived, but what was to become oflue if I was deprived of them? So I sent tlKMii off with many prayers and tears but confident of.the wisdom of the deeision. On the ship I understood a man was very abusive in their hearing of Mr Davis, when my faithful ser vant itobert enquired with great mterest, 'Then you tell me 1 am your equa f i ou nut mo ' J. . J " ou liui me ; alongside ot vou in evervlhimrf " lit. m.. 1 . j. ... -.V . . ; L V.T 'n - .. "Certainly." "Then," said . Kobert, "take this! from your equal, and knocked him down. The i captaiu was appealed to, and upon a hearing of the case justified Robert, and required an nnol- 6gy of the levelled leveler. Little Jeff, is now at the endowed school, near Montreal, in charrQ of Mrs'Morria. i who has the care of ten little bovs of rood familv some of them Southern boys, and is happy, so he writes me. Mrs Morris superintends his clothes and person, and teaches him his lessohs. She vas chosen by the faeulty of tire college for her u.gu i-u.t .uagg.e ,s at ine Convent of the t W " , - ,piaCe WLt're Ueneral ! YVilham Preston s Utle girls are, and very kitid j they are to her. A nun is always pi-esetit with the traall girls, who are separated from the hrge Savannah. Need I sav that General ; girls. Little Billy is his grand mother's pet and idol, always witlrher, and in pretty good health. I have sent their dear father a picture of Mag gie's school, and a little scribbled letter from his big boy to me. j As soon-as the dear children were gone, I 1 hoped with my little weak baby (yiii see I am ( very honest with yen) to make my escape out of the' country to them; but when upon coming to ! Augusta which General $teadman gave roc ! leave to do immediately upon his accession to command, through the very kind intercession ot General B-annen, who succeeded General Birge . i..:. i i I w! ir,t, .riticd rv a ?reni email tl,u Lad been mid so authoritatively', that If I ever" was inrurim-u iv a I quilted the country under any possible oijeet, I i would no matter what beteli air uavis never be allowed to return " I abandoned the nitei iion. As might makes right in my case, and as my sister's health had failed rapidly in the South, ! and as she' is a girl of rare judgment and good j feeling, I sent her with my nephew to Xew York,- j en route for Canada, to take care of lay devoted ' mother who u uovv too old and delicate . to ue left alone. My two nephews joined me here about a mouth r."o,"and desired to take me home with them, bot finding thai the length of my tether only per mitted me to browse '-in Georgia," they stayed two flays and were then forced to go home to their families. My baby has grown tat and rosy as the "Glory of France" a rose which Mr Davis recollects'iiear the r?' te of our home. Under the kind, treatment I have received, the fine country .;.;... c. a .. .... air, (five miles from Augusta.) and the privacy, I have also grown" much better; can sleep and eat, and begin to feci alive again with the frosty air, and loving words and letter, which meet me here as in Savannah. . Mr George Schely is m host, and never had a child in her fathorVhoine a warmer welcome. I am at no expense, and entirely, gladly welcome. The little baby eats hominy and drinks fresh milk; grows in grace and weight; talks a little, and being more "jen tie than little Jeff's friend, Mrs , is a great pet with all The difSctilty is to accept all the invitations I get, or to sefuse them rather, the whofcj "Southern country teeming with homes, the doors of which open wide ;o re ceive me; and people are so loving, talk with such streaming eves and broken -voices of him who is so precious to them and to me, that I c?n not realize I do not know them intimately. -Mr Davis should dismiss all fears for me. Moner is urged upon me evervlbinrr. on.'y suffe for him. 1 do not meet a youtiof mau who fait to put himself at my disposal to go anywhere for ine. I cannot pay. a doctor's bill or buy of an apothecary. "All these things'-are added unto me. If I have written you too long a letter, mj clear a'r, it is because I have not collected my facts, but sought "quid scribum, non quern ad via dum" - Please give yotn good wife as much gratitude as' she will receive from me; and I can not permit you to measure it for yourself. My children shall rise up and call her blessed. May (rod show her and hers that mercy which you have been )fee means of bringing to my poor hus band, and you wiil be blessed indeed. This ii the constant prayer of your grateful friend, Vat.ixa Davis. RECKLESSNESS. "Once upon a time," as the nuiscry tales all com mence w hen a certain spendthrift found to "ro under." or "20 uj" that he was about in fact discovered that he had utterly ,:nlayed out" bo detcra;incd to expend the remainder of his patrimony in a feast which, in costliness, splendor and magnificence, should eclipse every previous effort. 'A numerous corps of favorites were invited, all attended, the feast was a bril- liant success; but that night the spendthrift and next .morning he went penniless to bed, arose a beggar. - When we contemplate the reckless extrava gance and prodigality of the. present Congress, how, unlike "the busy bee," they fail to "im prove each shining hour;" how madly they are squandering the treasures and public lands of the country, we are forcibly "and painfully re minded of the poor spendthrift, and cannot lid ourselves of the apprehension that Uncle Sam will wake up some fine fflorhing to find himself in this-eondition. Here is the way the public lands are going: In one day Congress passed the following bills: Granting public lands in Nevada; grantirg lands to the Iron Mountain Railroad Company of Missouri; granting lands in Michigan, in the construction of a ship canal from Pi to aid ortage Lake-to Lake Superior; grantin lands to con struct a canal Irom Lake Superior to Lh. Belle Lake; granting lands to aid iu building railroads in Minnesota. . I'retty good for one day's work! And we suppose that if any one had made application lor lar.ds to aid in ereeffng a telegraph-to the moon, or a balioon express to one ot the fixed slais, the petition would have been 'i,tl,inn cn full,. III.,.. .....,. .U.. .... l I . i .uuiiii ni iuiijt IUU5U uits uie uiir recsiess- ?iess of tho ' rr-amt l'nnws 'ih '..m.Wa f these bills and the haste with which th,cy are rushed through. They seem to be subjected to no seiutiny or deliberation, are not debated, but are passed at the iusxance of every one applying, ( he ie u Not Iht m man. To the honor aud glory of the Southern people it will redouud that they are not parties to, or recipients of, this Congressional iaraesse. Nobodv at the South except the negroes has applied fur mooey i i . . ' .. or lands, that we are aware of, and nobody eke nas received either, When there shall not be. leic two cuppers to 1 ngle in the national treas-1 ury,. the Yankees at.d the negroes will alone be n sponsible fjr the condition of the exchequer. : 1 ar none J rut rum Not content with expending upon Cuffee the millions involved in the maintenance and con tinuance, of the Freedmen's liureau, Congress has now made him a landholder by the donation of millions of the public domain, while not a dollar or acre is given, or proposed to be given, to the starving whites of the South, reduced to that conditiou by those armies which Congress raised and sent down here to develop our love and "loyalty." - ' Do th resources of the natiou justify this libcralit)?- Can they stand it? Does not this i - r i art rn vuirrnrp heenmn criminal trlipn -n- we consid- er the 'condition of pur. finances and the suffer ings of the poor, both North and South? If donations are to be made, let them gladden the hearts of honest poverty, and not go to swell the-power of bloated corporations and' to in crease the arrogance and idleness, of worthless negroes. e ph?ad for the poor, honest, suffer- i ing white men of America. Richmond, Times . - j TWp are rumors of a frinturft hAtwoon K President and Secretary Stanton, consequent on the arbitrary -.measures of the latter in the case of Paymaster Paulding, whom he hurried u0Q , Fort McHenry under guard. The PrW- deo directed him to stay proceedings until the luru of Military Justice eould- review the case and report to him, and issued an order for Panlding's immediate return. EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Edenton, N G , July 4tb, 1866. - Edenton, the capital of Chowan coMnty, is named in compliment after Charles Eden, the royal Governor or the Provioce, io 1713, and who lies buried ip Bertie county. During his administration, the notorious pirate Edward Loifh p. n.moiilv called Black Beard, who do- fied.ihe Government, and spread terror along " . ' .. the coast, surrendered, with twenty of his men to Gov. Eden. Leach having acquired habits illy suited to a life of . peace, he fitted out a sloop tit a place which now Dearshis came, within Or.raf.nke Inlet, called Reach's Mo e. and again went forth on piratical adventures. Such was the annoyance of his depredations, that the AuCO,..Klu rf Yirs.inia .offered nne hundred V lryirna pounds for his apprehension 1 wosmall coasters, under Lieut. Mayuard, .1718, sailed from Hamp ton Beads in quest of him. He was found at his usual place of rendezvous, near Ocracoke.. The notion immediately commenced. Leach boasted that he neither asked nor gave quarters. At One broadside nineteen of dlaynard's men were killed. The pirates boarded his ship; a fierce and dedly combat ensued. The two commanders met, and Leach fell, covered with blood. Mayuard sailed with the head of Leach hung to the bowsprit of his vessel. To this day. superstition still, preserves his name, with heaps of buried, treasure. The residence of Qov. Eden is still in good condition, and has Jong-beeu the mansion of the family of Nathan iel Bond,' Es , arid is at" present occupied- by f'our.of his estimable daughters, who are regarded for their "piety, intelligence and general worth. j In 120 Gov. Eden assembled the Legisla j turc here, and at this session the town, which I had been 6ome tiaie established, (171G) was j cal'ed Edenton. The ancient records of the j court at Edenton are full of interest, and are ! filed in the Superior Court Clerk's office. ChoAvan county derives its name from the tribe of Indians, Chovtanokes, who once oymcd J and inhabited this territory. The baautiful sheet of water on which Edenton is situated, preserves tbe name of General Monk, Duke of Albemarle, whose efforts restored Charles II to his crown and kingdom, and who was one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. The early his tory of Chowan ?s full of incidents. The Albemarle Sound is rendered still more historical and noted as the scene of one of the greatest naval engagements in-the annals of his tory, during the late war, which is familiar to every one: the fight JjetNreen Capt Jas Cooke, of the ram Albemarle, and a Federal fleet of nine gunboats, in which tbe Albemarle retired victor, having disabled one ship, and damaged several others. Captain Cooke is a native of North Carolina and a resident of Portsmouth . He has declined a Captaincy in the Russian navy. 'The crops are. backward, and not so good as they could be desired. The cotton generally is looking badly; more attention is paid to cotton than any other article. This country formerly produced large quan tities of wheat and corn, which found its way to Norfolk; but the yield this year will not 'be more than is required for home consumption. Formerly there were many wealthy and very extensive planters, but few large ones now. Cur. of Norfolk Virginian. Tun new Tariff Bill. The leading radi cal organ of the northwest, the Chicago Tribune, denounces it and all w-ho are supporting it in unmeasured terms. It says that it will convert mo're people to free trade iu a fortnight than all the free trade leagues could do in twenty years. The Tribune says: "It is such a bare faced cheat that no man in the community who has not a stock of goods, on B . . ....... hand on the sale ot which he expects to rob his neighbors of twenty to -one hundred per cent, of their value, can fail to see and denounce it Those who have tl'e bill in charge deserve the execration of all true republicans for introducing such" an element of discord into our ranks ou the eve of an- important 'election. If Andrew Johnson has a gfain of political sagacity he will veto the bill, and set himself up as the champion of the people, defending them against extortion and robbery, and protecting the treusury and tbe public credit against lhcnormous deficit which will be created by the suddeu stoppage of revenue from customs."" From Cuiia. By the arrival of tho steam- jship Cuba, from Havana, 4th iust., we have im portant news, if true. It is reported, through private .sources, that a revolt occurred .near Por to PrinciL', the insurgents declaring for inde pendence. Troops were sent against, them, a skirmish took place, and several companies of troops went over to tho insurgents, who after wards proceeded to the mouutains. - It is fur ther reported that four steamers bearing the Chilliau flag landed upwards of 2000 troops on the If land, and effected a junction with the re volutionists. Chili, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador are said to have formed a league to wrest Cuba from Spain", and trad invited Venezuela and Columbia to joio the alliance, the first three, named to fur nish the money; the other to furnish the men. Hopes are entertained that the scheme will re ceive the aid of Southern "emigrants" who will embark from the coast ot Florida.- " The Texas cotton news is unfavorable. The iestiuitttcs.of th crop aronovv for one-fourth The worms are threatening it. loy with ragged trowsers and rimless chip hat runs into Dr. Scarr's drug store.wiih a dip per in his hand. Doctor, mother sent me to the shoticary pop quicker' u blazes, ccs bub's sick "with tbe picken chox, and she wants a thimbleful of poiiy gollic- in this din tipper, cos we hadn't bot a gottle, and the kiot the bine wittersTn't Got any V riii r s got j TO MERCHANTS. We have just received a GOODS, which you can buy NEW STOCK -OF from us and make H. BREAi & CO. money. July 9, I860 T. 2t NEW DRUG STORE, AT L1NCOLNTON, N. C. The undersigned haVe just opened in the town of Lincolntort, North Cttroliua, a large and splendid assortment of fresh and carefully selected foreign and domestic Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Pateut- Medicines,- Dry Salts, Acids, Oils, Spices, Dyes, Paints, Varnishes, Brurhes. Perfumery, and alloih- er articles usually kepi by Druggists and Apothe- caries, and are now ready to sell upon, at least, as reasonable terms as are offered bv anv establisa- j ment df the kind in Western North Carolina. They, ! therefore, respectfully solicit a liberal share of the public patronage. Physicians aud Surgeons wifl fipd it to their spe cial interest to examine this stock, and prices before buying eUewbtre. j. if. hwixg, h. d. ' LAWING & MEANS. T. r..As, Jr. D. LlncolntoDj-July 9, 186$: FOREIGN- NEWS. British Ministry had. tendered their re- The signauoD, which had been accepted by the Queen. It is 'supposed that Derby wiil form a ' oew Ministry. j- The Italians, under their King, wers re- i pulsed io attacking the Austrians near Verona, i olf the -tb- The battle lasted all day Both : J 1. . i t.-.L .tt.: ..j.j!. .l. Mur iuuiik uraveiy, uui we auair euueu iu mc defeat of the Italians. Tbe Austrians took ! 2,0 00 prisoners. The Italian army retreated ! across tno wibcio. It is positively asserted that the Hanoverian army is surrounded and i B"" cupuuiaie io ine XTUSSians. 1D13 DCCQS ! confirmation. A eiegram irotu . l'ardubifz, Uonemia, says tnat trie Prussians were beaten iu a light near r a I iieusuui, auu icireaieu, leaving t wounded on the field. their dead and A Berlin telegram says that the Prussians were successful iu an encounter near Furnatl, capturing seven officers and 500 privutes., The Austrian army at Custozza numbered 60,000 men. A Florence despatch, while it admits that the Italian loss was great near Verona, claims -that the Austrian losses were equal or greater. The Cavalry of Bezio's division covered the retreat, which was effected in gopd order. LATER. The steamer Persia has arrived, with Liver pool dates to tho 30th. The Cotton sales for the week prior to sailing was 7,000 bales. The market opened bouyant, with aii advaucc of I torn 1 aud 1-J pence," closing with an advance J and 1 penuy. The Hanoverian army had surrendered to the Prussians and were allowed jp return to their homes. A desperate battle had been fought in Bohcm4a,near Nachod and Fianklenan. Therfi were conflicting accounts as to the result. A Berlin dispatch claims that the Prussians de feated the Austrians on the 27th and 2Sth, cap turiog 8,000 prisoners; while Vienna tclegtams claim that the Austrians captured 18 guns aud mariyrisoners. In we fight of Franklenan, the Austrians are said to have lost from 4 to G,000 men in all, and the Prussians 1,000. There was great re joicing in Berlin over the alleged Prussian vic tory, and the people presented an address to the King. A Vienna dispatch, on the other i-hand, asserts that Benedek prevented a junc tion of Prince Frederick Charl 3s w;tli the annv of Silesia and was successful in the cngajje number ment, killing and wounding a of the enemy. grcat- The London Times says that it is difficult to decide as to the actual result. England. Derby has been forced to form a Cabioet exclusively to'ry. Threatened trouble among the Loudon populaca ou the Reform question. , Pension Restored -We arc gratified to announce to our rea-ders that Mrs 31 A B Barron, widow of Cmmodore James Barroo, the officer who kifled commodore Decatur, iu a duel and one of America's most' distinguished Mrs naval heroes, has lately had her pension, with all arrearages escheated by tho united States government during the recent lamentable -pee-tional warfare, restored to her. Mrs Barron it will be remembered, came to this State, at the time Norfolk and Portsmouth were evacuated,, and remained in Oxfo'r-d during the entire war. Being a southern lady, and a member of one of the most wealthy, aristocratic and influential families of Virginia, she could not do otherwise than follow her relations and friends. But as she took no part in Hie struggle, it was but an act of justice on the part of the-government to j re imburse the widow of a renowned public servant, who had laid heavy claims upon its I . t 11-. 1 - generosity, ny .us gallant ana Heruonous ac- tions. May this example be but the-f urerunncr of many similiar ODes Rahigh Progress. TAX rVOTfiCIi. I have received 1 he Tax List of Mecklenburg coun ty for tlie year 186J. All "persons are requested to inform me of auy taxables that may not have been returned. I will attend at the following times and places for the purpose ot" ciTllectiiig the taxes : Charlotte during Court week and on Saturdays. Sharon, Tuesday, July 17th Steel Creek, Berryhill's, Pair Creek, Long Creek, Lenily's, . Dewese's, Hill's, " Ilarrisbnrg, Crab Orchard, Clear Creek, Morning Star, Providence, June 25, 18(;C Wednesday, Th ursday. Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdflj," Friday, ..Monday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, It. II. " 18lh 10th " 20 1 h " 24i h , "' 251 h " 2Gih ' 27th " 30th " 3 1st August 7th 81 h 9th WHITE, Sheriff. Selection rVoiice. An election will be opened and held at tbe several Electi'in I'recincts in MeckleikJuig county, on ttie First Thursday in August next (2d day,) for Jhe rat ification or rejectiou of the amended Slate Consti tution. R. M. WHITE, Sheriff. , June 25, I86G. s for. Sale, Among them a fine Leaiher-iop Buggv elegantly finished. Apply at J. THOTTERS July 2, IStG. Coach Works. . jflUiCCEISSON & CO., C 6 M M I S S I O N ' M E KC II A N T S, lS&.Ffco.tr Street, JTEW YORK. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, . WILMINGTON, N. C. -Particular attention paid to the sale" of Cotton and eouittry Produce generally.. Consignments in tended for our New York houje are covered by in surance from point of shipment, and will ba for- warded throusrh Wilmington free of commissions JSO. D. WILLIAMS, GEO. YT. WILLI A1IS, July 9, li;6. K. M. Mf rtCHISOK u. it. Mrnciiisox. 1m u. tuu.w & uu., j-io. i. MVliilAX & CO, s intervening places will hav.-an opporituiiiy oi suoscnu- Wilmington, N. C. New York. i m to tU!. capital stock of said company. The price of JV Si W F 2 KM,' j U property is one hundred ihonsand dollars. andA is - ' nsed to limit the capital stock to two hundred The undersigned adopt this metliod of informing"! jj.gand. The company to be organized and elect thfir friends aud customers, that troni tlm da te, ! t,gic,.rs hen the sum of one bundrtrd thousand dollar July 2d, the style of their firm will be E. MURRAY ! 3 -ubscribed It is proposed to have' the property sm & CO., in this city, and JAMES T. MUllltAY & CO., j veyed aud a I'aik of :" acre laid off for pleasure in the city of New York. pryuncU, and that sixty bitilJiig-lots oud no more Our long experience in this citv. and that of James r.n tiv 100 feet, with one acre f woixl-land bo laid off T lll'nixr I. ry, - . . r. -. ........... . . tuuic ume in mecjiy oi iew i otk, i wil ecabie us, ve -cohS Jentl v believe, to serve ine interests of our customers sis'-vell as" any other house: and. we respectfully solicit conlinu.nnce of the putronage heretofore so'liberally bestow ed iip rvn h?: oromWin - lI.mi at nil iinic our l.pst efl'aits shall be. u.-ed in behalf of our customers. not be called on for more before January, ltJ7, at All shipments made to our bouse in New YoTk, J which time, if necoesary. another fourthr third will will be insured from point of shipment, unless oth-; J called for. Q .... .w- erwise ordered, and forwarded promptly through by 1- w proposed -to erect citable bui!d;ng on tbe pro onr house in this cit.; and no charges willLeinade V11 b --extscasOu U accommodate on or two mm for forwarding, except those actually paid out, j red quests .Pn othn fuiti- We have ample warehouse room for produce fipS S 'K ZZe o a Ci Our office in this city is at our old-stand. North . ftPS Mwwtwn that they can oe nuiu y j WateTstreet. . . E. MURRAY, some dmdeiid on the capitaUtock ' ' JAMES T. MURRAY. . , SJ.aVv Wilmington, N. C, July 9, 18C6. lm Charlotte, N. C.f July 9, 18C6. CONGRESS.' The i)ill fixing the numbed of J udges of the Supreme Court wa passed by the House with . amendments, which provides that no vacancies 6ha he filled until the number shall be leduced .to six, and. ever after the Court shall Consist of one Chief Justice and six Associate Juices. It ' also makes certaiu changes tr the places of hold- i -l n it., j.-. i :n r . , mg ne iyan. vhucc mis urn, Virginia, ; North and South Carolina are ia tho 4th Cir- ' cuit: Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana antf Tas compose tbe 5th Circuit. Tbe bill to cnhfge the Capitol grounds, and appropriating 50,000 or tbe improvement of the same, was passed. ' The Tariff bill was passed by a vote of yeas 94, nays 53. Tax on eottott fixed at 3 cents per pound. The bill reducing the number .of Associate Judges of tho Supreme Court h toother plan to' bead off the President. He had nominated Stansbury, of Ohio, for the vacancy caused by Judge Catron's death. Uudcr the bill there i oo vacancy. ' July 11 Tho Senate passed a bill to ex tend, for three years, the benefits of tho law granting lands to thSouthern States for ths establishment of Agricultural Colleges. Also, a bill regulating the time and manner of Bold ing elections for United States Senators Among other provisions it requires that the voto shall be viva voce. The bill for the re-annexation of Alexandria to the District of Columbia was re jected by a majority of four. The House passed a joint resolution, providing for the organization of tho militia of the States and Territories Jn a uniform manner, and for the distribution' among them of two-thirds of tho ordnance and ordnance btores, exveptinjj tfya States lately in insurrection. It also passed a bill giving the right of way to any Telegraph Company over the public domain. PROCLAMATION To the People of North Carolina. ' In obedience to an Ordinance of the State Con vention, ratified the 25ih day of June, LBti'J, entirtcd "An Ordinance submitting to the qualified voter3 of the State ilie'ratlrication or rejection of the Consti tution adopted by tho Convention," I, Jonatiia Worth, Governor of Xorih Carolina, hereby give notice th it on Thursday, the second of August next, polls will be opened by '.he Sheriffs of the respective counties, and kept open tor three successive diiyst at tho several election preiituls in each and eery county iu the State, under tie same rule and regu lations as now exist for the election of member of the General Assembly; nwhich election all persons qualified to vote lor members of the General Assem bly, may vote for or against the ratification the same; those who wish a ratification of the Constitu tion voting, with a wnUen or printed ticket, "Uuti ficalion," those of a contrary opinion voliujr, with a written or printed ticket, "Rejection.'' Sheriffs will observe 'the provisions of tho Ordinance as to the dmiej thereby imposed In w itness w hereof, flis Excellency, Jonntha-n Worth Governor of said State, has hereto set hi.s baud and caused the great seal of the State to be af fixed. Done at the city of Raleigh, this the 2d day of July A D lStftf. JONATHAN WORTH. By the Governor: W H. Haglky, Private Sec'y. ;DaQ"7ir GrOOdS, IS iSDDBS. We have jus received u NEW STOCK of nil kinds of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Hoimets, Ribbons, Notions. Hardware, Groceries, &c &c. Our Goods having been bought late in the season, after the trade fras over, at greatly reduced price, we are able to sell the in for le.-s than they tostearfr in the seuson. , -Wc would particularly invite, theattention of Mo chants io our New Stock. We do not intend to be undersold either Who!- ' sale or Retail. Cill and examine our Slock brfoi buying. J. L. 1JROWN k CO. July 9, ISCG 2t CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. The next session commences on the 1st ofOctober, 18GG, and continues until 30th June, tt-(J7. The session is divided into two Terms of Twenty weeks each; the one commencing the 1st October, 18GG, and the other the 1 5th 'February, 1807. Expense ptr Term of Tu tnhj wtckt : Board, including evry expense, except washing, . $105 00 Tuition in Collegiate Department 25 00 " Primary " 20 00 Music, Modern Languages, Drawing and Painting taught by competent and thorough Lustruoiors at usual prices. For circular and calalougue containing full par ticulars, address REV. R. BUR WELL St SON, Principals, July 0, !8tiU. Charlotte, N. C TO - CAPITALISTS! -The Wilson White Miilpliiu $11EIB. Thrs property, so long and -ag rly sought after bj capitalists, is now offen d for al5 to a Ji int Stock Ctun pauy. The property bus been held in Mich high esteem by all parties acquainted with it, that the Mini cd' eighty five thousand dollars in gold was frequently offered 'for it, and the then owner lel'iising to pait with it for les than one hundred tliuufjiiid "It is now, as heretofore, regarded us the mowt valuable Real Estate iu the South ern Sfatep. The SuljdiUr Waters an-hi Id to be supe rior to any waters now known "jn the United Statu. There are six hundred acres of good land, mostly wood td, attached to the Springs. Tiny are located in a beautiful country, tw o mill s east of the flourishing vil agi; of Shelby, CleiiVeland county. North Carolina ; forty or forty-five miles west of Charlotte, on the lint of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Ituthertord Kailioad trains running daily to thu head ,f the present termi nus. They arrf eny ot access, bring within 21 hourn tnn 1 of Newbern. f hours of Wilmiugton. and 'Ji hours of Augusta aud Savannah. Ga., and Charleiiton, S. C The nupeiior ntedicitial virtues of tin-iw water ttiv. well known to the citizens of the. neahoaid from New hern. N. C. to Savannah. Ga., and if ihe projM it v was ptefM-rly imjuoved, no w atering place in the South would rt-e.eive such a Lu ge tduiru of patronage. In testimony of the high chteem in which the Springs are held, the subscriber ha letters from some of the most prominent Physicians of this sei'nn of country, toge ther with those of oilier citizens of high i-tancling in other parts of tin; cou-ntry. v iz: Do? I'ritchard, Fox, Miller. Gibbon, the. two Gregorys, and Kx-GoV Z Ii Vaucnr G n Huftts IJarringer, II Ij Alexander, J A Voting J M Spriu"s; Win J'Vates, Kditr. of Charlotte Demo crat; Johu Wilkes, IVes't of Nafiolial Bunk, Charlotte, N C; and Dr Thos Williams ot Sh. Iby; and other prominent citizen. . . . ' 1 Tt ..I'fTf.lniiibia. Chaileston. Au-rusta, ana i ill- .iii.' .7. .. . i ana oiw joi in iee nniie ni. to each subset ibercf joy shares ot each, or to each clulj bubsciibiug 100 shares. Ii is desirous to organize the enmpany as l arly as pafcible, aud as soon as one hundred thousand dol lars is subscribed the stockholders will be called on for one-fourth or oue-third of their subscriotion, aod will
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