X H E W E Sf R 'D M A G R Af- -AttL OT? E;-N,"C;
Kjr 3B0tnn Shmorrai.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
EMIGRATION FROLT N.' CAROLINA.
A crominent citizen of the State one long
associated with its public history and dcyoted .
to its welfare sends the Raleigh Progress the i
following communication :
Messrs. Editors: I find that a gr,eat many
persons are disposed to leave this State and try
their fortunes in the west and northwest. I
have tried to ascertain the cause of this. Va
rious reasons are usually assigned ; but when
these reasons are closely scanned, they all have
their origin in the difficulty the parties find in
procuring cood land to till in North Carolina
They are unaMe to buy whole plantations. The
large proprietors refuse to cut op their estates
ard sell off their good lands in small, convenient
farms, such as these parties might wish to pur
chase. Hence they move to localities .where
they can get quarter and half-quarter sections.
Unless, therefore, the large landholders of
this State 6peedily change their policy and in
troduce the system of subdividing their estates,
they will 4brce immense numbers of our people
to abandon North Carolina, aud real estate here
will soon sell -for a song. On the other hand,
by cutting up their estates and selling out alter
nate lots or farms, they will soon find their re
maining lands rapidly increasing in value.
" This thing must be done. We can have no
real prosperity in North Carolina until it is
done. We must cultivate less land and culti
vate' it letter. Give every man a chance to se
cure a small farm and get him to raising our
rcat taple3. This is our true policy, and if it
can be .accomplished in no other way, let the
tax on land be so levied, in raising revenue, as
to foree the large landed proprietors to cut up
od sell out at least a portion of their estates
This could easily be done by gradually increas
ing the tax in proportion to the quantity held
by each proprietor.
J should be pleased to see the press of the
State discuss this matter. It is of really more
.importance than federal or State politics.
A Native North Carolinian.
JillLITARY OUTRAGE.
From the Columbia Carolinian of Sept. 12th.
The Jail of Richland District Broken into
by the JJilitary Authorities A collison oc
curred between the military and civil authori
tiea of Columbia yesterday, ol which the follow
ing are the facts as narrated to us : Some time
aso a bail writ was issued against a man named
Henry Rulrich, citizen, at the suit of Joseph
Fry, for a debt contracted in Charleston. He
was held to bail and lr S II Trevctt became
.his surety on a bail bond. Day. before yester
day liulrich enlisted in the United States army,
aud was surrendered by his surety to the She
riff. , Unable to pay the debt or give further secu
rity, he was committed to jail. Major Walker
of the 5th United States Cavalry demanded the
release of the prisoner. Mr Dent, the Sheriff
inquired ii he had a written order. The reply
was "uo!" but he bad a verbal one The Sheriff
then said "bring me a written order from the
commandant of the post and I will consider it."
Yesterday morning the order was produced.
fTL Ol ! T 1 1 : ... V
j no ouerui asiteu lor inuiy minutes u cunier
with his legal adviser, then in the Legislature.
The bearer of the message replied, "no, not a
jninute " "Then," answered the Sheriff, "you
must take him yourself I will not deliver him."
Whereupon the officer proceeded to the jail
The keys were demanded of the Chief of Police,
who refused to deliver them. The officer laid
his hand rudely on the Chief, feelinc his pock
ets for the keys, and not being able to find
them, proceeded to break down the door of the
.apartment in which the prisoner was confined,
released him and marched off. Such briefly
are the alleged circumstances.
The right of the military authorities to the
person of the soldier is a question for lawyers to
decide, but ti e riht of any body to break down
the doors of a and forcibly remove frornhe
custody of the civil law the person confined, al
though it may have been (Jen! Grant himself,
is one conferred only by the bayonet and that
strong arm which thus far seems to igoore the
writ of habeas corpus and the most sacred safe
guards' of jsociety.
A Word for Little Girls. Who is love
ly ? It is the little girl who drops sweet words,
kind remarks, and pleasant smiles as she passes
along; who has a kind word of sympathy for
every little boy or girl she meets in trouble,
and a kind hand to Lelp hir companions out of
difficulties; who never Ecolds, never contends,
.never teases her mother, nor seeks in any way
to diminish but alwajs to increase her happi
ness. Would it not please you to pick up a
string of peaiis, drops of gold, diamonds of pre
cious stones, as you pass along the street ? Hut
these are the precious stones which can never
be lost. Take the hand of the lrieudless
Smile on the sad and dejected ? Sympathize
with those in trcuble. . Strive everywhere to
amuse around you sunsnme and joy. If you
.do this you will sure to be loved.
' A'Freedmas on Plantation Discipline.
A planter of Sumter county, Mi6&., relates to the
Livingstone Journal an account of an amusing
interview between himself and his "head-man"
Howard. Work had not gone to suit him, so
calling up Howard, he ordered him to quit the
place. Flinging down his hat, Howard delivered
himself "thuslv":
shirt off and whip him to vour satisfaction, and
he'll be a better nigger. I doesn't want no such
freedom as makes me lebe home when I doesn't
do right And Mass r, when dese udder niters
doesu't do right, ef I wus you, I wouldn't go to
de buro. I'll whip er-. for yon case ef I goes to
.de buro gin another nigger dey pays no 'tention;
but when you goes dey makes you pay money.
Hat's all de buro's for An' Mas'r, since you
lost all your niggers, you can't afford it.
,1a the war carried on by one of the Popes a
genera .engagement; became, from the position of
the armies, unavoidable. A Cardinal went
through the ranks exhorting the Papal troops to
.exertion, for the honor of the Holy See, following
thiaup-witha complete remission of air their
sins, and concluding with an assurance that such
of them as died that day would dine ' with the
angels in heaven. After this seasonable harangue,
his eminence was retiring, which a soldier ob
serving, sajd to him, "An4 you, my Lord Cardi
nal, won't youjeniain with us, andgo and dine
in Paradise?", 'My friend," answered the Car
dinaL "I should gladly be of the party, but my
dinner hour has nx)t yet come, for I have oaap-
Masa r, I dou't wish to dictate you, or anything
o' dat kind. But don't tell dis nigger to lebe.
Now, Pee been in do family thirty years, and
when I doesen't do rio-ht, ius take dis niter's
THE RIGHT VIEW.
We find in the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel
a long letter from the Hon. Herschel V. Joha
soo, from which the following is an extract :
Although I felt the necessity of some means
of bringing the conservative men of the North
and the people of the South into co-operation,
yet I doub'ed the expediency of the call for the
Philadelphia Convention. , After .it was called
I was very timidly In favor of sending delegates,
fearing that the passions engendered by the war
had not sufficiently subsided to admit of har
mony in couucil and wisdom in action. I am
lad that my misgivings have been disappointed,
and I believe that much good has beeu done and
progress made towards restoring harmony, upon
the basis of the Constitution. Though not all
which I could wish, yet more than I expected,
was done. With the spirit, tone, and in the
main, the sentiments of the resolutions adopted,
I am satisfied. Both in language and principle
I would make slight modifications. ' But take
them as a whole, considered in the light of sur
rounding circumstance, they furnish less ground
for complaint than I could have anticipated.
They were evidently dictated under the iospira-
lioa of patriotism and phrased in language not
intended to wound the sensibilities of an over
poweied but proud and gallant people. View
ing them in this light, I am willing to accept
them in the spirit that gave them form and ut
terance, and ignore whatsoever is distasteful, as
a tribute to the generous enthusiasm, of the
patriotic body from whom they emanated.
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THE PRESIDENT AT ST. LOUlS.
Our exchanges furnish details of the Presi
dent's visit to St. Louis. After the procession
the President was called out at the hotel, and
spoke as follows :
Fellow-Citizens, Officers and Soldiers : Per
mit me here this day to tender through your
honored representative, the Mayor, my profound
thanks for the cordial welcome he has extended
me from the citizens, irrespective of business,
calling, or opinions on political questions. For
this cordial and spontaneous welcome, I confess
to you that language is inadequate to express
my gratitude. " I do not look upon this demon
stration a9 to the number of persons which has
made this visit to St. Louis, but I look upon it
as an indication of the popular heart moved with
reference to questions now agitatiug the public
mind. Applause. And, believing this, I
come before you with the country's flag bearing
thirty-six stars, with the Constitution in one
hand and the Union in the other, believing that,
with your help and the help of God, the Con
stitution and the Union can be preserved. The
time has come when the great masses of the
people of the United States should look to a
constitutional government, and on emerging
from the chaotic condition in which they were
plunged, and resuming our former relations, it
behooves every man who loves the law and the
Constitution to see that the ouestions involved
IT
are properly adjusted. In leaving the stand, I
lenve with you the Constitution your lathers
purchased with their blood Renewed cheers
I turn over to you the flag of the country, not
with twenty-five, but with thirty-six stars. I
turn over to you the Union. It will be pro
tected and cherished in your hands, and, so far
as I am concerned, being the humble medium
iu the Executive Department God being will
ing they shall be defended and protected at all
hazards. Then, please accept my profound, my
sincere, heartfelt thanks for the cordial welcome
which you have given me on this occasion.
The President was vociferously cheered as he
retired from the balcony.
Secretary Seward was called upon for a speech.
Ilis advance to the front was greeted with ap
plause. He said :
Fellow-Citizens : In all political history it is
not recorded that every Secretary of State spoke
in the presence of the Chief Magistrate, who,
like kings and emperors, has ministers whose
duty it is to be silent, and advise and record
never to open their lips in the common service
of all the people. But this seems to be a day
of political penitence, in which 1 hear men of
all States and all countries talking in their own
language. T hear men of all the States Illi
noisians, Missourians, Kentuckians, Louisian
ians, and Massachusetts men all speaking in
their own language, but all that language comes
to my ears in one euphony : "After five years
of war we want peace." Applause. We want
peace at home, now, henceforth, and forever,
and we. are willing to accept war from any other
nation when God chooses to raise up a nation
against us.
Now, fellow-citizens, we have traveled and
made a long journey from the capital to the
great City of the Lakes, where we have attend
ed, as became our duty, the imposing ceremony
of paying honor to the memory of a great states
man of the Northwest, of whom the nation was
bereaved in the hour of his greatest virtue
And we have Tisited, as was our duty, the last
resting place to which were conveyed the re
mains of the great martyred President, Abraham
Lincoln. We are now on our return to the
national capital. What message shall we carry
from this great city to the cities on the Atlantic
coast ? Shall it be said that Missouri wants
more of civil war? Cries of "No! No!" Does
she want herself or any single one of the thirty
six States of this Union debarred from represen
tation in Congress? Renewed cries of "No I
No !" So that theyonly come in a loyal atti
tude, and in the perSons of loyal representatives!
Cheers You are content, then, with the re
sults ? You are prepared to abide by the Con
stitution of the United States ? Cries of "Yes,
we are." You are prepared to abide by the
highest law, which commands us to love bur
enemies, and receive and accept our brethren to
0urf bosoms ? Renewed cries of "Yes," that's
it !" This, then, is your message, and we wiU
convey it. Now, let me tell you this message
from the west bank of the Mississippi, 1,100
miles above the oceau tide, and 3,200 to the
highest navigation of the Missouri, will be a
potential menage which will be listened to with
respect ia Faneuil Hall, in the City Hall of
New York, the Hall of Independence in Phila
delphia, in Baltimore, around the tomb of Wash,
ington, in the capital of the United States in
New Orleans and on the Pacific coast it will
be so potential a message because it comes from
the Constantinople of America."
Secretary Seward left the portico amid demon-.
6trations of applause. "
A fortnight ago, Miss Lottie Bedleman, of
Chilicothe, Illinois, lost her speech in conse
quence of excessive tickling under her arms.
She can now speak only in a whisper. Hus
bands will take notice.
A lady in New York has presented a claim
to an insurance company for damages in the
lesiruciioa or ner war a robe, which was insured. !
The schedule of articles comprises a column j
and a half in the Herald, and foots up $21,000 in i
jalue. '
- THE 40 TH CONGRESS.
.The Coming Elections and their Consequent
ces. The New York Herald, in an editorial on
the coming Congressional elections, says; "
"The real straggle for the Fortieth Congress
Will begin - with , the Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana State elections of October;- and the're
turns from those three great Central States will
probably determine what this Congress is to be.
A conservative majority from the States repre
sented in the present Congress will secure, with"
the organization of the next Congress, (anytime
after the 4th of March next,) the admission of
all the excluded States; and so, with the com
plete triumph of President Johnson's restoration
policy, we shall have a speedy and satisfactory
settlement of this business of Southern recon
struction. On the other hand, if the Radical
come out of this fight with a working majority
in the next House of Representatives (under
the present, ministrations of that body) we shall
not only bave the great work of Southern res
toration indefinitely postponed, but a reconstruc
tion of the government at Washington of the
most radical kind. We may expect this work
to begin with the impeachment of President
Johnson and to be made perfect with the sub
stitution of .a man as President pro tern: who
will sign anything coming from 'Old Thad.
Stevens,' from a sleeping confiscation of South
ern estates to the distribution of them among
'the loyal blacks' of the Freedmen's Bureau.
It will be perceived in this connection that
Stevens, in opening his canvass of Pennsylvania,
takes no step backwards, but intends, in return
ing to Congress, to resume his original pro
gramme and to fight for it to the last extremity
of bis 'labora on earth.' "
NEWS ITEMS.
New York. John T Hoffman, Democrat,
Mayor of New York, has been nominated
for
Governor, and R H Pruyn, of Albany, conser
vative Republican, for Lieut. Governor.
The Canadian papers urge "that the United
States government is responsible for Fenian
troubles and demands that England shall declare
war if the Fenians are not suppressed.
New Cotton. A bale of new Cotton was
received in this place on Thursday last. It was
produced on the plantation of Dr J M Lowry.
Yorkvilfe Enquirer.
The Financial Future. Events are carry
ing us rapidly towards a resumption of specie
payments on the part of the government. The
Treasury has now over sixty millions of coin on
hand of its own, without counting the private
deposits. At the moderate estimate of twelve
millions per month, seven months more of cus
toms revenue will add to this gold fund eighty
four millions; so that by the first of April next
the coin in the Treasury will be one hundred
and forty-five millions, less whatever payments
are to be made meantime. Estimating these,
for half a year's gold interest and for payment
of the principal of the bon'ds of 1S67, due next
January, at forty-five millions, there will remain,
on the first, of April, one hundred millions.
Evening Rost.
J. G. Lindsay, a well known merchant of
Yorkville, South Carolina, was killed in Charles
ton last Friday night by falling accidentally from
a third story window of the Mills House.
Gen. Grant in Cincinnati A Signifi
cant Rebuke. Gen. Grant visited Wood's
Theatre in Cincinnati one night last week,
where be was enthusiastically received. Dur
ing the performance, a - crowd, among whom
were several soldiers, paraded before the Thea
tre, and EggIe3ton, member of Congress, re
quested the manager to go and inform Gen.
Grant that the crowd wished to see him. Gen.
Grant replied, "Pcannot and will not see them.
Please tell the commander, of the 'soldiers to
come and see me." Baker, the commander of
the soldiers, with some others, marched into the
theatre to the private box of Gen. Grant, who,
without giving Baker time to make his wishes
known, approached him and said "Sir, I am no
politician; the President is my Commander-in-Chief.
I consider this demonstration in oppo
sition to the President of the United States,
Andrew Johnson. You will please take them
away; 1 am greatly annoyed at this demonstra
tion. I will be glad to see you to-morrow when
the President arrives." The crowd finally dis
persed, cheering Gen. Grant as the next Presi
dent of the United States.
Thad. Stevens on the War Path Like
another savage, as we learn from the Richmond
Enquirer, Mr Thaddeus Stevens has painted his
great ugly body and appears once more "upon
the war path," tomahawk in hand. Last Tues
day, at Bedford, in Pennsylvania, he delivered
a speech replete with bis habitual expressions
of cordial ill-will and ferocity towards the late
Confederates. This speech is not remarkable
for anything in particular, tut it . contains th.e
assertion that "old Thad" will be more savage
next session than ever and will urge his fero
cious designs more persistently. We are glad
to perceive, however, that his fierceness is tem
pered with apprehensions of failure in carrying
the fall elections. The old sinner even now
smells the brimstone and feels the fire.
We see that Mr Stevens is quoting Judge
Ruffin to prove that there are no lawful State
Governments in the South. ""
A Singular Gift to the Government.' The
United Stated Treasurer was yesterday visited by
an individual of the genus Hoosier, who insisted
on placing among the items of the Miscellaneous
Fund of the Department the handsome sum of
$800 in five-twenty bonds, which he had pur
chased early in the war. The reason assigned
for this singular donation, by the donor, was that
when he purchased the bonds he had not the
slightest idea of their final redemption, but that,
as he had been so agreeably disappointed, he de
sired to return them to his Government, in whose
stability and permanence he now. has unfaltering
confidence. With a modesty seldom equalled,
he requested the Treasurer, in giving publicity
to th fact of his depositing the amount men
tioned," to withhold his name and address.
Washington Republican.
A dispatch from. Mobile savs that on the - 2d
inst., on tlie Florida coast, fifteen miles from land,
an island was thrown up by volcanic influence,
to the height of uinety feet above the water level,
and measuring 1700 feet in circumference.
At a Hebrew temple in Cincinnati pews were
sold for $1,000, and premiums were bid as high
as $3,500. Two hundred thousand dollars was
realized the most liberal renting in the history
of edifices for Divine 'worship in this or any
other country. .
mm mm ,
If four dogs with sixteen legs, can catch
twenty-nine rabbits,, with eighty -seven" legs, in
forty-four . minutes, bow many , legs must the
same rabbits have to get away from eight dogs
with thirtr-two legs, in 17 J minutes.
THE DIMINUTION OP A R ACE. ,
From the Ceurrier Dea, fitats Unis, a French paper
published in New York.
Humanity is threatened with a terrible calam
ity the Yankee ; race: is disappearing. By
Yankee race, we mean the variety of the hu-
man kind which - inhabits New England, and
which many naturalists, among others the cele
brated Agassix, have minutely described. It is
wrong that we should give to other Americans
the epithet Yankee, which they do not merit
under any head.
In short, the Yankee race is disappearing.-
Last year we -had already, experienced some
fears to-day, doubt is no longer permitted; we
caonot dissimulate that fearful truth. In July,
1865, the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
published the annual statistics of the deaths
and births, and we remarked with astonishment
that an immense majority of new births was due
to foreign parents. Much commentary upon
the fact was indulged in at that time, and we
asked ourselves if the . virility of the Yankees,
properly called, had diminished in such an
alarming manner, or if the. women of Massachu
setts had voluntarily yielded to foreigners the
care of perpetuating the population.
Mr Agassiz, who was just on the eve of de-"
parting far Brazil, was consulted. He replied
that, indeed, the race did not appear to him any
longer endowed with the vigor which it bad
formerly imported from Europe, that the neck
excessively elongated, and the pale, thin face
were unequivocal signs of that decline, but that
moral or rather immoral causes influenced equal
ly upon that disquieting discrepitude. Mr
True, a Puritan minister, highly esteemed on
account of his fanaticism, was also consulted
He replied by a citation from the Bible so blunt
that modesty prevents us from reproducing it.
Wetwaited with impaitence for the statistics
of this year, and we hoped they would give a
denial of those of last year. Vain hope sweet
illusion too soon lost. The maternal strike con
tinues, as to the ladios of New England, which
is far from being a convent. The official ex
hibit of births at Boston for the last year is pub
lished by the Advertiser of that city, and we
find there the following passage :
"The table of births shows that the number
of children born of parents natives of the United
States is 1,306, making only 24 per cent, of the
totality of births this proportion is still less
than that of last year, which was about 28 per
cent. The number of children born of Irish
parents in 1864 was about 40 per cent; iu 1865
it has been. 43 per cent. The total number of
children born of parents,, foreigners by birth, is
considerable, &c, &c."
In other words, of 4,561 new births, 3,255
owe their life to foreign parents, and that in the
capital of New England, the cradle of all that
is excellent, the city which is offered as a model
to the universe! Among the foreigners, the
Irish, who are the most numerous, are equally
the most prolific. The consequences which
must result from a like state of things cause us
to shudder. In a generation or two Massachu
setts, the land of protestant fanaticism, will be
peopled by catholics. In a generation or two,
the Everetts, the Adams, the Winthrops, the
Sumners will be supplanted by the O'Slaugh
nessys, the McGorhs, the McFodds, the Branni
gans, the O'Callaghans, &c.
Let it not "be alleged that the apparent want
of virility on the part of the Bostoaians proper
is due to emigration; the population born upon
the soil of Massachusetts is still quadruple of
that born abroad Where then is the mystery?
Whence comes the fruitfulness of the European
ladies? To what must we attribute the relative
sterility of the New England ladies? Shall we
blame the women or must we accuse the men?
How is it that the power' or the will to engen
der is being lost by a people who believe them
selves superior to all others ? Grave questions,
which we will not undertake to solve, and which
appertain less, as we believe, to the province of
the physiologist than to that of the moralist.
For we have never heard it said that vows of
chastity are common in New England, but,
judging from the scandalous law suits which
arise, from those which are quashed in "their
incipiency, from the customs which they illus
trate, and from the abundance of a certain class
of newspaper advertisements, we fear that it
would not be difficult to divine the causes to
which we must in a great measure attribute the
progressive diminution of the Yankees proper,
not only in the cities, but, moreover, in the
rural distriots, where they are replaced by the
Germans. - '
Happily the United States are' not embraced
in New England alone, and it is not in the
Western, Southern or Central States that it will
be necessary to found professorships of virility.
Massachusetts treats those States with all the
insolence of her pride, but better would it be if
she were alive to the dangers which threaten
bcr.
The Secession op Virginia. The Rich
mond Examiner informs us that the court of
Appeals, which is the highest judicial authority
in the State of Virginia, has confirmed the va
lidity of the ordinance of secession, passed hy
the convention in 1861 :
"Some years before be passage of the ordi
nance a man was convicted of felony and sen
tenced to a term of service in the penitentiary,
lie served bis term but and was released. Af
ter Virginia seceded and during the war, he was
again convicted of felony and sentenced to serve
a short term in the penitentiary. Here the law
of 'the State, which declares that any person
who shall be convicted - and sentenced to the
penitentiary, shall have an additional term of
five years added to his term if he - had hereto
fore been convicted and sentenced to any peni
tentiary in the .United States, came in and ad
ded five years to the time of his last sentence.
He bad served out the term fixed by the court,
and was serving the additional term imposed by
the law of the State, when his counsel made ap
plication to one of the judges of the court of
Appeals for his release upon the ground that at
the time' of the conviction, Virginia was not one
of the United States, but had, by the act of her
convention, severed her connection with that
eoveroment .This act. of. sovereignty of the
State of Virginia was recognized as valid by the
judge, aud the release of the oonviet would bave
been ordered but. for the interposition of the
Governor's' pardon to the man, before the de
cision of the court was announced."
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W W. HABRISS.
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Shipping & lommission Merchants,
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WATER' STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C.
Sept 10, 1866. pd . . "
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v Dr. J.. JH. Davidson,
Oflcrs his professional services to The citizens , of
Charlotte, and the surrounding coantr.
: Sept 10, 1866. . ...
STATE . NEWS.
Gov. Worth offers a reward of $400 for
the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff ef Burke
county, of James G. McKesson, for the killing
Robert Tate. . , ;' . '
Held Back. Wo learn on good authority,
that the State Treasurer, with the advice and
concurrence of the Governor, has concluded to
withhold from market the land-seiipt for two
hundred and seventy thousand acres of publio
lands granted by Congress to this State for the
purpose of founding an -Agricultural College.
The reason for this course is the present low
price of script, sixty cents per acre - being the
highest market value (forty cents in gold,Vand
the difficulty of making a sure and profitable in
vestment of the funds, in the present disturbed
aod vascillatiog state of almost all sorts of secu
rities. It is therefore thought test to withhold
the script from market and refer the whole sub
ject to the Legislature, at its next session.
Upon this body devolve the, locating and regu
lating the institution the funds are designed to
endow, and they can then direct also the man
ner and time and eale of the script. Raleigh
Index. . . , -
The Grand Division of Sons of Temperance is
to meet at Lincolnton on the 15th of October.'
Off for Indiana. We understand that 16
or 17 emigrants, male aod female, took the
Raleigh and Gaston train, this morning, on their
way to Indiana. They were - from some of the
western counties, and looked as if they would
be valuable acquisitions to the industry of any
State. Something' should be done to induce
such people to remain at home and develop the
agricultural resources of the Old North State.
Raleigh Progress. . , -
Storm. Tuesday afternoon last a most des
tructive storm passed in the neighborhood of
Sam'l Patterson, Esq., and Mr Jeremy Weathers,
in this county. Fences and trees were blown
down, and Mr Weather's fodder, cotton and to
bacco almost destroyed by the hail that accom
panied the storm. Shelby Argus.
Jackson, Northampton co., N. C, Sept. 7,
1865. H B Hardy, Esq , a - young lawyer of
rare ability and popular manners, committed
suicide last night, by taking laudanum. Mr
Hardy was raised in Bertie county, N. U , moved
to this village in 1856 ; practiced law successf
ully up to the beginning of the war; moved to
Hillsboro', N. C , in 1862, and finally moved to
Williamston, N. C, at. the close of the war. .
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Times Paris letter says that Maximilian
is expected to return from Mexico to Europe
by every steamer.
A Madrid paper says the French troops must
be withdrawn from Mexico with the utmost
caution, unless amicable relations are established
with Juarez.
The Sultan of Turkey, -irapre&sed with the
importance of being in diplomatic communica
tion with the United States, has decided to es
tablish an embassy to the American capital, and
is about selecting an influential member of bis
government to proceed to Washington as Min
ister Resident aod Plenipotentiary. -
The Turkish army is about to be armed en
tirely with carbines of American manufacture.
Agents of the government are to leave for the
United States to contract for their manufacture.
An Impartial Witness We learn from
Washington that Senor Romero, the Mexican
minister, one of the Presidential excursion party
to Chicago, has returned to the national capitol,
the business of his embassy requiring his pre
sence. He reports that the ovations were so over
powering and so constant that his regular habits
of dining and sleeping were, per force, thrown
overboard for the time; and, while he rejoices
in the opportunities he had to see the great up
risings and outpourings of the American people,
he is conscious that his physical organization has
suffered some damage.
They met crowds everywhere, upon whom
this foreign gentleman looked with wonder ; the
enthusiasm of the masses also excited bis high
est admiration. He was proud to be one of the
party, but he cannot understand how the Presi
dent and Mr Seward, and the rest of the party,
could sustain the fatigues of the ovations along
their line of travel.
The testimony of this impartial foreigner is
in strange contrast with the falsehoods of cer
tain radical journals. They attempt to create
the impression that these popular demonstra
tions are in honor of Grant but the MexicSn
minister, with no political asperities to mould
his opinions, assumes that the evidence was
overwhelming at all points as to the fact that the
people designed to honor the chief magistrate of
the republic. '
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
INSURANCE,
Auction & Commission Merchants)
OPPOSITE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Beg leave to inform the Public that thev have es
tablished themselves in business, and respectfully
solicit a liberal tnare or patronage.
We are Agents of tbe most reliable
Insurance Companies
in the United States. Be on the safe side and
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY against loss or dam
age by fire.
Also, INSURE YOUR LIFE for the beneSt of
your Wife and Children.
RISKS TAK&N AT MODERATE RATES.
E.NYE HUTCHISON, V
- J- C. BURROUGHS, Agents.
R. A. SPRINGS, J
- Opposite 1st National Bank.
AtJTnORlZJD REFERENCES.
Brem, Brown & Co., Taylor & Duncan, Wm.
Johnston, President C.&S. 0. R. R:;- T. W. Dewey,
Cashier 1st National Bank. ,
Sept 10, 1866. , ' " '
GEO. HARRI83.
W. W. HARRI88.
A. J. HOWELL.
HARRISS 4i HOWELL,
General Commission Merchants, '
North Water Street,. WILMINGTON, N. C,
AND 196 WATER STREET,' NEW YORK.
Liberal advances made on Consignments to our
New Yohk House on Produce,, which will be FOR
WARDED through FREE of commissions.
Consignments are covered by Insurance frpm
port and places in. North and Sutb Carolina, by
Railroads, Steam Boats and Flats on the River to a
shipping point,-and thence to New York.
Sept 10, 1866 . pd
To the Farmers
Of Mecklenburg and adjoining Counties. Look to
your interest. We hare on consignment :
5 Bbls. Flour of Bone Dost.. . . v
75 -- Soluable Pacific Guano.
. 5 Tons Peraviaa Guano.
Will be sold at reasonable rates. Call soen and
leave your orders. . , r
, HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS h CO.
Opposite 1st National Bank, Charlotte, N C.
ept 0, 1666, ... .--; ,-. - -,-.'..;. x
; . THEM GOOD OLD DAZE.
' ' , I A8 LONOEIX FOR BY JOSH BILLINGS.
flow i dew long (once in a while) for them
good old daze.
Them daze when tbare was more fun in 30
cents than tbare is now in 7 dollars and a half.
Them daze when a man married 145 pounds
of woman, and less than 9 pounds (awl told) of
anything else. " - ' "
How i dew long for them old daze when eda
kashun konsisted in what a man did well.
Tbem daze when, polly ticks was the excep
tion, and honesty the rule.
Them daze when lap dorgs and wet nnsses
wun't known, and when brown bread and baked
goose made a good dinner.
Tbem daze when a man who wan't bizzj was
watched, and when wimmen spun only that kind
of yarn that was good for the darning of stocking.
How i dew long for them good old' daze when
now and then a gal baby was called Jerusha.
And ye who have tried the fethers and fuss
of life, who bave had the codfish of wealth with
out sense stuck under yure noze, cum beneath
this tree and long for an. hour with me for them
good old daze when men were ashamed tew be
fools and wimmen were afraid to be flirts.
N. B. They" used to maik a milk punch to
them daze that was very bandy to take.
HIGHLY DESIRABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
Wishing to change my business, I will sell 250
Acres of LAND in aud adjoining the Town of Char
lotte, (40 acres in corporaiiou). On the Tract there
is a good Mill-site, 22 feet fall, with a first rate Data
recently built, and race dug, and all the large tim
bers for a Mill House ou the ground. The Tract
can be divided. It is worth the attention of any
one wishing a paying property, or as ao investment.
Any information can be had by applying to the sub
scriber. . W. F. PH1FER.
Sept 10, 1866. tf r .
Wagon and Team,
To hira or sell. Apply to . W. BOYD.
Sept 3, 1866. tf .
NOTICE.
By virtue of a decree of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, obtained at Jul Term, last, we
will, as Administrators of C J Wilson, dee'd, sell at
Public Auction, At the Court House in the . city of
Charlotte, on Monday the 22d day of October next,
a valuable Tract of LAJJD, lying on the waters of
McDowell's Creek, adjoining the Lands of Hopewell
Copper Mine, Thomas M Kerns, David Allen and
others, known as the Mi-Knight place, containing
about Two Hundred aud Fifty Acres. Sold on a
credit of twelve months, the purchaser giving bond
with approved security. , - .
. ALBERT WILSON, 1 ,
J. M. WILSON Aam"
Sept 10, 1866 6t
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BUTTEi: AND EGGS.
We beg leave to inform the citizens of Charlotte
that we have opened a Store for the purpose of
dealing in country produce. We have now on hand
Apples, Mellons. Irish Potatoes, Oats, Dried Apples,
CaTidies, Otikes, Cig;irs," Tobacco, Snuff, Blacking,
Cooking Soda, Crockery Ware, and many other ar
ticles for family use. "
All country produce dealt in. particularly BUTTER
and EGGS Give us a call, you will find us at all
times ready to buy or sell.
, OZ.MEXT &-WHITE,
At E H White's Boot and Shoe Store, on Tryon street,
a few doors above the Methodist Church.
Sept 10, 1860 pd ,
Administrator's Sale.
On Monday, 1st October, 186C, I will sell at Public
Auction at my residence, four miles East of Char
lotte, a small lot of Household and Kitchen Furni
ture, belonging to the Estate of Dr P C Caldwell.
Any person in this county or Gaston county hav
ing any book or books belonging to Dra P C, J W or
S L Caldwell, will coufer a great favor on me by
bringing them forward immediately and leaving
tbc-m with Dr J P McCombs, or at the "Corner Drng
Store'- in Charlotte, or with W R Rankin in Gaston
county. S. P. CALDWELL, Adua'r.
Sept 10, 18fi6 3t
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond
SESSION OF 188G-'67.
The next Annual Course of Lectures, in this In
stitution, will commence on the first Monday in
October, 18G6, and continue until the 1st of March,
1867 making a term of. five full months. This
School continued in uninterrupted operation during
the war. Its organization is complete, and its
means of illustration ample. Clinical instruction
at the Howards' Grove Hospital,which contains
300 beds, and affords a fine field for the practical
6tudy of disease, both medical and surgical."
" In view of the present impoverished condition of
the South, the Faculty have decided not to follow
the example of the Northern Schools in making an
increase of one-third in the Professors' fees, but to
adhere to the charges which were customary before
the war, viz :
Matriculation fee, - $ ' 5 00
Tickets of seven Professors, 105 00.
"Demonstrators of Anatomy, i0 00
- Graduation, 30 00
For further information, or a copy of Catalogue,
address, L. S. JOYNES, M. D.,
Sept 10, 1866 pd Dean of the Faculty.
A CARD.
I take this method of respect'ully and earnestly
returning my sincere thanks to the citizens of Char
lotte for their services on Thursday (the 30th nit.)
in endeavoring to save my fixtures. They did all
they could ; but unfortunately the material was of
such a combustible nature that these efforts of my
friends proved useless, and I am now compelled to
call upon my numerous friends in the country and
elsewhere, who are indebted to me, to come up and
pay me. Respectfully,
J. M. nowiE.
D. X. MOODY Sc CO.,
Having bought ont RIGLER & ROBINSON, now
occupy their old Stand,
NO. 5, GRANITE ROW,
where they will be pleased to have their friends call
aud see tbem, especially when they- want any ibing
in the CONFECTIONERY line. Our Stock con
sists of . . - : -''''
Candies, Raisins, Fruits,
Preserved Fruits, Nuts, Spice, Cloves, Citron, Cur
rants, Extract.", Lemon Syrup, Sardines, Lobsters,
Matches, Blacking,
Smoking: and Chewing Tobacco,
Cigars, and many other articles too numerous to
mention.
E. M. ROBINSON. M. D. L. MOODY.
Sept 10, 1866. . 3m
U." M. OATES. D. W. OATES.
n. M. OATES fc CO.,
(Successors to Oates, Williams Co.,)
GC1ERAL GROCERY.
Produce and Commission Merchants,
" ,: s Charlotte, N. .C.
Aog 20, 1866. ; 3m
NOTICE TO DEBTORS,
IS? All persons ' against whom . I have claims,
(some of tbem half as old as myself ) and who do
not intend t take the benefit of the Stay Law, (so-
called.) wilt do me a favor and themselves a credit
by calling on me at Wm. Boyd ft Co's store, and re
newing their paper, and paying as much as the in
terest, if no more, as 1 am in want or the money.
- J AS. U.
Jul 16, 1866 tf : ' ' .